PQ Responses - September 21st 2021

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PQ 44439-21 - Fergus O Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the community health organisations within the State which offer electricity subsidies to patients who suffer from COPD or similar illnesses which result in excessive use of oxygen machines and so on in particular in cases in which those persons are in low income households; the reason a disparity appears to remain across different CHOs which clearly demonstrates that there is a postcode advantage in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44443-21 - Eamon O Cuiv

To ask the Minister for Health the reason unit 1 in Merlin Park Hospital, Galway is not open for patients for overnight care; when it is anticipated that unit 1 will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44449-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has plans to introduce a programme (Medex/Exwell program) at Waterford Institute of Technology free of charge for those patients who cannot afford the programme but who could significantly benefit from same; if additional supports will be made available to cover these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44464-21 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for an appointment for paediatric occupational therapy appointments in counties Roscommon and Galway; the number of children currently awaiting a first appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44467-21 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that enter into agreements to rent or lease parking space to outside companies; the revenue raised in each location; the duration of the arrangement in each location; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44471-21 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the current number on each waiting list in counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon for an urgent and non-urgent paediatric dietician appointment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44476-21 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health if a service will be reinstated (Day service at Corbella Resource Centre in Sligo); the reason funding was withdrawn; if there are plans for an alternative service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44483-21 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health if behavioural optometry assessments are available publicly for children with special educational needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44495-21 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the length of time it takes for schools with a Covid-19 case to be sent the relevant excel spreadsheet forms by the central admissions team to collect contact details and other required data; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44497-21 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health when the Keltoi HSE drug rehab unit will return to operating as a drug rehab unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44532-21 - Noel Grealish

To ask the Minister for Health if there is a scheme under which a patient who has been prescribed a device (the aerogen ultra machine) can be reimbursed for the cost of the rental of the machine; if the machine is available under the non-medical card item and hardship scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44556-21 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the primary health care centre in Finglas, Dublin11; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44561-21 - Sean Canney

To ask the Minister for Health the longest time that a child who is classified as urgent, semi-urgent and non-urgent is waiting for a MRI scan in UHG; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44564-21 - Sean Canney

To ask the Minister for Health if pre-employment checks have been completed and if a start date has been agreed for a vacant dentist position for the school dentistry service based in Tuam, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44566-21 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allocate funding in Budget 2022 to voluntary mental health and suicide prevention charities not already in receipt of funding from his Department given the increased demand for such services due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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PQ 44573-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young adults currently attending University Hospital Waterford with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44574-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young adults attending University Hospital Waterford with type 1 diabetes using insulin pump therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44575-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who are waiting on a first appointment to the outpatients diabetes clinic in University Hospital Waterford; the number who are waiting over 12, 24 and 36 months, 4 and 5 years, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44576-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that required in-hospital treatment for diabetes related foot complications and lower limb loss in each of the years 2014 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form by CHO and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44604-21 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost savings from the HSE medicines management programme’s recent restructuring of the preferred blood glucose strips for adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes; and if the HSE will make those projected savings available to fund the expansion of the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitor to persons with diabetes over the age of 21 years.

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PQ 44605-21 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE PCRS has made a request for funding to provide the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if the HSE PCRS will include a funding request in its national service plan budget estimates for either 2021 or 2022.

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PQ 44606-21 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health when the current application process for HSE insulin pumps tendering contract will be completed; when the new list of insulin pumps will be sent to the community drug schemes; the estimated timeline of the process from product review to inclusion on the PCRS; the expert group that will review the insulin pumps; and if the patient is involved in this process.

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PQ 44607-21 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health if funding for BERGER, the type 1 diabetes education programme for adults which is run in certain diabetes centres has been suspended or discontinued; if suspended, when this funding will resume; and if funding has been discontinued, the plans being considered to provide alternative type 1 diabetes education for adults attending these clinics.

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PQ 44608-21 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dose adjustment for normal eating training courses that were run by the HSE in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in-person or virtually, for persons with type 1 diabetes by hospital group in tabular form; and the number of persons with diabetes waiting to complete a course by hospital group in tabular form.

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PQ 44609-21 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health when the University of Limerick Hospitals' adult diabetes service will have the level of staffing required to initiate the dose adjustment for normal eating course which are a diabetes specialist nurse and advanced nurse practitioner, one diabetes specialist dietitian and one diabetes consultant diabetologist and specialist registrar; and when such courses will be operational in University Hospital Limerick for adults with type 1 diabetes.

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PQ 44613 21 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of funding applications that were received for the long-term illness scheme and the primary care reimbursement service for the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system; the number of applications received for persons over 21 years of age; the number of applications approved; the number of applications approved for persons over 21 years of age; the number of applications that were rejected; and the number of applications that were rejected for persons over 21 years of age in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form.

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PQ 44621-21 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances available to each county from the National Ambulance Service in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form.

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PQ 44622-21 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the lack of rheumatology consultants for the west of Ireland given there are only two consultants for the region which is having devastating delays for access to treatment for persons in County Clare; and if a commitment will be made to provide more consultants to address this issue.

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PQ 44624-21 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the body tasked with organising vaccinations for homeless persons; if there is coordination in place to facilitate persons without stable abode to access vaccinations; and if they are being treated as a priority considering their lack of access to sanitisation resources.

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PQ 44625-21 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health if the vacancy for the psychiatrist position in the day hospital in Kilrush, County Clare has been advertised; when it is expected to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44627-21 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the reason dentists in Birr and Ferbane, County Offaly are refusing to take on persons in receipt of medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44647-21 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health the current capacity of the Covid-19 test, trace and isolate system; the number of contact tracers currently in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44648-21 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health if Covid-19 testers in mass test centres are being given adequate rest breaks in their work day given the huge surge in demand for testing currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44649-21 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health if the practiced system of calling close contacts in school place settings has ceased; if contact tracers are currently instructed not to contact these cases if they arise in a school setting; if the job of contact tracing has been deferred to school administrators; if there have been changes to requirements for restriction of movement in these cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44650-21 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to resume walk-in testing at centres nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44680-21 - Rose Conway Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that cancer patients are being turned away for scheduled inpatient chemotherapy treatment in Galway University Hospital due to a lack of beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44686-21 - Rose Conway Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health when the construction of a new radiation oncology unit for University Hospital Galway is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44694-21 - Sean Haughey

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reopening of the HSE Keltoi rehabilitation unit in St. Mary’s Hospital, Phoenix Park, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44718-21 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding requests for services for children under the age of 18 from each CHO for each month from January 2021 to September 2021, in tabular form; and the amount requested for each service per CHO.

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PQ 44727-21 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of running a fully staffed early intervention team, occupational therapist, psychologist, physiotherapist, social worker and speech and language therapist; if the cost varies between CHO based on operations to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44728-21 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the annual revenue cost of a mental health bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44730-21 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for the National Rehabilitation Centre by county of residence in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44736-21 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the network teams that are in planning stage under the progressing disability services; and the network teams that are in implementation stage in tabular form.

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PQ 44773-21 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of food that is wasted and or thrown out by hospitals in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form.

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PQ 44774-21 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health if dieticians and or nutritionists are involved in the food provided to patients; if emergent health and nutrition guidelines are taken into consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44775-21 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health if there is a system in place to redistribute food waste; if food produce or products in any of the hospitals is donated in order to avoid waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44776-21 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of early intervention teams that have been established since July 2020, by county in tabular form.

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PQ 44837-21 - Mairead Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health if there is a projected timeframe in which the backlog of primary medical certificates will be cleared and applications from 2021 will start to be assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44850-21 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Health when ocular prosthesis services provided though Temple Street Children’s University Hospital will be available in Ireland again; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44915-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the locations of all offices and buildings either owned or used by his Department or by public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit which are usually open to the public to access services.

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PQ 44951-21 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances in Cork city and county by hospital or area; and the number considered a full cohort by year for the past five years in tabular form.

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PQ 44952-21 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a shortage of ambulances in Cork city and county; and his plans to address same.

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PQ 44963-21 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to address the current wait times for ambulances in the Dublin area as patients have reported hour-long waits for emergency ambulances.

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PQ 44968-21 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to general practitioners for the provision of termination of pregnancy services in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44974-21 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

To ask the Minister for Health if all STI testing, including non-emergency cases and those without a general practitioner referral, has fully recommenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44988-21 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health if a Covid-19 testing facility could be provided in a location (Covid testing facility for the Belmullet area of County Mayo considering that the closest testing centre if over an hour’s drive away in Castlebar.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45000-21 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists that have left the dental treatment services scheme in the past 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45017-21 - Michael Lowry

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the vaccination status and appropriate data for the number of pregnant women and their partners who have or are currently attending maternity services in University Maternity Hospital Limerick from January 2021 to September 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45029-21 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to improve access to general practitioner care in Lucan, County Dublin, as the population of areas such as Adamstown continue to grow and new communities such as Clonburris are developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45066-21 - David Stanton

To ask the Minister for Health the current situation with respect to respite care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 45108-21 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health when the six epilepsy nurse specialists will be recruited for the pregnancy prevention programme to help ensure pregnant women are fully informed of the side effects of sodium valproate given that to date only two of these nurses have been put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45110-21 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health when the community operations programme will commence which was agreed in 2018 as part of a range of services that were to be put in place for families who were caring for children impacted by exposure to sodium valproate and to date no family has availed of such service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45111-21 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of in-person newborn and infant developmental checks carried out by public health nurses by CHO region in 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of checks carried out by phone; the number of checks not conducted; and the backlog of same.

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PQ 45112-21 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the date on which public health nurses will resume in-person checks; and the number of days public health nurses have been not in regular active service since March 2020 to date.

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PQ 45117-21 - Eamon O'Cuív

To ask the Minister for Health when child and family psychology services will recommence in Galway city west, Oughterard and Moycullen, County Galway; the reason for the significant delay in issuing appointments for the service; the steps he will take to tackle the extensive waiting list for the service to ensure that children and families will be issued with appointments as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45140-21 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department will take to provide the necessary capital and revenue resources arising from public health guidelines to facilitating the full reopening and safe operation of day care services.

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PQ 45150-21 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reported refusal by some dental practices to accept appointment requests from medical card holders; if he will clarify the responsibilities which dental practices have to medical card holders who request appointments and subsequently require treatment; if he will clarify which dental services are currently covered by the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45199-21 - Christopher O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if, with SouthDoc in Blackpool reopening, consideration will be given to the reopening of the Kinsale SouthDoc centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45203-21 - Christopher O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact some community hospitals are utilising day care facilities for use as Covid-19 units and such units have day care centre staff deployed at swabbing and vaccination centres; if there are any interim measures that can be put in place for the elderly who require these facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45218-21 - Christopher O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the reopening of the Kinsale SouthDoc centre given that SouthDoc Blackpool is reopening; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45221-21 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to the hidden harm strategy in 2020 and to date in 2021.

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PQ 45222-21 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the actions that have arisen from the hidden harm strategy

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PQ 45223-21 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the funding given to rehabilitation and detox facilities by facility in 2019 and 2020 respectively, in tabular form.

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PQ 45225-21 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of alcohol-specific rehabilitation and detox beds by facility in 2019 and 2020 respectively, in tabular form.

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PQ 45226-21 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE and State owned and run alcohol rehabilitation and detoxification beds in the State.

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PQ 45227-21 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are in place to ensure a positive outcome for the child given that data from the most recent National Drug Treatment Reporting System indicates that half of those in treatment are a parent to a child and recognising the adverse childhood experience arising for the child; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45228-21 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing alcohol related health interventions in the State in each of the years 2020 and 2021.

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PQ 45238-21 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults awaiting counselling services in all HSE operational areas in tabular form.

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PQ Responses - September 21st 2021