PQ Responses - April 26th 2022

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PQ 18786-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health his views on the adequacy of the level of students currently graduating in Ireland to satisfy the staffing needs of children’s disability network teams; his views on the reasons that the shortfall in therapy staff working in children’s disability network teams has not been satisfied through recruitment within the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19206-22 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgical mesh surgeries that have been performed in Ireland for reasons other than vaginal prolapse including but not limited to bowel surgery and hernia; the number of these surgeries that have resulted in complications from the mesh; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19209-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the timescale for implementation of National Clinical Program for Neurology and Care Transformation Programme, Strategy and Planning; the breakdown of funding for same; if the strategy will address the needs of children and young persons with paediatric Huntington’s disease and juvenile onset Huntington’s disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19210-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if the National Dementia Strategy will include operational details to address the needs of persons with Huntington’s disease; if the detailed plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19211-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to establish a diagnostic and aftercare pathway for persons with Huntington’s disease; his plans to recruit coordinated a multi-disciplinary team to provide symptom management, care planning and anticipatory care; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19212-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with Huntington’s disease that were seen at memory assessment services and clinics in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the current waiting list for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19213-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken by the HSE and his Department to improve engagement with persons with Huntington’s disease, their families and support staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19223-22 - Brid Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the reason some six CHO areas provide an electricity subsidy for patients using full-time oxygen, ventilation machines while others do not; his views on whether this practice effectively amounts to a postcode lottery for those needing support with electricity costs which have spiralled and for whom a decision to scale back on electricity usage is not an option; if this subsidy will be made available for all those requiring 24 hour oxygen, ventilation regardless of the area in which they live; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19230-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health when a property (Glenwood House at Carrigaline, Millfield House, Blackpool) was identified as a replacement property for another property; the reason the HSE did not proceed with selling the property since it was identified as not fit for purpose; if residents were informed by the HSE that this facility was due to be sold at any stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19232-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential mental health service-users per CHO that were moved from shared rooms to single rooms as an infection control measure during the Covid crisis; the number of service-users per CHO remain in an interim or permanent new accommodation following such a move; if the new accommodation in each instance is owned or rented by the HSE; the exact service locations in each instance in which a move to a new facility occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19233-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents at a property (details supplied) who have already been transferred from the service that are sharing rooms in their new accommodation; the number that are in single rooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19251-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the difficulties in recruiting paediatric occupational therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19293-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the implementation status of medical specialty wards for each model 3 and 4 hospital; the number of specialised wards including the number of purposefully generalist wards and the number of non-specialised wards in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19295-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the staffing composition of each CDNT; the number of vacancies in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19296-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of open cases by CDNT; the number of individual family service plans issued to open cases by CDNT; the number of key contacts assigned by CDNT and the number of open cases without a key contact assigned in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19298-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on dental and oral surgery waiting lists by CHO and the length of wait in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19299-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the development and rollout status of the acute floors information system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19301-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number and locations of the emergency departments which operate a 24/7 model in tabular form; the number which operate a 24-hour model but not on weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19303-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons and the number of persons aged over 75 years who presented at an emergency department who spent less than four hours waiting for admission by hospital and hospital group; the number waiting four or more hours but less than six hours; the number waiting greater than or equal to six hours but less than 12 hours; the number waiting 12 hours or more but less than 24 hours; the number waiting greater than or equal to 36 hours and 48 hours in March 2022, in tabular form; the comparable figures for the same period in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19304-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission for emergency department attendances in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and in Q1 2022 for each emergency department for each statutory HSE and public voluntary hospital by hospital group in tabular form; the number of attendances and presentations; the percentage admission rates; the number and percentage of patients admitted with a PET of 6 or less hours, 6-9 hours, 9-12 and 12 or more hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19305-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the average length of stay for patients admitted for longer than one day via an emergency department or otherwise in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and in Q1 2022 for each statutory HSE and public voluntary hospital by hospital group in tabular form; the number that stayed longer than 5, 10, and 31 days; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19306-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for the range of CHO-provided or overseen services by CHO and by speciality and service by each service waiting list, by age cohort breakdowns and the time spent on the waiting list within cohorts at the end of March 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19308-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have received an assessment of need but not a service statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19310-22 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health if kitchen staff in hospitals will receive the pandemic bonus of €1,000.

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PQ 19330-22 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health if all staff have been redeployed back to regional drug and alcohol taskforces; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19346-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the level of European Working Time Directive compliance for each model 2, 3 and 4 hospital by staff grade and category in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19350-22 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for ophthalmology appointments throughout the country and within each CHO; the type of appointment; the length of time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19353-22 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll-out electricity subsidies nationally to all COPD patients that are available in certain CHO areas for patients that are using oxygen machines at home for more than 16 hours per day.

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PQ 19361-22 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health his views on a campaign by an association (I support the Neurological Association of Ireland’s campaign for 100 extra neurology nurse specialists across Ireland which includes 16 extra nurses for Cork University Hospital. I’m asking you to do the same because patients at Cork University Hospital deserve better); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19362-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the payment to second midwives at home births who are on call from 37 weeks potentially to 42 weeks of pregnancy and in cases in which there is a hospital transfer do not get paid at all, from the current level of €160 before tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19363-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of home births that took place in each of the years 2018 to 2021.

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PQ 19364-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the data that exists on the number of planned home births registered with the HSE; and the number of planned home births that ended up being transferred to a hospital maternity unit.

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PQ 19373-22 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the costs involved in the national roll-out of heart failure virtual clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19375-22 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health if assistance or support is available from the HSE for families on the direct funding scheme for homecare who cannot find carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19376-22 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health if, staff working in the HSE will continue to be permitted to carry out other work in the private and voluntary health sector given the easing of Covid restrictions; if so, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19380-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a facility remains closed (Cooleens House, St Joseph’s Foundation); and the steps being taken to reopen it.

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PQ 19383-22 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health the number of Consultant Applications Advisory Committee approved consultant posts across each speciality at Mayo University Hospital; the basis on which they are filled as per the Doctors Integrated Management E-system by discipline and tenure; the number on post-2012 pay rates; the number of each type of contract, that is, A, B and C across specialities filled and or allocated for all posts; the number of posts budgeted for which have yet to be CAAC approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19385-22 - Michael Lowry

To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports that will be made available to treatment centres (Aiseiri National Addiction Treatment Centres); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this organisation is carrying legacy Covid-19 debt of €400,000 from 2021 which has still not been addressed; the financial help that the organisation can receive from the Covid relief payment scheme; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this organisation will have to reduce services if funding is not provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19390-22 - Sean Canney

To ask the Minister for Health when the strategic assessment report and the preliminary report will be finalised for the new cancer care hospital in UCH Galway; the timeframe for appointing a design team in order to deliver the cancer care hospital as set out in the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19404-22 - Sean Canney

To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made with the community nursing home PPP bundle for seven community nursing homes; when a contract is expected to be signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19412-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the current acute inpatient and critical care bed capacity by bed type, for example, intensive care unit, high dependency unit, inpatient acute, sub-acute and any other, at each model 2, 3 and 4 hospital on 1 April 2022, including for each section 38 public voluntary hospital in which the information must be requested, in tabular form; the number at 1 January 2022, 1 January 2021, 1 January 2020 and 1 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19413-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the planned acute inpatient and critical care bed capacity by bed type, for example, intensive care unit, high dependency unit, inpatient acute, sub-acute and any other at each model 2, 3 and 4 hospital on 1 April 2022, including for each Section 38 public voluntary hospital in which the information must be requested, in tabular form; the number at 1 January 2022, 1 January 2021, 1 January 2020, and 1 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19422-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of hiring one additional new entrant consultant on a type A contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19424-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the rate of pay applicable to locum consultant hospital doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19425-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total amount spent on locum consultant posts in the health service for each year from 2016 to date, in tabular form; the number of posts to which payments related to in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19426-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the average length of a locum consultant post; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19432-22 - Paul Kehoe

To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical consultants employed by the HSE who are permanent, who became permanent as a result of holding locum posts in hospitals for a number of years and who are not allowed to register on the Medical Council specialist register; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19433-22 - Paul Kehoe

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical consultants employed by the HSE who hold permanent posts who are not on the Medical Council specialist register but were appointed and deemed suitably qualified by the Public Appointments Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19448-22 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE Orthodontic Report 2015 has not been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19449-22 - Jim O Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the amount that the HSE Orthodontic Report 2015 has cost the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19452-22 - Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric occupational therapists that are currently allocated to each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19468-22 - Joan Collins

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 12 July 2018, the status of his plans to roll out electricity subsidies nationally to all COPD patients that are available in certain CHO areas for patients that are using oxygen machines at home for more than 16 hours a day.

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PQ 19472-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health his views on physician associates and the future role he envisages for them in the health service; the number of physician associates employed across statutory and public voluntary hospitals; the salary applicable to such posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19509-22 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health when ShannonDoc will revert to pre-Covid-19 hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19511-22 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health when it is intended for the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system for persons with diabetes over the age of 21 years to be funded.

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PQ 19526-22 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of vacant HSE buildings in counties Roscommon and Galway;; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19575-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the disability services management in CHO4 meets with the Cork parents' advocacy network immediately.

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PQ 19601-22 - Michael Collins

To ask the Minister for Health the name of the stakeholders that were consulted as part of the review of the revised model of care for termination of pregnancy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19602-22 - Michael Collins

To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the review of the revised model of care for termination of pregnancy services commenced; and the date on which the review ended; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19603-22 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 832 of 5 April 2022, the number of hysterectomies that have been performed in the state since March 2020; the number that were performed in public hospitals; and the number that were performed in private hospitals.

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PQ 19607-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health if student nurses who worked as vaccinators and as Covid swabbers will be eligible for the pandemic frontline healthworkers bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19609-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new children's hospital; if the planned national eating disorders centre is included in the plan; the number of beds that will be included in the build; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19613-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that medical cards do not issue automatically to a child in cases in which the domiciliary care allowance is granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19631-22 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed by his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department with a rate of pay below the living wage of €12.30; the role that those persons occupy within his Department or relevant body; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19645-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 antiviral pills (Pfizer) that have been purchased by the HSE; when they will become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19656-22 - James O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a comprehensive breakdown of the locations of rehabilitation consultants in hospitals throughout the country including the catchment areas for which they are responsible geographically; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19664-22 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the total revenue income from charges in hospital carparks annually; the amount it costs to run the carparks in the same year; the revenue annually to the HSE in the case in which a carpark is run by a private company.

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PQ 19687-22 - Sean Haughey

To ask the Minister for Health if appropriate staffing and finance will be put in place for the provision of 24-hour blood pressure monitoring for patients attending public hospitals who have been deemed to require this monitoring, particularly patients with diabetes; if the cardiology services in some hospitals have outsourced this service to the private sector thus requiring these patients to pay for it; the reasons for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19699-22 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health nursing posts in County Wexford; the number of these posts that are vacant in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19716-22 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives he is taking to strengthen Children's Disability Services in 2022; the funding being provided for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19719-22 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline access for HSE patients to services (Galro services, Kilbixy Paddocks and Balsonna Barn Ability Therapy Centre, Sonna, Mullingar, Co Westmeath.); if this service is available for referral in all CHO areas; if children from County Westmeath with a diagnosis of autism are being actively referred to this service if it is deemed suitable for their needs.; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19786-22 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of drug users referred to a methadone or similar programme over the past five years; the extent to which the outcome was satisfactory from the point of view of reduction or cessation of dependency on drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19814-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the ratio of clinical staff to managerial staff whole-time equivalents factoring in clinical staff time spent on managerial responsibilities across service divisions of the HSE for January in each of the years 2016 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19818-22 - James Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health the number of houses currently tied up in the HSE fair deal scheme in Cork city, County Cork and nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19844-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have had magec rods implanted in Ireland to date; the number of children's magec rods that have been sent for analysis post explant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19847-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if titanium and cobalt blood serum tests are offered to all children who have magec rods implanted; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19848-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who currently have magec rods implanted in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19850-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are currently waiting for scoliosis surgeries in all categories in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19853-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the current wait time and length of wait for an MRI in Children’s Health Ireland, Crumlin Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19894-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that was budgeted for recovery education; the amount that was spent in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19896-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in CAMHS that are filled or unfilled on a monthly basis from January 2021 to date in 2022, by CHO area in tabular form: the reason for the empty beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19897-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that were admitted to adult mental health facilities from January 2021 to date in 2022; the dates they were admitted by CHO area; the reason they were admitted in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19902-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults that presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19903-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19904-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults that presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders that received specialist inpatient treatment in a dedicated eating disorder service in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19905-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders that received specialist inpatient treatment in a dedicated eating disorder service in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19906-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults who presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders that were referred to non-eating disorder inpatient public acute mental health facilities in 2018, 2019,2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19907-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders that were referred to non-eating disorder inpatient public acute mental health facilities in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19908-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults who presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders needing public specialist inpatient treatment in a dedicated eating disorder service that were referred to a private dedicated eating disorder service in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19909-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders needing public specialist inpatient treatment in a dedicated eating disorder service that were referred to a private dedicated eating disorder service in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19910-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the reason PPE is no longer provided by HSE primary care centres to family carers while Covid is still in the community; and if he plans to reverse this decision for those on low income.

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PQ 19935-22 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has implemented to resource the births deaths and marriage certification offices in County Kildare; if he will consider setting up a walk-in service or increasing resourcing to the area to deal with the demand for certification; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19971-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work of the clinical lead on dual diagnosis.

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PQ 19983-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the classification criteria for hospital models; the list of hospitals currently classified for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19985-22 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on home support services and home support packages (There is a huge shortage of Home Support workers in Kerry and throughout the country while trained staff are on a panel waiting to be called to work as Home support workers. What is being done to increase the number of home support staff in Kerry and through out the country and to provide home support packages to all who need them?); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19997-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the community healthcare west initiative of a youth advisory panel to each CHO nationwide to explore the risk and protective factors for youth mental health and suicidality of teenagers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20009-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit facilitate internships by students engaged in full-time or part-time further and higher education courses; if so, the number of interns his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit accept annually; if any or all of these interns receive remuneration of any kind; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20035-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand awareness and supports for intersex persons; the steps that he has taken since becoming Minister; his plans for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20087-22 - John Mc Guinness

To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees seconded from his Department and the HSE to positions in State agencies and the public or private sectors; if his Department and the HSE continue to pay the salary of those seconded; if not, if the other party to the arrangement is paying the salary or is repaying the salary to the primary employer; if pension rights accrue to the employee during the secondment; if any employee has relinquished their position; and the way that each secondment was arranged; the number of secondments approved by him and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

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PQ 20088-22 - Denis Mitchell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff assigned to the CAMHS unit located at Casino Park, Malahide Road, Dublin.

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PQ 20092-22 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists that signed up nationwide to accept medical cards patients in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the number that have left the scheme; the number that have joined the scheme over the same period of time in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20108-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding certain pharmacies who are charging extra for blister packs over and above the prescription charges; if he is taking steps to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20111-22 - Richard O'Donoghue

To ask the Minister for Health if discussions are expected to review the visiting rights in UHL for dementia patients and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20112-22 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff who are needed to reach full staffing levels in each children’s disability network team in the CHO3 and CHO5 areas; the number of staff who are currently in place in each children’s disability network team in the CHO3 and CHO5 areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20113-22 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reimbursement of the FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitoring system for those with type 1 diabetes; if he has considered extending the availability to all persons over 21 years of age with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20128-22 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the number and the percentage of clinical psychologist students at PhD level who are sponsored by the HSE who continue to work in the public sector for at least five years following the completion of their studies; the terms associated with the HSE sponsorship of clinical psychologist students; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20137-22 - Micheal Ring

To ask the Minister for Health the position with regard to the transfer of an asset under the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform protocol from the HSE to the local authority (Sale of the former Health Centre property at Carrowmore, Louisburgh, Co. Mayo from the HSE to Mayo County Council.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20138-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the rate of HSE staff turnover in each of the years 2011 to 2021, by staff grade and category in tabular form; the workforce level at January in each of the years 2011 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20143-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if front-line household staff in psychiatric HSE units will be eligible for the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20151-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated timeframe for when the new outpatient ophthalmology services for the south and south west HSE area that are currently being developed in Ballincollig, County Cork to be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20159-22 - Michael Collins

To ask the Minister for Health the name of the stakeholders that were consulted as part of the review of the Revised Model of Care for Termination of Pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20167-22 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are lengthy waiting lists for persons requiring wheelchairs in this country; if his attention has been further drawn to cases such as one in County Galway in which a man who is paralysed from the waist down has been waiting five and a half months for his made to measure wheelchair and gel cushion both of which they requires urgently; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20168-22 - Sean Canney

To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that many farmers and self-employed people with disabilities are unable to access medical cards due to the means test which takes into account the value of land owned as opposed to income from such land in which there is none when such people are not able to work and are losing out on medical entitlements as a result; his further views that the additional costs relating to having a disability should be taken into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20174-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the services which are currently available for persons suffering from eating disorders; the future provision plans for health services in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20185-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the shortage of GMS general practitioners in Finglas, Dublin 11; if he will provide an up to date list of current GMS general practitioners operating in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20204-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the initiatives he is taking to strengthen children's disability services in 2022; the funding being provided for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20226-22 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the incidence of presentations at hospitals in the State with myocarditis, aneurysms and clotting disorders by month in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20244-22 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are currently on the waiting lists for PrEP treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20245-22 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons attending PrEP clinics at present by the Dáil constituency they live in, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20246-22 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open a PrEP clinic in County Wicklow in the near future taking into consideration that a number of new primary health care centres in County Wicklow have opened in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20250-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing two specialist centre-based respite services for children with complex support needs which is contained within the HSE Service Plan 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20251-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing a specialist centre-based respite service for children with Prader-Willi syndrome which is contained within the HSE Service Plan 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20252-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing seven additional centre-based respite services for children and adults with a disability which is contained within the HSE Service Plan 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20253-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the delivery of the ten additional centre-based respite services contained within the HSE Service Plan 2022; the location for each of these centres in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20254-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the average cost for an intensive respite support package for a disabled child; the average cost of an intensive respite support package for a disabled adult; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20255-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of intensive respite support packages that were applied for in each of the past five years; the number of intensive respite support packages that were delivered in each of the past five years; the average cost of delivering an intensive respite support package in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20256-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite centres in each CHO; the number of these centres that specialise in terms of different types of disability, the area they specialise in and in which CHO they are located in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20257-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of centre-based respite centres per CHO that are specifically for adults; the number of centre-based respite centres per CHO that are specifically for children in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20258-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of one overnight respite stay per child with a disability; the average cost of one day only respite care per child with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20259-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the type of respite services delivered in Ireland that are not centre-based; the CHOs in which these services are located; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20264-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on non-centre-based respite in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20265-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to deliver one additional personal assistant hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20266-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the budget that has been allocated to develop a protocol for the eligibility and allocation of personal assistant services based on a universally agreed definition as contained within the HSE Service Plan 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20268-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of developing and implementing a process of identifying and managing day service vacancies as contained within the HSE Service Plan 2022; the timeframe for the delivery of developing and implementing this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20269-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of providing one additional planned residential place for a person with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20270-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of providing one additional emergency residential place for a person with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20271-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of providing one intensive home support package; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20272-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of providing one supported living place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20273-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of providing a planned residential place for a person with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20274-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of providing an emergency residential place for a person with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20275-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of providing an intensive home support package; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20276-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of providing a supported living place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20277-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of producing one residential place to support a young adult ageing out of Tusla services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20278-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of producing one residential place to support a young adult ageing out of Tusla services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20279-22 - PaulineTully

To ask the Minister for Health the budget that has been allocated for the commencement of a demonstration project to develop planned access to residential services as contained within the HSE Service Plan 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20280-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health when a modern fit for purpose air conditioning system will be installed at Cork University Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20301-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the extent of long-Covid supports for HSE workers; the extent, length, rates of pay and variety of paid leave options; the options for secondment or transfer available to healthcare workers who have been injured by a Covid-19 infection and cannot return to their original employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20314-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the amount received by the HSE for rental income through the fair deal scheme in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 20316-22 - Marian Harkin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons diagnosed with long-Covid on a three-monthly basis for 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20408-22 - Sean Haughey

To ask the Minister for Health if a psychologist post can be sanctioned for the child and adolescent mental health service based in Grangegorman, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20409-22 - Sean Haughey

To ask the Minister for Health if a psychologist post can be sanctioned for the child and adolescent mental health service or at St. Joseph’s based in St. Vincent’s Day Hospital, Fairview, Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20412-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the planned full-time equivalent staffing, by role for each county’s children’s disability network teams in 2027 and 2032.

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PQ 20425-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the total staffing levels across all skills, specialities and grades in a centre (Balbriggan Primary Care Centre); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20426-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the total target for staffing levels across all skills, specialities and grades in a centre (Balbriggan Primary Care Centre); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20427-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if a review has taken place of the progressive disability programme for the CHO9 north Dublin area; the gaps in the service that have been identified; his plans to fill those gaps; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20428-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the services that are currently being provided from a centre (Balbriggan Primary Care Centre) as part of the progressive disability programme; the current staffing levels for this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20429-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that are under the progressive disability programme in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20431-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting lists for children in a centre (Balbriggan North County Dublin) to access services under the progressive disability programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20432-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to the national skin cancer prevention plan to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20433-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 25 years or older who have travelled overseas for specialist cancer treatment not available in Ireland between 2016 and 2021; the number of these who travelled under the EU Cross Border Directive; and if he will present this data in tabular form.

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PQ 20442-22 - Roisin Shorthall

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 429 of 3 February 2022, the status of discussions at Department level in relation to the legal mechanism or statutory power that will be used for future placements of persons in specialist eating disorder units outside the State when the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 is fully commenced and the adult wardship jurisdiction has been abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20456-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of providing one-person-centred supported living residential home for people with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20457-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated staffing cost of providing one-person-centred supported living residential home for persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20458-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated operational non-staffing cost of providing one- person-centred supported living residential homes for persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20461-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of expressions of interest that were received from persons to be part of the personalised budgets demonstration projects; the number of persons to date who have gained access to become part of a personalised budgets demonstration project; the timeframe for the findings from the personalised budgets demonstration projects to be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20462-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the average cost per participant in the personalised budgets demonstration projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20463-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of funding received by disability service providers in the past five years; the funding received by each disability service provider in the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20464-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of transferring one person with a disability under the age of 65 years living in a nursing home to a person-centred home in the community; the budget that has been allocated to transfer 63 persons with a disability under the age of 65 years living in a nursing home to a person-centred home in the community as contained within the HSE Service Plan 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20465-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of disabled persons under the age of 65 years in each of the past five years to be transferred from a nursing home to a person-centred home in the community; the budget allocated in each of the past five years to transfer disabled persons under the age of 65 years living in a nursing home to a person-centred home in the community; the final amount spent in each of the past five years to transfer disabled persons under the age of 65 years living in nursing homes to a person-centred home in the community in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20466-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the average capital cost in each of the past five years of delivering a supported living home in the community for the transfer of disabled persons under the age of 65 years from a nursing home in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20467-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the average staffing cost in each of the past five years of delivering a supported living home in the community for the transfer of disabled persons under the age of 65 years from a nursing home in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20469-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of disabled persons under the age of 65 years who to date remain living in a nursing home; the number of disabled persons under the age of 65 years living in a nursing home who were transferred in each of the past five years to a person centred home in the community; the number of disabled persons under the age of 65 years who died while living in a nursing home in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20470-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated each year to progress the implementation of the managed clinical network demonstrator project in tabular form; the timeframe for the findings of this project to be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20471-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated to develop an integrated assessment of need tracing system for children and adults as contained within the HSE Service Plan 2022; the timeframe for this system to be developed and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20472-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated to develop an integrated national day services database as contained within the HSE Service Plan 2022; the timeframe for this system to be developed and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20473-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated to develop an integrated case management system for all 91 children’s disability network teams, as contained within the HSE Service Plan 2022; the timeframe for this system to be developed and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20474-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated each year to develop the National Ability Supports System as contained within the HSE Service Plan 2022, in tabular form; the timeframe for this system to be developed and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20475-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the structures that have been put in place to enable service users to become active participants in the co-design of their care and support services as contained within the HSE Service Plan 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20476-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the structures that have been put in place to support dialogue and collaborative working with voluntary organisations including those representing section 38 and 39 providers and persons with disabilities and their families as contained within the HSE Service Plan 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20501-22 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health the number of type 1 diabetes patients who have had appointments cancelled at University Hospital Limerick between March 2020 and February 2022, inclusive; the steps that will be taken to give appointments to those patients as a matter of urgency given the risks posed as a result of the cancellations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20502-22 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health when a speech and language therapy service for school age children will be provided in an area ( Speech and Language Therapy Service for school age children in the Achill area of County Mayo as primary school age children have not had access to an SLT service for more than a year.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20504-22 - James O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health the areas of the country in which the HSE covers the cost of compression sleeves for breast cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20505-22 - James O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health the areas of the country in which the HSE covers the cost of compression garments for patients who require them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20538-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the inpatient services that are available for children under the age of 13 years who have being diagnosed with avoiding restrictive food intake disorder per CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20539-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the inpatient services that are available for children under the age of 13 years who have being diagnosed with avoiding restrictive food intake who live outside CHO catchment areas with inpatient services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20540-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the inpatient services that are available for children aged between 13-17 years who have being diagnosed with avoiding restrictive food intake disorder per CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20541-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the inpatient services that are available for adults who have being diagnosed with avoiding restrictive food intake disorder per CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20552-22 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health if he has conducted an analysis of the potential impact of long-Covid diagnoses among healthcare staff on the operation and functioning of the health service; if he will make such an analysis available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20561-22 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule for each of the years 2015 to date in 2022 of all organisations that had their funding suspended and permanently discontinued from the Social Inclusion Unit in Community Healthcare Organisation Dublin North City and County; and if he will provide the reason for same.

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PQ 20620-22 - Roisin Shortal

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the appeals process for the Covid-19 pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20631-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff at grade level currently employed in each of the 91 children’s disability network teams; the number of posts assigned to each children’s disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20662-22 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting 12 hours or more at the University Hospital Limerick in each of the years 2011 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20689-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on dietician appointments; the average wait time for the eight community mental health teams under Linn Dara CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20713-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if the targets for percentage of population with healthy weight as set out by the Changing Cardiovascular Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010-2019 have been met; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20719-22 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will look into providing a dedicated dietician in the oncology day unit in Cavan General Hospital given the importance of diet with recovery; if he will ask the RCSI group if it plans to explore this role with a view to putting funding aside for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20729-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken by his Department to increase coordination for the provision of genetic testing services in Ireland considering that 72% of rare diseases are genetic; if there are plans to recruit additional consultants specialising in genetics; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20745-22 - Rose Conway Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria for a discretionary medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20769-22 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Health if all medically prescribed medications and supplements used in the treatment of Lyme disease and co-infections will be covered by the GMS and drug payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20783-22 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting homecare support in County Kildare; the total number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in County Kildare; the average number of hours granted to each successful applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20785-22 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided to families in County Kildare over each of the past 12 months; the number that have been provided in each month since March 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20786-22 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of day care centres in County Kildare that have yet to reopen; the number that will be reopened by September 2022; if any will not be in a position to reopen by that date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20789-22 - Kathleen Funchion

To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided to an organisation (SOS; Many families are waiting desperately for this) to provide a four-bedded residential home in Kilkenny city.

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PQ 20792-22 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a working party to investigate the needs of persons living with Huntington’s disease and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20793-22 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an overview of the resourcing of the National Ambulance Service by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20797-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the current status and availability of kaftrio for cystic fibrosis patients under 12 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20798-22 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that general practitioner services have ceased in a centre (Anagaire Health Centre, Anagaire, Letterkenny, Co Donegal); when the general practitioner services will resume; if there is an agreement in place to ensure that the service will re-open; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20804-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the need for a single standard assessment of need across the HSE and CHOs for persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20809-22 - John McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health if the business cases approved by the HSE over the past five years have been paid in full to SOS, Kilkenny; if not, if he will confirm the balance of funding due to SOS; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20811-22 - John McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential places immediately available in CHO5 for 2022; the number of priority one cases waiting for services for the same area; the planned services for the future in CHO5 relative to those already in care and those that are awaiting services and deemed urgent; if any projected costs have been prepared to meet the current and future needs of service providers such as SOS; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20831-22 - Richard O'Donoghue

To ask the Minister for Health if discussions are expected to give clarity to the section 38 works; when they will receive their Covid payments ( it is causing upset to these workers who worked tirelessly during the Covid 19 pandemic as to the uncertainty as to when they will receive the payment); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20854-22 - Sean Canney

To ask the Minister for Health when the Cancer Care Hospital for University College Hospital Galway will be approved to proceed to full design in accordance with the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20857-22 - Ruairi Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on (Email query from constituent stating there is no Occupational Therapist (paediatric) staff in the HSE Primary Care Centre, Barrack St, Dundalk, Co Louth. One member of staff is currently on maternity leave and another member of staff has left the HSE.); the current waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20885-22 - Réada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will remove the current age restriction for FreeStyle Libre with immediate effect following a survey ( the recent Diabetes Ireland survey which showed that 98% of the 649 respondents living daily with diabetes and 92% of 105 healthcare- professional respondents believe that the Freestyle Libre should be reimbursed by the HSE for all people with diabetes, based on clinical need); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20886-22 - Réada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the apparent impasse affecting the undertaking of a health technology assessment for FreeStyle Libre; if his Department will offer an alternative process for such assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20892-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant paediatric rheumatologist attached to Galway University Hospital in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20893-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time podiatrist working in each primary care centre's in CHO area 9 in the years of 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20894-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time vacancies by job title in both the cardiac rehabilitation unit and orthopaedic unit at St Columcille's Hospital, Dublin 18; when each of these vacancies will be filled in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20895-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of level 3 ICU beds in each hospital part of the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group as of 1 March 2020 and 19 April 2022 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20896-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant neurophyiologists attached to University Hospital Waterford in 2021 and to date in 2022 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20897-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time vacancies by job title at the renal dialysis unit in Mayo University Hospital; when these vacancies will be filled in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20898-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time Parkinson’s disease nurse specialists attached to Beaumont Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20899-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff by job title working in the eye clinic at University Hospital Limerick; the number of whole-time equivalent vacancies by job title currently in the eye clinic; when will these vacancies be filled in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20901-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant otolaryngology with a special interest in voice, swallowing and airway disorders attached to Cavan General Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20903-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff working in the radiology department of Naas General Hospital; the number of vacancies by job title within this Department; when will these vacancies be filled in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20904-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing vacancies within the children's disability network teams in Kilbarrack, Coolock, Swords and Blanchardstown, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20905-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if a new chronic disease management hub will be fully operational in County Wicklow; the staffing details that would be required for the hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20906-22 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will remove the current age restriction for the FreeStyle Libre with immediate effect following a survey (the recent Diabetes Ireland survey which showed that 98% of the 649 respondents living daily with diabetes and 92% of 105 healthcare professional respondents believe that the Freestyle Libre should be reimbursed by the HSE for all people with diabetes based on clinical need); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20907-22 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the current impasse that seems to be preventing the undertaking of a health technology assessment for the FreeStyle Libre or offer a different process to enable this to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20916-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff, by role, currently employed in Cork University Hospital; and the number employed one year ago.

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PQ 20921-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1014 of 22 March 2022, if the Dublin North, North East Recovery College access the funding to continue to provide recovery education in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20936-22 - Joe O'Brien

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of dedicated clinics and models of care for patients with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20941-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dietitians employed within the oncology day unit at Cavan General Hospital; the additional cost of employing a dietitian within the oncology day unit at Cavan General Hospital; his plans for the recruitment of dietitians within the oncology day unit at Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20957-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a marriage notification appointment in Cork city.

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PQ 20958-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the actions he plans to take to deal with the increased demand for marriage notification in Cork city.

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PQ 20959-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting an appointment for marriage notification in Cork city.

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PQ 21034-22 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 9 February 2022, the status of the procurement of paxlovid by the HSE; and when it will become available for high-risk patients.

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PQ 21036-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to add glucoRX Aidex continuous glucose monitoring system to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21082-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the FreeStyle Libre insulin sensor is restricted to under 21s; the reason for this policy decision; if he intends to ask the HSE to expand access to this insulin sensor to those aged over 21; if he will ensure that those under 21 who currently can access the sensor will be guaranteed access when they age above 21; the savings or additional costs of providing the sensor to all that request it would be; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21111-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the proposed lots for the upcoming homecare tender which will be based on volume as opposed to community healthcare organisations; when providers can expect to receive the details of these lots; the reason for this change; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21116-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the role of an organisation (Nua Healthcare) in the provision of disability services for public patients; the oversight in place for the service; the amount paid by the State to the service in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21117-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary question No. 642 of 1 March 2022, the reason CHO4 was not included in the data provided; and if the data will be provided.

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PQ 21120-22 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some ambulance staff are being re deployed to be based in locations up to 109 km each way from their home and their previous base.; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21121-22 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the implications of the redeployment of some ambulance staff in locations up to 109 km from their home and their previous base in regard to the health and safety of staff and other road users; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21123-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the status of a clinical review by the HSE Medicines Management Programme for cariban; if there is a timeline for a decision on the recommendation to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21131-22 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health if a schedule of each emergency transfer request will be provided detailing the time of ambulance service request raised at St. Luke's Hospital; the time of clinical handover to the ambulance team in the hospital; the time of clinical handover at St. James's Hospital for each request made distinguishing between echo and delta responses in each of the years from 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21132-22 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health if a schedule of each emergency transfer request to the National Ambulance Service from Wexford General Hospital to St. James's Hospital Dublin will be provided detailing the time of ambulance service request raised at Wexford General Hospital; the time of clinical handover to the ambulance team in Wexford General Hospital; the time of clinical handover at St. James's Hospital for each request made distinguishing between echo and delta responses in each of the years since 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21133-22 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health if a schedule of each emergency transfer request to the National Ambulance Service from University Hospital Waterford to Cork University Hospital will be provided detailing the time of the ambulance service request raised at University Hospital Waterford; the time of clinical hand over to ambulance team in University Hospital Waterford; the time of clinical hand over at Cork University Hospital for each request made distinguishing between echo and delta responses in each of the years since 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21163-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report which found that failure to fund the provision of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age could result in €4.2 million per year in unnecessary costs to the HSE; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21197-22 - Fergus ODowd

To ask the Minister for Health his views on the adequacy of existing mental health supports for children in the Louth and east Meath area; if he will identify those supports; if his attention has been drawn to the significant waiting lists for these essential services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21215-22 - Josepha Madigan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will remove the current age restriction for the Freestyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21216-22 - Josepha Madigan

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Health Technology Advisory Group assessment of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21217-22 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the locations in which funding in excess of €1 million has been provided for public nursing homes in Ireland by date and location since 2011, in tabular form.

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PQ 21219-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he will ensure that frontline workers who have changed position or employer or who have retired during the pandemic will receive the Covid recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21237-22 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if a piece of surveillance technology (Hikvsion and/or Dahua CCTV cameras equipped with facial recognition technology) is being used by his Department or any agencies under his remit in view of the fact that there are security and privacy concerns associated with the use of same; the data protection policies on the use of artificial intelligence with respect to instances in which this technology is being used; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21248-22 - Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health if he will remove the age restriction for the Freestyle Libre device for those with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21249-22 - Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health if he will conduct a health technology assessment for the Freestyle Libre device for diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21252-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of staff and the positions that they hold and vacancies in CAHMS South Kerry in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21267-22 - Brendan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the proposals there are to provide additional services to reduce waiting times for children with disabilities (The need to provide a dedicated respite centre in Cavan/Monaghan for children with disabilities); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21285-22 - Joe Carey

To ask the Minister for Health if he will remove the current age restriction for the Freestyle Libre device with immediate effect following a survey (the recent Diabetes Ireland survey which showed that 98% of the 649 respondents living daily with diabetes and 92% of 105 healthcare professionals respondents believe that the Freestyle Libre should be reimbursed by the HSE for all people with diabetes based on clinical need); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21286-22 - Joe Carey

To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the current impasse that seems to be preventing the undertaking of a health technology assessment for the FreeStyle Libre device or offer a different process to enable this to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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