PQ Responses - December 8th 2022

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PQ 58408-22 - Joan Collins

To ask the Minister for Health when a full complement of therapists will be provided to a school (Our Lady of Hope special school in Dublin 12; The school to date has no therapists and needs a behaviour therapist and SLT and OT. These are high needs children in need of these supports to reach their full potential.) in Dublin 12.

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PQ 60236-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail his Department’s efforts to address long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 60794-22 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE funded therapists that have been allocated to special schools to date in 2022; the further measures and investment that is being made in disability services in general; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 60832-22 - Richard Bruton

To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the improvements in the context of early intervention with children who have need for assessments and for therapeutic intervention.

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PQ 60993-22 - Holly Carins

To ask the Minister for Health his views on providing multi-annual funding for the mental health unit in Bantry General Hospital.

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PQ 60994-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to ensure that all women who choose to have home births are supported in their decision.

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PQ 61022-22 - Michael Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a community neurorehabilitation team in CHO4; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61023-22 - Michael Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the provision of disability respite services in CHO4 to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61029-22 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to reduce waiting lists for psychology services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61035-22 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a community neurorehabilitation team in CHO7; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61049-22 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the provision of disability respite services in CHO3 and in CHO5 to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61102-22 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the wait time for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy assessments in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61132-22 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the future role that the HSE owned Inisghile facility in Parteen, County Clare will have; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61177-22 - Willie O'Dea

To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to improve and expand mental health services in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61178-22 - James Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the endoscopy unit in Naas Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61186-22 - Brendan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date in recruiting much needed therapists for areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan to provide treatment for children who have had an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61224-22 - David Stanton

To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the operation of the treatment abroad scheme; his plans to improve and streamline the operation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61225-22 - David Stanton

To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures performed under the treatment abroad scheme in 2021 and to date in 2022; the breakdown of the types of procedures performed and their respective costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61230-22 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the deficiency of vacancies being filled in the west Clare primary care team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61231-22 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his plans to address the shortage of homecare provision by the HSE in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61246-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment and recruitment of a full-time paediatric dietician to the child and adolescent mental health services at Arden House in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61247-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the current recruitment and retention crisis of frontline specialist medical personnel across all healthcare services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61249-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the chronic lack of services within the children's disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61268-22 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health the way that he intends to speed up the recruitment process of qualified personnel within health organisations (Presently, the offer of appointment to actual commencement of work is far too long especially with waiting list at enormous levels.).

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PQ 61269-22 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health the incentives that he has considered to overcome the shortage of carers in the Carrickmacross area.

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PQ 61283-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the potential closure of a GP service in Blarney, County Cork; the status of the proposed primary care centre for Blarney; and the timeline for same.

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PQ 61299-22 - Gino Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that lack of affordable accommodation is severely affecting recruitment and retention of nurses and midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61305-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the closure of a centre (the Owenacurra Centre) in Midleton, County Cork; if he will provide an update on the ongoing supports being provided to the remaining residents and their families in the process of being transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61307-22 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the opening of more beds at West Kerry Community Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61338-22 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the delivery of community neurorehabilitation teams across each of the CHO areas; the steps that have been taken to address barriers in recruitment of multi-disciplinary teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61339-22 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made regarding finding a replacement GP to take over the general practice in Dunkineely, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61342-22 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the nurse on Arranmore Island is no longer dedicated to the island on a full-time basis; the steps that are being taken to address the resulting decline in services on the island; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61344-22 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that his Department is taking to address the long wait times for respite services for people with intellectual disabilities in the CH07 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61356-22 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the preferred option in the 2019 Options Appraisal for Model Hospital Services; the status of the 2019 Options Appraisal for Model 4 Hospital Services as regards providing a framework for the future development and upgrading of Galway hospital facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61366-22 - John McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a community neurorehabilitation team in CHO5; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61367-22 - John McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health the number of therapists that will be recruited for disability services in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61404-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health if the pathfinder programme from the National Ambulance Service in Limerick will also cover County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61406-22 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients seen for emergency care only at HSE dental clinics, broken down by county for each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61419-22 - Denis Naughton

To ask the Minister for Health the plans that he has to establish a neuro-rehabilitation community team in CHO2; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61421-22 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the need for primary care centres in Portlaoise; and if he will outline his plans, if any, in this regard.

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PQ 61422-22 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on plans for a major extension and recruitment of the health centre in Mountrath, County Laois.

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PQ 61462-22 - Denise Mitchell

To ask the Minister for Health the average response time for ambulances for 999 calls in CHO9 for each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61481-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports of HSE contracts being awarded to a company linked to bribery (details supplied); the reason that the HSE continued to work with this company after the bribery was first exposed in 2015; the steps being taken to ensure that this is not repeated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61491-22 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of the outstanding epilepsy nurse specialists agreed in 2018 as part of the valproate response project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61494-22 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Health the services currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; the way that families can access these services within their communities following a diagnosis; if he will provide an update on discussions between the HSE and his Department to improve access to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61496-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated amount in euros that has been saved by his Department from moving from branded to generic medications in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61497-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the volume of packs of unlicensed medicines that are being brought into the market to alleviate medicine shortages; the estimated cost of these unlicensed medicines per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61498-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the average time taken by the HSE to decide on applications for medications to be added to the reimbursement list; the average time taken to adjudicate on hardship cases where manufacturers are seeking price increases due to inflationary costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61500-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that some branded medicines have not been required to be reduced in price following the approval of a generic equivalent, as required by the 2021 industry agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61501-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if a higher reimbursement price is granted to unlicensed medicines than the licensed version of the same medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61517-22 - Bríd Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding section 38 workers; if funding has been made available to ensure that these workers receive the pay awards agreed under the Building Momentum pay agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61518-22 - Bríd Smith

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PQ 61522-22 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health when HIQA remit will be extended to disability day services.

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PQ 61523-22 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health when an independent body will be appointed to regulate and investigate disability day services (There is currently no official independent body to investigate instances of failings in the duty of care to people with disabilities attending adult day services. When these instances arise family carers have to address these issues directly with their service provider. However, the investigations carried out by the service provider can be bias and often no result or reason to the failure of care is identified leaving family carers with no resolution and a high chance of the same issues arising again.).

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PQ 61540-22 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to fill a position for a senior occupational therapist in Buncrana, County Donegal; when the position is expected to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61569-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the research that his Department has undertaken on the number of ambulances needed just to make up the shortfall of ambulances as they wait at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital accident and emergency department, Drogheda.

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PQ 61611-22 - Bernard Durkin

To ask the Minister for Health if adequate emergency beds can be provided wherever required but particularly in accident and emergency hospitals on call where ambulances are queuing up while awaiting the admission of a patient; if he will identify the precise steps required to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61614-22 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to augment child and adult mental health services in CH07; if the precise measures deemed to be necessary are being taken forthwith; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61618-22 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which hospital building programmes and extensions are sufficiently in hand to meet the urgent demand such as Naas Hospital, County Kildare and other hospitals throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61619-22 - Beernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the programme for the provision of primary care centres throughout County Kildare having regard to those already in operation, those planned and approved or those pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61620-22 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which it is intended to ensure that primary care centres are provided throughout County Kildare with particular reference to growing population centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61621-22 - Bernrd Durkin

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he hopes to set up an emergency management team to deal with overcrowding and hospital accident and emergency departments with particular reference to ensuring that the highest possible standards prevail when dealing with the inflow of patients by facilitating their access to emergency treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61624-22 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the prevention of infectious diseases continues satisfactorily; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61625-22 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the progress in the hospital building programme in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61627-22 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children currently awaiting orthodontic treatment; when such services are likely to be provided; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61629-22 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which surgery is readily available for the removal of cataracts in this jurisdiction; the number of such surgical interventions undertaken here in the past twelve months; the plans to extend this service in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61630-22 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health when the promised phase of the Naas Hospital development plan will be activated in accordance with the original projections; when the facility will be completed and opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 61632-22 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that there has been no additional capacity added to disability residential services for children in south Tipperary for a period of five years; the urgent steps that he is taking to increase respite services for children in south Tipperary; the current vacancy rates for therapists within the CDNT teams in south Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ Responses - December 8th 2022