PQ Responses - January 19th 2022

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PQ 1001-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number or estimated number of HSE employees who tested positive for Covid-19 since 1 December 2021; and if a weekly and hospital by hospital breakdown can be provided on that figure.

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PQ 1002-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number or estimated number of HSE employees who were identified as close contacts of persons who had tested positive for Covid-19 since 1 December 2021; and if a weekly and hospital by hospital breakdown can be provided on that figure.

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PQ 1003-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who tested positive for Covid-19 after they were admitted to hospital or while they were in hospital since 1 December 2021; and if a hospital by hospital breakdown can be provided on that figure.

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PQ 1004-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were tested for Covid-19 at pop-up or walk-in testing centres since the start of the pandemic; the number who tested positive at these centres; if a centre breakdown can be provided on that figure; and if he will list the pop-up testing centres which were operational in the State since the start of the pandemic.

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PQ 1005-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to issues with the HSE request a test website link; the nature of the issues reported by members of the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1006-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who requested Covid-19 tests through the HSE request a test website link since it was introduced; the number of persons who were either issued with a PCR appointment slot; and the number who were sent a supply of antigen tests following their request through the link.

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PQ 1025-22 - John McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the recent inspection carried out by the Health and Safety Authority of the National Ambulance Service base in County Carlow; the remedial works required arising from the inspection and the associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1028-22 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health when the North-West Regional Centre for Neurology at Sligo University Hospital will have a full complement of seven neurology nurse specialists in line with international best practice to service patients across the region.

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PQ 1035-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the service issues with the National Ambulance Service in County Wexford in terms of emergency response times and resources; the immediate supports that will be provided to the service in County Wexford to address the current difficulties within the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1058-22 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons attending acute hospitals with strokes, blood clots and for emergency cardiac care in 2021 and in the previous five years.

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PQ 1064-22 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health the status of work placements within the HSE (Minister, I have beem contacted by many young people who want dearly to work in our health service but cannor secure placements within the HSE in the South area. Surely this is wrong, if we want to encourage people and if we want to have a new generation of workers in the HSE, surely we have to give them placements to get them going. In the last 12 months, how many placements were made available to young people throughout the HSE ?); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1085-22 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health the interment arrangements for the remains of babies from late-term abortions in circumstances in which the parents of the baby do not undertake personal arrangements; and if the baby is buried in a designated plot within the hospital grounds or elsewhere.

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PQ 1105-22 - Richard Bruton

To ask the Minister for Health if there are referral services for adult patients suffering from ADHD; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1110-22 - Michael Collins

To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to appoint a telemetry nurse or a qualified professional to operate the EEG video telemetry machine for patients with epilepsy in Cork University Hospital ( There is currently an extensive waiting list of patients is in urgent need of this machine. We are aware that a great deal of funraising was carried out in order to purchase this machine, which has been lying idle in CUH since 2018.); when this piece of equipment will be up and running in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1135-22 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses that underwent training to skill-up in order to work in an ICU setting since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in tabular form.

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PQ 1147-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that vulnerable high-risk children aged from 5 to 11 years of age will be prioritised for a Covid-19 vaccination following the opening of the HSE online portal for this cohort on 28 December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1162-22 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an assessment of need in each of the CHO areas of Cork city and county; the average waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1163-22 - Padraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of homecare packages being received in each LHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1165-22 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the child and adolescent mental health services waiting list in CHO4; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1168-22 - Michael Lowry

To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite care centres expressly for children with disabilities and complex additional needs by county from January 2020 to the end of December 2021; the number of nights provided; the number of children who availed of respite services in these facilities; the number of facilities that remained open and that continued to provide respite care for children during Covid-19 restrictions in the same period in tabular form; the number of respite care centres that closed during Covid-19 restrictions; his plans to reopen all facilities which provide respite care for children with disabilities and complex additional needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1169-22 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that waiting lists for child and adolescent mental health services in Cork city and county have increased by 23% in recent months; the measures that are being taken to reduce the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1170-22 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if the two vacant CAMHS consultant posts in County Cork have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1171-22 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to recruit an additional CAMHS consultant for the north Cork area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1189-22 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for a health centre (Knockannanna Health Centre, Wicklow, Co Wicklow) which has been closed for approximately four years; if it is intended that the health centre will reopen in the future; if so, when it is likely to reopen; and if not, the future plans of the HSE for this building going forward.

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PQ 1212-22 - Éamon Ó Cuív

To ask the Minister for Health the records maintained on cases admitted to accident and emergency departments in hospitals; if these records are published; the breakdown of cases under which they are published; the detail involved, for example, heart, alcohol, pregnancy, sports injuries, respiratory and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1226-22 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Health the reason haemotopoietic stem cell transplantation treatment is not available to patients in Ireland with multiple sclerosis; if there are plans to change this approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1252-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health when antiviral drugs to treat Covid-19 are likely to be made available to persons here given the announcement that the Government has agreed to spend €90 million on such drugs; the category of person who will be entitled to receive same; the assessment process that will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1269-22 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health the grants or funding available via the HSE for a group that wishes to set up a meals on wheels service in an area of County Kerry in which there is currently no service available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1278-22 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health the number of antigen tests acquired by the Government and the HSE since March 2020; the total spent on acquiring these antigen tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1279-22 -Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health the procurement agreement in place for the acquisition of antigen tests; if consideration will be given to issuing a tender to Irish companies for the supply of EU-approved antigen tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1298-22 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if a child psychologist will be appointed for south County Kerry as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1303-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 327 and 328 of 25 November 2021, if a breakdown of the figures for CHO4 for each composite area within CHO4 for each section outlined in the reply will be provided.

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PQ 1313-22 - Charles Flanaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the 82 children with spina bifida and or hydrocephalus currently requiring urgent orthopaedic surgery and review; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1314-22 - Charles Flanaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure services and treatment of children with spina bifida and or hydrocephalus are sufficient to their needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1315-22 - Richard Bruton

To ask the Minister for Health the policy that is being put in place to deal with persons suffering symptoms of long-Covid; if specialist centres are being established; and if so, if there will be a centre for the northside of Dublin.

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PQ 1316-22 - Paul Kehoe

To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to rectify the matter in relation to healthcare workers who have been unable to take their full entitlement of annual leave due to short-staffing issues or requested leave not being sanctioned by managers and who have had remaining leave at year end annulled with no permission to carry over leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1323-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 327 and 328 of 25 November 2021, if he will provide a breakdown of the figures for CHO2 for each composite area within CHO2 for each section outlined in the original reply.

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PQ 1326-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 327 and 328 of 25 November 2021, if he will provide a breakdown of the figures for CHO7 for each composite area within CHO7 for each section outlined in the original reply.

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PQ 1327-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 327 and 328 of 25 November 2021, if he will provide a breakdown of the figures for CHO3 for each composite area within CHO3 for each section outlined in the original reply.

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PQ 1328-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 327 and 328 of 25 November 2021, if he will provide a breakdown of the figures for CHO9 for each composite area within CHO9 for each section outlined in the original reply.

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PQ 1329-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 327 and 328 of 25 November 2021, if he will provide a breakdown of the figures for CHO5 for each composite area within CHO5 for each section outlined in the original reply.

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PQ 1330-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 327 and 328 of 25 November 2021, if he will provide a breakdown of the figures for CHO6 for each composite area within CHO6 for each section outlined in the original reply.

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PQ 1331-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 327 and 328 of 25 November 2021, if he will provide a breakdown of the figures for CHO4 for each composite area within CHO4 for each section outlined in the original reply.

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PQ 1332-22 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the available hours to access the HSE antigen online order form beyond the current 12 hours per day; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1335-22 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health when respite services at a location (Seaview House, Mountcharles, Co. Donegal) will open on a seven day basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1345-22 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the issue of poor access to food for staff who work in Tallaght University Hospital ( the primary issue is that staff who work in Tallaght Hospital do not have access to nutritious hot meals in the evenings and weekends, and this does not reflect the 24/7 nature of work in a busy tertiary hospital, many of the staff cannot leave the hospital while they are at work or on call on-site, there is often situations where someone is asked to be on-call on short notice, not allowing time to prepare nutritious meals later than lunchtime on weekdays, opens during the day on weekends with consideration also given to evening hours for the canteen so that staff who work shifts can access a healthy hot meal); and if his Department will work with the hospital to ensure that the canteen remains open for longer periods in order to facilitate staff who work shifts.

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PQ 1349-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of removing all adult inpatient and day service hospital charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1350-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the daily inpatient and day service hospital charges by amounts of €5, €10, €15 and €20, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1352-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of removing the prescription charge for persons aged over 70 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1353-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the prescription charge for all medical card holders by 50 cent and the maximum monthly amount by €5; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1363-22 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the date on which a charge was applied for non-general practitioner referral attendance at the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital; the levels of charges that have applied since; if he will request the HSE to reduce or remove this fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1367-22 - Eamon O'Cuiv

To ask the Minister for Health if it is intended to provide extra funding to Westdoc to provide more comprehensive cover for general practitioners in the Connemara area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1386-22 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health if additional Covid-19 PCR testing resources in Killarney and Listowel will be provided to facilitate the current demand in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1387-22 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health if additional Covid-19 PCR testing centres will have sufficient staff such that they can remain fully in operation during scheduled hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1388-22 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the hours of operation of additional Covid-19 PCR testing centres in County Kerry; the testing capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1399-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that were tested for Lyme disease here in each of the years 2017 to 2021; the number of persons that were diagnosed with Lyme disease over the same period; the number of staff employed in this area; the type of tests carried out for Lyme disease here; if these tests are routine; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1400-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ophthalmologists employed by the HSE nationally in each of the years 2017 to 2021; the number employed in Cavan General Hospital over the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1401-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to support persons with long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1407-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 16 November 2021, the names of the long-stay facilities that service users under the care of the Midleton, Youghal and Cobh, Glenville adult mental health teams may have been referred to for respite or long-stay placements since February 2021.

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PQ 1408-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health if the clinical directors of the west Cork, south Lee and north Cork adult mental health services have agreed with senior management to accept referrals of service users under the care of the Midleton,Youghal and Cobh, Glenville adult mental health teams for long-stay or respite placements in the community residences attached to their local catchment areas into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1409-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the procurement process for a community mental health residence (Glenwood in Carrigaline) in County Cork ; if the property was purchased on the open market; if not, if it was purchased through another process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1410-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the reasons Carrigaline, County Cork was chosen as a site for a new community mental health residence in 2021 by Cork, Kerry mental health management over other towns such as Cobh, Carrigtwohill, Midleton or Yougal; the way this can be reconciled with a claim by an executive clinical director made at a recent meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on Health that the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton will not be replaced due to declining numbers of service users in County Cork requiring 24-hour staffed residential provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1411-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the staff to service user ratio across each 24-hour staffed mental health facility, continuing care and community residences and high-support hostels in CHO4.

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PQ 1412-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the population size that will be served by a new community adult mental health rehabilitation team in County Cork; the timeframe for the appointment of team members; the details of the recruitment processes underway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1413-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the way serious concerns expressed by his Department in relation to the fire safety in the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton can be reconciled with assurances given to the public and families that the residents are not in danger; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1414-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the remaining works that are needed to be carried out to bring the Owencurra Centre, Middleton premises up to an acceptable fire safety standard; the reasons these works have not been completed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1416-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the efforts already undertaken by the HSE towards the recruitment of a medical officer to St. Francis Welfare Home, Fermoy, County Cork to facilitate the reopening of respite services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1417-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health if he projects further reductions in 24-hour staffed residential provision for Cork mental health service users in the next five to ten years as per the arguments put forward at a meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on Health on 14 December 2021 in relation to the closure of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, County Cork which according to HSE management are consistent with A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1426-22 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of suicides in Ireland in each of the years 2018 to 2021, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1427-22 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of suicide resource officers employed by the HSE; the number of vacant posts; the length of time these posts have been vacant; when they will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1428-22 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of suicide resource officers employed by the HSE in counties Louth and Meath; the number of vacant posts; the length of time these posts have been vacant; when they will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1435-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has examined changing non-consultant hospital doctor changeover and rotation requirements; if an analysis has been conducted on the effectiveness and comparative benefit of changeover and rotation; if so, the result of the analysis; if he has engaged with trainees or their union representatives to obtain their views; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1436-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has examined changing non-consultant hospital doctor changeover and rotation requirements; if an analysis has been conducted on the effectiveness and comparative benefit of changeover and rotation; if so, the result of that analysis; if the CEO of the HSE has engaged with trainees or their union representatives to get their views; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1569-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the status of a primary care centre (Primary Care Centre in Douglas, Cork).

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PQ 1582-22 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health when an alternative booster shot will be available for a very small cohort of persons who have been advised for medical reasons not to receive a further vaccine (mRNA Vaccine, Astra Zeneca) but instead another vaccine in its place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1597-22 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership of or in part ownership of or under the control of his Department and agencies under his remit; the county in which each unit is located; the length of time each unit has been vacant in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1616-22 - Kathleen Funchion

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage spend from the mental health budget that is ring-fenced for transgender programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1640-22 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that have been admitted suffering from Covid-19 per day since the start of December 2021; and the breakdown by hospital including children's wards in general hospitals in addition to children's hospitals by age breakdown, that is, under 5, 5 to 11 and 12 years of age and upwards if possible.

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PQ 1641-22 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for scoliosis treatment; the length of time they have been on the waiting list; his plan to ensure that these children receive this treatment as soon as possible; if he plans to make additional funding available to achieve this goal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1646-22 - Francis Noel Duffy

To ask the Minister for Health the reason cervical screening test appointments were cancelled in December 2021 with no prior warning; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1666-22 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health when a booster vaccine ( an Astra Zeneca booster) will be made available to persons who are medically vulnerable who had a myocarditis and pericarditis reaction to an mRNA vaccine, who are following the advice of a medical professional not to receive an mRNA booster and are currently on a waiting list for the booster.

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PQ 1742-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who are clinically discharged but who are in hospital; the number of patients who are clinically discharged in hospital for six months or less, between six months and one year, between one year and 18 months, between 18 months and two years and for more than two years.

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PQ 1743-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that allow patients to confirm appointments by text or email; and his views on whether confirming appointments by phone call is logical at a time when there are not enough staff to man the phones.

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PQ 1756-22 - Peadar Toibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of phone calls received by the HSE drug and alcohol helpline in each of the past ten years in tabular form.

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PQ 1765-22 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons approved for home support hours but who are awaiting a carer in counties Laois and Offaly, respectively; and the number waiting for more than three and more than six months.

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PQ 1769-22 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health the reason prioritisation has not been given to children at high-risk in relation to the Covid-19 vaccination programme for children aged 5 to 11 years of age as in other age cohorts.

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PQ 1787-22 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of myocarditis and pericarditis that have been diagnosed in 2021 and per year for the preceding five years in Irish hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1791-22 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on contact lenses prescribed for medical use in eye conditions such as keratoconus or other eye conditions in 2021 and each of the past five years; the geographical breakdown of the area in which the funding was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1822-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of new home support service packages for the past three years for each health service area; the amount of funding provided for this service in the past three years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1823-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees of the HSE providing home support packages for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1824-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees of private operators providing home support packages for the HSE for past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1831-22 - James Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health the current situation in relation to the provision of psychology services for children in Celbridge, Maynooth and Clane, County Kildare ; and the steps that are being taken or planned to rectify the current situation.

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PQ 1846-22 - Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the current two and a half year wait to access the National Gender Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1863-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds of the 30 purchased in relation to the €7.65 million to purchase additional capacity for mental health services in the private sector that will be used for persons with eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1873-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if a breakdown will be provided of the €3,303,915 spent on seven long-term low secure mental health beds by the HSE from private operators, including the operating and ancillary costs; the locations of these beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1895-22 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time clinical nurse specialist in affective disorders working in CHO8 in each of the past three years in tabular form.

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PQ 1896-22 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of theatres in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in each of the years of 2019 to 2021, in tabular form; and if all theatres are in full use.

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PQ 1897-22 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time clinical nurse specialist in cardiovascular disease at St. Vincent's University Hospital in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 1926-22 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of homecare hours that were allocated to each CHO in 2021 and that have been allocated for 2022.

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PQ 1933-22 - Francis Noel Duffy

To ask the Minister for Health when high-risk persons who have been recommended a booster ( Astra Zeneca) due to a myocarditis and pericarditis reaction from the mRNA vaccine can expect to receive their booster; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1935-22 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the full criteria for determining if a patient in an intensive care unit is fully vaccinated, partially vaccinated or unvaccinated, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1936-22 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health if the automated robotic process used by the HSE to determine vaccine status does not find a match with a particular patient, are they automatically considered to be unvaccinated based on the criteria set out in the latest HSPC report on vaccination status; if it is possible that some patients in ICU listed as unvaccinated were in fact vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1937-22 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health if he will immediately release the data for the numbers hospitalised and in ICU to date in 2022 based on their vaccination status; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1945-22 - Michael Healy Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if a series of matters in relation to mental health services (Minister, the local YouthReach service in Cahersiveen and Killorglin was closed by Kerry ETB, this was an excellent service for young people who had fallen out and off of the mainstream system .Why can't the National Learning Network provide outreach services in local rural communities? Why don't we have enough Occupational Therapists serving in local rural communities. Why don't we have an Mental Health Service that is integrated into the rural community. Why don't we have a system of integrated supports between the HSE and Kerry ETB and the National Network with the local community. Why don't we have equal access to all services in rural communities compared to urban communities.) will be examined and addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1954-22 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the neurology services that are available to patients in County Wexford living with a neurological condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1955-22 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for homecare support in County Wexford; the average length of time that persons have been waiting; the single longest period of time that a person has been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1967-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to be seen by child and adolescent mental health services by CHO and LHO in tabular form; and the length of time persons are waiting to be seen.

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PQ 1972-22 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for prior authorisation and reimbursement made under the cross border directive in each of the years 2018 to 2021, by medical procedure in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2034-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the minimum staffing requirements for liaison psychiatrists as outlined in A Vision for Change; and the current level of staffing for same.

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PQ 2076-22 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the currently available list of pharmacies participating in the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out to ensure it is up to date; the way in which a pharmacy can have its name removed from the list when it is no longer participating in the roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2100-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time staff working 39 hours and part-time staff working 37 hours or less staff employed in the HSE by staff grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2118-22 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for homecare package applications by CHO, LHO and time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2119-22 - Cian O Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a primary care speech and language therapy appointment by CHO, LHO, age and time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2120-22 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an occupational therapy appointment by CHO, LHO, age and time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2121-22 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a community psychology services appointment by CHO, LHO, age and time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2122-22 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an adult mental health service appointment by CHO, LHO and time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2123-22 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a CAMHS appointment by CHO, LHO and time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2124-22 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for disability assessment of needs appointments by CHO, LHO age and time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2125-22 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that those presenting to the accident and emergency department in St. James’s Hospital must wait outside in line to gain entry; his views on whether waiting out in the freezing cold conditions is not the correct process for those who are already so ill they must attend the emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2131-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for birth certificates currently awaiting printing, posting or certification respectively by county in tabular form.

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PQ 2132-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time from application to receipt of a birth certificate by county in tabular form.

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PQ 2147-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of contracts for and quantity of antigen tests procured to date or available to be further drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2148-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of existing contracts for procurement of medical and respirator N95, FFP2 and similar grade facemasks; the number of facemasks drawn down in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number for future drawdown which has been agreed; the forecast of future supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2167-22 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is collecting feedback from healthcare workers and service users as to the functioning of services relating to the Covid-19 pandemic such as availability of PCR and antigen testing and the vaccination roll-out; if so, the way such data is being used to improve the public health response; and if not, if he will consider introducing such a measure.

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PQ 2186-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of addiction nurses currently working in the State.

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PQ 2215-22 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a full-time coordinator for the Bray local drugs and alcohol task force which has been without a coordinator for three and a half years out of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2237-22 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has put a plan in place to deal with vulnerabilities in its computer networks (Log4j vulnerabilities in its computer networks); if so, the details of same; the action that has been taken; the person who is leading the plan; when the HSE first responded to the issue; when the HSE first become aware of the issue; the meetings that were held to resolve the issue; the steps his Department has taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2238-22 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health if HSE computer systems, devices or servers were compromised due to a vulnerability ( the Log4j vulnerability ); if so, the number of devices and servers impacted; if personal data was hacked; if online services or other services stopped working due to this issue; if the issue impacted the vaccination programme or the Covid-19 PCR booking and testing system; if data was compromised; if the issues have been fully resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2239-22 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the work that has been carried out to resolve a computer network vulnerability ( the Log4j network vulnerability ); if specialist teams were set up or recruited to address the issue; if so, the details of the teams and external contractors or consultants that were hired as part of the response; the cost of same; the details of the systems that were compromised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2252-22 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to alleviate current waiting time of 10 to 12 weeks for patients waiting on urgent referrals to the BreastCheck clinic at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2305-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in Clondalkin, Dublin 22 in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular forms; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2306-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in the CHO7 area; the breakdown of the areas in which they are based in CHO7 in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2312-22 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the operational status of the home support pilot commenced in CHO2; the levels of staff retention from commencement; the difficulties the pilot scheme has experienced to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2313-22 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the four CHO areas selected to test the reformed model of homecare support; when these sites will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2314-22 - Ruairí Ó Muchú

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the homecare pilot project in CHO8; the staff recruited to date; and the number of staff that remain to be recruited.

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PQ 2364-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the funding that was provided in Budget 2022 to charities including section 38 and section 39 organisations providing mental health services; the way in which small mental health charities can apply for funding allocated in Budget 2022; if additional funding programmes are available to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2366-22 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the efforts underway to ensure the provision of adequate psychology services for children in the area of Celbridge, County Kildare; when full-time psychologists will be assigned to this area; the reason for the delay in implementing these services to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2406-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Meath who are waiting for a homecarer to be allocated to them despite having been approved for same.

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PQ 2407-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Meath who have requested additional homecare hours; and the average waiting times for receiving additional care.

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PQ 2419-22 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants waiting for a primary medical certificate in County Clare; the current application processing time for a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2421-22 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Clare, Tipperary and Limerick awaiting scoliosis procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2426-22 - Joe Carey

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit a replacement consultant paediatric neurologist at the University Hospital Limerick; when it is anticipated that this appointment will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2428-22 - Noel Grealish

To ask the Minister for Health the number of administrative and management staff have been recruited by the Saolta group and at Galway University Hospital, respectively since March 2020; the number of nurses, doctors, consultants and other medical staff that have been recruited in the same time period by the Saolta group and at Galway University Hospital, respectively; the number of staff in each category currently employed by the Saolta group and at Galway University Hospital, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2450-22 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the measures being implemented to address the fact that a task force ( Bray Local Drugs & Alcohol Task Force, Bray, Co Wicklow) is currently without a coordinator and has been for three out of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2451-22 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the stage the recruitment process is currently at for the recruitment of a replacement coordinator for a task force ( Bray Local Drugs & Alcohol Task Force, Bray, Co Wicklow); when it is likely that a coordinator will be in a position to take up the role; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2463-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for homecare packages; the number of persons experiencing delayed discharge from hospital due to a delay accessing homecare; and the waiting lists for homecare packages by CHO and LHO in tabular form.

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PQ 2464-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to change the HSE model for commissioning homecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2490-22 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to provide a permanent full-time general practitioner in a village (Minister, the village of Ballyduff in North Kerry is still without a full time permanent GP service. What has you Department done in relation to this ? Has a position been advertised ? Has there been expressions of interest in taking up the service ?) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2598-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Bantry Hospital dental and orthodontic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2599-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide medical treatment for persons diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2601-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the longest waiting-time experienced by a CHO4 staff member to have a grievance hearing arranged for stage 1 of the HSE grievance procedure following submission of their formal grievance and for the arrangement of a stage 2 hearing following the completion of stage 1 in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2604-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure adequate HSE dental appointments are available to children in south-western areas of County Cork.

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PQ 2606-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health his views on putting in place the resources to extend the medical assessment unit opening hours in Bantry General Hospital to a 24/7 basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2629-22 - Gino Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health if he will conduct a review of service and staffing levels across the mental health service and ensure that extra services and extra permanent posts are sanctioned to ensure that the mental health service can increase its capacity on a permanent basis to deal with the mental health crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2646-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who died by suicide in the State in each of the past ten years by county.; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 62938-21 - Rose Conway Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in the dental treatment services scheme by LHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 62939-21 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no walk in service for the civil registration service in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 62941-21 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Galway who have been approved for the home support service but are still on the waiting list; the number waiting over 6, 12, 18 and 24 months respectively; the longest period of time a person has been waiting; the average length of time that persons have been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 62943-21 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of homecare hours applied for by CHO2 in each of the past five years; the number of homecare hours granted in CHO2 over each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 62944-21 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of homecare hours applied for in County Galway over each of the past five years; the number of homecare hours granted in County Galway over each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 62964-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide paediatric palliative care for the south east region; his plans to recruit a full-time paediatric palliative consultant in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 62969-21 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant maxillofacial surgeons attached to Nenagh Hospital in 2020 and 2021; and if this number will be increased.

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PQ 62970-22 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant paediatric cardiologists at University Hospital Limerick in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form.

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PQ 62976-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the removal of night-time confinement in the National Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 62977-21 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on respiratory sleep therapy services as defined in the HSE National Drawdown Framework including the provision of CPAP devices by HSE area in each of the years 2017 to 2021.

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PQ 62984-21 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the way information arising from calls to the HSE MyOptions service is recorded; the way records are kept by the counsellors; and the way this information is stored.

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PQ 62985-21 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the processes followed in relation to the disposal and internment of human remains arising from the operation of the Health (Regulation of the Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018.

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PQ 63069-21 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to assist with the staffing shortages in Temple Street Hospital Diabetes Paediatric Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63070-21 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the details of all service providers providing home support services in Galway city and county in tabular form; the number of home support hours contracted to each service provider in Galway city and county in each month in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; the number of home support hours delivered by each service provider in Galway city and county in each month in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63093-21 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in addressing delays in progressing paperwork for a drug (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that these delays are causing for persons with chronic migraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63097-21 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries carried out in each of the past five years by type of surgery and diagnosis as was presented in Parliamentary Question No. 672 of 11 May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63103-21 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting palliative care homecare hours by CHO area and by the length of time they are waiting for same in tabular form showing the number of patients awaiting allocation of actual delivery of homecare in increments of six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63105-21 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting respite care by CHO area by the length of time they are waiting for same in tabular form showing the number of patients awaiting an allocation of actual respite care in increments of six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63122-21 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health the status of persons who are excluded from services (details supplied); the way the issue will be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63127-21 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health the increase in ambulances, EMTs and paramedics to date in counties Cavan and Monaghan in view of the Programme for Government commitment to increase same; and the way response times have improved in the counties.

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PQ 63128-21 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health the latest response times for ambulances in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath and nationally in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63144-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the reason a facility (the National Eating Disorder Recovery Centre) does not align with the implementation plan for the HSE National Model of Care; if consideration will be given to same on an interim basis given the expansion planned for Mount Carmel Community Hospital is not due for completion until June 2022 and the facility is in CHO6 the same catchment area as Mount Carmel Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63156-21 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Health the number of homecare hours provided by his Department; and the breakdown of the total provided directly by the HSE, private and voluntary providers, respectively.

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PQ 63167-21 - Gino Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health if thighplasty is available as a treatment post weight loss via the HSE public system.

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PQ 63174-21- Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health when families impacted by sodium valproate will be able to access services which have been agreed under the community operations programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63184-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the €1.5 million put in place to develop three eating disorder teams raised during promised legislation on 14 December 2021; when they will be in place; the services that will be provided; the areas in which they will be located; if this €1.5 million will be sufficient for the delivery of three eating disorder teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63189-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if the cardiology department in Tallaght Hospital is operational for surgeries on a 24/7 basis; and if not, his plans to increase operating hours.

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PQ 63193-21 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health if there is a transfer mechanism for speech and language therapists working within the HSE who wish to move location given recruitment panels often specify that the applicant must not be currently employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63194-21 - Rose Conway Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all speech and language therapy vacancies in counties Mayo and Sligo; if therapists already employed by the HSE in another part of the State are permitted to apply for these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63255-22 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the properties owned by the HSE that are not currently in use; the length of time they have been in the ownership of the HSE; the length of time they have not been in use in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63257-21 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent vaccination posts required to meet the targets set out in the Covid-19 booster campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63258-21 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent vaccination posts there have been for each month in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63259-21 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a Covid-19 testing centre in Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63260-21 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent PCR swabbers that will be required to sustain a level of approximately 200,000 PCR tests per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63266-21 - Richard O'Donoghue

To ask the Minister for Health the actions that will be put in place to reduce the number of patients on trolleys in emergency departments; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that University Hospital Limerick has the highest number of patients on trollies it is causing stress and concern to both patients and staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63281-21 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is monitoring the reliability of Covid-19 PCR tests; the false positive rates for PCR tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63288-21 - Christopher O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the current waitlist for parents and guardians waiting on an AON assessment; the steps that are being taken to improve these wait times; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63293-21 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Dublin that have been assessed for delivery of home support hours and are waiting for a carer to become available in excess of one, three and six months and one year in tabular form.

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PQ 63296-21 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health the deaths recorded from Covid-19 since 20 November 2021 to date by the number who were vaccinated, partially vaccinated and unvaccinated, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63297-21 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health the person or body responsible in cases in which there are complications or a person has a reaction to a vaccination administered by a person without a registered PIN; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63299-21 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the contracts his Department and the HSE have entered into with private suppliers and companies relating to Covid-19 since March 2020; the purpose of each contract; the cost of each contract; if the contract went to tender; if contract has been fulfilled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63305-21 - Bríd Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the retraction of initial Covid-19 vaccination advice to pharmacists to vaccinate persons over the age of 16 years; his views on whether pharmacists who have worked tirelessly to play a vital role in expediting the administration of boosters are now faced with having to spend time explaining the u-turn to patients instead of vaccinating them; if his attention has been further drawn to the mixed messages this presents during a critical period of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63338-21 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE national office is insisting that a service (Home Care Direct) operates in the same way as the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63351-21 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the status of and position regarding transitional plans to ensure that young persons with a disability who wish to reside outside of nursing home settings and who wish to live independently have sufficient choice and options available to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63352-21 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the proposed east Meath primary care centre which is to be located in Bettystown town centre; when he expects works to commence; if other relevant details in this regard will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63353-21 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the proposed Dundalk primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63354-21 - Denise Mitchell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatrists in CHO9 available to treat persons with ADHD; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63359-21 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent management and administrative staff working in the area of mental health care in CHO2 in counties Mayo, Galway and Roscommon in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63360-21 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent nursing staff working with persons with disability in CHO2 in counties Mayo, Galway and Roscommon in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63361-22 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent HSE staff working with older persons in CHO2 in counties Mayo, Galway and Roscommon in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63374-21 - Imelda Munster

To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents in private nursing homes that are medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63379-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the services that are in place for adults and children who have received a diagnosed with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; if there are plans to further develop these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63391-21 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if he is giving consideration to extending the national counselling service along with the provision of the necessary extra resources in order to provide therapeutic support for the large number of the grieving families who have lost loved ones in difficult circumstances in nursing homes as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63419-21 - Micheal Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths from Covid-19 in nursing homes in 2020 and 2021; the number of deaths in each year involving patients with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63438-21 - Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health if a daily breakdown of both the number of patients who are in hospital as they are receiving medical treatment for Covid-19 in addition to the number of patients who contract Covid-19 in a hospital setting will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63462-21 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for children with autism trying to access speech and language therapy in each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63463-21 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the procedure if a speech and language therapist leaves the role with the HSE as regards the children being treated by the therapist; if the children being treated by that therapist go back to the bottom of the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63477-21 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 522 of 16 November 2021, if routine appointments are taking place in Tuam or Ballinasloe as a result of the Mountbellew closure; if only emergency dental care is available; when this situation will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63478-21 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received for homecare support in 2019, 2020 and 2021, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63479-21 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been granted homecare support in 2021 who are still waiting on their care packages to be fulfilled by a carer and home support agency by county and waiting timeframe in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63480-21 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received in 2021 for respite care; the number of persons currently on the waiting list for respite care services by county and waiting list timeframe in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63481-21 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received for a physical care needs assessment in 2019, 2020 and 2021, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63482-21 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a physical care needs assessment in 2021, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63483-21 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a clinical assessment in 2021, by waiting list timeframe and by county; the wait time involved, that is, by one, three, six, 12 and greater than 12 months in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63493-21 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting time for those seeking transgender health care; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that just to be first seen is now a waiting time of over two and a half years; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that according to a study carried out, this kind of waiting time is actively dangerous, considering the rates of both suicidal ideation and attempts among pretransition trans people; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that patients are forced to answer invasive questions regarding their sexuality, including various sex acts they have engaged in, the number of partners they have been with and the genders of these partners; his views on whether such questions are of zero clinical necessity; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that patients have reportedly been refused treatment on the basis of them being autistic or having ADHD.

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PQ 63495-21 -Neale Redmond

To ask the Minister for Health the geographic breakdown of the assaults that were recorded on nurses in each of the years 2015 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63496-21 - Neale Redmond

To ask the Minister for Health the geographic breakdown of the assaults that were recorded on doctors in each of the years 2015 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63498-21 - Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (Carmona School, Glenageary, Dublin The school still has not received its pre-Covid allocation of services which was promised by the Taoiseach and Minister of State Rabbitte) is still lacking in services following the withdrawal of progressing disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63499-21 - Gino Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the improvements his Department is making in the area of healthcare for trans persons; his views on whether the current waiting time of over two and a half years to be first seen is unacceptable; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this has declined further during the Covid-19 pandemic; his views on the immense negative impact this is having on the mental health of pre transition trans persons given the rates of both suicidal ideation and attempts in this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63507-21 - Sean Fleming

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish infusion suites in Kilkenny Hospital and Waterford Hospital for patients with multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63511-21 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants for medical cards from 2015 to 2021; and the number of these applications rejected by the HSE by reason in tabular form.

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PQ 63515-21 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Health the actions that are being taken by his Department to improve transgender health services in Ireland and in particular to address the waiting time for first-time appointments which currently stands at two and a half years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63516-21 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the services that are currently operated out of a premises (HSE Building, Dublin Road, Bray, Co Wicklow); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63517-21 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of a building (HSE Building, Dublin Road, Bray, Co Wicklow) given the front of the building is in very poor condition and in need of attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63521-21 - Christopher O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health when the day care centre at Clonakilty Community Hospital will return to normal service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63527-21 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health if immediate funding can be facilitated to increase paediatric and adult care at the National Orthopedic Hospital with particular reference to the urgent surgeries that await same and given the stress and anxiety that this delay is now causing to the children and families affected by same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63567-21 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a two and a half year waiting list for an initial assessment at the National Gender Service; the steps he is taking to address these long waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63568-21 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health if the assessments that take place at the National Gender Service meet international best practice; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by service users regarding the questions they are asked during the assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63579-21 - Réada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE is asking persons including healthcare workers arriving at vaccination centres to replace their high-protection masks such as FFP2 with those of lower protection quality; if he will publish the scientific basis on which this request is made; if, in the circumstances of the highly-transmissible omicron variant, his Department is content for the HSE to continue with this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63591-21 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Longford awaiting the allocation of homecare hours; the length of time they have been waiting; and the number of hours they have been allocated.

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PQ 63592-22 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Westmeath awaiting the allocation of homecare hours; the length of time they have been waiting; and the number of hours they have been allocated.

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PQ 63612-21 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the average time it takes in each CHO for a death certificate to be issued in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63616-21 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will consider establishing drop in care centres with services for patients with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63617-21 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to deliver post acquired brain injury inpatient services locally outside of Dublin as per the recommendations of the National Stroke Strategy and the National Rehabilitation Strategy which plan for the implementation of local specialist neurorehabilitation services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63618-21 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment will be given to delivering post acquired brain injury inpatient services; his plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63619-21 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establishing a mental health first aid responder unit to be contactable along with other emergency services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 63622-21 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the current procedures in place for all that is to be carried out in respect of the purchase and use of pharmaceuticals within each of the hospitals in the HSE; if comparisons have been made in order to determine areas in which deductions can be achieved by better stock control of these items; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ Responses - January 19th 2022