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To ask the Minister for Health the number of former county managers and CEOs of local authorities who are currently working within his Department and any agency or body under the remit of his Department, including details for persons employed in any format such as on a contract or advisory basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State in defending court cases brought by parents since 2018 whose children did not receive an assessment of need in a timely manner; the number of cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State in defending the recent High Court case in which the judge ruled that a preliminary process used by the HSE to assess the needs of children with suspected educational and health problems does not comply with the disability laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Minister for Health the number of people with disabilities in receipt of home support hours in each local health office area as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available, in tabular form; the number of persons currently on the waiting list for same in each local health office area; the number waiting 0-3 months; the number waiting 3-6 months; the number waiting 6-12 months; and the number waiting 12 months plus in tabular form.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in receipt of personal assistance hours in each local health office area as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available, in tabular form; the number of persons currently on the waiting list for same in each LHO area; the number waiting 0-3 months; the number waiting 3-6 months; the number waiting 6-12 months; and the number waiting 12 months plus in tabular form.
To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential places for persons with a disability currently being provided as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available; and if he will provide a breakdown of same by CHO area in tabular form.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of new emergency places provided to persons with a disability as of 1 July 2022; and if he will provide a breakdown of same by local health office area in tabular form.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the 2005 Disability Act in each local health office area as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available, in tabular form.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the physiotherapy waiting list and within that, the numbers waiting less than 4 months; the number waiting 4-12 months; the number waiting more than 12 months; and the numbers waiting aged 0-4, 5-17, 18-64 and aged 65 years plus for each category in each local health area as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available, in tabular form.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list; and within that the numbers waiting less than 4 months, the number waiting 4-12 months and the number waiting more than 12 months; if he will also indicate for each category the numbers waiting aged 0-17 and those aged 18 years and above in each local health area as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available, in tabular form.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy initial treatment waiting list and within that the numbers waiting less than 4 months; the number waiting 4-12 months and the number waiting more than 12 months; and if he will indicate also for each category the numbers waiting aged 0-17 years and those aged 18 years and above for each local health area as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available, in tabular form.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy further treatment waiting list and within that the numbers waiting less than 4 months; the number waiting 4-12 months and the number waiting more than 12 months; and if he will also indicate for each category the numbers waiting aged 0-17 years and those aged 18 years and above in each local health area as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available, in tabular form.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first time assessment waiting list and within that the numbers waiting less than 4 months; the number waiting 4-12 months and the number waiting more than 12 months; if he will also indicate for each category the numbers waiting aged 0-4, 5-17, 18-64 and aged 65 years plus in each local health area as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available, in tabular form.
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To ask the Minister for Health if adequate funding support is available to identify and treat rare diseases; if such diagnoses can trigger a rapid response particularly in respect of the lesser known rare diseases; if such a provision will be made at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of person who have rare diseases awaiting a decision in respect of reimbursement for medication; the number of cases still awaiting a diagnosis and access to treatment and reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse positions funded and filled broken down by CHO for the years 2016 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of funded but vacant public health nurse positions broken down by CHO from 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses carrying out developmental checks broken down by month and by CHO for 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a ophthalmology appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12 weeks; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks.
To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a audiology appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks.
To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks.
To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks.
To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a counselling appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a child and adolescent mental health services appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks.
To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units to date in 2022.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours currently being provided in each LHO area as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available; the way that compares to target in each LHO for the same time period; and the number of persons currently on the waiting list for home support hours in each LHO area; the number waiting 0-3, 3-6, 6-12 and 12 months plus in tabular form.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 1 July 2022 or latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the scheme for each local health area; and the length of time waiting in tabular form.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 July 2022; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in each public and voluntary hospital at the end of June 2022; and the total number to date in 2022, in tabular form.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost in each in each public and voluntary hospital owing to delayed discharges to date in 2022, in tabular form.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years or over that experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours during June 2022; and the total number to date in 2022; and the hospitals where the wait occurred.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in June 2022; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls; the number that waited longer than 40 minutes for same; the number that waited longer than 60 minutes for same; the number that waited longer than 90 minutes for same; the number that waited more than 120 minutes for same; and the number that waited more than 180 minutes for same in tabular form.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients currently waiting less than 4 months for treatment in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and Temple Street Children’s University Hospital for the end of June 2022 or the latest date available; the number waiting 4-8, and more than 8 months; and if he will provide the same information for other spinal patients in tabular form.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-term equivalent epilepsy nurses working in each hospital in the years of 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.
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To ask the Minister for Health the stock of Covid-19 vaccines in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccines in Ireland that are nearing their expiration date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Minister for Health the current demand for Covid-19 vaccines in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1384 of 14 June 2022, if the current level 2 palliative care bed provision ( Irish Cancer Society / Dept of health) and therefore less than the number prior to the closure of St. Brigid’s Community Hospital , Carrick on Suir is deemed as sufficient currently and for the future requirements given the upsurge of cancer disease following the pandemic as well as the ageing population.
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To ask the Minister for Health the reason that level 2 palliative care support bedrooms cannot be internally modified, despite public private partnership approval, to include an adjacent family room as has been outlined previously that the circumstances and needs of palliative care patients and their families differ significantly to elderly patients and thus sharing a common family room is not optimal.
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To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated by his Department to nursing homes, both state and private, to fund the specific promotion of physical health, fitness and wellbeing for residents for each of the years 2018 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of daycare centres for older persons by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of installing touch-free buttons for lifts in each HSE healthcare setting.
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To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the action being taken by the Government to address the ongoing situation in which 35 children with a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis cannot access the drug therapy kaftrio; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 3 February 2022, if he will revise the public health advice given that the incidence of long-Covid in children is rare and mainly of short duration in view of the systematic review and meta-analyses of long-Covid in children published on 23 June 2022; if as a result he will expedite the establishment of long-Covid clinics for children; the locations of these child focused clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health the total capital funding allocated to Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar in each of the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form.
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To ask the Minister for Health the total funding received by the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar in each of the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form.
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To ask the Minister for Health the total capital funding provided for each health centre in counties Longford and Westmeath in in each of the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form.
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To ask the Minister for Health the current number of full-time and part-time home carers in counties Longford and Westmeath.
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To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to home carers in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
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To ask the Minister for Health the total number of attendances at Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar Emergency Department in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
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To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated to mental health services in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances currently in operation in counties Longford and Westmeath.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions at Midlands Regional hospital, Mullingar that are currently vacant, and or filled on a temporary basis at staff grade level in tabular form.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently awaiting an appointment with a psychologist in adult mental health services in counties Longford and Westmeath; and the average wait times of these patients.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently awaiting an appointment with a psychologist in child mental health services in counties Longford and Westmeath; and the average wait times of these patients.
To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card applications received from children under the age of 18 years, adults between 18 and 65 years and old age pensioners over 65 years in counties Westmeath and Longford in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under the age of 18 years, adults between 18 years and 65 years and adults over 65 years in counties Westmeath and Longford who are currently in possession of a medical card.
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To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated to speech and language therapy in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
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To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE did not attend a hearing of the Workplace Relations Commission on the issue of special leave with pay on 27 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health his plans to progress the provision of additional beds at a hospital (Tallaght University Hospital); if his attention has been drawn to the clear need for a positive decision in relation to the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the first line treatment for hyperemesis gravidarum is reimbursed on the drugs payment and medical card schemes; and if he will provide an update same.
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