PQ Responses - June 16th 2022

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PQ 31371-22 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health when the previously established clinic in Naas for the Coombe Hospital will be re-established post-Covid-19 with a view to providing easy access to pre-natal appointments to the women of north County Kildare as was previously the case; if a time line has been established for reopening this clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31372-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the budget that has been allocated to the cancer genetics department in St. James’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31373-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the budget that has been allocated to the genetics department in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31374-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who are awaiting an appointment with the cancer genetics clinic in St. James’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31375-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for a patient to access the cancer genetics clinic in St. James’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31376-22 - Alan Farrel

To ask the Minister for Health if there are outstanding clinical or administrative posts unfilled in the cancer genetics department in St. James’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31377-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who are waiting on prophylactic mastectomies following a positive breast cancer gene diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31380-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the current average turnaround times for breast cancer gene laboratory results for patients once reviewed in clinic and who are at risk of carrying the BRCA genes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31381-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the current average turnaround times for breast cancer gene laboratory results for predictive BRCA patients once reviewed in clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31382-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the current criteria for patients to access the cancer genetics clinic in St. James’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31383-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who are awaiting a genetic counselling appointment in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31384-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for a patient to access a genetic counsellor in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31385-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the medical settings to which positive breast cancer gene patients of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin are referred for surgical opinions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31455-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health when the modular endoscopy unit in University Hospital Waterford was installed; the cost of installation; if the unit is owned outright; the ongoing incidental costs; the number of endoscopy procedures carried out at the unit to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31456-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent staffing composition for the modular endoscopy unit at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31475-22 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department is engaged in the build-up of neurological services throughout the health system as highlighted by an organisation (Neurological Alliance of Ireland); the extent of general progress that has been made in respect of the issue; when he expects to see major improvements in dealing with such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31507-22 - Mary Lou McDonald

To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken by the Government to address the ongoing situation in which 35 children with a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis cannot access to the drug therapy kaftrio; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31508-22 - Mary Lou McDonald

To ask the Minister for Health his Department have undertaken with the HSE to address the availability, eligibility and access to the drug therapy kaftrio; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31510-22 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of eligible healthcare workers that have already received the Covid recognition payment within County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31525-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of Consultant Applications Advisory Committee approved consultant posts as per Doctors Integrated. Management E-System by location, speciality, the basis on which they are filled and by tenure in tabular form; the number of posts filled and vacancies arising in May 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31531-22 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health if laundry workers at University Hospital Kerry will receive the €1,000 pandemic bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31535-22 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable for male and female patients to be sharing six-bed wards at University Hospital Kerry; if this is considered best practise; if there are plans to cease this practise; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31536-22 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health the proposals that have been forthcoming from relevant health service providers in relation to the repurposing of a campus ( the St. Mary of the Angels campus in Beaufort County Kerry) for housing solutions for persons with disabilities who require homes in what is considered to be a decongregated community setting; the way that such proposals have been received; if none have been received, if he is open to such proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31538-22 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the situation whereby children with cancer from County Kerry must regularly travel very long distances to Cork and Dublin for less specialised cancer treatment such as blood tests and chemotherapy management; if he will review the situation with a view to putting in place a system in which localised services will be made be available for the less medically complex elements of the management of childhood cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31541-22 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health if expanded haematology services will be provided at University Hospital Kerry to help prevent cancer patients from County Kerry having to make long and regular journeys to Cork for treatment and disease management; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31656-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health if he will commence plans for an urgently needed 50-bed ward block extension at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe to meet the growing needs of the hospital and the catchment it serves now that construction has commenced on the 50-bed replacement ward block at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31668-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the policy and process involved in managing hospital acquired infections; the policy and process for each hospital acquired infection for example, Covid, MRSA, CPE and so on; the circulars and guidelines issued by the HSE to hospitals on the way to manage hospital acquired infections; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31670-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff working with the national healthcare associated infection and anti-microbial resistance team since its establishment in 2017 to date broken down by year and staff type; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31671-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if a patient has a right to request an MRSA swab upon admission to hospital or prior to a surgical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31674-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare-associated infection incidents identified, reported, managed and investigated from 2019 to date broken down by month, by year, by hospital, by hospital group and by infection type in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31675-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of reviews of healthcare-associated infection incidents published since 2016, broken down by month and review type; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31676-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who contracted a hospital acquired infection as a result of being in a hospital ward from 2019 to date, broken down by month, by hospital, by hospital group and by infection type for example, Covid, MRSA, CPE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31679-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds that were funded and open in each month from 2019 to date, broken down by bed type as in acute, sub-acute, intensive care unit bed, high dependency unit bed, a bed in a ward, single isolation room bed and by hospital and hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31680-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who contracted a hospital acquired infection as a result of being in an intensive care unit bed from 2019 to date broken down by month, by hospital, by hospital group and by infection type for example, Covid, MRSA, CPE and so on, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31687-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on a CHO or community care waiting list in January, February, March, April and May 2022, broken down by month; the number waiting longer than ten weeks, the percentage of patients waiting longer than ten weeks in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31689-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting in emergency departments in January, February, March, April and May 2022, broken down by month, by the number of patients waiting longer than four hours; the percentage of patients waiting longer than four hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31691-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital cancellations for January, February, March, April and May 2022, broken down by month and by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31692-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of community care cancellations in January, February, March, April and May 2022, broken down by month and by CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31694-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the areas in which the two super-regional specialist centres for complex endometriosis care will be located; the areas in which the six hospital-based teams involved in the holistic treatment of endometriosis will be located; the make-up of each team and the staffing and services that will be provided at the specialist centres; the current services that are available to support patients with endometriosis in the west and north west; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31695-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of diagnostic test cancellations in January, February, March, April and May 2022, broken down by month and by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31696-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who presented to an emergency department and were either not seen or who were referred elsewhere for care in January, February, March, April and May 2022, broken down by month and by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31699-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals that provide emergency department services broken down by the catchment area that each emergency department serves; the number of patients seen in each emergency department in each of the years 2016 to 2021; the average patient wait time for each year by emergency department; the number of patients recorded as on a trolley in each emergency department for each year; the number of in-patient beds funded and open in each hospital with an emergency department for each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31700-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that provide local injury units, urgent care centres or rapid injury clinics broken down by the catchment area each unit serves; the number of patients seen in each unit in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31701-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of warnings issued by hospitals advising patients with non-emergency conditions to seek assistance from other parts of the health service and to not attend their emergency department in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31707-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital visitors who contracted a hospital inquired infection from 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022 by month, hospital, hospital group and by infection type Covid, MRSA, CPE and so on, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31708-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health when the decision was made to close the Castlemartyr health centre and by whom; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31709-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the review team that was appointed for the Kerry CAMHS investigation; the exact process of appointment undertaken for the entire team; when the appointment took place; the number of the team members who were HSE staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31710-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the investigation into the whistle-blower in the Kerry CAMHS crisis; the timeframe for the completion of this investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31711-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if he will take measures to ensure the availability of cariban medication for pregnant persons given that the medicine is not subsidised and the price places the medication out of access for many patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31717-22 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was paid to a professional body (The amount paid to Doctors/GP practices) from 29 December 2020 which was the commencement of the Covid vaccination programme to 30 April 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31725-22 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that an organisation (Kerry Cancer Support Link Bus) in County Kerry does not receive State funding from his Department; if this matter will be reviewed in view of the crucial role that this organisation plays in the provision of ancillary health services for patients in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31733-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to provide public Lyme disease diagnosis processes in each CHO.

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PQ 31735-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of Lyme's disease which have been diagnosed in the country annually since 1 January 2015.

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PQ 31745-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that operate in direct contact with members of the public have policies in place for members of the public to report instances of sexual harassment or assault that occur on the property of his Department or each public body and agency under his remit; if so, if these policies are publicly accessible on the relevant website; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31764-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit have policies in place for employees to report instances of sexual harassment or assault that occur involving other employees or members of the public or on the property of his Department or each public body and agency that operate under his remit; if so, if these policies are publicly accessible on the relevant website; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ Responses - June 16th 2022