PQ Responses - March 8th 2022

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PQ 12319-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the fifth theatre at Children's Health Ireland, Temple Street Children's University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12326-22 - David Cullinane front page preview

To ask the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges on patients attending hospital groups managed by the HSE in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12327-22 - Kathleen Funchion

To ask the Minister for Health if Carlow County Council handed over its records for the former Carlow Mother and Baby Home and Carlow Maternity Hospital also known as Sacred Heart Home to the South Eastern Health Board; if so, if those records are held by either the Adoption Authority of Ireland and or Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12332-22 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that all supports and services will be in place and will be made available to assist persons who are suffering from eating disorders (many people throughout Ireland suffer from different types of eating disorders, in Co Kerry we have children as young as 10 years of age who are hospitalised long term because of eating disorders, this is tragic and every support should be given to groups who try to assist people); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12356-22 - Mary Lou McDonald

To ask the Minister for Health the weekly number of residential patients with Covid-19 at the social inclusion Covid isolation facility temporarily located at the Keltoi residential addiction unit, St. Mary’s Hospital, Phoenix Park from 1 January 2022 to the end of February 2022, inclusive in tabular form.

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PQ 12358-22 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department has taken to establish a working group under the joint auspices of the National Dementia Office and the Integrated Care Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12359-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary health care centre in a location ( CityWest) for the residents of Rathcoole, Newcastle, Saggart and Brittas to avail of; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12360-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand counselling in primary care to children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12361-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a chronic disease service within primary care in mid-west areas of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12365-22 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Health his views on a campaign by an organisation (the Neurological Association of Ireland) for 100 extra neurology nurse specialists across Ireland which includes 10 extra nurses for St. James’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12367-22 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Health if he will make available at home treatments for the immunocompromised such as molnupiravir and pazlovid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12379-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if the community paediatric ophthalmology waiting list initiative at the Grangegorman primary care centre (Community Ophthamology initiative sees over 2,700 children screened in three weeks - HSE.ie) will be expanded to other CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12403-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the agreed National Model of Care for Children with Diabetes recommendations 2016 at Childrens Health Ireland, Temple Street specifically with regard to the multidisciplinary team staffing shortages in the areas of specialist nursing, dietetics, psychology and consultant physicians; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12405-22 - Padraig 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 in each of the years 2015 to 2021; the average waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12413-22 - Dara Calleary

To ask the Minister for Health if there is a plan in place to allow unvaccinated HSE paramedics to return to work.

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PQ 12417-22 - Aodhan Ó Ríordáin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the ongoing severe restrictions to visiting in public hospitals or attending accident and emergency departments with vulnerable adults, adults too ill to advocate for themselves and adults who need support for any reason; if the policy can be reviewed given that all other Covid-19 restrictions have been lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12495-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for access to services following initial assessment by speech and language services in County Roscommon; if children are placed on a further waiting list following initial assessment or if they are given access to services straight away; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12505-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establish a working group under the joint auspices of the National Dementia Office and the Integrated Care Programme to determine the needs and solutions to provide persons with Huntington’s disease and their families a good standard of care in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12510-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to a review of the way that Huntington’s disease is included in national strategies in view of the disease being a condition with multiple dimensions which does not sit neatly within one strategy whereby building links across strategic frameworks could help to improve the wat services are delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12511-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the development of a new work stream within the current National Clinical Programme for Neurology to establish the details of a model of care for Huntington’s disease affected families in Ireland that would fit within the Sláintecare Implementation Strategy and Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12513-22 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the direction that has been given to maternity hospitals in relation to the admittance of fathers and birthing partners to labour wards for the full length of birth with the removal of Covid-19 restrictions.

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PQ 12519-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of each eating disorder mini hub team by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12520-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the status and cost of developing care pathways for persons specialist eating disorder issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12521-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the status and cost of development of management of sick patients with anorexia nervosa, that is MARSIPAN and junior management of sick patients with anorexia nervosa, that is, J.MARSIPAN; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12522-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the evaluation that has taken place of staff training and education needed for specialist eating disorder teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12523-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the status and cost of developing teledicine and virtual medicare for geographical areas of low density for persons with eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12524-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if a review has been carried out of the national clinical programme for eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12525-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed out-of-hours crisis café for mental health will have the option of self-referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12526-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of each community adult mental health service team by staff, funding and the number of referrals by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12527-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the crisis resolution team due to commence in quarter 1 2022 ( gov.ie - Minister for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler TD announces pilot site for Crisis Resolution Team in Waterford and South Kilkenny (www.gov.ie)); the other sites or CHO areas that have been identified for pilot testing; when they are due to commence; the breakdown of staffing; the estimated cost for each crisis resolution team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12547-22 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the current usage of Birr nursing home; and plans that are in place for optimal capacity to be utilised.

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PQ 12576-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if provision has been made for an increased dietetic service for Wexford CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12577-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if the vacant senior dietician post for Waterford and Wexford CAMHS has been filled from the national panel in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12578-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if an expression of interest to qualified external dietetic service providers has been made in order to fill the approved appointment of a senior dietician post for Waterford and Wexford CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12591-22 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health if he will include all north Kerry CAMHS families in the upcoming audit of north Kerry CAMHS cases as opposed to a sample of only 50; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 12594-22 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the necessary resources requested by Kerry CAMHS families to develop a care plan for each child; if he will provide clarity on the resources that will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12595-22 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS resources in place in County Kerry compared to the recommended CAMHS resources per 12,500 population of children aged under 18 years as identified in A Vision for Change and A National Model of Care for Paediatric Healthcare Services in Ireland in each of the years 2014 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12622-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes aged 18 years and over who are waiting on a first appointment to the outpatient diabetes clinic in Cork University Hospital; and the number of those persons who are waiting six to 12, 12 to 18, 18 to 24, 24 to 36, 36 to 48 and more than 48 months, in tabular form.

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PQ 12623-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes aged 18 years and over who are waiting on a first appointment to the outpatient type 1 diabetes clinic in Cork University Hospital; and the number of those persons who are waiting six to 12, 12 to 18, 18 to 24, 24 to 36, 36 to 48 and more than 48 months, in tabular form.

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PQ 12624-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes aged 18 years who were previously attending the Cork University Hospital paediatric diabetes clinic and over who are waiting on a first appointment to the outpatient type 1 diabetes clinic; the number of those persons who are waiting 6 to 12, 12 to 18, 18 to 24, 24 to 36, 36 to 48 and more than 48 months, in tabular form.

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PQ 12628-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes aged 18 years and over who were admitted through the emergency or medical assessment units of any South-Southwest hospital group hospital due to diabetic ketoacidosis; the number of those admissions that were persons diagnosed prior to admission with diabetes in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form.

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PQ 12629-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes aged 18 years and over who were admitted through the emergency or medical assessment units of any South-Southwest hospital group hospitals due to severe hypoglycemia in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form.

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PQ 12669-22 - Padraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the plans of the HSE to replace the three eye doctors in the County Donegal ophthalmology service that have vacated their positions in recent times; and if the newly appointed consultants for this service will be based in County Donegal rather than County Sligo to oversee the full ophthalmic teams there in order that they can continue at the very least to deliver the same level of care to an enormous existing service.

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PQ 12670-22 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the number of days in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, that there was more than one ambulance backed up at the emergency department of Letterkenny University Hospital; and the number of ambulances backed up on each of those days in tabular form.

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PQ 12684-22 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health when in-person psychiatric outpatient appointments will resume with HSE psychiatrists in counties Meath, Westmeath and Louth in view of the fact that only ineffective by phone HSE psychiatric consultations are continuing despite the lifting of restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12687-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if the Therapeutics Advisory Group is reviewing a product (Evusheld); if he expects this monoclonal antibody treatment to be added to the agreed list of novel therapeutics; the stocks that have been purchased; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12688-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to inform immunocompromised persons of their eligibility for treatment with a product (Sotrovimab) through the HSE novel therapeutic interim pathway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12689-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of restoring dental screening services for children in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12698-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to improve the provision of chiropody services for older medical card holders in the Dublin 9 and 11 areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12700-22 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend adult residential care in County Kerry to ensure that adults currently receiving day care services and living at home with elderly parents can continue to receive the appropriate level of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12701-22 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that respite services in a centre ( Abhaile Respite Centre, Listowel - service provided by St John of God – has had to close on multiple weekends due to “emergency situations”.) have been repeatedly cancelled since the start of January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12715-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons over and under 75 years of age who presented at an emergency department who spent more than 24 hours waiting for a hospital bed in February 2022; the number waiting more than 4 or 6 hours but less than 24 hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12718-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for CHO services by speciality and service that is, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy and so on, at the end of February 2022, by CHO and by speciality and service by each service waiting list by age cohort breakdowns and time on the waiting list within cohorts in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12721-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant posts and the basis on which they are filled by speciality and tenure as per the doctors integrated management E-system; the number of vacancies which arose, posts advertised and positions filled in January and February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12722-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges and bed days lost in January and February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12723-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the status of school dental screening by service area; the extent to which services are behind schedule; the number of service areas which are operating a limited service for example special care patients only; the number of staffing vacancies per service area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12731-22 - Ruairi O Murchu

To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes that applied for the special measures for safe visiting, temporary assistance payment scheme announced by him in December 2021; the number that were granted the funds; the total outlay by his Department on the measures; the checks that were carried out to ensure that the work was carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12732-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis on health waiting lists for assessment, treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12734-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the available and funded theatre capacity and theatre time and beds at Crumlin, Temple Street and Cappagh Hospitals up to year end 2021, broken down by hospital, by the number of theatres, theatre time; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12735-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the available and funded theatre capacity and theatre time and beds at Crumlin, Temple Street and Cappagh Hospitals that will be available up to year end 2022, broken down by hospital, by the number of theatres, theatre time and beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12736-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the funded and available MRI capacity for paediatric orthopaedics up to the year end 2021

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PQ 12737-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the funded and available or additional MRI capacity due to come on stream for paediatric orthopaedics up to the year end 2022

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PQ 12739-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of paediatric orthopaedic theatre time and beds will be protected for children with scoliosis and spina bifida for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12740-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of all additional revenue funding made available for paediatric orthopaedic care for 2022, in tabular form by permanent or baseline funding or temporary one-off funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12741-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of all funded and available intensive care unit beds for paediatric prthopaedics up to the year end 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12751-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of all funded and currently available HDU beds for paediatric Orthopaedics and any planned additional beds up to year end 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12752-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of overtime in hours and amounts claimed in the health services across health and social care provided and funded by the HSE for the years 2017 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12753-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by the Department of Health and or the HSE whose earned income exceeds €100,000; the number who earn income in excess of amounts (€100,000 to €120,000, €120,001 to €130,000, €130,001 to €140,000, €140,001 to €150,000, €150,001 to €160,000, €160,001 to €170,000, €170,001 to €180,000, €180,001 to €190,000, €190,001 to €200,000, €200,001, €210,000, €210,001 to €220,000, €220,001 to €230,000, €230,001 to €240,000, €240,001 to €250,000, €250,001 to €260,000, €260,001 to €270,000, €270,001 to €280,000, €280,001 to €290,000, €290,001 to €300,000 and all those on incomes in excess of €300,000 ); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12754-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total spend on agency staff across health and social care funded by the HSE in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12755-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of all services outsourced by the HSE to non-HSE hospitals or service providers across primary, community and acute care to provide healthcare services funded by the HSE in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12757-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of all non-medical consultancy work procured by his Department and the HSE by the number of contracts in excess of amounts (€100,000, €200,000, €300,000, €400,000, €500,000, €1,000,000 and in excess of €5,000,000) vin each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12808-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the workforce planning strategies commissioned or put in place by the HSE since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12810-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of fully funded acute hospital in-patient beds at the end of year 2005 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12811-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of beds available and fully funded in hospitals by bed type, hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12812-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of beds available and funding in the community by bed type and by publicly owned or contracted beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12813-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of children on waiting lists for grommet insertions by wait times 0-1, 1-3, 3-6, 6-9, 9-12 months over a year and two years by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12814-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the additional measures put in place or planned measures to be put in place by his Department and the HSE in relation to cyber security; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12816-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the amount of theatre time available in public hospitals by hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12817-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of diagnostic tests and examinations carried out by the HSE in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12819-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of dentists working in the public system in each of the years 2005 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12820-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of orthodontists working in the public system in each of the years 2005 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12821-22 -David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists signed up to the dental treatment service scheme for the year end in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022 by the numbers signed up but who have not made any claim for payment in any given year and to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12822-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of whole-time equivalent surgeons employed in public hospitals by hospital group, hospital and speciality; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12823-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total revenue and capital funding provided for each level 4 hospital in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by revenue and by capital funding in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12824-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting over 12 hours in an emergency department in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12825-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting over 24 hours in an emergency department in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12826-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting over 36 hours in an emergency department in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12828-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of elective and non elective procedures cancelled in acute hospitals in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12829-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of outpatient appointments cancelled in acute hospitals in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12830-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of elective and non-elective procedures cancelled in acute hospitals in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022 due to hospital overcrowding by hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12831-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total population each level 4 hospital serves broken down by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12832-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of inpatient and outpatient appointments and procedures carried out in each level 4 hospital in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022 and by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12833-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of staff employed at each level 4 hospital by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12834-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of acute inpatient beds occupied in public hospitals in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by hospital group and by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12835-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of acute hospital beds in public hospitals by single isolation room beds and beds in wards; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12836-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of purchasing care for public patients in private hospitals in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by private hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12837-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of purchasing care for public patients abroad in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12838-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total cost to the State of providing private healthcare in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12840-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons in 2021 eligible for free general practitioner care paid for by the State; the total cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12841-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons currently eligible for free general practitioner care paid for by the State; the total cost to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12852-22 - Eamon Ó Cuív

To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychology, occupational therapy and dietician appointments that have taken place in the past year from the early intervention service in Spiddal, County Galway.

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PQ 12857-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide estimates of the cost of cancer care, including screening and treatment to the HSE each year since 2016; if he will provide a breakdown of the costs of screening, diagnostics, medicines, inpatient and outpatient hospital days, primary and accident and emergency care; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12879-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of a PrEP clincial nurse manager in the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork.

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PQ 12881-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the public alternatives that have been put in place for new PreP service users who have been unable to engage with the PrEP service since 4 October 2021 in the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork.

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PQ 12901-22 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the campaign by an association (from the Neurological Association of Ireland) which is seeking an additional 100 neurology nurse specialists across Ireland; if he has engaged with this association; if so, the details of the engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12902-22 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Mater Misericordiae University is currently operating with a shortage of neurology nurse specialists; the estimated cost of an additional eight neurology nurse specialists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12904-22 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether investing in neurology nurses is a cost-efficient way of improving the efficiency of outpatient clinics, reducing waiting times and ensuring patients have access to the specialist support they need to manage their conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12914-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the workforce plan for specialist eating disorder teams including recruitment and retention of staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12916-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed plan for increasing adult eating disorder beds; the locations they will be based; when they will be expected to be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12923-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of primary school dental services for each service area; the waiting times and availability of dentists visiting primary schools in the area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12924-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for dental checks for children at six, nine and 12 years of age for each service area in tabular form; if there are delays in children receiving these checks; the steps he is taking to ensure that these children receive checks in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12925-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if agency staff are excluded from eligibility for application to temporary HSE roles; if it is national policy that agency staff are not eligible for temporary HSE roles or at the discretion of local management; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12926-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that agency staff are not permitted flexitime and other practical workplace supports which are available to permanent HSE staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 12966-22 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the resources allocated for the review of home support services in Wexford that was decided at the South East Community Healthcare governance meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12967-22 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an ASD assessment in County Wexford; the average waiting in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12968-22 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychology posts or whole-time equivalent posts that are allocated in County Wexford; the number of these posts that are vacant; the length of time that they have been vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12972-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 12973-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 12974-22 - Roisin 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 12975-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for assessment for homecare packages by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 12976-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for occupational therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 12977-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 12978-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for ophthalmology by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 12979-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for audiology by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 12980-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for podiatry by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 12981-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 12982-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for counselling services by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 12983-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 12984-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for dietetics by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 12985-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of allocated posts for each therapy by CHO in tabular form; the number that are currently vacant by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13032-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have availed of the mobility allowance in each year since the scheme ended in 2013, in tabular form; the cost each year to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13042-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports of ambulances that have encountered flat tyres being forced out of commission for significant blocks of time due to the significant distance that contracted repair crews are travelling to reach the emergency vehicles following reports that an ambulance whilst on an emergency call out in Cooley, County Louth encountered a flat tyre and was decommissioned for a significant part of the day as the contracted repair crew had to travel from County Kildare to provide the assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13063-22 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health if shipping and postage costs for hearing aids and related items will be free for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13064-22 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the locations nationwide in which hearing aids and related items can be repaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13065-22 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve the resumption of repairs for hearing aids and related items in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13068-22 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health when there will be integration of services for children who require mental health assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13070-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting to be seen by child and adolescent primary care psychology services nationally; the average length of time on the wait list; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13071-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under the age of 18 currently waiting to be seen by child and adolescent primary care psychology services in County Wexford; the length of time each child is on the wait list; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13073-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children nationally under the age of 18 currently waiting to be seen by child disability and autism services; the length of time each child is on the wait list; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13074-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the current system the HSE operates for data collection of mental health and psychiatric illness patients; if a dedicated information technology system is in place for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13100-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an itemised breakdown of all Covid-19 expenditure by the National Ambulance Service in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13125-22 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who were diagnosed with cervical cancer following gynaecology consultation in 2021 and to date in 2022.

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PQ Responses - March 8th 2022