PQ Responses - May 10th 2022

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PQ 22575-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant ophthalmologists who have been recruited per CHO in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22576-22 - David Cullinane.

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of personal assistance for persons with vision impairment by age range; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22577-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications that have been made for the blind welfare allowance for the past five years; the number that have been rejected; the number of appeals that have been made; and the number of those appeals that have led to a decision being overturned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22581-22 - Noel Grealish

To ask the Minister for Health when the post of Parkinson’s nurse specialist in University Hospital Galway will be advertised; the interim measures that will be put in place prior to the filling of this post; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22582-22 - Noel Grealish

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a matter (Blakestown Adult Day Service, Blakestown Road, Dublin 15, how much public money they received in 2021 and why do they not provide a bus service for their adults); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22595-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancellations at each acute hospital for January, February, March and April in 2022; the number by quarter for 2019 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22636-22 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he will take to ensure that there is a permanent psychiatrist in the Dublin north east mental health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22669-22 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health when HSE workers who did not receive the €1,000 payment by the end of April 2022 will receive the payment (I have an unsociable worker employed directly by the HSE is wondering when he will receive his payment.).

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PQ 22679-22 - Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults that were recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals in the Mercy University Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 22680-22 - Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals in Cork University Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 22692-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that outpatient appointments at a hospital (Cork University Hospital) are being cancelled or rescheduled without any reason being given to patients; if he will issue guidance to the Health Service Executive which urges that patients be provided with a reason for the cancellation of their appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22706-22 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a multidisciplinary long-Covid clinic in each county in Ireland which would include occupational therapists trained in fatigue management; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22707-22 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of dedicated clinics for patients with long-Covid; the current waiting list in each clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22712-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of addiction rehabilitation beds currently open by facility.

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PQ 22713-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of addiction detox beds currently open by facility

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PQ 22714-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the funding given to addiction family support services by CHO in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

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PQ 22715-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the stabilisation facility for Cork; and the location of same.

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PQ 22724-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health if the residents of a centre (Owenacurra Centre) have been transferred from single rooms to shared rooms in other facilities over the past 12 months; if so, the number of former residents and the number of persons that they are now sharing with; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22725-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the reasons that the sale of Millfield House, Blackpool has been provided as the rationale for the HSE purchasing Glenwood House, Carrigaline given that Millfield House was not subsequently sold and no renovations were carried out there in the two years since its residents have been living in Garnish House, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22726-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the reasons that retention was not applied for to convert the use of Glenwood House, Carrigaline, Cork from a guesthouse to a mental health facility until fourteen months after Glenwood House was purchased by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22727-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the reasons that the first dose Covid-19 vaccination schedules for HSE patients can be released through freedom of information requests while the vaccination of HSE staff who were controlling the roll-out of the vaccine appear to not be accessible through the same process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22728-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the exact dates in 2021 that CHO7 and CHO9 mental health service management staff (Chief Officer, A/Head of Services, General Manager, Business Manager, Finance Manager, Area Administrator; acknowledging that it does not constitute a GDPR issue when examining the date a public servant is offered as opposed to whether they accepted or decline it) were offered first-dose Covid-19 vaccinations as part of the HSE vaccination roll-out by role in tabular form; the exact dates in 2021 that CHO7 and CHO9 that mental health service heads of discipline were offered first-dose Covid-19 vaccinations; the dates that each head of discipline received vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22729-22 Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the reasons that the rental of Garnish House, Cork has continued for two years; when Cork and Kerry HSE intend to terminate this contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22761-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the general practitioners who have been assigned to Ukrainian refugees in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22766-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the dental services that are in place for persons with eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22767-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are receiving treatment for eating disorders who were referred for dental treatment in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22772-22 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1827 of 26 April 2022, the HSE plans to make paxlovid more widely available to those who require it given that the number of high-risk persons in Ireland is far greater than the 5,200 doses received in early April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22785-22 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that it is not currently possible to make an appointment with the Civil Registration Service to have a registry office civil marriage ceremony in County Wicklow at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22786-22 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health when it is anticipated that the Civil Registration Service online booking system will reopen to make an appointment for a registry office civil marriage ceremony at a location ( Civil Registration Office, Glenside Road, Wicklow Town); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22787-22 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health when it is anticipated that the Civil Registration Service online booking system will reopen to make an appointment for a registry office civil marriage ceremony at a location (Civil Registration Office, Bray, Co Wicklow); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22788-22 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a walk-in service is not currently available for the Civil Registration Office in Wicklow for births, deaths and marriages at present; when a walk-in service will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22789-22 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department have plans to reopen the Civil Registration Office at a location (Civil Registration Office, Bray, Co Wicklow); and if so, the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22798-22 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health if the increased allocation in the dental budget will apply to all treatments submitted to Primary Care Reimbursement Service after 1 May 2022; if all treatments will have the higher fee applied irrespective of their commencement date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22834-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of long-Covid clinics and models of care for patients; the locations in which they will open; the overall budget that has been set aside for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22838-22 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for the children’s disability network teams in County Wexford broken down by waiting time in tabular form.

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PQ 22839-22 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalents that each children’s disability network team in County Wexford should have by each profession and by title; the number of these posts that are vacant; the length of time they have been vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22856-22 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health if elispot testing for the diagnosis of Lyme disease is in use here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22857-22 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the treatment options that are available here for post-Lyme disease syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22958-22 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE health science and diagnostics posts by discipline, speciality and grade for each hospital by hospital group; and the number of posts funded filled and vacant.

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PQ 23051-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive; the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23069-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that were exclusively in languages besides English or Irish between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive; the percentage of same that featured languages besides English or Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23087-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit included closed captioning and or subtitling between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23117-22 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who presented to the accident and emergency department in Mullingar Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 23118-22- Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for jigsaw; the average waiting times in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022 in CHO8 in tabular form.

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PQ 23119-22 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant paediatric cardiologists working in the public health services; his plans to expand this number; the international recommended best practice ratio for paediatric cardiologist surgeons to population and current ratio.

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PQ 23125-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of a programme for women’s health in epilepsy within the regional epilepsy centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23129-22 - David Stanton

To ask the Minister for Health the supports that have been made available by his Department for those with long Covid; his plans to increase these supports and the number of long Covid clinics currently in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23130-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of personal assistance hours provided in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23132-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing personal assistant hours by 10%, 15%, and 20% in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23133-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of personal assistant hours in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23134-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the number of persons in receipt of personal assistant hours by 10%, 15%, and 20% in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23139-22 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for urgent, urgent 1 and non-urgent patients at the symptomatic breast cancer clinic at University Hospital Galway; the number of patients on each list; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23147-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health his views on ensuring that the HSE supports water birthing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23148-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health if he will make available the policies in place for when a patient and or member of the public discloses an instance of sexual harassment or assault that occurred within a HSE property or service, or service operated by a section 38 or section 39 organisation, to a HSE employee; 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 23149-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to treat persons with long Covid or persons who are still suffering effects post-Covid infection; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23164-22 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the details of any complaints or requests for refunds of inappropriate charging for phlebotomy services in each of the past five years; the details of any complaints or requests for refunds of inappropriate charging for phlebotomy services for patients that are part of the general practitioner chronic disease management programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23165-22 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the awareness campaigns that are in place to advise patients with medical cards of the circumstances in relation to phlebotomy services charges; the way that patients are informed that they can make a complaint and seek a refund; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23197-22 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of contracts awarded in 2022 by his Department or bodies under his aegis outside the standard procurement process in order to assist the arrival of refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23240-22 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health when a speech and language therapist will be appointed to St. Patrick’s Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23241-22 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the length of time that St. Patrick’s Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary has been operating without a full-time speech and language therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23242-22 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that persons who are recovering from a stroke in St. Patrick’s Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary are not being provided with access to a speech and language therapist given that the post has not been filled by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23291-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of women in adult psychiatric units by CHO area since January 2021 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23296-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of women screened by BreastCheck in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022.

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PQ 23297-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of smear tests carried out by CervicalCheck in each of the last ten years and to date in 2022.

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PQ 23298-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction of the new cervical screening laboratory; the initial expected date for completion of construction; if any delays have been encountered in the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23314-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged zero to 18 years of age in each CHO by individual area and by each composite LHO within each CHO awaiting first-time intervention in all areas of early intervention; the number on the public list; the number on the children’s disability network team list in each CHO in tabular form; and the length of time they are awaiting intervention by age.

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PQ 23315-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of individualised family service plans that have been issued and accepted by each individual children’s disability network team by CHO area.

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PQ 23317-22 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is currently only one part-time community ophthalmic physician available in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23318-22 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to return to having three community ophthalmic physicians available in County Donegal as there was previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23320-22 - Michael Collins

To ask the Minister for Health the name of the civic society groups and non-Governmental organisations his Department consulted with as part of the recent review of the Revised Model of Care for Termination of Pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23330-22 - Gino Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the vacant position of public health nurse in the Lucan area has not been filled for some time which is impacting significantly on the population in that area including the lack of check-ups for newborn babies; when this position will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23331-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he has examined adjusting or removing the current age restriction on eligibility for reimbursement for Freestyle Libre device for all persons with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23332-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the current impasse that seems to be preventing the undertaking of a health technology assessment for the Freestyle Libre device; if not, if a different process will be provided to enable an assessment to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23334-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding the provision of a new facility in Kildare ( The provision of a new 50 bed facility at St Vincents Hospital Athy Co Kildare); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23336-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the staffing composition of each children's disability network team and the number of vacancies in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23338-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons and the number of persons aged over 75 years of age, respectively who presented at an emergency department who spent less than 4 hours waiting for admission by hospital and hospital group in April 2022, in tabular form; the number waiting 4 or more hours but less than 6 hours; the number waiting greater than or equal to 6 hours but less than 12 hours; the number waiting 12 hours or more but less than 24 hours; the numbers waiting greater than or equal to 36 hours and 48 hours; the comparable figures for the same period in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23339-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission for those under 75 and 75+years of age for emergency department attendances for each emergency department for each statutory HSE and public voluntary hospital by hospital group in April 2022, in tabular form; the number of attendances and presentations; the percentage admission rates; the number and percentage of patients admitted with a PET of 6 or less hours, 6-9 hours, 9-12, and 12 or more hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23340-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the average length of stay for patients admitted for longer than one day via an emergency department or otherwise for each statutory HSE and public voluntary hospital by hospital group in April 2022, in tabular form; the number that stayed longer than 5, 10, and 31 days; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23341-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for the range of CHO-provided or overseen services, by CHO and by speciality and service by each service waiting list by age cohort breakdowns and time on the waiting list within cohorts at the end of April 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23352-22 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the number of family forums that have been established under each Children’s Disability Network in County Wexford.

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PQ 23367-22 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health if there are vacancies in the Disability Network Team for counties Roscommon and Galway; the number of vacancies that exist; and the timeframe these vacancies have existed.

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PQ 23462-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to provide chiropody services for public patients in CHO4; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23463-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to lift the ban on waterbirth with immediate effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23464-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the protocols and supports that are in place to facilitate pregnant women and people that seek home births.

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PQ 23465-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the number of midwives employed in each CHO; the breakdown of the number of midwives per area within each CHO; the number of full-time midwives; and the number that work on a part-time basis in tabular form.

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PQ 23466-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of CervicalCheck slides and samples that were sent to laboratories abroad in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022.

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PQ 23474-22 - Éamon Ó Cuív

To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in providing a permanent ambulance base for the new ambulance service to be located at Recess, Connemara, County Galway on the site of the health centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ Responses - May 10th 2022