PQ Responses - May 11th 2022

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PQ 23511-22 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 23511-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of Irish and European Union and the number of Non-European Union doctors who were awarded intern posts in each of the years 2016 to 2022, in tabular form; the number of intern posts available in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23512-22 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 23512-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities to date for each month in 2022 and for October, November and December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23513-22 - Alan Farrell front page preview

PQ 23513-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health his views on the provision of the Freestyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes based on clinical need of any age; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23514-22 - Alan Farrell front page preview

PQ 23514-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the health technology assessment of the Freestyle Libre device is being prevented from being offered to patients over the age of 21 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23516-22 - Alan Farrell front page preview

PQ 23516-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for children’s disability network team appointments in Dublin Fingal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23517-22 - Alan Farrell front page preview

PQ 23517-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health if there are clinical psychologists working in the private sector from whom the HSE will accept a report confirming a diagnosis of autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23525-22 - Brendan Howlin front page preview

PQ 23525-22 - Brendan Howlin

To ask the Minister for Health when the vacant occupational therapist posts and speech and language therapist posts that are allocated to the four children’s disability network teams in County Wexford will be filled; his plans to ensure that an adequate service for children in County Wexford is provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23527-22 - Mark Ward front page preview

PQ 23527-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed inpatient perinatal mental health service will be part of the planned national maternity hospital located at St. Vincent’s University Hospital; if so, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23531-22 - Louise O'Reilly front page preview

PQ 23531-22 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health if there are hospitals with a heart failure unit that do not have an advanced nurse practitioner; the cost of providing an advanced nurse practitioner in each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23532-22 - Louise O'Reilly front page preview

PQ 23532-22 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of cardiac physiologists; the number of heart failure units that have access to a dedicated cardiac physiologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23533-22 - Louise O'Reilly front page preview

PQ 23533-22 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of heart failure units that do not have access to BNP testing and other appropriate diagnostic testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23534-22 - Louise O'Reilly front page preview

PQ 23534-22 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of rolling out heart failure virtual clinics nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23536-22 - Louise O'Reilly front page preview

PQ 23536-22 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the funding that is being spent on stroke survivors in the community for physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and psychology, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23556-22 - Mick Barry front page preview

PQ 23556-22 - Mick Barry

To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase investment in the personal assistant services to ensure that all persons with disabilities who require assistance will have access to personal assistance services regardless of the CHO area they live in; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23590-22 - Bríd Smith front page preview

PQ 23590-22 - Bríd Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if he will acknowledge how severely ill those who develop long-Covid can become; if the matter will be addressed; if he will offer protection from reinfection by providing access to treatments (paxlovid and or other antivirals and monoclonal antibodies on a case-by-case basis which means significantly increasing supply); if he will increase access to new diagnostic testing which is available in parts of Europe and South Africa; if he will provide the most up-to-date treatments in order that this cohort can begin to recover from this debilitating condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23615-22 - Patricia Ryan front page preview

PQ 23615-22 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff midwives working at the Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise; the number of staff midwives on long-term sick leave; the number of staff midwives that have left the hospital over the past two years; the number of staff midwives recruited in the hospital in the same time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23704-22 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 23704-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the Holles Street Hospital site once the National Maternity Hospital has relocated; if it will be repurposed within the HSE; if not, if it will be sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23705-22 - Martin Browne front page preview

PQ 23705-22 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 521 of 4 May 2022, when the assessment of University Hospital Limerick’s patient pathways is expected to conclude; if the specialist team tasked with ascertaining the additional resources that will be deployed to alleviate the current pressures being experienced in the emergency department will have to wait until the hospital’s management assessment of patient pathways is concluded; and the way that the hospital’s managed assessment will differ to the recommendations of the specialist team.

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PQ 23711-22 - Denis Naughten front page preview

PQ 23711-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will approve the reimbursement under the high-tech drug arrangements for kaftrio for children under 12 years of age; the reason for the delay in approval in view of the fact that it has already been approved for children aged 12 years and over; the date when the applicant company submitted a rapid review dossier of evidence to the HSE; the steps taken by the HSE to consider this dossier; the dates on which these steps were taken; if all outstanding queries have been addressed by the applicant company; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23742-22 - Réada Cronin front page preview

PQ 23742-22 - Réada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are currently notified as having long-Covid; if there is a national registry point for same; if so, the person or body that is in charge of the registry; the current arrangements for general practitioners to notify to public-health system patients with the condition; the data capture strategy that is allowing the adequate provision of services in quantum and location; the number of medical personnel who have been seconded or hired to deal, specifically with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23743-22 - Réada Cronin front page preview

PQ 23743-22 - Réada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health the current state of the installation of air filtration and or air-cleaning tools in hospitals and public buildings given that Covid is airborne and it is the third year of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23774-22 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 23774-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reimbursement of the FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitoring system for those with type 1 diabetes; if consideration has been given adding FreeStyle Libre to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23777-22 - Michael Healy-Rae front page preview

PQ 23777-22 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department classify Alzheimer's as an official disability this would then allow people to attain the rights and entitlements that being declared a disabled person would allow them to have; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23871-22 - Cormac Devlin front page preview

PQ 23871-22 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of trainee doctors trained within Ireland in each of the years since 2016; the number of persons who took up a post in Ireland; the average cost per trainee doctor in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23872-22 - Cormac Devlin front page preview

PQ 23872-22 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health when the respiratory physiotherapist post in St. Vincent's Hospital is due to be filled; if this professional will be available to those patients with bronchiectasis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23873-22 - Cormac Devlin front page preview

PQ 23873-22 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will encourage the HSE to re-examine and improve the access pathway for patients with bronchiectasis in order to avoid them having to attend the emergency department in order to access care and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23874-22 - Maurice Quinlivan front page preview

PQ 23874-22 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Health the details of staffing levels of the disability teams at HSE health clinics in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23875-22 - Maurice Quinlivan front page preview

PQ 23875-22 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists available to service children with disabilities at local health centres in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23880-22 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 23880-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the number of water birthing facilities available in HSE maternity hospitals and units; the number of water births which occurred in these facilities between 1 January 2015 and 30 November 2020, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23881-22 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 23881-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent findings that members of the Traveller, Mincéirs community have high rates for self-harm presentations at hospital emergency departments.

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