PQ Responses - October 20th 2022

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PQ 45184-22 - Pauline Tully front page preview

PQ 45184-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the pro-active measures that he and his Department are now taking to attract physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and orthoptists since these roles were added to the critical skills list; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45187-22 - Pauline Tully front page preview

PQ 45187-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and orthoptists that have been recruited since these roles were added to the critical skills list; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47994-22 - Violet Anne Wynne front page preview

PQ 47994-22 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the 2021 application to the HSE to have the NovoPen 6 and the NovoPen Echo plus smart insulin pens included for reimbursement on the long-term illness scheme; and the reason that this application still has not been concluded over 12 months after the application was submitted.

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PQ 49681-22 - Thomas Gould front page preview

PQ 49681-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the action that he is taking to improve children’s disability services.

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PQ 50499-22 - Niamh Smyth front page preview

PQ 50499-22 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health the vacant positions currently in primary care in counties Cavan and Monaghan for children waiting for occupational therapy, speech and language support and psychology services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 51146-22 - Sean Canney front page preview

PQ 51146-22 - Sean Canney

To ask the Minister for Health the plans that he is putting in place to deliver the specialist neurology required to meet the current demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 51705-22 - Peadar Tóibín front page preview

PQ 51705-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of nurses currently on sick leave; the number who cite stress as the reason for their leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 51706-22 - Peadar Tóibín front page preview

PQ 51706-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of nurses who have retired before reaching retirement age in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022.

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PQ 51720-22 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill front page preview

PQ 51720-22 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE or hospitals have ever conducted exit interviews on doctors leaving the Irish medical system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 51945-22 - Richard Bruton front page preview

PQ 51945-22 - Richard Bruton

To ask the Minister for Health if the manpower planning exercise for Ireland's health service needs has identified the most immediate gaps to be filled and the longer-term needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52171-22 - Sean Haughey front page preview

PQ 52171-22 - Sean Haughey

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children's disability network teams in CHO9; the locations in which each team is based; the number of staff, in WTE terms, approved for each team; the numbers currently assigned to each team; the number of vacant positions on each team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52174-22 - Michael Moynihan front page preview

PQ 52174-22 - Michael Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health when a community neuro-rehabilitation team will be in place in CHO4; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52179-22 - Brian Stanley front page preview

PQ 52179-22 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the 2022 budgets for the dental treatment services scheme, school dental scheme and the public PRSI-based scheme in CHO8.

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PQ 52185-22 - John Lahart front page preview

PQ 52185-22 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children's disability network teams in both CHO6 and CHO7; the locations in which each team is based; the numbers of staff, in WTE terms, approved for each team; the numbers currently assigned to each team; the number of vacant positions on each team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52186-22 - John Lahart front page preview

PQ 52186-22 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will commence the process of prioritising the allocation announced in Budget 2023 of the 136 additional staff such as speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists to special schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52364-22 - Brendan Griffin front page preview

PQ 52364-22 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing breakdown at West Kerry Community Hospital; the way this compares with the numbers at the start of this year; if extra beds will be opened at the hospital; the specific efforts that are being made to recruit new nurses at the hospital including a breakdown of details of advertisements that have been made in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52365-22 - Brendan Griffin front page preview

PQ 52365-22 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health if a locum audiologist will be put in place in Kerry to cover the public audiologist currently on maternity leave; if he will detail the impact this uncovered leave has had on the waiting list and provide data regarding the current numbers on the list in Kerry including waiting times for those on the list; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52371-22 - Paul McAuliffe front page preview

PQ 52371-22 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Health the yearly spend on sepsis awareness in the past five years; his plans to raise awareness of sepsis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52375-22 - Duncan Smith front page preview

PQ 52375-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses and midwives who have been recruited into the HSE since 1 June 2022; the measures that he is undertaking to recruit and retain nurses and midwives in the short, medium and long-term, including measures to bring Irish nurses back from abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52393-22 - Thomas Gould front page preview

PQ 52393-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated timeline for the reopening of Keltoi.

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PQ 52401-22 - Gino Kenny front page preview

PQ 52401-22 - Gino Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are on the CAMHS waiting list nationally; the number waiting for care for over 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52417-22 - Willia O'Dea front page preview

PQ 52417-22 - Willia O'Dea

To ask the Minister for Health the number of the additional 23 specialist nurses in adult neurology services that will be allocated to the mid west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52418-22 - Barry Cowen front page preview

PQ 52418-22 - Barry Cowen

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children's disability network teams in CHO8; the locations in which each team is based; the numbers of staff in WTE terms approved for each team; the numbers currently assigned to each team; the number of vacant positions on each team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52420-22 - Bríd Smith front page preview

PQ 52420-22 - Bríd Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if the winter plans will result in any permanent increase in acute hospital bed numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52461-22 - Marc MacSharry front page preview

PQ 52461-22 - Marc MacSharry

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children's disability network teams in both CHO1 and CHO2; the locations in which each team is based; the numbers of staff in WTE terms approved for each team; the numbers currently assigned to each team; the number of vacant positions on each team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52462-22 - Marc MacSharry front page preview

PQ 52462-22 - Marc MacSharry

To ask the Minister for Health the number of the additional 23 specialist nurses in adult neurology services who will be allocated to Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52464-22 - Pauline Tully front page preview

PQ 52464-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health if the workforce planning process that his Department commenced, in conjunction with the clinical programme for persons with disabilities, has been finalised; and if he will detail the findings of the workforce planning process.

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PQ 52574-22 - Michael McNamara front page preview

PQ 52574-22 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health the number of public-only dentists working in County Clare in 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 and in October 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52592-22 - Mark Ward front page preview

PQ 52592-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the overall health budget that has been allocated to mental health for each of the Budgets 2019 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52616-22 - Richard Bruton front page preview

PQ 52616-22 - Richard Bruton

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is satisfied that there are robust systems in place to prevent payments continuing to be issued under the GMS system to persons who are deceased; if overpaid moneys can be recovered when detected; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52669-22 - Bernard Durkan front page preview

PQ 52669-22 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the number of consultant vacant positions are being filled as a matter of urgency in order to meet the challenges of the coming winter and the future in the health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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