PQ Responses - October 25th 2022

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PQ 52694-22 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that there is no dedicated Parkinson’s consultant or team available in Cork University Hospital (Minister with over 6 years there was been no dedicated Parkinson Consultant or team available in CUH to deal with sufferers of Parkinsons disease both from the Kerry and the Cork region.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52710-22 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the health centre in Rearcross, County Tipperary has not reopened on Tuesdays as it regularly did prior to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52711-22 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health when the health centre in Rearcross, County Tipperary will re-open for GP services, given that it has not yet reopened since Covid-19, and that it is a vital and important resource to persons in the local community; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52712-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on screening and diagnostic waiting lists for cancer-related appointments, by location and by gender in tabular form; the number as of10 October 2010, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52713-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the mean, median and maximum wait time on screening and diagnostic waiting lists for cancer-related appointments, by location and by gender in tabular form; the number as of 1 October 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52714-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on radiation, surgical, and medical oncology waiting lists by appointment type, by location, and by gender, in tabular form; the number as of 1 October 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52715-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum wait time for radiation, surgical, and medical oncology by appointment type, by location, and by gender in tabular form; the number as of 1 October 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52738-22 - Denis Naughton

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 550 of 27 September 2022, if he will provide a breakdown of the waiting times for those currently on the CAMHS waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52739-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting an assessment of need in counties Roscommon and Galway; the length of time that they have been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52740-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an appointment with children’s psychology services in counties Roscommon and Galway; the length of time they have been on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52742-22 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of Covid-19 testing sites that are HSE-run in Dublin.

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PQ 52747-22 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are currently attending a weight management clinic (Weight Management Clinic, Loughlinstown Hospital, Dublin) broken down by CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52748-22 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are currently on the waiting list for an appointment to attend the weight management clinic (Weight Management Clinic, Loughlinstown Hospital, Dublin) broken down by CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52798-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health when the new extension of a facility (Heather House) which is fully completed with 60 additional beds, will be fully operational; if the required number of nurses, care assistants, porters and administrative staff have been recruited; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52799-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health when work on the Golf Links Hotel in Blarney, County Cork which was purchased by the HSE for the provision of step-down beds, will be completed; when it is envisaged that this facility will be fully staffed and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52800-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out in detail the number of additional step down-beds that will become available in each of the HSE operational areas from 1 November 2022, given that there will be increased pressures in the hospital services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52801-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the current position in respect of the discharge of patients from hospitals to step-down facilities in cases in which the patient or their immediate family are given no say by the HSE in respect of which step-down facility they are transferred to; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52803-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting physiotherapy appointments in counties Roscommon and Galway; the length of time that they have been on the waiting list; the current wait time for an appointment; the steps that are being taken to address waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52807-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 568 of 14 September 2022, if he will provide a breakdown of the length of time that children have been on the waiting lists for occupational therapy appointments in counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52808-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that an organisation (Enable Ireland in Galway) transferred its occupational therapy waiting list to the HSE in County Galway; if this has happened in other areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52899-22 - Bríd Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of qualified educational psychologists currently work within primary care services; the number of qualified educational psychologists currently working within children and adolescent mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52906-22 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the downgrading of health services on Arranmore island, for example the current community-registered nurse is not on the island full-time and there is no public health nurse, leading to people waiting longer for treatment and having to go to the mainland more often; his views on whether this is appropriate at a time when the population of the island is increasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52908-22 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to the public health nurse network in the Dublin west region; if there is a timeframe available regarding when the service will return to normal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52910-22 - Marian Harkin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the amount of the €4 million funding in Budget 2023 requested by an organisation (Acquired Brain Injury Ireland - ABII) that was allocated to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52916-22 - Denis Naughton

To ask the Minister for Health the digital solutions that he is exploring to target speech and language waiting lists both for adults and children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52917-22 - Denis Naughton

To ask the Minister for Health the digital solutions that he is exploring to target occupational therapy waiting lists both for adults and children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52918-22 - Denis Naughton

To ask the Minister for Health the digital solutions that he is exploring to target physiotherapy waiting lists both for adults and children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52919-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the digital solutions that he is exploring to target CAMHS waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52943-22 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that day care services in Loughrea are provided at the purpose-built facility on the St. Brendan's campus only one day each week with the service provided at a local hotel on other days; the progress that is being made to reinstate the service to the St. Brendan's campus on a full-time basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52982-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of bedrooms and bathrooms in Cois Abhainn Residential Centre, Youghal, County Cork; the dimensions of the bedrooms; the dimensions of the building; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52983-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been invested in maintenance, upgrades and any building works at Cois Abhainn Residential Centre, Youghal, in each of the years 2012 and 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52984-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently residing in Cois Abhainn Residential Centre, Youghal; the number who are in single-occupancy rooms; the number who are in shared rooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53009-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the staff turnover rate in the HSE for 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, by grade and by hospital group and CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53015-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time that it took to fill a consultant vacancy in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, from the initial application for the post by a hospital to the role being offered to the successful candidate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53016-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the length of time for which each pre-existing and newly-created vacant consultant post which are currently unfilled have been vacant, in tabular form; the date on which each post was sought, approved and first advertised; the date on which the posts were re-advertised, where applicable; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53017-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which a consultant post was re-advertised due to an inability to fill the post in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the number of occasions on which they were re-advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53018-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts requested, approved, advertised, and filled in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the date on which the relevant posts were sought, approved, advertised and filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53020-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 374 of 11 November 2021, the average length of time that it took to recruit and fill a consultant post in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53046-22 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made on the reimbursement of a drug (Luxturna); if he will provide an update on the process; if it has not been approved, if he will provide an indicative timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53047-22 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the number of families that are currently waiting for an individual family service plan in children's disability network teams; the percentage of those waiting for an individual family service plans that have received their IFSP; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53073-22 - Malcolm Noonan

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of optometrists working in primary care nationwide; the action that he will take to increase the resources for these roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53075-22 - Malcolm Noonan

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of healthmail and the uptake throughout Ireland's health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53076-22 - Malcolm Noonan

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to move the HSE adult optical scheme authorisation process online; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53129-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of new patients who started anti-cancer therapy in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 53186-22 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of minor injuries units in hospitals across the State; the hours each minor injuries unit operate; the number of patients treated in each unit in the years of 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 53217-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of community resident placements that currently exist within CHO9; the number by provider; the names of providers providing these placements; the change in numbers between 2017 and 2022; the plans, if any, to expand the number of placements in future years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53265-22 - James Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of assessments of needs’ that have been completed to date in 2022; the number of assessments awaiting completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53266-22 - James Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in childrens disability network teams 4, 5 and in east Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53296-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health if audits of compliance are carried out on retailers who offer tanning and sun beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53297-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of diagnoses of melanoma that were made through the HSE in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53308-22 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the staff census and workforce review of community disability network teams 2022, due to have been undertaken on 12 October 2022; the current vacancy rate by discipline and CHO area in tabular form; the CHO2 vacancy rate by region and discipline; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53309-22 - Paul Kehoe

To ask the Minister for Health the number of qualified educational psychologists currently working within primary care services; the number of qualified educational psychologists currently working within CAMHS services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53332-22 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health the consideration that has been given to the impact that the new assisted decision-making legislation will have on adults with extreme complex needs, whose care is being provided in the UK and paid for by the HSE.

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PQ 53356-22 - Michael Lowry

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under the age of 18 years with an intellectual, physical or sensory disability, currently referred and waiting to be seen by an organisation (Enable Ireland), which is the largest body outside of the HSE providing child disability services, broken down into north and south Tipperary for each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the length of time that each child is on the waiting list to be seen by the organisation; the type of service that they are waiting to attend; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53429-22 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Health the current number of qualified educational psychologists working within primary care services and within CAMHS services.

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PQ 53435-22 - Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been spent treating patients abroad via the treatment abroad scheme with CART since 2019; the number of medicines for CART that were being assessed during this window; if consideration has been given to the way to increase the efficiency of this approvals process in view of this information; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53480-22 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of qualified educational psychologists that currently work within primary care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53481-22 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of qualified educational psychologists that currently work within children and adolescent mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53501-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports that were paid to individual nursing homes by his Department and the HSE, by name and location due to the effects of the Covid -19 pandemic since April 2020; if such payments have been subject to an audit; if so, if the audit has been or will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53512-22 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on CAMHS waiting lists from County Mayo and CHO2, respectively, in 2021 and to date in 2022; the length of time that each child has been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53514-22 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health presentations to the accident and emergency department at Mayo University Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, by out-of-hours presentation or not, age and gender in tabular form.

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PQ 53515-22 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been introduced in County Mayo to provide better access to affordable housing for persons with mental health disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53516-22 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of services, investment and future funding in advocacy and outreach services for persons with mental health difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53517-22 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of services, investment and funding provided to advocacy and outreach services for young persons and adults with mental health difficulties in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53563-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if the mother-and-baby inpatient perinatal mental health unit will be in place in Q4 of 2024, as outlined in Sharing the Vision; if a site has been chosen; when it is expected to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53564-22 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the site make-up of the proposed primary health centre in Drimnagh; and the timeline for its construction and operation.

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PQ 53585-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities who were accommodated in congregated settings by gender in each HSE region in each of the years 2015 to 2021, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53586-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any policies issued by his Department or public bodies under his remit that refer to the importance of the bond between an infant and their parents, especially their mother, in the first six months after birth.

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PQ Responses - October 25th 2022