PQ Responses - September 14th 2022

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PQ 44359-22 - Brendan Howlin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the current position in relation to supports available to public health service employees who cannot return to work due to the ongoing effect of Covid-19; when a scheme to ensure continued support for such employees suffering from long-Covid will be put into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44375-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if further details will be published regarding the announcement of 136 new therapist appointments; if those details will be communicated to families; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44390-22 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health the details of all Irish hospitals that currently provide a childcare facility for staff; the hours that each childcare facility is operational in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44404-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 11 May 2022, 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 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 44409-22 - Patrick O'Donovan

To ask the Minister for Health the plans that his Department has in place to alleviate the shortage of general practitioners in rural Ireland in cases in which practices are unable to find replacements for retiring general practitioners specifically in Galbally and Ballylanders, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44411-22 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of incidents reported on an annual basis broken down by heading on the National Incident Management System in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022.

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PQ 44424-22 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children in County Galway who have eyesight issues and who are entitled to an annual eye examination at Tuam primary care centre are being refused on the basis of lack of capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44425-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting three additional whole-time equivalent radiographer sonographers for Louth County Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44426-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of additional full-time consultant obstetrician gynaecologists with a special interest in urogynaecology for Cork University Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44427-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the capital works currently ongoing at the Mater Hospital; when each of the capital works will be completed in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44428-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting four additional whole-time equivalent advanced nurse practitioners in movement disorders for Tallaght University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44429-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant paediatric nephrologists attached to CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin in each of the years 2019 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 44430-22- David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the way that the €2.7 million allocation in 2022 to support the development of Cork University Hospital as a major trauma hospital was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44431-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was spent on older persons services in CHO9 in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44432-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the availability of ambulance services in the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal on a 24/7 basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44433-22 - David Culllinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time HSE employed dentists working in County Carlow as of 1 September 2021 and 1 September 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44434-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time trained emergency department nurses employed at University Hospital Kerry in each of the past three years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44435-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time optometrists and orthoptists employed by the HSE in CHO6 in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44436-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time theatre nurses working in Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44437-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the ongoing infrastructure improvements works to the neo-natal intensive care facilities at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44438-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time dieticians working in Coolock primary care centres in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44439-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the management structure by grade and organisational chart for speech and language therapists working in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44440-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of liaison psychiatrists for children in CHO4; the number of liaison psychiatrists for children at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44441-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent specialist periodontists and implant dentists employed by the HSE in CHO2 in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44444-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the funding that was made available to the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital to upgrade its four operating theatres; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44445-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting two additional full-time chiropodists and two additional full-time senior chiropodists for CHO7; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44469-22 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new primary care centre for Finglas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44472-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been spent on medical agency staffing in 2019, 2021 and to date in 2022.

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PQ 44490-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of permanent approved consultant positions that are not filled on a permanent basis and are either vacant or filled on a temporary, agency or other basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44492-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement pricing negotiations for the cystic fibrosis medication kaftrio for children aged six to 11 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44493-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been previously diagnosed with breast cancer who are currently recommended to undergo regular follow-up mammograms; the number of persons currently waiting for a follow-up mammogram appointment by each waiting time period in each of the designated cancer centres in tabular form.

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PQ 44494-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been previously diagnosed with bowel cancer who are currently recommended to undergo regular follow-up colonoscopies; the number and proportion of this group of persons that are currently waiting for a follow-up colonoscopy appointment by each waiting time period in each of the designated cancer centres in tabular form.

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PQ 44496-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who received a diagnostic test deemed as non-urgent at a symptomatic breast disease clinic in each of the years 2010 to 2021; and the percentage of these patients who received a diagnosis of cancer following their diagnostic test in tabular form.

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PQ 44500-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if he will ringfence some of the anticipated 2021 cost savings from the recent HSE Medicines Management Programme (MMP) Preferred Blood Glucose Strips for adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes evaluation to fund the provision of the Freestyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44501-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for Freestyle Libre that were submitted by individual hospitals for persons with diabetes over 21 years of age; the number that were approved; the number that were refused in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; if there are plans to remove the age restriction on Freestyle Libre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44504-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the availability of sexually-transmitted infection testing kits in each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44506-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a sexually-transmitted infection clinic in Waterford; the availability of STI testing kits in Waterford; his plans to expand STI screening service in Waterford; the steps that his Department is taking to fund and resource this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44508-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if will provide an update on the day-care services in north Sligo, Cliffoney and Mougherow; when those services will resume to meet the demand in the area; the interim measures that are being considered by the HSE to provide off-site services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44509-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health when day care services will resume in west Sligo and at the day care centre in Easkey; if there are plans to resume a five-day service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44526-22 - Mary Lou McDonald

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list for spinal fusion surgery at Temple Street Children’s Hospital; the length of time that each child has been on the waiting list in tabular form.

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PQ 44530-22 - Mary Lou McDonald

To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in completing 67 additional spinal fusion surgeries and 28 additional spinal procedures for children with scoliosis as well as an additional 141 procedures for children with spina bifida following his announcement earlier in 2022 of an additional €17.43 million of current and capital funding to increase orthopaedic activity at Children's Health Ireland.

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PQ 44541-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health when it is proposed to open the new ophthalmology unit in Ballincollig, Cork as part of the overall development in the South and South West HSE area; if funding has now been provided to fully equip the building; if he will provide an adequate number of staff to provide ophthalmology services there; the expected date when it will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44561-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 11 May 2022, the reason that the HSE is seeking a health technology appraisal 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44566-22 - John McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the provision of a fully-funded primary healthcare facility for Freshford and Ballyragget, County Kilkenny, given the extensive rural area being serviced by both locations and the growing demand from patients in Kilkenny city who are finding it difficult to access general practitioner services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44567-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the vacant posts by position and community mental health area in counties Roscommon, Mayo and Galway in tabular form; the current status of recruitment for each position; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44568-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list to see a psychologist in each community mental health area in counties Roscommon, Mayo and Galway; the average waiting time to access a psychologist in each area; the steps that are being taken to address the current delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44569-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the mechanism available to an adult to secure an ADHD diagnosis; the current waiting times for access to such a diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44607-22 - Darren O'Rourke.pdf

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of additional therapy hours that would be generated with a 20% increase in whole-time equivalent therapy positions to children's disability network teams.

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PQ 44608-22 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant urologists recruited per CHO in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form.

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PQ 44646 22 - Bríd Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the position concerning the case of two elderly persons (who jointly own a family home, one of whom has dementia and has declined to such an extent that power of attorney has been granted to a family member and plans around fulltime nursing home care are being discussed); if one of the homeowners can refuse to sign fair deal scheme forms resulting in the denial of full-time appropriate care for the other deteriorating homeowner; if the homeowner can be legally compelled to sign the forms in order that full-time care can be provided; the measures that can be employed in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44648-22 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health when full day-care services will be recommenced in a nursing unit (St. Brendan’s Nursing Unit, Loughrea, County Galway); the interim measures that he intends to put in place until a permanent solution is found; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44660-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if a comprehensive analysis has been conducted of the estimated cost of the HSE providing homecare directly to care recipients on an hourly basis; if so, if he will provide this analysis; the estimated equivalent cost to the HSE and providers of providing such care on an out-sourced basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44663-22 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for urgent 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 44673-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner referrals to rapid access clinics in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 44674-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of persons diagnosed with cancer in the State by cancer-type, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 44676-22 - Peadar Tóibín

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

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PQ 44702-22 - Patrick O'Donovan

To ask the Minister for Health the provision that has been made by the HSE for incoming Ukrainian refugees into Limerick to be given access to general practitioner services.

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PQ 44730-22 - Bríd Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a matter in which a Section 39 care provider who could not provide consistent and regular care to two women with disabilities in County Wicklow was advised to approach the HSE home-support approved providers to determine whether there is capacity to fill the gaps in these women’s care (despite all providers both on and off tender being contacted, no provider has reported capacity to deliver any part of the care needs of these women); the steps that he will immediately take to address the issue of no carer capacity in the Greystones area at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44775-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting occupational therapy appointments in counties Roscommon and Galway; the average waiting time for an appointment; the steps being taken to address the waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44810-22 - Michael Lowry

To ask the Minister for Health if a full-time psychiatrist is assigned to St. Marys Health Centre, Thurles, County Tipperary; if so, the number of hours per week and the number of days per week that they work; if there are any plans to increase the availability of mental health psychiatrist services in the Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44857-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ICU beds available in the health service in each of the years 2019 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 44863-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the training procedures for emergency call operators; when the last review of training processes was undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44865-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health if clinical posts are vacant in the cancer genetics department of St. James’s Hospital; the length of time that these posts have been vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44866-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fund and recruit more permanent genetic counsellor posts to the cancer genetics department in St. James’s Hospital, in line with international standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44868-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the follow-up supports that are available within the public health system for women who start menopause as a result of prophylactic surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44869-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the current number of persons diagnosed with the genetic condition of lynch syndrome, also known as hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44891-22 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a swimming pool (HYDROTHERAPY POOL AT ENABLE IRELAND IN CAVAN – NOT OPEN – NEEDS FUNDING; Enable Ireland) at an organisation is not open; if his Department will grant funding for same; if his Department has received an application from the organisation regarding this pool; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44894-22 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the current position in regard to the long-promised extension of facilities at Naas General Hospital; the extent, if any, to which the originally planned-for facilities have been or are being provided; if particular deficiencies have emerged during the Covid pandemic or thereafter; the extent to which particular shortcomings have been identified, including the adequacy of staffing levels, that are intended to be provided for in the short to medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44925-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the plans in relation to use of Garnish House, Cork as a mental health facility; if the house will be rented beyond 2022; if not, if the house will be considered for purchase; the details of the consultation (details supplied) that the HSE has had with family members of residents since April 2020 regarding the duration of the HSE's use of the property as a placement centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44926-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health if HSE management consulted with the Mental Health Commission prior to transferring a resident of a centre (the Owenacurra Centre Midleton to Unit 3, St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire); if the resident has been accommodated in a single or shared room in unit 3; if the resident was offered a trial placement with the option of returning to the centre in the interim if the placement did not work out; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44927-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents of a centre (Owenacurra Centre residents) who have been transferred to shared rooms in other facilities since June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44950-22 - Paul Kehoe

To ask the Minister for Health if children who require high index lenses in their glasses can avail of funding under the children's optical voucher scheme to cover the additional cost of purchasing these lenses as a standard throughout every region of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44951-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health when all of the remaining groups that are eligible for the pandemic recognition payment but have not received it to date, will be able to apply for the payment; when they will receive payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45021-22 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health the number and locations of hospital beds, broken down by acute, non-acute and ICU beds that are in place in HSE-run hospitals in September 2022; the corresponding figures for the end of 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45022-22 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health the additional staffing resources that are being provided to the Clare children's disability network team for the purpose of reducing waiting lists in County Clare; the measures that will be taken to further improve service delivery in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45025-22 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the delivery of podiatry services provided by the HSE in County Clare; the status of the service going forward; the number of persons on the waiting list for the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45027-22 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health the level of radiology reporting undertaken by contracted companies within the UL Hospitals Group; if any HSE-employed consultants are undertaking radiology reporting for such private companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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