PQ Responses - September 21st 2022

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PQ 46111-22 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 46111-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of scoliosis and spina bifida related orthopaedic procedures carried out for children in each of the years 2016 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 46112-22 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 46112-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for scoliosis and spina bifida related orthopaedic procedures and consultations for each month in each of the years 2016 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 46164-22 - Emer Higgins front page preview

PQ 46164-22 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health the progress that is being made with regards to reinstating public health nurse check-ups for infants and children in Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46172-22 - Ged Nash front page preview

PQ 46172-22 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Health his plans, if any, to extend the provision of free condoms to all persons under 25 years, regardless of gender, as part of the State’s existing free contraceptives scheme; the estimated cost to the Exchequer of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46175-22 - Róisín Shortall front page preview

PQ 46175-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the planned closure of all clinical sexual health services in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, and in Louth County Hospital, Dundalk; the expected closure dates; his plans for sexual health services in the north east once these services close; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46190-22 - Mick Barry front page preview

PQ 46190-22 - Mick Barry

To ask the Minister for Health the measures and initiatives that will be taken to better understand and to reduce still-birth and infant deaths among mothers of African background, and those in poorer social-economic groups following the publication of a report ( Unequal chances? Inequalities in mortality in Ireland | ESRI https://www.esri.ie/publications/unequal-chances-inequalities-in-mortality-in-ireland) showing inequalities in mortality; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46312-22 - Gary Gannon front page preview

PQ 46312-22 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health Network teams that serve the HSE CHO 9 area; his views regarding a letter received by a person from one of the Children’s Disability Network teams that states there is a minimum 40 week wait to be seen by them in view of the fact that most children have been waiting for many years under the previous regime without being seen; the reason that the wait list is so long; if there are staffing and other resourcing issues at play; his plan to rectify the issue; for a timeline for such plans that can be provided to waiting families; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46339-22 - Róisín Shortall front page preview

PQ 46339-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 46340-22 - Róisín Shortall front page preview

PQ 46340-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy by CHO, and age category; and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 46341-22 - Róisín Shortall front page preview

PQ 46341-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for occupational therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 46342-22 - Roisin Shortall front page preview

PQ 46342-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 46343-22 - Róisín Shortall front page preview

PQ 46343-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for ophthalmology by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 46344-22 - Róisín Shortall front page preview

PQ 46344-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for audiology by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 46345-22 - Róisín Shortall front page preview

PQ 46345-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for podiatry by CHO, and age category; and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 46346-22 - Róisín Shortall front page preview

PQ 46346-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 46347-22 - Róisín Shortall front page preview

PQ 46347-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for counselling services by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 46348-22 - Roisin Shortall front page preview

PQ 46348-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 46349-22 - Róisín Shortall front page preview

PQ 46349-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for dietetics by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 46354-22 - Roisin Shortall front page preview

PQ 46354-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient, critical care and stepdown beds planned for 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; the number delivered to date, by quarter; the number of outstanding beds to be delivered in 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46355-22 - Roisin Shortall front page preview

PQ 46355-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in children’s disability network teams, by post and team in tabular form.

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PQ 46356-22 - Róisín Shortall front page preview

PQ 46356-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff who have been recruited into the HSE since the beginning of 2022; the number of staff who have retired or left the HSE in the same period; the expected number of staff who will retire or leave the HSE in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46359-22 - Roisin Shortall front page preview

PQ 46359-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who have left the dental treatment services scheme since 2015, by LHO and year, in tabular form.

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PQ 46372 -22 - Roisin Shortall front page preview

PQ 46372 -22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the decision-making process for the selection of areas for State-funded primary care centres; if there is still a priority list; the prioritisation system for approving private sector centres; if he will provide details of the publicly-funded centres which have been built or approved over each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46377-22 - Gary Gannon front page preview

PQ 46377-22 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health the current average wait times for each children’s disability network team in CHO9.

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