PQ Responses - September 8th 2022

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PQ 41937-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a new hospice in Drogheda following the announcement of €1 million in funding in December 2021 to progress the much needed project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41941-22 - 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 2021 and to date in 2022, by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41957-22 - Reada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health if a system exists for the HSE to purchase a modified home from a person with a serious illness and allow them to remain in their home for their lifetime and use the home later for another person with similar needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41974-22 - Sean Canney

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide support to families for the provision of respite in private settings in cases in which no respite service is available through the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41975-22 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of dentists in Waterford city who offer dental care to medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41977-22 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the details of waiting times for medical card holders of all ages on waiting lists for dental care in Waterford city; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41979-22 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of waiting list and the length of waiting lists by age for children of all ages on waiting lists for dental care in County Waterford in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41980-22 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of waiting list and the length of waiting lists by age for children of all ages on waiting lists for dental care in Waterford city in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41992-22 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the uptake of BreastCheck appointments by county in 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 41993-22 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that was provided by the Government under the GMS medical card scheme (PRSI, treatment benefit scheme, and other schemes and so on to audiologists, other clinicians and hearing aid providers and so on based in Counties Tipperary and Waterford for the provision of audiological services including diagnostic, screening, treatment services and the fitting, provision and maintenance of hearing aids, appliances and cochlear implants and so on for each of the calendar years 2017 to 2021); and the amount that was given to each practitioner and provider in tabular form per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42008-22 - Bríd Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the procedures that are available to the parents of children who are unable to access services in a timely fashion to make complaints or to seek that the HSE ensures that the development of children is not adversely affected by delays in accessing services in relation to waiting times for access to speech therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42043-22 - Michael Healy Rae

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are on the waiting list in County Kerry for psychology services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42080-22 - John McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE child sexual abuse findings that were classified as confirmed that were overturned by the appeal panel to classified as unfounded since the formation of the appeals panel in 2015; the number of alleged perpetrators of child sexual abuse that have sued the HSE in relation to outcomes and findings; if HSE outcomes and findings that were made prior to the publication of the 2014 policies and procedures have no standing at present given that these assessments were conducted in the absence of a health board and HSE policy; if this is the case given that it would impact each case prior to the commencement of the 2014 policies and procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42084-22 - John McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to examine the ongoing health issues caused by Covid and the response that is required to these issues by his Department and the HSE; if he has considered establishing long-Covid clinics to assist in the analysis of the after effects of Covid; if long-Covid will be acknowledged as a disability or in the case of the HSE as an occupational injury; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42089-22 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health if he will make appropriate changes in order that the living alone allowance is not assessable income for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42090-22 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of ensuring that the living alone allowance is not assessable income for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42105-22 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners allocated to children and infants following a refusal of three general practitioners to register them by CHO area in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022; if he will provide an additional schedule in respect of the same information for persons aged 18 years and over in tabular form; if he will detail the protocol for assigning an adult with a general practitioner who cannot source one themselves; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42116-22 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health if he will expediate the process to include the cancer medicine, abemaciclib verzenios for reimbursement under the medicine access scheme (This medicine can be used to treat late stage breast cancer and would benefit so many cancer patients.).

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PQ 42118-22 - John McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the south east regional drug and alcohol taskforce has not had a full-time coordinator for over two years; the action that is being taken to ensure that the full-time position is restored; if the person that was in the full-time position is still being paid by the HSE; if so, if he will resolve the issues that are preventing that person from returning to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42126-22 - Gino Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 817 of 10 May 2022, if he will provide an update on public health nurse recruitment in the Lucan area.

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PQ 42127-22 - Gino Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the interim measures that are in place for parents seeking a public health check for their children given that there is no public health nurse in Lucan.

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PQ 42129-22 - Gino Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health in the interim of waiting for the National Clinical Programme for adults with ADHD in the CHO7 area the measures that are in place for children who are on medication for ADHD and turn 18 years and are classed then as an adult; and the location in which they can obtain a prescription to continue with their medication given that it is vital that they still have access to their medication and general practitioner services cannot prescribe this medication.

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PQ 42133-22 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges for inpatient and day services on patients attending hospitals managed by Children’s Health Ireland in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42134-22 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE in contracting debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid fees and charges from inpatient and day services from those attending hospitals managed by Children’s Health Ireland in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42135-22 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatients or inpatient day cases attending hospitals managed by Children’s Health Ireland with unpaid fees and charges for inpatient and day services whose debt was referred to a debt collection agency in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form.

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PQ 42136-22 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges for inpatient and day services on patients attending hospitals managed by University Limerick Hospitals Group in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42137-22 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE in contracting debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid fees and charges from inpatient and day services from those attending hospitals managed by University Limerick Hospitals Group in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42139-22 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges for inpatient and day services on patients attending hospitals managed by South/South West Hospital Group in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42140-22 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE in contracting debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid fees and charges from inpatient and day services from those attending hospitals managed by South/South West Hospital Group in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42141-22 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatients or inpatient day cases attending hospitals managed by South/South West Hospital Group with unpaid fees and charges for inpatient and day services whose debt was referred to a debt collection agency in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form.

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PQ 42142-22 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges for inpatient and day services on patients attending hospitals managed by Saolta University Health Care Group in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42143-22 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE in contracting debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid fees and charges from inpatient and day services from those attending hospitals managed by Saolta University Health Care Group in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42144-22 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatients or inpatient day cases attending hospitals managed by Saolta University Health Care Group with unpaid fees and charges for inpatient and day services whose debt was referred to a debt collection agency in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form.

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PQ 42167-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (As I understand it people over the age of sixty are supposed to receive testing kit's in the post, related to colon cancer detection. My wife and myself being well past our sixtieth birthday's at this point, not having received any kit's. My brother in law who emigrated to Australia well over thirty years ago, received a kit to his old Irish home address, even though he's no longer resident here. I'd like to know what's the delay in getting those testing kit's out to people like my wife myself, and others in our age bracket?) in relation to colon cancer detection; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42184-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if the 35 children with cystic fibrosis whose age and genotype were not included in the initial deal with a drug manufacturer will now be included to provide access to the life changing medication, kaftrio (will now be included given that the company that manufactures the drug, vertex, has submitted an offer to the HSE to add the 35 patients at the same overall cost per patient as the existing agreement); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42197-22 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the number of full-time and part-time occupational therapists in each county; if there are specific hours assigned to early intervention services and whether there are specific hours of service assigned to children and adults with autism in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42199-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 772 of 12 July 2022, the date on which the CHO4 HSE chief officer ascertained that they had support for the closure of the Owenacurra centre from local senior clinical managers prior to finalising the decision to close the service at a later meeting on 22 June 2021; the details of each of these consultations and meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42222-22 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for HIV PrEP appointments in Dublin; the number of persons who been unable to get anointments at PrEP clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42271-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding, excluding the nursing home support scheme that was given to each HSE nursing home and community hospital to implement measures to prevent and manage Covid-19 outbreaks in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; the expenditure incurred to implement these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42272-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the overall expenditure incurred per HSE nursing home and community hospital in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42281-22 - John McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health If he will outline the services available at St. Lukes Hospital, Kilkenny for patients with skin disease; if a consultant and support team are available on site in the hospital; if so, the date of the commencement of the service; the number of patients attending the service; if there is a waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42305-22 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges for inpatient/day services on patients attending hospitals managed by Ireland East Hospital Group in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42306-22 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE in contracting debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid fees and charges from inpatient/day services from those attending hospitals managed by Ireland East Hospital Group in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42307-22 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatients or inpatient day cases attending hospitals managed by Ireland East Hospital Group with unpaid fees and charges for inpatient/day services whose debt was referred to a debt collection agency in each of the years 2017 to 2021; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42310-22 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatients or inpatient day cases attending hospitals managed by RCSI Hospital Group with unpaid fees and charges for inpatient/day services whose debt was referred to a debt collection agency in each of the years 2017 to 2021; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42311-22 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges for inpatient/day services on patients attending hospitals managed by Dublin Midlands Hospital Group in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42312-22 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE in contracting debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid fees and charges from inpatient/day services from those attending hospitals managed by Dublin Midlands Hospital Group in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42313-22 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatients or inpatient day cases attending hospitals managed by Dublin Midlands Hospital Group with unpaid fees and charges for inpatient/day services whose debt was referred to a debt collection agency in each of the years 2017 to 2021; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42322-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the total funding provided to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital for each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the projects itemised; the future commitments to further expand the services and or building infrastructure of the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42325-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of respite beds available in County Louth in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022, inclusive, inclusive in tabular form by year, number and location including disability and older persons services; the details of future plans to expand the number of available beds into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42326-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of transition and step down beds available in County Louth in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022, inclusive in tabular form by year, number and location including disability and older persons services; the details of future plans to expand the number of available beds into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42329-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of beds available in Our Lady of Lourdes and Louth County Hospitals in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022, inclusive by department; the projected increase and decrease in the number of beds in the years ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42330-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposal for an e-tender framework to outsource audiology services to reduce waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42339-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek details on the discussion from within the HSE to open a new primary care centre in Dunleer County Louth given the significant population increase in the area; the details of premises in the area that would be suitable for the project that are already in HSE ownership; and the projected cost of such an addition; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42340-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of long-Covid models of care for patients; the way that persons in counties Louth and Meath will be in a position to access long-Covid services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42345-22 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health the action that has been taken by his Department and by individual hospitals to provide support to employees who contracted Covid-19 in their workplace; and the supports that are provided to staff who contracted Covid-19 in their workplace and who are now living with long-Covid.

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PQ 42347-22 -Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on dentists who have re registered if any to provide services to medical card holders in counties Louth and Meath since the recent announcement on improved contracts for the services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42355-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to set up scalp-colling services in the oncology ward of the Mater Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42381-22 - Aodhán Ó Riordáin

To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for boys waiting on an operation for hypospadias; the number of children that have now passed the age of two years, by which they should normally have been treated; the average age for a child still waiting for an operation; the number of surgeons performing the operation in Ireland; the discrepancies, if any, that exist in waiting list times for children based on geographical areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42388-22 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will make dexcom available to all persons with diabetes under the general medical card scheme or long term illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42393-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged 0 to 18 years who are waiting for first-time intervention in all areas of early intervention in each CHO, by individual area and by each composite LHO within each CHO; the number on the public list; the number on the children’s disability network team list in each CHO in tabular form; and the length of time that they have been waiting for intervention by age.

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PQ 42407-22 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that successful applicants to the panel for the recent recruitment by the HSE of counsellors and therapists for the provision of mental health counselling in primary care services were informed that due to a financial review the posts were no longer available; the reason that the same positions are now being advertised by a recruitment agency (CPL Recruitment agency) as temporary seasonal positions on a self-employed basis; his views on this case and on the outsourcing of employment contracts by the HSE in the context of the phasing in of the Sláintecare Programme; and his views on whether this policy is compatible with that Programme.

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PQ 42420-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals operating the Da Vinci surgical system; if there are plans to expand the robotics programme in hospitals; if funding will be provided by his Department to implement same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42426-22 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if a study can be carried out to investigate if St. Finians Hospital, Killarney (Minister as you know we are in a huge housing crisis. Could the HSE look at St Finians Hospital in Killarney with a view to dividing it into apartments. It is in a perfect location for shopping, schools etc. There are big grounds around which is ideal for families.) can be used for accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42448-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for insulin pumps by hospital in tabular form; the number waiting for funding or waiting otherwise; the number under 18 and over 65 years; the number waiting by timeband; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42450-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on diabetes-related waiting lists by hospital in tabular form; the number waiting for outpatient, inpatient, and day case appointments; the number on equipment or supplies waiting lists by list; the number of persons under 18 and over 65 years on each list; the number waiting by timeband; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42480-22 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the non-invasive prenatal test available free of charge to all pregnant women such as in other countries for example the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42488-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health if addiction services have been added to the schedule of accommodation services for the new primary care centre for Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42489-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details and full costings of planned refurbishment works at the HSE addiction services on Market Street, Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42490-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the total number of HSE employees by title, grade, whole-time equivalent, wages and so on working at the HSE addiction services premises on Donore Road, Drogheda in each of the years since it opened in 2019, in tabular form.

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PQ 42491-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of addiction service users that attend the HSE addiction services premises on Donore Road, Drogheda clinic on a weekly basis from January to July 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 42492-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons that have been treated in the HSE addiction services premises on Donore Road, Drogheda since it opened by year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42493-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of HSE drug and alcohol outreach workers currently working in the HSE Louth and Meath areas; if an outreach worker is employed by the HSE in the Drogheda area not including section 39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42494-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the total HSE investment in the needle exchange on a monthly and yearly basis in respect of the proposed new needle exchange for Drogheda which will be operated in the premisis of an organisation (Red Door Project in Drogheda); the expected commencement date for the service to be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42495-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the total current HSE expenditure on needle exchange programmes nationally by county; the total number of needle exchange service users in each county; the estimated investment per service user for same 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 42498-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health when dental services under anaesthesia at Wexford General Hospital will be increased from the current one session per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42499-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with special needs currently waiting for dental treatment under anaesthesia at Wexford General Hospital; the number of children with special needs waiting 24, 36 and 48 months and longer, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42500-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults with special needs currently waiting for dental treatment under anaesthesia at Wexford General Hospital; the number of adults with special needs waiting 24, 36 and 48 months and longer, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42503-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the current wait list for persons under 18 years of age awaiting orthodontal treatment at Wexford primary care centre, Grogans Road; the number of persons waiting 24, 36 and 48 months and longer, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42504-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the current wait list for persons under 18 years of age awaiting orthodontal treatment at Enniscorthy primary care centre; the number of persons waiting 24, 36 and 48 months and longer, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42505-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the recruitment of a whole-time dietician to the CAMHS unit in Arden House, Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42520-22 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of student nurses and midwives nationally who have received the pandemic recognition payment to date in 2022; the percentage of student nurses and midwives that that figure represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42521-22 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of student nurses and midwives in University Hospital Galway who have received the pandemic recognition payment to date in 2022; the percentage of student nurses and midwives that that figure represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42536-22 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a family in Tipperary that was left waiting 45 minutes for an ambulance despite living less than ten minutes from the nearest ambulance station; and his plans, if any, to address ambulance response times.

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PQ 42569-22 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the provision of the primary care centre scheduled for Bangor Erris, County Mayo; the timeline for delivery of this centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42597-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the provision that is being made to increase the current general anaesthetic MRI services for children at Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin; when further funding will be provided to increase the current two-day service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42598-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the current number of paediatric patients in Ireland awaiting a general anaesthetic slot for an MRI; the average length of time spent on the waiting list for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42619-22 - Richard O'Donoghue

To ask the Minister for Health the total cost staffing across all grades including management and agency workers within the UL Hospital Group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42634-22 - Éamon Ó Cuív

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to procure and distribute vaccines (Monkey Pox); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42635-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which Unit 3, St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire has been identified by the HSE as a suitable alternative facility for a centre (Owenacurra Centre) for residents given the series of major concerns raised by the Mental Health Commission in recent inspection reports in respect of the staff culture, the premises and in addition, given the isolated nature of the setting compared with the centre and the dorm-style rooms in Unit 3; if CHO 4 mental health service management informed the Mental Health Commission that it was offering Unit 3 as an alternative facility to the centre residents prior to doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42636-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents of a centre (Owenacurra Centre, Midleton) who have already transferred to other facilities who were able to avail of a trial placement before making a final move from the centre in each case without identifying the resident, the duration of the trial period and whether any residents returned to the centre from a trial placement.

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PQ 42650-22 - 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 HSE disabilities and special needs services in County Tipperary broken down into North and South Tipperary in tabular form; the length of time that each child is on the waiting list; the type of service they are waiting to attend; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42660-22 - Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the national and county average waiting time for children waiting to see a clinical mental health professional with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service in tabular form.

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PQ 42661-22 - Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a county overview of the number of children that are awaiting assessment by the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service; and if he will provide details on the average waiting list in tabular form, broken down by county.

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PQ 42665-22 - Matt Shanahan

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 42666-22 - Matt Shanahan

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 42670-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1629 of 26 July 2022, if there are no avenues for a dispenser-supplier, outside of the prescribed manufacturer-suppliers set in Schedule 3 of the HSE-IPHA Framework Agreement (2021) to apply or otherwise petition for the inclusion of a medicine or appliance on the long-term illness scheme; the reason there are any means by which a medical doctor, pharmacist, or other licensed prescriber may petition for the inclusion of a product on such schemes and reimbursement lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42687-22 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in securing a dialectical behavioural therapy team for the midwest region.

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PQ 42688-22 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health if he will work with the HSE to ensure that there are no delays in appointing a dialectical behavioural therapy team for the midwest region.

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PQ 42737-22 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the policy position of his Department concerning fetal alcohol spectrum disorder which is a lifelong neurodevelopmental disability that can result from alcohol-exposed pregnancies; the reason that Ireland remains the only country in the developed world that doesn’t recognise FASD and does not have a pathway to diagnosis or the provisions of support to persons living with FASD; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42764-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the Government’s plans in relation to Sharing the Vision for a pilot reconfiguration of services that could ascertain the specific mental health needs of the 0 to 25 years cohort that should be established to inform the staffing requirements of child and adolescent mental health services and general adult mental health service teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42785-22 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health if the E111, now known as the EHIC covers UK citizens for out-of-hours doctor appointments whilst in Ireland (I have a lady is on visiting Ireland from the UK and attended an out of hours GP (Midoc) when she became ill and was charged for her visit. Can you please confirm whether her EHIC card should have covered her visit to an out of hours GP service.).

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PQ 42843-22 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health the number of new long-term and short-term respite beds that have been approved and allocated in each of the electoral areas in east Cork 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 42844-22 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health the number of new long-stay and short-stay mental health respite beds that have been approved and allocated in each of the electoral areas in east Cork 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 42881-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the full cost of all services, assessments or interventions to children provided by non-HSE organisations through primary care services in each of the years from 2016 and to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42887-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated amount that the health service would save if the State applied a zero rate of VAT to non-oral medicines by service in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42900-22 - Michael Healy Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if the provisions and rulings of HSE HR circular 004/2012 apply to section 38 organisations in general and to the Central Remedial Clinic in specific; if so, and in cases in which the circular has not been implemented, the recompense that will be offered to employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42907-22 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health when the €1,000 pandemic bonus will be paid to HSE staff (There are a number of HSE Staff in County Kerry still waiting for this payment. Can you please give a timeframe of when it will be paid.) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42917-22 - Richard O'Donoghue

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents on the orthodontic waiting list in Limerick city and county in both primary and secondary school in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42930-22 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults awaiting audiology appointments in counties Laois and Offaly; the length of time they have been waiting; the steps that are being taken by his Department to address the waiting lists for adult audiology services in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42931-22 - Josepha Madigan

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is considering providing core funding for a centre (the Down Syndrome Centre, Sandyford, Dublin 18); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42933-22 - Richard Bruton

To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to in reduce waiting times in the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service service in each of the CHO areas; if new approaches are deemed necessary; the progress that has been made to date in the audit of CAMHS following the Maskey Report, the progress of the review being undertaken by the Mental Health Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42934-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on a waiting list for prophylactic breast removal by each waiting time period in each hospital in tabular form.

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PQ 42935-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on a waiting list to access reconstructive surgery as a result of having undergone prophylactic breast removal surgery by each waiting time period in each hospital in tabular form.

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PQ 42937-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the volume of prophylactic breast removal surgeries within the recommended timeframe as an absolute number and as a proportion of total prophylactic breast removal surgeries in each of the years 2010 to 2021, in tabular form.

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PQ 42938-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the volume of prophylactic ovary removal surgeries within the recommended timeframe as an absolute number and as a proportion of total prophylactic ovary removal surgeries in each of the years 2010 to 2021, in tabular form?

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PQ 42945-22 - Marc O Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Health his views on ringfencing some of the anticipated 2021 cost savings from the recent HSE Medicines Management Programme of preferred preferred blood glucose strips for adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes evaluation to fund the provision of the 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 42977-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to be seen by child and adolescent mental health services by CHO and LHO in tabular form; and the length of time that persons are waiting to be seen.

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PQ 42978-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the geographic locations of the SouthDoc facilities in County Cork; if he has had any engagement on those specific locations regarding their future; if he will publish the dates and attendees of any meetings that he or his officials have had regarding SouthDoc services in Cork; and if the lease terms at each geographic location are known.

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PQ 42981-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the research that has led to the HSE national home birth service recommending that women accessing the service should reside 30 minutes or less blue light distance from their nearest maternity service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42995-22 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of monkeypox vaccines administered to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42997-22 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of monkeypox vaccines available; the anticipated number of persons who will require a vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42998-22 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the body of evidence used to inform the recent recommendation by the National Women and Infants Health Programme that no woman who lives further than 30 minutes away from a maternity hospital or maternity unit can give birth at home; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42999-22 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the organisation structures and rationales of groups ( (i) National Oversight Group for HSE Homebirth Service, (ii) The National Women and Infants Health Programme, (iii) the Obstetric Event Support Team (OEST), (iv) the National Health Investigation Unit;) within the HSE; if he will confirm the person or body that has oversight over each of these groups; if he will outline to whom each of these groups are accountable; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43021-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of paramedics in training with the National Ambulance Service by year of training and cohort in tabular form; the intake number in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the numbers graduating in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43022-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of overtime hours worked by HSE staff by staff category to date by month in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43023-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of overtime hours worked by HSE staff by staff category by month in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43059-22 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in CHO8 who are currently waiting to access the child disability network team in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43063-22 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in CHO8 who are currently awaiting access to occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and psychology services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43064-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his plans to fund a long-Covid clinic at the Mater Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43065-22 - James Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a greater supply of ambulance services to Naas Hospital given that currently the demand exceeds the supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43096-22 - Francis Noel Duffy

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will review the assessment of needs process to ensure school children receive appropriate additional services.

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PQ 43123-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of paediatric gastroenterologists currently employed within with the HSE by hospital in each of the years 2018 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 43128-22 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to ensure that the long-Covid clinic in the Mater Hospital remains open; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43136-22 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff working in St. Marys Health Centre, Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43137-22 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health if all the positions are filled on a permanent basis in St. Marys Health Centre, Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43138-22 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hours a week and the number of days a month a psychiatrist is present and on duty in St. Marys Health Centre, Thurles, County Tipperary; if there are any plans to increase these figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43139-22 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the reduction in working hours for support staff in the Hospital of the Assumption, Thurles, County Tipperary from 39 hrs per week to 37.5 hrs per week in line with other HSE grades; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43141-22 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate if, in 2021 any acute hospital in CHO areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 reached the target set out in The Emergency Medicine Programme for Ireland namely, that 95% of patients should be either admitted or discharged within six hours of arriving at an emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43142-22 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to urgently assess the number of acute inpatient psychiatric beds required to ensure timely admission of patients presenting with acute psychiatric illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43143-22 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to increase the number of rehabilitative care beds, long-term nursing home beds and the financing of homecare packages to free-up acute hospital beds for admissions from the emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43145-22 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide much-needed urgent funding to the long-Covid clinic at the Mater Hospital (We have been informed by a Doctor working in the Mater LC clinic: - The HSE, without any engagement, appointed mater a 'post acute care' covid clinic run by resp specialists, but did not provide funding to the Mater LC clinic, which has been up and running since May 2020, and appears to have done most of the research and clinical work with patients, more than most other clinics. - The science, since June 2021, showed we do not need these post acute clinics, so this is a royal waste of 2 million euros for staff who will not be helping LC patients. Last Friday, the LC clinic saw 27 patients, and when a doctor stopped by the mater pulmonary post acute clinic, and there was only one in the waiting room.); and if not, the reason for same.

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PQ 43173-22 - Michael Lowry

To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided to the Mater Hospital Dublin in order that it can continue to provide medical services and support persons experiencing the effects of long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43179-22 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of investment in computers and related peripheral equipment in University Hospital Kerry for each of the years 2015 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43182-22 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of hospitals with hyperolarised xenon magnetic resonance imaging diagnostic facilities.

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PQ 43184-22 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the additional WTE staff by job title that were recruited for the specialist menopause clinic at the National Maternity Hospital; the number of vacancies by job title at this clinic; and when these vacancies will be filled in tabular form.

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PQ 43245-22 - Peadar Toibin

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1514 of 14 June 2022, the status of the application received by the HSE corporate pharmaceutical unit for pricing and reimbursement of semaglutide 2.4mg ((Wegovy®) Novo Nordisk) on 6 May 2022 from a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43262-22 - Mary Lou McDonald

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation relating to a service ( Long Covid Clinic at Mater Hospital ; Media report stating that existing Long Covid clinic at the Mater hospital may face closure without adequate funding https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40946273.html); the details of any engagements that he or officials from his Department have had with this service regarding resourcing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43266-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if there are technical restrictions preventing staff in Cork University Hospital sending emails to the HSE.

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PQ 43271-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health when it is proposed to close a centre (the Owenacurra Centre in Midleton Co Cork) in County Cork.

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PQ 43273-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the latest correspondence that has been exchanged between his Department and the HSE in respect of the pending closure of a centre (Owenacurra Centre in Midleton County Cork) in County Cork.

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PQ 43274-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if an alternative residence has been found to replace a centre (Owenacurra in Midleton County Cork that is located within the town of midleton or within the east Cork region.) in County Cork

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PQ 43277-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for the long Covid neurological clinic at the Mater Hospital to ensure that it continues to accept and treat patients in view of the threat of closure due to the lack of any funding provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43278-22 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are eligible for the pandemic bonus payment that have received same; the number of eligible persons that have not received the payment to date; the date on which all persons eligible will receive the payment; if his attention has been drawn to a delay in payment; and his plans to address this.

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PQ 43305-22 - Marian Harkin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will make funding available to manage the long-Covid clinic in the Mater Hospital; if he will establish a long-Covid clinic in Sligo to service the north west; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43397-22 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health if he, in consultation with the HSE, will ensure that the recruitment process in the National Ambulance Service is streamlined (Further info: Nas have a recruitment campaign for qualified paramedics. It's on going but the process is very long and involves multiple assessment. Even paramedics qualified via PHECC (the Irish regulator) need to jump through all these hoops. Mean while, UK based emergency trusts are pushing to give these qualified staff jobs without so much as an interview. Mainly I am talking about paramedics qualified through the university of Limerick. They are all qualified to the same regulations and standards as any other Irish paramedic but those who try and gain employment with NAS are often rejected. From word of mouth about only 1 in 10 are offered a job. Can you look into this recruitment campaign and maybe push NAS to change the process for paramedics that hold a PHECC registration. (This is the registration that all NAS paramedics hold). It is one way that more paramedics can get into the system. University of Limerick are qualifying about 30+ paramedics a year for the last 5 years or so. It would be interesting to see how many are employees of NAS, my guess is very few and that is not for want of trying.).

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PQ 43401-22 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the services available for children who have ASD and who also have mental health difficulties.

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PQ 43402-22 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost if 500,000 extra dementia home support hours were provided in 2023.

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PQ 43421-22 - Bríd Smith

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to support persons suffering from long-Covid; if he will ensure the continued operation of a dedicated clinic for same; if he will further commit to funding necessary services for persons with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43445-22 - Jim OCallaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to address the shortfall in the availability of the monkeypox vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43446-22 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he proposes to take to provide reassurance to the public in relation to the shortage of the monkeypox vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43461-22 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the waiting lists for children in the Dublin 9 and Dublin 11 region to have a dental examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43473-22 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the current vacancies in the Ballymun health care centre; if plans are in place to recruit additional staff (Residents are waiting longs time to get through on the phone and it is proving difficult to get an appointment); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43474-22 - Thomas Pringle

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

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PQ 43487-22 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that presented to the north east doctor on call services each month in each of the years 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022, inclusive in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43503-22 - Steven Matthews

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to calls for patients suffering various forms of cancer to have access to a drug (Pembro (Pembrolizumab)) ; if this is under review; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43504-22 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time senior dental surgeons for special needs working in CHO areas 3+5 in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased.

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PQ 43506-22 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant urologists attached to Nenagh Hospital in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 43543-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the HSE will provide financial support to a centre (ChildVision Cork) that operates a significant service beyond preschool service, including low vision intervention, specialised therapeutic interventions at afternoons and weekends on site and in the home and a parent support network and training service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43568-22 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an appointment with a children’s disability network team in County Tipperary; the number of children on assessment of needs waiting lists, broken down by discipline; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43569-22 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a preliminary team assessment and a subsequent multi-disciplinary assessment, by age and by children’s disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43589-22 - Padraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to speed up the process of genetic testing for confirmation of TTR genotype (wild-type or hereditary) for transthyretin amyloidosis patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 43608-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the HSE reinstates the post of director of mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43609-22 - Nessa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that vacant consultant psychiatrist posts are filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43614-22 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the funding allocated by his Department to providers of adult respite services in counties Laois and Offaly from 1 January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43625-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which, in general, non-patient-facing HSE managers including managers with involvement in the roll-out of the Covid vaccine to patients and frontline staff in their local CHO, were notified of the dates on which they could avail of a first dose vaccine in 2021; if they were notified in writing or by phone as a rule; the exceptions that there would be for these communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43626-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the reasons that no paper records exist relating to the dates on which non-patient-facing HSE mental health managers in CHO4, including managers with involvement in the roll-out of the Covid vaccine to patients and frontline staff, were themselves offered first dose vaccines in 2021, despite the existence of records relating to the dates vaccines were offered to patients and frontline staff in the same CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43715-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners working in total in each county in Ireland for each of the past five years.

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PQ 43773-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of CAMHS patients awaiting intervention by CHO and LHO.

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PQ 43801-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking in response to issues raised concerning access to prosthetics by an organisation (Physical Impairment Ireland), including the cost that individuals have to pay.

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PQ 43802-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health his views on making a medication (cariban) for morning sickness related to pregnancy eligible under the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43803-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to recruit recent speech and language therapist graduates for roles in children’s disability network teams.; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43804-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to encourage speech and language therapists who are Irish nationals working in other jurisdictions to take up roles in children’s disability network teams.

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PQ 43830-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the disposal of land by the Department of Education to his Department to provide a primary health care centre in Collinstown, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43841-22 - Michael Creed

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delay in the payment of the pandemic bonus to a cohort of student nurses (FOURTH YEAR MENTAL HEALTH NURSES AT UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK. ALL APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED AND INFORMED THAT PAYMENT SHOULD. BE MADE BEFORE THE END OF AUGUST 2022. NO PAYMENT RECEIVED TO DATE .) and if he will arrange for immediate payment.

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PQ 43844-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on on-site clinical accommodation for perinatal mental health services in the maternity hospitals in Cork, Limerick and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43846-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the plans that the HSE has to increase the level of psychiatry supports as recommended by the Women’s Health Task Force to the 13 perinatal mental health spoke units across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43847-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of seven new addiction midwife posts; when the posts will be filled; if the remit of these posts will be included with alcohol misuse and or substance misuse issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43848-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the funding for adults with ADHD in line with the model of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43849-22 - 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43850-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the plans that he has for medical cards to issue automatically to a child in cases in which the domiciliary care allowance is granted without the need for parents to make an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43859-22 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a HSE competition (National recruitment competition for the position of Clerical Officer within the HSE. Virtual interviews have been carried out. What is happening regarding the interviews that took place?); and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 43862-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the processing of applications for jobs with the National Ambulance Service; the reason that many persons who are fully qualified are not being offered employment even though there is a shortage of staff in the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43868-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to expedite the processing of applications for medical card holders who require care under the HSE community ophthalmolic services scheme for persons who require eye examination and optical appliances, in view of the fact that the processing of these applications is taking anything up to four months and persons are being denied access to ophthalmolic services; if a detailed examination will be carried out in respect of each of the HSE areas to remove the obstacles that are causing the delay in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43869-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to expedite the processing of applications for medical card holders in the Crumlin area who require care under the HSE community ophthalmolic services scheme for persons who require eye examination and optical appliances, in view of the fact that the processing of these applications is taking anything up to four months and persons are being denied access to ophthalmolic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43872-22 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health if he proposes to review the current operation of minor injuries units across the State with a view to expanding the services in order to ease pressure on general practitioner services and emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43875-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health if HSE management discussed proposals to close a centre (the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton) at any stage in the five years prior to June 2021 when its closure was announced; if so, if he will provide details of those discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43888-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the original budget for the construction and operation of a facility (Mount Carmel Eating Disorder facility) that was due to open in December 2021; the final cost of the construction and operation of the facility; when it will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43893-22 - Brid Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify in relation to the use of vaginal mesh products and techniques, the number of women who have sought access to these since the present ban was introduced specifically the numbers awaiting procedures for SUIs and POP and soon using TVT and other mesh techniques; when those women who wish to have these procedures and have a medical recommendation for them can expect to have access to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43909-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking in response to the threat of monkeypox; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43910-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to make the monkeypox vaccine freely available and widely accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43911-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to communicate public health advice and information on vaccines concerning monkeypox to the groups in society most at risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43934-22 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of in-patients in each acute hospital at present that has been admitted for more than one year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43935-22 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of in-patients in each acute hospital over the past ten years that have been admitted for more than one year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43958-22 - Séan Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the vacant position for a urology consultant at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin to be filled; if he appreciates the time-sensitive nature of filling such a post; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43964-22 - Joe McHugh

To ask the Minister for Health the level of service provision that is in place for psychological intervention dealing with trauma for Ukrainian citizens living in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43971-22 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the current publicly-funded staffing levels at a day centre (CRANOG day-centre, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan); the corresponding levels as of January 2021, June 2021, January 2022 and May 2022; the numbers within the staff cohort that are qualified as nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43985-22 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE teams that provided on-the-ground support to nursing homes and the number of nursing homes that were provided with this support throughout the pandemic.

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PQ 43986-22 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE was turned away from any nursing homes which it attempted to provide support to due to the HSE believing that the nursing home was in crisis.

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PQ 43987-22 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will release the report into a nursing home (St. Marys nursing home, in the Phoenix Park ); and if the full report will be made public.

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PQ 44000-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has divested a building to the local authorty (The old medical centrein Mahon).

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PQ 44026-22 - Richard O'Donoghue

To ask the Minister for Health the number of frontline line workers in each county who have received the pandemic payment; and the number of workers still to receive the payment in tabular form.

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PQ 44060-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the health technology assessment of evusheld; the estimated timeframe for the full technology assessment to be completed; if the HTA dossier required by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics has been submitted by the relevant company; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44061-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if immunocompromised patients can access evusheld in another European Union country under the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44062-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a HSE representative attended the official opening of a hospital clinic in Benidorm, Spain, in July 2022; the cost of this visit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44063-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of monkeypox vaccine doses that have been ordered to date; the number that have been delivered; the schedule for delivery of the remaining; the number that have been used to treat monkeypox patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44064-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that he expects to vaccinate against monkeypox by the end of 2022, given that the vaccine can now be administered intradermally; if the eligibility criteria for vaccination will be updated in view of this change; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44065-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the establishment of an Irish gender identity health service for children and young persons; the number of posts that will allocated to this service by role; the status of the recruitment campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44066-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if any HSE sexual health clinics have had to close or temporarily suspend their services since January 2022; if so, if he will list the clinics; the reason for the closure or temporary suspension of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44068-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to address the lack of availability of pre-exposure prophylaxis appointments in public PrEP services; the reasons for these capacity issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44072-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to provide funding for the long-Covid clinic in the Mater Hospital, Dublin, to continue its work, following receipt of a business case in July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44077-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 12 July 2022, the timeline that he is working towards for allocating dedicated funding for the inpatient mental health support mother-and-baby unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44080-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in public health nursing, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form; the number of student public health nurses expected to be appointed to each area in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44081-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to recruit additional staff into the National Ambulance Service; the number of graduates from Irish paramedic science degree courses that have been recruited into the NAS in each of the years 2015 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 44107-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the projected amount of agency staff that will be required by the HSE in 2023; the projected cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44109-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the current number of ICU beds in place; the number that are currently funded as of September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44111-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses that have received the pandemic bonus payment as of September 2022, by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44112-22 -Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses that are yet to receive the pandemic bonus payment as of September 2022, by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44121-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the abolition of hospital car parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44153-22 - Brendan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that adequate funding is provided to ensure that a health service continues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44180-22 - Brendan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the provision of additional capacity at a health care facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44212-22 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1941 of 26 July 2022, the amount of the €557 million budget sanctioned for the covid vaccination programme in 2022 that has been spent to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44214-22 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the information available from the HSE regarding uterine fibroids; his plans to ensure that accurate, up-to-date information on fibroids and fibroid treatments in Ireland is accessible to all women, and in particular those in marginalised communities; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE website does not list fibroids in its A-Z list of conditions, despite the high prevalence of the condition among women, and its potentially debilitating side effects; the reason for this omission; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44219-22 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1942 of 26 July 2022, if the two new replacement orthopaedic operating theatres in Merlin Park Hospital are fully operational to date; the number of theatre sessions currently provided per week through the two new theatres; if he will provide an update on the recruitment of staff for the theatre sessions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44221-22 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the processes and procedures that are in place to facilitate the collection of data on the number of patients accessing treatment abroad under the cross border directive; the number of persons who used the cross border directive to avail of health services in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the countries in which they received treatment; the medical procedures availed of; the cost per year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44230-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken by public hospitals to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and to increase their energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44246-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if the new HSE tender for homecare, which will replace the current home support tender when it expires at the end of 2022, will include additional payments to allow homecare staff employed by the voluntary and private sector to be paid travel and mileage costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44274-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the current number of delayed discharge per hospital in tabular form; the actions being taken to reduce this number; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44275-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting approval for homecare; and the number who have been approved but are waiting for homecare staff by CHO in tabular form.

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PQ 44279-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting scoliosis operations by time on list and by hospital; and the steps that he is taking to address this.

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PQ 44284-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that have been seen in each post-acute and long-Covid clinic since implementation of the interim model of care for long-Covid began, by clinic and by month, in tabular form.

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PQ 44287-22 - Padraig MacLochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to fill a position for a physiotherapist in Buncrana, County Donegal early intervention team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44288-22 - Padraig MacLochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to fill a position for an occupational therapist in Buncrana, County Donegal early intervention team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44313-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the average annual cost of remuneration of student nurses on mandatory placement.

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PQ 44339-22 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff by job title vacancies that are currently in the accident and emergency department of Galway University Hospital; and when each of these vacancies will be filled in tabular form.

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PQ 44340-22 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting two additional full-time surveillance scientists and two additional full-time epidemiologist posts for the HSE national anti-microbial resistance team.

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PQ Responses - September 8th 2022