PQ Responses - February 15th 2023

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PQ 7466-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if he will fund a community neuro-rehabilitation team to be set up in CHO4.

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PQ 7500-23 - Fergus O'Dowd front page preview

To ask the Minister for Health if a review can be undertaken to examine the viability of the out of hours GP north east contract (with consideration of the extreme pressures it has faced over recent months which has left many constituents including families with young children and babies unable to get appropriate out of hours GP services, and in many cases forcing persons with non-emergency illnesses attending A&E causing more pressure on the acute hospitals); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7501-23 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the delays experienced by those in need of the National Ambulance Service; the average wait time for an ambulance; what additional staffing is required to shorten these delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7566-23 - Marian Harkin

To ask the Minister for Health for a timeline as to when the lymphoedema service will recommence at Sligo University Hospital.

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PQ 7575-23 - Michael Healy Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact the 500 persons are waiting on beds as a result of the closure of a facility (Why is that while 500 people are waiting for beds you close St. Bridgits hospital based on opinions rather than substantial evidence citing code violations when it is the HSE's job to maintain their own facilities. Effecting the lives of the surrounding community because of mismanagement within their own department.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7591-23 - Brendan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of education and or training places that are available for young persons with autism who have completed a course (THE NEED TO PROVIDE TRAINING/EDUCATION PLACES FOR YOUNG PERSONS WITH AUTISM WHO HAVE COMPLETED 4 YEARS IN ATTENDANCE AT A TRAINING CENTRE SUCH AS DRUMLIN HOUSE TRAINING CENTRE, COOTEHILL, CO CAVAN); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7593-23 - Padraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 704 of 29 March 2022, the way a person who was seconded from a public sector employee role to a front facing vaccination centre administration role during the Covid-19 vaccination rollout programme can finally receive their pandemic payment bonus given that the HSE is advising they are ineligible to apply to it given they were not an employee of the HSE and their public sector employers are unsure where to reclaim the bonus from if they were to pay it; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7594-23 - Padraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in the State applied for the Covid-19 pandemic bonus; the number of persons who have been paid the Covid-19 pandemic bonus; the number of persons who have applied for the bonus and are still awaiting payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7595-23 - Mick Barry

To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the establishment of the community neuro rehabilitation team in each of the CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7605-23 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the number of mammograms carried out by BreastCheck in 2022; how this number compares to numbers of mammograms carried out over the previous three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 7610-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1516 of 18 January 2023, the number of beds allocated to patients transferred via ambulance to Nenagh and St. John’s Hospitals, respectively; the additional resources that will be put in place in both hospitals to facilitate this new pathway; if surgeries have resumed in Ennis; if surgeries will be cancelled in St. John’s to facilitate the change in protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7611-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources that were provided to Shannondoc, the out-of-hours GP service for mid-west region, before Christmas 2022; the way in which these resources were utilised; if the HSE set key performance indicators for this service; if so, to outline these key performance indicators; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7622-23 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health if given the population, Athlone is being considered as a location for the provision of a hospital.

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PQ 7632-23 - Padraig Mac Lochainn

To ask the Minister for Health when capital funding will be made available for the provision of long-term day care services in Carndonagh, County Donegal .

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PQ 7633-23 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health if he will make provision for the allocation of funds to be made available directly to families to allow them to source the care required given the failure by the HSE to deliver home help hours due to the lack of availability of staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7696-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 638 of 5 October 2021, 691 of 29 November 2022 and 1553 of 18 January 2023, the reason that the HSE is not yet clear if a property that it is purchasing in Midleton, County Cork, for the purpose of residential mental health placements will accommodate three or four residents even at the sale agreed stage of the purchase; if he will provide the total cost of this house purchase and any projected costs of further works that may need to be carried out on the house or grounds; whether planning permission will be required for its use as a mental health facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7701-23 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek an update on future development plans for the St. Marys Hospital site on the Dublin Road, Drogheda following completion of the new 30 bed community nursing units due for completion in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7707-23 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the network of primary care centres throughout County Kildare in existence, proposed or at planning stage; the extent to which replacement of previous facilities is anticipated; if new centres will reflect the population increases in such a way as to ensure that a modern efficient network is available in County Kildare and throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7749-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that SouthDoc out-of-hours GP service is operating in Castletownbere, County Cork.

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PQ 7750-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reopen a South Doc Service in Kinsale, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7751-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the number of rapid response vehicles operating in the Cork south west area each day, including the number of hours each vehicle is available for.

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PQ 7752-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing home residents who availed of the fair deal scheme; the total cost to the Exchequer annually for the years 2018 to 2022, inclusive; the average payment per patient per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7753-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE-run nursing homes and privately-run nursing homes that have participated in the fair deal scheme annually for the years 2018 to 2022, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7754-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the total funding for HSE dental services in the past five years in all LHOs in CHO4; the number of children waiting for dental services in these LHOs; their waiting times; the location in which children in these LHOs can have orthodontic treatment carried out; the number of orthodontists available to the HSE in these areas; the criteria being applied that determines whether a child qualifies for HSE funded orthodontic treatment; the number waiting for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7755-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the opening hours of each specialist menopause clinic by location in tabular form as of 1 February 2022.

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PQ Responses - February 15th 2023