PQ Responses - February 16th 2023

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PQ 2321-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health when the money for the fourth phase of eating disorder team progression will be released from Budget 2023; the CHOs that this will be used for; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4540-23 - Joan Collins

To ask the Minister for Health when a full complement of therapists will be provided to a school (Our Lady of Hope special school in Dublin 12. The school to date has no therapists and needs a behaviour therapist and SLT and OT. These are high needs children in need of these supports to reach their full potential) in Dublin 12.

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PQ 5550-23 - Steven Matthews

To ask the Minister for Health if any grant support is being considered to support community groups including a group (Rathdrum Cancer Support) to assist with providing transport for sick members to hospital appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6698-23 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health when day surgeries will resume at University Hospital Kerry.

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PQ 6759-23 - Richard Bruton

To ask the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that available therapeutic resource for children with special needs is properly allocated between completing assessments and delivering therapeutic services; and if she will indicate the key performance targets for the new disability networks, and their capacity to achieve them.

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PQ 6871-23 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the reason eligibility criteria in relation to respite care for children with disabilities varies across different regions.

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PQ 6872-23 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health when the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital will be operational at weekends and on bank holidays.

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PQ 6922-23 - Darren O Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the staff complement and existing vacancies in the four CDNTs serving County Meath; the number of children accessing services and on waiting lists; his plans to address staff vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7410-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to support women who choose to have home births.

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PQ 7444-23 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health the number of new appointments that have been made to the children's disability network teams (Enable Ireland) services in counties Cavan and Monaghan since January 2022, in light of the very high vacancy rate within the service.

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PQ 7447-23 - Joe Flaherty

To ask the Minister for Health if he will give consideration to a minor injuries’ unit for St Joseph’s Campus in Longford town; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7521-23 - Sean Haughey

To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant post vacancies in public hospitals across the country; the number of consultants that are currently being trained to fill this gap; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7524-23 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of primary care centres and out of hours GP cover, ShannonDoc in County Clare.

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PQ 7629-23 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health the planned timeline for the rollout of oral immunotherapy for children; where the treatment will be dispensed to patients; the allocations involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7639-23 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health when fibronectin tests will be available to expectant mothers at University Hospital Kerry; when approval was given for this; if and when a supplier has provided a price for this; if the price is agreeable; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7647-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the supports that will be given to Jigsaw to have a uniform service across the State, given that there are waiting times of 30 weeks in Cork and 4 weeks in Wicklow; the engagement his Department is having with Jigsaw to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7671-23 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the new primary health care centre for Finglas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7674-23 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the procedure for dealing with protected disclosures in relation to third party organisations funded by the HSE under Section 39 of the Health Act, 2004; the procedure for initiating investigations when deemed necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7681-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health to detail the full staffing level allocated to Cavan children’s disability network team; the current vacancy rate within this team; to provide a breakdown of the staffing grades within this team, in tabular form; if a new manager has been appointed to this team; if not, the timeframe for a new manager to be appointed and in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7683-23 - David Stanton

To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications made under the Cross Border Directive in 2021 and in 2022 respectively; the number of these applications that were successful and the number that were not granted; to provide a breakdown, in tabular form of the procedures involved and countries involved in each year; the overall cost to the State in each of the two years; the number of successful patients awaiting payment at present; the waiting times involved for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7709-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health in view of recent security breaches at Irish hospitals, such as the Mercy Hospital Cork, the new security measures that have been put in place to ensure that this does not occur again; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7714-23 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health when the option will be available in County Donegal to administer IV antibiotic therapy in the home setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7718-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 304 of 26 January 2023, if the planned development of a community nursing unit at St. Patrick’s Hospital, Cashel will host 60 beds or 50 beds; the progress that has been made in the design stage for the project since the pandemic interrupted work on this project in March 2020; if the work of the design team has resumed since that interruption; to provide the details of that progress; the funding that has been made available or approved for the project to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7719-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is committed to continuing with the development of a new community nursing unit on the site of St. Patrick’s Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary; to provide details of the work carried out to date and the work that is scheduled to take place; the plans for the residents that were transferred from St, Patricks to Our Lady’s under a three agreement in 2020; if there are plans to extend this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7732-23 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain the decision not to provide additional resources at Ennis medical assessment unit following engagement of a new 112/999 pathway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7741-23 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health progress has been made in the past six months on the reinstating the school dental scheme in County Laois.

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PQ 7742-23 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in putting in place the dental treatment services scheme in County Offaly.

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PQ 7766-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update, as of February 2023, on the recruitment of additional nursing staff; the number of new nurses that have been employed by the HSE; the number of nurses that have left the service in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7775-23 - Joe McHugh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of the remaining front line workers that have yet to be paid the Covid bonus; when will this payment be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7800-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all orphan medicines included in the drugs payment scheme from 2019 to date; if he will confirm the date of the drugs group decision to allow reimbursement under the drugs payment scheme; the date when the drug became available for reimbursement in each case in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7801-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the drug reimbursement decisions made by the HSE drugs group and executive management team, respectively in each of its meetings from January 2019 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7807-23 - Brendan Howlin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the waiting times and the number on the waiting list in each public hospital to be seen by a consultant dermatologist; the list of hospitals that use outsourced private dermatology services for both diagnosis and treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7821-23 - Aodhan Ó Ríordáin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the waiting time figures for emergency calls for ambulances for the north Dublin area; and the measures being taken to reduce them.

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PQ 7822-23 - Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

To ask the Minister for Health if there are sufficient ambulance and paramedic staff in both the National Ambulance Service and Dublin Fire Brigade serving the Dublin area; if there are unfilled vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7823-23 - Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of any retention issues among emergency response paramedics in the health services.

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PQ 7885-23 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that several patients on trolleys were temporarily moved from the hallway of the accident and emergency department to the transit ward and other areas of the hospital prior to the Ministers visit to Tullamore Hospital on or about 2 December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7961-23 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the drugs currently available and approved throughout he HSE for the treatment of cystic fibrosis and other similar conditions, medication for which is awaiting approval in this country or in the EU; when it is expected those still waiting for approval are likely to become available to patients likely to require the treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7963-23 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the current average waiting time for a patient between triage and access to doctor in all accident and emergency departments throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7966-23 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to augment child and adult mental health services in CH07; if the precise measures deemed to be necessary are being taken forthwith; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7967-23 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of active recruitment campaigns for positions within CH07; when he expects such campaigns; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7968-23 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants for medical cards granted in the past twelve months to date; the number refused or under investigation in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7969-23 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which all hospital building proposals are sufficiently in hand to meet the urgent demand in all hospitals throughout the country; the progress of each project in the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7970-23 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the programme for the provision of primary care centres throughout County Kildare having regard to those already in operation, those planned and approved or those pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7971-23 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which it is intended to ensure that primary care centres are provided throughout County Kildare with particular reference to growing population centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7972-23 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he hopes to set up an emergency management team to deal with overcrowding and hospital accident and emergency departments with particular reference to ensuring that the highest possible standards prevail when dealing with the inflow of patients by facilitating their access to emergency treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7974-23 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he can take steps to counter the difficulties of obtaining and retaining professional staff throughout the health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7978-23 - Francis Noel Duffy

To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish a community neuro-rehabilitation team in Dublin south-west or area CHO7; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7985-23 - Sean Canney

To ask the Minister for Health when front line workers in an organisation (in Ability West) will be paid the Covid bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 7986-23 - Sean Canney

To ask the Minister for Health when front line workers in an organisation (Cancer Care West) will be paid the Covid bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8014-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the high incidence of physical and verbal assaults on frontline healthcare workers; if he will take steps to ensure adequate funding for the Health and Safety Authority in order to establish a dedicated health sector unit to oversee workplace safety at all public healthcare facilities; if he will arrange for a full review of security measures at all emergency departments; if he will further arrange for a public awareness programme in this regard in order to reduce such assaults; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8020-23 - Richard Bruton

To ask the Minister for Health the rate of indexation on deferred nursing home payments in 2021, 2022 and projected for 2023; the way they compare to the cost of Government borrowing to fund the carryover of such debt; and his views on the significant gap emerging; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8022-23 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of respite places available in CHO9 compared to the other CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8035-23 - Sean Canney

To ask the Minister for Health when secretarial support will be provided at the neurology clinic in UHG; if he is aware that 400 patients who have been seen at the clinic have not had their letters sent to their GPs updating them on patient information; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ Responses - February 16th 2023