PQ Responses - February 2nd 2023

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PQ 5256-23 - Peadar Tóibín front page preview

PQ 5256-23 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons who died from Covid-19, having contracted it while in hospital for a non-Covid related condition, since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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PQ 5257-23 - Peadar Tóibín front page preview

PQ 5257-23 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons who died from Covid-19 or with Covid-19 in HSE-run disability residential centres since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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PQ 5258-23 - Peadar Tóibín front page preview

PQ 5258-23 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons who died from Covid-19 or with Covid-19 in HSE-run mental health residential centres since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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PQ 5267-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 5267-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children’s disability networks teams, by CHO/CDNT for January 2022, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5268-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 5268-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on disability service waiting lists for specialist disability services, by CHO and CDNT for December 2021, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5269-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 5269-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on disability service waiting lists for specialist disability services, by CHO/CDNT for January 2021, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5287-23 - Michael Healy-Rae front page preview

PQ 5287-23 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a matter concerning death certificates in County Kerry ( Minister are you aware that in Co Kerry in particular North Kerry there is no place to register a death and collect the death certificate so a person who has lost someone must travel to Killarney to collect a death certificate. There used to be a place in Tralee but that is no longer available); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5291-23 - Pauline Tully front page preview

PQ 5291-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health if the pathfinder alternative care pathway will be extended to cover counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5292-23 - Pauline Tully front page preview

PQ 5292-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant vascular surgeons attached to each hospital in the RCSI hospital group in the years of 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5293-23 - Pauline Tully front page preview

PQ 5293-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting two additional whole-time equivalent advanced nurse practitioners and two additional whole-time equivalent clinical nurse managers for the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5294-23 - Pauline Tully front page preview

PQ 5294-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds that are available for adults with intellectual disabilities in the Cavan-Monaghan area; the number that are occupied at present; when extra respite beds will be made available during 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5311-23 - Eoin Ó Broin front page preview

PQ 5311-23 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of prosecutions brought under section 14 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018, for each year since its enactment.

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PQ 5312-23 - Michael Lowry front page preview

PQ 5312-23 - Michael Lowry

To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time persons have to wait in County Tipperary CHO3 and CHO5 before learning their biopsy histology results ( it is acknowledged that extended waiting times can have an impact on prospective therapies as biopsies and histology results are frequently performed to screen for cancer; longer wait times for histology results and their findings are also detrimental to a person's physical and emotional health); the HSE policy on waiting times for histology results and if CHO3 and CH05 is compliant with these policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5396-23 - Róisín Shortall front page preview

PQ 5396-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for a pre-exposure prophylaxis appointment, by clinic and wait time.

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PQ 5428-23 - Verona Murphy front page preview

PQ 5428-23 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of step-down beds in private nursing homes in County Wexford offered to his Department as a discharge option to ease overcrowding and increase capacity at Wexford General Hospital, since 1 December 2022, to date; the number of these beds purchased by his Department as a step-down bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5431-23 - Cathal Crowe front page preview

PQ 5431-23 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the protocols, including recourse for patients, which are applied by public hospitals when patient files go missing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5432-23 - Cathal Crowe front page preview

PQ 5432-23 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health if information files pertaining to patient health are shared between private hospitals and public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5433-23 -Cathal Crowe front page preview

PQ 5433-23 -Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health what happens when an external report on an incident at a public hospital is filed; if hospital management are obliged to prepare an action plan in response to identified shortcomings and recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5438-23 - Joe Carey front page preview

PQ 5438-23 - Joe Carey

To ask the Minister for Health if he will give consideration to locating the proposed surgical hub proposed for the mid-west region at Ennis General Hospital (The location of such a facility is not yet determined. €10 million is already committed to up-grade two Surgical Theatre Upgrade at Ennis General Hospital, this funding could be used in conjunction with the necessary finances required to deliver a Surgical Hub for the Mid-West Region. This proposal deserves serious consideration as Ennis is ideally positioned to provide such a service with spare capacity and a cohort of highly qualified staff); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5448-23 - Denis Naughton front page preview

PQ 5448-23 - Denis Naughton

To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to date, to expand paediatric gynaecology services and out of hours care in line with the Women’s Health Action plan; the timeline and intermediate stages for the delivery of this objective; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5449-23 - Denis Naughton front page preview

PQ 5449-23 - Denis Naughton

To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken by the HSE to highlight the condition of endometriosis and its impact on teenage girls; if he will outline the available treatment pathways for teenage girls; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5460-23 - Éamon Ó Cuív front page preview

PQ 5460-23 - Éamon Ó Cuív

To ask the Minister for Health the number of eligible health care workers that have not yet received the Covid recognition payment to date; the steps he intends taking to ensure all eligible workers get this payment promptly; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5461-23 - Éamon Ó Cuív front page preview

PQ 5461-23 - Éamon Ó Cuív

To ask the Minister for Health the reason eligible workers in an organisation (Organisation APEREE LIVING Ballinasloe, Co. Galway.) have not yet received the €1,000 Covid recognition payment; when it will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5505-23 - Bernard Durkan front page preview

PQ 5505-23 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which school medical examinations continue on time in all areas throughout the country including Kildare North; the degree to which adequate follow-up takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5517-23 - Eoin Ó Broin front page preview

PQ 5517-23 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff that have been working in occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and psychology year on year since 2016 in two teams; and the number of clients that have been seen by each separate discipline in the same time period, including a breakdown ( 1. 2016-2021 in CRC Clondalkin and since Sept 2021 in CDNT 4 Clondalkin 2. Breakdown of school children from Scoil Mochua and other outpatients where relevant. ).

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