PQ Responses - July 12th 2023

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PQ 34406-23 - Martin Browne front page preview

PQ 34406-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the specific services being considered for 'upstream' interventions in the area of youth mental health services in the community and voluntary sector; the specific ways in which it is intended to enhance services for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties who do not need access to specialist mental health services; the level of investment concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34408-23 - Martin Browne front page preview

PQ 34408-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the schemes available to provide financial assistance for families who have to engage private providers for psychology assessments for children who are waiting more than three months to be assessed; the application process involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34409-23 - Jim O'Callaghan front page preview

PQ 34409-23 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists in Wexford; the number of unfilled positions for speech and language therapists in Wexford; the steps his Department is taking to improve this situation and to increase the number of speech and language therapists in Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34449-23 - Gino Kenny front page preview

PQ 34449-23 - Gino Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting period for any genetic test in the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34454-23 - Brendan Smith front page preview

PQ 34454-23 - Brendan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the health infrastructure projects currently underway in CHO1; the projects completed since June 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34455-23 - James Lawless front page preview

PQ 34455-23 - James Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the health infrastructure projects currently underway in CHO7; the projects completed since June 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34459-23 - Sean Sherlock front page preview

PQ 34459-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the reason no dental surgeries have taken place in Cork since March; and to identify the numbers of surgeries delayed for dental work and the age profile of those impacted.

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PQ 34481-23 - Sean Sherlock front page preview

PQ 34481-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if he has been made aware of proposed changes to SouthDoc out-of-hours GP services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34499-23 - Pádraig O'Sullivan front page preview

PQ 34499-23 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ENT consultants in Dublin; how many patients these consultants currently cover; are their plans to hire additional ENT consultants for Dublin; if so, if a timeframe is in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34500-23 - Padraig O'Sullivan front page preview

PQ 34500-23 - Padraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ENT consultants in Cork and Kerry; how many patients these consultants currently cover; are their plans to hire additional ENT consultants for Cork and Kerry; if so, if a timeframe is in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34517-23 - Michael Ring front page preview

PQ 34517-23 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health the reason no specific service (Consultant Child Psychiatrist for Intellectual Disability Services Mayo/Roscommon area) is being provided in an area; what plans are there to address this situation; if an advertisement has been placed to recruit the position; if so, the outcome of the recruitment campaign; how many children are currently waiting for this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34531-23 - Kathleen Funchion front page preview

PQ 34531-23 - Kathleen Funchion

To ask the Minister for Health is he aware that there has been no processing of medical card authorisations by the optical department in Kilkenny (HSE, St. James Green Kilkenny) for approximately four weeks; which is leading to a huge leap in the waiting lists in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34571-23 - Denis Naughten front page preview

PQ 34571-23 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the reason emergency respite funding was withdrawn from an organisation ( Family Carers Ireland) overnight recently; if he will reverse this decision in light on the hardship being caused due to the lack of respite availability since Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34572-23 - Denis Naughten front page preview

PQ 34572-23 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available for older people and people with a disability respectively, by CHO in 2019 and in 2023; when respite beds withdrawn during Covid will be reinstated in light of the hardship being caused to carers and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34584-23 - Cathal Crowe front page preview

PQ 34584-23 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health if, with regard to lymphoedema, there are plans to address deficiencies in funding for Ennis General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34585-23 - Rose Conway-Walsh front page preview

PQ 34585-23 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the total budget allocation to section 38 organisation in 2023; the share of allocation used for pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34586-23 - Rose Conway-Walsh front page preview

PQ 34586-23 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the total budget allocation to section 39 organisation in 2023; the share of allocation used for pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34605-23 - Claire Kerrane front page preview

PQ 34605-23 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on visiting times at Roscommon Psychiatric Hospital; if he will provide an update on average waiting times at the hospital; if he will advise on staffing levels in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34606-23 - Carol Nolan front page preview

PQ 34606-23 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the funding he has provided specifically to support patients with a diagnosis of multiple system atrophy in the midlands region; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34609-23 - Thomas Gould front page preview

PQ 34609-23 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests for medical records from CUMH in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 34621-23 - Eamon Ó Cuív front page preview

PQ 34621-23 - Eamon Ó Cuív

To ask the Minister for Health whether an application for planning permission has been lodged with Galway County Council by the HSE for the conversion of the disused health centre in recess into an ambulance base; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34650-23 - Peadar Tóibin front page preview

PQ 34650-23 - Peadar Tóibin

To ask the Minister for Health given the lack of hospital consultants in the Midland region what safety research has been done by the HSE on the ambulance and patient bypass of Navan accident and emergency towards Mullingar hospital

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PQ 34651-23 - Peadar Tóibin front page preview

PQ 34651-23 - Peadar Tóibin

To ask the Minister for Health to detail the 100 highest salaries within the HSE; how many management staff in the HSE have salaries above €400,000; how many management staff in the HSE have salaries above €300,000; how many management staff in the HSE have salaries above €200,000; and how many management staff in the HSE have salaries above €100,000.

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PQ 34652-23 - Peadar Tóibín front page preview

PQ 34652-23 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health how many medical staff in the HSE have salaries above €400,000; how many medical staff in the HSE have salaries above €300,000; how many medical staff in the HSE have salaries above €200,000; and how many medical staff in the HSE have salaries above €100,000.

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PQ 34654-23 - Peadar Tóibín front page preview

PQ 34654-23 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health if there Barter are accounts in the HSE; if there are accounts from which there is spending on non-money remuneration; if so, if he will detail how many and the value of expenditure from these accounts was over the past ten years; and how many HSE staff, management and separately medical staff have a car or a car allowance as part of their remuneration package.

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PQ 34678-23 - Michael Moynihan front page preview

PQ 34678-23 - Michael Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health what action is being taken to ensure that dental surgeries can take place at Cork University dental school and hospital, as patients are being told that surgeries are on hold as there has been no access to a theatre since March; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34715-23 - Patricia Ryan front page preview

PQ 34715-23 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Health if, with regard to the Public Sector Performance Report and figures showing that only 80 of a targeted 235 intensive homecare packages were delivered, he can explain the reason for the 66% shortfall; what measures he and his Department will put in place to ensure that all intensive homecare packages are delivered in future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34717-23 - Patricia Ryan front page preview

PQ 34717-23 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Health if, with reference to the Public Sector Performance Report 2022 and figures showing approximately 40% of target home support house undelivered, what measures the Government will take to ensure targets are met; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34719-23 - Patricia Ryan front page preview

PQ 34719-23 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if he can offer an explanation for the 75% failure to meet set targets for movement of those with disabilities in congregated residential care settings to community based settings; what measures Government will take to bring Ireland into line with the UN convention on the rights of people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34745-23 - Alan Dillon front page preview

PQ 34745-23 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth for an updated on the recruitment of speech and language therapist positions at a centre (Safari Club Castlebar); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34748-23 - Roisin Shortall front page preview

PQ 34748-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 529 of 20 June 2023, his views on the fact that when healthcare professionals refers a child to a children's disability network team, this does not automatically result in the child being added to the assessment of need waiting list, thus denying that child a legal right to an assessment within the statutory timeframe; his views on whether this is morally and ethically correct, given that in many cases parents do not understand that the list they are on does not have the same legal protections as the assessment of need list; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34749-23 - Mark Ward front page preview

PQ 34749-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 118 and 119 of 19 April 2023, for an update on the acquisition of the site for the primary care centre in Collinstown, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34753-23 - Paul Kehoe front page preview

PQ 34753-23 - Paul Kehoe

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 325 of 1 June 2023, if he will provide a progress update regarding the new primary care area assessment team (PCAAT) in Wexford; if it will be in a position to inform children when they will receive their diagnostic assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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