PQ Responses - June 1st 2023

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PQ 25790-23 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons who left the emergency department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, without being seen, in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26391-23 - Padraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the crisis in Letterkenny University Hospital with the recent loss of consultant endocrinologists, and the impact this will have on the already unacceptable waiting lists for diabetes patients in County Donegal; and if he will urgently intervene to ensure that these positions are replaced as soon as possible and that overall diabetes care services at the hospital are reviewed and resourced to the standard required.

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PQ 26406-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to increase access to early intervention psychosis services in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26407-23 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 40 of 20 April 2023, if he will provide an update on the development of the new elective hospital in Merlin Park; the expected timeline for the design team to be in place; the expected timeline for the site investigations to be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26571-23 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1569 of 18 April 2023, the status of the development of a primary care centre on Inisbofin; the status of the land transfer process; the expected timeline for the completion of the land transfer; the progress to-date on the appointment of a design service for the primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26605-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the 240 beds which have been lost in public nursing homes and community hospitals in the Cork-Kerry region due to reconfiguration in the past four years, will be replaced by the end of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26666-23 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health when construction will recommence on Ballyhaunis primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26673-23 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to expand capacity in respect to the impact of long-Covid on those impacted, either in terms of clinical research or the provision of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26679-23 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are being put in place to address understaffing in Letterkenny General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26694-23 - Christopher O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that there are only ten beds for haematology patients in Cork University Hospital to serve the whole south/south west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26704-23 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the ongoing overcrowding in Tallaght Hospital's emergency department; the steps that are being taken to address it; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26716-23 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline plans to reopen community beds in Mayo and increase home help provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26742-23 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of workers in the healthcare sector who applied for the pandemic unemployment bonus but have yet to receive payment; the number who were determined not to qualify; and the number of appeals received in relation to same.

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PQ 26758-23 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the current status of respite services at Mulcahy House in Gorey, County Wexford; the discussions he has had with regard to the re-opening of the respite service at Mulcahy House; the expected date for its re-opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26768-23 - Paul Kehoe

To ask the Minister for Health when the new primary care area assessment team (PCAAT) in Wexford will be in a position to inform children when they will receive their diagnostic assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26773-23 - Paul Kehoe

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the respite services available for people with an intellectual disability in Gorey, County Wexford, following the closure of the respite house in St. Aidan's, Gorey, County Wexford; the measures being taken to ensure that an adequate replacement is sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26782-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that he will review the decision to appoint HSE enhanced community care consultants to model 4 hospitals only in view of the fact that the model 2 and model 3 hospitals are delivering a comprehensive range of health services to people who are residing in their immediate catchment area without the necessity of them having to travel model 4 hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26823-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people from each county who have availed of the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme since it commenced in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26856-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the sites being considered for the new surgical hub in north Dublin; the timeline he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26857-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the expected delivery date for each of the six surgical hubs, announced on 26 May 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26889-23 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated, by project, for addiction services and treatment in Budget 2023; and the amount spent to date, in tabular form.

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PQ 26904-23 - Marc O'Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of WTE allocations for Dungarvan children's disability network team, the Waterford city north team and the Waterford city south team; the number of WTE posts vacant on 1 April 2023, broken down by discipline, in tabular form; the current caseload numbers for the teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26924-23 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people being treated for eating disorders in Donegal in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26936-23 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the minutes of the management committees or equivalent decision-making bodies concerned with the commissioning and implementation of reviews of the relevant hospital functions to include emergency department, estates/engineering department and paediatrics, for Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Beaumont Hospital Dublin, Rotunda Hospital, Dublin and Tallaght University Hospital for the years 2005 to 2010, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26937-23 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish a tabulated anonymous breakdown of the tenure of persons whose direct line manager is the CEO or general manager in Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Tallaght University Hospital, Rotunda Hospital and St. Vincent’s University Hospital for the years 2015 to 2023; how many times each individual post has changed hands in that time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26947-23 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented at the accident and emergency departments at both CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 26965-23 - Rose Conway Walsh

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children waiting for initial contact with each children's disability network team nationwide and in County Mayo; the total number that have been waiting for more than 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26983-23 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it is expected to improve the mental health facilities available in CHO7 in respect of each category of patient; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26984-23 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which school health examinations continue including dental and ophthalmic; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26985-23 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the ongoing progress on the Naas General Hospital project, with particular reference to the promised extension of services and building thereat; the degree to which these proposals have advanced in the past twelve months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26986-23 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which consideration has been given to a primary care centre in Maynooth, County Kildare, a university town with a rapidly expanding population; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26987-23 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the current position in regard to a primary care centre in Leixlip, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26988-23 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of primary care centres in County Kildare; the current requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26994-23 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which adequate staffing has or is being achieved at all levels throughout the health services, with a view to ensuring maximum operational levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27022-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the services available to assist where persons are concerned with another person’s serious self-neglect which may be a danger to themselves or others and where the HSE safeguarding and protect teams confirm that they do not have a role in safeguarding if there is no third-party causing harm to the person in question (The general view of the HSE Safeguarding and Protection Teams appears to be that have no responsibility to deal with cases of self-neglect); who has responsibility for providing such a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27023-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the contact arrangements that are in place, outside of the hours 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday, for emergency safeguarding services (There is no 24/7 helpline to direct people to a service); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27031-23 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health if the newly launched HSE capital plan for building and equipment will cover the construction of community adult day services centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27033-23 - Brendan Smith

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the progress to date in developing new accommodation and services (Minister Donnelly gave approval in October 2021 in the context of new developments at St. Christopher’s Hospice, Cavan that community based residential accommodation for 8 people with a physical and sensory disability would be developed in Cavan and there would also be an enhanced respite service.What is the timeline for the development of these much needed facilities?); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27036-23 - Richard Bruton

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if a strategy is being developed to provide respite places for families caring for people with special needs, such as those within an organisation (details supplied) in north Dublin; if there are initiatives to ensure that such resources do not get removed to meet emergency situations which often arise; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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