PQ Responses - March 21st 2023

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PQ 12243-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12243-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the extent of expenditure on ventilators during the pandemic, in tabular form; the number procured; the procurement process followed by batch; whether exemptions or derogations were applied on a purchase, for each; the spend and volume by vendor; the number purchased via a wholesaler and the number direct from a manufacturer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12255-23 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh front page preview

PQ 12255-23 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who are awaiting a first appointment to the adult outpatient's diabetes clinic in University Hospital Waterford; the maximum and minimum length of waiting time periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12256-23 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh front page preview

PQ 12256-23 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults patients and paediatric patients attending University Hospital Waterford for type 1 diabetes care and for type 2 diabetes care, for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12258-23 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh front page preview

PQ 12258-23 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions that occurred through the University Hospital Waterford emergency department due to diabetic ketoacidosis in each of the years 2017 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12286-23 - Peadar Tóibín front page preview

PQ 12286-23 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances and ambulance staff operational or stationed at each ambulance station in the country, by station; the average response time to ambulance call out, per ambulance station in the State, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12287-23 - Peadar Tóibín front page preview

PQ 12287-23 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of times ambulances in each ambulance station in the country have been unable to leave hospital due to an inability to admit a patient to the emergency department, or due to the fact that an ambulance trolley was being occupied by a patient inside the hospital, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form.

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PQ 12288-23 - Peadar Tóibín front page preview

PQ 12288-23 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of times a patient was deceased by the time an ambulance reached them, in each of the past ten years, by ambulance station, in tabular form.

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PQ 12289-23 - Peadar Tóibín front page preview

PQ 12289-23 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the top ten longest lengths of time a person was left waiting for an ambulance in the State in each of the past ten years.

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PQ 12290-23 - Peadar Tóibín front page preview

PQ 12290-23 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the longest length of time a person was left waiting for an ambulance to arrive in each of the past ten years, by ambulance station and dispatch point.

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PQ 12291-23 - Peadar Tóibín front page preview

PQ 12291-23 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the longest length of time a person was left waiting for an ambulance to dispatch to them, perhaps due to a lack of available ambulances, in each of the past ten years, by ambulance station and dispatch point.

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PQ 12292-23 - Peadar Tóibín front page preview

PQ 12292-23 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that attended the accident and emergency department at St. James's Hospital from the 1 January to the 31 December 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 12295-23 - Joan Collins front page preview

PQ 12295-23 - Joan Collins

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of staffing all emergency departments with liaison psychiatrists for three years, in tabular form.

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PQ 12308-23 - Joan Collins front page preview

PQ 12308-23 - Joan Collins

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of running each of the sexual assault treatment units in 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 12316-23 - Seán Canney front page preview

PQ 12316-23 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health if plans exist to remove the temporary prefab buildings of the neurology unit in GUH; the plans that exist to allow neurology consultants to continue to see their patients; where this will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12336-23 - Peadar Tóibín front page preview

PQ 12336-23 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the total amount spent on the purchasing of ventilators which either did not work or were unsuitable, during the pandemic; the name of the companies from which faulty or unsuitable ventilators were purchased; if attempts have been made to recoup the costs and get a refund; if so, if those attempts have been successful; the costs associated with those attempts, including legal costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12341-23 - Neasa Hourigan front page preview

PQ 12341-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 15 February 2023, the number of staff directly employed by the HSE and the number of staff employed in Section 39 healthcare facilities known to be on leave from work for more than one year due to long-Covid symptoms, as evidenced by their receipt of special Covid leave with pay for that period of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12345-23 - Neasa Hourigan front page preview

PQ 12345-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 638 of 5 October 2021, 691 of 29 November 2022, 1553 of 18 January 2023 and 204 of 15 February 2023, if he will provide exact details on staffing for a new facility in Midleton, County Cork that will accommodate three residents with severe and enduring mental health difficulties; the number of staff that will be deployed to the service on a day-to-day basis; if those regular staff who are on site daily will include psychiatric nurses or healthcare assistants or both; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12346-23 - Neasa Hourigan front page preview

PQ 12346-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the workings of the development team, announced by Cork HSE management in May 2022, appointed to conduct an options appraisal for the construction of a new 10-bed mental health rehabilitation residential service in Midleton, County Cork; the name of HSE management staff who have been appointed to the team; the dates of their appointments; the dates of the development team meetings held to date; if minutes are available for those meetings; if he will provide details on progress the development team has made on identifying a site for the service over the past eleven months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12347-23 - Neasa Hourigan front page preview

PQ 12347-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of the HSEs use of Garnish House, Cork as a mental health facility since the property was first rented in 2020 to February 28 2023, to include, rent, cleaning, investment in the kitchen, insurance and any other costs covered by the HSE; if he will provide the projected costs for the remainder of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12373-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12373-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for January and February for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, statewide and for each location, in tabular form; the average for all patients, the average for patients aged under 75 years; the average for patients aged 75 years or older; the number and percentage of patients waiting less than the average; and the number and percentage of patients waiting longer than the average.

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PQ 12374-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12374-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who attended an emergency department in January and February for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, statewide and by location, in tabular form; the number and percentage of patients who were admitted via an emergency department; the number and percentage who were waiting 0-6, 0-9, 9-24 and 24+ hours; the number for all patients, the number and percentage for patients aged under 75 years; and the number and percentage for patients aged over 75 years.

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PQ 12375-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12375-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the maximum patient experience time to admission registered at each emergency department for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form.

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PQ 12378-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12378-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care in January and February for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form, inclusive, by location in tabular form; the number of delayed discharges and the number as a percentage of all discharges; the number of bed days lost; and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period.

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PQ 12379-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12379-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, in each month of 2022 and in January and February 2023, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12381-23 - Michael Ring front page preview

PQ 12381-23 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the reason staff that are being moved from a newly designated service ( SLT staff in newly established Children's Disability Network Team (CDNT) for Network 3 in Mayo.) given the impact this is having on the clinical services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12386-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12386-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities in January and February for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form.

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PQ 12387-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12387-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities in January and February for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form.

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PQ 12388-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12388-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12394-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12394-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds available at the end of February 2020 and at the end of February 2023, by location, in tabular form.

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PQ 12395-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12395-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1575 of 14 June 2022, the planned number of acute inpatient beds to be added; the planned total by year-end 2023; and the number of funded beds remaining to be delivered.

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PQ 12408-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12408-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, for January and February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; the numbers waiting for initial assessment, initial therapy/intervention, and follow up therapy/intervention for each specialty; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12409-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12409-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children's disability networks teams, by CHO/CDNT for January and February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12411-23 - David Cullinane. front page preview

PQ 12411-23 - David Cullinane.

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of needs for January and February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and the number overdue for completion; the average length of wait.

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PQ 12412-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12412-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on CAHMS waiting lists by CHO and length of wait for January and February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form.

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PQ 12413-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12413-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for Jigsaw by CHO and length of wait for January and February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form.

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PQ 12415-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12415-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric orthopaedic appointments, by appointment type, cancelled in January and February 2019-2022, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12421-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12421-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children removed from paediatric orthopaedic waiting lists in November and December 2022 and January and February 2023, by reason for removal; the number removed without having a procedure; and the reason why.

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PQ 12422-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12422-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for January and February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and the breakdown by length of wait.

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PQ 12428-23 - Sean Sherlock front page preview

PQ 12428-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the estimated cost of hiring four additional administrative staff per children's disability network team, in tabular form.

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PQ 12431-23 - Cian O'Callaghan front page preview

PQ 12431-23 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the action he will take to tackle the waiting lists for necessary children's disability services for example, psychology, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy in the north Dublin area CHO9; the length of the waiting lists for the services; his advice for parents who may be waiting upwards of three years for an initial appointment; his plans to shorten these wait times to ensure children are assessed in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12453-23 - Verona Murphy front page preview

PQ 12453-23 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in the proposed 96-bed ward block at Wexford General Hospital that will provide additional capacity to the hospital; the number that will be replacement beds; the total bed capacity at the hospital after the proposed development; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12455-23 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 12455-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the provision of community neuro-rehabilitation teams in each CHO.

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PQ 12465-23 - Verona Murphy front page preview

PQ 12465-23 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need in each LHO, in tabular form, with a monthly breakdown of waiting times.

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PQ 12466-23 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 12466-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the staffing to caseload ratios used to calculate the numbers, types, and scale of therapists and clinicians required for each CDNT; how regularly these ratios are reviewed; and what processes that are in place to reconfigure services according to local needs.

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PQ 12467-23 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 12467-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if exit interviews are conducted with therapists leaving CDNTs; if so, if the information from these interviews is anonymously collated; the primary reasons individual’s cite for leaving CDNTs

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PQ 12469-23 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 12469-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the services he is providing for individuals who receive assessments of need or other treatments from unqualified and/or unregistered psychologist.

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PQ 12490-23 - Róisín Shortall front page preview

PQ 12490-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department has taken to address the ambulance service provision issues identified in the 2016 Brady and Flaherty Review of Arrangements for the Provision of the Emergency Ambulance service in the Dublin Region; the progress to date on each of the 16 recommendations; the timeline he is working towards for implementation; if he intends to publish an implementation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12498-23 - Carol Nolan front page preview

PQ 12498-23 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 823 of 14 February 2023, if the contracts for the 73 WTEs recruited in 2019 were hired specifically to provide termination of pregnancy; and/or if the facilitation of abortion/termination of pregnancy is stated in their contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12499-23 - Carol Nolan front page preview

PQ 12499-23 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of HSE and staff in his Department that were hired between 2019 and 2022 with abortion/termination of pregnancy mentioned in their contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12517-23 - Gino Kenny front page preview

PQ 12517-23 - Gino Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the provision that has been put into place regarding women who have suffered a still birth at pregnancy; and if there is 'pregnancy after loss' notification on medical files to inform the doctor/midwife/consultant of the bereaved mother's medical history prior to an appointment and assessment.

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PQ 12522-23 - Paul Murphy front page preview

PQ 12522-23 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the exact supports that were offered to a care facility (the Ennis Road care facility) in Limerick during the Covid outbreak in 2020 when there was a huge loss of life; if they went in to take over the service; and if not, the reason therefor, given the facility had little to no staff to care for dying residents.

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PQ 12523-23 - Paul Murphy front page preview

PQ 12523-23 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of concerns that were received regarding the Mercy Hospital Cork in 2020, 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023, broken down into categories.

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PQ 12524-23 - Paul Murphy front page preview

PQ 12524-23 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of concerns that were received about Cork University Hospital in 2020, 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023, broken down into categories.

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PQ 12538-23 - Carol Nolan front page preview

PQ 12538-23 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 823 of 14 February 2023, the breakdown, by category of the €7 million allocated towards abortion provision in 2019; if a portion of this money rolled into the following year; the breakdown, by category of the €9.5 million allocated to abortion in 2020; if portion of this money rolled into the following year; the breakdown of the €12 million allocated for the roll-out of abortion provision in maternity hospitals and units; the breakdown of any additional expenditure on abortion provision in each of the years 2018 to 2022; the total amount spent on abortion provision from 2018 through to the end of 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12541-23 - Róisín Shortall front page preview

PQ 12541-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the status of all 16 recommendations from the 2016 Review of Arrangements for the Provision of Emergency Ambulance Service in the Dublin region; the progress to date on each recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12548-23 - Mark Ward front page preview

PQ 12548-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (CSMT (Community Substance Misuse Team) in Limerick) was included in the one-off funding for voluntary and community providers announced by his Department in February; if so, if a breakdown of the funding will be given; if not, the reason the organisation was not included in this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12561-23 - Claire Kerrane front page preview

PQ 12561-23 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health the process that is in place to ensure frontline employees who worked in private nursing homes during the Covid-19 pandemic can receive their recognition payment particularly in cases where a person is no longer working for the same employer and has not yet received their bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12564-23 - Denis Naughten front page preview

PQ 12564-23 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals which can offer MRI scans for patients with a pacemaker or AICD; the locations to which patients in need of such scans are currently being referred; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12572-23 - Imelda Munster front page preview

PQ 12572-23 - Imelda Munster

To ask the Minister for Health the wait times from admittance to the emergency department to a hospital bed in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda from December 2019 to January 2020 through to December 2022 to January 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12573-23 - Imelda Munster front page preview

PQ 12573-23 - Imelda Munster

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who left the emergency department in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda post-registration but pre-admission for the full year of 2022 and for each month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12575-23 - Imelda Munster front page preview

PQ 12575-23 - Imelda Munster

To ask the Minister for Health the total amount charged for parking at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; the total amount of revenue generated by parking charges; the net revenue generated for the hospital by parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12576-23 - Imelda Munster front page preview

PQ 12576-23 - Imelda Munster

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of patients and family members that availed of the €4 flat fee parking rate in car parks at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12583-23 - Michael Collins front page preview

PQ 12583-23 - Michael Collins

To ask the Minister for Health when the bid management strategy to automatically outbid websites other than MyOptions in search engine results was set up; if he will provide a breakdown of the amount that has been spent annually on this function since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12584-23 - Sean Sherlock front page preview

PQ 12584-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments offered for genetic counselling, by hospital setting in each of the years 2019 to 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and the number of appointments that were met and missed.

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PQ 12597-23 - Emer Higgins front page preview

PQ 12597-23 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health if maternity hospitals have a policy in place for dealing with expectant mothers who have previously experienced a late-stage pregnancy loss or still birth; if he will consider the introduction of a sticker system to alert health care staff when the medical file of a patient includes a history of late-stage pregnancy loss or still birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12599-23 - Colm Burke front page preview

PQ 12599-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued for fentanyl as part of a public drug scheme or in a HSE hospital, psychiatric facility or primary care setting and by a private GP from 2011 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12600-23 - Colm Burke front page preview

PQ 12600-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued for codeine as part of a public drug scheme or in a HSE hospital, psychiatric facility or primary care setting and by a private GP from 2011 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12601-23 - Colm Burke front page preview

PQ 12601-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued for morphine as part of a public drug scheme or in a HSE hospital, psychiatric facility or primary care setting and by a private GP from 2011 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12602-23 - Colm Burke front page preview

PQ 12602-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued for tramadol as part of a public drug scheme or in a HSE hospital, psychiatric facility or primary care setting and by a private GP from 2011 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12603-23 - Colm Burke front page preview

PQ 12603-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued for hydromorphone as part of a public drug scheme or in a HSE hospital, psychiatric facility or primary care setting and by a private GP from 2011 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12610-23 - Colm Burke front page preview

PQ 12610-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued for benzodiazepines as part of a public drug scheme or in a HSE hospital, psychiatric facility or primary care setting and by a private GP from 2011 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12660-23 - Roisin Shortall front page preview

PQ 12660-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who started radiation therapy for cancer treatment within the recommended timeframe on a monthly basis between 1 January 2019 to date, in tabular form.

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PQ 12666-23 - Roisin Shortall front page preview

PQ 12666-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the absolute number of people who started radiation therapy for cancer treatment, whether or not they started within the recommended timeframe, in each month between 1 January 2019 to date, in tabular form.

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PQ 12667-23 - Roisin Shortall front page preview

PQ 12667-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointment slots which were available per month for people to receive radical radiotherapy between 1 January 2016 to date, in tabular form.

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PQ 12668-23 - Roisin Shortall front page preview

PQ 12668-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent radiation therapists that are required to ensure that people with cancer start radiation therapy within the required timeframe.

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PQ 12669-23 - Róisín Shortall front page preview

PQ 12669-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent radiation therapists working in the public health system to provide radiation therapy to cancer patients at the end of each of the years 2016 to 2022.

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PQ 12670-23 - Róisín Shortall front page preview

PQ 12670-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the number of full-time equivalent radiation therapists working in each of the public hospitals at the end of each of the years 2013 to 2022, and as of March 2023.

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PQ 12671-23 - Roisin Shortall front page preview

PQ 12671-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the total amount paid to the private healthcare sector to provide radiation therapy to cancer patients from the public health system, via the National Treatment Purchase Fund or other payment mechanisms; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12686-23 - Matt Carthy front page preview

PQ 12686-23 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the projected timeframe in which a system will be in place to facilitate processing of the pandemic special recognition payment to those who worked with a company that has since ceased trading; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12709-23 - Matt Shanahan front page preview

PQ 12709-23 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in clear detail the number of whole-time equivalents or redirected personnel who have been recruited as part of the University Hospital Waterford 24-person additional cardiac care team; if he will outline the core responsibilities that each of the 24 is tasked with in terms of deployment to the cardiac suite in Waterford; if these are recruited personnel now in place and available for duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12710-23 - Matt Shanahan front page preview

PQ 12710-23 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an opening date for the beginning of cardiac interventional procedures in the new cardiac cath lab in Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12711-23 - Matt Shanahan front page preview

PQ 12711-23 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the additional service capacity that has been provided by way of additional dedicated day ward beds to the cardiac suite, with respect to the new cardiac cath lab in Waterford; what weekly service plan is being assigned in terms of this bed allocation availability; where in the hospital these beds are located; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12712-23 - Matt Shanahan front page preview

PQ 12712-23 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health the expected termination date of an agreement ( The minister will be aware of an existing service level agreement with UPMC Waterford to provide cardiac angiogram diagnostics on site at the UPMC lab.); the return date of this three-day diagnostic list activity to UHW cardiac suite; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12713-23 - Matt Shanahan front page preview

PQ 12713-23 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on an angiogram activity list (The minister will be aware of an existing service level agreement with UPMC Waterford to provide cardiac angiogram diagnostics on site at the UPMC lab. The present SLA encompassed 30 procedures over a three day week - can the minister advise what is the expected diagnostic angiogram activity list to be implemented in Waterford with the opening of the second cathlab); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12714-23 - Matt Shanahan front page preview

PQ 12714-23 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a firm date for an expansion to a service ( The minister would be aware of the ongoing requirement to expand the Waterford cardiac suite emergency access for PPCI to a 7 day 8am to 8pm schedule - this commitment has been endorsed by the minister on the floor of the house a number of times. Will the minister provide a firm date for this expansion to 7 day emergency access for PPCI and will he confirm that the necessary staff compliment is in place to provide this cover); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12715-23 - Matt Shanahan front page preview

PQ 12715-23 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of a project (In the event that UHW emergency cardiac Cath lab access for PPCI is still being retarded from extending to a 7 day 8 am to 8 pm schedule because of inadequate staff resources will the minister outline exactly what specialties are unavailable to the UHW cardiac suite, what steps have hospital management taken to recruit to these positions, how many interviews have been offered or medical staff reassignment being considered, how long do management believe such delay will endure ); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12716-23 - Matt Shanahan front page preview

PQ 12716-23 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on a project (A vertical two-story modular build to provide new outpatients facility at UHW has been in discussion for some time. Will the minister outlined the status of this project in terms of it's standing within the public procurement process, will the minister confirm that this project has been given the 'go ahead' by his department, is the project on the approved capital development plan for UHW, what is the funding drawdown date proposed, has such funding been clearly ringfenced for this hospital, what is the timeline to delivery and commissioning); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12731-23 - Neasa Hourigan front page preview

PQ 12731-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 15 February 2023, if the HSE plans to provide specifically 'continuing care' mental health placements as well as shorter-term rehabilitation placements in a property it is purchasing in Midleton, County Cork to accommodate three people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12733-23 - Neasa Hourigan front page preview

PQ 12733-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents and the number of staff of Marymount Hospice, Cork who contracted Covid in January 2021; the exact dates these positive Covid tests cases were reported to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12734-23 - Neasa Hourigan front page preview

PQ 12734-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents and the number of staff of St. Stephen’s Hospital, Glanmire who contracted Covid in January 2021; the exact dates these positive Covid tests were reported to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12735-23 - Neasa Hourigan front page preview

PQ 12735-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the exact dates in 2021 on which ground floor staff, including nurses, healthcare assistants, catering and housekeeping staff of Marymount Hospice, Cork were offered first-dose Covid vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12738-23 - Sean Fleming front page preview

PQ 12738-23 - Sean Fleming

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline proposals in relation to plans to abolish in-patient charges and if he will provide information (The total amount of hospital in-patient charges that are unpaid and proposals to deal with this matter.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12742-23 - Robert Troy front page preview

PQ 12742-23 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently re-instate primary care services at Clonbrusk Primary Care Centre, Athlone for all service users who have recently had their service transferred to Longford Primary Care Centre; if he is aware that the Primary Care Centre in Longford has had a substantial increase in service users without any additional resources being put in place to this point.

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PQ 12743-23 - Robert Troy front page preview

PQ 12743-23 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify when the proposed Primary Care Centre for Ballymahon, County Longford will be operational and fully staffed; if he agrees that primary care service users who had been attendees at Clonbrusk Primary Care Centre, Athlone should be re-instated at this facility until such time as the Ballymahon service is operational.

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PQ 12793-23 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 12793-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the number of autistic individuals and individuals with autism with an intellectual disability who are attending CAMHS or under CAMHS remit in each CHO.

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PQ 12795-23 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 12795-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that all the details concerning SouthDoc centres are u- to-date on the official website.

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PQ 12796-23 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 12796-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the provision of community neuro-rehabilitation teams in each CHO.

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PQ 12797-23 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 12797-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide timely treatment for persons diagnosed with adenomyosis.

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PQ 12819-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12819-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the absolute number of people who started radiation therapy for cancer treatment; if they started within the recommended timeframe, each month between 1 January 2019 to date, in tabular form.

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PQ 12820-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12820-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointment slots which were available per month for people to receive radical radiotherapy between 1 January 2016 to date, in tabular form.

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PQ 12821-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12821-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent radiation therapists required to ensure that people with cancer start radiation therapy within the required timeframe.

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PQ 12822-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12822-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent radiation therapists working in the public health system to provide radiation therapy to cancer patients at the end of each of the years 2016-2022.

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PQ 12823-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12823-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent radiation therapists working in each of the public hospitals at the end of each of the years 2013-2023.

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PQ 12824-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12824-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total amount paid to the private healthcare sector to provide radiation therapy to cancer patients from the public health system via the National Treatment Purchase Fund or other payment mechanisms; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12829-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12829-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people with cervical cancer who started radiation therapy within the recommended timeframe to start radiation therapy on a monthly basis between 1 January 2019 to date, in tabular form.

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PQ 12835-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 12835-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number and percentage of complaints made to the disability complaints office under section 14 (1) (b) of the Disability Act 2005 which have been contested by the HSE in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12851-23 - Peadar Tóibín front page preview

PQ 12851-23 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 645 of 7 March 2023, if a breakdown will be provided by the HSE to this Deputy, of spending, including set-up costs and maintenance costs, on the Covid-19 tracker, by month, in tabular form; and the number of times the app was downloaded and deleted, in each month since the start of the pandemic, in tabular form.

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PQ 12853-23 - Bernard Durkan front page preview

PQ 12853-23 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with severe asthma currently being treated with anti-IL-5 therapies; if any additional funding has been put in place for new patients in 2023; the number of patients he expects to be treated in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12854-23 - Seán Canney front page preview

PQ 12854-23 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health when the electric charging point located at unit 4, Merlin Park Hospital, Galway, which was installed in 2022, will be available for use by the public and employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12917-23 - Neasa Hourigan front page preview

PQ 12917-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the expected year of opening of a new elective hospital at St. Stephen's Hospital, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12925-23 - Francis Noel Duffy front page preview

PQ 12925-23 - Francis Noel Duffy

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the reason children's disability network team 2 Ballyboden is not able to use the local primary care centre in Ballyboden, Dublin to offer its services.

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PQ 12963-23 - Peter Burke front page preview

PQ 12963-23 - Peter Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the options that are open to frontline staff contracted by the HSE during the Covid-19 pandemic who have not received their recognition payment (Galro); how staff in similar roles, but in different HSE areas have received the payment; the reason some companies contracted by the HSE are not applying for the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12975-23 - Michael Ring front page preview

PQ 12975-23 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health if he will ascertain from the HSE when funding will be released from an agency to an organisation ( Rehab Care are waiting on funds from the HSE, through KOSI, so that it can be released to their Section 39 workers who are entitled to the COVID-19 pandemic recognition payment.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12979-23 - Kathleen Funchion front page preview

PQ 12979-23 - Kathleen Funchion

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the current vacancy rate for Carlow children’s disability network team.

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PQ 13008-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 13008-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the process by which Resource Allocation Group applications in CHO5 are received, assessed and decided by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13009-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 13009-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the process by which applications for funding for assistive technology for people with disabilities are assessed; which State body is responsible for assessing applications; the makeup of persons within the appointed body that make decisions; the current waiting times for decisions on assessments to be reached; what appeal options may be available following refusal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13027-23 - Fergus O'Dowd front page preview

PQ 13027-23 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to concerns raised in respect of due back payments for retirees in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if he will seek an update on the matter.

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PQ 13028-23 - Mark Ward front page preview

PQ 13028-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the rollout of CAMHS-ID teams across the State; the cost of resourcing one CAMHS-ID team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13062-23 - Aodhan O'Riordan front page preview

PQ 13062-23 - Aodhan O'Riordan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the current waiting times for psychological assessments of need for children in the public system per CHO, in tabular form.

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PQ 13074-23 - Pearse Doherty front page preview

PQ 13074-23 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of any issues having been raised with the management of Letterkenny University Hospital by staff regarding staffing levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13087-23 - Duncan Smith front page preview

PQ 13087-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the status of the provision of a community neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO7, particularly with regard to the budget allocation for this team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13088-23 - Duncan Smith front page preview

PQ 13088-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the status of the provision of a community neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO9, particularly with regard to the budget allocation for this team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13091-23 - Pa Daly front page preview

PQ 13091-23 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the guarantees that have been sought by the HSE with respect to public patients in a proposed facility ( Milltown Care Center).

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PQ 13097-23 - Ivana Bacik front page preview

PQ 13097-23 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to prescribe dedicated training for HSE-funded personnel administering sexually transmitted infection tests, and providing support to persons living with HIV to ensure that patients do not experience stigma in individual clinics.

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PQ 13098-23 - Ivana Bacik front page preview

PQ 13098-23 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure holistic supports for persons with a HIV+ diagnosis.

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PQ 13130-23 - Brendan Howlin front page preview

PQ 13130-23 - Brendan Howlin

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth when a community neuro-rehabilitation team will be put in place for CHO5; if funding has been allocated in 2023 to provide this service; when recruitment for this team will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13144-23 - Éamon Ó Cuív front page preview

PQ 13144-23 - Éamon Ó Cuív

To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to ensure dialysis patients can get treatment in different centres around the country to allow them visit relatives or go on holiday within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13145-23 - Jim O Callaghan front page preview

PQ 13145-23 - Jim O Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the safe staffing framework and safe staffing levels in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13149-23 - Réada Cronin front page preview

PQ 13149-23 - Réada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health the average patient waiting time from arrival at the emergency department in Naas General Hospital to admission for each individual month of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form, for the cohort under 75 and over 75 years, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13150-23 - Réada Cronin front page preview

PQ 13150-23 - Réada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health if Naas General Hospital is operating at its full complement of medical staff at all levels and across all disciplines; the number it is missing in each of these levels and disciplines; the length of vacancy of each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13151-23 - Réada Cronin front page preview

PQ 13151-23 - Réada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations by Naas General Hospital, by appointment type, in each of the months of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13152-23 - Réada Cronin front page preview

PQ 13152-23 - Réada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health the bed-occupancy rate at Naas General Hospital for each week of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; the number of beds available for the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13156-23 - Réada Cronin front page preview

PQ 13156-23 - Réada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for each month of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 in CHO7; the length of wait, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13157-23 - Réada Cronin front page preview

PQ 13157-23 - Réada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need for in CHO7 in each of the months of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the number overdue for completion; the length of time they are overdue; the average length of wait, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13158-23 - Réada Cronin front page preview

PQ 13158-23 - Réada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists by length of wait for 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 for the CHO7 area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13202-23 - Rose Conway-Walsh front page preview

PQ 13202-23 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of child and adolescent psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, occupational therapists, social workers, speech and language therapists, social workers, nurses employed at CAMHS mental health intellectual disability, community mental health teams in community healthcare west; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13203-23 - Rose Conway-Walsh front page preview

PQ 13203-23 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people employed and whole-time equivalents at camhs mental health intellectual disability, community mental health teams in community healthcare west; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13204-23 - Rose Conway-Walsh front page preview

PQ 13204-23 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for an appointment, the number of people on the waiting list, and the number of people waiting over a year, with CAMHS mental health intellectual disability, community mental health teams in community healthcare west, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13213-23 - Claire Kerrane front page preview

PQ 13213-23 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the budget available to meals on wheels providers in recognition of increased running costs to providers to ensure this vital service can be continued to our most vulnerable and isolated citizens.

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PQ 13217-23 - Claire Kerrane front page preview

PQ 13217-23 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health the funding options available to an organisation (Ballinasloe Social Services, upgrade of Kitchen to all stainless steel as per Environmental health recommendation for Meals on Wheels Service) for upgrade works to ensure continuation of a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13225-23 - Brid Smith front page preview

PQ 13225-23 - Brid Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if this HSE-mandated training for home helps is mandatory for all persons working as home helps in private companies; if this training is exclusively online; if workers taking this training do so as part of their working day; if the HSE requires private companies who employ these workers, to pay them for the hours spent doing this training; if the HSE that contracts these companies to provide home help hours, has set any minimum number of hours to be worked by their employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13233-23 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 13233-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE owns a facility (Bandon Primary Care Centre) or is renting it long-term; and if the HSE funded its construction.

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PQ 13234-23 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 13234-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide the staff and resources to treat individuals diagnosed with deep endometriosis in a timely manner.

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PQ 13241-23 - Cathal Crowe front page preview

PQ 13241-23 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he intends to take to ensure that delays to the appointment of a dialectical behavioural team in the midwest are overcome in as short a timeframe as possible.

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PQ 13242-23 - Violet-Anne Wynne front page preview

PQ 13242-23 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the supports his Department has in place for advice, healthcare, medication and mental health supports for adults in Ireland with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (Current HSE estimates are that between 2.8% and 7.4% of people in Ireland are now living with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13254-23 - Bernard J. Durkan front page preview

PQ 13254-23 - Bernard J. Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has conducted any tests on disposable vapes currently on sale in Ireland following the discovery of non-compliant stock on the UK market where some brands were found to exceed maximum nicotine levels by as much as 50% in excess of the permitted level; if he has been informed of the results of any tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13297-23 - Paul Kehoe front page preview

PQ 13297-23 - Paul Kehoe

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth his views on the delay to the introduction of a community neuro-rehabilitation centre in CH09; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13298-23 - Paul Kehoe front page preview

PQ 13298-23 - Paul Kehoe

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the 142 neurological nurses that are required to support population growth; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13305-23 - Kathleen Funchion front page preview

PQ 13305-23 - Kathleen Funchion

To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that made the decision to award a company (Kosi) the contract for distribution of the pandemic payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13310-23 - Marian Harkin front page preview

PQ 13310-23 - Marian Harkin

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth when a neurological rehabilitation team will be operational in every community health organisation (A neurological rehabilitation team is currently only operating in two CHOs serving only 15% of neurological patients in Ireland.).

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PQ 13328-23 - Padraig O'Sullivan front page preview

PQ 13328-23 - Padraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (The only training route currently for Audiology in Ireland is a 2 year full time MSc in UCC. Why are all clinical audiologists in the HSE on at least €10,000 less (both basic grade and senior staff) than HSE speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists in the HSE given the complex nature of the work and the specialised training route? A basic grade speech and language therapist scale goes to 57,000 and a senior audiologist scale goes to 55,000. Why the inequality? The union has not helped audiologists with this issue. https://www.forsa.ie/health-sector-consolidated-salary-scales/) in relation to clinical audiologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13329-23 - Martin Browne front page preview

PQ 13329-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if exit interviews with staff departing CDNTs are being carried out; if such interviews are being carried out formally in all CHOs; if not, the CHOs in which such interviewes are being carried out; how the data is being collated; the actions being taken with reference to the data gathered; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13334-23 - Martin Browne front page preview

PQ 13334-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff approved in each of CAMHS 1 and 2 in south Tipperary; the number and specialty of the positions which are filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13336-23 - Martin Browne front page preview

PQ 13336-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the data used that resulted in the increase in nursing resources for the medical assessment unit in Nenagh; his views on whether the increase in WTEs is sufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13337-23 - Martin Browne front page preview

PQ 13337-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on the bid by the HSE for €5.2 million to support the medical assessment units at Nenagh, Ennis and St. John's Hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13338-23 - Martin Browne front page preview

PQ 13338-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the measures he is taking to increase the number of dieticians in CDNT teams; the number of dieticians available to the 91 CDNT teams nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13351-23 - Darren O'Rourke front page preview

PQ 13351-23 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmologists with a special interest in extracapsular cataract at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 13352-23 - Darren O'Rourke front page preview

PQ 13352-23 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE audiologists working in each primary care centre within CHO8 as of 9 March 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 13353-23 - Darren O'Rourke front page preview

PQ 13353-23 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of palliative care beds in County Meath; and if palliative care services will be further improved during the remainder of 2023.

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PQ 13355-23 - Darren O'Rourke front page preview

PQ 13355-23 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ENT surgeons attached to each hospital that is part of the Ireland East Hospital Group as of 10 March 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 13356-23 - Darren O'Rourke front page preview

PQ 13356-23 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of Safe Talk Programmes that were delivered in County Meath in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 13400-23 - Richard O'Donoghue front page preview

PQ 13400-23 - Richard O'Donoghue

To ask the Minister for Health if he will request that UHL is more accommodating with visitors to patients at the hospital given it is causing upset and stress to patients and family members (a number of constituents have contacted my office stating the way that visiting times are been dealt with ); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13407-23 - Martin Browne front page preview

PQ 13407-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health Further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 1 Febtuary 2023, if consideration will be given to a National Feeding Disorders Programme, given feeding disorders fall outside the scope of the National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders; if he plans to provide an inclusive service for children with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder who have ASD and can therefore do not fit the criteria for mental health intervention as referenced in the response; if he is aware of this shortcoming in services; the way he intends to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13408-23 - Sean Fleming front page preview

PQ 13408-23 - Sean Fleming

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information in relation to the population in acute psychiatric units and the number of long stay residents in the State; the number who have been in units over 2, 3, 5, 10 and over 15 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13439-23 - Patrick Costello front page preview

PQ 13439-23 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff that have training in relation to human trafficking awarness or human traficking indicators; to what level this training is provided; if this training is provided on an ongoing basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13460-23 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 13460-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the supports available to parents of children with disabilities who require tube feeding to send them to childcare.

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PQ 13461-23 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 13461-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the funding streams and training options available to assist parents in caring for children with disabilities who require tube feeding.

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PQ 13477-23 - Matt Shanahan front page preview

PQ 13477-23 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the status of funding presently being provided to UHW and to CHO5 to provide a community neuro-rehabilitation team (details supplied); the number of whole-time equivalent positions and the specialisation of each, between acute hospital service and community service, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13478-23 - Matt Shanahan front page preview

PQ 13478-23 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline when the capital funding program the money is being allocated for the development neuro-rehabilitation service centre at University Hospital Waterford (The minister recently informed the house that a neuro rehabilitation service center was to be established at Cork University Hospital); the timelines for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13479-23 - Duncan Smith front page preview

PQ 13479-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the status of the provision of a community neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO7; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13505-23 - Mairead Farrell front page preview

PQ 13505-23 - Mairead Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the biodiversity action plans that are in place for HSE estates or properties under its management in line with Government policy of protecting green spaces and high biodiversity areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13525-23 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh front page preview

PQ 13525-23 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who are awaiting their follow up/return appointment to the adult outpatients diabetes clinic in UHW hospital; the number of persons waiting for 0-6, 6-12, 12-18, 18-24, 24-36 and longer than 36 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13526-23 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh front page preview

PQ 13526-23 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons attending UHW with type 1 diabetes who have requested insulin pump therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13527-23 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh front page preview

PQ 13527-23 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric patients with type 1 diabetes who received an insulin pump while attending the UHW paediatric diabetes unit and have had to transition their care to other diabetes clinics in the past 0-6, 6-12, 12-18, 18-24, 24-36, 36-48 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13548-23 - Richard Bruton front page preview

PQ 13548-23 - Richard Bruton

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered the career development and deployment of nurses in hospitals, in order that this highly qualified group could deploy their skills in an optimal manner; whether staff surveys have been conducted to identify sources of difficulty for the profession; and if a longer term manpower policy for deployment of staff in the acute hospital setting is being evolved to match best practice internationally.

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PQ 13563-63 - Mattie McGrath front page preview

PQ 13563-63 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the WTE allocations for team 1 and team 2, in the CAMHS teams based in Clonmel, County Tipperary, broken down into disciplines; the vacancies within each team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13569-23 - Carol Nolan front page preview

PQ 13569-23 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of speech and language therapist posts that are currently vacant across the 91 children disability network teams throughout the country; the number that have left the teams; the number that have been recruited since the National Staff Census and Workload Review was undertaken by the HSE in October 2022; if he is aware of the major retention problem in the profession; the number of children that are awaiting initial assessment; the number that are awaiting initial therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13577-23 - Sorca Clarke front page preview

PQ 13577-23 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health when the mobile BreastCheck unit last operated in Mullingar; the reason it will not return to this highly populated area until late in 2023, given that the journey to Tullamore is a 40km roundtrip with irregular and infrequent transport links.

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PQ 13580-23 - Johnny Guirke front page preview

PQ 13580-23 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health when healthcare staff working in nursing homes (Mowlam Healthcare) who worked throughout Covid will be paid the €1,000 bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13589-23 - Róisín Shortall front page preview

PQ 13589-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the timeline he is working towards to establish a community neuro-rehabilitation team in each CHO; if he intends to provide dedicated funding for the seven CHOs without a team in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13627-23 - Kathleen Funchion front page preview

PQ 13627-23 - Kathleen Funchion

To ask the Minister for Health the current status of a national treatment centre for suffers of Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13662-23 - Eamon Ó Cuív front page preview

PQ 13662-23 - Eamon Ó Cuív

To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in providing a new 40-bed community nursing unit in Clifden to replace Clifden Hospital and St. Annes nursing home; when it was originally decided to progress this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13708-23 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 13708-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health if the Covid pandemic payment for healthcare professionals has being transferred to a private agency (Home and Away Care, Bandon) to distribute among their staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13736-23 - Matt Carthy front page preview

PQ 13736-23 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the civil registration offices that remained operational during the Covid pandemic restrictive periods; the centres in which staff were awarded the pandemic special recognition payment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13737-23 - Matt Carthy front page preview

PQ 13737-23 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the reason staff at the civil registration office north east that were not awarded the pandemic special recognition payment considering that staff at other similar centres were awarded the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13762-23 - Neasa Hourigan front page preview

PQ 13762-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will identify the placement alternatives for the client group under the care of the Laois/Offaly mental health services who either currently reside at a facility (details supplied), or for whom the facility is their nearest 24-hour staffed facility; the distance from Rathdowney of each of these facilities; if he will provide details on how each of these facilities meet the requirements of the HSE Design for Mental Health Guidelines, by which the facility was recently judged in an architect's report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13763-23 - Neasa Hourigan front page preview

PQ 13763-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the reason an architect's report on a facility (Erkina House) in County Laois was shared recently with a local newspaper, almost five months after it was sent to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13764-23 - Neasa Hourigan front page preview

PQ 13764-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of 24-hour staffed community mental health residences in CHO5 and CHO8; the percentage of those facilities that meet the requirements of the HSE Design for Mental Health Guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13765-23 - Neasa Hourigan front page preview

PQ 13765-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health if a new 24-hour staffed community mental health residence being purchased by the HSE for three people in Midleton will be regulated by the Mental Health Commission; where the three remaining residents of a centre (Owenacurra Centre) will be accommodated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13766-23 - Neasa Hourigan front page preview

PQ 13766-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health how he can reconcile the provision of three residential community placements in the HSE catchment of Midleton, Youghal, Cobh and Glenville with the recommendation in A Vision for Change of thirty such placements for a population of 100,000, and the provision in the north Cork HSE catchment, which had a very similar population size of the north Cork HSE catchment, comprising the Mallow, Kanturk and Fermoy sectors, of forty-two such placements; how this can also be reconciled with the right of people with disabilities to live in their community, as enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of Person's with Disabilities (UNCRPD); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13795-23 - Alan Kelly front page preview

PQ 13795-23 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the date the agreement was made by the HSE to purchase of a facility (Mount Carmel Nursing Home); when the contract was signed and by whom for both parties; and the amount of the purchase price.

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PQ 13796-23 - Alan Kelly front page preview

PQ 13796-23 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of new patients the gender clinic in Crumlin Hospital have taken in from 2018 to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 13798-23 - Alan Kelly front page preview

PQ 13798-23 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the guidelines regarding value for money and risks that they have in place for the purchase of private nursing homes.

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PQ 13799-23 - Michael Lowry front page preview

PQ 13799-23 - Michael Lowry

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 281 of 20 January 2022, 532 of 13 December 2022 and 528 of 5 December 2022, if he will confirm that the review and service demand need analysis which have been carried out in part to identify the allocation of long-stay, respite, palliative care beds in St. Antony's unit Clonmel can be made available to myself and the Hospital Palliative care Tipperary Group (is the 'Review' and 'service demand need analysis' a separate report to the most recently published Department of Health report on policy for Palliative Care (dated December 22)); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13812-23 - Jim O'Callaghan front page preview

PQ 13812-23 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the reason MRI scans are performed in St. Vincent’s Hospital only between 9am and 5pm on Monday to Friday; if steps will be taken to ensure that MRI scans are available seven days a week; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13849-23 - Jim O'Callaghan front page preview

PQ 13849-23 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the average time it takes for an ambulance to arrive at the location of a 999 call; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13857-23 - Catherine Murphy front page preview

PQ 13857-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if the copper coil is covered under the free contraception programme; if not, the decision making process that led to it not being included; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13858-23 - Cathal Crowe front page preview

PQ 13858-23 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health when the Sláintecare project on the development of a National Diabetes Register will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13868-23 - Alan Farrell front page preview

PQ 13868-23 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health if hyperbaric oxygen therapy for long-Covid symptoms is being considered as an approved and licensed treatment by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13871-23 - Claire Kerrane front page preview

PQ 13871-23 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the disposal of HSE buildings (St. Brigid’s Hospital Complex, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway); the stage at which this process is at and the intended timeframe for this to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13896-23 - Gary Gannon front page preview

PQ 13896-23 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners, by HSE regional area, who have applied to be approved to prescribe PrREP to patients under the drug payment scheme, by calendar year from 2017 to 2022, inclusive; the number of general practice practitioners, by HSE regional area, who have been approved to prescribe PrREP to such patients under the DPS during these calendar years; the reasons any number of GP practices have not been approved to prescribe this service to patients, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13934-23 - Peadar Tóibín front page preview

PQ 13934-23 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of persons with disabilities on waiting lists for residential placements in each county in the State, in tabular form

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PQ 13969-23 - Michael Lowry front page preview

PQ 13969-23 - Michael Lowry

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 532 of 13 December 2022 and 528 of 5 December 2022, according to the these response, University Hospital Waterford will provide 20 Level 3 inpatient beds; it is also recommended in best palliative care practice that each level 3 bed have an equal number of Level 2 support beds in the region; according to the response, 5 level 2 palliative care support beds are located in Dungarvan, and 5 to 6 palliative care beds in south Tipperary; is it not opportunistic and prudent to increase the number of Level 2 beds in urban centre also, and increase the number of palliative care bed in Clonmel at the new development in St. Anthony’s; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13970-23 - Michael Lowry front page preview

PQ 13970-23 - Michael Lowry

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 532 of 13 December 2022 and 538 of 5 December 2022, if he will clarify a date for the meeting between the SECH Older People Services and the Hospital Palliative Care Tipperary committee, prior responses indicate that such a meeting will take place in the first quarter of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13971-23 - Michael Lowry front page preview

PQ 13971-23 - Michael Lowry

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the design, layout and plans for the footprint of the development at St. Anthony’s unit, Clonmel to this Deputy and the Hospital Palliative Care Tipperary Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13978-23 - Neasa Hourigan front page preview

PQ 13978-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 637 of 5 October 2021, if he will provide an exact breakdown of the service costs of €3.1m for the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton in tabular form during the year 2021; if he will provide the actual spend on the service by the HSE for that year and for a breakdown in tabular form of this figure if it differed from the projected costs provided in the PQ response; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13979-23 - Neasa Hourigan front page preview

PQ 13979-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 9 February 2022, if he will provide an exact breakdown of the projected total annual service costs of €0.75 million for Glenwood House, Carrigaline in tabular form; if any changes to the projections have applied since the response to that Parliamentary Question in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13980-23 - Neasa Hourigan front page preview

PQ 13980-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the HSE managers who approved contracts for renovations and other works to Glenwood House, Carrigaline following the purchase of that property in January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13981-23 - Neasa Hourigan front page preview

PQ 13981-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the HSE managers who approved security contracts for Millfield House, Blackpool for each of the years 2019 through 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13993-23 - Pearse Doherty front page preview

PQ 13993-23 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth when it is planned that respite services for children and young adults will recommence at Drumboe House, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14005-23 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 14005-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the 'Izzy' stickers initiative in public maternity healthcare settings (The 'Izzy' stickers initiative involves putting stickers/markers on a pregnant person's file to alter healthcare professionals that this is a 'pregnancy after loss').

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PQ 14006-23 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 14006-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 683 of 28 February 2023, if he will provide details on the number of people on waiting lists for adult ADHD assessment in CHO4; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14008-23 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 14008-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the obligations of the HSE to conduct inspections of private residences and/or rented accommodation where the environment is considered a hazard and dangerous due to mould and damp or rodent infestation.

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PQ 14032-23 - Catherine Murphy front page preview

PQ 14032-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant otolaryngologist attached to each hospital part of the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 14033-23 - Catherine Murphy front page preview

PQ 14033-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the locations of recruitment fairs in the UK that staff from hospitals within the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group were present in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 14034-23 - Catherine Murphy front page preview

PQ 14034-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the locations within CHO7 where HSE respite centres are located that cater for both adults and children; and the capital of each facility, in tabular form.

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PQ 14035-23 - Catherine Murphy front page preview

PQ 14035-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant urologists attached to Naas General Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 14036-23 - Catherine Murphy front page preview

PQ 14036-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be approved for the recruitment of additional whole-time equivalent clinical nurse specialist in neurofibromatosis at CHI Tallaght.

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PQ 14037-23 - Catherine Murphy front page preview

PQ 14037-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation suites in the accident and emergency department at St. Vincent's University Hospital and Tallaght University Hospital, in tabular form.

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