PQ Responses - March 23rd 2023

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PQ 14387-23 - Steven Matthews front page preview

PQ 14387-23 - Steven Matthews

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the position regarding a local community neurorehabilitation team for CHO7; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14394-23 - Alan Farrell front page preview

PQ 14394-23 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children waiting for their assessment of need in the Balbriggan, Swords and coastal CDNT teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14395-23 - Alan Farrell front page preview

PQ 14395-23 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children waiting for their initial appointment with their CDNT in the Balbriggan, Swords and coastal CDNT teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14397-23 - Alan Farrell front page preview

PQ 14397-23 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in the Dublin Fingal constituency waiting on speech and language therapy through their local primary care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14400-23 - Alan Farrell front page preview

PQ 14400-23 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting for their initial dentistry appointment in the Dublin Fingal constituency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14401-23 - Alan Farrell front page preview

PQ 14401-23 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with medical cards who availed of dentistry appointments in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14402-23 - Alan Farrell front page preview

PQ 14402-23 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in the Dublin Fingal constituency who hold a current medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14423-23 - Robert Troy front page preview

PQ 14423-23 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the funding that is provided to meals on wheels services and consider increasing their allocated funding, given they provide invaluable services to communities and are urgently in need of more support.

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PQ 14470-23 - Pauline Tully front page preview

PQ 14470-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if a clinical governance framework has been developed and implemented nationally within the 91 children’s disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14471-23 - Pauline Tully front page preview

PQ 14471-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if a comprehensive workforce plan has been developed in regard to the training, recruitment and retention of staff within children’s disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14472-23 - Pauline Tully front page preview

PQ 14472-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if consultation took place with therapy professionals representative organisations ( · The Psychological Society of Ireland · The Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists · The Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland) before or during the process of introducing the progressing disability services model; if he will detail the contents of this consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14473-23 - Pauline Tully front page preview

PQ 14473-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of therapists within children’s disability network teams who are of a senior grade that enables them to oversee students on placement; the grade level required to oversee students on placement within CDNTs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14474-23 - Pauline Tully front page preview

PQ 14474-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the average timeframe for the replacement of each staff post (details supplied) within children’s disability network teams, from the staff member handing in their notice until the new staff member has started in the role; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14476-23 - Pauline Tully front page preview

PQ 14476-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1770 and 1771 of 14 June 2022, the number of the 85 posts allocated to support services in thirty-three special schools that had on-site therapy services prior to the establishment of CDNTs in 2021 that have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14478-23 - Pauline Tully front page preview

PQ 14478-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if national policies and structures are in place for the 91 children’s disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14479-23 Pauline Tully front page preview

PQ 14479-23 Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the total number of IT support staff working in children’s disability network teams; if he is satisfied that this is sufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14482-23 - Pauline Tully front page preview

PQ 14482-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health if there is a policy in relation to shared care between children’s disability network teams, child and adolescent mental health services and primary care; if so, who oversees its implementation; if this body produces a report on the implementation of this policy for him; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14483-23 - Pauline Tully front page preview

PQ 14483-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health if, children’s disability network teams, child and adolescent mental health services and primary care are mandated to work together in relation to the shared care of children with issues pertaining across all these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14487-23 - Sean Sherlock front page preview

PQ 14487-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgeries carried out in an area (The number of surgeons in the South-SouthWest hospital Group and the amount of surgeries for cataracts carried out in the years 2019. 20202. 2021. 2022. 20223 year to date by surgeon and hospital in the SSWHG, in tabular form.).

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PQ 14567-23 - Robert Troy front page preview

PQ 14567-23 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form in each CHO region the current number of home helps employed; the nuance of vacancies; if there are plans to hire additional numbers; and his views on the optimal number to be employed in this critical service.

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PQ 14585-23 - Brendan Smith front page preview

PQ 14585-23 - Brendan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in advancing a project to provide additional accommodation at a health care facility (the need to progress the proposal to provide a new oncology unit at cavan general hospital in view of the inadequacy of the present facilities); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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