PQ Responses - May 11th 2023

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PQ 22181-23 - Michael Healy-Rae front page preview

PQ 22181-23 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no proper day care mental health facility (Minister by having a proper day care facility for mental health patients would be of great importance to people, it would keep people away from our acute hospital services in our psychiatric sections.) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22182-23 - Denis Naughten front page preview

PQ 22182-23 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the current status of plans for the development of a new acute adult mental health unit to replace the existing unit at Roscommon University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22183-23 - Mark Ward front page preview

PQ 22183-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if there is any new development funding for the early intervention psychosis National Clinical Plan in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22184-23 - Mark Ward front page preview

PQ 22184-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health how many areas have no access to an Early Intervention Psychosis service in Ireland currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22185-23 - Mark Ward front page preview

PQ 22185-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the projected length of time it will take to achieve national early intervention psychosis team coverage based on the current rate of annual investment into early intervention psychosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22206-23 - Eoin Ó Broin front page preview

PQ 22206-23 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of the new primary care centre at Boot Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; if there is a timeframe available for completion of the project and the opening of the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22212-23 - Roisin Shortall front page preview

PQ 22212-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the role of a firm (Grant Thornton) in the new home care tender process and the services provided, in view of the fact that this is not a competitive process; the purpose of this firm's detailed examination of some service providers accounts; how that examination influenced the offer made to the sector on 19 April 2023; if the firm provided the Department with a suggested offer per hour for home care services; if the services of this firm are still be utilised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22213-23 - Roisin Shortall front page preview

PQ 22213-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the reason an offer (€28.50 was offered on 19th April 2023) to home care providers as part of the new home care tender process was withdrawn; the reason this offer was so far below the price per hour required to implement the recommendations of the Report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Health Care Assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22219-23 - Richard Boyd Barrett front page preview

PQ 22219-23 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to provide details of the reason a respite service (Mulcahy Respite Services in Gorey (run by St Aidan's)) is closed for three months; the replacement service that will be available for parents and carers in the meantime; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22244-23 - Duncan Smith front page preview

PQ 22244-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on 24/7 cardiac care in Waterford University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22283-23 - Thomas Gould front page preview

PQ 22283-23 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown drug and alcohol task force is currently without a co-ordinator, despite the HSE having been informed by the task force as long ago as May 2022 that it had opted for a HSE-employed co-ordinator.

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PQ 22284-23 - Thomas Gould front page preview

PQ 22284-23 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health when the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown drug and alcohol task force can expect to have in place a HSE-recruited co-ordinator; or, how and when the HSE intend to rectify this situation which is having a critical impact on the efficient running of vital services in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22322-23 - Brendan Smith front page preview

PQ 22322-23 - Brendan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if there are statistics available in relation to the number of patients admitted to hospital as a direct result of the effects of the use of e-cigarettes and vaping; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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