PQ Responses - May 16th 2023

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PQ 22376-23 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant gastroenterologist based at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 22377-23 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health the number of pacemaker procedures carried out in each of the years 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; and the hospitals in which these procedures are carried out, in tabular form.

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PQ 22378-23 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health the number of births that took place in the maternity unit at St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny in each of the years 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 22379-23 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health the number of rapid response vehicles allocated to each HSE ambulance basis and that are available to attend emergency incidents on a 24-7 basis, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22406-23 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the structure in place to fund the provision of nursing support to children with complex medical issues in school.

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PQ 22418-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 649 of 31 January 2023, if he will provide an update on the five pilot locations for out-of-hours CAMH services; where these five locations are; the breakdown of funding and staff per location; when these pilots will be in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22422-23 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the overcrowding at Letterkenny University Hospital last week; if any plans are in place to deal with this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22465-23 - Aodhan O'Riordain

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that there are still frontline workers who have not received the pandemic payment; the action a frontline healthcare worker should take if they believe thay have not received a payment they were entitled to; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22525-23 - Eamon Ó Cuiv

To ask the Minister for Health the rate of payment made to private nursing homes, under the nursing home subvention scheme (fair deal), broken down by health region, in tabular form; the reason for the disparity in payments in each region, if any; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22526-23 - Eamon Ó Cuiv

To ask the Minister for Health the rate of payment made to HSE nursing homes under the nursing home subvention scheme, broken down by health region, in tabular form; the reason for the disparity in payments in each region, if any; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22527-23 - Éamon Ó Cuív

To ask the Minister for Health if a court challenge has been taken against the HSE, his Department, him or all three in relation to differentiated payments between private and HSE nursing homes under the nursing home subvention scheme (fair deal); if so, the stage this case is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22538-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 599 of 25 April 2023, the reason an initial €4 million costing of a rebuild of the Carraig Mór mental health facility in Cork, announced in May 2021, has since increased to €14 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22539-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will consider establishing community mental health residences in Cobh and Youghal, as well as Midleton, to bring the combined Midleton/Youghal and Cobh/Glenville HSE sectors up to the recommended allocation of 30 residential placements per 100,000 population as set out in A Vision for Change and to bring east Cork in line with the north Cork HSE catchment which currently has 42 community residential placements spread across the towns of Fermoy, Mallow and Kanturk, serving a very similar population size; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22544-23 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of high-dependency places in the public nursing home sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22556-23 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health the reason there have been difficulties experienced by home support workers with the pay and expense system ( Minister we have a situation whereby our home support workers in Co Kerry who provide an invaluable service in our communities are very upset with the new pay and expenses system, these workers are not getting their correct payments when they are due to receive them.); when the matters will be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22581-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the mental health supports available to those hoarding and support for decluttering, either through his Department or through the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22584-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to date in relation to furthering the expansion of the heel prick test for newborn screening in Ireland, with regard to specific testing for Severe Immunodeficiency (SCID); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22585-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the further investment, if any, that will be required in terms of staffing and equipment requirements for the purposes of including Severe immunodeficiency (SCID) in the heel prick test for newborn screening in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22586-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the anticipated timeline envisaged for including Severe Immunodeficiency (SCID) in the heel prick test for newborn screening in Ireland; when parents in Ireland can expect SCID to be added to such test; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22616-23 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health following the recent pandemic, the health system saw the usage of PPE soar beyond anything the State has ever experienced; the vast majority of this involved single use plastics; n light of the Single Use Plastics Directive 2019 can you inform me the actions that are being taken by the HSE to reduce single use plastics such as PPE in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22617-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide for the recognition of long-Covid in children; if his Department has reviewed best practice from other jurisdictions such as the UK NHS’s setting-up of specialist long-COVID services for children and young people; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22619-23 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with employment agencies to ensure the €1,000 Covid bonus payment has been paid to all those workers who are entitled to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22682-23 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health to supply the name of any consultant in the public health service of Ireland who has the knowledge to diagnose and manage long-Covid in children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22699-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he has any plans to reduce the number of CAMHS teams from the current total of seventy-three; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22700-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he has any plans to amalgamate some CAMHS teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22702-23 - WIllie O'Dea

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE in the midwest will provide physiotherapy for children diagnosed with primary lymphoedema; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22723-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work being carried out to rectify shortages of public health nurses at seven locations in Dublin (Rosse Court Health Centre; Lucan Health Centre; Ballyfermot Primary Care Centre; Inchicore Primary Care Centre; Rathcoole Health Centre; Steeple House Health Centre; and Rowlagh Health Centre.); the options available to families in these areas whose children are not being seen in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22753-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds to population in each hospital, by bed type, in tabular form.

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PQ 22756-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 200 of 15 February 2023, 1151 of 21 March 2023 and 1452 of 18 April 2023, the number of staff directly employed by the HSE 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; the reason the HSE has not released this figure in response to previous Parliamentary Questions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22758-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 236 of 22 March 2023 and 1744 of 17 April 2023, the names of the HSE estates 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 22764-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of ensuring a living wage for health care assistants and home support workers who are providing publicly contracted home support hours, whether they work for the HSE or another provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22765-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the hourly cost of the HSE directly providing home care services; the cost per hour; the equivalent cost for a whole-time equivalent worker; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22767-23 - Sean Canney

To ask the Minister for Health when the new home care tender will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22782-23 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant vascular surgeons attached to University Hospital Waterford in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22783-23 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a dedicated chronic disease clinic in Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22784-23 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent radiographer sonographers working in Wexford General Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22800-23 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the considerations his Department is giving to the inclusion of the drugs saxenda and ozempic, both now recognised as valuable medications in the treatment of obesity, to the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22905-23 - Steven Matthews

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the new home care tender 2023; the reason for any delays to date; how they are being expedited; if he is committed to engaging with those operating in the home care sector on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22906-23 - Denise Mitchell

To ask the Minister for Health if the new tender process for the home care sector will be completed by the HSE in time for when the current arrangement expires on the newly revised date of 30 June; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22937-23 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth how personal assistance hours can be divided between two service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22939-23 - Peter Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he has a timeline for the publication of the current review of the maternity and infant care scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22950-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the publication of Tender 2023 which will set out how the homecare sector will operate over the next several years; the reason the publication of Tender 2023 has been delayed on a number of occasions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22988-23 - Peadar Toibin

To ask the Minister for Health if he has informed himself and can provide data for each of the past five years regarding the number of complaints reported to the HSE and HIQA with respect to end of life care for elderly people in both public and private healthcare settings; if he can provide a breakdown on the number of investigations which took place on foot of reported complaints for both public and private healthcare settings; how many of these complaints were upheld; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23004-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health when retired HSE employees can expect to receive increases in their pension in accordance with terms and conditions of their retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23005-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide data regarding the number of deaths recorded as prescription related overdose from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23006-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health what engagement has taken place with the HSE with regard to providing additional financial supports for patients requiring a higher level of care in private nursing homes, and in particular where these patients are being discharged from HSE hospitals and where there is no HSE community hospital beds available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23007-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on waiting times for gynaecological outpatient waiting lists in hospitals nationwide of the conditions the referrals relate including chronic pelvic pain, urinary incontinence and endometriosis for 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 30 April 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23009-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update as to when specialist endometriosis services located at Tallaght University Hospital and Cork University Maternity Hospital will begin to accept patient referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23012-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the additional revenue cost of staffing and servicing the additional acute inpatient beds added to the health service in each of the years 2019 to 2022.

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PQ 23050-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015.

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PQ 23089-23 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant paediatric vascular surgeons working in the public health service; his plans to expand this number; and the international recommended best-practice ratio for paediatric vascular surgeons to population and current ratio.

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PQ 23090-23 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the names of for-profit, voluntary and not-for-profit companies that provided home care support to persons on behalf of the HSE within CHO7 in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the amount paid by the HSE for such works in the years in question, in tabular form.

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PQ 23091-23 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE neurology nurses in epilepsy working in Beaumont Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased.

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PQ 23092-23 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of incidents that the HSE pest control service within Dublin attended in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if there is an emergency out-of-hours facility available for this service.

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PQ 23105-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 785 of 13 January 2021, the status of the licensing and reimbursement of jorveza, used to treat eosinophilic oesophagitis, on the drug payment scheme.

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PQ 23109-23 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to increase the supply of residential care places in the Dublin, south Kildare and west Wicklow areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23110-23 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health the number of new residential care places that were created in the Dublin, south Kildare and west Wicklow areas in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23128-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 484 of 16 November 2021, 1715 of 19 January 2022, 169 of 9 February 2022, 186 of 23 March 2022, 720 of 17 May 2022, 1903 of 14 June 2022, 565 of 13 December 2022, 354 of 19 January 2023, 570 of 7 March 2023 and 1454 of 18 April 2023, when the clinical directors of the North Cork, West Cork and South Lee areas agreed to accept referrals of service-users requiring residential placement from the Midleton/Youghal and Cobh/Glenville into community residences under their clinical remit; if, in particular, the clinical directors in question were made aware of the increased need for placements from outside their areas resulting from the closure of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, prior to that closure being announced, when the HSE's plan at that stage was to not replace any residential mental health services in East Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23133-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 598 of 25 April 2023, the estimated costs associated with renovations of Millfield House, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23135-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 9 February 2022 and 597 of 25 April 2023, if he can confirm that the ten-bed replacement service for the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, will be a 'continuing care' mental health service, as suggested in the response to Parliamentary Question No. 597 of 25 April 2023, bearing in mind that continuing care mental health services have a specific staff: client ratio; how one can reconcile a contention in the same response that the service will be replaced in 2024 with recent briefings from the HSE suggesting that it does not yet have a site identified for this project, nor a 'development team' appointed, nor capital funding secured; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23148-23 - Mick Barry

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of any advice from the National Gender Service to GPs not to provide blood testing facilities or to administer HRT therapies to people accessing gender affirming care; if he will confirm that the administration of HRT therapies to patients is a matter for them and their doctor; if he will meet with grassroots groups that campaign for the rights of trans and intersex people in relation to access to gender affirming care; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23168-23 - Michael Lowry

To ask the Minister for Health concerning the homecare sector which has been engaged in discussions with his Department and the HSE since December 2022 about homecare Tender 2023; the reason in December 2022, the HSE informed the sector they were not ready to go to market with the tender 2023, forcing homecare sector providers to agree to a second extension of the original tender 2018 through to 30 April 2023; the reason on 25 April, the HSE again informed homecare sector providers that they had not yet concluded the Tender 2023 and again informed providers they were unilaterally extending the arrangements yet again to 30 June 2023; if he will ensure a resolve to the situation is found as soon as possible, ensuring that Tender 2023 is not delayed again; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23189-23 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health if staff will be recruited for a department in University Hospital Kerry (There are delays with urgent blood tests from the Haematology Department at UHK due to a shortage of staff at this department. Will staff be recruited for ); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23194-23 - Alan kelly

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will pay for all private assessments of children with autism from validated practitioners given that it has made a precedent by already doing so in CHO Area 5.

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