PQ Responses - May 18th 2023

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PQ 23638-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 23638-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational health reviews which have taken place in relation to long-Covid or similar indication, in tabular form; the number of workers who sought leave on the basis of long-Covid; the number of workers asked to return despite claims of long-Covid; the number of workers granted leave, by length of leave in timebands; the number of workers who sought additional leave beyond initially sanctioned leave; and the number of workers granted long-term leave.

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PQ 23678-23 - Aodhán Ó Ríordáin front page preview

PQ 23678-23 - Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an outline of the mechanism to access diagnosis and support for long-Covid cases in each of the CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23680-23 - Robert Troy front page preview

PQ 23680-23 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the property section of the HSE with a view to forming a plan on the protection and enhancement of the old Famine Workhouse, a significant, historical building located at Old Longford Road, Mullingar.

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PQ 23684-23 - Fergus O'Dowd front page preview

PQ 23684-23 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of temporary assistance payment funding that has been provided to nursing homes to date, by nursing home name or company name, address and county, since it commenced up until the scheme closed in April, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23685-23 - Fergus O'Dowd front page preview

PQ 23685-23 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 11 May 2023, if he will provide further details on the internal HSE TAPS audit referred to; the date it was received by the HSE, and him and his Department; the results and recommendations of this audit; when his Department intends to publish the final audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23727-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 23727-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the all-in final capital cost of developing the new Waterford residential care centre; the number of beds; the all-in revenue cost of staffing and servicing the facility; and the whole-time equivalent requirements.

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PQ 23731-23 - Reada Cronin front page preview

PQ 23731-23 - Reada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the current state of Tender 23 home-care considerations, given the criticality of home care, and the many people waiting for it; if he will move with alacrity to end any and all delays to Tender 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23740-23 - Brendan Howlin front page preview

PQ 23740-23 - Brendan Howlin

To ask the Minister for Health when the pandemic payment will be paid to clerical staff who worked in the Enniscorthy vaccination centre during the pandemic who met with thousands of members of the general public as they received their vaccinations and who were contracted by a private contractor ( Noel Group Agency); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23777-23 - James Lawless front page preview

PQ 23777-23 - James Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans in place to address the current delays in the reimbursement of money through the Cross Border Directive Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23779-23 - Michael Ring front page preview

PQ 23779-23 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the dentists in County Mayo providing services to medical card holders under the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23780-23 - Michael Ring front page preview

PQ 23780-23 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists providing a service to medical card holders under the dental treatment services scheme as of 1 January and 1 March in each of the past five years, by county, in tabular form; the steps his Department will take to ensure that services will continue to be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23810-23 - Martin Browne front page preview

PQ 23810-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health if there are financial supports available to assist former voluntary providers of mental health supports and counselling which continue to be contacted by people in need.

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PQ 23811-23 - Martin Browne front page preview

PQ 23811-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved ICU staffing allocations in the ICU at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of staffing vacancies in the ICU at University Hospital Limerick for the corresponding timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23813-23 - Martin Browne front page preview

PQ 23813-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people approved for the provision of homecare in CHO3; the number of those people who have received homecare provision; the number of those people who are waiting for the provision of homecare; if he will provide a breakdown of the length of time in two-month increments that those people who have not yet received homecare provision have been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23814-23 - Martin Browne front page preview

PQ 23814-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of homecare hours that have been approved in CHO5; the number of homecare hours approved but not yet provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23815-23 - Martin Browne front page preview

PQ 23815-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of homecare hours that have been approved in CHO3; the number of homecare hours approved but not yet provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23816-23 - Martin Browne front page preview

PQ 23816-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the pathways available to families of children requiring needs assessments to secure private assessments funded by the State in the absence of the availability of timely assessments in the public system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23817-23 - Martin Browne front page preview

PQ 23817-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health when the tender process between the HSE and private homecare operators is due to conclude; when the process started; the number of homecare hours being sought from private operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23917-23 - Neasa Hourigan front page preview

PQ 23917-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 604 of 25 April 2023, the number of people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties under the care of the Cobh/Glenville and Midleton/Youghal adult mental health teams who have been transferred to continuing care or high-support hostels outside those HSE catchments since June 2021; the number of people in this cohort of service-users within those HSE catchments who have been transferred in the same timeframe to nursing homes, either within those HSE catchments or outside them; the reason that this information was not provided in the response to Parliamentary Question No. 604 of 25 April 2023, given that the respondent could obtain the information with ease by requesting it from the consultant psychiatrists on the two mental health teams under whose care the service-users in questions would have been, and given that similar information on the transfer of East Cork service-users was provided in response to previous Parliamentary Questions, and given its relevance to the broader impact of the decision by the HSE to close the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, without providing interim residential service provision locally beyond a three-bedroom property that is yet to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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