PQ Responses - May 25th 2023

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PQ 25326-23 - Colm Burke front page preview

PQ 25326-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the reason 14 step-down beds in Clonakilty Community Hospital are no longer in use, in particular where there is enormous pressure on the hospitals in Cork to have patients transferred to these types of step-down facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 25333-23 - Patricia Ryan front page preview

PQ 25333-23 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of intensive home support packages that have been delivered to date; the number of intensive homecare hours that have been delivered to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 25336-23 - Patricia Ryan front page preview

PQ 25336-23 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional adult day care places for older people and dementia/Alzheimer's sufferers provided in CHO7 since Budget 2023, in tabular form; and the locations and accessibility for service users of those places, as such centres play a vital role in enabling older people and others with disabilities to live independently at home, while being able to access social and health services in their communities.

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PQ 25354-23 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 25354-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expedite the provision of additional step-down care and rehabilitation beds to reduce the number of delayed transfers of care patients, which consistently total around 600, in order to ensure the efficient use of hospital beds; the number of additional step-down care and rehabilitation beds funded and opened in each year since the start of 2020, in tabular form; the number of additional step-down care and rehabilitation beds planned to open in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 25356-23 - Mark Ward front page preview

PQ 25356-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the rollout of adult and adolescent eating disorder services at 1D Griffith Avenue, as outlined in an article (https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41141305.html); the cause of delay for these services; the expected date for when these services will be operational; if the temporary services in Maryfield Cottage in Swords will continue until services in Griffith Avenue are operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 25357-23 - Denis Naughten front page preview

PQ 25357-23 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve the payment for low-dose naltrexone prescribed to long-Covid patients under the drug payment scheme and the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 25392-23 - Colm Burke front page preview

PQ 25392-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that Tender 2023 for homecare workers will take effect from June 2023 as it has been delayed since 2022, resulting in tender 2018 still operating and that the new tender will include the living wage as the new minimum for homecare workers, payment for travel time, uniform remuneration for mileage, continuity of income for homecare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 25423-23 - Neasa Hourigan front page preview

PQ 25423-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 918 of 8 November 2022, 299 of 19 January 2023 and 659 of 21 February 2023, if he will provide the information already sought and not provided in the response to Parliamentary Question No 299 of 19 January 2023, namely, a breakdown in tabular form of all costs associated with the removal of a row of trees outside Cork University Hospital on 22 October 2022; to include the names of the companies or persons that were commissioned for each of these services, including the arborist assessment, the tree-removal works, the clearance of the timber and the tree-planting assessment and any other associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 25429 -23 - Mark Ward front page preview

PQ 25429 -23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of staffing all emergency departments with liaison psychiatrists for one year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 25432-23 - Mark Ward front page preview

PQ 25432-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the cost to fully implement the National Clinical Programme for Early Intervention Psychosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 25433-23 - Mark Ward front page preview

PQ 25433-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of fully funding the National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders and deliver the remaining eating disorder teams by 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 25435-23 - Mark Ward front page preview

PQ 25435-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated current and capital cost of implementing the Government’s plan for inpatient and outpatient perinatal mental health care; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 25436-23 - Mark Ward front page preview

PQ 25436-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the cost to fully implement the National Clinical Programme for ADHD; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 25437-23 - Mark Ward front page preview

PQ 25437-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of running the Galway Community Café, the free out-of-hours adult mental health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 25439-23 - Mark Ward front page preview

PQ 25439-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing a mental health liaison respectively, inclusive of salary and PRSI costs, as provided for in the HSE winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 25440-23 - Mark Ward front page preview

PQ 25440-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing universal counselling within primary care; the cost of providing counselling in primary care for 0-18 years, 0-25 years and over-25s, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 25441-23 - Mark Ward front page preview

PQ 25441-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of fully implementing the National model of care for dual diagnosis over five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 25442-23 - Mark Ward front page preview

PQ 25442-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the capital and current cost of establishing a ten-bed inpatient unit for eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 25454-23 - Paul Kehoe front page preview

PQ 25454-23 - Paul Kehoe

To ask the Minister for Health when an organisation (Windmill SLA DCS, Wexford. Commitment was made to make Windmill to provide attentional funding of €188,000 for 2023 to ensure stability and sustainability going forward.) can expect to receive agreed funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 25474-23 - Patricia Ryan front page preview

PQ 25474-23 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 170,000 additional meals on wheels allocated to CHO7 in Budget 2023, covering 34 services, which have been drawn down in the intervening time, in tabular form.

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PQ 25540-23 - Patricia Ryan front page preview

PQ 25540-23 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has developed and/or instituted a medium three-to-five-year-term recruitment plan, aimed at increasing direct provision of homecare support and to ensure that the HSE has a minimum capacity in each CHO/RHA; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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