PQ Responses - November 7th 2023

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PQ 47254-23 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that was allocated to allow University Hospital Waterford cater to the emergency patient streams that occurred because of the Wexford ED closure; if he will provide the quantum of funding provisioned; the status of this money as to whether paid over as of yet or not; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47322-23 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Regional Hospital Tullamore has no equipment to carry out core decompression procedures.

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PQ 47323-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if his Department has any plans to provide alternative appointments for children whose physiotherapy appointments in Cashel have been cancelled due to staffing issues; if additional staff cannot be provided in Cashel, if the HSE will be able to temporarily provide appointments in neighbouring areas until the staffing issue in Cashel is resolved.

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PQ 47370-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of sonographers working in Cavan General Hospital; the number of sonographers that work at the weekend, Saturday and Sunday in CGH; the days each week that patients can access an ultrasound scan in CGH.; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47374-23 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for a dermatologist in the north west broken down into whether they have been waiting for 6-12, 12-18, 8-24 and over 24 months; how these figures compare with last years, in tabular form; if he is concerned about the fact that a consultant dermatologist has said in a letter to GPs that dermatology provision in the north west is on the brink of collapse and that they are only able to take on urgent cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47389-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if there is a transport budget within the HSE to assist vulnerable patients attend hospital appointments where public transport may not be an option for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47390-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if there is a budget within his Department or the NTA to assist vulnerable patients attend hospital appointments where public transport may not be an option for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47393-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of assessments of need within each CH0 awaiting an appointment; the breakdown by each CHO; his plans to address these waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47411-23 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health if Phase 2 of Early Supported Discharge, as planned under the National Stroke Strategy 2022-2027, will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47412-23 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health if thrombectomy services will be affected by any funding shortfalls or cuts in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47413-23 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health if there will be any closure of stroke services in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47414-23 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that failure to fund stroke services in 2024 as part of the National Stroke Strategy 2022-2027 will result in greater numbers of patients remaining in hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47419-23 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the stepdown unit in Monaghan General Hospital; if it is fully operational; how many beds are operational; and how many patients have stayed in beds in the hospital for each month of the past five years.

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PQ 47458-23 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if, in light of the considerable pressures on the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, he will agree to increase the supports available for parents and guardians of children and teens to access parenting support programmes that are directly addressed at assisting parents and guardians to assist and support their children dealing with mental health issues; the extent of funding that he is prepared to commit to such an initiative over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47459-23 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding due to be allocated over the next 12 months to agencies within the remit of his Department to support the prevention and early intervention benefits of parenting support; the nature of the activities that will be funded through such allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47460-23 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of developments internationally to encourage the uptake of parenting support programmes, including the universal funding of programmes; whether he sees merit in expanding the availability of such programmes to parents and guardians in Ireland in the context of the public health benefits that they deliver in a community health context; the level of funding being allocated to such programmes over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47465-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No.1346 of 11 September 2023, if the HSE have procured diagnostic ASD assessments from the private sector; and if not, the timeframe within which this will be in place.

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PQ 47467-23 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected that community healthcare west CAMHS will have IT-enabled patient administration systems; when it is expected a decision will be made on a future IT system appropriate to CAMHS from the national group overseeing implementation of the recommendations of the Mackey Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47474-23 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider rolling out minor injury clinics across the country, especially in County Kerry.

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PQ 47580-23 - Aodhan Ó Ríordáin

To ask the Minister for Health if the mobile BreastCheck unit is still operating from Leopardstown Hospital; whether there were changes in its operation; if the service will be restored to previous levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47588-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 604 of 25 April and 468 of 18 May and 702 of 27 June 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 February 2021 when the Owenacurra Centre took its last referral for residential placement; 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 the Parliamentary Question, given that the information could be obtained 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 if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47614-23 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on CAMHS hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47615-23 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the assessments of need outsourced privately in the past year, by CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47629-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps to ensure that future tender invitations for home support services will include mileage payments to homecare workers (as is the case for HSE employed carers); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47632-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps to ensure that homecare workers continue to receive the living wage for the duration of Authorisation Scheme 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47634-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps to enable hospitals to block book home care hours, in order to enable providers to plan strategically and ensure that there are carers available to support timely discharge of patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47677-23 - Michael Creed

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the current situation regarding therapeutic services at a special school in Cork (St. Killians Special School, Mayfield, Co. Cork. Restoration of Therapeutic Interventions including Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists and Play and Behaviour Therapists at this school.); the funding available to the school for the restoration of these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47689-23 - Kathleen Funchion

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the practice of night-time confinement in all units (except high-secure) at the National Central Mental Hospital, Portrane, continues to be operational, despite the ceasing of this activity being a condition of its registration, as set out by the Mental Health Commission and HSE, dated 12 May 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47781-23 - Donnchadh O'Laoghaire

To ask the Minister for Health the current number of children and adolescents on the waiting-lists of the south Lee primary care services and the north Lee primary care services in excess of one, two, three, four or more years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47783-23 - Donnchadh O'Laoghaire

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children removed from the assessment of need waiting-list in each of the Cork and Kerry primary care psychology services for each month from 1 October 2022, in tabular form; the length of time the child was waiting for an AON in each case and the process of clinical decision-making involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47837-23 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health the oversight mechanism for approving hospital group CEO expenses across all hospital groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47873-23 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list, per age, for community psychology in Mullingar primary care centre, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47874-23 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing number of the community psychology team in Mullingar primary care centre.

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PQ 47877-23 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of referrals that have been outsourced to private providers for assessments of need for 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 47889-23 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 579 of 17 October 2023, when the document approved by the National Trauma Programme Steering Group in December 2022 which states "TU's should have the availability of at least one paediatric nurse per shift" and "recommends one WTE nurse per paediatric attendance annually" was updated and this recommendation removed.

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PQ 47890-23 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing of the paediatric diabetes service in the Regional Hospital Mullingar; the current vacancies within that service; and how long each post has been vacant for.

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PQ 47957-23 - Padraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the hepatitis C home testing kits; the number of kits that have been dispatched; if the scheme is proving successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48028-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if mitigation one, to the first risk outlined in the report under the published Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026 Disability Services for Children and Young People, implements actions to improve staff retention through development opportunities, includes a change in pay under terms and conditions across all CDNTs.

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PQ 48029-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the budget line provisionally allocated to each risk category outlined in the report, under the published Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026 Disability Services for Children and Young People, in tabular form.

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PQ 48065-23 - Sean Crowe

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the average time it takes to access CDNT services in CHO7; the number of children currently waiting to access services; and the number of children waiting longer than 12 months.

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PQ 48085-23 - Marian Harkin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds currently in five hospitals ( University Hospital Limerick , Cork University Hospital , University Hospital Galway, Sligo University Hospital . Letterkenny University Hospital), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 48090-23 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Kerry who currently accept medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48092-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of cervical screening samples that will be processed in the National Cervical Screening Laboratory at the Coombe, now that the service has resumed; the percentage that will continue to be outsourced to secondary laboratory contractors; the timeline he is working towards for increasing the number of cervical screening samples processed at the National Cervical Screening Laboratory and ending the overreliance on secondary laboratory contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48109-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 812 of 13 July 2023, for a breakdown of the more than 25,000 young people refused access to CAMHS since 2020; for a breakdown of the reasons they were refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48110-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 812 of 13 July 2023, how many of those refused access to CAMHS have a diagnosis of autism; if those with autism met the criteria of moderate to severe mental ill-health; and to comment on the policy of refusal to CAMHS in relation to those with a dual diagnosis of autism and mental ill-health; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48111-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health his views on a presentation (to comment on the AV Room presentation given by Families for Reform of CAMHS); if children are being excluded from CAMHS because they also have a diagnosis of autism; the mental health supports that are available within CAMHS to young people with autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48112-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if children with a dual diagnosis of autism and mental health will be included in the CAMHS Hub Pilot phase; his views on the criteria for being included; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48157-23 - Willie O'Dea

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the proposal to develop a 'surgical hub' in Limerick; where exactly is the preferred site that has been identified; when he expects it to be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48160-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time secretaries working in the ophthalmology department in the Mater Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 48162-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior cardiology dieticians based in Kerry University Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 48163-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through parking charges within public car park at Our Lady's Of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 48164-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior medical scientists in molecular microbiology at University Hospital Waterford in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. -

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PQ 48166-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocation to Roscommon University Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. -

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PQ 48167-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of cataract procedures carried out at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 48168-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of funding allocated to drug addiction services in County Longford in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 48169-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the average ambulance turnaround time at Mullingar emergency department in each month of 2023 to date, in tabular form

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PQ 48171-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for Jigsaw in CHO2.

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PQ 48172-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant in intensive care medicine at CHI Crumlin in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 48173-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric neurologist and paediatric neurologist registrars based at University Hospital Limerick in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 48174-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number hip replacement surgeries carried out in Mayo University Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 48175-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior vascular physiologist at Beaumont Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 48176-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists based in Louth County Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 48177-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ICU beds at St. Vincent's University Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 48178-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the out-of-hours mental health services that are currently available in County Roscomnon.

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PQ 48179-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical nurse manager 2 in pre-exposure prophylaxis services in Galway University Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 48181-23 -Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE scrub nurses working in Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 48182-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time from check in to seeing a clinician at Tallaght University Hospital Emergency Department.

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PQ 48231-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if the current HSE recruitment pause in regard to management and administration staff, as well as agency staff, will apply to children’s disability network teams.

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PQ 48244-23 - Richard O'Donoghue

To ask the Minister for Health the specific policy in relation to prosthetic funding for each community healthcare organisation area; the reason for such disparities in each of the CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48245-23 - Richard O'Donoghue

To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to each community health organisation for prosthetics, in tabular form.

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PQ 48275-23 - Éamon Ó Cuív

To ask the Minister for Health the number of prisoners, by gender with acute mental health issue on the waiting list for transfer from prisons to the Central Mental Hospital for treatment; the length the longest person on the waiting list is waiting for such a transfer; the reason for the delay in providing this urgent medical care; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48323-23 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE critical care ambulances, by location, in use in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 48324-23 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of school dentists based in CHO8 in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 48325-23 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE plastic surgeon registrars based in each hospital part of Ireland East Hospital Group in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 48326-23 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of birthing pools in use in each maternity hospital and maternity unit nationwide, in tabular form.

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PQ 48327-23 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant general adult psychiatrists with a special interest in substance misuse in the CHO8 mental health service in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 48328-23 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical specialists in inpatient orthopaedics with a special interest in spinal disorders at the Mater Hospital.

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PQ 48341-23 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth how the €8.5 million additional development measures for children's services will be spent in 2024.

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PQ 48364-23 - Willie O'Dea

To ask the Minister for Health when the new 96-bed block in UHL is going to be completed and ready to accept patients; how many of the beds will go towards increasing existing capacity and not replace existing beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48371-23 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if he plans to reimburse parents whose children have been forced to get an private assessment of need due to the long waiting lists in the HSE; if this reimbursement would apply to necessary therapies also; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48373-23 - Marian Harkin

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth his plans to deal with the crisis in children’s disability services due to lack of early intervention services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48414-23 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health if the complement of nursing staff at St. Mary's Health Centre, Thurles, County Tipperary, can be increased if more permanent nursing staff could be employed there, rather than agency staff, considering that many patients with mental health difficulties who avail of the mental health centres such as this often build up a relationship with a nurse on duty and find it very upsetting when such staff members leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48435-23 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1921 of 11 September 2023, if he will provide an update on the development of the new elective hospital in Merlin Park; the status of the development of the pre-tender business case, including the Draft Project Brief and Draft Procurement Strategy; the timeline for when he expects the project to complete Stage 2 of the Public Spending Code; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48436-23 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the current level of funding provided to an organisation (Variety Ireland) for its recycle mobility programme to help provide independence in mobility for children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48437-23 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1046 of 20 September 2023, the status of the development of a primary care centre on Inisbofin; the status of the land transfer and if it has concluded to date; the expected timeline for the development of the primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48443-23 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of abortions performed at the Ireland East Hospital Group, broken down by category of the 2018 Health Act (ss. 9-12) for the years 2019 to 2023 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48444-23 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of abortions performed at the RCSI Hospital Group, broken down by category of the 2018 Health Act (ss. 9-12) for the years 2019 to 2023 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48446-23 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of abortions performed at the UL Hospitals Group, broken down by category of the 2018 Health Act (ss. 9-12) for the years 2019 to 2023 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48447-23 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of abortions performed at the South/Southwest Hospital Group, broken down by category of the 2018 Health Act (ss. 9-12) for the years 2019 to 2023 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48480-23 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if there is a specialist consultant for Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; if not, whether there are any plans to put one in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48484-23 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in a facility (MacBride Community Nursing Unit, Westport, County Mayo) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Michael Ring

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PQ 48486-23 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of young people with autism being treated as in-patients in adult mental health units; the total number of people with disabilities being treated as in-patients in adult mental health facilities; the steps he is taking to have them moved to more appropriate care facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48507-23 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the proposed and announced refurbishments, developments and funding for St. Josephs care centre in Longford town, given the first refurbishment was due to be completed in 2021.

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PQ 48511-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the general wait time for accessing CAMHS, by county; and the wait time for those who have an autism diagnosis accessing CAMHS, by county, in tabular form.

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PQ 48513-23 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the number of children and the length of time they have been waiting for an assessment by the child and adolescent mental health services in the CHO3 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48514-23 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of attendees at University Hospital Limerick emergency department 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 48516-23 - Maurice Quinlvan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of days to date in 2023 that the full capacity protocol has been utilised at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48517-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists to persons ratio in each CHO region.

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PQ 48518-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs to persons ratio in each CHO region.

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PQ 48521-23 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of some opticians who have not received payment from the HSE for the last number of months to continue the HSE glasses vouchers for children; if he will rectify this situation in order that parents can continue to use the vouchers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48527-23 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds the HSE contracted out (Nursing Home beds) in the Mayo area from 2019 to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48535-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the reason for the lack of engagement with stakeholders such as an organisation (the Irish Society for Chartered Physiotherapists) on the Roadmap for Service Improvement: Disability Services for Children and Young People 2023 – 2026.

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PQ 48570-23 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health what is meant by a term (A GP pop-up clinic for persons who are BOTPs and IPAS); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48578-23 - Róisín Shortal

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 48579-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy by CHO, and age category and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 48580-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for occupational therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 48581-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 48582-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for ophthalmology by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 48583-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for audiology by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 48584-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for podiatry by CHO, and age category; and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 48585-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 48586-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for counselling services by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 48588-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for dietetics by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 48592-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of the number of invitation letters issued for BreastCheck appointments, the number of attendances at BreastCheck appointments, by county, for the period 2016-2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 48596-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will ringfence dedicated funding for the purposes of recruiting additional respiratory physiologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48615-23 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff currently on secondment to universities in Ireland; how the policy on secondment will be impacted by the recent embargo on recruitment of certain grades in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48648-23 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth his views on the policy regarding primary care psychology and a child’s eligibility to access this service if they are seeing a psychiatrist for a separate diagnosis; the reason there are gaps on the CDNT team specifically in the psychology department, that a child referred in 2021 is told they will not be seen before they turn 18 years of age in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48669-23 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm whether individuals with type 1 diabetes who are public patients can access insulin pump technology and continuous glucose monitoring equipment through the EU Treatment Abroad Scheme in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48677-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health to outline what vouchers or grants are in place to support parents with the cost of new glasses for their children; if this voucher scheme applies only up to the age of eight years; if he will confirm if there is a standard voucher amount in place across the country or if the level of support varies by geographic area; to outline, in tabular form, the amount payable by each CHO or former health board area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48678-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health what changes have been made to the system for reimbursing dispensing opticians for vouchers issued by the HSE for the glasses of children; if he will provide a list of the type of payments available for each type of glasses or prescription; what rules apply; up until what age payments are made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48729-23 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of an open letter to the HSE regarding trans healthcare, to which 20 national and international organisations signed; if he agrees with the points raised in the letter that trans healthcare in Ireland should adhere to human rights principles, align with evidence-based international standards, and include the trans community at all stages ( Here is a link to the open letter, with the list of signatories at the bottom: https://www.transhealthcare.ie/post/open-letter-to-the-irish-hse-transgender-services); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48750-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrist and senior psychologist in each of the CAMHS teams based in CHO9 in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 48751-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional WTE staff that were recruited into endocrinology, obstetrics and neonatology services to date in 2023.

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PQ 48752-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the rate of theatre utilisation in St. James's Hospital for 2022; if he will provide the rate of theatre utilisation in Tallaght and Naas General Hospitals, respectively for 2022.

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PQ 48753-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals that provide a clinical psychology service to heart failure patients; and the proportion of patients identified as requiring clinical psychology who received the service in each of these hospitals.

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PQ 48786-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps to enable a registered nurse to sign a declaration of death form for a patient who passes away in hospital or nursing home; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48787-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health to provide confirmation in relation to the anticipated start date for the newly appointed psychiatrist in CAMHS Infirmary Road, Cork (which serves the area of Cork North Central); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48788-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health to provide information in relation to the days per week that a psychiatrist is employed in CAMHS, Infirmary Road, Cork (which serves the area of Cork North Central); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48789-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health to outline what contingency measures are in place in circumstances where a psychiatrist employed by CAMHS is absent from work due to illness, in particular in cases where children have started medication and require adjustment/alteration of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48790-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health to provide details in relation to the anticipated timescale for computerisation of CAMHS cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48791-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health what contingency measures his Department has in place in relation to cancellation of appointments with CAMHS psychiatrists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48807-23 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the additional units being built at St. Mary's hospital, Drogheda; when the units will come into operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48808-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in assessing the suitability of sites at Palmers Hill, Cashel and land to the rear of St. Patrick's for the community nursing unit, originally planned for St. Patrick's, Cashel.

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PQ 48809-23 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the Covid vaccine novovax which is the only booster vaccine that can be administered to patients with myocarditis or other heart complaints is not currently available with the HSE; when it will be available; what he advises vulnerable patients for whom the booster is immediately necessary to do in the meantime; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48816-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth what more appropriate alternative options are considered before a disabled person under the age of 65 years is placed in a nursing home.

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PQ Responses - November 7th 2023