PQ Responses - October 10th 2023

Related Files

PQ 43455-23 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to re-open the civil registration office in Roscrea, County Tipperary, following its closure earlier in 2023, given that its closure has been a huge loss to the community; if not, if his Department will examine the feasibility of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:114KB

PQ 43488-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in the urgent and emergency care operational plan for 2023 at University Hospital Limerick; the progress made to date in immediately addressing the overcrowding and capacity issues at University Hospital Limerick ahead of a further increase due to winter demand; if further use will be made of Nenagh, Ennis and St. John's Hospitals in addition to the measures taken already; the additional measures put in place in communities across the Mid-West to reduce presentations at UHL; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:1.28MB

PQ 43530-23 - Richard Bruton

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if he will outline the policy of the children’s disability network teams for scheduling interventions for children in different age groups, aged two years and under, aged over two and under six, aged six and over, and so on; whether there has been a change in the way resources are allocated to different age groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:309KB

PQ 43534-23 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health the reason a clinic (Why is the diabetic clinic in Cahersiveen being closed down?) is being closed down; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:447KB

PQ 43558-23 - Steven Matthews

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to appeals regarding payment of the pandemic payment by frontline workers ( South Doc CIT Nurses and Care Doc CIT Nurses. They meet all the qualifying criteria but their employer, contracted by the HSE, made an error in the initial paperwork that has yet to be resolved.); if the matter is under review; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:545KB

PQ 43566-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists by CHO and length of wait for September 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:559KB

PQ 43567-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for Jigsaw services, by area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:503KB

PQ 43586-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 27 September 2022, if he will outline which five recommendations are still in progress as part of the full implementation of the Chief Medical Officer’s report on The Use of Uro-Gynaecological Mesh in Surgical Procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:103KB

PQ 43589-23 - Joan Collins

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant rheumatologists at St. James's Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:46KB

PQ 43605-23 - Joan Collins

To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite centres in CHO7 in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:582KB

PQ 43606-23 - Joan Collins

To ask the Minister for Health the counselling services offered within the adolescent addiction services; and the number of staff within these services.

Format:PDF|File Size:353KB

PQ 43611-23 - Joan Collins

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a centre of excellence for adult deficit hyperactivity disorder; and the costs of these plans.

Format:PDF|File Size:576KB

PQ 43612-23 - Joan Collins

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vascular stenting procedures carried out in each public hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:671KB

PQ 43615-23 - Joan Collins

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of a National Psychology Placement Office; and the funding for this establishment, including staff costs.

Format:PDF|File Size:322KB

PQ 43622-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the reason a special school (t. Killians School, Old Youghal Road, Mayfield, Cork) is still without essential therapists, including a psychologist, an occupational therapist, a speech and language therapist, play/behaviour therapists and a social worker; the date they will start; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:375KB

PQ 43636-23 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:205KB

PQ 43637-23 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres available in each hospital part of Ireland East Hospital Group, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:224KB

PQ 43638-23 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior house officers in neurodisability at CHI Temple Street Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:475KB

PQ 43653-23 - John Paul Phelan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hepatitis C tests carried out each year from 2018-2023; how this compares to the goals under Roadmap to Zero; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:191KB

PQ 43677-23 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the status of funding for an organisation (On behalf of MS Ireland. Can the National MS Respite Centre receive additional funding in order to expand treatments to 350 days a year and an additional 1,248 bed nights annually?); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:252KB

PQ 43732-23 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if additional resources will be immediately provided to address the five-year waiting list for intervention for children who have been accepted by the Swords disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:469KB

PQ 43737-23 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if he will allocate therapists to a school (St Killian’s School in Cork City).

Format:PDF|File Size:198KB

PQ 43746-23 - Dara Calleary

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the non-EU doctor scheme; how many GPs have been recruited to date; to provide a breakdown, by county, of the number and location of GPs recruited; how many more are planned to be recruited in 2023 and 2024; the criteria for placement of recruited doctors across the country; what the national average of GPs-to-CHO population in the State currently stands at; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:215KB

PQ 43838-23 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Irish National Accreditation Board accreditation was not obtained before opening the new cervical screening laboratory in December 2022; the reason the laboratory was shut in March 2023; and if he will provide an update on the current status of the project.

Format:PDF|File Size:157KB

PQ 43839-23 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of women screened by CervicalCheck in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023.

Format:PDF|File Size:238KB

PQ 43928-23 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of all the radiotherapy machines in UHL; the type of machine; when it was first used in the hospital; and any gaps in service for any machine, between 1 January 2020 to date, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:769KB

PQ 43929-23 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of all the radiotherapy machines in University Hospital Cork, by the type of machine, when it was first used in the hospital, any gaps in service for any machine between the following dates 1 January 2020 to date, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:50KB

PQ 43931-23 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of all the radiotherapy machines in St. James's Hospital, by the type of machine, when it was first used in the hospital, any gaps in service for any machine between the following dates 1 January 2020 to date, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:61KB

PQ 43932-23 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of all the radiotherapy machines in Galway University Hospital, by the type of machine, when it was first used in the hospital, any gaps in service for any machine between the following dates 1 January 2020 to date, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:90KB

PQ 43973-23 - Michael Lowry

To ask the Minister for Health the number of days from January 2022 to the end of September 2023 during which radiation oncology services at University Hospital Limerick were unavailable due to breakdowns in radiotherapy machinery/equipment, in tabular form; the average duration required to repair radiotherapy machinery/equipment at UHL; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:689KB

PQ 43999-23 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth for an update on the return of therapists to a facility (St Killians School in Cork).

Format:PDF|File Size:198KB

PQ 44000-23 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth for an update on the return of therapists to a facility (Cara JNS in Cork).

Format:PDF|File Size:195KB

PQ 44009-23 - Padraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated to every acute hospital in the State in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:250KB

PQ 44054-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to staff dissatisfaction at the removal of 480 staff car parking spaces from the CUH/CUMH campus to accommodate new capital projects; whether staff and their representative unions will be consulted in regards to the removal of car parking spaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:76KB

PQ 44119-23 - Kathleen Funchion

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if he will consider converting St. Patricks, Loughboy, Kilkenny for respite and other badly needed services for people with disabilities in Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:569KB

PQ 44141-23 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in Mayo each year since 2006, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:567KB

PQ 44160-23 - Voilet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the full complement of buildings and lands owned by his Department, or by agencies under the aegis of his Department in County Clare; if they are currently in use, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:458KB

PQ 44178-23 - Marian Harkin

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of respite nights available for people with a disability in each of the years 2020 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:283KB

PQ 44185-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health when his attention has been drawn to (Centre for Mental Health care and Recovery in Bantry has indicated they may have to close for 16 weeks minimum to facilitate building works, the previously stated plan was to have temporarily reduced capacity while works were ongoing); to provide detail on the temporary closure of the centre; to outline the care plan for current and potential service users in the event of a temporary closure; to detail who been consulted in regards to the planned temporary closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:143KB

PQ 44186-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE has examined the possibility of moving (Centre for Mental Health care and Recovery in Bantry) to a temporary alternative site in the event of temporary closure due to building works.

Format:PDF|File Size:245KB

PQ 44188-23 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the number of overpayments made by HSE Pensions Management and subsequent requests for repayment letters issued to retired staff in each of the years, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and to make a statement on the concerns of retired staff in respect of the volume of calculation errors arising.

Format:PDF|File Size:318KB

In this Section

Most Popular Content

Most Popular Services

In this Section

Most Popular Content

Most Popular Services

In this Section

Most Popular Content

Most Popular Services

PQ Responses - October 10th 2023