our health service
To ask the Minister for Health what solution will be in place for new patients seeking a GP to apply for a medical card and to sign social welfare forms, given that the HSE has indicated that it will now not assign a GP after a patient receives three or more refusals from GPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the status of an application for funding submitted by ( Brennan Practice, Ballyhale Health Centre, Co. Kilkenny, R95X0VX.); If a positive decision will be expedited as there is an immediate and urgent requirement to provide extra space and services based on the growing numbers attending the centre and the range of services required by patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the numbers of dentists around the State still treating medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card patient should be charged for an MRI with a healthcare provider (Alliance Medical) following a contract change on 1 August 2023, which would previously have been covered; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of x-ray facilities at Tuam primary care centre; when work will commence and when the facility will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health the reason that several MRI scans (Alliance Medical. MRI Brain MRI IAMs MRI Brain & IAM's MRI Pituitary Contrast MRI Lumber Spine MRI Lumbosacral Spine MRI SIJ's MRI Thoracic Spine to include Thoracolumbar MRI Hip MRI Knee MRI Shoulder MRI Bony Pelvis MRI Pelvis & Hips MRI Cervical Spine to include Cervicothoracic) are no longer covered on CHO5 or medical card in Wexford MRI unit, operated by a healthcare provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health when HSE-contracted home care visit staff in Laois and Offaly will resume evening and weekend hours to ensure that a full complement of service is available to patients and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health what services are currently provided in Balbriggan primary care centre; what additional services are planned to be introduced in the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of CHOs currently prescribing methadone to those experiencing opioid addiction; and the number of prescriptions prescribed in respect of each CHO in 2022, in tabular form.
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To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the CHOs that currently provide rapid access stabilisation units; his plans to provide future funding for such units; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health his plans for expanding the current number of minor injury clinics nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth for an update on the Roadmap for Progressing Disability Services; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to ensure the continuation of speech and language services at Kilcock primary healthcare centre given the local demand for the continuation of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health how many patients are on the orthodontic assessment waiting list in Galway; how long the current waiting time is; how many patients are on the orthodontic treatment waiting list; what the current wait time is; if there are currently any unfilled clinical positions in the Galway service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if, as part of Budget 2024, he will ensure that sufficient funding is in place for an organisation (MS Ireland) opening the remaining four beds in their respite facility and ensure that all beds are open 52 weeks in the year.
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To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the amount of funding that has been spent by children's disability network teams on outsourcing to private providers in order to maintain a level of service provision in 2022 and to date in 2023; if this data can be provided for every CHO and for each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth what funding has been provided for MS sufferers in Budget 2024; if he has included a request from an organisation (details supplied) for additional funding from the HSE to provide a national MS respite centre and expand its opening to 350 days per annum, providing an additional 1,248 bed nights annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on a waiting list (Waiting to receive treatment from the National Counselling Service), by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health if there is any further update regarding providing retinal screening facilities in locations in County Laois (Portlaoise and Mountrath); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is planning to increase investment and promotion of menopause services in Louth; if the HSE will consider the creation of a new complex menopause clinic at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to account for the reason that no community neurorehabilitation team is in place in CH09; to set out his plans to establish one; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to set out, in tabular form, the number of community neurorehabilitation teams across the country, per CHO area; to detail the extent to which each team is operating with staff vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres open in each of the Dublin hospitals respectively, by day, for the past 60 days, in tabular form.
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgery cancellations, by week, in each of the Dublin hospitals respectively, since 1 August 2023 to date, in tabular form, by reason for cancellation.
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