PQ Responses - January 17th 2024

Related Files

PQ 1021-24 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who presented at hospital emergency rooms suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum between the period of 1 January 2022 and 1 January 2023 and for the period of 1 January 2023 and 1 January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:21KB

PQ 1034-24 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of presentations in each month in 2023 to the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital, in tabular form; the corresponding number for each month in 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:211KB

PQ 1035-24 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the cost, capital and current, required to bring a CT scanner to Monaghan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:447KB

PQ 1036-24 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the cost, capital and current, required to bring an MRI scanner to Monaghan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:449KB

PQ 1043-24 - Richard Bruton

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the provision of a primary care centre in Swords; to provide an expected date for its completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:646KB

PQ 1065-24 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the number of women who develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:199KB

PQ 1081-24 - Catherine Murhy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of neck fusion surgeries performed at Beaumont Hospital in 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:503KB

PQ 1084-24 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if consultant cardiologists or cardiologist registrars are on call in Beaumont Hospital on a 24/7 basis.

Format:PDF|File Size:497KB

PQ 1094-24 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the current and capital funding required to provide 40 extra planned residential places.

Format:PDF|File Size:264KB

PQ 1095-24 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the estimated full year cost of providing 650 extra adult day service places.

Format:PDF|File Size:229KB

PQ 1120-24 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE posts provided for the Substance Misuse Team in Clonmel, County Tipperary; the number of vacancies at the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:36KB

PQ 1128-24 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health if CHI has the capacity to provide chest bracing service for children in the public health system as of December 2023.

Format:PDF|File Size:415KB

PQ 1129-24 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ENT surgeons attached to Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:196KB

PQ 1130-24 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for bone density scans for patients at each hospital in the RCSI Group.

Format:PDF|File Size:246KB

PQ 1162-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that visited the tertiary neurocognitive clinic at St. James's Hospital in 2023, in tabular form. -

Format:PDF|File Size:46KB

PQ 1187-24 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a copy of the implementation action plan, drafted to implement operational recommendations contained in the termination of pregnancy review; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:110KB

PQ 1192-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the inpatient services and inpatient surgical services currently at Bantry General Hospital.

Format:PDF|File Size:37KB

PQ 1193-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons awaiting a psychologist report for MHID services in each of the CHO6 areas; the current expected waiting time for an assessment; and his plans to extend services within this area in 2024.

Format:PDF|File Size:252KB

PQ 1196-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that attended the accident and emergency department at CHI Temple Street on 24, 25 and 26 December 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:644KB

PQ 1197-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ultrasound machines at Tullamore Regional Hospital as of 1 January 2024; and if he will provide same figures as of 1 January 2020, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:113KB

PQ 1198-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 4 January 2024 in CHO7.

Format:PDF|File Size:451KB

PQ 1199-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation suites in the accident and emergency department of University Hospital Limerick.

Format:PDF|File Size:292KB

PQ 1200-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in reproductive medicine at the Coombe Maternity Hospital in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:245KB

PQ 1203-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant oncologists at Beaumont Hospital in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:496KB

PQ 1204-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE addiction counsellors employed by the HSE in CHO8 in 2023.

Format:PDF|File Size:39KB

PQ 1205-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior pharmaceutical technicians working in Naas General Hospital in 2023.

Format:PDF|File Size:570KB

PQ 1206-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE reconstructive plastic surgeons working in Mayo University Hospital as of 2 January 2024.

Format:PDF|File Size:214KB

PQ 1207-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to provide a list of all vacancies for intellectual disability nursing positions within CHO2; and the locations of these vacancies.

Format:PDF|File Size:242KB

PQ 1208-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the services currently being provided at Wicklow town and Bray primary primary care centres.

Format:PDF|File Size:590KB

PQ 1286-24 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children, respectively in Cork waiting for orthodontic treatment in six-month time intervals, from 0-6 months to 7+ years, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:377KB

PQ 1353-24 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric otolaryngologist at CHI Crumlin in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:477KB

PQ 1354-24 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant physicians in stroke medicine at Naas General Hospital in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:574KB

PQ 1364-24 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health where management for hospitals formerly in the Ireland East Group will come from; if Our Lady’s Hospital Navan will have a representative on the board of the RCSI while it is being managed by the RCSI; what effect management by the RCSI of Our Lady’s Hospital Navan will have on the future of the accident and emergency department at Navan Hospital; and if the accident and emergency department at Our Lady’s Hospital Navan will be fully functional for the next ten years.

Format:PDF|File Size:130KB

PQ 1365-24 - Peadar Toibin

To ask the Minister for Health the reason HSE-funded home care providers have stopped taking physically well older people for walks; and if a risk assessment has been undertaken by him in relation to the danger posed by HSE-funded home care providers allowing physically well older people with dementia leave their homes on their own without accompanying them for a walk.

Format:PDF|File Size:608KB

PQ 1366-24 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.150 of 15 November 2023, whether the Health Service Executive pensions section in Manorhamilton is now fully staffed and in a position to process all pension matters for retired HSE workers in a swift and timely manner; if not, if he will outline the reason why and the steps being taken to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:215KB

PQ 1400-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to Traveller primary health care projects in each of the years 2019 to date; for breakdown of funding given to peer-led Traveller-specific mental health supports for the same time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:494KB

PQ 1404-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the funding for Traveller health in each of the years from 2019 to date; the funding allocated to Traveller mental health for the same period; if there is an increase in this funding in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:545KB

PQ 1405-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on Traveller counselling services; if they operate on a national basis; the funding that is allocated to the service on a yearly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:527KB

PQ 1406-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment of a mental health advocacy service for Traveller mental health; the estimated cost of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:481KB

PQ 1407-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on Traveller specific mental health awareness campaigns; the level of engagement his Department has had with local Traveller groups for these campaigns; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:653KB

PQ 1408-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department has taken to encourage Traveller employment within primary and specialist community services; what training is available for Travellers to upskill within these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:322KB

PQ 1409-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if cultural therapies on mental health have been developed for the Traveller community; if the Department of Health and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media have considered developing equine therapies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:479KB

PQ 1423-24 - Kathleen Funchion

To ask the Minister for Health what transport is available to patients with medical cards who regularly have to travel to appointments outside their own county; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:301KB

PQ 1470-24 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in the accident and emergency department of Mullingar Regional Hospital as of 5 January 2024; and if he will provide same figures as of 5 January 2021, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:456KB

PQ 1472-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who had presented at Children's Health Ireland emergency departments in 2023, by hospital, who were subsequently discharged to no fixed address, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:565KB

PQ 1523-24 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of ambulances that were over one hour awaiting handover in hospital, including percentage, in each of the past ten years.

Format:PDF|File Size:1.04MB

PQ 1531-24 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number persons who have retired from the National Ambulance Service in each of the past five years; and the number of new persons employed by the National Ambulance Service in each of the past five years, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:499KB

PQ 1532-24 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of babies born with addiction to drugs or alcohol, in each of the past ten years.

Format:PDF|File Size:194KB

PQ 1533-24 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons to contact the HSE's drug and alcohol helplines in each of the past ten years.

Format:PDF|File Size:210KB

PQ 1549-24 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if consideration is being given to a site (Minister St John of God estates have been in contact with the HSE with regard to providing a building and putting into service a residential home for people with intellectual and physical disabilities to service the greater Castleisland area. A site has been identified. Is this matter being looked at? When will a decision be made by the HSE on this matter as financial support will be needed.) in the greater Castleisland area for a residential home for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:173KB

PQ 1564-24 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of the total number of primary school pupils who are currently awaiting to have their in-school eye, hearing and dental checks, by each CHO area in each of the years 2010 to date; the recommended and targeted age for each of the relevant checks; what improvements are being considered to clear the backlogs in this area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:243KB

PQ 1566-24 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant public health nurse posts in each county and area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:530KB

PQ 1605-24 - Richard Bruton

To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate the proportion of nursing costs paid by the State and by residents and their families under the fair deal scheme, distinguishing payments by families made immediately and payments recovered later from property sales.

Format:PDF|File Size:577KB

PQ 1611-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the National Ambulance Service fleet for the period 2019-2024, inclusive, in tabular form; and the number of vehicles, by type.

Format:PDF|File Size:483KB

PQ 1612-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the National Ambulance Service staff for the period 2019-204, inclusive, by grade, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:293KB

PQ 1617-24 - John McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide age-appropriate products (pull-ups for clients dealing with incontinence that have been receiving pull-ups in their early years and now need to change product type; and f Tena pants Plus XS, supplied by Promobility Ltd or an equivalent, will be made available by the HSE to existing clients).

Format:PDF|File Size:211KB

PQ 1620-24 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who developed gestational diabetes during pregnancy in each of the years 2018 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:199KB

PQ 1623-24 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the new St. Marys Hospital in Drogheda to be fully operational; if the HSE moratorium has impacted on the progress of the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:570KB

PQ 1628-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding his Department and the HSE have provided to an organisation (Migraine Association of Ireland) in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:592KB

PQ 1639-24 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health how much has been paid since 2021 by SouthDoc or the HSE for the rental of the SouthDoc premises in Listowel.

Format:PDF|File Size:380KB

PQ 1652-24 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health if, given the reduction in services provided by SouthDoc, the contract for the service with the HSE has been altered, or if the amount being paid to SouthDoc has reduced in any way.

Format:PDF|File Size:439KB

PQ 1665-24 - Paul Kehoe

To ask the Minister for Health if he can confirm what adult dental treatment is offered by the HSE to adults in County Wexford in need of dental treatment, caused by medications/medical treatments for other conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:85KB

PQ 1720-24 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of call-outs by the National Ambulance Service to patients located in County Monaghan during 2023, in tabular form; the number therein whereby an ambulance arrived 1)within 10 minutes 2) between 10 and 20 minutes 3) within 20 and 30 minutes 4) within 30 and 40 minutes 5) within 40 and 50 minutes 6) within 50 minutes and 1 hour 7) within 1 to 1.5 hours 8) within 1.5 to 2 hours 9) within 2 and 3 hours 10) within 3 and four hours 11) over four hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:749KB

PQ 1732-24 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the follow up that has taken place to review each child whose case was considered in the independent clinical care review into neo-natal subgaleal haemorrhage in UHG in 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:130KB

PQ 1741-24 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health to provide information on the current state of genetic services in Ireland, including the waiting times for genetic testing and the resources available to people living with a rare disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:603KB

PQ 1744-24 - David Stanton

To ask the Minister for Health with reference to the current HSE recruitment pause, if permanent members of staff returning from career breaks will be facilitated to return to their previously held roles in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:573KB

PQ 1745-24 - David Stanton

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding to the HSE to develop a facility ( A Day Care Centre in Youghal, Co. Cork); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:312KB

PQ 1754-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health how many hospital trolleys were purchased and/or discarded in 2023; how many will be purchased in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:527KB

PQ 1761-24 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people that have been approved for home help services in County Clare but are still waiting to be allocated the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:451KB

PQ 1782-24 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health to provide details in relation to what is involved in the six new surgical hubs announced; and where they will be located.

Format:PDF|File Size:1.04MB

PQ 1784-24 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health to provide some details in relation to recovery colleges announced as part of the CAMHS approach to mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:604KB

PQ 1805-24 - Peter Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:199KB

PQ 1823-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies, by job title at the minor injuries unit at Monaghan General Hospital.

Format:PDF|File Size:60KB

PQ 1825-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE accident and emergency department nurses in Portlaoise Regional Hospital as of 10 January 2024, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:47KB

PQ 1826-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE audiologist by grade employed by the HSE working in County Longford in 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:461KB

PQ 1827-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the amount collected in public car parking charges at St. Vincent's University Hospital in 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:474KB

PQ 1828-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of WTE consultant child psychiatrist for intellectual disability services in County Mayo in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:215KB

PQ 1829-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of MRI scanners and CT scanners in use at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny.

Format:PDF|File Size:44KB

PQ 1831-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of treatment bays in the accident and emergency department at Wexford General Hospital.

Format:PDF|File Size:83KB

PQ 1832-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeons based at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:321KB

PQ 1855-24 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the wide availability of e-cigarette and vaping products that do not meet standards for these products, and which some estimates put at between 20% to 25% of the market; what actions he and other agencies of the State are taking to combat this and to ensure that only e-cigarettes and vaping products that meet Irish regulatory standards can be sold here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:258KB

PQ 1871-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of homecare support hours for older people provided in each LHO area in 2023, in tabular from; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:545KB

PQ 1889-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children’s disability networks teams, by CHO/CDNT at the end of each month of each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:324KB

PQ 1890-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of people on disability service waiting lists for each service type, excluding children's disability network teams, for October 2019 to 2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:251KB

PQ 1891-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need at the end of each month of each year 2019-2023, inclusive; the number overdue for completion; and the average length of wait, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:276KB

PQ 1898-24 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the reason the hydrotherapy pool in Cavan is still without clinical staff trained to deliver hydrotherapy in a service (Enable Ireland) to users in need of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:118KB

PQ 1952-24 - Réada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health if he can confirm that all neurological services at Naas General Hospital are fully open, functioning to optimum level and are staffed appropriately including with any locum appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:563KB

PQ 1959-24 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 9 November 2023, the details of any recruitment process underway to increase staffing levels in the Áras Mhic Dara community nursing unit in Carraroe to facilitate the use of all available beds in the unit; the number of beds currently operational in the unit; the number of beds currently closed in the unit; the number of beds currently in use in the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:564KB

PQ 1963-24 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 504 of 14 December 2023, the breakdown of the additional 1,125 acute hospital beds opened since 2020, by hospital, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:711KB

PQ 1996-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the primary care wait lists in Meath in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, by area in, tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:506KB

PQ 2075-24 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the procedures being taken for efficient effective action to tackle the waiting lists for genetic testing services at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin.

Format:PDF|File Size:661KB

PQ 56289-23 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of fair deal recipients who have availed of the new scheme allowing them to rent out their home.

Format:PDF|File Size:458KB

PQ 56352-23 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospice care/palliative care beds in CHO5; the location of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:223KB

PQ 56373-23 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth how many times each of the children's disability network teams have met, for each local authority area each month since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:241KB

PQ 56376-23 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of under 65-year-olds in receipt of home care supports each year since 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:375KB

PQ 56404-23 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each profession and grade that have joined the HSE in each of the past ten years; and the number in each profession and grade that have left the HSE in each of the past ten years.

Format:PDF|File Size:528KB

PQ 56414-23 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health if there is a clinical nurse manager in place at Carrickmacross Adult Mental Health Services or if it is a position shared across centres; if there was previously a clinical nurse manager in place to this specific site; if so. when this was changed; if there are plans to put in place a clinical nurse manager at Carrickmacross Adult Mental Health Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:798KB

PQ 56415-23 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the WTE staff of different grades and positions currently in place at the Carrickmacross adult mental health services; the corresponding figures for January 2020, January 2021, January 2022 and January 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:705KB

PQ 56416-23 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the mental health services in place at each relevant care centre in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:798KB

PQ 56417-23 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for first appointment at each mental health centre in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:686KB

PQ 56440-23 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of face-to-face clinical appointments offered by each senior clinical psychologist in the north Lee child and adolescent primary care psychology service at the end of each month in 2023; the number of staff reporting to each senior clinical psychologist at the end of each month of 2023; and the number of people on the waiting-list of the service at the end of each month of 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:394KB

PQ 56441-23 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of face-to-face clinical appointments offered by each senior clinical psychologist in the south Lee child and adolescent primary care psychology service at the end of each month in 2023; the number of staff reporting to each senior clinical psychologist at the end of each month of 2023; and the number of people on the waiting-list of the service for each month of 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:589KB

PQ 56442-23 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of face to face clinical appointments offered by each senior clinical psychologist in the north Lee child and adolescent mental health psychology service for each month in 2023; the number of staff reporting to each senior clinical psychologist at the end of each month of 2023; and the number of people on the waiting-list of the service for each month of 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:463KB

PQ 56443-23 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of face-to-face clinical appointments offered by each senior clinical psychologist in the south Lee child and adolescent mental health (CAMHS) psychology service for each month in 2023; the number of staff reporting to each senior clinical psychologist at the end of each month of 2023; and the number of people on the waiting-list of the service for each month of 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:314KB

PQ 56461-23 - Sean Fleming

To ask the Minister for Health when a school dental service (Tubber National School, Tubber, County Offaly where at present the service provided is only limited to emergency treatment and fissure seals for 6th class pupils and who even end up in secondary school before they are actually seen.) will be approved for children in 2nd, 3rd and 4th class; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:144KB

PQ 56465-23 - Mairead Farrell

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth his plans to address lengthy waiting lists and staffing issues for child disability services, such as speech and language, occupational and behavioural therapy in areas such as CDNT7 in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:532KB

PQ 56510-23 - Marian Harkin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Leitrim who are available to treat patients under the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:116KB

PQ 56568-23 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health to ensure funding is put in place for meals services (I ask that multi-annual funding is made available for Meals on Wheels services to ensure community organisations can continue to care for older people in the community, these organisations are already in crisis with the increased costs of energy and with additional costs coming on board in 2024 ie minimum wage, sick pay days and pension auto-enrolment, funding has to be increased to avoid the additional costs being passed on to elderly people who are depending on an essential nutritious meal, it was almost mid-2023 when community organisations received their annual HSE funding and this makes it it extremely difficult for them to budget and plan for the year ahead.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:163KB

PQ 56579-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of public hospitals refusing GP referrals for DEXA scans (I understand that the Mater, Beaumont and St. Vincent’s are not accepting new referrals for DEXA scans and patients are being advised to go private. ); the reason for this policy in a number of hospitals; the steps being taken to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

Format:PDF|File Size:594KB

PQ 56583-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was paid by the HSE to recruitment companies in each month in 2023; the specific areas for which these companies were recruiting in the health service; and the number of staff that were successfully recruited each month for the same period, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:231KB

PQ 56624-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will create a ring-fenced budget for children’s mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:464KB

PQ 56625-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps to ensure that expenditure on children’s mental health is made more visible and transparent, including in the annual health budget and via the HSE’s National Service Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:543KB

PQ 56626-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health to provide specific data to identify and track how funds allocated to children’s mental health are spent and what the associated outcomes are for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:461KB

PQ 56629-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate professional misconduct within CAMHS in a timely manner in order that the trust of parents and children may be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:663KB

PQ 56635-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate funding for the investment in practical, social and emotional supports in the community for heart failure patients for the purposes of reducing readmissions and improve quality of life for same, given that such community supports currently do not receive any statutory funding and should be recognised as an integral part of heart failure services and included in the HSE'S Model of Care; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:168KB

PQ 56656-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if he will provide the necessary funding to increase the capacity of early intervention in school aged teams to address issues relating to long waiting lists and inadequate service provision for children with additional educational needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:353KB

PQ 56664-23 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the current plans for a building (the vacant medical dispensary building in Pearse Street, Cahir) which is currently vacant and owned by HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:33KB

PQ 56673-23 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 6 December 2023, at what stage and in what form will the HSE consultation take place with a wide range of stakeholders in the development of the new model of care; including those who use the services and advocacy groups; and if trans groups will have any decision making power.

Format:PDF|File Size:155KB

PQ 56748-23 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of people with a disability in receipt of personal assistance hours in each LHO area as of 1 December 2023 or latest date available; the number of people currently on the waiting list for same in each LHO area; and the number waiting less that 6, between 6-12, 12-18 and more than 18 months, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:306KB

PQ 56763-23 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide accurate resources for genetic testing for rare diseases at Our Lady’s Childrens Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:674KB

PQ 56803-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of young people who have had reassessments for autism spectrum disorder in children's disability network teams, by year since 2020; the reason for reassessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:237KB

PQ 56822-23 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on a proposed health centre (Dispensary Lane, Sarsfield Park, Lucan, Co. Dublin).

Format:PDF|File Size:248KB

PQ 56823-23 - Richard Bruton

To ask the Minister for Health whether his Department has articulated a policy on the roll-out of pulmonary rehabilitation for those patients suffering with lung fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:154KB

PQ 56865-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children with disabilities in each CHO requiring an emergency/crisis residence and package of supports known to the HSE currently.

Format:PDF|File Size:295KB

PQ 56866-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of adults with disabilities in each CHO requiring an emergency/crisis residence and package of supports known to the HSE currently.

Format:PDF|File Size:295KB

PQ 56871-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the amount of current funding for the provision for residences for children with disabilities that was provided by for-profit service providers in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:314KB

PQ 56960-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the reason for the delays in releasing approved funding to a gym (the InvincABLE gym) created to provide a safe space for people with disabilities, which has now been forced to cease operations due to financial strains; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:296KB

PQ 57008-23 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances in which ambulances are permitted to take patients to the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital, rather than an emergency department in another hospital; the number of times that an ambulance has taken patients to Monaghan Hospital in each applicable month in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:517KB

PQ 57009-23 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of times in each month in 2023 that the National Ambulance Service utilised a helicopter to transport a patients from locations in County Monaghan, by each hospital; the number brought to each hospital in each month to which patients were presented; the average time in each month within which the helicopter ambulance arrived on scene from the original call to the ambulance service, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:751KB

PQ 57011-23 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting appointments to secure a CT scan at Cavan Hospital; the number awaiting appointments to secure a MRI scan at Cavan Hospital; the average waiting time in each instance, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:491KB

PQ 57107-23 - Marian Harkin

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth for an update on the establishment and operation of neuro-rehabilitations teams to be set up in every CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:218KB

PQ 57157-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to detail the way in which the qualifications of psychologists employed by organisations that have been contracted by the HSE to undertake assessment of need appraisals are checked and verified; if organisations that have been contracted by the HSE to undertake assessment of need appraisals are guided by the same guidelines and regulations as childrens disability network team staff to ensure assessments are carried out in line with the Disability Act 2005; and if clear protocols for quality assurance and regular monitoring takes place of organisations that have been contracted by the HSE to undertake assessment of need appraisals.

Format:PDF|File Size:320KB

PQ 57158-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of assessment of need liaison officers employed in each CHO area as of 31 January 2023, 31 July 2023 and 20 December 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:135KB

PQ 57159-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the timeframe within which a review should be carried out of an assessment of need; and if assessment of need reviews consists of a diagnostic assessment or if they consist purely of a desktop review.

Format:PDF|File Size:298KB

PQ 57184-23 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of a 24 hour 7-day per week service for the primary health facility in Arklow and Baltinglass; if this service will be operational in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:556KB

PQ 57185-23 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of staffing levels at the Arklow primary health centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:330KB

PQ 57186-23 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Health for a list of services that are currently available in the primary health facility in Arklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:607KB

PQ 57188-23 - Sean Fleming

To ask the Minister for Health what services are available for people who are in their late 50’s who require the majority of services for people with dementia/Alzheimer’s such as psychiatry for later life and day services as they are not disabled and too young for this service; the supports that are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:304KB

PQ 57193-23 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Health how many patients presented at hospital emergency rooms suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum between the period of 1 January 2022 and 1 January 2023 and for the period 1 January 2023 and 1 January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:21KB

PQ 57199-23 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the efforts being made by the HSE to reduce and reuse foodwaste, generated by leftover meals prepared for patients, in both public and voluntary care settings.

Format:PDF|File Size:728KB

PQ 57300-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health if, in line with Action 87 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, he has plans to introduce mandatory autism training for all health and social care workers in the Health Service Executive and in Section 38 and Section 39 organisations who provide services on behalf of the Health Service Executive; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal.

Format:PDF|File Size:290KB

PQ 57303-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health if, in line with Action 90 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, he has plans to formulate guidelines for autism-friendly service design and built environment design within health services, including general practice, physiotherapy, dentistry and mental health services; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal.

Format:PDF|File Size:600KB

PQ 57304-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health if, in line with Action 91 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, he has plans to direct Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services to cease its practice of refusing to serve children on the basis of an autism diagnosis or a suspected autism diagnosis; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal.

Format:PDF|File Size:773KB

PQ 57305-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health if, in line with Action 92 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, he has plans to initiate an independent review of CAMHS practices in respect of service provision to autistic children and investigate reports of discrimination against autistic children referred to CAMHS; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal.

Format:PDF|File Size:677KB

PQ 57306-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health if, in line with Action 93 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, he has plans to initiate meetings between CAMHS and disability services to establish how best to provide mental health services to autistic children, taking into account the current lack of capacity within CDNTs to provide multi-disciplinary supports including mental health interventions; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal.

Format:PDF|File Size:679KB

PQ 57307-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health if, in line with Action 94 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, he has plans to establish how best to create a pathway for autistic adults to access multi-disciplinary supports, including mental health interventions; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal.

Format:PDF|File Size:466KB

PQ 57308-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health if, in line with Action 95 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, he has plans to offer individual health plans to autistic people, including health check-ups, to ensure that they are supported in accessing health services; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal.

Format:PDF|File Size:213KB

PQ 57358-23 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the estimated cost of establishing an initial panel of 200 speech and language therapists for schools as a shared resource.

Format:PDF|File Size:437KB

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 - January 17th 2024