PQ Responses - January 23rd 2024

Related Files

PQ 1269-24 - Éamon Ó Cuív

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the steps being taken to ensure the full range of therapies and community care treatments are available to children in the Galway area of CHO2; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:78KB

PQ 2360-24 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric endocrinologists at University Hospital Waterford in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:47KB

PQ 2361-24 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE now charges public patients a fee for a MRI scan following a referral; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:496KB

PQ 2362-24 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE provides assistance or free transportation for older persons without transport options needing to attend hospital appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:182KB

PQ 2364-24 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health the average ambulance turnaround time at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny emergency department in each month of 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:63KB

PQ 2386-24 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated timeline for delivery of each of the six surgical hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:1.17MB

PQ 2422-24 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on plans to provide a community neurorehabilitation team in all nine CHOs; the timeline he is working towards for each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:218KB

PQ 2428-24 - Sean Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health if plans for the proposed ADHD clinic in the CHO7 area are progressing and the date by which they expect operation to commence.

Format:PDF|File Size:632KB

PQ 2456-24 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health to provide on update on the Programme for Government commitment to develop and increase access to talk therapies and improve access to specialist expertise, when it is required, in line with Sharing the Vision – a Mental Health Policy for Everyone, across each of the CHO areas, since the establishment of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:491KB

PQ 2473-24 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a progress update on the expansion of community intervention teams to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and to support the timely discharge of patients to their homes, since the establishment of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:196KB

PQ 2476-24 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health to provide on update on the Programme for Government commitment on the development and targeted expansion and availability of step-down facilities across each of the CHO areas, since the establishment of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:177KB

PQ 2479-24 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE Staff by grade working in the pharmacy department of Nenagh General Hospital as of 12 January 2024; and if he will provide same figures as of 1 January 2023, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:672KB

PQ 2495-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the timeline for the implementation of the European Reference Networks standards for ensuring data from all health settings is captured with regard to rare disease, i.e., community healthcare up to hospital settings.

Format:PDF|File Size:608KB

PQ 2544-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health whether the former Baggot Street Hospital could be used as a State owned nursing home for elderly people in the vicinity; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:504KB

PQ 2554-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if there are plans to set up a community neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO9; if he could provide a timeline for the establishment of a neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:215KB

PQ 2622-24 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available for families who have to go private to see a psychologist when no services are available to them with CAHMS ( Minister the North Kerry CAHMS have currently no psychologist as the current person is on maternity leave and has not been replaced to the families have to source private sessions and pay for them so is there funding available for them to pay this); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:121KB

PQ 2703-24 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if he is aware of the lack of services available in the CDNT7 area in 2024 due to the shortage of staff and specialists; to provide a schedule of the staff in place and a schedule of the staff levels required to run the level properly; when the full complement of staff will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:445KB

PQ 2713-24 - Michael Collins

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money spent on abortion provision in 2023, broken down by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:645KB

PQ 2847-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the model of care for dual diagnosis; the funding given to the model of care; the rollout plan for the model of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:600KB

PQ 2849-24 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a request (The provision of an out of hour kdoc service at the new primary care centre in Athy) regarding a GP service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:233KB

PQ 2869-24 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people under 18 years of age who have presented to accident and emergency at University Hospital Limerick with mental health issues and/or at risk of suicide or self-harm each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:372KB

PQ 2870-24 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health if he will comment on the increase in recent years of children with medical referrals being refused support from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:528KB

PQ 2875-24 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if all primary care eye teams (PCETs) are in full operation nationally, and to set out in tabular form all PCETs that are in operation and all PCETs that are not in operation as of 17 January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:180KB

PQ 2876-24 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if a community ophthalmic physician lead, reporting directly to the CHO Chief Officer, has been appointed to provide overall clinical governance for primary care eye services within the CHOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:178KB

PQ 2877-24 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department would engage with the HSE to review the current position where there are no psychotherapists employed by them, in view of the fact that it is well recognised that they provide a valuable service to vulnerable patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:510KB

PQ 2892-24 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric emergency beds currently available in Cork; and the number that will be available after facilities have moved to CUH.

Format:PDF|File Size:35KB

PQ 2893-24 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health whether paediatric Haemotology and Oncology units will be moved from the Mercy University hospital to CUH; when this will happen; and the engagement with parents to support them in this move.

Format:PDF|File Size:940KB

PQ 2894-24 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health whether paediatric staff in the Mercy University Hospital have been reallocated within the same hospital pending the move to CUH; whether this will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:995KB

PQ 2902-24 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the plans to close the paediatric unit in Mercy University Hospital which would leave Cork University Hospital as the only hospital in the area which covers care for under 16 years-olds; and to provide a rationale for this change.

Format:PDF|File Size:938KB

PQ 2903-24 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of concerns regarding the additional strain on services at Cork University Hospital due to the planned closure of MUH paediatrics unit; and to outline plans to address these concerns including increased resources, beds and staff.

Format:PDF|File Size:129KB

PQ 2904-24 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that sufficient parking will be in place for Cork University Hospital if plans are true to make it the only hospital serving under 16-year-olds which will have an inevitable increase in patient load.

Format:PDF|File Size:128KB

PQ 2905-24 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health to confirm if accident and emergency care will still be provided to under-16 year-olds at Mercy University Hospital after the conclusion of the plan to move paediatric care exclusively to Cork University Hospital.

Format:PDF|File Size:936KB

PQ 2906-24 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of concerns that accident and emergency services at Cork University Hospital will be overwhelmed following the closure of the paediatric services at Mercy University Hospital; and what resources will be put in place to expand capacity and avoid the prospect of children on trolleys in waiting areas.

Format:PDF|File Size:130KB

PQ 2907-24 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that highly qualified and experienced paediatric staff in Mercy University Hospital Cork, some of whom have 20+ years service in paediatrics are being ask to move to Cork University Hospital or apply for different roles due to the closure of the paediatric unit in MUH.

Format:PDF|File Size:939KB

PQ 2908-24 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health to outline plans for paediatric care in Cork city and the surrounding area following the closure of Mercy University Hospital paediatric unit.

Format:PDF|File Size:245KB

PQ 2909-24 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health if capacity for on-site administration of infusions at Cork University Hospital paediatric unit will be provided following the closure of MUH paediatric unit where such a service was available; and what consideration, if any, has been made for the consequences for families and young patients if such a service is not available onsite following the change in services.

Format:PDF|File Size:132KB

PQ 2910-24 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health to act to stop the closure of paediatric services at Mercy University Hospital until such time as a full and adequate paediatric wing is in place at Cork University Hospital in order to avoid overwhelming services and reducing quality of care and outcomes for children in the Cork city area.

Format:PDF|File Size:259KB

PQ 2920-24 - Mick Barry

To ask the Minister for Health to report on the services and access so far provided by the new mobile health unit run by the social inclusion team from CHO Dublin north city and county.

Format:PDF|File Size:829KB

PQ 2921-24 - Mick Barry

To ask the Minister for Health what LGBTQI+ health services are provided by the new mobile health unit run by the social inclusion team from CHO Dublin north city and county.

Format:PDF|File Size:829KB

PQ 2924-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health for a report on the staff vacancies in the Clondalkin mental health services, efforts to fill vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:624KB

PQ 2925-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health what is the nurse-to-patients ration in the Clondalkin mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:633KB

PQ 2947-24 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to see a consultant vascular surgeon at Cork University Hospital.

Format:PDF|File Size:32KB

PQ 2948-24 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of Clinical Status 1 ECHO and Clinical Status 1 Delta incidents responded by a patient carrying ambulance in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less for December 2023, by ambulance region, in tabular form.

Format:PDF|File Size:615KB

PQ 2950-24 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of therapists working in children's disability network teams who are responsible for undertaking of assessment of needs determination.

Format:PDF|File Size:250KB

PQ 2976-24 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health the plans to upgrade facilities at St. Dympnas Hospital, Carlow; if a contractor has been appointed; the expected start date for refurbishment; the impact on services for service users; the timescale for delivery on these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:36KB

PQ 2978-24 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to reopen the x-ray clinic and dental clinic in St. Dympnas Hospital, Carlow which have been closed for remodelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:42KB

PQ 2993-24 - Frankie Feighan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full update regarding the development of the 42 bed unit extension to Sligo University Hospital; the timelines around tender closing dates and expected construction commencement and competition; and if he will update regarding other capital developments in and around the hospital campus in Sligo.

Format:PDF|File Size:450KB

PQ 3015-24 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a current policy document or procedure outlining the HSE’s stance on feeding in the community with regard to an elderly individual in receipt of home support; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:610KB

PQ 3016-24 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health if feeding is required by a service user in the community home help system, the expected waiting time for a service user to be assessed; what this assessment comprises; if it includes speech and language; and if he will make a statement on the matter

Format:PDF|File Size:610KB

PQ 3048-24 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health if it is the policy of the National Oral Health Office that funding provided for orthodontic treatment for under-18s categorised at the highest category 5 level is being used instead to treat in the private sector under-18s who are categorised in the 4 category; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:375KB

PQ 3048-24 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

Format:PDF|File Size:375KB

PQ 3059-24 - Paul Kehoe

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the roll-out of fertility treatment; what is the waiting time for an appointment; how many people are on the waiting list for an appointment; whether the regional hubs are operational; whether any IVF treatments have been performed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Format:PDF|File Size:141KB

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 23rd 2024