PQ Responses - January 30th 2024

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PQ 3618-24 - Steven Matthews

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Implementation Group examining the operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; to provide an outline of the number of occasions it has met to date; a timeline for when it is to report to Government; if an outline of its remit can be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 3620-24 - Paul Kehoe

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the number of neurological nurses that have been recruited into the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 3639-24 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health if he will comment on the lack of step-down beds throughout the UL Hospitals Group; what measures he will implement to increase set-down capacity across the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 3736-24 - Eoin O'Broin

To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the closure of the endoscopy unit in a hospital (Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin.) for the month of January under the Winter Initiative; the reason for the decision to close the department; what impact assessments were carried out in advance of the closure; if the closure will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 3737-24 - Eoin O'Broin

To ask the Minister for Health if the bowel screen programme in a hospital ( Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin.) is impacted as a consequence of the closure of the endoscopy unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 3856-24 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children assessed at category 5 and awaiting orthodontic treatment in CHO7, by those waiting over 1, over 2, over 3 and over 4 years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 3889-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that disabled parking at St. Vincent's Hospital has a four hour time limit for the length of time a person can occupy a disabled parking space; if he will liaise with St. Vincent’s to remove this time limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 3914-24 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth how many vacancies in each of the CDNT teams across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 3951-24 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Health when will the surgical hub planned for Limerick and the MidWest become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 3966-24 - Danny Healy-Rae

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

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PQ 4042-24 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 3 October 2023, if he is comfortable with the governance approach in raised therein, if he can further clarify who undertakes performance appraisals and signs off on any expense claims in relation to the executive roles in the SSWHG; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4056-24 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists working in the primary care system within CHO5 in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 4078-24 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant dermatologist with a special interest in skin fragility at Beaumont Hospital in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 4079-24 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care eye teams that are currently based in CHO7: and where these are located, in tabular form.

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PQ 4111-24 - Sean Fleming

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the actions being taken by the HSE to protect its assets ( Property owned by the HSE which was used by farmers in Timahoe, Co. Laois to treat sheep for the prevention of fly strike and scab. The facility was put in place by the Midland Health Board in 1973. It is being stated that the HSE are aware that the facility provided on the property was removed without the consent of the HSE. ); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4118-24 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health why the HSE have seen fit to close residential beds for people with enduring mental illness in the SRU unit in Carndonagh, leaving Inishowen without the service of residential beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4134-24 - Sean Fleming

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of blind persons in receipt of the blind welfare allowance which is a means tested payment; the number of persons in a range of payments of those in receipt of less than €50, between €50 to €100, between €100 to €150; between €150 to €200 and over; if the means test for this payment will be re-examined for persons who are in this difficult situation in order that more persons can qualify for a larger payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4143-24 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health if there are any additional supports available for carers who are put under physical strain when caring for a person who may require lifting, for example financial aid for physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4162-24 - Dessie Ellis

To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations and the procedures cancelled from 2022 to date for the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh, in tabular form.

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PQ 4163-24 - Dessie Ellis

To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for each hospital department from 2022 to date for the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh, in tabular form.

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PQ 4195-24 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health what measures are being taken to replace GP services in Tyrrelstown, Dublin 15 since Centric Health in Tyrrelstown Medical Centre has closed having been in operation since 2005 because it could not recruit a principal GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4196-24 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health his views on the provision of GP services in the Navan Road/Pelletstown/Ashtown area of Dublin West who have reported difficulty in accessing GP services and complain the list of doctors they have been provided with is out of date with retired and in some cases deceased GPs, and where an empty medical centre lies empty in Pelletstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4268-23 - Eamon O'Cuiv

To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in providing a primary healthcare facility in Oranmore, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4286-24 - Willie O'Dea

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a community (Coolmine Therapeutic Community ) which provides residential addiction service to vulnerable women and children in collaboration with HSE Mid-West at Westbourne House, Limerick city, requires an alternative property; what efforts have been made to identify and provide a suitable residential premises to ensure that the service continues uninterrupted after December 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4305-24 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health to make a statement on the closing of the primary care centre in Tyrrelstown, Dublin 15 and lack of GP practices taking new patients in the general Dublin 15 area.; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4325-24 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 12 October 2023, if the promised additional 70,370 PA hours were delivered in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4329-24 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to establish an alongside birth centre in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ Responses - January 30th 2024