PQ Responses - June 18th 2024

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PQ 25826-24 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children currently awaiting a CDNT appointment in Cork, by CDNT, in tabular form.

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PQ 25827-24 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to provide an update on the return of therapists to special schools.

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PQ 25888-24 - Carol Nolan front page preview

To ask the Minister for Health to address concerns about the absence of endometriosis specialists in Ireland; if he is aware that this shortage is causing acute distress to the many thousands of women who suffer from the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 25902-24 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant dermatologists based in Mullingar Regional Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 25904-24 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE child and adolescent psychiatrists employed at CAMHS mental health intellectual disability services within CHO8 in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 25930-24 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update for local waiting times for counselling and psychotherapy services for adult, children and adolescents in east Cork, in tabular form, detailing the numbers of people waiting over six months, 12 months, 18 months and 24 months respectively.

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PQ 25946-24 - Frances Noel Duffy

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if the Government will reimbursement families who pay for private assessments after waiting three years for a suspected dyspraxia diagnosis assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 25947-24 - Michael Lowry

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the urgent need for a dementia care nurse and services team in north Tipperary (such a team is vital for early diagnosis, care management, and support for our ageing population; it aligns with national community care strategies and contributes to reducing hospital admissions); if he will seek further clarification from the HSE on this matter as regards when a dedicated dementia care nurse and services team will be established in north Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 25966-24 - Marian Harkin

To ask the Minister for Health for an update/timeline on the re-opening of day hospital services at a facility (Ballyshannon Community Hospital, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 25976-24 - Steven Matthews

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to staff shortages in radiography roles in Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin; if he is concerned by the knock on impact this is having for child patients and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26000-24 - Padraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the engagement he has had with the HSE regarding the need to source private contractors following the recent announcement that the Government will finance an AON initiative; how soon he expects an impact will be made on the waitlist; if he is confident that progress can be made to clear the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26009-24 - Gino Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of medical card holders under review at any one time; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26012-24 - Sean Haughey

o ask the Minister for Health when employees of a section 39 company (Northside Homecare Services, Coolock, Dublin 17) which tendered for homecare work will receive an increase in their standard hourly rate of payment which also takes into account auto enrolment, increases in sick pay, licencing costs, insurance costs and inflation, having regard to a recent Workplace Relations Commission decision on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26019-24 - Padraig MacLochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is still committed to providing the services of a public health nurse in Fahan, County Donegal, following his confirmation that there were no plans to relocate same; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 26047-24 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to provide further supports and services for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia; if the HSE plans to recognise these Illnesses as physical illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26048-24 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will recognise ankylosing spondylitis as a disease, as those suffering receive a disease modifying drug, however under the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, this illness is not recognised as a disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26065-24 - Aindrias Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of young people who are 16 years-of-age and over who are awaiting on their individual family support plan to be confirmed for transitioning to adult services for the years 2023 and 2024 to date in the HSE south west region; the number of young people over the age of 16 years and their families are awaiting HSE referrals to adult services in the HSE south west region for the years 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26095-24 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists, by grade, working in Clontarf Orthopaedic Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 26096-24 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the amount collected in public car-parking charges at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 26098-24 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric neurosurgeons at CHI Temple Street in the years 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 26107-24 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 611 of 21 May 2024, for an exact breakdown of psychology posts, per grade, advertised for the north Lee, south Lee, west Cork and north Cork primary care child/adolescent psychology services in the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the dates that these recruitment drives commenced and their outcomes, namely, the number of posts filled and the number of posts that remained vacant in each instance; and the grade of psychologist recruited or not recruited, in tabular form.

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PQ 26108-24 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 611 of 21 May 2024, for further details on the use of local interviews as opposed to the national recruitment panel for psychology recruitment to the north Lee, south Lee, west Cork and north Cork primary care child/adolescent psychology services in the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in particular, the rationale for local interviews in each instance for those years; and to provide details on how each of those posts were advertised to eligible candidates.

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PQ 26109-24 - Padraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 523 of 21 May 2024, for a further update on plans to reopen Ard Aoibhinn respite services at Carndonagh, County Donegal; and what efforts are being made to secure a fire certificate for same.

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PQ 26149-24 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1472 of 9 April 2024, the reasons for the differences between the list of organisations provided and those provided in Parliamentary Question No. 608 of 17 October 2023; the total number of Section 38 and Section 39 organisations funded by the HSE each year; if he will outline the organisations which were no longer in receipt of funding in 2023 compared to 2022; the reasons for this omission; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26169-24 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the extension to the emergency department and new acute medical admissions unit at Mayo University Hospital; the timeframe to deliver this project (delivered for the people of Mayo and Roscommon with MUH under more pressure since the closure of Roscommon General Hospital); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26180-24 - Willie O'Dea

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the reason an application for grant funding under the children’s disability services grant fund was refused for an organisation ( Dóchas Midwest Autism Support - application ref number: 232007, was refused funding and it provides significant services in the Midwest for the ASD Community, supporting over 250 children and young people weekly through their services and 300 families directly.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26194-24 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if the procurement of private assessments for families long waiting an assessment of need, announced on 21 May 2024, has commenced; the process by which children are chosen to be assessed; and if parents can book a private assessment directly and have the cost reimbursed.

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PQ 26199-24 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to provide an update in relation to the HSE’s Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023 – 2026 for Disability Services for Children and Young People; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26210-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to provide an update on the CDNT funding grant that an organisation (the Clondalkin Autism Parents Support Network and the Buddy Club https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/4/disability/progressing-disability/childrens-disability-service-grant-fund/) applied for in November 2023; when these grants will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26229-24 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on Graiguecullen health centre and the restoration of services there that were available pre-Covid, such as physiotherapy, eye tests, speech and language, mental health services and community welfare officer visitations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26230-24 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health to detail where residents of County Laois can avail of ear, nose and throat appointments, being mindful of the fact that a local resident was informed by the HSE that the closest hospital available for a consultation is Belfast Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 26232-24 - Frank Feighan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline, whilst noting the allocation of funding for an additional 34 WTE for the agencies involved in the HSE’s medicines pricing and reimbursement system, what is the expected timeline for these 34 WTE positions to be filled and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26247-24 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a primary care centre (Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26248-24 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a primary care centre (Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26266-24 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the extent to which disability services for children are available throughout north County Kildare; the areas of deficiency that have been identified; the remediation plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26271-24 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the extent to which the concerns of parents of children with mental health problems are regularly monitored with a view to ensuring the availability of adequate residential places; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ Responses - June 18th 2024