PQ Responses - June 27th 2024

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PQ 27639-24 - Noel Grealish

To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the reimbursement of strips for the CoaguChek machine under the GMS and drugs payment schemes to bring Ireland into line with other European countries; if the policy not to refund these products can be reviewed by the Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27642-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently waiting to attend cancer genetics services, by waiting time period 0-6, 6-12 12-18 and 18+ months, in St. James's Hospital, in tabular form.

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PQ 27670-24 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of establishing and maintaining a clinical care programme for ILD patients assuming approximately 5,000 active cases and 1,000 new diagnoses per year.

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PQ 27671-24 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated total ongoing costs of managing a patient registry for ILD patients across the public health system (assuming approximately 5,000 active cases and 1,000 new diagnoses per year).

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PQ 27673-24 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the sexual health clinic in Waterford is effectively non-operational and local health services are unable to offer PrEP services, for which people have to travel to Cork or Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27684-24 - Michael Creed

To ask the Minister for Health if applicants being transferred from an acute hospital bed to a private nursing home have an automatic initial entitlement to nursing home subvention for a number of weeks whilst awaiting the outcome of a formal application for nursing home subvention; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27710-24 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated total cost of establishing and maintaining a clinical care programme for interstitial lung disease patients, assuming approximately 5,000 active cases and 1,000 new diagnoses per year.

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PQ 27711-24 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated total ongoing costs of managing a patient registry for interstitial lung disease patients across the public health system, assuming approximately 5,000 active cases and 1,000 new diagnoses per year.

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PQ 27716-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in the management and administrative sector of the health service paid €100,000 to €150,000 annually, €150,000 to €200,000 annually, €200,000 to €250,000 annually, and more than €250,000 annually, for each year from 2020 to 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 27718-24 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health if he will sanction the appointment to provide two advanced nurse practitioners for the adult type 1 diabetes service in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27720-24 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the number of the patients with type 1 diabetes attending the adult diabetes service in Letterkenny University Hospital have commenced insulin pump therapy; the number still on a waiting list to commence insulin pump therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27722-24 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of WTE positions filled in each of the twelve CDNTs across CHO5, broken down by each individual team, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27723-24 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth of the 495 applications received in the latest recruitment drive ending January 2024, the number of people to have taken up those positions as of 1 June; the number of those positions that have been filled which are administration-related positions; if the number of those job applications which came from staff already working within health and social care services can to be provided, including positions filled by them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27724-24 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the actions being taken to address the lack of appropriate co-existing accommodation for CDNTs across CHO5, broken down per team; the actions being taken to consider the business cases submitted for suitable accommodation as outlined at recent family forum in Clonmel; his views on the importance of having sufficient and appropriate work space for all CDNT staff to achieve a fully functioning community disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27756-24 - Brendan Smith

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the progress to date in the provision of facilities (The need to provide a new day activation unit in Cavan town at an early date to replace the outdated and unsuitable clogher house facility. This new centre will have trainees from all over county Cavan and needs to be centrally located in the county which is in the Cavan town area.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27757-24 - Joe Carey

To ask the Minister for Health if information (How many Advanced Paramedics are available in Co Clare on an average week across any 90 day period compared to the same periods in 2018 and 2021 ? Why has NAS training ceased for Paramedics who wish to upskill to Advanced Paramedic level ? Please list response times to Cardiac Arrest call outs in Co Clare in the last 12 weeks Why are Emergency Ambulances being used for AS3 calls in the middle of the night leaving large parts of Co Clare without emergency cover ?) will be provided on the National Ambulance Service in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27759-24 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that the DEXA machine in St. Vincent’s University Hospital is broken; when the machine will be back in commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27771-24 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health if it is mandatory for junior doctors rotating into UHL to take the HSEL and sepsis training before they work on the ward; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27772-24 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of echo and delta (life threatening) ambulance calls that were received in the Kilrush catchment area; the length of time the ambulance took to reach the patient in each case; where the ambulance that responded to the echo and delta calls was based; how far they had to travel to reach the patient, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27773-24 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health if it is policy to send emergency ambulances on overnight AS3 (non-urgent interfacility transfer) calls; how many times these calls have occurred with Kilrush ambulances in the past twelve months; how many echo and delta calls were responded to while an emergency ambulance was on AS3, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27779-24 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which financial support or other assistance might be offered to a drug rehabilitation centre (St. James’s camino drug rehabilitation centre) in north Kildare; if other treatment centres might be supported in order to meet the growing demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27817-24 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health if patients previously diagnosed with type 2 diabetes who are then diagnosed with type 1 diabetes based on blood results qualify for the continuous glucose monitoring reimbursement application system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ Responses - June 27th 2024