PQ Responses - March 5th 2024

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PQ 10011-24 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health if he can provide information on the rate of referral to cardiac rehabilitation phase 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10012-24 - Louise O'Reilly front page preview

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of extending the chronic disease management programme to all heart failure patients; the current number of heart failure patients on the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10013-24 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the resources and funding that is required to ensure that all hospitals are able to participate fully in the Irish National Audit of Stroke; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10015-24 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health how many hospitals have access to a clinical psychologist as part of stroke unit care; if he can provide an update on the funding and staffing of clinical psychology posts in stroke unit care; the costing and funding requirements for clinical psychology posts as part of the National Stroke Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10035-24 - Marc MacSharry

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth his views on the level of support for people with muscular dystrophy in Ireland in relation to universal design within higher education institutions; if the Department has any up-to-date data or figures on the number of people in Ireland living with muscular dystrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10061-24 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a lung rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by South/Southwest Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10062-24 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a prostate rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Dublin Midlands Hospital Group within 10 working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10063-24 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a prostate rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by RCSI Hospital Group within 10 working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10064-24 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a prostate rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Saolta Hospital Group within 10 working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10065-24 - Thomas Pringle

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PQ 10067-24 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a prostate rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by RCSI Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10069-24 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a prostate rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by University of Limerick Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10070-24 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a prostate rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Ireland East Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10071-24 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a prostate rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by South/Southwest Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10083-24 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a lung rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Dublin Midlands Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10084-24 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a lung rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by RCSI Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10085-24 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a lung rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Saolta Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. -

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PQ 10086-24 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a lung rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by University of Limerick Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10087-24 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a lung rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Ireland East Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10098-24 - Aengus Ó Snodaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hours companies that deliver care in the home to the elderly that are reimbursed to the HSE annually (given the regularity of carers not being covered by such companies when carers can't get to their charge - person being cared for - due to their being at short-notice delayed at an earlier home visit, struck down with COVID or some other reason ); how the hours are calculated, invoiced and paid for in advance of the knowledge of missed hours being informed to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10100-24 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if he is aware that there are no specific individualised transport budgets for individuals with additional needs to transport them to respite services; if he plans to address this issue to allow all of those who are provided with a respite service to attend that service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10108-24 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health to detail in tabular form the staff compliment assigned to cardiology services in University Hospital Waterford listing the last six quarters by individual specialty and number of staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10122-24 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the reason healthcare professionals who have been self-employed cannot have that experience considered as relevant experience for the purposes of qualifying for HSE funded PhD doctorates in clinical psychology; if this will be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10140-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the work carried out for the mental health and wellbeing of LGBTI people since the publishing of The LGBTIreland Report; if there are plans for an updated studyy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10147-24 - Jim O'Callagahan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to provide, in tabular form, the number of children waiting on an assessment of needs in CHO9; the estimated wait time before they receive an assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10168-24 - Gino Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health when and how will puberty blockers and other essential services for trans teenagers be provided by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10169-24 - Gino Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has a plan in place to recruit more surgeons who are capable of performing gender-affirming surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10191-24 - Mick Barry

To ask the Minister for Health to supply information about the relationship between a public hospital, Connolly Hospital, and a private institution, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, which has a building in construction (on hospital land at Connolly; to outline what protections are in place to protect the state's interest regarding the land and access being handed over to the RCSI; to clarify whether it will be the HSE or the RCSI who will control activities in the new building; to clarify what body authorised the release state land to the RCSI); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10192-24 - Mick Barry

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the relationship between Connolly Hospital new laboratory and the RCSI; to report on what public funds were used for the development of this laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10204-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail for each individual public/voluntary hospital the number employed in wholetime equivalent terms in each category ( Table with the following categories detailed; Consultants Registrars SHO/ Interns Medical/ Dental, other Nurse/ Midwife Manager Nurse/ Midwife Specialist & AN/ Staff Nurse/ Staff Midwife Nursing/ Midwifery Student Nursing/ Midwifery other) in each hospital in February 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10224-24 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth when a community neurorehabilitation team is expected to be in place in the CHO7 area, with particular reference to the recommendation to establish this team in 2019, and the allocation of funding for same in 2020; if an urgent update can be provided in respect of this commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10225-24 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health his views on the long waiting lists for dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) in Ireland as it is reported there is a minimum of 18 months wait for people who live with mental health issues.

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PQ 10236-24 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the reason tailored responses are not being given to parents who submit questions regarding their children's care under CDNTs in CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10241-24 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth when the children's disability grant will be provided to successful applications in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10244-24 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to outline what financial supports are available to organisations such as (Down Syndrome Ireland) to secure premises for their activities, programmes and support services.

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PQ 10245-24 - Brian Stanley

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PQ 10259-24 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe within which a general practitioner GMS post will be filled in Swanlinbar, County Cavan.

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PQ 10260-24 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of naloxone prescriptions that were issued in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 10261-24 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation suites currently in each hospital part of RCSI group, in tabular form.

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PQ 10263-24 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric gastroenterologist and paediatric gastroenterologist registrars working in CHI Temple Street in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 10284-24 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health how much of the €5 million investment from Budget 2023 to target backlogs in dental services for children and adult medical card holders has been spent in the way that it was intended; if the remainder of this money is still ringfenced to target dental waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10285-24 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists contracted to the DTSS for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10286-24 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the spend on the DTSS for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10287 24 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated for the DTSS for each year from 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10288-24 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card patients seen by dentists on the DTSS for each year from 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10289-24 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists contracted to the DTSS per CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10291-24 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dentists contracted to the school dental screening service for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10292-24 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the allocated budget to the school dental screening service for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10293-24 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the spend on the school dental screening service for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10294-24 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children seen by dentists on the school dental screening service for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10295-24 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists WTEs contracted to the school screening service per CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10300-24 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will supply data, in tabular form, for the ten fastest, and ten slowest approvals of orphan drugs by the HSE, by year (for the period 2014 to 2023), stating the date on which the applications for said drugs were received by the HSE and the data on which a reimbursement decision was subsequently made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10315-24 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care facility in Tullow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10321-24 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to address the impact the removal of the private MRI scanner at Tipperary University Hospital will have on public waiting lists; to provide details of the number of people waiting for MRI scans at TUH and the length of time they have been waiting on a three monthly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10328-24 - Michael Collins

To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare professionals who have exercised conscientious objection with regard the provision of terminations of pregnancy at the end of each year from 2019 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10372-24 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for lifting the HSE recruitment freeze; his plans to reinstate recruitment for nursing home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10384-24 - Martin Kenny

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if his Department will provide funding to reinstate a hydrotherapy swimming pool in Sligo for people with disabilities in the north west; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10432-24 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a statement on progress to convert into use vacant properties under the ownership of his Department and the HSE; and if he will list the units in respect of which such work has commenced, in tabular form.

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PQ 10441-24 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding maternity pre-natal services to Ennis Hospital; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10445-24 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the hours of service for each GP practice in County Clare, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10467-24 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Dublin Midlands Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10468-24 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by RCSI Hospital Group within 10 working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10470-24 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by University of Limerick Hospital Group within 10 working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10471-24 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Ireland East Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10472-24 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by South/Southwest Hospital Group within 10 working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10480-24 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as non-urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic; the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Dublin Midlands Hospital Group within 12 weeks of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10481-24 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as non-urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by RCSI Hospital Group within 12 weeks of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10482-24 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as non-urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Saolta Hospital Group within 12 weeks of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10483-24 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as non-urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by University of Limerick Hospital Group within 12 weeks of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10484-24 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as non-urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Ireland East Hospital Group within 12 weeks of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10485-24 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as non-urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by South/Southwest Hospital Group within 12 weeks of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 10515-24 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth why subsistence payments have not been paid to registered intellectual disability nurses in Cork through the Cope Foundation.

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PQ 10516-24 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if he is aware that Cope Foundation buses do not have wheelchair passes.

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PQ 10537-24 - Richard O'Donoghue

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that HSE clerical staff currently on career breaks and requesting to return to work are not reinstated due to the HSE recruitment freeze; if these issues will be addressed to allow these staff return to their current positions as they are already employees of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10557-24 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health when a facility will be provided at a location (When a sheltered/covered bike rack area will be provided at the Primary Care Centre, Westport, Co. Mayo, which will allow for the storage of e-bikes owned by staff members and visiting service users?); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10559-24 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to detail for each local health area as of 29 February 2024 or latest date available; the number of people on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list and within that the numbers waiting less than 4 months; the number waiting 4-12 months; the number waiting more than 12 months; and if he would indicate also for each category the numbers waiting aged 0-17 years and those aged 18 and above, in tabular form.

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PQ 10560-24 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to detail for each local health area as of 29 February 2024 or latest date available; the number of people on the speech and language therapy initial treatment waiting list and within that the numbers waiting less than 4 months; the number waiting 4-12 months; the number waiting more than 12 months; and if he would indicate also for each category the numbers waiting aged 0-17 years and those aged 18 and above, in tabular form.

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PQ 10562-24 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to detail for each local health area as of 29 February 2024 or latest date available; the number of people on the occupational therapy first time assessment waiting list and within that the numbers waiting less than 4 months; the number waiting 4-12 months; the number waiting more than 12 months; and if he would indicate also for each category the numbers waiting aged 0-17 years and those aged 18 and above, in tabular form.

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PQ 10572-24 - Michael Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health when the new extension will open at St Josephs Hospital, Millstreet, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10573-24 - Michael Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for medical card holders to access deep brain stimulation treatment from the initial first appointment to the procedure date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10574-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if an individual with a diagnosed psychiatric disorder can make an advanced directive or decision to the right to taper their medication; if so, to outline the process to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10586-24 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of days per year that the full capacity protocol has been utilised at University Hospital Limerick for the period 2011 to 2024, tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10594-24 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth his plans to address a shortfall of communication between CDNTs and families; if he is aware of dissatisfaction with the level of communication from the services to families in the south-east; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10635-24 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which treatment is planned for those that suffer with epidermolysis bullosa; the extent to which plans are in hand to provide these people access to the support required, including homecare support and mental health support, with particular reference to addressing their quality of life; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10640-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of child psychologists employed in Wexford; how many vacant positions there are; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10641-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health about mental health funding for voluntary mental health organisations in Wexford, and how much was allocated from 2020 to the present; how groups can apply for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10668-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health if the recommendation contained within the HIQA report resulting from the unannounced inspection of the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick ( (inspection date: March 15th 2022) to (i)explore the provision of a Model 3 hospital to support the Model 4 at University Hospital Limerick and; (ii)provide an alternative across the mid west region for higher patient acuity and build capacity;) has been acted upon; if so, the details of when it was started and when it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10736-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health to report on the development of the model of care for long-Covid and similar conditions or syndromes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10759-24 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of persons on a waiting list for homecare packages, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form; and the number of persons experiencing delayed discharge from hospital due to a delay in accessing homecare.

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PQ 10760-24 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the current number of persons experiencing delayed discharge from hospital, by hospital, in tabular form.

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PQ 10761-24 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of delayed discharges in 2023, by month, in tabular form.

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PQ 10769-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health to outline in tabular form the number of GMS panels that are currently vacant without a GP; the location of each panel; the length of time it is vacant; the number of patients on each panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10776-24 - David Cullinane

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PQ 10777-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists contracted to the DTSS for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form.

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PQ 10778-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the spend on the DTSS for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form.

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PQ 10780-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card patients seen by dentists on the DTSS for each year from 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form.

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PQ 10781-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists contracted to the DTSS per CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10783-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dentists contracted to the school dental screening service for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form.

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PQ 10784-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the allocated budget to the school dental screening service for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form.

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PQ 10785-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the spend on the school dental screening service for the years 2012 to date inclusive in tabular form.

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PQ 10786-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children seen by dentists on the school dental screening service for the years 2012 to date inclusive in tabular form.

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PQ 10787-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists WTEs contracted to the school screening service per CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10788-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of dentists or WTEs contracted to the public dental service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10797-24 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the new primary care centre at Boot Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and the timeframe for the provision of full services at the centre.

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PQ 10798-24 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 711 of 30 May 2023, for an update on the recruitment process to staff the primary care centre at Boot Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

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PQ 9942-24 - Gino Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the expected date of opening for the new primary care centre on the Boot Road in Clondalkin.

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PQ 9969-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth when a community neuro-rehabilitation team will be put in place for CHO5; if funding has been allocated in 2024 to provide this service; when recruitment for this team will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9970-24 - Richard O'Donoghue

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on trollies per day from December 2023 to date at University Hospital Limerick, in tabular form.

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PQ 9983-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health to outline in tabular form the name of organisations providing addiction and recovery services in Waterford; the nature of the services they provide; and the funding they were provided in 2023 including primary, secondary and community services.

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PQ Responses - March 5th 2024