PQ Responses - May 1st 2024

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PQ 19544-24 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 28 February 2024, for an update on the development of the new elective hospital in Merlin Park; if the architect led design team has been appointed to-date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19545-24 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 28 February 2024, the status of the proposed primary care centre for Galway city; the expected timeline for the delivery of the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19547-24 - Catherine Connoll

To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of all respite beds in County Galway; the locations of same; the number of same that are currently operational and currently closed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19552-24 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date situation regarding physiotherapy services in County Kerry (For the Kenmare Area and also the Caherciveen Day Centre. These services have been withdrawn/cut back. Can you please advise of when they will be reinstated/increased.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19562-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health if all clinical staff in the emergency department of UHL have received training in the National Clinical Guidelines No. 6 (Sepsis Management); and if not, the reason therefor.

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PQ 19585-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a timeline for the appointment of an occupational therapist in CAMHS at Nenagh health centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19587-24 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the timeline for the installation of a public MRI scanner at Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 19588-24 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the funding allocation for the 97 bed block extension at Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19595-24 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if the National Gender Service believes emergence of gender issues “very suddenly and dramatically” as mentioned in a recent radio interview by its staff (https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/the-anton-savage-show/where-are-we-with-gender-services-in-ireland at 13m45s.) is due to rapid onset gender dysphoria.; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19596-24 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health to provide the evidence backing a statement by National Gender Service staff in a recent radio interview (https://www.rte.ie/radio/podcasts/22382637-nhs-report-critical-of-trans-healthcare-treatment/ at 10m19s) that neurodivergent people’s neurobiological development is delayed by a decade.

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PQ 19600-24 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the current backlog in the BreastCheck programme following the Covid-19 pandemic; when the programme will be back on schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19630-24 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant general adult psychiatrists with a special interest in substance misuse in the CHO1 mental health services in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 19638-24 - Duncan Smith

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

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PQ 19639-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rate at Sligo University Hospital for each week in 2023 and to-date in 2024; and the number of beds available during this period, in tabular form.

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PQ 19641-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric ophthalmologist registrars at CHI Tallaght in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 19642-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical nurse managers 1 based in Monaghan General Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 19643-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if he will outline his plans for the development of respite services in CHO6 for persons with disabilities and their families including the increasing of staffing levels; and the facilities that are planned or where works have commenced.

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PQ 19644-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of safe talk programmes that were delivered in County Mayo in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 19645-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of palliative care beds in County Westmeath; and if palliative care services will be further improved during the remainder of 2024.

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PQ 19646-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE medical social workers based at St. Luke's Hospital Kilkenny in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 19647-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide with regarding to all the planned primary healthcare centres within County Clare; and to outline the various stages of their developments.

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PQ 19648-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeons at Naas General Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 19649-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric neurology registrars based at Galway University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form

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PQ 19650-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the roll-out of CAMHS-ID teams nationwide; and the estimated costs of fully resourcing three CAMHS-ID teams.

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PQ 19651-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of long-term beds which are opened in each of the community hospitals in Waterford for each of the years 2021 to 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 19652-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of infrastructure improvements that are included in the 2024 HSE Capital Plan for Our Lady's Hospital, Navan.

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PQ 19653-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE suicide crisis assessment nurses in each hospital part of the South/SouthWest Hospital Group in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 19654-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health how many people are employed through HSE in cognitive behaviour therapy in County Wicklow.

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PQ 19655-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE Radiographers by grade working in Roscommon University Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 19656-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in paediatric infectious disease and immunology at Cork University Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 19657-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency medicine registrar at Letterkenny University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 19658-24 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE accident and emergency department nurse vacancies at Cavan General Hospital; and the expected timeframe for which these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form.

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PQ 19667-24 - Leo Varadkar

To ask the Minister for Health If the Government has any policy or guidelines on surgery carried out on intersex infants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19668-24 - Leo Varadkar

To ask the Minister for Health how many people are currently availing on the free PrEP pre-exposure profilaxis programme to prevent HIV; if he is satisified that at risk men can access the programme without any barriers; if there is a waiting list for the programme and how long the wait is for a first assessment; and if he plans to extend the service to GPs.

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PQ 19677-24 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients seen by the SouthDoc service in Clonakilty, by week, from 1 November 2023 to date, in tabular form.

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PQ 19678-24 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the weekday and weekend opening hours for the SouthDoc service in Clonakilty, by month, from November 2023 to date.

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PQ 19679-24 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health when a replacement clinical psychiatrist will be appointed to the Nenagh area in CHO area 3.

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PQ 19680-24 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth what the new restructuring for regional health areas will mean for children’s disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19686-24 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists, per CHO area nationally, as of 25 April 2024; and the number of persons under the age of 18 years waiting to be examined by a dentist in the public dentistry waiting list, by CHO region.

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PQ 19687-24 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the person to dentist ratio, per CHO region, as of 25 April 2024.

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PQ 19688-24 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under the age of 13 years who have been referred from the school dental programme for children to a dentist for further examination and or procedures in 2023 and to date in 2024, by CHO region; the number in the waiting list, by CHO region; and the average time in each CHO to be seen by a dentist.

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PQ 19699-24 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Midwest Cancer Centre does not have access to a device ( A portable ultrasound device used to find veins ); if a device will be provided to this centre; if this device is available in any of the other designated cancer centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19701-24 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Health the translation supports, if any, that are available to GP practices that do not qualify for assistance from HSE primary care or HSE social inclusion but provide service to a large cohort of Ukrainian patients.

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PQ 19740-24 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults who are being treated for stage 1 and stage 2 hypertension within the primary care system; the cost of management of hypertension on an annual basis for 2022,2023 and to date in 2024 to the GMS scheme; and the public health programmes underway to highlight the need to raise awareness of hypertension.

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PQ 19757-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults who presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders that were referred to non-eating disorder inpatient public acute mental health facilities from 2018 to date, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19763-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders who were referred to non-eating disorder inpatient public acute mental health facilities from 2018 to date, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19764-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders that received specialist inpatient treatment in a dedicated eating disorder service from 2018 to date, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19792-24 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of people leaving rehabilitative training and school who were profiled for an adult day service in 2023; and the number of adult day services places provided in 2023, in tabular form.

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