PQ Responses - May 2nd 2024

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PQ 18648-24 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the longest length of time any child has been waiting for scoliosis or spinal surgery in Temple Street or Crumlin Children’s Hospitals.

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PQ 19420-24 - Padraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in CHO4 that are waiting for a medical appliance, for example, wheelchair, orthotics and shower chair, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19711-24 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health whether he will instruct SouthDoc to reopen Blackpool to full service.

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PQ 19726-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs currently practicing in Meath; the number of new GPs who have taken up work in each of those counties in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; if he plans to increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19744-24 - Eamon Ó Cuív

To ask the Minister for Health the plans to provide suitable primary care units in west and north Connemara; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19761-24 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on access to neurology services in Bantry Hospital.

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PQ 19779-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the current vacancy rates amongst health and social care professions across primary, community, and acute sectors, including relevant Section 38 and 39 organisations; the number of vacancies by profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19809-24 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the approach that parents of children with ARFID can take to secure the services needed to address the condition; how parents of children with ARFID are advised to secure the services needed in the absence of the condition not being included in the NICE guidelines for Eating Disorders (2017 or 2020 update); if he plans to identify and develop specific pathways for the treatment of children with ARFID in the context of the HSE’s assertion that management of children with ARFID in Ireland requires a collaborative working between professionals and would involve working between the acute hospital sector and HSE community healthcare divisions such as primary care, disability and mental health; how that management process can work efficiently in light of a lack of dietitians across primary care, outpatient paediatrics and community mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19820-24 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date breakdown of all staffing types at West Kerry Community Hospital; the net recruitment progress that has been made in each category in each year since 2019; the current bed complement; the breakdown of bed types; how many people are currently waiting for a bed in the hospital; what recruitment efforts are being made for each category of staff, including healthcare assistants and nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19868-24 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to decrease waiting times for children and adolescents to access CAMHS in CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19880-24 - James O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the delivery of the community nursing unit at Saint Raphael’s Youghal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19881-24 - James O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health to outline his Department’s considerations for a new ambulance base in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19918-24 - Michael Healy Rae

To ask the Minister for Health when eye services will resume in UHK (Minister the eye services in UHK have completely ceased since Dec 2023 due to contractual issues which need to be updated. The changes necessary have been agreed with the acute services but not by the community services. There is massive problems and clinical issues arising to patients out of this debacle.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19921-24 - James Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a specific query related to a personal matter (The ratio of acute hospital beds per head of population was in 2003 and now in 2024 he ratio of GPs per head of population was in 2003 and now in 2024. ); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19936-24 - Reada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will, or is already, liaising with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on current/future surveillance and preparation for a possible bird flu outbreak in livestock and for physical protections and testing for workers and produce in the dairy and related industries in the event of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19946-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health to outline if the decisions to move residents from the willow and sycamore units of Cherry Orchard Hospital was on recommendation from HIQA or by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19949-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health further to Questions on Promised Legislation on 25 April 2024, if the Minister for Older People will allow the remaining 16 Cherry Orchard Residents in the willow and sycamore units be moved to willow east; if the repair work in willow east has been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19958-24 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health to invest in the endoscopy workforce capacity and hospital infrastructure (Minister I ask that more investment be put towards the endoscopy work force capacity and hospital infrastructure to allow patients to be able to receive colonoscopies within a valid time frame for an earlier and better diagnosis in the case that bowel cancer may be present.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19960-24 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on remedial plans to address the structural problems identified by HIQA within Cherry Orchard Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19964-24 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health when a service will be provided at a facility (When will a neurology service be provided at Mayo University Hospital considering the recommendation in the Model of Care for Neurology Services (2016) that all Model 3 and 4 hospitals should have a neurology service?); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19973-24 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients seen by the SouthDoc service in Clonakilty, by month, from January 2022 to date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 19974-24 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs working in the SouthDoc service in Clonakilty currently; and the number of GPs that were working in the same service in April 2023.

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PQ 19975-24 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients seen by the SouthDoc service in Clonakilty, by week, from 1 January 2024 to date, in tabular form.

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PQ 19977-24 - Brid Smith

To ask the Minister for Health where on the campus of Cherry Orchard hospital the new coronary care unit will be located; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19978-24 - Brid Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if she will assure the families of residents on both willow and sycamore units in Cherry Orchard hospital, that neither unit will be used to facilitate a new service, other than its prior use as a nursing home care facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19979-24 - Brid Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that is currently undertaking the ongoing risk assessments of the 16 remaining residents’ rooms in Cherry Orchard hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19986-24 - David Stanton

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in the State estimated to be suffering from long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 19992-24 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health when an entitlement ( Since the start of the year, the HSE has removed the entitlement for specialised swimwear and prosthesis to women who have had breast cancer surgery and live in the Galway/Mayo/Roscommon region.) will be restored; if the same entitlement is available in other CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20005-24 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the 14 vacant neurology nursing posts which funding was provided for in Budget 2022; if he intends to order a derogation from the HSE recruitment freeze to fill these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20007-24 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health to enable recruitment for the community neurorehabilitation teams for which funding is available in 2024, as outlined in the HSE Service Plan; if he will commit to funding the remaining teams in Budget 2025, including to address the staffing shortage for the community neurorehabilitation team in CHO 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20011-24 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health further to the failure of the HSE further to Parliamentary Question No. 641 of 16 April 2024, the average cost involved to deliver a MRI scanner in Irish hospitals; the average cost when it is the first MRI scanner in a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20012-24 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health further to the failure of the HSE further to Parliamentary Question No. 642 of 16 April 2024, the average cost involved to deliver a CT scanner in Irish hospitals; the average cost when it is the fist CT scanner in a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20019-24 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if the Statement of Purpose for the overnight Respite Services in Cavan for adults was amended in line with the changes made for children last year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20020-24 - Matt Carthy

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PQ 20021-24 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth whether the overnight Respite Services in Cavan caters for children and adults with autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20022-24 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of occasions adults and children (separately) who have had overnight respite care cancelled in each month since January 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20063-24 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if his Department will reimburse a family who have paid €1,600 for a private assessment for their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20078-24 - Niall Collins

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the current staff vacancies in relation to occupational therapy and speech and language therapy relating to west Limerick children's services; what is being planned to reduce the long wait times; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20092-24 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of eating disorder outpatient teams across the country; the number of teams established to-date and the locations of same; the funding allocated to eating disorder outpatient teams in 2023 and 2024; his plans to allocate additional funding to eating disorder outpatient teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20142-24 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of fair deal applications applied for in each of the past five years to date; the numbers granted, refused or pending; the number appealed and overturned on appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20146-24 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to increase adult mental health services in CHO7; if the precise measures deemed to be necessary are being taken forthwith; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20150-24 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he can take steps to counter the difficulties of obtaining and retaining professional staff throughout the health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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