PQ Responses - November 5th 2024

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PQ 43928-24 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the lack of payment for clinical placement in fields such as general nursing, mental health nursing, early childhood education, medicine, social care and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43931-24 - Seán Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 707 of 11 June 2024, if the HSE pricing and reimbursement application process with regard to the drugs payment scheme has been completed; if melatonin will now be covered under the scheme and the justification if not; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43962 24 - Francis Noel Duffy

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the process for applying for the hardship scheme for medication not covered under the drugs payment scheme; if he is aware in some cases, patients have been informed by a chemist to get both a GP signature and needing a consultant’s referral to get a consultant’s signature; if the application process to the scheme will be simplified; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43963-24 - Francis Noel Duffy

To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medication (melatonin) is excluded from the drugs payment scheme if it is a necessary medication for children and people diagnosed with autism suffering with sleeplessness; if this medication will be considered under the Drugs Payment Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43972-24 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the full-year costs of this year’s expected delivery on residential places; the amount of funding that will be allocated to the announced 70 new residential placements; the specific amount of funding that will be allocated to the announced 50 Tusla-related responses; the amount that will be allocated to the announced enhancement of existing residential places; the amount that will be allocated to the announced upgrade of some existing placement opportunities for new residents; the amount that will be allocated to the announced transition of people from congregated settings; and the amount that will be allocated to the announced transition of people from nursing homes.

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PQ 43974-24 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the level of funding allocated to the progressive alignment of the PA rate and home support rate with older persons services.

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PQ 43976-24 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to improve handover times for the National Ambulance Service at hospitals, which is currently impacting service.

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PQ 43978-24 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to both CAMHS teams in County Tipperary in 2024; the number of referrals accepted; the number of referrals rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43979-24 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the current WTE positions, filled and vacant, in each of both south Tipperary CAMHS teams, broken down by discipline, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43980-24 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth for a breakdown of CDNT data for both Tipperary teams for 2024 in regard to staff numbers; positions filled and positions vacant; the caseload; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43981-24 - Jim O Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children referred for dental extraction under general anaesthetic, per CHO area, for the years 2018 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43982-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children referred for four or more dental extractions under general anaesthetic, per CHO area, for the years 2018 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43983-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children referred for ten or more dental extractions under general anaesthetic, per CHO area, for the years 2018 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43984-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health what service is available and accessible for children require restorative dental treatment under general anaesthetic in CHO 6, CHO 7 and CHO 9 and are not able to receive this care in Children’s Hospital Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43986-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies of whole-time equivalent general dental surgeons, per CHO area, for the years 2018 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43987-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies of whole-time equivalent senior dental surgeons, per CHO area, for the years 2018 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43988-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies of whole-time equivalent principal dental surgeons, per CHO area, for the years 2018 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43989-24 - Jim O Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of eligible children in second and sixth class that were not targeted for dental screenings for the years 2018 to 2024, per LHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43990-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental treatment service scheme contracts held by private dentists, per LHO area, for the years 2018 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43998-24 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health if an article can be reviewed (https://www.northernsound.ie/news/new-mobile-adult-adhd-team-for-cavan-monaghan-243668); when this team/service will be in place on the ground in Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43999-24 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Health how many genetic counsellors are currently funded and active in the health service; whether there will be any increase in genetic counsellors in the upcoming year; the details of when they will be in post; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44039-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric orthopaedic surgeries carried out from 2016 until 2024 inclusive, in tabular form.

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PQ 44040-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric orthopaedic surgeries outsourced abroad each year from 2016 until 2024 inclusive, in tabular form.

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PQ 44041-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants in emergency medicine employed by the HSE from 2016 (June) to 2024 (June) inclusive, in tabular form.

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PQ 44042-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of staff employed in the health service between 2011 (June) and 2024 (June) inclusive, in tabular form.

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PQ 44043-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of nurses and midwives employed in the health service between 2011 (June) and 2024 (June) inclusive, in tabular form.

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PQ 44044-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of HSCPs employed in the health service between 2011 (June) and 2024 (June) inclusive, in tabular form.

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PQ 44045-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants employed in the health service between 2011 (June) and 2024 (June) inclusive, in tabular form.

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PQ 44047-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of outpatient appointments provided by the HSE between 2011 and 2024 inclusive, in tabular form.

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PQ 44048-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of day cases seen/carried by the HSE between 2011 and 2024 inclusive, in tabular form.

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PQ 44049-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of inpatients seen/carried out by the HSE between 2011 and 2024 inclusive, in tabular form.

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PQ 44140-24 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if there are plans to replace a childcare service (Minister I write on behalf on service users of Cois Na Feile in Listowel which has closed, Minister this place is used by over 200 clients and now they will have no where to go for respite What are the governments plans to replace this service which is needed urgently); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44149-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the full cost of the additional beds that have yet to be opened at University Hospital Limerick from 2023 to 2025.

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PQ 44150-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the current full-year cost of trauma services in Galway, Dublin and Cork, in tabular form.

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PQ 44151-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing the number of consultants in emergency medicine by a further 50%.

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PQ 44152-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated average full-year cost to the health service of employing one health and social care professional.

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PQ 44155-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated total full-year cost to the Exchequer to fund one sexual assault treatment unit under the HSE.

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PQ 44188-24 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health the status of redress to patients of psychiatric hospitals who feel they have an historic claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44189-24 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health to report on any professional understanding that exists around the treatment options of ‘multiple monitored ECT’, the use of sodium amytal in such treatments, and any likely adverse events in such use; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44190-24 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health in regard to patients who have suffered trauma as a result of psychiatric institutional sectioning and treatment, what supports exist in the health system to support them in terms of counselling, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44202-24 - Chris Andrews

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth when full-time therapists will be restored to each special school.

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PQ 44215-24 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on any reforms being considered to the fair deal scheme to address the financial challenges faced by families, particularly considering situations where miscommunication or administrative errors have led to financial distress; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44217-24 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamnetary Question 256 of 2 October 2024, when a reply will issue from the HSE to the request to provide a report on the number of sanctioned whole-time posts in the Ireland East Hospital Group in September in 2020, September 2021, September 2022, September 2023 and September 2024; the details of whether these posts are filled or vacant and, broken down by hospital and discipline; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44243-24 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if he is aware that the HSE has indicated that there is not an interest in the premises at Cootehill, County Cavan that has been offered as a potential location for adult disability day services; if he or the Minister of State with responsibility for Disabilities will visit the premises in question; if he will engage with the HSE on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44244-24 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health given the urgent need for improved healthcare resources for patients with amyloidosis in Ireland, including access to the serum amyloid P component (SAP) scan, to outline what steps are being taken to make this scan available in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44245-24 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health what initiatives are being considered to raise awareness and provide information about amyloidosis in Ireland, especially given the challenges faced by patients too advanced in their illness to travel to the UK for a SAP scan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44248-24 - Sean Fleming

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE provide funding for people who have had accidents, have broken bones and are unable to walk, cycle or drive for a number of months, to acquire mobility scooters to enable them to be mobile; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44258-24 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if there are any plans to provide a full-time respite service for children in Cavan and adults in Cavan; if she will acknowledge that presently Annalee Respite Centre in Cootehill Is catering one week on, one week off, for both adults and children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44274-24 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 712 and 713 of 16 April 2024, if the privileging course has begun, as committed to by the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44275-24 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health ; why a policy of the National Ambulance Service is not applied to Roscommon, in terms of advanced paramedic cover on the rapid response vehicle, where there are full-time, permanent advanced paramedics in operation in the HSE Mid-West (closure of Nenagh and Ennis) and no such cover in Roscommon, where the emergency department also closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44279-24 - Richard Bruton

To ask the Minister for Health to provide clarification and an explanation of the current status and progress of the HSE national diabetes clinical programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44288-24 - Richard Bruton

To ask the Minister for Health if, given the absence of a diabetes registry and clinical audits, he can outline how his Department plans to identify gaps and issues in diabetes care more effectively; the steps being taken to establish a national diabetes register; the timeline for its implementation; and how is it envisaged to enhance diabetes management across Ireland.

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PQ 44289-24 - Richard Bruton

To ask the Minister for Health the number of insulin pumps allocated to children and adults by the HSE between 2020 and 2024, in tabular form, including the make and model and the cost associated with the purchase of the units per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44291-24 - Richard Bruton

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the products and services provided to the HSE by its various contracted manufacturers for patients with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44292-24 - Richard Bruton

To ask the Minister for Health how his Department and the HSE plans to widen access to continuous glucose monitoring technology for people with Type 1 diabetes to improve their diabetes management and quality of life; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44293-24 - Richard Bruton

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the establishment of multidisciplinary diabetes teams, and the integrated model of care for diabetes patients, between hospitals and primary care providers; how this will ensure safe, high-quality, person-centred care for all individuals living with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44333-24 - Brendan Smith

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the level of respite services available in Cavan and Monaghan for children and for adults; the further proposals to extend the range of such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44334-24 - Brendan Smith

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the progress to date in advancing a proposal to provide a standalone respite centre for adults with an intellectual disability in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44350-24 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that patients from Mayo are forced to travel to Galway University Hospital to see access optometry services required as a consequence of diabetes (The clinic of Dr Townley, optometrist); if these services can be offered in Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44361-24 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health the average Ambulance waiting times across each of the CHO regions.

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PQ 44365-24 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health when the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, will return to using charter medical for five days' rapid access; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44392-24 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an appointment to see an ophthalmologist under the Drogheda Primary Care Centre up to 1 October 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44393-24 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions currently filled at the south Louth CDNT under the following headings: dietitians, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists, social workers, and speech and language therapists; the number of posts under those headings that remain unfilled as of 23 October 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44394-24 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of positions currently filled at the north Louth CDNT under the following headings: dietitians, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists, social workers, and speech and language therapists; the number of posts under those headings that remain unfilled as of 23 October 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44395-24 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children currently awaiting an assessment of need under the south Louth CDNT and north Louth CDNT; the average waiting time for an assessment of need in both CDNTs; the actions being taken to address the waiting lists; the number of children referred for an assessment of need by both CDNTs to private providers in 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44396-24 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under the aegis of the south Louth CDNT who are currently awaiting first appointments with, an occupational therapist, a speech and language therapist, a psychologist, and an appointment with a physiotherapist, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44397-24 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children under the aegis of the north Louth CDNT who are currently awaiting first appointments with, an occupational therapist, a speech and language therapist, a psychologist, and an appointment with a physiotherapist, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44399-24 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite care beds available in the Village Residence, Dublin Road, Drogheda; the number of beds at the facility currently available for those with dementia who require respite; if all beds that are available are fully operational as of 23 October 2024; if the HSE has sanctioned the full complement of staff required to ensure that all available beds are available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44409-24 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of all private nursing homes taken charge of by the HSE in each of the past five years; the dates on which those nursing homes were taken over, from which provider, and the reasons therefor; the length of time such nursing homes were under the charge of the HSE and or whether that arrangement is ongoing, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44435-24 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 752 of 22 October 2024, when the HSE will meet the manufacturer to reconsider the possible approval of the reimbursement of palforzia for the treatment of peanut allergy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44436-24 - Mary Butler

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to outline the efforts made to provide additional services for children with ADHD and ASD, and their parents, in Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44453-24 - Dessie Ellis

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if there has been any funding allocated in the HSE’s Capital Plan for 2025 to build a facility to provide for the additional services to be provided by an organisation (the An Saol foundation, as recommended in the 2023 HSE report with regard to severe acquired brain injury and which follows the proposal as submitted by the An Saol Foundation. A site in Ballymun has been identified and agreed upon by Dublin City Council where such a facility can be built, this was a pre-requisite of the Minister for Disability for a capital funding project); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44504-24 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the new base for Gorey ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44506-24 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the new primary health centre for Gorey, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44510-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health if he can provide a list, detailing the numbers on the waiting lists for CAMHS in CH08, broken down by county or local area, and broken down by 3-, 6-, 9-, 12-, 18- and 24-month categories, in tabular form.

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PQ 44511-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number on the waiting lists for CAHMS in CH08, broken down by county or local area, and by 3, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24-month categories, in tabular form.

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PQ 44512-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health if he can provide a breakdown of the number of children waiting on a CAMHS appointment in CH08 and a breakdown for each county within that CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44513-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons within CHO8 on a waiting list for dental services.

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PQ 44514-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the budgetary allocations to CAMHS psychology in CHO8 in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 44515-24 - Darren O'Rourke

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 44528-24 - Marian Harkin

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of occupational therapists in place across all CHO areas, specifically related to disability services, in tabular form ( I have been contacted in regard to the level of OT services related to Disability in Co. Longford. It is my understanding the OT post, specifically related to Disability, in Longford is not a permanent position and I would be grateful if you could clarify the situation in this regard. As you know, people with disabilities need continuity of services and cannot be without services each time an OT leaves. Can you confirm if the issue in Longford is due to lack of funding or is it a recruitment issue)?); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44532-24 - Michael McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to increase general practitioner numbers (Constituents are having great difficulty in securing a place as a patient in their local practices and are being turned away.) in Cork city suburbs, particularly on the southern side; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44614-24 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 2 October 2024, when a decision will be made on the business case for the CT scanner which was submitted to HSE in 2023 for St. Michael’s Hospital in Dún Laoghaire; the reason the decision is taking this long; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44626-24 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the staffing numbers for the Cashel minor injuries unit for the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024, broken down by profession; if the recruitment ban is resulting in departing staff not being replaced; if all departing staff are being replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44637-24 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health , has he any plans to introduce an ambulance service on Inis Oirr; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44638-24 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health how many dentists in Galway currently accept medical cards; and if will provide the names of these practice.

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PQ 44639-24 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of respite services in Galway; the total number of people currently availing of them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44651-24 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a delay in the rollout of HPV vaccine to schools in the north east (Castleblayney College & Our Lady's Secondary School Castleblayney, County Monaghan, had their HPV vaccine programme postponed and not rescheduled in March 2024.) which were due in March 2024, cancelled and never re-scheduled; if he could establish how widespread this cancelation of vaccines was; and if he would establish a timeline for the rescheduling of this cohorts’ vaccine programme.

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PQ 44666-24 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the average number of public detox beds available in CHO5 each month over the past 12 months; the target his Department has to increase the number of public detox beds in the CHO5 within the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44744-24 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on a waiting list for psychology appointments in County Roscommon and Galway, including in primary care; the number on urgent waiting lists and generic; and the average waiting times.

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PQ 44745-24 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the total number of children on waiting lists under CDNT and primary care for occupational therapy and speech and language therapy in counties Roscommon and Galway; and the average waiting times, in tabular form.

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PQ 44746-24 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the total number of children on waiting lists for assessments of need in counties Roscommon and Galway; and the average waiting times, in tabular form.

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PQ 44774-24 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health for details of the HSE Health areas that will be reviewing the 2025 section 39 funding applications for an organisation (Parkinson’s Ireland. Renewal of funding for the helpline service (€121K).Counselling service (€80k).Funding for new nurse salary (€62k).Speech therapy pilot for one year (€100k).); if he will arrange for the organisation to be contacted directly to provide a point of contact; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44830-24 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of palliative care teams and staff members in CHO7 at present.

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PQ 44831-24 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE staff, by job title, currently within the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital; and the estimated timeframe in which each of those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form.

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PQ 44832-24 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the current number of epilepsy nurse specialists, neurologists and associated team members currently attached to epilepsy adult and paediatric services nationwide; the hospitals to which they are attached; and the number of vacancies currently within these services, in tabular form.

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PQ 44834-24 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the locations of WTE psychiatrists that are based in primary care centres within CHO9 in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 44835-24 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the rate of theatre utilisation for St James's Hospital to date in 2024.

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PQ 44836-24 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that presented at Smithfield minor injuries unit at the weekends to date in 2024.

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PQ 44837-24 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances, motorcycles and rapid response vehicles that came into the National Ambulance Service fleet in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024; and hte number of those vehicles that were withdrawn from NAS fleet during same period, in tabular form.

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PQ 44901-24 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Health the reasons the administration of interferon-alpha (a man-made drug that reduces the growth and division of leukemia cells,) has been suspended; the alternative that is offered to patients previously on the drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44914-24 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the HSE health areas that will be reviewing the 2025 section 39 funding applications for an organisation (Parkinson’s Ireland. Renewal of funding for the helpline service (€121K). Counselling service (€80k). Funding for new nurse salary (€62k). Speech therapy pilot for one year (€100k).); if they will contact the organisation directly to provide a point of contact; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44915-24 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the HSE health areas that will be reviewing the 2025 section 39 funding applications for an organisation ( Parkinson’s Ireland. Renewal of funding for the helpline service (€121K). Counselling service (€80k). Funding for new nurse salary (€62k). Speech therapy pilot for one year (€100k).); if they will contact the organisation directly to provide a point of contact; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44940-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the public health nurse staffing levels in each area of Dublin; the vacancy rates for each area; if P1, P2 or P3 services are offered in these areas, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44950-24 - Eamon Ó Cuív

To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders at present; and the number of medical card holders at the end of each year for the past ten years.

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PQ 45006-24 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth his plans to develop a national pathway and specialist multidisciplinary functional neurological disorder clinic.

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PQ 45007-24 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of home personal assistant hours delivered in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 45012-24 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the new primary care centres currently undergoing construction within CHO1; the services that will be provided at each centre when opened; and the estimated timeframe when each of the new centres will be opened, in tabular form.

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PQ 45013-24 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated costs of increasing the capital spend on the National Ambulance Service by 15% above the 2024 allocation.

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PQ 45014-24 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists within primary care settings in CHO1 in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 45023-24 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list for Jigsaw in CHO3 at the end of September 2024.

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PQ 45025-24 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant interventional cardiologists based at University Hospital Limerick in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 45026-24 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons being treated for eating disorders in Tipperary in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 45043-24 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of clinical placements that have been provided for students within CDNTs, by discipline, for 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 45055-24 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocation in 2023, 2024 and 2025 for dementia specific day care services in tabular form.

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PQ 45056-24 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant plastic surgeons at Beaumont Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 45057-24 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a progress update on the expansion of community intervention teams to prevent unnecessary Hospital admissions and to support the timely discharge of patients to their homes, since January 2022.

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PQ 45058-24 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health to provide the estimated full-year costs of employing four additional advanced nurse practitioners.

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PQ 45059-24 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE Dietitians by grade working at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown, in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 45064-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the reason people with a condition (The best advice supports that people living with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) should not be transitioned from CAMHS to AMHS until 25 as opposed to 18 because of the recognised level of dysmaturity associated with the condition.) are signed off from CAMHS at 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45065-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are no standard diagnostic policies or guidelines for diagnosing or treating children with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Ireland; what steps are being taken to establish these policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45081-24 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if a meeting that groups in Donegal have requested ( Inishowen Childrens Autism Related Education (ICARE), Caring Capall and Bluestack Foundation) with Minister of State Rabbitte to discuss issues with the children’s disability service grant fund, will happen; if so, when it will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45090-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the measures being taken to support the children in the special care unit at Johnstown, Navan, as they transition to a school ( St. Mary’s Special School.), to ensure their educational and care needs are met; if HSE staff will move with them from the special care unit to the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45112-24 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health if it is policy for ambulance arrival times not to be shared with callers during emergency calls; if this is the case, the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45138-24 - John Paul Phelan

To ask the Minister for Health when Ireland intends to align with the NICE recommendations on CGM for certain eligible cohorts of insulin-using individuals with type 2 diabetes ( in light of Ireland's historical alignment with NICE recommendations through its own national clinical guidelines, and considering the recent HIQA rapid health technology assessment, which supports the use of continuous glucose monitoring for individuals with Type 1 diabetes,); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45155-24 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 17 October 2024, which was not answered sufficiently, if all National Ambulance Service staff, including those promoted to management positions are being paid fully in line with ruling 19131 of the Labour Court.

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PQ 45156-24 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health if there are categories of management within the National Ambulance Service that are currently receiving the advanced paramedic allowance; the particular roles which are receiving this allowance; and the number of members of management in the National Ambulance Service receiving the allowance.

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PQ 45172-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE occupational therapists within older persons services in CHO8, in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 45173-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the average emergency department waiting times at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan.

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PQ 45174-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the capital works projects currently ongoing at the Mater Hospital; the estimated cost for each of these capital works projects; and when each of the capital works projects will be completed, in tabular form.

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PQ 45175-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that attended the gastroenterologist outpatient clinic at CHI Temple Street in 2023 and to date in 2024 in tabular form.

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PQ 45176-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been achieved in respect of step down facilities across CHO8 since 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 45263-24 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of people aged under 65 residing in nursing homes in each of the years since 2020.

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PQ 45266-24 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors who undertook specialist training for general practice in each of the years from 2018 to 2024; the number who completed the training programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45268-24 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed update on implementation of the new HSE health regions; if the hospital groups and CHOs have been stood down; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45271-24 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the enhanced provision of elective care programme; the status of his plans for elective-only hospitals in Dublin, Cork and Galway following site selection; the timeline his Department is working towards for delivery of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45273-24 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the current hourly direct cost and indirect cost of delivery home care; and the total cost of direct and indirect delivery of home care in each of the years from 2020 to 2023.

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PQ 45275-24 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the uptake of the public-only consultant contract, by principal clinical site, in tabular form (Please include the number and percentage on the POCC, the number not on the POCC and the total number of consultants in each principal clinical site).

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PQ 45276-24 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of patients attending for assessment under the school screening dental programme in each of the years since 2019 by CHO and LHO, in tabular form.

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PQ 45277-24 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of dentists employed directly by the HSE in each of the years since 2019, by CHO and LHO, in tabular from.

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PQ 45278-24 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of dentists participating in the dental treatment services scheme in each of the years since 2019, by CHO and LHO, in tabular from.

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PQ 45279-24 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people in nursing homes under the fair deal scheme in each of the years since 2020.

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PQ 45280-24 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of nursing home beds in the State in each of the years since 2020, broken down by HSE-provided, HSE-funded under Section 38 and 39 of the Health Act 2004 and privately provided, in tabular form.

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PQ 45282-24 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the shortage of a medication used to treat and manage polycythemia vera (There is a shortage of Pegasys. Is Besremi, which is EMA approved, being considered for reimbursement?); if an alternative medication is being considered for approval for reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45285-24 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of dietetic services to child and adolescent mental health services nationally; and for a breakdown of which services have access to a dietician on a regular or full-time basis.

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PQ 45286-24 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of dietetics service to Cork south and west child and adolescent mental health service teams; if there is a plan to provide access to a dietetics team on a full-time basis; and if so, when this will be put in place.

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PQ 45304-24 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the current number of vacancies in the CDNT services, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45306-24 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children waiting longer than six months for AON assessment in Clare; how long they are waiting, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ Responses - November 5th 2024