PQ Responses - October 1st 2024

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PQ 38500-24 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the investigations into the suitability of the Palmershill site for the development of a community nursing unit in Cashel, County Tipperary; to provide an update on all matters pertaining to the proposed development of a community nursing unit in Cashel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38502-24 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address HSE staffing issues in Kerry ( Due to the HSE Staffing embargo there are currently approx 50 vacant posts for nurses and carers waiting to be filled at University Hospital Kerry, I ask the Minister what is being done to address this problem.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38503-24 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address HSE staffing issues in Kerry (Due to the HSE embargo there are currently 5 vacant posts for nurses waiting to be filled at Tralee Community Hospital, Co. Kerry. I ask the Minister what is being done to address this problem.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38504-24 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken by the HSE to address an issue in relation to vacant posts ( Due to the HSE embargo there are currently 6 vacant posts for nurses waiting to be filled at the Killarney Community Hospital (District Hospital) I ask the Minister what is being done to address this problem.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38505-24 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address HSE staffing issues in Kerry (Due to the HSE embargo there are currently 3 vacant nursing posts waiting to be filled at the Dingle Community Hospital, Co. Kerry. I ask the Minister what is being done to address this problem.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38506-24 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health to address an issue in the HSE ( Due to the HSE embargo there are currently a number of beds not in use at Kenmare Community Hospital in Kerry, until they have the necessary staff in place they will not be able to open the beds, as many people are waiting for respite and medical attention I ask the Minister what is being done to address this serious problem.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38509-24 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health to address a staffing issue with the HSE (Due to the HSE embargo there are currently two vacant nursing posts waiting to be filled at the Cahirciveen Community Hospital in Kerry, I ask the Minister what is being done to address this problem.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38514-24 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists in each of the four CDNTs in Donegal, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38518-24 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting on CAMHS waiting lists in Donegal, by area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38520-24 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will address an issue in relation to a director of nursing (Due to the HSE embargo there is currently no Director of Nursing in place at Tralee Community Hospital in Kerry, I ask the Minister what is being done to deal with this matter.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38524-24 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of days respite that are available per week at a facility (Seaview house in Mountcharles, Co. Donegal); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38526-24 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the reason a respite house (Wyattville Respite Centre, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin.) which has a user group of 83 people has been unable to cater for the vast majority of the user group for approximately four years; the actions he is taking to address this; and the assurances he and the HSE can give that the entire user group will be able to avail of this facility in future.

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PQ 38530-24 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of new respite centres that became operational in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and to date in 2024; if each of these new respite centres are currently fully staffed and operational; and the name, address and CHO area of each of these new respite centres, in tabular form.

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PQ 38536-24 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of disabled persons resident in a congregated setting, by county, local age and type of residence from 2020 to date, in tabular form.

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PQ 38537-24 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if he will release the necessary funding to continue to fund transitioning those under 65 years out of nursing homes and into appropriate accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38539-24 - Dessie Ellis

To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans for a primary health care centre for Santry, Whitehall, and Beaumount, Dublin, given the significant growth in population in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38553-24 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of work time of the clinical lead for transgender services which is dedicated to clinical practice at the National Gender Service; the proportion dedicated to the development of the new Model of Care; and the special arrangements, if any, which apply for the duration of the development of the new model of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38560-24 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of respite centres that stopped being operational in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and to date in 2024; and the name, address and CHO area of each of these respite centres, in tabular form.

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PQ 38569-24 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health if there is full cover for CAMHS and for adult mental health and psychiatry patients in the Dungarvan area in County Waterford, or if it is only emergency locum cover that is available to users of these services in this area; and if service users cannot get appointments with the same recurring psychiatrist in the Dungarvan area, whether they can be transferred to Waterford city services.

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PQ 38576-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the HSE’s plans for the former Baggot Street Hospital that is not being used and which could be a very useful community facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38615-24 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the current average wait time for an appointment with HSE eye clinics for children in the CHO9 area.

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PQ 38626-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the projected cost of expanding the in-school therapy pilot scheme to include five additional schools.

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PQ 38644-24 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of all the scoliosis-related surgical procedures carried out for each of the past ten years by Children’s Health Ireland or previously the Children’s Hospital Group, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38650-24 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the average waiting time on waiting lists for operations at CHI for those with spina bifida without scoliosis and those with scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38714-24 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the locations of ambulance stations in County Monaghan; if he proposes to provide additional ambulance stations in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38715-24 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances and associated staff based at each ambulance station in the State; the proposals to establish any new ambulance stations, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38718-24 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the current number and waiting times for each radiation oncology unit, in tabular form.

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PQ 38724-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated and spent in each CHO for each year from 2022 to date in 2024, on intensive home care packages and dementia-specific packages; the number of hours sought, approved, and delivered, in tabular form.

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PQ 38729-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of suicide crisis assessment nurse positions in Waterford city and county; the number of these positions that are vacant; the periods during which positions have been vacant; and when it is expected that all positions in the area will be filled.

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PQ 38730-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of current vacancies in child and adolescent mental health services in community health area 5, detailing the location and duration of each vacancy, in tabular form.

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PQ 38745-24 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the possibility of HSE audiologists conducting visits to HSE-owned nursing homes to ensure that residents can have their hearing checked and looked after; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38762-24 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a new base for the National Ambulance Service in Athlone.

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PQ 38868-24 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on the provision of a new hospital in County Kildare ( New hospital at St Vincents Hospital Athy Co Kildare); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38873-24 - David Stanton

To ask the Minister for Health when he expects a hospital building (The new community hospital in Midleton, Co. Cork.) to be ready to accommodate residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38945-24 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts advertised in the Cork/Kerry primary care child and adolescent psychology services since January 2024; the date those posts were advertised; and the grade of psychologist post in each instance.

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PQ 38951-24 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 578 of 18 September 2024, the reason for the reduction in service provision in the centre since 2019, despite the minor increase in staffing; and the number of staff currently on leave in the centre.

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PQ 38952-24 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to urgently review and intervene to secure occupational therapy (OT) services in the south Louth Bettystown catchment, where there are presently over 600 children awaiting an OT assessment and with no paediatric occupational therapist staff presently employed in this network; if he will provide a mitigation plan to ensure that these ever-increasing numbers are catered for in neighbouring networks where services are available, or alternately, provide the services by contracting the private sector to cater for this unacceptable number of children awaiting treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 39006-24 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to ensure those who rely on peginterferon á to manage blood cancer, among other diseases, are not losing out while its manufacturing is delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 39015-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of providing an additional 164 acute psychiatric beds in view of the HSE's report on acute bed capacity this year; and the estimated full year cost of staffing them.

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PQ 39018-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the actions being taken in Carlow CDNT to address significant and entrenched recruitment issues; the date by which all vacant positions in Carlow CDNT will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 39085-24 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons currently on the waiting list for healthcare assistants/home support workers in County Donegal, in tabular form.

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PQ 39087-24 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of home care support for older persons that is provided directly by the HSE; and the percentage of home care support for older persons that is provided indirectly by private home support companies in every county across the State, in tabular form.

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PQ 39088-24 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare assistants/home support workers per home support resource manager in every county across the State, in tabular form.

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PQ 39119-24 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health his views on long-stay beds at the Dean Maxwell Unit in Roscrea; if long-stay beds at the unit will remain in place indefinitely or if they will remain in place as long as the community nursing unit in Nenagh is being used for UHL patients’ step-down purposes; to outline staff arrangements for the facility in light of the new arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 39123-24 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the status of the proposal for the provision of day services for young adults based in a currently unfinished building in Cootehill, County Cavan; whether the HSE intends to purchase the property for this purpose; the expected timeframe to advance this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 39153-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the TrakCare system in the National Forensic Mental Health Service; to report on the improvement to services as a result of its use; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 39180-24 - Imelda Munster

To ask the Minister for Health if he can provide a list, detailing the numbers on the waiting lists for CAHMS in Drogheda and South Louth broken down by 3, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 months categories, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 39182-24 - Imelda Munster

To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs in Drogheda; the number of GPs that are required to deal with the ongoing shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Imelda Munster

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PQ Responses - October 1st 2024