PQ Responses - October 8th 2024

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PQ 39635-24 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health the length of time the senior audiologist for Westmeath post has been vacant; and when this position will be filled.

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PQ 39640-24 - Holly Cairns front page preview

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to the inclusion of a product on the drugs payment scheme (Specifically, reimbursement for the treatment of pre-diabetes eg. for insulin resistance.) for a wider group of patients; if there has been any engagement with the drug manufacturer in respect of an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 39651-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who and percentage who were waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours for admission to an emergency department for each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, Statewide and by location; and the number and percentage for all patients and patients aged over 75, in tabular form.

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PQ 39656-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the bed-occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each quarter for each of the years 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 39658-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for each quarter for each of the years 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form.

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PQ 39664-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of patients on home support waiting lists for a carer at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive; and the breakdown, by length of wait, in tabular form.

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PQ 39665-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of people who are receiving less than their full allocation of home support hours at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2024.

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PQ 39669-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children’s disability networks teams, by CHO/CDNT at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 39670-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of people on disability service waiting lists for each service type, excluding children’s disability network teams, at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 39671-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need for each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the number overdue for completion; the number of estimated PTAs waiting for a complete AON, in tabular form as reported in the Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026: Disability Services for Children and Young People

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PQ 39672-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists, by CHO and length of wait, at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 39673-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for Jigsaw, by CHO and length of wait, at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 39675-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of each quarter for each year 2019-2024, by LHO; the number of dentists who submitted claims and the total number of claims in quarter 1 of each year and each full year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 39695-24 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who were assessed, by addiction rehabilitation, detox and stabilisation facilities in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 39698-24 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the schools in the CHO7 area that have received and completed or not received and completed the public eye care school screening service, in tabular form.

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PQ 39709-24 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the estimated number of additional respite hours that would be delivered by opening three extra full time nine bed respite centres.

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PQ 39728-24 - Gino Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made by the HSE on the reimbursement of fenfluramine (fintepla) for the treatment of refractory epilepsy (NCPE recently made recommendation for reimbursement if cost effectiveness can be improved.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 39735-24 - Dessie Ellis

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE provides any funding to a local service (Finglas Suicide Network) currently or has provided funding at any time in the past; if not,if the HSE be willing to enter into a service level agreement with the service to provide funding towards a manager and to assist in the day-to-day running of this vital local service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 39755-24 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people that have approved a primary medical certificate, in each of the past five years, per county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 39773-24 - Marian Harkin

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the numbers of speech and language therapists employed in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal for the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 39822-24 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health if there is a process through which pensioners in possession of a GP only card can apply for funding to assist with costs for dental treatment; and if so, if the process will be outlined.

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PQ 39825-24 - Willie O'Dea

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has referred all children requiring orthotics who were attending St. Gabriels, Limerick to the mid-west foot clinic, when the mid-west foot clinic has a waiting list of up to a year and they currently have no podiatrist; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 39828-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing the number of funded places in clinical psychology doctorate training by five, ten, 15, and 20 places.

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PQ 39830-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of expanding Discovery Colleges nationwide.

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PQ 39831-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the current spending solely dedicated to mental health supports for the Traveller community annually since 2020.

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PQ 39832-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of funding dedicated mental health supports across all integrated care programme for older people teams.

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PQ 39834-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of extending free primary care counselling to all GP card holders.

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PQ 39837-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing acute psychiatric beds to the recommended 25 per 100,000 population.

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PQ 39838-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of establishing the first ever in-patient mother and baby mental health unit.

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PQ 39839-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of doubling the number of multidisciplinary teams for pregnant women.

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PQ 39840-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing the number of perinatal mental health midwife posts by five, ten and 15 posts.

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PQ 39843-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of rolling out a scheme ( Age Action's care and repair scheme) nationally.

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PQ 39844-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of implementing an authorisation scheme for disability home support.

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PQ 39849-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing funding for the national meals on wheels network by an additional €1 million per year.

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PQ 39850-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of establishing five, ten and 15 new day care centres.

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PQ 39851-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of investing €100 million in expanding the enhanced community care programme and rolling out community health networks.

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PQ 39858-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of completing the rollout of CNRTs with a multidisciplinary team in each CHO.

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PQ 39861-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing CNRT staffing by one whole-time equivalent. -Jim O'Callaghan

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PQ 39862-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of hiring one neurology nurse specialist.

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PQ 39863-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of hiring one consultant neurologist.

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PQ 39864-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of setting up and running one regional assessment hub.

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PQ 39865-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of including assessments of need under the National Treatment Purchase Fund.

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PQ 39869-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of creating an additional 10,000, 15,000 and 20,000 personal assistance hours per year.

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PQ 39870-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of aligning disability home support pay rates with older persons' services.

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PQ 39871-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of rolling out personalised budgets nationally, including a brokerage model.

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PQ 39877-24 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of investing €2 million annually in the augmentative and alternative communication programme.

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PQ 39885-24 - Charles Flanagan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth in relation to a recent proposal implemented in a special school in County Wexford and known as the Wexford model, whereby additional therapy supports were directly commissioned by the HSE and under the governance of the local CDNT manager, if such a model is applicable to other special schools across the State; and if so, if how such proposals may become operational.

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PQ 39893-24 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of respite hours provided to families in County Tipperary in each of the past 12 months; the number provided each month since March 2020 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 39894-24 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting home care support in County Tipperary; the number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in County Tipperary; the average number of hours granted to each successful applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 39897-24 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of respite beds available for people with a disability in CHO5 in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 39898-24 - Martin Browne

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

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PQ 39943-24 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Health his views on publicly funding the drug Fenfluramine in the treatment of severe seizures as experienced by infants and children with Dravet syndrome who have and develop a high resistance to other anti-seizure medication, given the impact on the seizures on the children in both in the acute stage and as they develop in later years, and given that the drug is publicly funded in many EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 39954-24 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts, under active recruitment, broken down across disciplines including but not restricted to physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, psychology, radiation therapy, social work, across units in CHO5, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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