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Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Neasa Hourigan
1421. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the projected total costs arising from the purchase and renovation of two properties in Midleton by the HSE to accommodate six people with severe and enduring mental illness; for an estimate of costs where finalised figures cannot yet be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14494/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Hospital Transfers
Niamh Smyth
1422. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review a case (details supplied); if he will provide an update on this case; and if the person in question can be placed on a cancellation list and a place secured in this rehabilitation centre for them urgently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14501/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
John Lahart
1423. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health If a decision has been made on the location for the main laboratory for genetic testing in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14502/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Hospital Services
John Lahart
1424. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health where the testing for the recently announced new conditions to be added to the national bloodspot screening programme, namely SMA and SCID, will take place (details supplied); whether CHI Crumlin is the interim solution to ensure testing for babies commences this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14503/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Niamh Smyth
1425. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review a case (details supplied); if he will provide an update on this appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14525/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Barry Cowen
1426. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health for an update on a case (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment. [14540/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Health Services Staff
Réada Cronin
1427. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health to outline the procedure by which cover is introduced, managed and guaranteed for maternity and other extended leave sought by psychologists and other mental health practitioners in order to ensure continuity of services and so people on already-long waiting lists do not have to wait even further particularly as management of cover applies to children's care [14542/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Research and Development
Jim O'Callaghan
1428. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health what steps are being taken to initiate discussions around the EATRIS membership process for Ireland considering the potential benefits for Ireland's translational research sector such as enhanced collaboration and access to specialised resources across Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14543/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Research and Development
Jim O'Callaghan
1429. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the Government's position on Ireland's potential membership of the European Infrastructure for Translational Medicine; whether he intends to engage with the translational research sector in Ireland about such members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14544/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Research and Development
Jim O'Callaghan
1430. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health to provide insight into the Government's perspective on Ireland's possible membership with EATRIS given its expected advantages for Ireland's translational research community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14545/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Hospital Services
Frankie Feighan
1431. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health if he will approve funding for the upgrade of audiology services at Sligo University Hospital which are in urgent need of funding for new equipment and the upgrade of clinic rooms (details supplied). [14549/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Hospital Closures
Mark Ward
1432. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if any additional units within Cherry Orchard Hospital will be closing over the next 12 months, given that the willow, sycamore and lisbrí units are closing; the plans for the remaining open units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14563/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Hospital Services
Brian Stanley
1433. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if he will outline, in respect of multidisciplinary meetings at St. James’s Hospital, how the oversight of the National Clinical Guidelines No. 19 August 2019 on oesophageal cancer is conducted; if any independent review is conducted; and if so, if this review is published. [14566/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Hospital Services
Brian Stanley
1434. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health in respect of multidisciplinary meetings at St. James’s Hospital with those deemed unfit over 70 years to undergo treatment through radiotherapy or chemotherapy how is this assessed; how this is communicated to the patient; and if protocols are in place to regulate how patients are informed they are unfit for treatment due to age, from each of the conferences held at St. James’s Hospital. [14567/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Hospital Services
Brian Stanley
1435. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health in respect of multidisciplinary meetings (MDMs) at S.t James’s Hospital how oversight is ensured for the application of the ethical treatment of the elderly in census decisions; if there is any independent review; and if there are any publications to demonstrate analyses of ethical treatment for the elderly by MDMs in decision making. [14568/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Hospital Services
Brian Stanley
1436. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health in respect of multidisciplinary meetings at St. James’s Hospital, if it is normal procedure to inform patients their cancer cannot be treated and need palliative care by letter; and what specific protocols are in place to prevent this from occurring. [14569/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Hospital Services
Brian Stanley
1437. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health in respect of multidisciplinary meetings (MDMs) at St. James’s Hospital and the gastrointestinal conference and a census decision on a patient, how dissenting opinions or views are acknowledged; and if patients are informed of these opinions. [14570/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Hospital Services
Brian Stanley
1438. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health in respect of multidisciplinary meetings at St. James’s Hospital, how the oversight is conducted of the ethical guidelines of the Medical Council; and how is this reported. [14571/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Health Services Staff
Pearse Doherty
1439. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to provide for a dedicated consultant neurologist at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14574/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Ambulance Service
Peadar Tóibín
1440. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if there will be a recruitment process within the National Ambulance Service this year for paramedics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14577/24]