Written Answers Nos. 247-262
247. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital bed days required by patients on persons under 65 years of age treated for foot ulcerations which did not require a full or partial limb amputation in 2018, 2019 and 2020, by county; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45559/21]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
248. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent senior podiatrists and whole-time equivalent basic grade podiatrists employed by the Health Service Executive in 2018, 2019 and 2020, by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45560/21]
View answerAs this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy, as soon as possible.
249. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient podiatry appointments delivered by hospital group in 2018, 2019 and 2020; the number of outpatient podiatry appointments delivered by hospital group to persons with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45561/21]
View answerI note that the issue raised by the Deputy has been resubmitted, as due the Cyber attack in May, I was unable to referrer the matter to the Heath Service Executive when it was originally submitted.
As I noted the particular query raised, concerning the number of outpatient podiatry appointments delivered by hospital group in 2018, 2019 and 2020; the number of outpatient podiatry appointments delivered by hospital group to persons with diabetes is a service matter, and I have now asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
250. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of podiatry appointments delivered by CHO area in 2018, 2019 and 2020; the number of podiatry appointments delivered by CHO area to persons with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45562/21]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
251. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason an ambulance did not collect a person (details supplied) as scheduled; if the case will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45563/21]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
252. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if an update will be provided on the plans in place for a facility (details supplied) given the date for the transfer of responsibility for the provision of disability and mental health services; the recent engagement there has been between stakeholders and families of service users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45564/21]
View answerSt John of God Community Services (SJOGCS) has agreed with the HSE that it will defer notice of its proposed exit from service provision on 1 October 2021.
The HSE and SJOGCS reached agreement on a process which aims to ensure the financial stability and sustainability and improved governance of the vital disability and mental health services provided across the country by SJOGCS. They will participate in a Sustainability Impact Assessment over the coming period.
As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.
253. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists struck off the dental register by the Dental Council in each of the years 2018 to 2020 in CHO9. [45609/21]
View answerThe information sought by the Deputy is not held by my Department. The Dental Council, established under the Dentists Act 1985 is the regulatory body for the dental profession. The Dental Council deals with complaints concerning breaches of its Codes of Practice. The Dental Council publishes the results of Fitness to Practise Inquiries where allegations of professional misconduct against a dentist have been proven together with the sanctions imposed.
254. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45620/21]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
255. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the lack of mental health beds; his further plans to ensure that persons in need of secure psychiatric beds are not left in the criminal system due to a lack of availability of these beds; his views on such a case in County Tipperary in which instructions for bail could not be given to a person due to the fact there were no secure mental health beds available to allow this; if he will address the lack of mental health beds in general including secure mental health beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45622/21]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
256. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a mental health bed; and the length of time they have been waiting for same. [45623/21]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
257. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will give urgent attention to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Dublin civil registration office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45636/21]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
258. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health when additional financial resources will be allocated to the regional drugs task forces, such as the north east regional task force in view of the increasing demand for such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45661/21]
View answerThe funding allocated to Drug and Alcohol Task Forces at the beginning of 2021 is set out in the attached table and remains unchanged from 2020.
|
RDATF |
2020 DOH |
2020 HSE |
Total |
|
East Coast Area |
€58,200 |
€518,500 |
€ 576,700 |
|
Midland |
€136,816 |
€672,491 |
€ 809,307 |
|
Mid-West |
€147,982 |
€1,270,007 |
€ 1,417,989 |
|
North East |
€0 |
€937,813 |
€ 937,813 |
|
North West |
€258,633 |
€471,730 |
€ 730,363 |
|
North Dublin City & Co. |
€266,245 |
€521,019 |
€ 787,264 |
|
South East |
€0 |
€1,075,760 |
€ 1,075,760 |
|
South West |
€102,820 |
€706,497 |
€ 809,317 |
|
Southern |
€0 |
€983,178 |
€ 983,178 |
|
Western |
€136,994 |
€534,155 |
€ 671,149 |
|
Total RDATF |
€ 1,107,690 |
€ 7,691,150 |
€ 8,798,840 |
€1 million was provided in additional funding in Budget 2021 for drug and alcohol task forces. It is intended that this funding will provide for the development of targeted drug and alcohol initiatives through the network of drug and alcohol task forces in 2021.
The North East Drug and Alcohol Task Force is the structure for coordinating drug and alcohol services Louth, Meath, Cavan and Monaghan and brings together statutory, voluntary and community organisations, including service users. Following publication of the scoping report on community safety and wellbeing in Drogheda, I committed to providing €80,000 to improve the availability of drug and alcohol services in the North East region.
The priorities identified in the midterm review of the national drugs strategy, will inform the allocation of this funding. It is envisaged that a scheme for the disbursement of this funding will be developed in Quarter 4.
I am very supportive of the work of the Task Force and I look forward to receiving their proposal for identifying and responding to local needs in due course.
259. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the details of the staffing levels including the number of persons in each role for each of the children’s disability network teams operating in County Cork; the number of children each team has assigned to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45702/21]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
260. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure each of the children’s disability network teams has a sufficient number of physiotherapists to provide timely therapy to all children assigned to the team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45703/21]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
261. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if the situation of a young person (details supplied) will be addressed with regard to waiting for an MRI under general anaesthetic. [45704/21]
View answerUnder the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
262. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation plan of the new National Maternity Strategy; when the implementation plan will be published and made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45727/21]
View answerAs the Deputy may be aware, in the 2020 Overview report of HIQA’s monitoring programme against the National Standards for Safer Better Maternity Services with a focus on obstetric emergencies, HIQA recommended that the HSE develop a comprehensive, time-bound and fully costed National Maternity Strategy implementation plan. On foot of that recommendation, the National Women & Infants Health Programme (NWIHP) has undertaken a revision of the original Implementation Plan for the Strategy with a view to developing a revised plan to cover the remainder of the Strategy's lifetime. This revised plan is currently in draft form and the Department continues to engage with the NWIHP to ensure the plan achieves the timely implementation of the Strategy’s recommendations.
As the Programme is the body with responsibility for this process, I am referring your question to them for direct reply to you, as soon as possible.
