Written Answers Nos. 543-557
543. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a status update in relation to the commencement date and roll-out of the National Advisory Group for Provision of Post-Mastectomy Products, Community Funded Schemes Service Improvement Programme in CHO2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7636/24]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
544. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a status update in relation to the commencement date and roll-out of the National Advisory Group for Provision of Post-Mastectomy Products, Community Funded Schemes Service Improvement Programme in CHO3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7637/24]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
545. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a status update in relation to the commencement date and roll-out of the National Advisory Group for Provision of Post-Mastectomy Products, Community Funded Schemes Service Improvement Programme in CHO4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7638/24]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
546. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a status update in relation to the commencement date and roll-out of the National Advisory Group for Provision of Post-Mastectomy Products, Community Funded Schemes Service Improvement Programme in CHO5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7639/24]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
547. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a status update in relation to the anticipated commencement date and roll-out of the National Advisory Group for Provision of Post-Mastectomy Products, Community Funded Schemes Service Improvement Programme in CHO6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7640/24]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
548. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a status update in relation to the anticipated commencement date and roll-out date of the National Advisory Group for Provision of Post-Mastectomy Products, Community Funded Schemes Service Improvement Programme in CHO7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7641/24]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
549. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a status update in relation to the commencement date and roll-out of the National Advisory Group for Provision of Post-Mastectomy Products, Community Funded Schemes Service Improvement Programme in CHO8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7642/24]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
550. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a status update in relation to the commencement date and roll-out of the National Advisory Group for Provision of Post-Mastectomy Products, Community Funded Schemes Service Improvement Programme in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7643/24]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
551. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect the allocated home help to be in place. [7645/24]
View answerAs this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
As the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE commenced industrial action on Friday, 6 October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or processes. As a result, the question asked by the Deputy may be delayed in receiving a response directly from the HSE.
552. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the amount spent in rent by the HSE in Carlow town on Shamrock Plaza Health Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7647/24]
View answerAs the Health Service Executive (HSE) holds responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
553. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if his Department has had any engagement with the HSE regarding the provision of an injury clinic in Carlow town; if any costings of supplying such a service has been undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7648/24]
View answerIn 2023, a National Injury Unit Review was undertaken by a HSE Working Group who undertook the review of the existing Injury Units and made a series of recommendations to improve the service from Injury Units. This report was adopted by the HSE EMT and has been shared with the Department of Health. The aim of IUs are to provide unscheduled emergency care for patients with non-life threatening or limb threatening injuries, as conveniently as possible, while ensuring patient safety and equitable standards of care within an Emergency Care Network.
Two recommendations emerging from the 2023 National Review of IUs were 1) to expand geographical coverage and prioritise locations for the provision of Injury Units, and 2) to expand all existing acute hospital governed IUs to operate from 8am to 8pm.
An implementation plan for the expansion programme is under development with the Implementation Group and the expansion of IUs will be underpinned by a safe model of care as recommended by the Emergency Medicine Programme.
The criteria for this prioritisation included population, existing IU locations, and gaps in geographical coverage for the entire population, with more detailed work ongoing to confirm specific locations.
There are a number of possible delivery options and governance models available to support the provision of IUs. Pending the output of the Implementation Group, a detailed assessment and option appraisal will be undertaken at each prioritised location to determine the most suitable delivery model and preferred solution. Cost estimates will be dependent on the delivery model, the size and construction requirements of specific locations, as well as scale dependent operational costs.
554. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if the X-ray unit in St. Dymphna’s hospital in Carlow has been reopened; the hours of service for the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7649/24]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
555. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 362 of 1 February 2024, if he believes that transgender patients are allowed to choose to access care under models of care other than that of the National Gender Service. [7655/24]
View answer556. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 364 of 1 February 2024, if the National Gender Service can explain exactly how the assessment quality can be compromised by being virtual, and if they have ever offered virtual assessments. [7656/24]
View answer558. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 366 of 1 February 2024, if thromboembolic and liver disease are not a risk of elevated testosterone levels, how has this information persisted across all four versions of the National Gender Service’s Endocrinology NCHD Induction document. [7658/24]
View answer559. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 367 of 1 February 2024, if hormone concentrations can guide treatment decisions and the reason the NGS recommend GPs not to monitor them. [7659/24]
View answer561. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 1 February 2024, the details of the National Gender Service’s outstanding business cases and the calculations that demonstrate these will reduce the waiting list to months. [7661/24]
View answer562. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 1 February 2024, if any patient of the National Gender Service has ever been turned away due to their lack of employment and its impact on their occupational functioning. [7662/24]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 555, 556, 558, 559, 561 and 562 together.
As this is a service matter I have referred the question to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
557. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 365 of 1 February 2024, if he can confirm that in line with section 6 of the EU (Application of Patient Rights in Cross Border Healthcare) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 that appropriate clinical oversight and governance for EU telemedicine providers is a matter for the member state in which the healthcare provider is established, and not Irish regulators such as the Irish Medical Council. [7657/24]
View answerClinical oversight and governance for EU telemedicine providers is a matter for the member state in which the healthcare provider is established.
