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Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Hospital Staff
Catherine Murphy
1683. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric otolaryngologist at CHI Crumlin in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [1353/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Hospital Staff
Catherine Murphy
1684. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant physicians in stroke medicine at Naas General Hospital in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [1354/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Hospital Charges
Steven Matthews
1685. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the recommended cap on hospital parking charges; and the basis for any delays to date. [1360/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Peadar Tóibín
1686. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason the SRU unit, Old Convent Road, Carndonagh, County Donegal has been closed; and how patients and their families will access mental health support and respite support for families dealing with members who are affected by mental health issues. [1363/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Hospital Services
Peadar Tóibín
1687. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health where management for hospitals formerly in the Ireland East Group will come from; if Our Lady’s Hospital Navan will have a representative on the board of the RCSI while it is being managed by the RCSI; what effect management by the RCSI of Our Lady’s Hospital Navan will have on the future of the accident and emergency department at Navan Hospital; and if the accident and emergency department at Our Lady’s Hospital Navan will be fully functional for the next ten years. [1364/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Care of the Elderly
Peadar Tóibín
1688. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason HSE-funded home care providers have stopped taking physically well older people for walks; and if a risk assessment has been undertaken by him in relation to the danger posed by HSE-funded home care providers allowing physically well older people with dementia leave their homes on their own without accompanying them for a walk. [1365/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Health Service Executive
Róisín Shortall
1689. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.150 of 15 November 2023, whether the Health Service Executive pensions section in Manorhamilton is now fully staffed and in a position to process all pension matters for retired HSE workers in a swift and timely manner; if not, if he will outline the reason why and the steps being taken to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1366/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Niamh Smyth
1690. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get an appointment with CAHMS in Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1373/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Jennifer Whitmore
1691. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the waiting list times for access to MRI scans for children in the public health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1379/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Primary Care Services
Mark Ward
1692. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to Traveller primary health care projects in each of the years 2019 to date; for breakdown of funding given to peer-led Traveller-specific mental health supports for the same time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1400/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Traveller Community
Mark Ward
1693. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to examine the distinct needs of young members of the Traveller community who are vulnerable to suicide; if any initiatives to train peer support outreach workers within the community have been developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1401/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Traveller Community
Mark Ward
1694. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on the reinstatement of the Traveller Health Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1402/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Traveller Community
Mark Ward
1695. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if a Department lead on Traveller health and mental health will be appointed to monitor and progress actions across Departments and initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1403/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Traveller Community
Mark Ward
1696. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the funding for Traveller health in each of the years from 2019 to date; the funding allocated to Traveller mental health for the same period; if there is an increase in this funding in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1404/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Traveller Community
Mark Ward
1697. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on Traveller counselling services; if they operate on a national basis; the funding that is allocated to the service on a yearly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1405/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Mark Ward
1698. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment of a mental health advocacy service for Traveller mental health; the estimated cost of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1406/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Mark Ward
1699. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on Traveller specific mental health awareness campaigns; the level of engagement his Department has had with local Traveller groups for these campaigns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1407/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Traveller Community
Mark Ward
1700. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the steps his Department has taken to encourage Traveller employment within primary and specialist community services; what training is available for Travellers to upskill within these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1408/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Traveller Community
Mark Ward
1701. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if cultural therapies on mental health have been developed for the Traveller community; if the Department of Health and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media have considered developing equine therapies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1409/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Traveller Community
Mark Ward
1702. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health what cross departmental work has been carried out to address the root causes of the mental health crisis in the Traveller community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1410/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Mark Ward
1703. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to give an update on the implementation of culturally sensitive mental health services, as recommended in A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1411/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Hospital Admissions
Mairéad Farrell
1704. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) who suffers from severe eczema and allergies will have their case referred to University Hospital Galway. [1422/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Medical Cards
Kathleen Funchion
1705. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health what transport is available to patients with medical cards who regularly have to travel to appointments outside their own county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1423/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Disabilities Assessments
Pa Daly
1706. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health how a child (details supplied) can access a general practitioner to receive care, and for their parents to have the medical section on an application for disability allowance signed by a GP as they are unable to access a GP in the Tralee area for their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1427/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Departmental Staff
Sorca Clarke
1707. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in the accident and emergency department of Mullingar Regional Hospital as of 5 January 2024; and if he will provide same figures as of 5 January 2021, in tabular form. [1470/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Child Protection
David Cullinane
1708. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children who had presented at Children's Health Ireland emergency departments in 2023, by hospital, who were subsequently discharged to no fixed address, in tabular form. [1472/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Health Services Staff
Mark Ward
1709. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on counselling and psychotherapy registration through CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1489/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Health Services Staff
Mark Ward
1710. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on psychology registration through CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1490/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Home Help Service
Robert Troy
1711. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the provision of home help services for a person (details supplied). [1503/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Ambulance Service
Peadar Tóibín
1712. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total number of ambulances that were over one hour awaiting handover in hospital, including percentage, in each of the past ten years. [1523/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Ambulance Service
Peadar Tóibín
1713. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the location(s) for ambulance stations; the number of emergency ambulances assigned to each station; and the number of WTE assigned to each station. [1524/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Ambulance Service
Peadar Tóibín
1714. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of 999 calls nationally and by division, where the patient was deceased by the time an ambulance reached the scene, in each of the past ten years. [1525/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Ambulance Service
Peadar Tóibín
1715. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the top ten longest lengths of time a person was left waiting for an ambulance in the State in each of the past ten years. [1526/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Ambulance Service
Peadar Tóibín
1716. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the longest length of time a person was left waiting for an ambulance to arrive in each of the past ten years, by ambulance station and dispatch point. [1527/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Ambulance Service
Peadar Tóibín
1717. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the longest length of time a person was left waiting for an ambulance to dispatch to them, perhaps due to a lack of available ambulances, in each of the past ten years, by ambulance station and dispatch point. [1528/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Ambulance Service
Peadar Tóibín
1718. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance response time per region, per year, for each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1529/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Cancer Services
Peadar Tóibín
1719. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any differential in survival rates for cancer, between persons diagnosed in a public hospital/clinic and those diagnosed in a private hospital/clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1530/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Ambulance Service
Peadar Tóibín
1720. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number persons who have retired from the National Ambulance Service in each of the past five years; and the number of new persons employed by the National Ambulance Service in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [1531/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Addiction Treatment Services
Peadar Tóibín
1721. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of babies born with addiction to drugs or alcohol in each of the past ten years. [1532/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Addiction Treatment Services
Peadar Tóibín
1722. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons to contact the HSE's drug and alcohol helplines in each of the past ten years. [1533/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Health Services
James Lawless
1723. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health if he will examine a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1534/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Departmental Schemes
Fergus O'Dowd
1724. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health further to the publication of the report carried out by the Economic and Social Research Institute (details supplied) if further consideration has been given to the provision of a capitation grant or low-interest loan scheme for small- to medium-sized nursing homes to meet the cost of required upgrades/building works in order to satisfy HIQA regulations, where that nursing home can show that it does not have the capacity to meet the financial requirements on same, and where there is a clear and identified need for beds in the area in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1554/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Health Services
Fergus O'Dowd
1725. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of the total number of primary school pupils who are currently awaiting to have their in-school eye, hearing and dental checks, by each CHO area in each of the years 2010 to date; the recommended and targeted age for each of the relevant checks; what improvements are being considered to clear the backlogs in this area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1564/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Departmental Staff
Mattie McGrath
1726. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant public health nurse posts in each county and area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1566/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Bernard Durkan
1727. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when an appointment for a hospital procedure for a person (details supplied) is likely to be rescheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1575/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Departmental Funding
Kathleen Funchion
1728. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health what funding is available to support an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1580/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Health Services
Michael Healy-Rae
1729. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1587/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Departmental Schemes
Richard Bruton
1730. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will indicate the proportion of nursing costs paid by the State and by residents and their families under the fair deal scheme, distinguishing payments by families made immediately and payments recovered later from property sales. [1605/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Ambulance Service
David Cullinane
1731. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of the National Ambulance Service fleet for the period 2019-2024, inclusive, in tabular form; and the number of vehicles, by type. [1611/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Ambulance Service
David Cullinane
1732. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of the National Ambulance Service staff for the period 2019-204, inclusive, by grade, in tabular form. [1612/24]