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Hospital Facilities
Denis Naughten
1341. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the status of the medical rehabilitation unit project at Roscommon Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42480/21]
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Hospital Equipment
Denis Naughten
1342. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 7 July 2021, when Portiuncula Hospital will take delivery of a new CT scanner; when the accommodation works will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42481/21]
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Primary Care Centres
Denis Naughten
1343. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that have availed of the Portiuncula cardiac outreach service funded under a Sláintecare Integration Fund grant in each of the four primary care centres (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42483/21]
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Hospital Facilities
Denis Naughten
1344. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the capacity of the waiting room at the modular outpatient department at Portiuncula University Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway; when the reconfiguration of the old outpatient department as single inpatient rooms will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42484/21]
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Hospital Facilities
Denis Naughten
1345. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health his plans for the provision of a modular emergency department extension at Portiuncula University Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway to ensure that there is a separate stream for patients with Covid-19 or other infectious diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42485/21]
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Denis Naughten
1346. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants who had to isolate after coming in contact with a Covid-19 positive patient; the impact this isolation has had on outpatient appointments and elective procedures; the plans if any he has to introduce systematic antigen testing of patients at points of entry to hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42486/21]
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Denis Naughten
1347. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the incidence of long Covid in each age cohort; the number of persons in each age cohort with long Covid after 3,6,9 and 12 months; his plans to ensure that an effective care pathway is put in place for such patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42487/21]
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Health Services
Denis Naughten
1348. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for audiology appointments in counties Roscommon, Galway and Mayo for children and adults; his plans to address the waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42490/21]
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Health Services
Denis Naughten
1349. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to support the children identified in audiology misdiagnosis in counties Roscommon and Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42493/21]
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Dental Services
Denis Naughten
1350. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the reason dental extractions for children who require a general anaesthetic cannot be carried out at Roscommon or Portiuncula Hospitals; if there are plans in place to review this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42504/21]
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Denis Naughten
1351. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the way in which a person who has availed of two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine in two different EU countries can avail of the EU Digital Covid Certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42508/21]
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Health Services
Denis Naughten
1355. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health further to commitments given by his predecessor to Dáil Éireann on 10 December 2019 on Report Stage of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2019, if he will outline the engagement to date between his Department and Health Insurance Authority on the exclusion of coverage of level 2 hospitals by an insurance provider; his plans to review those regulations in respect to the exclusion of level 2 hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42520/21]
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Hospital Services
Denis Naughten
1356. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of patients seen by the rapid access haematuria clinic at Roscommon University Hospital; the cancer detection rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42525/21]
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Ambulance Service
Denis Naughten
1357. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 583 of 17 December 2020, 646 of 3 February 2021 and 160 of 7 July 2021, the reason that the HSE has refused to disclose the location of the 18 ambulatory care hubs; if his Department has been provided with locations for some or all of these hubs; if so, the locations of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42534/21]
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Hospital Equipment
Denis Naughten
1358. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the hospitals which had a TRASNA telemedicine stroke machine installed; the number of times the equipment was used in the past 12 months in each hospital; the corresponding figure for use in stroke diagnostics; the plans if any to replace the equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42535/21]
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Workplace Relations Commission
Denis Naughten
1365. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health further to the WRC Labour Court Recommendation LCR22195 on interim compensation for travel the reason the HSE is now seeking repayment of overpaid travel hours that have been paid to HSE home support workers since that judgment was issued; the reason this refund was sought in 2021 when travel payments post the LRC decision were paid in arrears; if it is the case that a delay in the HSE revising their payment systems has now lead to the request for repayments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42582/21]
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Health Service Executive
Denis Naughten
1366. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the total amount of money sought by the HSE from home support workers for travel compensation since 1 March 2020; the number of persons involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42583/21]
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Registration of Nurses
Denis Naughten
1433. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the current processing times for applications for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland by general nurses who trained in the UK; if delays are being experienced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43050/21]
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Veterinary Services
Denis Naughten
1557. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure a competitive market for the supply of antiparasitic veterinary medicines in view of the fact that they no longer meet exemption criteria in EU law which permits them to be supplied without a veterinary prescription; the reason his Department did not seek to secure a derogation to Regulation 2019/6 prior to it coming into force in January 2019 to allow persons other than veterinarians to issue prescriptions;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42156/21]
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Trade Agreements
Denis Naughten
1581. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 566 of 9 July 2019, the steps he has taken to provide data to support the climate threats posed by the Mercosur deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42521/21]