Parliamentary questions

Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

1646. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of young persons between the ages of 0 to 24 years of age who have travelled overseas for specialist cancer treatment not available in Ireland between 2016 and 2021; the number of these who travelled under the EU Cross Border Directive; and if he will present this data in tabular form. [20434/22]

Traveller Community

Neasa Hourigan

1686. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the publication and implementation of the national Traveller health action plan, as set out in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20599/22]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Neasa Hourigan

1834. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) which found that failure to fund the provision of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age could result in €4.2 million per year in unnecessary costs to the HSE; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21163/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Neasa Hourigan

1843. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the way in which he will ensure that front-line workers who have changed position or employer or who have retired during the pandemic will receive the Covid recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21219/22]

Energy Usage

Neasa Hourigan

1901. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the special measures his Department is taking to reduce energy usage in the scenario in which members of the public are being asked to do the same. [20290/22]

Energy Usage

Neasa Hourigan

1957. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the special measures her Department is taking to reduce energy usage in the scenario in which members of the public are being asked to do the same. [20299/22]

Recycling Policy

Neasa Hourigan

96. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on how quickly the food sector will be enabled to remove single-use plastic; if the circular economy Bill can be strengthened further in relation to different types and uses of plastics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18849/22]

Wind Energy Generation

Neasa Hourigan

102. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he is taking to ensure Ireland delivers on the 5 GW target for offshore wind; if Ireland needs to be even more ambitious in order to support Europe weaning itself off fossil fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18848/22]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Neasa Hourigan

122. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the actions she is taking to ensure that the large volumes of Ukrainian refugees being accommodated in small communities are supported to achieve the best outcome for those refugees and the communities themselves; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17928/22]

Passport Services

Neasa Hourigan

399. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of the online portal that will allow queries for all application types to be submitted directly to the passport service by Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17418/22]

Vaccination Programme

Neasa Hourigan

644. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the exact date in 2021 that CHO 4 mental health service management staff were offered first dose Covid-19 vaccinations as part of the HSE vaccination roll-out (details supplied) by role in tabular form; if he will provide the exact date in 2021 that CHO4 mental health service heads of discipline were offered first dose Covid-19 vaccinations; if he will provide dates for each head of discipline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17434/22]

Care Services

Neasa Hourigan

826. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 325 of 3 March 2022, the way identifying relocation arrangements for unnamed residents of a centre (details supplied) constitutes an ethical breach of confidentiality given that relocation options for other service users have been provided; the message that was conveyed to residents of the centre regarding the future of that service by HSE management when the residents were relocated to another centre; the plans that the HSE has for the use of the centre in 2022 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18090/22]

Health Service Executive

Neasa Hourigan

827. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the names of any HSE managers that declared a conflict of interest in respect of procurement or rent of property by the HSE in each of the years 2016 to 2021; the details of the procedure within the HSE for declaring such a conflict of interests and responding to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18091/22]

Care Services

Neasa Hourigan

828. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason that the residents of a centre (details supplied) were chosen to move to another centre for infection and control purposes during the pandemic while residents of wards in St. Stephen's Hospital were not moved and continued to share dorm-style rooms with up to three other residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18092/22]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

829. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is renting any community mental health residences aside from a centre (details supplied); if so, the details of the costs of rent and any associated costs; the duration of the rental arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18093/22]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

830. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason more funding has been provided for adapting a Carrigaline property that has not had planning permission for use as a mental health residence since it was purchased by the HSE in January 2019 than has been invested over a ten-year period in a centre (details supplied) which has capacity for almost twice the single-room occupancy level of the Carrigaline property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18096/22]

Care Services

Neasa Hourigan

834. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of residents currently living in a centre (details supplied) that were originally residents in another centre. [18108/22]

Care Services

Neasa Hourigan

835. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 9 February 2022, if he will provide further details on the older person residential beds referred to in the response namely the number of those beds and the number of residents in a centre (details supplied) who will be transferring to the property in Carrigaline, County Cork; the location in which the remaining residents of the centre will be accommodated into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18109/22]

Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

6. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress to re-establish the provision of transgender child and adolescent healthcare services through a clinic (details supplied) and working with Children's Health Ireland in Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17004/22]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

13. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the moneys spent to date by the HSE in relation to the new 24-hour staffed community mental health residence in Carrigaline, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17003/22]