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Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Richard O'Donoghue
441. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the pandemic payments for Section 38/39 workers; if all payments have been paid to workers; the amount paid; the amount that has yet to be paid in tabular form; the cause for the delay in the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50931/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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General Practitioner Services
Richard O'Donoghue
442. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if approval will be given to extend the age for GP care for children to 16 years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50935/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Departmental Data
Seán Sherlock
443. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the amount that has been drawn down in each CHO for equipment for children to date in 2022, in tabular form. [50937/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Departmental Data
Seán Sherlock
444. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of ceiling hoists delivered to families in each CHO compared to requests for same to date in 2022, in tabular form. [50938/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Departmental Data
Seán Sherlock
445. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the amount of specialist car seats that the HSE has provided by CHO, versus the number of requests received to date in 2022, in tabular form. [50939/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Departmental Data
Seán Sherlock
446. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [50956/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Departmental Reviews
Catherine Connolly
447. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the expected timeline for the promised independent radiation therapist review; if he will provide an update on the development of the terms of reference of the review; when he expects the terms of reference to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50958/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Primary Care Centres
Robert Troy
448. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will outline any planned upgrade works or investment in the health centre, Ballymore, County Westmeath. [50959/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Medical Aids and Appliances
David Stanton
449. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health his views on the need for an extension of the Medical Rights Directive and the Active Implantable Medical Device Directive (AI) MMD certificates; if he will work to have this addressed in time for the next EPSCO meeting in December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50964/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Medical Aids and Appliances
David Stanton
450. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health his views on the need to abolish the medical device regulation warehousing deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50966/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Medical Aids and Appliances
David Stanton
451. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health his views on the need to allow conditional and temporary medical device regulation certification; if he will work to have this addressed in time for the next EPSCO meeting in December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50967/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Departmental Correspondence
Joan Collins
452. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [50972/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Disability Services
John McGuinness
453. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if speech and language therapy will be provided immediately in the case of a child (details supplied) given that their assessments were carried out in August 2020 and again on 21 May 2021, and that they are now experiencing difficulty in obtaining a school placement due to their issues and the lack of support thus preventing their proper development and education; and if he will expedite the matter. [50982/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Departmental Funding
Thomas Gould
454. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding to be given to each of the local and regional drug and alcohol taskforces in 2023, in tabular form. [50987/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Mental Health Services
Michael Healy-Rae
455. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if more residential places will be offered for teenagers in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50994/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Budget 2023
Emer Higgins
456. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the funding that is to be available to counselling trainee psychologists based on Budget 2023; if it will consist of a contribution to fees and a salary and be equal in support to the funding available to clinical psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50998/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Mental Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
457. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 593 of 14 September 2022, the dates on which family members of residents of Garnish House, Cork were informed of the decision by the HSE to vacate the property in Q1 of 2023; the format and context that this information was conveyed to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50999/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Neasa Hourigan
458. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce an occupational injury scheme for healthcare workers with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51000/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Mental Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
459. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the basis on which the advice from clinicians that going from single-room occupancy in Owenacurra to shared occupancy would be a retrograde step for any resident and contained in their meeting minutes of 5 October 2021 was overturned; the person in the HSE who decided to overturn this agreement; if the subgroup of clinicians handling the closure was consulted; the number of Owenacurra Centre residents who have been offered shared rooms in long-stay wards to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51001/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Departmental Data
Emer Higgins
460. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of wholetime equivalent psychologists for CH09 in CAMHS, the children’s disability network teams, children’s primary care and the National Educational Psychological Service in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51024/22]