Parliamentary questions

Health Services

Bernard Durkan

168. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which plans are in hand to improve the delivery of the health services and to use the experience of combatting Covid-19 to overhaul waiting lists, staff shortages, the use of theatres and associated issues with contribute to the delay in the delivery of the services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52353/22]

Disability Services

Bernard Durkan

359. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if and when a person (details supplied) and her husband qualify for a full medical card which was previously withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52644/22]

Medical Cards

Bernard Durkan

360. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if and when full medical cards may be restored in the case of two persons (details supplied) whose medical needs are numerous and demanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52645/22]

Medical Cards

Bernard Durkan

361. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if and when a full medical card may issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52650/22]

Medical Cards

Bernard Durkan

362. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if and when a medical card might issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52652/22]

Health Services

Bernard Durkan

363. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the delivery of health services in the community and throughout the hospital service is geared to meet the challenges of the coming winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52666/22]

General Practitioner Services

Bernard Durkan

364. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which efforts are being made to replace GPs where the incumbents have retired leaving vacancies throughout the country; the number of such vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52667/22]

Hospital Staff

Bernard Durkan

365. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which nursing staff throughout the public hospital staff is adequate or otherwise to meet the requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52668/22]

Hospital Staff

Bernard Durkan

366. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the number of consultant vacant positions are being filled as a matter of urgency in order to meet the challenges of the coming winter and the future in the health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52669/22]

Hospital Staff

Bernard Durkan

367. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the degree to which the regulations relating to junior hospital doctors such as emergency taxation arising from relocation are being updated to avoid same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52670/22]

Healthcare Policy

Bernard Durkan

368. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the various changes and requirements needed to fully introduce Sláintecare are being pursued at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52671/22]

Healthcare Policy

Bernard Durkan

369. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which Sláintecare provisions are currently embedded in the health service, with particular reference to the need to ensure regional representation on the Board of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52672/22]

Healthcare Policy

Bernard Durkan

370. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which patients seeking a scoliosis surgery have been accommodated in the past twelve months; the degree to which it is now proposed to accelerate the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52673/22]

Primary Care Centres

Bernard Durkan

371. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres fully operational in County Kildare and throughout the country at the present time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52674/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Bernard Durkan

372. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the degree by which it is intended to reduce the numbers on hospital waiting lists by whatever means over the next twelve months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52675/22]

Hospital Procedures

Bernard Durkan

229. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when urgent cranioplasty surgery will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) who needs to move to the National Rehabilitation Centre in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52225/22]

Hospital Procedures

Bernard Durkan

230. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if a follow-up appointment is pending or forthcoming for a person (details supplied) who was supposed to be recalled within two weeks, following their appointment on 3 May 2022, for cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52234/22]

Hospital Admissions

Bernard Durkan

231. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if an orthopaedic bed can be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52247/22]

Healthcare Policy

Bernard Durkan

717. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if Ireland will be participating in the European Union joint action on diabetes and cardiovascular disease initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51309/22]

Nursing Homes

Bernard Durkan

846. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if any emergency fund exists to assist with gaps in fair deal funding with particular reference to the case of a person (details supplied), who has no family and no assets and no means with which to clear her debt to the facility which now cares for her, who still has a debt outstanding after many months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51995/22]

Health Services

Bernard Durkan

853. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if the appropriate level of care at the highest possible level can be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) whose case is considered a high priority; if all appropriate avenues can be pursued to ensure that the required level of care is provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52046/22]

Special Educational Needs

Bernard Durkan

465. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which occupational therapy and speech and language therapy have been made available in the case of a child (details supplied) given that they have been deemed to suffer from a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51049/22]

Special Educational Needs

Bernard Durkan

466. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if and when speech and language therapy may be made available in the case of the son of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51058/22]

Health Services

Bernard Durkan

619. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) is likely to be offered an urgent tonsillectomy having had eight infections in five months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49461/22]

Medical Cards

Bernard Durkan

667. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when an emergency medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) who suffers from a life-threatening illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49736/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Bernard Durkan

396. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the success to date in diagnosing a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49437/22]

Medical Cards

Bernard Durkan

397. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the current position in regard to an application for a medical card in the name of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49440/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Bernard Durkan

687. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when a HSE pension will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) who made their application over six months ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48442/22]

Hospital Charges

Bernard Durkan

270. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if a deferral for the time being will be offered in respect of a debt (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47860/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Bernard Durkan

243. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when appropriate treatment will be made available in the appropriate hospital location in the case of a person (details supplied) who has been treated in James Connolly Hospital and is being referred to Beaumont Hospital; if the necessary arrangements will be made without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47413/22]

Medicinal Products

Bernard Durkan

532. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if a payment for approved application under the discretionary hardship arrangement in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reinstated, which seems to have temporarily stopped given that the patient still requires the medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47068/22]

Health Services

Bernard Durkan

537. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the plans that are under way to ensure that adequate support is provided to home dialysis patients in the context of the current crisis to ensure that they continue to receive their lifesaving and sustaining treatment at home and can afford same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47087/22]

Health Services Staff

Bernard Durkan

567. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a chief pharmaceutical officer to ensure strategic direction for this jurisdiction’s pharmacy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47293/22]

Hospital Services

Bernard Durkan

315. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if convalescent care will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) who is due to leave a centre but who requires stepdown care before returning home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46427/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Bernard Durkan

332. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46507/22]

Medicinal Products

Bernard Durkan

333. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when an application for drugs payment scheme in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46512/22]

Medical Cards

Bernard Durkan

334. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when a medical card will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46513/22]

Nursing Homes

Bernard Durkan

524. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if an interim payment arrangement can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a document to be signed by the Courts but is encountering significant delays through no fault of their own, who does not have the money to pay the fees of €1,200 per week; if an interim nursing home payment can continue pending receipt of a document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45654/22]

Death Certificates

Bernard Durkan

539. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health to indicate when full death certificate for a person (details supplied) will issue to their daughter which is required for probate given the interim death certificate is no longer acceptable for such purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45825/22]

Hospital Procedures

Bernard Durkan

540. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health to indicate if and when required surgery is likely to be scheduled in the case of a person (details supplied); if all efforts can be made to ensure that the operation takes place as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45831/22]

General Practitioner Services

Bernard Durkan

312. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to ensure an adequate supply of general practitioners throughout north Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45357/22]

Medical Cards

Bernard Durkan

313. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the reason that a medical card was discontinued on foot of review in the case of persons (details supplied) who have heavy medication costs and whose circumstances have not changed since the previous review; if the card can be restored forthwith; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45358/22]

Medical Cards

Bernard Durkan

314. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if and when a full medical card restoration can be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) whose case has been refused on review notwithstanding the fact that their circumstances have not changed and that they are 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45363/22]

Departmental Schemes

Bernard Durkan

538. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if a fair deal application by a person (details supplied) will be reassessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44591/22]

Hospital Facilities

Bernard Durkan

587. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the current position in regard to the long-promised extension of facilities at Naas General Hospital; the extent, if any, to which the originally planned-for facilities have been or are being provided; if particular deficiencies have emerged during the Covid pandemic or thereafter; the extent to which particular shortcomings have been identified, including the adequacy of staffing levels, that are intended to be provided for in the short to medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44894/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Bernard Durkan

588. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the reason that plans to meet the requirements of scoliosis patients cannot be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44903/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Bernard Durkan

589. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which hospital waiting lists are being confronted with a view to a major reduction in such waiting lists and an improvement in the quality of life for those currently on such waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44904/22]

Health Services

Bernard Durkan

1605. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health his plans, if any, to introduce a national screening programme for persons aged 60 years and over for cardiovascular disease, including structural heart disease given that early diagnosis is vital in the treatment of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42373/22]

Health Services

Bernard Durkan

1693. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when the case of children (details supplied) will be treated as a high priority given that both suffer from cystic fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42691/22]

Medical Inquiries

Bernard Durkan

1710. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when a reimbursement will issue under the hardship scheme in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42765/22]

Health Services

Bernard Durkan

1722. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if a renewed European health insurance card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42808/22]

Health Services

Bernard Durkan

1738. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if travel assistance to and from St John of God's, Moyglare Road, County Kildare can urgently be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42886/22]

Medical Cards

Bernard Durkan

1788. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the progress to date in progressing an MC1(e) emergency medical card application in the case of a person (details supplied); when a card is likely to issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43048/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Bernard Durkan

1908. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when the pandemic bonus payment will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43604/22]

Dental Services

Bernard Durkan

1920. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if a transfer of orthodontic treatment can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43647/22]

Home Care Packages

Bernard Durkan

1930. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if any changes have arisen in the amount of time allocated for care as part of the home care package in the case of the wife of a person (details supplied) whose hours appear to have been shortened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43735/22]

Patient Safety

Bernard Durkan

1625. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the circumstances whereby a person (details supplied) managed to get out of bed and receive further injuries notwithstanding the fact of being in the high dependency unit in Beaumont Hospital; if adequate provision is being made to ensure the non-recurrence of this situation in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39598/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Bernard Durkan

1768. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment for nerve blocker injection is likely to be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40305/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Bernard Durkan

2034. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the expected date of appointment in the case of a child (details supplied) who is currently on the waiting list for treatment in Crumlin Children’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41842/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Bernard Durkan

2035. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the expected date of emergency appointment in the case of a child (details supplied) who is currently on the waiting list for treatment in Crumlin Children’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41843/22]

Nursing Homes

Bernard Durkan

2036. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when the benefits of the fair deal scheme will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41844/22]

Health Services Staff

Bernard Durkan

792. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the way that a person (details supplied) who applied for a post in the HSE who was on an approved panel and was informed that they had the position on foot of which they tendered their resignation to their employer and was then informed that the position was no longer available; if he will examine the procedures whereby this could happen; if the procedures will be addressed with a view to a resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39323/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Bernard Durkan

793. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if required surgery can be urgently undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39335/22]

Nursing Homes

Bernard Durkan

794. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed with particular reference to the fact that they have no means of paying any outstanding funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39336/22]

Medical Cards

Bernard Durkan

795. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when a medical card renewal will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39339/22]

Health Services

Bernard Durkan

133. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the HSE continues to deal with non-Covid19 related health issues in an expeditious manner including hospital admissions, home care, outpatient appointments and admissions for urgent and necessary surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37509/22]

Health Services Staff

Bernard Durkan

146. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to ensure the availability of an adequate number of health professionals within the health services including but not limited to consultants, general practitioners and nurses to meet the demand in all areas throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37510/22]

Medicinal Products

Bernard Durkan

1099. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which adequate provision continues to ensure the availability of medicines to treat orphan or rare diseases; the extent to which the provision is adequate based on experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38102/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Bernard Durkan

1100. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which progress has taken place in recent months in respect of reducing the waiting lists for various procedures in respect of scoliosis and spina bifida with particular reference to availing of every opportunity to reduce these waiting lists and to show results on a weekly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38103/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Bernard Durkan

1101. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which ready access to treatment for patients requiring cardiovascular, endoscopy and oncology is expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38104/22]

Home Care Packages

Bernard Durkan

1102. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the progress to date in design and implementation of new statutory scheme for the financing and regulation of home-support services as committed to in the Programme for Government; when such a scheme will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38105/22]

Health Services

Bernard Durkan

1103. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which adequate provision has been made in the short term to deal with various aspects of women’s health with a view to ensuring minimum waiting times, early diagnosis and a rapid response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38106/22]

Dental Services

Bernard Durkan

1104. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which dental patients can have their requirements met and progressed as quickly as possible with particular reference to medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38107/22]

Hospital Services

Bernard Durkan

1105. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which he foresees an adequate supply of hospital beds and access to accident and emergency departments throughout the winter months notwithstanding the persistent threat of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38108/22]

Primary Care Services

Bernard Durkan

1106. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the number and location of existing primary care facilities throughout County Kildare, those already operational and those promised or pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38109/22]

Dental Services

Bernard Durkan

1107. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the total number of children currently awaiting orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38110/22]

Health Services

Bernard Durkan

1108. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which women’s health specifically remains central to the provision and delivery of a reliable level and quality of health services in all areas throughout Ireland without exception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38111/22]

Health Services

Bernard Durkan

1109. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the ongoing efforts underway to enhance the quality and scale of community and institutional mental health services, with particular reference to the need to achieve quality of service in line with the requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38112/22]

Disease Management

Bernard Durkan

220. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if adequate funding support is available to identify and treat rare diseases; if such diagnoses can trigger a rapid response particularly in respect of the lesser known rare diseases; if such a provision will be made at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36352/22]

Disease Management

Bernard Durkan

221. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the number of person who have rare diseases awaiting a decision in respect of reimbursement for medication; the number of cases still awaiting a diagnosis and access to treatment and reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36353/22]

General Practitioner Services

Bernard Durkan

340. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 633 of 29 March 2022, the progress that has been made to date in announcing the date for the commencement of the expansion of the free general practitioner care scheme for children under seven years of age that was announced as part of Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36717/22]

Health Strategies

Bernard Durkan

696. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the plans, if any, to introduce a new national cardiovascular strategy in Ireland given the rising number of persons who are suffering from a form of cardiovascular disease; if any evaluation has been done as to the success of any previous strategy in this regard; if not, when same will be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35564/22]

Vaccination Programme

Bernard Durkan

786. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if the health technology assessment regarding the potential inclusion of a chickenpox varicella zoster vaccine has been completed by HIQA; if his Department are taking the report into consideration in Budget 2023 discussions; if a 2023 launch of this programme is likely subject to a positive HTA report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35880/22]

Vaccination Programme

Bernard Durkan

787. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the number of times the Vaccine Alliance has met since it was established by his Department in September 2019; if he will provide the dates of these meetings and its current terms of reference; if he will outline his future intentions for the work of this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35881/22]

Disease Management

Bernard Durkan

826. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which efforts are being made to meet the challenges of rare diseases, early diagnosis and the requirement for rare/orphan disease drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36103/22]

Disease Management

Bernard Durkan

827. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health to indicate the incidents of rare diseases reported/diagnosed in this country in the past five years; the extent to which it has been found possible to offer appropriate medication within a short time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36104/22]

Disease Management

Bernard Durkan

828. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the degree to which research continues into rare diseases in this country by means of the highest possible level of scientific research, reference to centres of excellence globally; the extent to which, in Ireland that it is possible for persons suffering from rare diseases to obtain early diagnoses and remuneration as appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36105/22]

Medicinal Products

Bernard Durkan

829. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the degree to which access to various medicines remains equally available to those in this jurisdiction as compared with the rest of the Single Market in Europe and at a similar price; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36106/22]

Disease Management

Bernard Durkan

830. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the degree of progress to date on the upgrading/updating of the National Rare Diseases Plan; if specific responsibility has been attributed to any leading team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36111/22]

Disease Management

Bernard Durkan

831. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if and when a review of the National Rare Diseases Plan 2014-2018 will be concluded and its findings published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36112/22]

Health Services

Bernard Durkan

832. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the degree to which patients requiring treatment for post-mesh conditions continue to receive support and recognition in the scale required at the earliest possible juncture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36113/22]

Healthcare Policy

Bernard Durkan

833. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the degree to which cardiovascular research continues to be made available to the service providers with particular reference to ensuring that adequate provision in terms of financial and staffing supports are made available to those providing such services in the shortest possible time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36114/22]

Disease Management

Bernard Durkan

834. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients throughout the country allegedly suffering from a rare disease but whose condition remains undiagnosed; if such patients are deemed to be suffering from a rare disease; if a sufficiently coordinated action plan will be put in place to meet their requirements in early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36116/22]

Abortion Services

Bernard Durkan

308. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which authentic statistics are available in respect of the termination of pregnancies at all hospitals throughout the country in each of the past six years, including those undertaken outside the State; the extent to which the 2019 legislation is being observed in the spirit of the letter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35228/22]

Patient Safety

Bernard Durkan

309. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the circumstances in which a person (details supplied) managed to get out of bed and receive further injuries notwithstanding the fact that they are in the high-dependency unit in Tallaght hospital; if adequate provision is being made to ensure non-recurrence of this situation in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35229/22]

Abortion Services

Bernard Durkan

310. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure reliable statistics and information in respect of termination of pregnancies are readily available and published through Government sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35230/22]

Vaccination Programme

Bernard Durkan

311. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the availability of a Covid-19 booster to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35234/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Bernard Durkan

312. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when a required operation will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35236/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

313. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if a long-term illness payment or equivalent status will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) who suffers from multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35244/22]

Nursing Homes

Bernard Durkan

781. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if an emergency fund exists to assist with gaps in fair deal funding with particular reference to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32246/22]