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Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Dara Calleary
1485. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a consultant neurologist at Mayo University Hospital, Castlebar, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12909/24]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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Dental Services
Dara Calleary
624. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if GMS dental patients who cannot access dentists in Ireland can travel to Northern Ireland (details supplied) to have procedures done and if not, can the HSE refund or part refund the costs. [8020/24]
Wed, 14 Feb 2024
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Healthcare Policy
Dara Calleary
300. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to extend mammograms for under 50 year-olds and over 69 year-olds. [6717/24]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Dental Services
Dara Calleary
540. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health for a list of dentists participating in the GMS scheme in County Mayo. [53399/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Dara Calleary
590. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if he will consider adding the cost of myopathy lenses to the public scheme (details supplied); if not, if his Department will cover the cost up to costs incurred of ordinary lenses which are covered by the public scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53676/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Dental Services
Dara Calleary
1219. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the national school dentist scheme for 6th class children who have yet to be seen by a school dentist due to Covid (details supplied). [48095/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Dara Calleary
522. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health for details on non-payment of the pandemic payment to a company (details supplied). [44805/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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General Practitioner Services
Dara Calleary
525. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health for an update on the non-EU doctor scheme; how many GPs have been recruited to date; to provide a breakdown, by county, of the number and location of GPs recruited; how many more are planned to be recruited in 2023 and 2024; the criteria for placement of recruited doctors across the country; what the national average of GPs-to-CHO population in the State currently stands at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43746/23]
Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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Health Services
Dara Calleary
579. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the reason there are significant delays in COS Scheme - Community Opthalmic Physicians employed by HSE. [42205/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Medicinal Products
Dara Calleary
1117. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to add a condition (details supplied) to the long-term illness scheme. [35732/23]
Wed, 12 Jul 2023
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Health Services
Dara Calleary
247. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if his Department has considered the introduction of a text messaging reminder service for HSE appointments; if he will agree that the degree of missed appointments is posing a strain to HSE services and resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34503/23]
Tue, 11 Jul 2023
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Health Services Staff
Dara Calleary
810. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that Irish physiotherapists who achieved qualifications in EU countries such as the Netherlands are unable to register with CORU; if he is aware that in order to register with CORU such qualified persons require 210 hours in cardiorespiratory physiotherapy completed in an acute hospital setting in the Republic of Ireland; if he will acknowledge that attaining such placements is increasingly impossible for such persons; if he will outline any changes in policy that his Department is pursuing in an effort to rectify this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34106/23]
Tue, 4 Jul 2023
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Pharmacy Services
Dara Calleary
617. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the restoration of pharmacy fees slashed under FEMPI; if he will acknowledge that pharmacies are under threat as a result of the failure to restore fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32379/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Dara Calleary
684. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the pandemic bonus payment for three agency workers (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22941/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Healthcare Policy
Dara Calleary
678. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if versatis patches will be reinstated for medical card or long-term Illness patients with multiple sclerosis as it is only available on schemes if the patient had shingles. [14940/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Healthcare Policy
Dara Calleary
679. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if efforts have made since 2017 to procure versatis at a better rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14941/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Dara Calleary
347. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to include ileostomy bags in the long-term illness scheme. [14456/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Medicinal Products
Dara Calleary
583. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) can be added to GMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11059/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Dara Calleary
539. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the pandemic payment of €1,000 for a person (details supplied). [6488/23]
Wed, 8 Feb 2023
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Medical Cards
Dara Calleary
369. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if medication (details supplied) can be added to the GMS scheme for medical card users. [5724/23]