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Tue, 5 Jul 2022
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Disability Services
Sorca Clarke
770. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when the action plan for the disability capacity review which was due to be published by December 2021 will be published given the need for a strategic approach to addressing the un-met need highlighted in the capacity review. [35786/22]
Tue, 5 Jul 2022
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Disability Services
Sorca Clarke
851. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the funding that is available through his Department for the provision and training costs for rapid prompt boards for children on the ASD spectrum at home and in school. [36175/22]
Tue, 5 Jul 2022
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Abortion Services
Sorca Clarke
878. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure the provision of abortion services remain free, safe and protected. [36272/22]
Wed, 22 Jun 2022
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Health Services Staff
Sorca Clarke
236. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of Parkinson’s disease nurse specialists currently employed in the health service per CHO area in tabular form. [33239/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Health Services
Sorca Clarke
761. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he intends to seek and expansion of the new-born screening programme given that 28 June 2022 marks World New-born Screening Day to include spinal muscular atrophy and if not, the review that was conducted to indicate that this test should not be carried out routinely a given clinical data shows the earlier a patient receives treatment for SMA, the better the outcome.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32102/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Health Services Staff
Sorca Clarke
764. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapist vacancies that exist in a centre (details supplied). [32145/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Health Services
Sorca Clarke
765. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied). [32146/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Sorca Clarke
766. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for augmentative and alternative communication devices that have been approved for service users of a centre (details supplied) that are currently being processed. [32147/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Sorca Clarke
767. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of augmentative and alternative communication devices that have been approved for each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form by county; and the number of application for the same period that were refused. [32148/22]
Wed, 15 Jun 2022
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Care Services
Sorca Clarke
217. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has been informed by the HSE that it is without funding to provide the necessary transport to enable them to attend the day service provided by a centre in Mullingar. [31162/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Sorca Clarke
1381. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the steps that he will take to ensure that the promised bonus to those who worked on the frontline during Covid-19 including those in section 38 funded projects, is paid without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28828/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Sorca Clarke
1382. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when all healthcare workers who are entitled to the bonus for those who worked on the front line during Covid-19 will receive same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28829/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Health Services Staff
Sorca Clarke
1404. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when a specialist multiple-system atrophy nurse will be provided for those diagnosed with this progressive neurologic disease; the number of persons with this diagnosis; and the current access to specialist multiple-system atrophy care. [29008/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Hospital Staff
Sorca Clarke
1405. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current number of whole-time equivalent vacancies per department in Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [29011/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Sorca Clarke
1406. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current waiting lists per duration and department in Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, in tabular form. [29012/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Sorca Clarke
1559. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the engagement he has had to ensure the members of the Defence Forces are paid the €1,000 pandemic bonus as soon as possible given that it was announced in January 2022. [29731/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Sorca Clarke
1560. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if the eligibility requirement of 12 months in post given the rotational nature of their schedule will be applied to those members of the Defence Forces that applied for the €1,000 pandemic bonus. [29732/22]
Thu, 2 Jun 2022
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Ukraine War
Sorca Clarke
364. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the engagement that his Department has had with the relevant stakeholders in relation to the refugees arriving from Ukraine and the coordination of services, supports and resources which are presently being delivered in an ad-hoc manner by volunteers attempting to meet the needs of those fleeing the Russian invasion. [28546/22]
Tue, 31 May 2022
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Departmental Staff
Sorca Clarke
728. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of workers in his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department that are not employed directly but are employed by a private company. [27775/22]
Thu, 26 May 2022
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National Maternity Hospital
Sorca Clarke
11. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will immediately implement a fast thorough review of the existing National Maternity Hospital given that it will be some time before the new national maternity hospital is built (details supplied). [26034/22]
Thu, 26 May 2022
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Health Services
Sorca Clarke
91. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the consideration that he and his Department have given to the requests by an organisation (details supplied) for a new contract to replace the existing 23-year-old contract for public eye-care and for the expansion of services accessed in the community. [26033/22]
Thu, 26 May 2022
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Departmental Reviews
Sorca Clarke
390. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will implement a review of Ireland's maternity hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27179/22]
Tue, 24 May 2022
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Medicinal Products
Sorca Clarke
683. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the steps that he and his Department are taking to tackle the continued shortage of hormone replacement treatments across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26470/22]
Tue, 24 May 2022
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Health Services Staff
Sorca Clarke
684. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of community optometrists contracted to provide services by CHO area in 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [26471/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Ambulance Service
Sorca Clarke
344. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the reason that medical card holders who are resident in nursing homes are being denied their right to a public ambulance to transport them to either outpatient or inpatient hospital appointments and that families are being presented with accumulating bills from private ambulance providers. [24034/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Ambulance Service
Sorca Clarke
345. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the reason that private ambulances are being utilised by nursing homes for the transport of medical card holders who cannot be transferred by wheelchair taxi to hospital in cases in which the national ambulance service or another ambulance service (details supplied) could provide this service either freely or for a nominal fee. [24035/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Sorca Clarke
346. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who are awaiting an appointment with a genetic counsellor in the department of clinical genetics, Crumlin Children’s Hospital. [24036/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Sorca Clarke
347. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who are awaiting an appointment with a genetic counsellor in the department of clinical genetics, Crumlin Children’s Hospital in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [24037/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Disease Management
Sorca Clarke
348. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years of age who have diagnosis of ataxia telangiectasia; and the treatment that is available to them in Ireland. [24038/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Disease Management
Sorca Clarke
349. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the way a child with a diagnosis of ataxia telangiectasia can access clinical trials outside of Ireland. [24039/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Health Services
Sorca Clarke
765. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the treatments available in the public health services for persons with leber congenital amaurosis and early onset of severe retinal dystrophy. [23116/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Emergency Departments
Sorca Clarke
766. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who presented to the accident and emergency department in Mullingar Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [23117/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Mental Health Services
Sorca Clarke
767. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for Jigsaw; the average waiting times in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022 in CHO 8 in tabular form. [23118/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Health Services Staff
Sorca Clarke
768. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant paediatric cardiologists working in the public health services; his plans to expand this number; the international recommended best practice ratio for paediatric cardiologist surgeons to population and current ratio. [23119/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Hospital Appointments Status
Sorca Clarke
421. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has not been given a hospital appointment given the circumstances. [21687/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Departmental Funding
Sorca Clarke
456. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the provision of one-to-one services for a person [21870/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Disease Management
Sorca Clarke
495. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the awareness campaigns and training that is available to general practitioners for the identification and treatment of Lyme disease. [22033/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Disease Management
Sorca Clarke
496. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if test results for Lyme disease that have been identified in private testing facilities or following medical investigations abroad are recognised for treatment by the HSE here. [22034/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Disease Management
Sorca Clarke
497. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if the supplementary medications and treatment required for chronic Lyme disease will be covered by the general medical scheme and the drug treatment scheme. [22035/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Health Services
Sorca Clarke
1358. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if all staff have been redeployed back to regional drug and alcohol task forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19330/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Sorca Clarke
1471. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the salaries and expenses paid to advisers, Ministers and-or Ministers of State in his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [19748/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Organ Donation
Sorca Clarke
189. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if the proposed human tissue Bill providing the legal basis for an opt-out system of organ donation will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18426/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Disability Services
Sorca Clarke
845. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children with Down syndrome in counties Longford and Westmeath that are currently waiting on speech and language therapy; and the length of waiting time by provision centre in tabular form. [18130/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Disability Services
Sorca Clarke
846. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children with Down syndrome in counties Longford and Westmeath that are currently attending speech and language therapies. [18131/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Disability Services
Sorca Clarke
847. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children with Down syndrome in counties Longford and Westmeath who's in-person speech and language therapy session was delivered via online or telephone in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [18132/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Disability Services
Sorca Clarke
848. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen in person for speech and language therapy. [18133/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Health Services
Sorca Clarke
849. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to develop care pathway for persons diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; his plans to recruit specialists or specialist multidisciplinary teams to deal with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18134/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Health Services
Sorca Clarke
850. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the action that has been taken to ensure that the shortage of neurology nurse specialists in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital is addressed given that this hospital is the main neurology centre for persons in counties Longford and Westmeath; and the engagement he has had with an association (details supplied) in relation to its campaign for 100 extra neurology nurse specialists across Ireland which includes eight extra nurses for the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital. [18135/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Medicinal Products
Sorca Clarke
853. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the criteria for which atropine 0.01% eye drops prescribed for myopia to limit the risk of damage to eyes and potentially detached retinas is not on licence and therefore not covered by the drug payment scheme (details supplied). [18179/22]
Wed, 30 Mar 2022
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Health Services Staff
Sorca Clarke
134. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the grades of employment or posts as designated by order of the Minister that are excluded from contesting a local election. [16822/22]