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Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Sorca Clarke
652. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current waiting list for orthopaedics in Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway. [15971/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Sorca Clarke
653. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has been waiting over six years to be seen by orthopaedics in Merlin Park University Hospital Galway; and the immediate action that will be taken to address the damage caused. [15972/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Sorca Clarke
654. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when the €1,000 payment as announced on 19 January 2022 for healthcare workers will be paid. [15975/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Health Services Staff
Sorca Clarke
721. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby section 38 funded staff working overnight only get paid the sleepover rate which is the minimum wage even if staff are required to work and be on the floor during those times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16389/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Care Services
Sorca Clarke
825. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the introduction of a national statutory support scheme for the licensing and regulation of home care providers. [16668/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Care Services
Sorca Clarke
826. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct his Department officials to review the current practice by which his Department obstructs the payment of travel time to tendered service providers in the home care sector even though they provide it to their own staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16669/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Care Services
Sorca Clarke
827. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the right to receive care in a nursing home on a statutory basis; if he will consider giving the same statutory right to receive care at home, which is the preferred option of the majority of older persons in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16671/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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General Practitioner Services
Sorca Clarke
824. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner practices with capacity to accept new patients in counties Longford and Westmeath in tabular form. [13972/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Sorca Clarke
726. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of women awaiting gynaecology appointments by hospital, in tabular form. [13123/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Sorca Clarke
727. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a gynaecology appointment by hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022. [13124/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Health Services
Sorca Clarke
728. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of women who were diagnosed with cervical cancer following gynaecology consultation in 2021 and to date in 2022. [13125/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Health Services Staff
Sorca Clarke
625. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the amount of time that must pass before a healthcare professional is eligible to reapply for inclusion on the National Recruitment Service panel in cases in which they were removed from the panel during the recruitment process. [10892/22]
Thu, 24 Feb 2022
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Health Services Staff
Sorca Clarke
362. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the action that has being taken and the proposals to address the significant delay in the recruitment of podiatry staff in acute and community services following the recent launched Model of Care for the Diabetic Foot by the HSE and the highlighted intention to increase the number of podiatrists via the planned HSE chronic disease management community hubs; and the current vacancies for same in each CHO area in tabular form. [10639/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Healthcare Policy
Sorca Clarke
736. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the status of the community healthcare networks supporting the expansion of services based on the need and size of local populations as outlined in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9341/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Sorca Clarke
881. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the public hospitals that have the facility to take DEXA scans; the number of these DEXA scanners in each of those hospitals in question in tabular form. [10064/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Health Services Staff
Sorca Clarke
882. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent respiratory physiotherapists working in the Mullingar Regional Hospital in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [10065/22]
Thu, 17 Feb 2022
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Health Services
Sorca Clarke
291. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently intervene in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8865/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Sorca Clarke
806. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if the HSE staff redeployed to Covid-19 community assessment hubs for the first five months of the pandemic will be eligible for the €1,000 bonus proposed for frontline healthcare staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6761/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Healthcare Policy
Sorca Clarke
807. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if his Department has begun collating data on those suffering from long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6762/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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Hospital Services
Sorca Clarke
658. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the status of the plans regarding the €3 million funding for the development of specialist palliative care inpatient units in the north east, that is, Drogheda and Cavan and Tullamore, County Offaly that was announced by his Department in December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4379/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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Hospital Charges
Sorca Clarke
815. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when the in-hospital charges for children will be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5154/22]
Wed, 19 Jan 2022
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Home Care Packages
Sorca Clarke
1555. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Longford awaiting the allocation of homecare hours; the length of time they have been waiting; and the number of hours they have been allocated. [63591/21]
Wed, 19 Jan 2022
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Home Care Packages
Sorca Clarke
1556. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Westmeath awaiting the allocation of homecare hours; the length of time they have been waiting; and the number of hours they have been allocated. [63592/21]
Wed, 19 Jan 2022
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Covid-19 Tests
Sorca Clarke
1690. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the available hours to access the HSE antigen online order form beyond the current 12 hours per day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1332/22]
Wed, 19 Jan 2022
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Thalidomide Victims Compensation
Sorca Clarke
1750. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when a group (details supplied) can expect a rescheduled date for a meeting given that the original date was over 12 months ago. [1608/22]
Thu, 9 Dec 2021
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Covid-19 Tests
Sorca Clarke
329. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the requirement for persons who have previously tested positive for Covid-19 and hold a valid HSE recovery certificate in relation to the new international travel Covid-19 testing measures. [61002/21]
Tue, 7 Dec 2021
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Disability Services
Sorca Clarke
616. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can expect a date for allocation to a full-time residential care facility as recommended at a multi-discipline team meeting held on 19 November 2021 which included representations from disability services, older persons and primary care services. [60423/21]
Tue, 7 Dec 2021
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Home Care Packages
Sorca Clarke
617. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to return home with the necessary homecare support system in place until such a time when a place in a full-time residential care home is secured. [60424/21]
Tue, 7 Dec 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Sorca Clarke
641. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the distribution of the booster vaccines to general practitioners by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60562/21]
Wed, 1 Dec 2021
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Covid-19 Tests
Sorca Clarke
169. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the additional supports that will be put in place to ensure quick and local access to PCR testing given the level of additional needs of the service users of a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59156/21]
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Hospital Services
Sorca Clarke
558. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if a birthing pool is located in the maternity unit at Mullingar Regional Hospital. [58516/21]
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Health Services
Sorca Clarke
559. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional capacity an increase of €5 million in respite care services would provide. [58517/21]
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Hospital Staff
Sorca Clarke
560. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of an additional full-time consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeon for Mullingar Regional Hospital. [58518/21]
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Disability Services
Sorca Clarke
561. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if the 27 additional expert staff to process assessments of needs were filled after funding for these additional staff was announced in Budget 2021. [58519/21]
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Hospital Staff
Sorca Clarke
562. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts by speciality currently in CHI Crumlin; the length of time each post has been vacant for; and when each vacancy will be filled in tabular form. [58520/21]
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Hospital Staff
Sorca Clarke
563. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the details of the most recent projected workplace planning requirements to meet demand in urology services; and the number of these posts that are filled in tabular form. [58521/21]
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Hospital Staff
Sorca Clarke
572. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses employed in Temple Street Children’s Hospital, Dublin as, or working in the position of, head of ward or acting head of ward but without the mandatory five years post-qualification experience. [58597/21]
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Hospital Staff
Sorca Clarke
573. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of resignations in Temple Street Children’s Hospital by those employed as, or working in the position of, head of ward or acting head of ward in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [58598/21]
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Hospital Staff
Sorca Clarke
574. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant head of ward or acting head of ward positions at Temple Street Children’s Hospital, Dublin. [58599/21]
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Health Service Executive
Sorca Clarke
729. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 834 of 28 September 2021, the buildings currently in use by the HSE that are either owned, leased or rented on a full or part-time basis which have been assessed as having asbestos in the buildings; and the actions that have been taken to ensure the health and safety of employees and former employees to assess the health impact that asbestos had for counties Longford and Westmeath in tabular form. [59120/21]
Thu, 25 Nov 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Sorca Clarke
373. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to classifying Covid-19 as a long-term medical condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58250/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Departmental Data
Sorca Clarke
328. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children on school age team or the new equivalent on the psychology waiting lists that have been also referred to primary care psychology by county in each of the years 2018 to 2020 an to date in 2021, in tabular form. [56713/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Mental Health Services
Sorca Clarke
329. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children on school age team or new equivalent on psychology waiting lists that have been also referred to primary care psychology and that referral was not accepted by county in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form [56714/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Mental Health Services
Sorca Clarke
330. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the actions taken to date to address the longstanding difficulties in recruiting a psychologist to the disability services team in the HSE health centre, Longford Road, Mullingar as acknowledged by the complaints officer that the current staffing levels are not sufficient to provide a full service. [56715/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Mental Health Services
Sorca Clarke
331. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene on behalf of a child (details supplied). [56716/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Mental Health Services
Sorca Clarke
332. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints made to the Your Service Your Say that relate to psychology services in counties Longford and Westmeath in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [56717/21]
Wed, 17 Nov 2021
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Health Service Executive
Sorca Clarke
264. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will request a review of the decision to refuse an application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56472/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Health Services
Sorca Clarke
614. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of requests by both adults and children for transport to hospitals outside the State that were not facilitated in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [55965/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Sorca Clarke
661. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he is considering recommending a return to working from home for the winter months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56179/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Home Help Service
Sorca Clarke
938. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours approved but not yet provided in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in counties Longford and Westmeath in tabular form. [52573/21]