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Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
667. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE plastic surgery registrars working in Portlaoise Regional Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16102/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
668. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE ANP for diabetes in pregnancy working in the maternity unit at St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny, in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16103/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Public Sector Pensions
John McGuinness
669. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the pension entitlements due to a person (details supplied) will be paid on the basis of their position in St. Canice’s Hospital, Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the matter. [16107/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Hospital Procedures
Michael Healy-Rae
670. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital procedure for a person (details supplied); when an appointment be offered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16130/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Healthcare Policy
Michael Healy-Rae
671. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if the age limit with regard to bowel cancer screening (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16132/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
672. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the shortfall between the cost of prosthetic limbs for amputees and the reimbursement from insurance companies; and what action he proposes to bring them in to line. [16145/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
673. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the availability of paid for prosthetic limbs on the HSE to amputees beyond the first prosthesis and give full life long support to amputees in line with other long term health conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16146/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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General Practitioner Services
Thomas Gould
674. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an investment fund is intending to convert a currently-operating GPs surgery in Blackpool, Cork, and close the existing service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16148/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Niamh Smyth
675. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if they will be provided with a place in the step down unit in Monaghan urgently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16167/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Paul McAuliffe
676. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of adult ADHD services in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16168/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Michael Healy-Rae
677. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to ensure a referral (details supplied) is put forward and an appointment to be given at the earliest opportunity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16169/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Michael Healy-Rae
678. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when will an appointment be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16171/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Healthcare Policy
Patrick Costello
679. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if will he publish the updated HSE palliative care strategy as a matter of urgency in line with recommendation 12 of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Assisted Dying report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16195/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Hospital Procedures
Alan Kelly
680. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health how many operations have been cancelled in Croom Hospital on a weekly basis since 1 January 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16200/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Hospital Procedures
Alan Kelly
681. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health how many operations have been cancelled in Nenagh Hospital on a weekly basis since 1 January 2024, in tabular form. [16201/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Hospital Procedures
Alan Kelly
682. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health how many operations have been cancelled in Ennis Hospital on a weekly basis since 1 January 2024, in tabular form. [16202/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Hospital Procedures
Alan Kelly
683. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health how many operations have been cancelled in St. Johns Hospital on a weekly basis since 1 January 2024, in tabular form. [16203/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Hospital Procedures
Alan Kelly
684. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health how many operations have been cancelled in UHL on a weekly basis since 1 January 2024, in tabular form. [16204/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Home Care Packages
Charles Flanagan
685. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health when HSE contracted home care visit staff in counties Laois and Offaly will resume evening and weekend hours to ensure that a full complement of service is available to patients and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16205/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Community Care
Charles Flanagan
686. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the policy with respect to the treatment of patients by community intervention teams; if there is a differentiation between public and private patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16217/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Community Care
Charles Flanagan
687. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the HSE community intervention team for the south east, based in Carlow town is at capacity for the treatment of oncology patients; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16218/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Sorca Clarke
688. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric diabetic clinics and the number of people availing of these services, respectively, by county in tabular form. [16220/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Medical Cards
Carol Nolan
689. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the health service of providing medical cards including GP visit cards to international protection applicants and beneficiaries of temporary protection from 2022 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16231/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Thomas Pringle
690. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the dedicated supports currently available to children and families impacted by foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (details supplied); what dedicated supports, if any, are currently available; the plans there are in child and family services to address the needs of children on the foetal alcohol spectrum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16232/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Health Services Staff
Michael Lowry
691. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress update on the HSE recruitment freeze; when this recruitment freeze is likely to be lifted; the number of front line positions per services department which remained unfilled in CHO5 south Tipperary and CHO3 north Tipperary compared to before the freeze was implemented, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16234/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Michael Healy-Rae
692. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to expedite a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16237/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Pa Daly
693. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has any plans to provide a minor injuries clinic for Kerry. [16240/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Pa Daly
694. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has any plans to provide extra respite beds in hospitals in Kerry. [16241/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Hospital Services
Pa Daly
695. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide extra orthopaedic surgeries and beds, as per a capital project request from University Hospital Kerry. [16242/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Sorca Clarke
696. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the national diabetes paediatric clinical audit. [16249/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Brendan Griffin
697. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if a mobility chair will be provided to a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16266/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Departmental Data
Darren O'Rourke
698. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of skull base surgeries performed at Beaumont Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [16275/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Mental Health Services
Darren O'Rourke
699. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of 24-hour-staffed community mental health residences within CHO8; and if all of those facilities meet the requirements of the HSE Design for Mental Health Guidelines. [16276/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Health Services Staff
Darren O'Rourke
700. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurosurgeons at Beaumont Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [16277/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Departmental Bodies
Pádraig O'Sullivan
701. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health who the members of the Medicines Sustainability Taskforce are; how many times they have met; the projected timeline to publish and implement findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16290/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Health Service Executive
Pádraig O'Sullivan
702. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the number of additional staff hired by the HSE's corporate pharmaceutical unit in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16291/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Health Strategies
Pádraig O'Sullivan
703. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the expected benefits for the Irish health system of the introduction of the EU HTA regulation in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16292/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Psychological Assessments
Paul Kehoe
704. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health the appropriate pathway through the health service for a child to receive an ADHD diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16298/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Health Strategies
Charles Flanagan
705. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will now review all transgender treatment in the State, having regard to the recent publication of a landmark report (details supplied) stating that the evidence for allowing young people and children to change gender is built on “shaky foundations”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16336/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Thomas Gould
706. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to staff dissatisfaction at the removal of staff car parking spaces from the CUH and CUMH; what engagement has taken place with staff and their unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16388/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Hospital Staff
Alan Kelly
707. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE accident and emergency department nurses based at Tipperary University Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased this year. [16392/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Hospital Staff
Alan Kelly
708. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant oncologist based in Cork University Hospital in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16393/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Health Services Staff
Alan Kelly
709. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to recruit two additional WTE orthodontics specialists, two additional senior dental hygienists and two additional senior dental surgeons for the public dental services. [16394/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Health Services Staff
Alan Kelly
710. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of plastic surgeries procedures carried out at University Hospital Limerick in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16395/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Health Services Staff
Alan Kelly
711. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant general adult psychiatrists with a special interest in substance misuse in the CHO5 mental health service in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16396/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Ambulance Service
Claire Kerrane
712. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service will commit to undertaking yearly privileging courses; if not, if it will commit to privileging its currently employed advanced paramedic staff who are practising to paramedic level and are qualified as advanced paramedics but not privileged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16421/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Ambulance Service
Claire Kerrane
713. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service will commit to privileging courses as a previously set out course or commence a new course, with a new structure, content and contract for staff who enrol in it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16422/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Nursing Homes
Alan Kelly
714. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when the new 50-bed St. Camillus nursing home in Limerick will be opened; and when the other 25-bed additional unit is planned to be open. [16423/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Health Services Staff
Danny Healy-Rae
715. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16424/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Abortion Services
Peter Fitzpatrick
716. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Health the reason minutes are not being kept of the meetings of the Implementation Group examining the operation of the Health (Regulation of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16427/24]