Parliamentary questions

Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

576. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists working for CAMHS in the Meath area; if there is a dedicated day that each centre has a psychologist in attendance at each centre; how many hours each centre is serviced by the psychologist each week/month; the average number of hours that service users attending each of these centres gets with a psychologists and other services supplied in each of the centres in Meath broken down into weekly figures; and the number of children waiting in each centre for the service in the past five years. [6234/24]

Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

577. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists working for CAMHS in the Meath area; if there is a dedicated day that each centre has a psychologist in attendance and is taking appointments; and the number of children waiting in each centre for service for the past five years. [6235/24]

Food Safety

Pauline Tully

578. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if the Food Safety Authority of Ireland is obliged to inspect and approve of abattoirs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6239/24]

Medical Cards

Martin Kenny

579. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason a person over 70 years whose income comes solely from social welfare or HSE payments is entitled to a medical card even though they are over the income threshold, but a person who is over the income threshold due to private income is not entitled to a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6260/24]

Dental Services

James O'Connor

580. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns relating to the delay in dental treatment of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6275/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Maurice Quinlivan

581. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health when a person will receive an appointment date (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6284/24]

Health Services

Johnny Guirke

582. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the current number of GP doctors in County Meath; the current average number of people per GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6285/24]

Hospital Services

Pearse Doherty

583. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a bed can be provided for a person in St Joseph’s Community Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6294/24]

Health Services

Martin Kenny

584. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the way that a person (details supplied) can get reimbursement for medical expenses from Norway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6297/24]

Hospital Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

585. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health what services or financial supports are available from the State to patients in County Donegal who have to travel for hospital treatment outside of their county; and if he can clarify whether the transport for patients to Sligo Hospital Eye Clinic has now been curtailed or cancelled. [6318/24]

Health Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

586. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will comment on the availability of private capacity to be used as a surge measure by a hospital group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6356/24]

Health Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

587. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health for the corporate structure of the full complement of a senior management team at a hospital group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6357/24]

Departmental Contracts

Thomas Pringle

588. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all systems of confidentiality are used when tendering for the National Children’s Hospital; what controls his Department has over the process; if he is satisfied that no inappropriate influence is placed on the tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6443/24]

Hospital Facilities

Martin Browne

589. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health his views on the need to repurpose the nightingale beds at University Hospital Limerick to provide a more immediate increase in capacity at the hospital, rather than decommissioning them; to outline any engagements he has had on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6455/24]

Medical Cards

Niall Collins

590. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health for an update on a medical card application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6487/24]

Departmental Properties

Robert Troy

591. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the future plans for the old HSE-owned site at St Peter’s in Castlepollard, County Westmeath. [6488/24]

Primary Care Centres

Verona Murphy

592. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of a primary care centre in New Ross, County Wexford;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6505/24]

Medicinal Products

Seán Sherlock

593. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason a family has been refused payment for a long term illness card drug (details supplied). [6508/24]

Nursing Homes

Mick Barry

594. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health to provide the amount paid to a number of nursing home groups (details supplied) last year under the nursing homes support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6512/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

595. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health for an update on a case (details supplied) and when the person concerned can expect an appointment. [6523/24]

Nursing Homes

Mick Barry

596. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the status of a nursing home (details supplied) following HIQA's findings in respect of fire safety issues at the building; if alternative accommodation has been secured for the current residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6530/24]

Hospital Services

Róisín Shortall

597. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of public hospitals that have Wi-Fi, by location, in tabular form. [6534/24]

Health Promotion

Róisín Shortall

598. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to a media report (details supplied) on a recommendation by the HSE's national women and infants health programme that white flour should be fortified with folic acid; if he is considering initiating this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6535/24]

Hospital Facilities

Róisín Shortall

599. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide further details in relation to the dedicated paediatric spinal surgery unit that he asked Children's Health Ireland to establish; the indicative timeline for operationalising this unit; his plans regarding orthopaedic waiting lists for children following his instruction to the HSE to appoint a full-time project lead to work on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6536/24]

Hospital Procedures

Róisín Shortall

600. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the timeline for completion and publication of the independent review into spinal surgeries at Temple Street Children's Hospital, following the identification of 17 additional cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6537/24]

Legislative Programme

Róisín Shortall

601. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the timeline he is working towards in drafting and publishing the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023, listed for priority drafting in the Spring Government Legislative Programme; if it is his intention to begin second stage before the summer 2024 recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6550/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Kathleen Funchion

602. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health if he will list all medications that are needed for long-Covid sufferers that are not available on the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6552/24]

Departmental Reviews

Neasa Hourigan

603. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline for when the clinical review group will complete its work to determine if evidence exists to expand the scope of the medical cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6555/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Niamh Smyth

604. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if he will review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will address the concerns outlined and provide an update on this matter. [6562/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Niamh Smyth

605. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if he will review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will address concerns outlined and provide an update on this matter. [6563/24]

Departmental Reports

Ged Nash

606. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of recommendation No. 7 of the Report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Healthcare Assistants; if he will consider establishing a joint labour committee to cover the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6581/24]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

607. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent, WTE, adult ADHD specialists working in community healthcare organisations, CHO 3 and CHO 5, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form.. [6606/24]

Health Services

Alan Kelly

608. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of heart transplant procedures that have been performed to date in 2024. [6607/24]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

609. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent, WTE, consultant gastroenterologist and gastroenterologist registrars attached to University Hospital Limerick in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6608/24]

Mental Health Services

Chris Andrews

610. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if urgent action will be taken to prioritise the reform of the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6611/24]

Mental Health Services

Fergus O'Dowd

611. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to concerns and details raised by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6614/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Niamh Smyth

295. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) is waiting so long to get an appointment with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5777/24]

Substance Misuse

Paul Murphy

296. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health what actions his Department is taking in relation to nitrous oxide gas; if research has been carried out by the HSE in relation to the potential dangers of taking this gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5790/24]

Hospital Facilities

Peadar Tóibín

297. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will consider a haemodialysis unit for Our Lady's Hospital Navan, given the most recent number of patients from Meath travelling outside the county for renal dialysis treatment as provided by the National Renal Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5792/24]

Health Services

Niamh Smyth

298. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5807/24]

Hospital Staff

Joan Collins

299. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant rheumatologists attached to each hospital part of the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [5833/24]

Health Services

Gino Kenny

300. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason the free contraception scheme is only available for the 17 to 31 years age brackets; and the rationale for limiting the scheme to this age group only. [5834/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Duncan Smith

301. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health whether any or all of the 80+ recommendations made in the report of the Covid-19 Nursing Homes Expert Panel published in August 2020 have been accepted; the progress made in implementing any of the recommendations to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5845/24]

Health Services

Róisín Shortall

302. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide further details in relation to the Budget 2024 allocation to the transgender model of care; the status of plans to develop an updated model of care and appoint a clinical lead for transgender services; the timeline he is working towards; to confirm if the new model will adhere to the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5846/24]

Health Services

Róisín Shortall

303. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports of transgender patients resorting to self-medicating and self-administrating practices, as a result of inadequate trans healthcare services (details supplied); the steps he is taking to address issues with the National Gender Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5847/24]

Health Services

Róisín Shortall

304. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the rationale for an instruction to GPs from the National Gender Service (details supplied); the evidence base for this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5848/24]

Health Services

Róisín Shortall

305. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reason the National Gender Service continues to take the position that transgenderism is a mental health disorder, despite the Word Health Organisation's guidelines which state that it is not (details supplied); the evidence base for this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5849/24]

Departmental Data

Duncan Smith

306. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the total number of stepdown beds available in County Longford. [5852/24]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

307. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant in respiratory medicine based at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda in the years of 2021, 2022 and 2023 in tabular form. [5853/24]

Primary Care Centres

Duncan Smith

308. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to refurbish Raheny Health Centre, Dublin 5; and the current services being provided at this health centre. [5854/24]