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Thu, 24 Mar 2022
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Medicinal Products
Duncan Smith
392. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the policy of the St. Vincent's University Hospital pharmacy with regard to the dispensation of contraceptives (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15650/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Local Authorities
Duncan Smith
331. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will be issuing instructions on section 254 licences to local authorities as in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14347/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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School Facilities
Duncan Smith
502. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if sewerage works qualify under the summer works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14346/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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School Transport
Duncan Smith
548. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she will examine the need for a school bus to cover an area (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14872/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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School Transport
Duncan Smith
549. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the last time the rates paid to parents who must transport their loved ones to their nearest ASD class were reviewed; if she plans to carry out a review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14873/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Duncan Smith
608. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of exceptional needs payments applied for in the past three years by county; the number that were successful in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14348/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Duncan Smith
609. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of exceptional needs payments which have been applied for to assist with hearing costs since the beginning of 2022 by county; the number of these applications which were refused by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14349/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Childcare Services
Duncan Smith
675. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the proposed core funding scheme for childcare; if it includes a price freeze; if he will ensure that providers do not massively increase fees in the readiness for the freeze; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14444/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Medicinal Products
Duncan Smith
823. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his views on the ongoing issues in relation to the availability of HRT patches; the plans he has to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13966/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Hospital Procedures
Duncan Smith
1043. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed list of the gender reassignment procedures that have been carried out within the St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2021; and the number of each of these procedures listed that have been carried out during this decade by procedure and year. [14885/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Hospital Procedures
Duncan Smith
1044. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of tubal ligations that have been carried out within the St. Vincent’s hospital group hospitals for on-demand for contraceptive purposes versus for clinical reasons in each of the years 2011 to 2021, by year. [14886/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Hospital Procedures
Duncan Smith
1045. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of procedures (details supplied) performed at Connolly Hospital in each of the years 2011 to 2021. [14887/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Hospital Procedures
Duncan Smith
1046. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of procedures (details supplied) performed at St. James’ Hospital, Dublin in each of the years 2011 to 2021. [14888/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Hospital Procedures
Duncan Smith
1047. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of outsourced to the private sector vasectomy procedures under the National Treatment Purchase Fund waiting list initiative at Connolly Hospital in each of the years 2011 to 2021. [14889/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Hospital Procedures
Duncan Smith
1048. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of outsourced to the private sector vasectomy procedures under the National Treatment Purchase Fund waiting list initiative at Tallaght University Hospital in each of the years 2011 to 2021. [14890/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Hospital Procedures
Duncan Smith
1049. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of outsourced to the private sector vasectomy procedures under the National Treatment Purchase Fund waiting list initiative at St. Vincent’s University Hospital in each of the years 2011 to 2021. [14891/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Hospital Procedures
Duncan Smith
1050. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of vasectomy procedures outsourced to the private sector under the National Treatment Purchase Fund waiting list initiative at St. James’ Hospital, Dublin in each of the years 2011 to 2021. [14892/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
646. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will provide estimates of the cost of cancer care, including screening and treatment to the HSE each year since 2016; if he will provide a breakdown of the costs of screening, diagnostics, medicines, inpatient and outpatient hospital days, primary and accident and emergency care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12857/22]
Thu, 3 Mar 2022
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Parking Provision
Duncan Smith
9. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he will set aside plans for a linear park as part of the MetroLink proposals given the strong opposition to this plan from local residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11046/22]
Thu, 3 Mar 2022
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Public Transport
Duncan Smith
24. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport his plans to review all bus, rail and tram infrastructure to ensure transport hubs are adequately resourced and accessible for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11049/22]
Thu, 3 Mar 2022
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Electric Vehicles
Duncan Smith
36. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider introducing a grant to purchase electric vehicles for persons with disabilities for whom public transport is an unreliable option; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11050/22]
Thu, 3 Mar 2022
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Public Transport
Duncan Smith
46. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport when he expects the roll-out of 50% discount fares for students and those under 23 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11048/22]
Thu, 3 Mar 2022
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Public Transport
Duncan Smith
56. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the student travel card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11047/22]
Thu, 3 Mar 2022
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Housing Schemes
Duncan Smith
169. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address the urgent need to reassess the income limits for social housing support on the grounds of persons being unable to qualify for the housing assistance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10095/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Tax Code
Duncan Smith
257. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Finance if his Department will consider prioritising defibrillators among the various other VAT reduction and removal measures that may be under consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11207/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Disability Services
Duncan Smith
704. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health when intervention and support services will commence for a child (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11195/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
794. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who received a CervicalCheck exam by month in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11703/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
795. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who received a BreastCheck exam by month in each of the years 2018 to 2021 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11704/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
796. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who received a BowelScreen exam by month in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11705/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
797. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who received a CervicalCheck exam by month in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11706/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Vaccination Programme
Duncan Smith
798. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of girls who received the HPV vaccine in schools in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11707/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Vaccination Programme
Duncan Smith
799. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of boys who received the HPV vaccine in schools in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11708/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Nursing Education
Duncan Smith
800. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the details of the engagements he, advisers or officials in his Department have had with the Minister for Further and Higher Education or his officials in relation to increasing undergraduate nursing and midwifery places since September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11709/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Nursing Education
Duncan Smith
801. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the details of the engagements he, advisers or officials in his Department have had with the Minister for Further and Higher Education or his officials in relation to increasing undergraduate medicine places since September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11710/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Nursing Education
Duncan Smith
802. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the details of the engagements he, advisers or officials in his Department have had with the Minister for Further and Higher Education or his officials in relation to increasing undergraduate biomedical science places since September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11711/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Nursing Education
Duncan Smith
803. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the details of the of engagements he, advisers or officials in his Department have had with the Minister for Further and Higher Education or his officials in relation to increasing undergraduate radiography places since September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11712/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Emergency Departments
Duncan Smith
804. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the admission and discharge rates for emergency departments for all hospitals from 1 January to 23 February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11713/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Hospital Services
Duncan Smith
805. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to increase the number of sexual assault treatment units across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11714/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Hospital Overcrowding
Duncan Smith
806. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the engagements he and or his advisers have had with each hospital group in relation to overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11715/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Housing Schemes
Duncan Smith
334. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position for a pensioner buying out their own home under the tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9114/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Housing Schemes
Duncan Smith
335. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the allocations that will be made to local authorities to upgrade their housing stock under the recently announced retrofitting programme; if each local authority will have to develop and implement their own scheme; if there will be a national scheme; if any such scheme will include the replacement of windows and doors for local authority homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9115/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Defence Forces
Duncan Smith
405. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the timelines involved in the implementation of the recently published report on the commission on the Future of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9116/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Defence Forces
Duncan Smith
406. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence if he plans to establish a committee to oversee the implementation of the report on the Commission of the Defence Forces; the way that the committee will be constituted; if there will be a Government member as part of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9117/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
698. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his views on reports in a newspaper (details supplied) regarding the under-recruitment of 10,000 staff budgeted for in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9219/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
699. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the HSE services that will be affected by the under-recruitment of 10,000 staff budgeted for in 2022 as reported in a newspaper (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9220/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
700. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the way in which the under-recruitment of 10,000 staff, as reported in a newspaper (details supplied) affects the current plans to address the shortage of child and adolescent mental health service consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9221/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
701. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the way in which the under-recruitment of 10,000 staff, as reported in a newspaper (details supplied) affects the current plans to address the shortage of consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9222/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
702. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the way in which the under-recruitment of 10,000 staff, as reported in a newspaper (details supplied) affects the current plans to address the shortage of laboratory scientists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9223/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Health Service Executive
Duncan Smith
703. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he has confidence in the HSE to manage the finances received from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9224/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Health Service Executive
Duncan Smith
704. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his views on commencing an investigation into the recruitment practices in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9226/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Health Service Executive
Duncan Smith
705. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health when his attention was drawn to the crisis in recruitment in the HSE regarding the 4,500 shortfalls in new staff as reported in a newspaper (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9227/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Mental Health Services
Duncan Smith
706. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if funding to mental health services will be affected and if staffing targets made by him will be met as per reports in a newspaper (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9228/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Health Service Executive
Duncan Smith
707. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his views on reports in a newspaper (details supplied) that consultants in the HSE are being hired at rates above the starting salary on the pay scale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9229/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Health Service Executive
Duncan Smith
708. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants in the HSE who have been hired at rates above the starting salary on the pay scale as per reports in a newspaper (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9230/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Health Service Executive
Duncan Smith
709. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his views on the recruitment practices of the HSE with regard to the hiring of consultants as per reports in a newspaper (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9231/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Health Service Executive
Duncan Smith
710. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his views on the financial reporting to his Department by the HSE as per reports in a newspaper (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9232/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Health Service Executive
Duncan Smith
711. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if his Department has knowingly set staffing targets and funding for the HSE that are undeliverable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9233/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Legislative Measures
Duncan Smith
714. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the legal advice he has received in regard to the drafting of legislation for safe access zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9250/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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General Practitioner Services
Duncan Smith
726. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of free general practitioner care for six- and seven-year-olds; when he expects the service to be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9302/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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General Practitioner Services
Duncan Smith
727. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if has he met with an organisation (details supplied) since budget 2022 to specifically discuss the roll-out of free general practitioner care for six- and seven-year-olds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9303/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Healthcare Policy
Duncan Smith
728. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of free contraception for 17- to 25-year-olds; when he expects free contraception to be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9304/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Disability Services
Duncan Smith
739. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his views on an independent review into the CHO1 in the north west and its ability to manage and operate disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9347/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Disability Services
Duncan Smith
740. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will commence an independent review into the quality and management of disability services in CHO2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9348/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Disability Services
Duncan Smith
741. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will commence an independent review into the quality and management of disability services in CHO3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9349/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Disability Services
Duncan Smith
742. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will commence an independent review into the quality and management of disability services in CHO4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9350/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Disability Services
Duncan Smith
743. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will commence an independent review into the quality and management of disability services in CHO5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9351/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Disability Services
Duncan Smith
744. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will commence an independent review into the quality and management of disability services in CHO6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9352/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Disability Services
Duncan Smith
745. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will commence an independent review into the quality and management of disability services in CHO7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9353/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Disability Services
Duncan Smith
746. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will commence an independent review into the quality and management of disability services in CHO8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9354/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Disability Services
Duncan Smith
747. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will commence an independent review into the quality and management of disability services in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9355/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Disability Services
Duncan Smith
748. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he is confident that HIQA as a regulator is receiving adequate and timely notifications from disability health service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9356/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
836. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the total annual spend on BreastCheck in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9876/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
837. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the total annual spend on CervicalCheck in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9877/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
838. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the BreastCheck screening age to 40; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9878/22]
Wed, 16 Feb 2022
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Coastal Protection
Duncan Smith
101. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of times the National Coastal Change Management Strategy steering group met; when the group will report on its initial findings and recommendations given that it was due to report within six months of its foundation in September 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8464/22]
Wed, 16 Feb 2022
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Mental Health Services
Duncan Smith
209. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health when the National Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital in Portrane will be fully operational; the overall cost of the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8465/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Duncan Smith
59. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the detailed breakdown of child and adolescent orthopaedic and related surgeries waiting lists; his plans to tackle those waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7729/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Thalidomide Victims Compensation
Duncan Smith
71. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his interaction with an association (details supplied) to date; and the steps that he plans to take to address the particular healthcare needs of those affected by the failure to withdraw thalidomide from the Irish market in a timely manner. [7728/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Health Strategies
Duncan Smith
97. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his views on the reinstatement of a national director for the Mental Health Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7726/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
145. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he has considered the appointment of a chief social care officer for social care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7727/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Emergency Departments
Duncan Smith
176. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the ongoing trolley crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7725/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Primary Care Centres
Duncan Smith
181. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre in Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7724/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Wildlife Regulations
Duncan Smith
369. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention and that of his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service has been drawn to a project undertaken by students in a school (details supplied) in relation to the escalating problematic behaviours of high density urban seagull colonies aggressively foraging in the school; his views on whether it is unacceptable and egregiously contrary to the legitimate interests of the health and safety of schoolchildren and staff in any school to be exposed to such serious and escalating risks; if he will request his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service to set out detail the level of priority and the implementation dates for all measures it plans to take towards elimination of such risks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8110/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Wildlife Regulations
Duncan Smith
370. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to a newspaper article (details supplied); the status of the newspaper article and the quoted Ministerial advice to schools; if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of the advice being given to schools that is quoted in the article; his views on whether notwithstanding serious damage to buildings by nesting seagulls, that school children and staff are vulnerable to attack and at real risk of serious injury from urban seagull colonies which may or may not be nesting in the schools aggressively foraging in schools; and when he, his Department or the National Parks and Wildlife Service plan to provide advice and assistance to schools in order to protect children and staff from serious injury risks to their person as distinct from damage to the buildings. [8111/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Wildlife Regulations
Duncan Smith
371. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention and that of his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service has been drawn to the fact that the CEO of Dublin City Council has described urban seagulls as a menace in the city (details supplied); his views on whether a coherent, comprehensive and consistent policy for the management and control of urban seagulls needs to be publicly and transparently articulated by him, his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service in partnership with local authorities that are experiencing problems with urban seagulls; if a commitment will be given for a date for the publication and implementation of such a policy; and if not, if he will provide the evidence that he is relying upon for his position. [8112/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Wildlife Regulations
Duncan Smith
372. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is satisfied that his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service is fully compliant with the legal obligations (details supplied) not only to protect but also to manage and control urban seagulls and wild birds generally. [8113/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Wildlife Regulations
Duncan Smith
373. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is satisfied that his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service has met and continues to meet its responsibilities towards properly advising him in regard to the obligation to control urban seagulls nationally particularly in areas in which high density herring gull colonies have been shown to be out of control and that are proliferating unmanaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8114/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Duncan Smith
622. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if persons working as administrators on contract for the HSE at vaccination centres will be eligible for the €1,000 bonus for healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7939/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Dental Services
Duncan Smith
717. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the status of his Department’s discussions with an association (details supplied) in relation to agreeing a new contract and provision for dental care services for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7805/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Mental Health Services
Duncan Smith
718. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the shortage of CAMHS consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7806/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
719. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the shortage of consultants in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7807/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Hospital Facilities
Duncan Smith
720. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of additional permanent ICU beds that will be delivered in quarters 1, 2, 3 and 4 of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7808/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
721. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses that have left HSE employment prior to retirement age since January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7809/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
722. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare assistants that have left HSE employment prior to retirement age since January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7810/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
723. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists that have left HSE employment prior to retirement age since January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7811/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
724. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists that have left HSE employment prior to retirement age since January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7812/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
725. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists that have left HSE employment prior to retirement age since January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7813/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
726. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of laboratory scientists that have left HSE employment prior to retirement age since January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7814/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
727. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE have mechanisms such as exit interviews to gauge the reason that nurses have left employment in the HSE prior to retirement; the reasons given for leaving the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7815/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
728. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE have mechanisms such as exit interviews to gauge the reason that healthcare assistants have left employment in the HSE prior to retirement; the reason given for leaving the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7816/22]