Questions and answers published after July 2012 can be viewed here. Viewing by Government Department is possible by term or specific dates from March 2016 onwards. Written answers are published as received from departments. To see parliamentary questions published before July 2012, search in Dáil debates.
Questions and answers for Dáil or Seanad term
Page 15 of 43
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
written
Health Service Executive
Neasa Hourigan
1349. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the details of the HSE decision-making process leading to tree-felling works carried out in Merlin Woods, Galway in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16353/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
written
Medicinal Products
Neasa Hourigan
1376. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on an application for reimbursement being considered by the HSE in relation to Voretigene Neparvovec (Luxturna); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16449/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
written
Health Services Staff
Neasa Hourigan
1451. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 674 of 28 March 2023, if he will provide the following (details supplied) acknowledging that this information does not conflict with the workings of industrial relations processes underway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16771/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
written
Covid-19 Pandemic
Neasa Hourigan
1452. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 200 of 15 February 2023 and 1151 of 21 March 2023, the number of staff directly employed by the HSE known to be on leave from work for more than one year due to long-Covid symptoms, as evidenced by their receipt of special Covid leave with pay for that period of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16772/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
written
Health Service Executive
Neasa Hourigan
1453. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 638 of 5 October 2021, 691 of 29 November 2022, 1553 of 18 January 2023, 204 of 15 February 2023 and 1153 of 21 March 2023, the reason the HSE is not yet in a position to provide any details on staffing levels for a new facility in Midleton, County Cork that will accommodate three residents with severe and enduring mental health difficulties, given that those placements have already been offered to families; how those families can be expected to make an informed decision on those offers in the absence of this information; the number of staff that will be deployed to the service on a day-to-day basis; if those regular staff who are on site daily will include psychiatric nurses or healthcare assistants or both; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16773/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
written
Mental Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
1454. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 484 of 16 November 2021, 1715 of 19 January 2022, 169 of 9 February 2022, 186 of 23 March 2022, 720 of 17 May 2022, 1903 of 14 June 2022, 565 of 13 December 2022, 19 January 2023 and 570 of 7 March 2023, the reason the HSE can justify not providing the information already requested in these Parliamentary Questions given its relevance to regional service provision implications of the decision to close the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton and given the Mental Health Commission's clear guidance on 'out of area' placements and the right to community living enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and given recommended allocations of thirty community residence placements for a population of 100,000 contained in A Vision for Change; in particular, if the clinical directors of the west Cork, north Cork and south Lee HSE mental health catchment areas agreed with CHO 4 HSE senior management to accept out-of-area respite or long-stay referrals from east Cork into community residences under their clinical governance in the event that the Owenacurra Centre is closed; if so, if he will provide the exact dates for when any such agreements may have been made, and on what clinical basis the agreements were made given that it is not custom and practice to accept 'out of area' referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16774/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
written
Departmental Data
Neasa Hourigan
1455. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any contracts awarded to company (details supplied) by the HSE; namely, the exact value of each contract, the details of works, and the full costs of any further works undertaken where applicable, the site where the works in question took place and details of any tendering process that may have applied in the awarding of contracts; the HSE manager(s) awarding the contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16775/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
written
Hospital Services
Neasa Hourigan
1458. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the Programme for Government commitment to support the medical genetics service in Our Lady’s Children Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16793/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
written
Medicinal Products
Neasa Hourigan
1517. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the State for the drugs payment scheme threshold for single-headed households to be reduced to €72 per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17047/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
written
Medical Cards
Neasa Hourigan
1518. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the State to abolish prescription charges for all medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17048/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
written
Health Strategies
Neasa Hourigan
1519. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding required to ensure the full financial resourcing and implementation of the National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026 recommendations around genetic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17049/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
written
Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
1520. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress of the recommendations contained in the clinical governance and operational arrangements for supporting a model of care for children with life-limiting conditions towards the end of life in the community in Ireland, in particular recommendations 14 and 15; the proportion of posts that have been filled; which posts remain vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17050/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
written
Health Strategies
Neasa Hourigan
1521. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding required to ensure that the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan 2023-2026 is implemented in full; the amount of funding that has been allocated to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17051/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
written
Healthcare Policy
Neasa Hourigan
1522. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to the HSE and the National Treatment Purchase Fund to source additional outpatient, endoscopy, diagnostics and inpatient day case activity in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17052/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
written
Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
1523. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if funding has been allocated to the lymphoedema model of care to date; if so, the amount of funding that has been allocated, and in what years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17053/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
written
Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
1601. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to introduce a publicly funded model of care for fertility treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17438/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
written
General Practitioner Services
Neasa Hourigan
1664. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to update policies around doctors providing locum GP services, particularly around hourly locum rates and doctors' eligibility to locum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17637/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
written
Mental Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
1744. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 22 March 2023, the HSE managers who approved contracts for renovations and other works to Glenwood House, Carrigaline following the purchase of that property in January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18136/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
written
Mental Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
1745. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 571 of 7 March 2023 and 1155 of 21 March 2023, the current projected extended timeframe for the HSE's use of Garnish House, Cork as a mental health facility; the details of consultation with families of residents on the changes to this arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18137/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
written
Mental Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
1746. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 127 of 9 February 2022 and 235 of 22 March 2023, if he will provide an exact breakdown of the estimated total annual service costs of €0.75 million for Glenwood House, Carrigaline, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18138/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
written
Mental Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
1747. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 637 of 5 October 2021 and 234 of 22 March 2023, if he will provide an exact breakdown of the service costs of €3.65 million for the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton during 2021, in tabular form; the details of the staff salary costs per clinician and other workers; the details of non-pay costs for that year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18139/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
written
Mental Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
1748. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason the east Cork HSE catchment area, with a population of circa 100,000, is having its 24-hour staffed residential mental health provision reduced from twenty single-room placements in 2021 to three single-room placements in 2023; the reason a development team due to be set up from May 2022 with a view to developing a new ten bed service for the region has not yet been formed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18140/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
written
Climate Change Policy
Neasa Hourigan
1836. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding streams currently open to applications that provide financial assistance to projects seeking to build capacity and know-how within communities to develop low-carbon communities and engage in climate action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16345/23]
Thu, 30 Mar 2023
written
Dublin Bus
Neasa Hourigan
121. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on Dublin Bus plans to convert its site at the Broadstone bus depot into offices and a training centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15805/23]
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
written
Healthcare Policy
Neasa Hourigan
205. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the relevant stakeholders in relation to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice Report on an Examination of the Present Approach to Sanctions for Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use recommendation that 'the practice of cultivation of currently illicit substances at a modest, non-profit level be examined in light of above recommendations in order to regulate such activity'; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15702/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
written
School Accommodation
Neasa Hourigan
386. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on securing a permanent building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14764/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
written
Departmental Meetings
Neasa Hourigan
464. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Social Protection if representatives from her Department have met with trade unions representing healthcare workers with long-Covid since June 2022 regarding their pay arrangement; if so, the dates of those meetings; if any of these meetings were cancelled by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15231/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
written
Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
642. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to make available under the drug payment scheme or medical card scheme the drug NP thyroid, which is used to treat thyroid conditions and autoimmune diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14782/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
written
Hospital Facilities
Neasa Hourigan
646. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any tree-removal contracts worth in excess of €5,000 awarded by CHO4 HSE services since 1 January 2018, in tabular form, namely, the value of the contract awarded in each instance; the number of trees removed in each instance and the location of these works; if a tendering process applied to each of these works; if he will provide details on this where that was the case; the reason a tendering process may not have applied in particular instances; the name of any independent arborist that was commissioned by the HSE in CHO4 to assess trees as part of these works; the name of the managers awarding the contract in each instance; and the name of the successful company. [14788/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
written
Health Services Staff
Neasa Hourigan
674. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the dates that meetings were scheduled, since June 2022, between his Department and trade unions representing healthcare workers with long Covid to discuss pay issues relating to this medical condition; the dates of such meetings his Department and trade unions on long Covid and healthcare workers that were cancelled by his Department since June 2022; the reason(s) for these cancellations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14910/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
written
Pension Provisions
Neasa Hourigan
726. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when retired nurses will receive their two overdue pay rises as per the building momentum pay deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15323/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
written
Electric Vehicles
Neasa Hourigan
181. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details as to how the gradual reduction announced in Budget 2023 in the grant towards the purchase of electric vehicles will be implemented; if vehicles ordered prior to July but not received by customers until after this date will be eligible for €5,000 relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14467/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
written
Laboratory Facilities
Neasa Hourigan
378. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a laboratory (details supplied), based in County Limerick, is currently operational; if not, when it was shut down; the reason for its closure; the steps being taken to make it operational again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14463/23]
Wed, 22 Mar 2023
written
Mental Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
234. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 637 of 5 October 2021, if he will provide an exact breakdown of the service costs of €3.1m for the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton in tabular form during the year 2021; if he will provide the actual spend on the service by the HSE for that year and for a breakdown in tabular form of this figure if it differed from the projected costs provided in the PQ response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13978/23]
Wed, 22 Mar 2023
written
Mental Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
235. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 9 February 2022, if he will provide an exact breakdown of the projected total annual service costs of €0.75 million for Glenwood House, Carrigaline in tabular form; if any changes to the projections have applied since the response to that Parliamentary Question in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13979/23]
Wed, 22 Mar 2023
written
Mental Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
236. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the HSE managers who approved contracts for renovations and other works to Glenwood House, Carrigaline following the purchase of that property in January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13980/23]
Wed, 22 Mar 2023
written
Mental Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
237. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the HSE managers who approved security contracts for Millfield House, Blackpool for each of the years 2019 through 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13981/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
written
Tax Code
Neasa Hourigan
313. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance his views on the decline in both the total number of individuals subject to the high-income individuals’ restriction and the estimated additional income tax due to the restriction in each of the each years since 2010; if he believes that the total number of individuals subject to the restriction should have been increasing in a growing economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12753/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
written
Departmental Funding
Neasa Hourigan
594. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the level of funding provided to the permanent structured co-operation initiative, in each of the years 2017 to 2022, respectively; and the proposed funding for 2023. [12941/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
written
Maternity Leave
Neasa Hourigan
922. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on plans to amend current legislation that prevents women from deferring their maternity leave while they are being treated and recovering from cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12895/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
written
Covid-19 Pandemic
Neasa Hourigan
1151. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 15 February 2023, the number of staff directly employed by the HSE and the number of staff employed in Section 39 healthcare facilities known to be on leave from work for more than one year due to long-Covid symptoms, as evidenced by their receipt of special Covid leave with pay for that period of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12341/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
written
Covid-19 Pandemic
Neasa Hourigan
1152. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the medical basis on which a decision is being taken to remove special Covid leave with pay entitlements on 30 June 2023 from a large cohort of healthcare staff with severe long-Covid symptoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12344/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
written
Health Service Executive
Neasa Hourigan
1153. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 638 of 5 October 2021, 691 of 29 November 2022, 1553 of 18 January 2023 and 204 of 15 February 2023, if he will provide exact details on staffing for a new facility in Midleton, County Cork that will accommodate three residents with severe and enduring mental health difficulties; the number of staff that will be deployed to the service on a day-to-day basis; if those regular staff who are on site daily will include psychiatric nurses or healthcare assistants or both; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12345/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
written
Health Service Executive
Neasa Hourigan
1154. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the workings of the development team, announced by Cork HSE management in May 2022, appointed to conduct an options appraisal for the construction of a new 10-bed mental health rehabilitation residential service in Midleton, County Cork; the name of HSE management staff who have been appointed to the team; the dates of their appointments; the dates of the development team meetings held to date; if minutes are available for those meetings; if he will provide details on progress the development team has made on identifying a site for the service over the past eleven months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12346/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
written
Health Service Executive
Neasa Hourigan
1155. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the total cost of the HSEs use of Garnish House, Cork as a mental health facility since the property was first rented in 2020 to February 28 2023, to include, rent, cleaning, investment in the kitchen, insurance and any other costs covered by the HSE; if he will provide the projected costs for the remainder of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12347/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
written
Mental Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
1277. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 15 February 2023, if the HSE plans to provide specifically 'continuing care' mental health placements as well as shorter-term rehabilitation placements in a property it is purchasing in Midleton, County Cork to accommodate three people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12731/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
written
Covid-19 Pandemic
Neasa Hourigan
1278. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the details of the support the HSE provided to Marymount Hospice, Cork, in January 2021 in the context of a Covid outbreak in the facility; the dates on which the HSE was informed of the outbreak; the dates on which supports were offered and provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12732/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
written
Covid-19 Pandemic
Neasa Hourigan
1279. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of residents and the number of staff of Marymount Hospice, Cork, who contracted Covid in January 2021; the exact dates these positive Covid test cases were reported to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12733/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
written
Covid-19 Pandemic
Neasa Hourigan
1280. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of residents and the number of staff of St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire, who contracted Covid in January 2021; the exact dates these positive Covid tests were reported to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12734/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
written
Vaccination Programme
Neasa Hourigan
1281. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the exact dates in 2021 on which ground floor staff, including nurses, healthcare assistants, catering and housekeeping staff of Marymount Hospice, Cork, were offered first-dose Covid vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12735/23]