Parliamentary questions

Pension Provisions

Denis Naughten

543. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the reason health service workers who paid pension contributions in both jurisdictions cannot combine them for a HSE pension prior to retirement; if he believes that this is a barrier to the all-island approach to healthcare espoused by the Government; if there are reciprocal pension contribution arrangements with any other healthcare or any other public service employer in the EU or beyond; if he believes that this is a barrier to the free movement of staff throughout the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21797/24]

Departmental Inquiries

Róisín Shortall

544. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to a letter delivered to his office from an organisation on 23 April 2024 requesting a commission of investigation into baby deaths, maternal deaths and catastrophic birth injuries (details supplied); and if he intends to act on this request. [21804/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

545. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on a person (details supplied) awaiting an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21177/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Brendan Griffin

546. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health when a person in County Kerry will be called for an appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21182/24]

Health Services

Niamh Smyth

547. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the measures his Department is taking to assist and support an initiative (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21187/24]

Health Service Executive

Claire Kerrane

548. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 566 of 20 February 2024 to provide the total spend by the HSE on contractors for maintenance work (details supplied) in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024. [21194/24]

Dental Services

Fergus O'Dowd

549. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on any discussions between his Department and the Irish Dental Association on further revision of the dental treatment service scheme; the plans his Department and the HSE have to ensure that patients in Louth and Meath who have medical cards receive the timely treatment they need in the interim; if he will provide the most recent figures on the number of registered dentists in the scheme in both Louth and Meath as of 1 May 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21198/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

550. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21208/24]

Departmental Programmes

James Lawless

551. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21210/24]

Hospital Services

Willie O'Dea

552. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when the newly completed unit at St. Camillus' Hospital will open to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21217/24]

Health Services

Jackie Cahill

553. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if, following the closure of the medical clinic in Emly, the HSE would consider running a monthly clinic in the building, with a nurse to take bloods, and so on, for older local residents, who are otherwise forced to attend GPs and run the risk of picking up an illness or infection or travelling a greater distance to Tipperary town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21220/24]

General Practitioner Services

Holly Cairns

554. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs practising in Cork aged over 60 years, by region, in tabular form. [21243/24]

Health Services Staff

Holly Cairns

555. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of health care support assistants in Cork; the number of individuals using the service; and the areas that are using the 4-TEAM rota system, by local area, in tabular form. [21245/24]

Health Services Staff

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

556. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if all the staff in the HSE, including agency staff and staff working for HSE contractors working in St. James's Hospital, Dublin and other hospitals on the minimum wage, are in receipt of the new rate of €12.70 since its introduction on 1 January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21250/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

John McGuinness

557. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) at the neurosurgical clinic at Cork University Hospital as this was requested by their GP on 9 January 2023; if he will expedite a positive response as the patient's condition has seriously deteriorated; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21271/24]

Hospital Procedures

John McGuinness

558. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a date for an operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21272/24]

Addiction Treatment Services

John McGuinness

559. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the issues regarding funding of an organisation (details supplied) by the probation services and the HSE have now been resolved; the status of the appeal; and if a decision will be expedited as the funding is urgently required. [21277/24]

Medical Cards

Leo Varadkar

560. Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health the estimated average or median cost of a GP visit card per person per annum; the cost of a full medical per person per annum; and to provide a detailed explanation of the difference in cost, given the abolition of inpatient hospital charges and the reduction in the household cap on monthly medicine bills. [21281/24]

Departmental Data

Leo Varadkar

561. Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drug payment scheme threshold to €50 per household per month. [21282/24]

Departmental Data

Leo Varadkar

562. Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health if any costings exist on moving the drug payment scheme to an individual patient basis rather than a household limit. [21283/24]