Parliamentary questions

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

1231. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13696/24]

Health Services

Patrick Costello

1232. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if the National Gender Service believes that trans people need to be in their mid- to late twenties before they are mature enough to decide to pursue medical transition, as per a recent radio interview (details supplied). [13698/24]

Health Services

Patrick Costello

1233. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the reason that in a recent radio interview (details supplied), National Gender Service staff considered the process to access hormones via Tavistock to be too easy. [13699/24]

Health Services

Patrick Costello

1234. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if, following a recent radio interview (details supplied), the National Gender Service staff believe asexuals are entitled to the same medical care and at the same age as all other sexualities. [13700/24]

Health Services

Patrick Costello

1235. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if, when writing the Chief Clinical Officer's business case "Model of Care and Implementation Plan for Transgender care", it was intended that service users could be excluded from the Advisory Group due to their interest in their own healthcare being considered purely ideological. [13701/24]

Health Services

Patrick Costello

1236. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health what consultation was done with the trans community before abandoning the Programme for Government's commitment to WPATH as per a recent article (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13702/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

David Stanton

1237. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health how people in the healthcare system that suffer from long-Covid will be supported post 31 March 2024 if they are still unable to work after the temporary special scheme for leave concludes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13705/24]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Michael Healy-Rae

1238. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when funds will be made available so that a surgery can be carried out (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13706/24]

Primary Care Centres

Ivana Bacik

1239. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of planned primary care centre projects that the HSE intends to lease which are currently stalled, suspended or otherwise in abeyance due to the need to review leasing costs; and the date that the HSE intends to initiate that review for each, in tabular form. [13711/24]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Ivana Bacik

1240. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health when a response will issue to an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13712/24]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Ivana Bacik

1241. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health when a formal response will issue to the application by the Royal Hospital Donnybrook to the HSE for capital funding toward a new public community nursing unit on its grounds (details supplied). [13713/24]

Health Services

Pa Daly

1242. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he plans to make a speech and language therapy clinic available in Ospidéal Pobail Chorca Dhuibhne, County Kerry, to enable children in local area to access same rather than travelling to Tralee. [13741/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Michael Lowry

1243. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the current system in place for the provision of prostheses and bras to breast cancer patients (details supplied); if he is aware of any significant delays and difficulties in obtaining a prosthesis and bras following breast cancer treatment for breast cancer patients; the average waiting time for the approval of these items; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13755/24]

Hospital Procedures

Peadar Tóibín

1244. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of cancelled hospital appointments in the State, broken down by individual hospital, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13787/24]

Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

1245. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the average and longest waiting time for a child to see a CAMHS professional in each county in the past three years; and the number of children on waiting lists for CAMHS, by county, in each of the past ten years. [13788/24]

Cancer Services

Peadar Tóibín

1246. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons diagnosed with cancer in the State in each of the past ten years, by cancer type, in tabular form. [13789/24]

Cancer Services

Peadar Tóibín

1247. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time between cancer diagnosis and the commencement of chemotherapy treatment (details supplied), in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [13790/24]

Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

1248. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons screened by CervicalCheck at either primary care or colposcopy in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [13791/24]

Cancer Services

Peadar Tóibín

1249. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients to receive radiation oncology in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [13792/24]

Cancer Services

Peadar Tóibín

1250. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients to receive surgical oncology in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [13793/24]

Cancer Services

Peadar Tóibín

1251. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of GP referrals to cancer rapid access clinics, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [13794/24]

Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

1252. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons screened by BreastCheck in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [13795/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

1253. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of Parliamentary Questions which he referred to the HSE for response, in the past year, which have yet gone unanswered; and if a specific figure can be provided in the case of Parliamentary Questions submitted by this Deputy. [13796/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

1254. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department on travel and accommodation costs associated with Ministerial visits abroad to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13808/24]

Departmental Properties

Peadar Tóibín

1255. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of properties either owned or leased by his Department, which are currently vacant; the length of time the properties have been vacant for; and the location of the properties, in tabular form. [13826/24]

Healthcare Policy

Mick Barry

1256. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if the National Gender Service can share where the protocols that involve leaving transgender youth on puberty blockers alone for ten years until age 23 as their staff mentioned on the radio last week (details supplied) are published, and the names of clinics which do this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13835/24]

Healthcare Policy

Mick Barry

1257. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if the appearance on the radio last week by one of their staff (details supplied) was authorised by the National Gender Service; if he and the National Gender Service fully supports the statements made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13836/24]

Healthcare Policy

Mick Barry

1258. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if the National Gender Service regularly meets with trans community groups; when they last met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13837/24]

Dental Services

Michael Healy-Rae

1259. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13844/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Maurice Quinlivan

1260. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to extending the payment for those healthcare workers suffering from long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13845/24]

Departmental Funding

Ged Nash

1261. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will continue to fund an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13861/24]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

1262. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE respiratory physiologists attached to Letterkenny University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024. [13862/24]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

1263. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE orthodontists, by grade, working in St. Finbarr's Hospital, Cork, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13863/24]

Dental Services

Duncan Smith

1264. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of children seen by dentists on the school dental screening services within CHO9 in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13864/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Duncan Smith

1265. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the average times persons have to wait in County Monaghan before learning their biopsy histology results; and the HSE policy on waiting times for histology results. [13865/24]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

1266. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE secretaries allocated to consultant orthopaedic surgeons at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13866/24]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

1267. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of x-ray machines currently available for usage in Croom Orthopaedic Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13867/24]

Health Services

Duncan Smith

1268. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if a new specialist endometriosis centre for complex care will be established in Galway. [13868/24]

Mental Health Services

Duncan Smith

1269. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health for an outline of the CAMHS service in County Wexford.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13869/24]

Addiction Treatment Services

Duncan Smith

1270. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE HSE addiction nurses in CHO6 in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the locations where these addiction nurses are located, in tabular form. [13870/24]

Primary Care Centres

Duncan Smith

1271. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the new Kilbarrack primary care centre; and what new services will be provided when this PCC opens. [13871/24]

Health Services

Duncan Smith

1272. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to establish a postnatal hub in Cavan. [13872/24]

Health Services Staff

Duncan Smith

1273. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the total spent on agency staff in the HSE CHO2 area in 2023. [13873/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Duncan Smith

1274. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on a waiting list for breast reconstruction surgery in each of the years 2021 to 2023 in each hospital, in tabular form. [13874/24]

Nursing Homes

Duncan Smith

1275. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for dementia specific nursing home care in Limerick in 2023. [13875/24]

Health Services

Duncan Smith

1276. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 0-18 years of age who travelled outside of the State for specialist neurosurgery treatment not available within the State in 2023 via the HSE treatment abroad scheme. [13876/24]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

1277. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant musculoskeletal radiologists at Tallaght University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13877/24]

Health Services Staff

Duncan Smith

1278. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE audiologists, by grade employed, by HSE working in CHO4 in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13878/24]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

1279. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant gastroenterologists with a special interest in inflammatory bowel disease based in Galway University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13879/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

1280. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on a hospital appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13881/24]