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Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Hospital Staff
Niall Collins
640. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health for an update regarding current staffing levels of paediatric epilepsy services at University Hospital Limerick; the number of current vacancies which may exist within the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18803/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Care of the Elderly
Cian O'Callaghan
641. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a day centre for older people in an area (details supplied) where there is currently no suitable centre for public health nurses to make a referral to; if this can be considered to prevent social isolation and assist families in providing care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18809/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Vaccination Programme
Róisín Shortall
642. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 21 March 2024, to provide an update on the status of the proposed vaccine damage scheme; the timeline he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18818/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Broadband Infrastructure
Denis Naughten
643. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the total number of copper communication lines within his Department that are currently in active operation and for which his Department is paying for on a monthly basis, inclusive of ISDN, PTSN and copper-based lease lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18839/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Departmental Data
Denis Naughten
644. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of people in Ireland who currently use telecare systems either in their home, in nursing or care homes and/or in assisted-living facilities to monitor, support or protect the health and well-being of vulnerable people; the annual spend on such devices for each of the past five years from 2019 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18849/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Healthcare Policy
Patrick Costello
645. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the concerns of over 100 Irish academics expressed in an open letter (details supplied) about a report on transgender healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18880/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Medicinal Products
Patrick Costello
646. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if his Department plans to legislate to stop the dispensing of EU prescriptions for specific marginalised groups as proposed in a recent article (details supplied). [18881/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Gender Equality
Patrick Costello
647. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if reports of transgender people being denied blood tests by GPs will be investigated by the HSE clinical lead for transgender services. [18882/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Departmental Data
Patrick Costello
648. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the number of patients of the National Gender Service who have walked back their gender as mentioned in a recent radio interview (details supplied), by year in tabular form. [18883/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Healthcare Policy
Johnny Mythen
649. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for blood tests to be taken on a person that present themselves as a suspected spiked victim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18887/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Healthcare Policy
Johnny Mythen
650. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health if there is a protocol to expedite blood tests for patients who have been spiked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18888/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Departmental Data
Johnny Mythen
651. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the total number of cases of spiking that have occurred between 2022, 2023 and 2024, including Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18889/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Mark Ward
652. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in Palmerstown; the number of vacant positions; if developmental checks are being carried out for children in the Palmerstown area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18893/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Chris Andrews
653. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) given their housing situation is tenuous and urgent intervention is needed to ensure take responsibility is taken for their welfare. [18894/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Care of the Elderly
Ged Nash
654. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the membership of the reference group of stakeholders that will help inform the work of the Commission on Care for Older People; how persons and interested service providers and representative bodies will feed into the work of the commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18895/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Hospital Staff
Catherine Murphy
655. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE endocrinologist registrars based in St. James's Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [18900/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Catherine Murphy
656. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of house calls visits carried out by doctors in each treatment centre on D-Doc services in each of the past 28 days, in tabular form. [18901/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Catherine Murphy
657. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who have applied for treatment to date in 2024 under the publicly funded fertility treatment scheme. [18902/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Hospital Charges
Catherine Murphy
658. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount collected in public car parking charges at Tallaght University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [18903/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Mental Health Services
Catherine Murphy
659. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current number of teams for each of the national clinical programmes in early intervention in psychosis, perinatal mental health and eating disorders; and the current staffing levels for each of those teams, in tabular form. [18904/24]