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Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Dental Services
Verona Murphy
1315. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients over the age of 18 awaiting commencement of orthodontic treatment in County Wexford who were identified as requiring treatment before 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11992/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Dental Services
Verona Murphy
1316. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting orthodontic treatment in County Wexford for 36 months or longer, 48 months or longer and 60 months or longer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11993/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Dental Services
Verona Murphy
1317. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health when his Department will approve additional funding to increase the current orthodontic specialist appointment to orthodontic services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11995/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Dental Services
Verona Murphy
1318. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of the current vacant full time orthodontic consultant post in south east community healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11996/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Dental Services
Verona Murphy
1319. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current period of time the south east community healthcare has been without a WTE orthodontic consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11997/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Dental Services
Verona Murphy
1320. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the total number of current vacancies within the HSE orthodontic services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11998/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services Staff
Verona Murphy
1321. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health when his Department will approve funding for a whole time paediatric dietician solely for the Wexford CAMHS team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11999/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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National Treatment Purchase Fund
Michael Ring
1322. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health the top five procedures which citizens availed of under the treatment purchase fund in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12000/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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General Practitioner Services
Danny Healy-Rae
1323. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of the urgent provision of GPs in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12006/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Mental Health Services
Mark Ward
1324. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 29 February 2024, if the HSE can provide an update on the 45 recommendations that fall under its remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12015/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Primary Care Centres
Patrick Costello
1325. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will announce a timeline for construction of the new primary health centre, including when a planning application will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12024/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services Staff
Thomas Pringle
1326. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the reason no appeal mechanism is included in the job evaluation scheme conducted by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12031/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Michael Ring
1327. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of citizens of Northern Ireland availing of procedures and treatment in the State under a scheme similar to the treatment purchase fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12043/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services Staff
Michael Creed
1328. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if he can assist in expediting a registration with CORU (details supplied). [12057/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Fergus O'Dowd
1329. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if assessments and diagnosis services for adults within counties Louth or Meath are available through the public system; if not, the reasons for same; if they are not, if the cost of accessing a diagnosis can be applied for through the NTPF or other funding avenues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12070/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Departmental Correspondence
Niamh Smyth
1330. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12071/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Disease Management
Paul Murphy
1331. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 24 January 2024, given the criteria to qualify for the scheme outlined in his response, if he will instruct the HSE to reverse this rejection from the treatment abroad scheme and enable this person to access the treatment recommended by their consultant. [12076/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Medical Cards
Brian Stanley
1332. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the medical card entitlement income thresholds in 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019, in tabular form. [12079/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Hospital Services
Mark Ward
1333. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health his views on the services that have been reduced at a hospital (details supplied); the steps being taken to restore the level of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12084/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Paul Murphy
1334. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 20 February 2024, how exactly hormone concentrations are used in dosage increases; and if any international clinical guidelines are used in this process. [12087/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Paul Murphy
1335. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 20 February 2024, if the National Gender Service will commit to mentioning the role of hormone concentrations in guiding treatment decisions in future communications with GPs and others. [12088/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Paul Murphy
1336. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 368 of 1 February 2024, if the National Gender Service will commit to updating its future communications with GPs and others to reflect the fact that the mentioned private provider does have a prescriber registered with the Irish Medical Council. [12089/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Hospital Services
Pauline Tully
1337. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure newborn babies are screened for SMA and SCID in 2024 as he previously committed, considering the fact that the new laboratory to be located in the new National Children’s Hospital, will not be ready until at least Q2 2025; if consideration has been given by his Department for an interim solution to screen newborn babies for SMA and SCID in order to bridge the gap between year-end 2024 and the opening of the new National Children’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12093/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Emergency Departments
Cian O'Callaghan
1338. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new emergency department at Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12110/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Mental Health Services
Cian O'Callaghan
1339. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of autistic children refused CAMHS treatment because on absence of a moderate to severe mental disorder in 2023, broken down by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12111/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Hospital Overcrowding
Martin Browne
1340. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health his views on the suspension of planned surgeries, procedures and appointments at the UL Hospitals Group to facilitate surge capacity at the constituent hospitals in the mid-west; the measures to be introduced to perform those procedures at the earliest date possible; to provide data on the number of and type of cancelled surgeries and procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12121/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Alan Kelly
1341. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the new 96-bed block of beds that are being constructed for UHL will be all new beds for the hospital; if not, if some of them be replacement beds; if so, the number of new and replacement beds, respectively; and the net increase in beds as a result. [12132/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Alan Kelly
1342. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the date on which he expects the medical assessment unit in Nenagh Hospital to move to operating 24-hour care. [12138/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Denise Mitchell
1343. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to have a planned cardiac procedure carried out at the Mater Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12140/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Mental Health Commission
Mark Ward
1344. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of reviews of reported deaths carried out by the Standards and Quality Assurance division of the Mental Health Commission in each year of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12143/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Mental Health Services
Mark Ward
1345. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of deaths in approved centres and mental health services reported to the coroner for the past ten years; the follow up procedures when a death is reported in an approved centre; if records of findings are maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12144/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Mental Health Services
Mark Ward
1346. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of wrongful death cases relevant to deaths in mental healthcare taken in a civil litigation context against the HSE by bereaved persons in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12145/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Maurice Quinlivan
1347. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the progress being made in the construction of the 96-bed unit at University Hospital Limerick; when construction will be finished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12148/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Maurice Quinlivan
1348. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health when the 96-bed unit currently under construction at University Hospital Limerick will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12149/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Maurice Quinlivan
1349. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the progress being made in the construction of the second 96-bed unit at University Hospital Limerick; when construction will be finished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12150/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Maurice Quinlivan
1350. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health when the 96-bed unit, scheduled for construction at University Hospital Limerick will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12151/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Dental Services
Bernard Durkan
1351. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if orthodontic treatment will be facilitated for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12152/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Dental Services
Bernard Durkan
1352. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if orthodontic treatment will be facilitated for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12153/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Care of the Elderly
John Brady
1353. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to establish a commissioner for ageing and older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12202/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Dental Services
Pa Daly
1354. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment with the orthodontic department in St. Finbarr's Hospital, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12211/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Eating Disorders
Willie O'Dea
1355. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that there are almost 200,000 people suffering from illness relating to eating disorders and that there are huge barriers to access proper treatment, as there are no dedicated public specialist units outside the three beds in St. Vincent's Hospital and these are catchment based; when the Eating Disorder Model of Care plan 2018 will be fully implemented; and what arrangements will be put in place for Limerick and the midwest. [12218/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Hospital Services
Jim O'Callaghan
1356. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the patient discharge policy operating in St. Vincent's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12219/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Dental Services
Pa Daly
1357. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the long waiting lists for child dental and orthodontic services in St. Finbarr's County Cork, and if he plans to introduce measures to alleviate same. [12233/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Mental Health Services
Seán Crowe
1358. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the total number of children on a waiting list for their first appointment to CAMHS in the CHO6 area; and the number of those waiting more than six months. [12248/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Hospital Services
Pearse Doherty
1359. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health in light of a care facility (details supplied) declaring that diabetes care for type 1 diabetes in Letterkenny University Hospital is in crisis, if he plans to address the situation; if he will meet with stakeholders to address the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12252/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Addiction Treatment Services
Seán Sherlock
1360. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if further financial support can be granted to a community addiction group (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12255/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Richard Bruton
1361. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that people who have become ill and debilitated with long-Covid, contracted while delivering essential services during the pandemic, face the cut-off of their pay continuation scheme at the end of March; and if he can make arrangements to extend this cover. [12288/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Medical Cards
Bernard Durkan
1362. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the eligibility for a medical card in the case of children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12290/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Martin Browne
1363. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the reason neuro physiotherapy services are not available in the mid-west (details supplied). [12293/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Michael Healy-Rae
1364. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12294/24]