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Tue, 14 May 2024
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Medical Cards
Michael Collins
569. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason persons diagnosed with life-term illnesses who have already been approved for a medical card are required to go to their local GP and hospital consultants for medical reports, which will not have a changed outcome on them, then go to their local pharmacy and ask for the cost of high-tech medicines and regular daily prescribed medicines to put in an assessment for a box to be reticked. [21347/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services Staff
Neasa Hourigan
570. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department's position on the embargo on recruitment to the health service, particularly its effects on acute hospital services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21354/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Neasa Hourigan
571. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if consideration is under way to reduce wait times and update the paper-based system for the reimbursement scheme for oxygen provision systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21356/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Violet-Anne Wynne
572. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health what the intention is with Barrington's Hospital in Limerick; if the HSE intends on purchasing the property for use as a hospital in the mid-west region; if so, the future intended use of the building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21364/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Violet-Anne Wynne
573. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title, working in the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick; the number of vacancies, by job title; when these vacancies will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21366/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Mental Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
574. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health what services are available to a parent dealing with an adult child with obvious mental difficulties that are making engagement with mental health services difficult; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21367/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
575. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 5 December 2023, if all 182 additional beds, and 28 additional critical care beds committed to in the urgent and emergency care plan have been delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21368/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
576. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason it is taking so long for a person (details supplied) to receive an update on their application for a wheelchair. [21392/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Eoin Ó Broin
577. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the options available to parents with concerns about their children's speech in the absence of a public health nurse providing developmental checks in their area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21393/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Sorca Clarke
578. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant dermatologists in each hospital part of Ireland East Hospital Group that are dealing with public-only patients in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [21397/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Care of the Elderly
Sorca Clarke
579. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the locations where the community specialist teams for older persons have yet to be established; and the timeframe for when those teams will be established. [21398/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Sorca Clarke
580. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant spinal surgeons based at the Mater Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [21399/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Niamh Smyth
581. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if he will review the embargo on hiring health care assistants in Killarney Community Hospital, which is due to open in November 2024. [21421/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Pharmacy Services
Niamh Smyth
582. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if any analysis has been conducted by the Government on pharmacy fees per item between 2015 and 2023. [21422/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
583. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurologists with a special interest in migraine based at Beaumont Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21433/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
584. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE secretaries attached to the consultant paediatric cardiologist at CHI Temple Street in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21434/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Departmental Data
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
585. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of persons seen in the endometriosis hub at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21435/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Strategies
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
586. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the implementation steps being taken in 2024 to deliver the National Stroke Strategy; the additional budget allocated for this in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21436/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
587. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when the HSE expects the integrated eye care team to be fully established in CHO 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21437/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
588. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of progress in the progression of advanced optometry care in the community (details supplied); if there has been discussion regarding the fact that medical card scale of fees as optometrists has not been updated in 20 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21438/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Mental Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
589. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will consider placing a youth mental health service for young people in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21459/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Violet-Anne Wynne
590. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will end the recruitment embargo at University Hospital Limerick to ensure safe staffing measures are implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21463/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Sean Fleming
591. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21475/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services Staff
Richard Bruton
592. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has signed off on a WRC deal to increase the pay of care assistant workers in section 38 and section 39 organisations; if he will outline the terms of that deal and the progress made in issuing payments; whether further discussions regard a claim for parity with those directly employed is progressing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21479/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Services
Niamh Smyth
593. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review a matter (details supplied); if he will provide an update on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21481/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Medical Aids and Appliances
James O'Connor
594. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health his plans to reverse the decision to cease funding of Dexcom g7 sensors for use by diabetics on insulin injections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21497/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Equipment
Matt Carthy
595. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to the failure of the HSE to answer Parliamentary Question No. 641 of 16 April 2024, and the subsequent failure of the HSE to answer Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 2 May 2024, if he will specify, in tabular form, the new MRI scanners that have been provided in each relevant Irish hospital since 1 January 2019; the cost associated with the provision of each; the instances therein when it was the first MRI scanner provided in a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21506/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Equipment
Matt Carthy
596. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to the failure of the HSE to answer Parliamentary Question No. 642 of 16 April 2024, and the subsequent failure of the HSE to answer Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 2 May 2024, if he will specify, in tabular form, the new CT scanners that have been provided in each relevant Irish hospital since 1 January 2019; the cost associated with the provision of each; the instances therein when it was the first CT scanner provided in a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21507/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Equipment
Matt Carthy
597. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to conduct a feasibility study relating to the provision of a CT scanner at Monaghan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21508/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Equipment
Matt Carthy
598. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to conduct a feasibility study relating to the provision of an MRI scanner at Monaghan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21509/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Michael Healy-Rae
599. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a physiotherapy appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21521/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Home Help Service
Pat Buckley
600. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if his Department is aware of a new shift work teams project in the Cork and Kerry home support services which is to begin in June this year and that this new initiative involves rotating five people within the teams over a four-week period (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21540/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Ged Nash
601. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the overarching strategy of the national OPAT programme; if it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21545/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Ged Nash
602. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health how many bed days have been saved in the past three years, as a result of the national OPAT programme. [21546/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Ged Nash
603. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health how many patients have been treated over the past three years by the national OPAT programme; the breakdown of those figures in terms of home OPAT, community OPAT and self OPAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21547/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Ged Nash
604. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the future investment planned for the national OPAT programme; if there are plans within the special delivery unit of the HSE to expand the national OPAT and CIT service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21548/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Peadar Tóibín
605. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason the CHI neonatal intensive care unit for the most vulnerable newborns is not being prioritised and progressed. [21553/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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National Children's Hospital
Peadar Tóibín
606. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health his views on whether Dail Éireann was misled in the decision to proceed with locating the children's hospital on the constrained site at St. James’s, given that many of the major concerns raised in opposition to the project have already come to pass and the advocates for an alternative site have already been vindicated; and if he will hold an Inquiry into the original flawed decision-making process. [21554/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Seán Canney
607. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health how many patients are on the podiatry waiting list in Galway; how long the current waiting time is; if the interval between appointments has changed in the past year; if there are currently any unfilled clinical positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21624/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Cathal Crowe
608. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has any plans for reducing bureaucracy and paperwork in the oxygen provision reimbursement system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21635/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Mental Health Services
Holly Cairns
609. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1356 of 9 April 2024, for a breakdown, in tabular form, of the exact wait times of children and adolescents identified in the previous response as waiting in excess of 12 months for the north Lee, south Lee, north Cork, west Cork and Kerry primary care psychology services, that is, the number of clients waiting two years, three years, four years and so on. [21636/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Mental Health Services
Holly Cairns
610. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the total number of children and adolescents waiting for an appointment with the CHO 4 primary care psychology service for the years ending 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. [21637/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Mental Health Services
Holly Cairns
611. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1356 of 9 April 2024, if the 4,785 children and adolescents on the waiting list for the Cork-Kerry primary care psychology services is a typical statistic of primary care services nationally; and if he can provide comparative data with two other CHOs. [21638/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Nursing Homes
Holly Cairns
612. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the total number of HIQA inspectors; the area to which they are assigned; the number of facilities they are overseeing, from 2021 to date, in tabular form. [21639/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Disability Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
613. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health what services are available for adults with ADHD seeking treatment in CHO 5; if a person (details supplied) can receive such service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21641/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Dental Services
Seán Canney
614. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health what assistance is available to a child with molar incisor hypo mineralisation which requires root canal treatment, extraction, braces and aligners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21646/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
615. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to outline the impact of the recruitment embargo on nurses in relation to the ability of hospitals to provide services, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21657/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Matt Shanahan
616. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the number of new positions to be filled as part of a new seven-day service delivery at University Hospital Waterford (details supplied); the stage recruitment is at; the final deadline proposed to achieve the full recruitment number; the target date to begin the seven-day service; if he will confirm that funding has been authorised and released to University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21660/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Matt Shanahan
617. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health how a new cardiac day ward at University Hospital Waterford is proposed to be delivered (details supplied); where it will be located; where the project plan exists on a capital or estates project list; the stage recruitment is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21661/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
618. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the loss of the suicide crisis assessment nurse within Waterford mental health services; how the HSE plans to fill this role, given the current recruitment embargo; the length of time it is expected that service users in Waterford are to be without this vital service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21663/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services Staff
Alan Kelly
619. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant general adult psychiatrists with a special interest in substance misuse in the CHO 3 mental health services in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [21684/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services Staff
Ged Nash
620. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of bogus self-employment in any bodies under their remit from 2020 to 1 May 2024; if they will outline if there are currently any cases from such agencies or bodies currently before the SCOPE section of the Department of Social Protection for investigation or determination; if there are any SCOPE findings and recommendations relating to any agencies or bodies under their remit where SCOPE has found in favour of the worker, and where they recommended the reclassification of the workers’ employment status to that of direct employee between 2020 and 1 May 2024; if they will provide information on the numbers involved and the names of the individual agencies and bodies in all cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21694/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Admissions
Peadar Tóibín
621. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons admitted to University Hospital Galway via the emergency department in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21704/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Emergency Departments
Peadar Tóibín
622. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left the emergency department in University Hospital Galway without being seen in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21705/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Peadar Tóibín
623. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses who have left their jobs at University Hospital Galway in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21706/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Peadar Tóibín
624. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses recruited to work in University Hospital Galway in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21707/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Peadar Tóibín
625. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in the State waiting for hip replacement surgery at the end of each of the past ten years; the average waiting length in each of the past ten years, by county, in tabular form. [21708/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Dental Services
Peadar Tóibín
626. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on a dental waiting list at the end of each of the last ten years, and if a breakdown, by county, can be provided on this figure. [21709/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Service Executive
Peadar Tóibín
627. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have taken legal cases against the HSE in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21710/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Departmental Programmes
Fergus O'Dowd
628. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the funding and implementation of the Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD programme for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21712/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Cannabis for Medicinal Use
Willie O'Dea
629. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when the clinical review of the medicinal cannabis programme will be completed to ascertain whether evidence exists to expand the range of conditions covered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21714/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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International Bodies
Louise O'Reilly
630. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if Ireland will be joining the European Infrastructure for Translational Medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21716/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Michael Ring
631. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health when an additional respite bed will be provided at a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21724/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Services
Pádraig O'Sullivan
632. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of concerns regarding the relocation of paediatric services and-or ward in Cork (details supplied); if he or his Department has been briefed regarding the concerns in relation to this relocation; the capacity or number of beds available in the new paediatric unit in CUH; his views on whether it is sufficiently resourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21730/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Barry Cowen
633. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a child (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment in Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, County Laois. [21739/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Departmental Properties
Robert Troy
634. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health to clarify plans for a disused HSE clinic (details supplied). [21756/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Seán Crowe
635. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of persons treated by the Pathfinder service; the total budget allocated to the service since it became operational; and if plans are in place to expand the programme across the State. [21765/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Service Executive
James Lawless
636. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21769/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services Staff
Brendan Smith
637. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the full complement of staff providing an important health service will be in place in Cavan-Monaghan without delay (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21770/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Claire Kerrane
638. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health when he will sanction funding requests made by the Department of Health for an increase in optometrists' fees having not increased for over 20 years, and for an over 8s public eyecare programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21789/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Claire Kerrane
639. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of optometrists providing care to medical card holders and under the Department of Social Protection adult eyecare schemes in 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [21790/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Claire Kerrane
640. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the reason optometrists' fees have not been increased in over 20 years; if he intends to increase the fees to meet actual cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21791/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Claire Kerrane
641. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that optometrists are leaving or not entering public adult eyecare schemes; what action he intends to take to rectify same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21792/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Claire Kerrane
642. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the commitment in the programme for Government for a national over 8s public eyecare programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21793/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Claire Kerrane
643. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on outpatient eye-care appointments by CHO, in tabular form. [21794/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Pension Provisions
Denis Naughten
644. 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 service in the EU or beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21796/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Legislative Programme
Róisín Shortall
645. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in commencing the Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023, which was signed into law on 2 May 2023; the timeline he is working towards for commencement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21805/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Service Executive
Róisín Shortall
646. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for the oversight and accuracy of deaths reported in the HSE monthly maternity patient statements; if all maternity hospitals are recording baby deaths; if not, the repercussions for not doing so; if discrepancies between CSO and HSE data in respect of baby deaths has been reviewed; if so, the reason these sets of data do not correlate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21806/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Róisín Shortall
647. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reason the annual total numbers of reported serious incidents on the national incident management system is not reported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21807/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Departmental Data
Róisín Shortall
648. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the total number of baby deaths, maternal deaths and catastrophic birth injuries reported on the national incident management system in each of the years since 2013, by category, in tabular form; the number of cases where the open disclosure field within NIMS was populated; the number that led to an inquiry; the number of where open disclosure occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21808/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Róisín Shortall
649. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the source of his advice in relation to 21 baby deaths (details supplied); if he or his source of advice had sight of the names of the 21 babies before a radio interview; if he is aware that this list has grown to 45 babies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21809/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Róisín Shortall
650. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that staffing levels and facilities are adequate in all maternity units, labour wards and neonatal units; the impact of the HSE recruitment freeze on maternity care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21810/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Services
Róisín Shortall
651. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to respond to concerns raised by doctors in Temple Street (details supplied); the steps he is taking to address these concerns; if a review will be conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21811/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Procedures
Róisín Shortall
652. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the mortality rate for babies sent to Temple Street and Crumlin Children's Hospital for surgical procedures and subsequently returned to a maternity hospital. [21812/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Service Executive
Róisín Shortall
653. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the involvement of bereaved families in HSE internal reviews into baby deaths, maternal deaths and catastrophic birth injuries; the steps taken to ensure that these cases are dealt with in a timely manner in safety incident management team reviews; if there is any available data in respect of these time frames; the person or body responsible for oversight of these reviews; the repercussions for non-adherence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21813/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Regulatory Bodies
Mark Ward
654. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the rationale for the threshold level for regulation of psychotherapists through CORU; when regulation of psychotherapy through CORU will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21816/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Qualifications Recognition
Michael Creed
655. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if assistance will be provided to expedite a registration with CORU (details supplied). [21818/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Michael Creed
656. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be provided with speech and language therapy. [21819/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Michael Healy-Rae
657. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21842/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Patrick Costello
658. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the number of approved PrEP clinics available in Dublin; and the number of new patients each is currently accepting, along with an average wait time to be admitted to each service, in tabular form. [21854/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Patrick Costello
659. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the number of available average weekly slots for the gay men's health service; and the estimated weekly demand. [21855/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Patrick Costello
660. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he accepts that demand for PrEP clinics in Dublin is currently more than the capacity of the system; and the steps being taken to address the gap in provision. [21856/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Departmental Advertising
Carol Nolan
661. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of the print media publications involved, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21867/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Third Level Staff
Róisín Shortall
662. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the necessary clinical tutor posts to honour a previous commitment to provide five additional places on the radiation therapy programme in Trinity College Dublin; if not, the reason this commitment will not be fulfilled for the 2024-25 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21884/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Primary Care Centres
Louise O'Reilly
663. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health what services are currently provided in Balbriggan primary care centre; what additional services are planned to be introduced; when a full range of services will be provided at Balbriggan primary care centre, including phlebotomy, x-ray and other; how many WTE staff are working at the centre and how many WTE vacancies there are, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21902/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Róisín Shortall
664. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if training in respect of sepsis management is provided to healthcare workers; if so, the categories of healthcare workers who receive such training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21906/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Róisín Shortall
665. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if there are mandatory protocols in respect of sepsis management in all healthcare facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21907/24]
Thu, 9 May 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Paul McAuliffe
272. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the ENT appointment for a person (details supplied). [20958/24]
Thu, 9 May 2024
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Departmental Data
Róisín Shortall
273. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the total number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number of these patients, by county, who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20959/24]
Thu, 9 May 2024
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Departmental Data
Róisín Shortall
274. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of patients, by county, treated for foot ulcerations, which do not require a full or partial limb amputation in 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20960/24]