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Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Health Services Staff
Niamh Smyth
666. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the appointment of a position (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10129/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Hospital Admissions
Niamh Smyth
667. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting an appointment with a HSE service. [10130/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Mark Ward
668. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on the work carried out for the mental health and wellbeing of LGBTI people since the publishing of The LGBTIreland Report; if there are plans for an updated study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10140/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Pa Daly
669. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if a course of dialectical behaviour therapy can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10144/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Healthcare Policy
David Cullinane
670. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his Department retains responsibility for policy issues concerning Parkinson’s; the amount which has been allocated by the HSE to support an organisation (details supplied); the section responsible for funding this organisation; if he has reviewed and made a determination on the funding application for the freephone nurse specialist helpline which was submitted to the HSE in October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10148/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Healthcare Policy
Jim O'Callaghan
671. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has carried out or discussed any studies about the health impact of excessive use of mobile phones at a young age; if he is concerned about this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10154/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Michael Healy-Rae
672. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to be called for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10159/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Medical Cards
Peadar Tóibín
673. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to detail the cohorts of asylum seekers that are entitled to a medical card; if an entitlement to a medical card guarantees a person a place on a GP list; and if he is concerned that given that many citizens cannot get on to a GP list, this policy could be damaging to social cohesion. [10160/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Michael Healy-Rae
674. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be offered for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10163/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Healthcare Policy
Gino Kenny
675. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health who is responsible for drafting/approving the referral/care pathway in the National Gender Service; if the referral/care pathway is based on international best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10167/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Gino Kenny
676. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when and how puberty blockers and other essential services for trans teenagers will be provided by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10168/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Gino Kenny
677. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has a plan in place to recruit more surgeons who are capable of performing gender-affirming surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10169/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Gino Kenny
678. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the current private gender-affirming surgery options are too expensive and too limited for the needs of many trans people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10170/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Mick Barry
679. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health to supply information about the relationship between a public hospital, Connolly Hospital, and a private institution, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, which has a building in construction (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10191/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Mick Barry
680. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health to outline the relationship between Connolly Hospital's new laboratory and the RCSI; to report on what public funds were used for the development of this laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10192/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Niamh Smyth
681. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to assign a date for a procedure for a person (details supplied) as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10198/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Hospital Staff
Jim O'Callaghan
682. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will detail for each individual public/voluntary hospital the number employed in wholetime equivalent terms in each category (details supplied) in each hospital in February 2023, in tabular form. [10204/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Medical Cards
Bernard Durkan
683. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the progress to date in carrying out a review in the case of a medical card for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10213/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Mental Health Services
Pa Daly
684. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the long waiting lists for dialectical behaviour therapy in Ireland as it is reported there is a minimum of 18 months wait for people who live with mental health issues. [10225/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Disability Services
Pa Daly
685. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if an appointment with a physio can be expedited for a person (details supplied) as they must have their orthopaedic shoes replaced regularly due to a disability in their leg; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10231/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Health Services
John Lahart
686. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if he has been given an explanation by the HSE as to who within the HSE or at what level of management issued a directive in relation to the cuts to mastectomy supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10240/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Bernard Durkan
687. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when urgent injections will be carried out in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10247/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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General Practitioner Services
Pauline Tully
688. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe within which a general practitioner GMS post will be filled in Swanlinbar, County Cavan. [10259/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Substance Misuse
Pauline Tully
689. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of naloxone prescriptions that were issued in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [10260/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Pauline Tully
690. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation suites currently in each hospital part of RCSI group, in tabular form. [10261/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Hospital Staff
Pauline Tully
691. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric gastroenterologist and paediatric gastroenterologist registrars working in CHI Temple Street in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [10263/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Substance Misuse
Duncan Smith
692. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand access to Naxolone, which is used to prevent drug overdoses, in line with the UK and Northern Ireland, whereby it is available without prescription via drug treatment services such as an NHS body, a local authority or a public health agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10276/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Dental Services
Carol Nolan
693. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health how much of the €5 million investment from Budget 2023 to target backlogs in dental services for children and adult medical card holders has been spent in the way that it was intended; if the remainder of this money is still ringfenced to target dental waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10284/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Dental Services
Carol Nolan
694. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists contracted to the DTSS for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10285/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Dental Services
Carol Nolan
695. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the spend on the DTSS for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10286/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Dental Services
Carol Nolan
696. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated for the DTSS for each year from 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10287/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Dental Services
Carol Nolan
697. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of medical card patients seen by dentists on the DTSS for each year from 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10288/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Dental Services
Carol Nolan
698. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists contracted to the DTSS per CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10289/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Dental Services
Carol Nolan
699. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when his officials will next meet an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10290/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Dental Services
Carol Nolan
700. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dentists contracted to the school dental screening service for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10291/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Dental Services
Carol Nolan
701. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the allocated budget to the school dental screening service for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10292/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Dental Services
Carol Nolan
702. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the spend on the school dental screening service for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10293/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Dental Services
Carol Nolan
703. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children seen by dentists on the school dental screening service for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10294/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Dental Services
Carol Nolan
704. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists WTEs contracted to the school screening service per CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10295/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Dental Services
Carol Nolan
705. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of dentists or WTEs contracted to the public dental service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10296/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Medicinal Products
Pádraig O'Sullivan
706. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he will supply data, in tabular form, for the ten fastest, and ten slowest approvals of orphan drugs by the HSE, by year (for the period 2014 to 2023), stating the date on which the applications for said drugs were received by the HSE and the data on which a reimbursement decision was subsequently made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10300/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Medicinal Products
Pádraig O'Sullivan
707. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he can confirm if the HSE’s systems can extract spending on reimbursements in respect of orphan drugs; and if so, to provide in tabular form, the amount spent in this respect in each year 2014-2023 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10301/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Medical Cards
Paul Murphy
708. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health in relation to the proposed change in the medical card hair loss grant, if he will reconsider this proposal, ensuring that a grant is provided for anyone in need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10311/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Primary Care Centres
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
709. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care facility in Tullow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10315/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Paul Murphy
710. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health in relation to the special pay with leave long-Covid scheme for healthcare workers which is not to be extended beyond 31 March 2024 (details supplied) why have the Minister and the HSE reached this decision; if he is aware that these healthcare workers are still in the same situation and therefore still in need of the same support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10318/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Vaccination Programme
Paul Murphy
711. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 606 of 5 December 2023, the reasons for the delay between October and December; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10320/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Hospital Equipment
Martin Browne
712. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to address the impact the removal of the private MRI scanner at Tipperary University Hospital will have on public waiting lists; to provide details of the number of people waiting for MRI scans at TUH and the length of time they have been waiting on a three-monthly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10321/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Paul Murphy
713. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 565 of 20 February 2024, if he can provide a timeline for when the operation is going to be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10323/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Abortion Services
Michael Collins
714. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings he has held or attended which discussed termination of pregnancy, and to provide details on same, from 2023 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10327/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Abortion Services
Michael Collins
715. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare professionals who have exercised conscientious objection with regard the provision of terminations of pregnancy at the end of each year from 2019 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10328/24]