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Thu, 29 Sep 2022
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Pharmacy Services
Colm Burke
252. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the plans he will put in place to ensure prescribed medication can be accessed by patients who would otherwise need to go into accident and emergency units after 10 p.m. in Cork due to the fact there are no longer late-night pharmacies open past 10 p.m.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47744/22]
Wed, 28 Sep 2022
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Medical Qualifications
Colm Burke
212. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will give serious consideration to launching a structured graduate programme that would support the 35% of cardiac physiologists who are not trained in echocardiography and bring them to the point of certification; if fees for same will be covered by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47457/22]
Wed, 28 Sep 2022
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Health Strategies
Colm Burke
251. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will set up a commission for a new national cardiovascular health strategy that specifically includes heart valve disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47454/22]
Wed, 28 Sep 2022
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Health Services Staff
Colm Burke
252. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health his plans to recruit and train more cardiac physiologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47455/22]
Wed, 28 Sep 2022
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Health Services Staff
Colm Burke
253. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will support the training and qualification of staff in echocardiography through organisations (details supplied); if those seeking accreditation will be afforded the time and scope necessary to complete any additional work required; if fees for such programmes will be covered by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47456/22]
Wed, 28 Sep 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Colm Burke
254. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health his plans to reduce waiting times for the critical diagnostic test for heart valve disease and most other cardiac conditions, known as an echocardiogram, to the target time of 18 weeks for all referrals and two weeks for urgent referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47458/22]
Wed, 28 Sep 2022
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General Practitioner Services
Colm Burke
255. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase direct access to echocardiography for general practitioners through community-based ambulatory care hubs, given 80% of private hospitals provide GP direct access yet only 19% of public hospitals do the same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47459/22]
Wed, 28 Sep 2022
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Mental Health Services
Colm Burke
279. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number of staff working in the mental health sector in the HSE and in any other voluntary hospital group or organisation, by category of occupation, from 2014 to July 2022; his plans to attract additional nursing staff in the mental health area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47581/22]
Wed, 28 Sep 2022
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Hospital Staff
Colm Burke
280. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will request all HSE hospitals and organisations to conduct exit interviews for staff members who have submitted notice of their intention to leave the service to assist in determining the best way to retain staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47582/22]
Tue, 27 Sep 2022
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Disability Services
Colm Burke
307. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if sufficient funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) to continue the ability programme in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46900/22]
Tue, 27 Sep 2022
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Colm Burke
328. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to social welfare regulations that disincentivise workers from taking on extra employment; if her Department plans to review the eligibility criteria for social welfare supports for those engaged in part-time work; if a cumulative-hours-worked basis of assessment is being considered to replace the current days-worked assessment; if these measures can be considered for industries facing specific recruitment and retention challenges including home-care and others; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47089/22]
Tue, 27 Sep 2022
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General Practitioner Services
Colm Burke
513. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently establish a high-level working group on future general practice, to help find innovative solutions, and work collectively to address shortages in the general practitioner-sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46991/22]
Tue, 27 Sep 2022
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General Practitioner Services
Colm Burke
514. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if general-practitioner training in business planning and management will be made available, particularly, GP training in setting-up and building group practices at community level, and where group practice is not viable or feasible; if the HSE will facilitate the ongoing support of such practices, enhancing practice collaboration and networking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46992/22]
Tue, 27 Sep 2022
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General Practitioner Services
Colm Burke
515. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if his Department will set up an initiative whereby it would work with the European Investment Bank to set-up a fund to provide low interest loans to groups of general practitioners to set-up primary care centres run by those GPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46993/22]
Tue, 27 Sep 2022
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General Practitioner Services
Colm Burke
516. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in place and being considered to resource rural general practice to attract general practitioners; the measures that will be put in place to achieve this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46994/22]
Tue, 27 Sep 2022
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General Practitioner Services
Colm Burke
517. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve ICT systems in general practice; if he will consider the implementation of such measures as summary care records, facilitated with a unique patient identifier, to enable an efficient, integrated healthcare system; his plans for investment in e-communication solutions between GP and hospital care to improve patient safety, optimise referral rates and overall, to support secondary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46995/22]
Tue, 27 Sep 2022
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Hospital Procedures
Colm Burke
518. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing a standardised approach to electronic hospital discharges on a nationwide basis, to be delivered using health-mail which is a secure email source to dramatically improve patient care which would lead to many efficiencies, both within hospitals and the community. [46996/22]
Tue, 27 Sep 2022
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General Practitioner Services
Colm Burke
519. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if additional resources will be applied to general practices to enable sessional psychological and counselling services to be financed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46997/22]
Tue, 27 Sep 2022
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Health Services Staff
Colm Burke
520. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if there will be an increase in the number of allied primary care professionals, including psychologists, community psychiatric nurses and mental health therapists in the health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46998/22]
Tue, 27 Sep 2022
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General Practitioner Services
Colm Burke
521. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the establishment of an academic general practitioner-career pathway to recruit, support and retain sufficient academic GPs to meet Ireland’s expanding primary care teaching, healthcare policy and research requirements, and to deliver high-quality evidence-based GP care to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46999/22]