Parliamentary questions

Health Strategies

Éamon Ó Cuív

631. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if a “Diabetes Taskforce” of relevant stakeholders will be set up to develop a National Diabetes Strategy that will ensure the provision of optimum care to every person with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17731/24]

Hospital Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

632. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when multidisciplinary diabetes team members consisting of consultant endocrinologists, advanced nurse practitioners, diabetes nurse specialists, dietitians, psychologists for both a paediatric diabetes clinic, and an adult diabetes clinic will be set up in each region as recommended; the number of hospital-based diabetes clinics that meet these standards at present and their location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17732/24]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Pearse Doherty

633. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person in County Donegal (details supplied) will get sanctioned for funding from the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17739/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

634. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for vestibular physiotherapy at Tallaght University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17741/24]

Health Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

635. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the process for a disabled person to apply for a personal assistant through the HSE; if it is the same process in all CHO areas; what is the process for allocating hours to a person once a decision is made that a person qualifies for a personal assistant; if he will provide, in tabular form, a guide to the number of hours that can be allocated to a person based on their needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17742/24]

Primary Care Services

Seán Canney

636. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the status of the audiology clinic in Tuam primary care centre, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17758/24]

Hospital Services

Thomas Pringle

637. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will agree to a request via email dated 15 April 2024 for a meeting from the Donegal branch of an organisation (details supplied) to discuss diabetes care at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17809/24]

Meals-on-Wheels Services

Joan Collins

638. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the funding provided by HSE to meals on wheels service providers in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [17816/24]

Health Services Staff

Joan Collins

639. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time and part-time healthcare assistants employed by the HSE working in each health centre and primary care centre within CHO7 in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [17818/24]

Meals-on-Wheels Services

Joan Collins

640. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of requests made to the HSE for a meals on wheels service for individuals via the public health nurse in 2023; and the percentage of those requests that were approved, in tabular form. [17819/24]

Hospital Services

Joan Collins

641. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant gastroenterologists and WTE gastroenterologist registrars based in St. James's Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [17820/24]

Human Trafficking

Joan Collins

642. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff that have training in relation to human trafficking awareness or human trafficking indicators; the level to which this training has been provided; and if this training is provided on a regular basis. [17821/24]

Mental Health Services

Joan Collins

643. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE child and adolescent psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, social workers and nurses employed by CAMHS mental health intellectual disability within CHO7 in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [17822/24]

Care Services

Joan Collins

644. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the capacity of each HSE-funded day care centre within CHO 7 as of 10 April 2024, in tabular form. [17823/24]

Care Services

Joan Collins

645. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the capacity of each HSE-funded respite centre within CHO7 as of 10 April 2024, in tabular form. [17824/24]

Hospital Admissions

Joan Collins

646. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that have been admitted to CHI Crumlin and have been in the hospital for 28 or more continuous days in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [17825/24]

Childcare Services

Michael Healy-Rae

647. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on a matter (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17856/24]

Local Elections

Bríd Smith

648. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if a HSE worker who is currently employed at the grade of general dental surgeon: 1597, is eligible to run for local election; if there is a list of specific grades which are ‘designated by order of the Minister for Health and Children’; if so, to outline what they are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17857/24]

Law Reform Commission

Fergus O'Dowd

649. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to the recommendations made in the recent report by the Law Reform Commission on the need for the Government to establish a regulatory framework for adult safeguarding and to introduce the recommended necessary legislation and other fundamental changes necessary to protect vulnerable adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17865/24]

Health Services Staff

Danny Healy-Rae

650. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if there are plans in place to have a specialist nurse in Kerry for the many people who have Parkinson's disease and at the very least need to have access to a nurse in their own county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17871/24]

Health Services Staff

Thomas Gould

651. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason subsistence payments to nursing students working under the Cope Foundation have not been paid. [17878/24]

Health Services Staff

Paul Murphy

652. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1408 of 20 March 2024, if the staff census is using all the CHO numbers, HSE employees only or non-HSE employees (details supplied). [17884/24]

Health Services Staff

Paul Murphy

653. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1408 of 20 March 2024, with the new breakdown, if he will instruct the HSE to clarify the reason the numbers are still not matching up; what parameters the staff census uses, i.e. CDNT exclusive or if they include hospitals and-or complex needs schools as well; if so, if the HSE will provide percentages for which portion is for CDNTs, and which portion is dedicated to each additional area (details supplied). [17885/24]

Health Services Staff

Paul Murphy

654. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1408 of 20 March 2024, the methodology the HSE used to come up with the figures they arrived at in the staff census for the different categories (details supplied). [17886/24]

Primary Care Centres

Michael Ring

655. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health when the HSE became aware that construction work on the development of Ballyhaunis primary care centre was to come to a halt in 2021; the reasons cited for stopping works at that time; who communicated that information; how that information was relayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17889/24]

Primary Care Centres

Michael Ring

656. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health the various completion dates for Ballyhaunis primary care centre that have been cited or provided to the HSE over the course of its development; when those dates were provided; who communicated that information; how that information was communicated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17890/24]

Primary Care Centres

Michael Ring

657. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health what contractors the HSE has been in contact with or engaged with concerning the development of Ballyhaunis primary care centre; the details of those contacts and engagements; the dates of those contacts and engagements; the nature of those contacts and engagements; the details covered in those contacts and engagements; if the information could be provided, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17891/24]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Richard Boyd Barrett

658. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the services purchased by St. Michael’s Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, under the national treatment purchase plan for the years 2021-2024; the breakdown of services purchased; the cost of these services, broken down by year and month, in tabular form. [17892/24]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Richard Boyd Barrett

659. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the services purchased by St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, under the national treatment purchase plan for the years 2021-2024; the breakdown of services purchased, the cost of these services, broken down by year and month, in tabular form. [17893/24]

Public Sector Pay

Danny Healy-Rae

660. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will give urgent attention to a serious issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17895/24]

Health Services

James Lawless

661. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17903/24]

Hospital Staff

Danny Healy-Rae

662. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17919/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

663. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when a hospital procedure will be scheduled for a person (details supplied) who has been waiting for a number of years for same.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17929/24]

Substance Misuse

Pat Buckley

664. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 22 February 2024, if hexahydrocannabinol is defined as a psychoactive drug under existing legislation and relating schedules; if not, the steps he has taken to regulate the sale of the drug for human consumption, especially in circumstances where it may be purchased by minors or without any information regarding potential risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17930/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Michael Healy-Rae

665. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a battery pack for a wheelchair will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17934/24]

Regulatory Bodies

Steven Matthews

666. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 18 April 2024, if his attention has been drawn to delays in the establishment of a register of counsellors and psychotherapists by a group (details supplied); the actions he will take to ensure this process is expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17937/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

667. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the incidence rate of shingles for those aged under 50 and over 50 years, respectively, for each of the past five years to date. [17942/24]

Meals-on-Wheels Services

John McGuinness

668. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the status of the meals-on-wheels service operated by the HSE in Kilmoganny, County Kilkenny; if each recipient of the service has been consulted on the changes being considered; if alternative arrangements are being made to accommodate those that need the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17945/24]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

669. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that, currently, Ireland screens newborn babies for fewer diseases than 75% of EU countries; if he is also aware that since the establishment of the Newborn Screening Advisory Committee in 2019, only one new test has been delivered in the intervening years; if he will agree to a comprehensive newborn screening programme that is adequately resourced and ensures that babies born here are screened for the EU average of 18 conditions at a minimum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17952/24]

Medicinal Products

David Cullinane

670. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason reimbursement support for Ozempic® (Semaglutide)  is only available to those with eligibility under the general medical services scheme or the long-term illness scheme, and is not available on the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17966/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joe McHugh

671. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health the reason dermatology services at Letterkenny University Hospital and Sligo University Hospital have not been included as priority areas of focus in the national waiting list action plan, given the high proportion of patients waiting over 18 months, per the National Treatment Purchase Fund, for dermatology services in both hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17967/24]

Hospital Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

672. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with type 1 diabetes attending the adult diabetes service in Letterkenny University Hospital; the number waiting fewer than 12, between 12 and 24 and waiting more than 24 months for an endocrinology appointment; and the longest waiting time for an appointment. [17970/24]

Medicinal Products

Robert Troy

673. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the approval of fenfluramine for the treatment of dravet syndrome (details supplied). [17972/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Bernard Durkan

674. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health whether any interim payment is available in the case of a person (details supplied) who is a HSE worker who contracted Covid on the frontline during the pandemic but has suffered with ill health ever since and currently has no income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17974/24]

Health Services

Róisín Shortall

675. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the lack of community rehabilitation and support services for stroke and heart failure patients; his plans to address the deficit in services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17978/24]

Medical Register

Róisín Shortall

676. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of radiation therapists registered by CORU in each of the years since 2017, in tabular form. [17979/24]

Medical Register

Róisín Shortall

677. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of people who applied to CORU for registration as a radiation therapist in each of the years since 2017, in tabular form; and the number whose applications were refused. [17980/24]

Medical Register

Róisín Shortall

678. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for registration as a radiation therapist currently with CORU; and the average wait time for a decision on applications. [17981/24]

Hospital Services

Thomas Pringle

679. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with type 2 diabetes who attend the adult diabetes service in Letterkenny University Hospital; the number of those who are waiting less than 12 months for an appointment; waiting between 12 and 24 months for an appointment; waiting more than 24 months for an appointment; the longest waiting time for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17983/24]

Medicinal Products

Robert Troy

680. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will approve the funding of a fenfluramine for a child (details supplied) on compassionate grounds. [17985/24]