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Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Denis Naughten
603. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a physiotherapy appointment in CHO3; the breakdown of the time they have been on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29130/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Denis Naughten
604. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a physiotherapy appointment in CHO4; the breakdown of the time they have been on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29131/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Denis Naughten
605. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a physiotherapy appointment in CHO5; the breakdown of the time they have been on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29132/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Denis Naughten
606. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a physiotherapy appointment in CHO6; the breakdown of the time they have been on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29133/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Denis Naughten
607. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a physiotherapy appointment in CHO7; the breakdown of the time they have been on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29134/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Denis Naughten
608. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a physiotherapy appointment in CHO8; the breakdown of the time they have been on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29135/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Denis Naughten
609. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a physiotherapy appointment in CHO9; the breakdown of the time they have been on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29136/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
610. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric ophthalmologists attached to both CHI Crumlin and CHI Temple Street in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29153/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
611. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE advanced nurse practitioners for diabetes in pregnancy working in each maternity unit in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29154/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Hospital Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
612. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE cardiac physiologists attached to University Hospital Waterford in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29155/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
613. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of addiction rehabilitation, detox and stabilisation beds opened in CHO5 in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29156/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Hospital Appointments Status
Michael McNamara
614. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29166/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Hospital Appointments Status
Paul McAuliffe
615. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the operation for a person (details supplied). [29167/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Pharmacy Services
Willie O'Dea
616. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of a shortage of supply of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products in Ireland; his plans to ensure a regular supply of these products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29168/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Staff
Maurice Quinlivan
617. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the consideration that is being given to addressing the pay disparity between Section 38 and Section 39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29169/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Pharmacy Services
Maurice Quinlivan
618. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health his views on the shortage of HRT (hormone replacement therapy), used to relieve the symptoms of menopause, in pharmacies across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29170/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Pharmacy Services
Sorca Clarke
619. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the review of community pharmacies services. [29175/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Pharmacy Services
Sorca Clarke
620. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the representative bodies he and his Department have engaged with as part of the review of community pharmacies services, the representative bodies that remain to be engaged with, and the timeline for such engagement. [29176/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Pharmacy Services
Sorca Clarke
621. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health his and his Departments engagement to date with the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform in relation to an increase in dispensing fees for community pharmacies to €6.50 per medicine. [29177/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Pharmacy Services
Sorca Clarke
622. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of increasing dispensing fees of community pharmacies, to a flat fee model of care being reimbursed at €6.50 per medicine. [29178/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Healthcare Policy
Pádraig O'Sullivan
623. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when he will publish the HSE Amyloidosis Working Group report, a new model of care and national guidelines, which was submitted in August 2020, approved in October 2022 and remains uncirculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29179/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Healthcare Policy
Pádraig O'Sullivan
624. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when he expects implementation of the guidelines set out in the HSE Amyloidosis Working Group report, a new model of care and national guidelines, which was submitted in August 2020, and approved in October 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29183/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Waiting Lists
John Brady
625. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the number of people that are currently on the waiting list to attend a weight management clinic (details supplied) by CHO, in tabular form broken down by length of time 3, 6, 12, 18, 24 months and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29184/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services
John Brady
626. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health how many people are currently attending a weight management clinic (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29185/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services
John Brady
627. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health when the weight management new patient clinic will resume at a hospital (details supplied); how many dietitians there are at this clinic at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29186/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Promotion
Patrick Costello
628. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he is in favour of a ban on all e-cigarette product flavours, barring tobacco flavour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29187/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Pharmacy Services
Seán Haughey
629. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Health if he will restore the pay of community pharmacists by restoring dispensing fees, by granting pay parity with other healthcare workers and by recognising the administrative burdens faced by community pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29199/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Hospital Admissions
Michael Healy-Rae
630. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a long-term bed will be offered to a person (details supplied) in the Killarney or Kenmare area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29202/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Medical Cards
Maurice Quinlivan
631. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health about the case of a person (details supplied), who despite being a medical card holder has been charged for blood tests despite these being necessary as part of an investigation of medical symptoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29203/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Staff
Denis Naughten
632. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health how the number of primary care therapists eg physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists etc employed in each CHO area is determined; if population and/or numbers on waiting lists are taken into consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29207/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Pharmacy Services
Mairéad Farrell
633. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if he has been made aware of the current lack of supply of progesterone across pharmacies in the country; if he is taking action to rectify the supply issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29209/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Medical Cards
Thomas Pringle
634. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health for an update plan for changes to the GP visit card eligibility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29217/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Hospital Services
Jackie Cahill
635. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health why Tipperary University Hospital is being grouped with hospitals from Dublin and the South East as part of the realignment process, rather than with hospitals in Cork; if he will examine this matter and give it further consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29219/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services
Mary Lou McDonald
636. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the current eye care services available to children aged eight years and over in CHO9. [29240/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services
Mary Lou McDonald
637. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health how many children in the CHO9 area that have been referred to HSE eye clinics, having failed the school screening services for 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, respectively. [29241/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Mary Lou McDonald
638. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the current average wait time for an appointment with HSE eye clinics for children in the CHO9 area. [29242/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Mary Lou McDonald
639. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the current average wait time for an eye examination for children in the CHO9 area. [29243/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services
Mary Lou McDonald
640. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a standardised eye-care programme for children aged eight years and over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29244/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Pharmacy Services
Cormac Devlin
641. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if he will examine restoring rates for community based pharmacies as per the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29256/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Capital Expenditure Programme
Matt Shanahan
642. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health to list the project expenditure and total annual quantum of capital expenditure with associated and relevant capital project name and reference details under the expenditure heading of acute, community health, mental health and each and any other relevant capital expenditure heading with details thereof on the campus in Cork University Hospital, Galway University Hospital, Limerick University Hospital and Waterford University Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29258/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Mental Health Services
Michael Healy-Rae
643. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if his Department’s look-back review into Kerry CAMHS should go back further than July 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29276/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Hospital Transfers
Michael Healy-Rae
644. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a hospital issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29281/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Michael Healy-Rae
645. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29282/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Hospital Procedures
Michael Healy-Rae
646. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason only one consultant is carrying out paediatric ENT surgeries on patients in CHU (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29286/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Promotion
Neasa Hourigan
647. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will be sending a representative to the Global Congress on Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes in Geneva. [29287/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Cancer Services
Neasa Hourigan
648. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health to list the hospitals with the National Acute Oncology Nursing Service to assist patients undergoing active cancer treatment in avoiding attending the emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29298/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Cancer Services
Neasa Hourigan
649. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the National Acute Oncology Nursing Service is in place in Letterkenny University Hospital to assist patients undergoing active cancer treatment in avoiding attending the emergency department; if not, if there is an alternative system in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29299/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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General Practitioner Services
Paul Murphy
650. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to assist a woman (details supplied) to find a new GP surgery to attend as a matter of urgency. [29313/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Service Executive
Pádraig O'Sullivan
651. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of times the HSE’s Chief Clinical Officer has been briefed on the NCPE’s ongoing activity; what reporting requirements are in place for the NCPE to report to the chief clinical officer; what performance measurements are in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29316/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Hospital Appointments Status
Michael Healy-Rae
652. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29317/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Nursing Homes
Michael Healy-Rae
653. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a fair deal application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29318/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Pharmacy Services
Brendan Griffin
654. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29321/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Cancer Services
Thomas Pringle
655. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding the bowel screening programme to people aged 55 to 74 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29340/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Cancer Services
Thomas Pringle
656. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding the BreastCheck screening to women aged between 45 and 74 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29341/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Hospital Charges
Thomas Pringle
657. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing parking charges at public hospitals for cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29342/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Medical Cards
Thomas Pringle
658. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing medical cards to all cancer patients upon diagnosis to cessation of treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29343/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Prescriptions Charges
Thomas Pringle
659. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing prescription charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29344/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Medicinal Products
Thomas Pringle
660. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the threshold of the drugs payment scheme to a maximum of €72 per patient per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29361/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Public Sector Pay
Anne Rabbitte
661. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the reason the public service record of a person (details supplied) is not being considered on entry point level given they have a pervious service record; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29362/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Neasa Hourigan
662. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 599 of 25 April 2023 and 622 of 16 May 2023, if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the change of scope of works to the Carraig Mór intensive care mental health facility (details supplied) in Cork ; if these changes involve an increase in bed capacity; if so, by how much; the number of service-users who will be accommodated on site when the building works are complete; if these will include service-users referred for acute admissions as well as long-stay residents; the breakdown of bed capacity for each cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29365/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Neasa Hourigan
663. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 599 of 25 April 2023 and 622 of 16 May 2023, the reason the HSE cited a figure publicly in 2021 of €4.5 million to renovate the Carraig Mór mental health facility in Cork without accounting for design team costs, site works, surveying works, VAT and other essential costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29366/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Staff
Neasa Hourigan
664. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of grievance and dignity at work cases submitted by HSE employees to management and recorded by employee relations in each CHO in 2022 and to date in 2023; the duration in each case that the employee waited or is waiting for a grievance or dignity at work hearing to take place since submitting their complaint, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29367/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Pharmacy Services
Seán Sherlock
665. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health what discussions he has had with Government colleagues regarding a campaign (details supplied) for the restoration of community pharmacy pay. [29377/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Mental Health Services
Mark Ward
666. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health his views on the number of inpatient beds for CAMHS; if he will explain the difference between the numbers cited in Parliamentary Question No. 626 of 31 May 2022 and those in the Mental Health Commission’s Annual Report 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29380/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Disabilities Assessments
Mark Ward
667. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if there are national standards for assessing ADHD; if so, if these are applied in each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29381/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Disability Services
Mark Ward
668. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on the work carried out by the Changing Lives Initiative to date; the plans that are in place for the further roll-out of the Changing Lives Initiative; what funding is available; what steps are being taken to secure additional funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29382/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Disabilities Assessments
Mark Ward
669. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of young people on CAMHS waiting lists who are waiting on an ADHD assessment, by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29383/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Mental Health Services
Mark Ward
670. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists by CHO and length of wait for May 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29384/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services
Ged Nash
671. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has any plans to introduce an over eight’s voucher scheme for optometry assessment and treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29394/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services
John Brady
672. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to analysis conducted (details supplied) which shows that Ireland is slipping down the rankings when it comes to the number of diseases screened for in the heelprick test when compared to European counterparts, falling from 21st place last year, to 23rd place; if he is aware that, despite his announcement in January that severe combined immunodeficiency is to be included in the heelprick test, no babies have yet been screened for this disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29403/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services
John Brady
673. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health when parents in Ireland can expect to have their babies screened for severe combined immunodeficiency disease as part of the heelprick test, given his announcement that it is to be included in January of this year; the other diseases that use the same T-cell receptor excision circle screening and may be added to the newborn screening programme easily as a result; the resources that the HSE has requested from his Department in order to implement this new screening methodology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29404/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Medicinal Products
Richard Boyd Barrett
674. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE has plans to fund the drug, dupilumab which is used to treat a form of asthma, under the reimbursement scheme; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29408/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Pharmacy Services
Seán Canney
675. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with community pharmacies or with an organisation (details supplied) to conduct a review of their services under Public Pay and Pension Act 2017 legislation; when this review will take place; if he is aware of the huge increase in business costs wages and overheads since cuts were imposed during the recession in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29419/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
676. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a hip replacement surgery for a person (details supplied) through the national treatment purchase fund. [29422/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Staff
Paul Donnelly
677. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency nurses working in each of the three children's emergency departments within Dublin in the years of 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29434/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Staff
Paul Donnelly
678. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title, working in the eating disorder teams based in CHO7 and CHO9; the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, in each of these teams; and when each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [29435/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Hospital Procedures
Paul Donnelly
679. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of laparoscopic gastric bypass surgeries performed at St. Vincent's University Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29436/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Hospital Closures
Mattie McGrath
680. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health to outline how donors to St. Brigid's District Hospital Carrick-on-Suir can claim their money back after the hospital was closed in 2020. [29444/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
681. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health how much each section 38 and 39 organisation receives from the HSE per hour to fund personal assistant services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29454/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Pharmacy Services
Brendan Smith
682. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will give urgent and detailed consideration to a number of healthcare issues raised by a national representative organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29456/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Pharmacy Services
Richard Bruton
683. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has considered the need to review fees to pharmacists which were cut under FEMPI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29461/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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State Bodies
Denis Naughten
684. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the implementation of circular 25/2016 by each State body under the aegis of his Department; and if he will provide, in tabular form, by State agency, the compliance with each of the standards and timelines set out in responding to Oireachtas Members’ queries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29477/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Disabilities Assessments
Róisín Shortall
685. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of assessments of need performed by each CHO in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [29492/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Nursing Homes
Alan Dillon
686. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health regarding the funding allocation for public nursing homes under the HSE's jurisdiction, if there has been an increase in funding per resident in 2023 for public nursing home; if so, the amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29494/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Staff
Jackie Cahill
687. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health how many of the 22 neurologist speciality nurse positions that were announced have been filled to date; if he will list the areas that still have vacancies in these positions after funding being allocated to hire these nurses, by HSE region, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29576/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Pharmacy Services
Brendan Griffin
688. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29577/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Duncan Smith
689. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the major capital works that were carried out at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan in 2022 and to date in 2023; the nature of these works; and the additional capital works that are scheduled to be carried out at this hospital over the next 12 months, in tabular form. [29578/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
690. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost to recruit one additional WTE genetic consultant and one extra WTE genetic counsellor, in tabular form. [29579/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
691. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at Portiuncula University Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29580/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
692. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE orthodontists employed by the HSE in CHO5 in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29581/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
693. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical specialist physiotherapists in musculoskeletal triage at St. Vincent's University Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [29582/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
694. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, at the HSE National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics; and the estimated full-year cost of filling these vacancies, in tabular form. [29583/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Mental Health Services
Duncan Smith
695. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the early intervention psychosis services currently available within CHO8. [29584/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
696. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE plastic surgeon registrars working in the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29585/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Hospital Procedures
Duncan Smith
697. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of heart transplant procedures carried out to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29586/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
698. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the WTE number of dietitians employed by Naas General Hospital; and the specific services in which these dietitians are employed, in tabular form. [29587/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Vaccination Programme
Neasa Hourigan
699. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the origins of emails sent by clerical staff of the Cork HSE mental health services on 7 January 2021 offering the possibility of priority Covid vaccines to non-patient facing staff, including several senior HSE managers (details supplied); the HSE managers responsible for making these offers of priority vaccines to colleagues; if the CEO of the HSE is aware of this possible breach of the vaccine scheduling protocol in CHO4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29589/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Nursing Homes
Thomas Pringle
700. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the current situation in relation to a nursing home (details supplied); the role the HSE plays in the management and functioning of the facility; if the HSE intends to take over the management of the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29592/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Medicinal Products
Michael Fitzmaurice
701. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if the drug, sativex, will be made available for people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29595/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services
Thomas Gould
702. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people who were assessed by addiction rehabilitation, detox and stabilisation facilities in 2022, in tabular form. [29596/23]