Written Answers Nos. 415-429
415. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons on a public health-related waiting list across acute, primary and community care, including diagnostics, waits for assessments and all waiting lists for testing, therapies or health services provided for or on behalf of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10735/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraDetails of patients on acute hospital waiting lists are available in the NTPFs website. In relation to the other queries raised, as these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
416. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons over 75 years of age on a public health-related waiting list across acute, primary and community care, including diagnostics, waits for assessments and all waiting lists for testing, therapies or health services provided by or on behalf of the HSE, broken down by wait times in bands of zero to three, three to six, six months to a year, greater than one, greater than two and greater than four years, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10736/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraI provided details of patients waiting over 75 on acute hospital waiting lists in my reply to PQ 10678/22. In relation to the other queries raised, as these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
417. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital for each quarter of 2019, 2020, and 2021, in tabular form; the number of days on which occupancy exceeded 100%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10739/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
418. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent to which private diagnostic services are covered or discounted by a medical card; the conditions which apply to those under 16 years of age; if he intends to amend the relevant legislation to remove private diagnostic charges for those under 16 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10741/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraI understand from clarification from the Deputy’s Office that this question refers to an individual case.
Should the Deputy's Office provide the further particulars of the instance in question, I will arrange for the matter to be examined and a response to issue to the Deputy.
419. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the range and average per-hour rate paid to agencies for nursing and healthcare assistant grades, by service division. [10743/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy, as soon as possible.
420. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health the timeline for when the extension of free general practitioner care for children up to eight years of age will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10744/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Government is committed to increasing access to GP care without charges for children, an important healthcare measure that will remove a potentially prohibitive cost barrier to accessing GP care and will help to improve children’s health as they develop. At present all children up to and including the age of 5 are eligible for a GP visit card and therefore GP care without charges. The Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020 provides, amongst other things, for the phased expansion of GP care without fees to all children aged 12 years and under in three phases: to children aged 6 and 7; to children aged 8 and 9; and to children aged 10,11 and 12. Budget 2022 provides for the initial stage of this phased expansion, the provision of GP care without fees to all children aged 6 and 7. My officials and the HSE are already engaged in preparatory work, and I expect to be in a position to bring forward proposals to the IMO, representing GPs, later this quarter, after which engagement can commence with the IMO. It is important to ensure that any additional pressures placed on general practice will not limit its capacity to meet the needs of all patients in the community.
421. 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. [10746/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
422. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if the cost of medicinal cannabis oil products will be reimbursed for a child (details supplied) in County Cork under the Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods Act 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10747/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
423. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 2 December 2021, if he will provide this Deputy with copies of the staffing census of the children’s disability network teams and the details of the workforce plan for the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10787/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra425. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the current shortfall in therapist posts per children’s disability network team; the type of therapist posts that are short per children’s disability network team in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10789/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra430. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 2 December 2021, if all the 85 posts approved in mid-2021 for services in special schools have been filled; if these posts are located within special schools or within children’s disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10794/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 423, 425 and 430 together.
As the Deputy's questions relate to operational issues, they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
424. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the National Management Information System for the 91 children’s disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10788/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Deputy's question relates to an operational issue, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
426. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number and type of therapist posts that are currently advertised; the average length of time to fill therapy posts by therapy discipline; the number of therapy posts that have went unfilled by therapy discipline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10790/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy, as soon as possible.
427. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the national average waiting time for a child to receive an assessment of need in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10791/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Deputy's question relates to an operational issue, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
428. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1014 and 1015 of 31 March 2021, the latest figures for the number of children who have received an assessment of need, per CHO; the number of children overdue for an assessment of need, per CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10792/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Deputy's question relates to an operational issue, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
429. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children with a disability allocated to each children’s disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10793/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra431. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children 0 to 17 years and 11 months old awaiting a therapy identified in their assessment of need service statement by therapy discipline, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10795/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra432. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints that were received under Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005 in relation to a child’s assessment of need for disability services not being carried out within the statutory timeframe each year from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10796/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra433. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of requests for an assessment of need that were made in each of the years from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10797/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 429 and 431 to 433, inclusive, together.
As the Deputy's questions relate to operational issues, they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
