Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Hospital Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

380. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the vacancies that currently need to be filled in a hospital (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30405/23]

General Practitioner Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

381. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the GPs in County Clare currently engaged in the general medical services scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30406/23]

General Practitioner Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

382. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the practices in County Clare that are in receipt of a grant (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30407/23]

Health Services

Seán Canney

383. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health what plans he has to end geographical inequality in children’s eye care across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30409/23]

Health Services

Steven Matthews

384. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the end of a national HSE contract (details supplied); the efforts he is making to ensure there is no reduction in service for the counties impacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30411/23]

Departmental Budgets

John Paul Phelan

385. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health how much of the allocated budget for reimbursement of medicines has been spent to date since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30428/23]

Disease Management

John Paul Phelan

386. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health if a new liaison person within his Department has been appointed to oversee implementation of the national rare disease plan; if a review conducted by the former liaison person will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30429/23]

Disease Management

John Paul Phelan

387. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health his views on the ARDCI Rare Disease Pledge; whether he agrees with each of its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30430/23]

Medicinal Products

John Paul Phelan

388. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline Ireland's national position in respect of the European Commission's proposed pharmaceutical strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30431/23]

Legislative Measures

John Paul Phelan

389. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health to outline the expected legislative timeline of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30432/23]

Dental Services

Robert Troy

390. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health to address the long waiting lists for orthodontic treatment in Westmeath. [30442/23]

Mental Health Services

Bernard Durkan

391. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which he can assist the mother of a person (details supplied) who is psychotic and requires urgent residential care; if arrangements can be urgently made for such care to be provided as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30465/23]

Health Services

Róisín Shortall

392. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will establish a national referral pathway for children with scoliosis; if he will issue information to GPs outlining the service options for children with scoliosis, such as one (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30480/23]

Hospital Services

Holly Cairns

393. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his response to the recently implemented programme to improve the offering and safety for those who required a texture modified meal in a hospital (details supplied); if he is examining the potential for this programme to be rolled out to other hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30483/23]

Hospital Services

Holly Cairns

394. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his views on maternity hospitals permitting visits by siblings to see newborn children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30484/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

395. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30485/23]

Medical Cards

Emer Higgins

396. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health when the new increased income threshold for GP-only cards will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30488/23]

Nursing Homes

Michael Healy-Rae

166. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take in relation to fair deal rates (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29861/23]

Nursing Homes

Michael Healy-Rae

167. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the rates for the fair deal scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29862/23]

Health Services

Imelda Munster

168. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health why no costs are covered by the HSE for the over-eights ophthalmic scheme in CHO 8, Louth and Meath, when fees are partly covered in other CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29863/23]

Health Services

Imelda Munster

169. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health why there is no over-eights voucher scheme for glasses in CHO 8, Louth and Meath, when there is a voucher scheme or allowance available in other CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29864/23]

Health Services

Imelda Munster

170. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to introduce a universal national eye care programme for children aged eight to 16 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29865/23]

Health Services

Imelda Munster

171. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health to list the schools in the CHO 8 area that have received and completed, or not received and not completed, public eye care school screening, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29866/23]

Health Services

Imelda Munster

172. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health how many children have been referred out to optometrists under the over-eights eye care scheme; how many children were discharged from the scheme without further care in CHO 8, Louth and Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29867/23]

Nursing Homes

Michael Healy-Rae

173. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will examine a series of matters in relation to private and voluntary nursing homes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29870/23]

Pharmacy Services

Cathal Crowe

174. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will engage in talks with community pharmacies and their representative body (details supplied) on a restoration of the dispensing fee to a flat-rate model, a pay restoration in line with public sector pay agreements, and reimbursement for the ever-increasing administrative burden they face; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29905/23]

Nursing Homes

Fergus O'Dowd

175. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes closed by court order under section 59 of the Health Act 2007 since January 2020; if he will list the name, address and operator of such homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29906/23]

Nursing Homes

Fergus O'Dowd

176. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes that received more than two inspections from HIQA in 2022 due to HIQA concerns about the care and welfare of residents; if he will provide details of these homes; if HIQA is now satisfied there are no current HIQA concerns about the care and welfare of residents in these homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29910/23]

Abortion Services

Bríd Smith

177. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of protesters currently outside Limerick maternity hospital that are causing distress to people going to medical appointments, workers, local residents and so on; if he will clarify when exactly the safe access zone legislation will be in place; if he will respond immediately to the urgent need expressed by people trying to access healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29913/23]

Nursing Homes

Fergus O'Dowd

178. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if HIQA has undertaken any prosecutions against any residential care facilities, proprietors, persons in charge and entities for any breach of regulations since April 2021; if so, the regulations breached by each such facility, person or entity; the details, including names of persons, facilities and entities prosecuted; the outcome of such prosecutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29914/23]

Nursing Homes

Fergus O'Dowd

179. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if HIQA has undertaken any prosecutions since June 2021 against any residential care facilities, proprietors, persons in charge and entities for any breaches of regulations; if so, the regulations breached by each such facility, person or entity; the name of the persons, facilities and entities prosecuted; the outcome of such prosecutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29919/23]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

180. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacant consultant posts, by speciality, currently at St. James's Hospital; and when each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [29921/23]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Catherine Murphy

181. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health when each of the regional infertility hubs will be opened; and the number of WTE staff, by job title, who will be working in each of the hubs, in tabular form. [29922/23]

Health Services Staff

Catherine Murphy

182. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical nurse specialists in behaviours of concern working in each CHO area in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29923/23]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

183. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacant consultant posts, by speciality, currently at St. Vincent's University Hospital; and when each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [29924/23]

General Practitioner Services

Ged Nash

184. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of capacity issues in GP surgeries in the Drogheda area and that some practices are not in a position to take on new patients; his plans to address the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29941/23]

Healthcare Policy

Kathleen Funchion

185. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the steering group on the dedicated child health workforce, as committed to in First 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29945/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Robert Troy

186. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [29947/23]

Care Services

Richard Bruton

187. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the progress being made on a 2023 tender for home care services and on the development of a statutory scheme for home care, which would bring equity and consistency into access; if he is aware of the frustration of some existing care providers at the continuous extension of the 2018 tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29951/23]

Medical Qualifications

David Cullinane

188. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the regulation of athletic therapists with CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29954/23]

Hospital Staff

David Cullinane

189. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-term equivalent tracheotomy nurses in paediatric orthopaedics in Cork University Hospital; and the number of tracheotomy nurses available in CUH. [29955/23]

Ambulance Service

David Cullinane

190. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average response time for an ambulance from each base in County Sligo in 2022 and for the first four months of 2023, in tabular form. [29957/23]

Care Services

David Cullinane

191. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a home support waiting list for funding and for a carer in CHO 6, in tabular form. [29958/23]

Emergency Departments

David Cullinane

192. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented at the emergency department at Mercy University Hospital in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29959/23]

Emergency Departments

David Cullinane

193. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation suites in the emergency department of Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29960/23]

Care Services

David Cullinane

194. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when day care services will resume in west Sligo and at the day care centre in Easkey; if there are plans to resume a five-day service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29964/23]

Hospital Staff

David Cullinane

195. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE respiratory nurses working in Galway University Hospital in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29965/23]

Hospital Staff

David Cullinane

196. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists and occupational therapists working out of University Hospital Kerry in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29966/23]

Hospital Staff

David Cullinane

197. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ENT surgeons at Tullamore regional hospital in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29967/23]

Hospital Staff

David Cullinane

198. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons and orthopaedic registrars working in Roscommon University Hospital in the years 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29968/23]