Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Primary Care Services

Paul Donnelly

201. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO9 that currently provide phlebotomy services, in tabular form. [23248/24]

Departmental Programmes

Paul Donnelly

202. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the locations currently where the Pathfinder Programme is currently available; and the plans to increase this number of locations where the Pathfinder Programme will be available, in tabular form. [23249/24]

Mental Health Services

Holly Cairns

203. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals to the north Lee, south Lee, north Cork and west Cork primary care child/adolescent psychology services between 1 May 2023 and 1 May 2024. [23256/24]

Mental Health Services

Holly Cairns

204. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of appointments offered to individual clients and separately the number of group support appointments offered within the north Lee, south Lee, north Cork and west Cork primary care child/adolescent psychology services between1 May 2023 and 1 May 2024, per grade of psychologist and per month, in tabular form. [23257/24]

Nursing Homes

Cathal Crowe

547. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will give consideration to a number of measures to stabilise and sustain the nursing home sector [22336/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Kathleen Funchion

548. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have their operation, which has been cancelled six times. [22338/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

549. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if an appointment can be expedited on behalf of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22355/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Catherine Murphy

550. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to see a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Tallaght University Hospital. [22357/24]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

551. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE secretaries, who are part of the ophthalmology department responsible for making appointments for patients for eye injections, within the outpatients' eye clinic in the Mater hospital in each of the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the hours and days of week each secretary is based at the hospital, in tabular form. [22358/24]

Hospital Facilities

Catherine Murphy

552. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of theatres currently in use at St. James's Hospital; and the hours and days of the week each theatre is available for procedures, in tabular form. [22359/24]

Hospital Facilities

Catherine Murphy

553. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year costs needed to increase the number of neonatal high-dependency unit beds from six to 14 in both CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin. [22360/24]

Health Strategies

Catherine Murphy

554. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health when the last national ophthalmology strategy was delivered; If the recommendations of the strategy were achieved; and when a new strategy will be produced. [22361/24]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

555. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health If the post of chief cardiac physiologist and senior cardiac physiologist within cardiac catheterisation laboratory at Beaumont Hospital have been filled on a full-time basis. [22362/24]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

556. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant general and hepato-pancreato-biliary and liver transplant surgeons at St. Vincent's University Hospital in each of the years of 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024 in tabular form. [22363/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

557. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for an operation at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; if he is on the routine or urgent list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22389/24]

General Practitioner Services

Paul Donnelly

558. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health his views on the issue that GPs have been refusing to do private cervical smear tests for patients as they have no faith in the labs where the tests are analysed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22401/24]

Hospital Facilities

Alan Kelly

559. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has considered adding extra acute beds to Nenagh General Hospital. [22407/24]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

560. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently on HSE recruitment panels for all disciplines in CHO3 as of 13 May 2024 by discipline and job type, in tabular form. [22410/24]

Hospital Staff

Michael Healy-Rae

561. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to recruit another peer support facilitator with the psychiatric team in UHK in view of the fact there are currently only two positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22426/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

562. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22432/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

John McGuinness

563. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if immediate appointments will be given to a person (details supplied). [22438/24]

Health Promotion

Thomas Pringle

564. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health whether he has any plans to increase awareness about the importance of the use of sun cream in combatting skin cancer; whether he has had any discussions with his counterparts in the Department of Finance regarding what concessions could be made in this area, including a reduction or exclusion of VAT applied to products. [22442/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Robert Troy

565. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a scope for a person (details supplied). [22444/24]

Health Promotion

Catherine Connolly

566. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase awareness about the importance of the use of sun cream in combatting skin cancer; the details of any discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Department of Finance regarding what concessions could be made in this area, including a reduction in or exclusion of VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22446/24]

Health Strategies

Catherine Connolly

567. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of each of the eight recommendations in the “Overview Report of HIQA’s Monitoring Programme against the National Standards for Safer Better Maternity Service, with a focus on obstetric emergencies” (2020); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22448/24]

Health Strategies

Catherine Connolly

568. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the revised National Maternity Strategy Implementation Plan 2021 – 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22449/24]

Health Strategies

Catherine Connolly

569. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the funding that was provided to the National Maternity Strategy in each year from 2016 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22450/24]

Health Strategies

Catherine Connolly

570. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health pursuant to the revised National Maternity Strategy Implementation Plan 2021 – 2026, the status of the establishment of a clinical audit function for maternity services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22451/24]

Health Strategies

Catherine Connolly

571. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health pursuant to the revised National Maternity Strategy Implementation Plan 2021 – 2026, the status of plans to develop a research strategy for Irish maternity services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22452/24]

Health Strategies

Catherine Connolly

572. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health pursuant to the revised National Maternity Strategy Implementation Plan 2021 – 2026, the status of the review by NWIHP of the maternity and infant care scheme, in conjunction with the Primary Care Directorate; the details of any adaptations made or planned on foot of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22453/24]

Health Strategies

Catherine Connolly

573. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health pursuant to the revised National Maternity Strategy Implementation Plan 2021 – 2026, the status of the stakeholder forum to assess the effectiveness of the maternity and infant care scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22454/24]

Health Strategies

Catherine Connolly

574. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health pursuant to the revised National Maternity Strategy Implementation Plan 2021 – 2026, the status of the promised detailed national standardised dataset to support the effective monitoring and evaluation of the maternity and infant care scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22455/24]

Health Strategies

Catherine Connolly

575. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the infrastructural deficits that exist in every maternity unit and hospital, as recommended in a report (details supplied); the status of the implementation plan to bring each maternity unit and hospital into compliance with National Standards for Safer Better Maternity Services, National Standards for Safer Better Healthcare and the National Standards for the Prevention and Control of Healthcare Associated Infections in the Acute Healthcare Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22456/24]

Dental Services

Matt Carthy

576. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 2 May 2024, if he will ensure that a child (details supplied) will be offered treatment to urgently complete their orthodontal treatment at another hospital in the event that an urgent appointment cannot be provided in the orthodontal clinic in Louth County Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22459/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

577. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment in Temple Street Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22461/24]

Mental Health Services

Michael Lowry

578. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the current situation at the child and adolescent mental health services at Nenagh Health an Centre, County Tipperary, where there is currently no occupational therapist is in place (details supplied); the status of the recruitment process for this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22462/24]

Departmental Data

Paul Kehoe

579. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health the number of people (details supplied) who were actively using the health service, by county between 1 February and 1 April 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22494/24]

Departmental Data

David Cullinane

580. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the data which will be reported through the health performance visualisation platform, in tabular form; the relevant metrics and indicators which will be measured and monitored; and the regularity of reporting. [22499/24]

Dental Services

Michael Healy-Rae

581. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when students will be called for an appointment with the school dentist (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22511/24]

Home Help Service

Michael Healy-Rae

582. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of an urgent request for a person (details supplied); when additional home help will be offered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22517/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pa Daly

583. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for cataract eye surgery as they are visually impaired and the issue is impacting on their quality of life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22520/24]

Mental Health Services

Danny Healy-Rae

584. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health for an update on a matter concerning provision of CAMHS psychotherapists in Tralee (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22521/24]

Mental Health Services

Pearse Doherty

585. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1542 of 9 April 2024, when a full HSE reply will be issued (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22546/24]

Care Services

Michael Healy-Rae

586. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22557/24]

Child Protection

Francis Noel Duffy

587. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 712 of 30 April 2024, if, in circumstances where a private/charitable service provider believes that it is in the best interests of a child to receive psychological support, where the private/charitable service provider has a policy that the consent of one parent/guardian is sufficient, one parent/guardian legally can bring their child to avail of psychological support if the other parent / guardian opposes this. [22579/24]

Child Protection

Francis Noel Duffy

588. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 712 of 30 April 2024, if her Department has considered issuing a guideline similar to the NHS (details supplied) that the consent of only one parent is necessary to allow a child to avail of psychological support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22580/24]

Health Services

Michael Healy-Rae

589. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if there is a dietitian service in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22584/24]

International Agreements

Willie O'Dea

590. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if the Government intends to become a signatory to the proposed WHO Pandemic Treaty, a legally binding treaty which would grant significant powers to a UN agency; if he is satisfied that this proposed treaty will comply with the Constitution; if he will commit to putting this matter to the people in a referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22585/24]

Dental Services

Ged Nash

591. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will address the difficulties experienced by families in Dundalk, in accessing orthodontist services since February 2024 (details supplied); the plans that are in place to resume orthodontist services in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22586/24]

Mental Health Services

Paul Murphy

592. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure the healthcare needed is provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22598/24]