Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Health Services

Noel Grealish

1487. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 593 of 20 February 2024, the steps a person (details supplied) who is employed in a private company, but worked on a contract in a clinical setting in a hospital during the peak of the Covid pandemic can take in order to apply for the Covid bonus when their employer refuses to lodge an application on their behalf, but they meet the criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12912/24]

Health Services

Mattie McGrath

1488. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason the primary residence is included in the assessment for the nursing home support scheme; if he plans to amend this to exclude the primary residence from the means assessment; if a person can appeal the decision to include the primary residence in the assessment, in cases in which they worked all their lives to pay for their house, the reason this is now being assessed against them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12913/24]

Health Services

Michael Healy-Rae

1489. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12914/24]

Health Services

Peter Burke

1490. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health when funding issues will be resolved at a Section 39 organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12916/24]

Health Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1491. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal to wait almost two months for further cancer treatment in Letterkenny University Hospital for an aggressive, terminal cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12930/24]

Health Services

Peter Fitzpatrick

1492. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Health for his assistance with regard to a fair deal scheme issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12936/24]

Health Services

Róisín Shortall

1493. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 429 of 3 February 2022 and 1647 of 26 April 2022, the status of discussions at Department level in relation to the placement of persons in specialist eating disorder units outside the State (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12937/24]

Health Services

Róisín Shortall

1494. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that children with a rare condition have access to surgery and specialised treatment, given the absence of a suitably qualified consultant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12938/24]

Health Services

Matt Shanahan

1495. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 31 January 2024, the reason no electroencephalographic machine is available in University Hospital Waterford; what plans are in place or under discussion to provide such a machine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12948/24]

Health Services

Paul Donnelly

1496. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at St. James’s Hospital. [12969/24]

Health Services

Paul Donnelly

1497. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in use at Clontarf Orthopaedic Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if these numbers will be further increased. [12970/24]

Health Services

Paul Donnelly

1498. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of MRI, X-RAY and CT scanners the Mater Hospital has in-situ. [12971/24]

Health Services

Paul Donnelly

1499. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of adults aged over 70 years currently on a waiting list for a cataract operation; and the hospitals that carry out this procedure, in tabular form. [12972/24]

Health Services

Paul Donnelly

1500. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant vascular surgeon in Beaumont Hospital. [12973/24]

Health Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

1501. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of women who died in each maternity hospital in Ireland for each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12989/24]

Health Services

Martin Browne

1502. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the nature of the plans being considered to use the new community nursing unit in Nenagh to act as a step-down facility for certain patients at University Hospital Limerick; the engagement that the HSE has had with management and staff at St. Conlon’s community nursing unit in relation to the impact this will have upon them; the projected impacts this decision will have for the availability and number of community nursing unit beds in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13011/24]

Medical Cards

Éamon Ó Cuív

1503. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health what efforts are being made to ensure that adequate dentists participate in the scheme to provide dental services to medical card patients as the current dentists are at capacity and cannot meet the demand for the service thus leaving people on low incomes without a vital health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13035/24]

Health Services Staff

Richard Bruton

1504. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health whether his Department, where it mistakenly placed an employee on too high a PRSI deduction for a lengthy period, will repay the over-deduction over the full period; if not if the refund will only apply to the four year period for which the Department of Social Protection will make repayments. [13036/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Charles Flanagan

1505. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if early arrangements can be made for the appointment of a neurology consultant in Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13038/24]

Departmental Strategies

Mark Ward

1506. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on the Connecting for Life Implementation Plan 2023-2024; for an update on the status of the seven goals in the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13040/24]

Departmental Strategies

Mark Ward

1507. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to comment on the aims of goal seven in the Connecting for Life Implementation Plan 2023-2024 in relation to better quality data on suicide mortality across the entire population; for an update on what data is to be collected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13041/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Brendan Howlin

1508. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health if he will arrange for an early assessment for ADHD and ASD for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13050/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

David Stanton

1509. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a CAMHS appointment, an ASD assessment and relevant supports are provided to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13055/24]

Departmental Data

Alan Farrell

1510. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if he can provide a breakdown of the number of children waiting on a CAMHS appointment in CH08 and a breakdown for each county within that CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13067/24]

Medical Cards

Emer Higgins

1511. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health to clarify the policy on blood tests as part of monitoring a medical condition for patients holding a medical card or GP visit card; the steps that can be taken to ensure that blood tests necessary for diagnosis and monitoring are covered by the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13069/24]

Health Service Executive

Pearse Doherty

1512. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 514 of 30 January 2024 (details supplied), when a full HSE response will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13072/24]

Health Service Executive

Pearse Doherty

1513. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 651 of 28 November 2023, when a full HSE response will issue to the question (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13078/24]

Hospital Facilities

Martin Browne

1514. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the progress made in discussions concerning the potential acquisition of a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13087/24]

Nursing Homes

Martin Browne

1515. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the options being considered regarding long stay beds at a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13088/24]

Departmental Data

Seán Canney

1516. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of babies born with Down syndrome in Ireland in each of the years 2017 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13092/24]

Health Service Executive

Michael Ring

1517. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health the reason a query has not been responded to by the HSE (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13101/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Robert Troy

1518. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an ADHD assessment. [13110/24]

Hospital Facilities

John Lahart

1519. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if the HSE still has management control over a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13126/24]

Departmental Data

Patrick Costello

1520. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses for the Dublin south central area; the number of vacancies; the population of children in the catchment area of each; the average wait time to get an appointment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13132/24]

Health Services

Fergus O'Dowd

1521. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if advice will be provided to a person (details supplied) on available supports for required dental treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13164/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Colm Burke

1522. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health when it is proposed to open a care facility (details supplied) where all the necessary works have been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13167/24]

Health Services

Paul Murphy

1523. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health what actions CHI has taken to respond to the field safety notice issued in late 2021 about magec rods. [13168/24]

Health Services

Paul Murphy

1524. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the field safety notice relating to magec rods should be observed by CHI, in particular that the device should be removed after implantation time of no more than two years. [13169/24]

Health Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1525. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health how many times the critical lack of care for diabetes patients at Letterkenny University Hospital has been notified to the HSE National Risk Register. [13175/24]

Home Care Packages

Jackie Cahill

1526. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have their home care package hours filled, given the urgent nature of the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13179/24]

Health Services

Róisín Shortall

1527. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the supports available to women following a mastectomy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13180/24]

Health Services

Róisín Shortall

1528. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reason the review of the paediatric orthopaedic surgery service at CHI and Dublin hospitals will only review the work of one consultant; to respond to concerns regarding the scope of this review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13181/24]

Health Services

Róisín Shortall

1529. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 716 of 5 March 2024, if HIQA advised that existing residents could remain in a nursing home (details supplied); if so, the reason this advice was not followed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13182/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Darren O'Rourke

1530. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive an appointment for hip replacement surgery at Cappagh Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13184/24]

Public Private Partnerships

Rose Conway-Walsh

1531. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health to provide details on all planned PPP projects and ongoing PPP contracts; the status of each project; the anticipated or known capital cost; the anticipated or known cost to the Exchequer over the lifetime of the contracts; the annual total payment of PPP unitary charges and the percentage share of the total capital budget for his Department and all public bodies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13198/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

1532. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13218/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Maurice Quinlivan

1533. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) who received an appointment to attend the Community Audiology Service at the Health Service Executive West, Limerick, but received notification of the appointment after the date of the scheduled appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13221/24]

Departmental Inquiries

Gino Kenny

1534. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health following an Inquiry (details supplied) on the investigation into the retention of baby’s organs and other individuals whose organs were taken without their families consent, what procedures and protocols were given to notify individuals that their loved ones organs were removed; if apologies were issued to affected families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13238/24]

Cancer Services

Aindrias Moynihan

1535. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the reason for the cold cap services not being made available to cancer patients in CUH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13248/24]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

1536. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the impact of the recruitment ban on mental health services, especially what services have been prioritised and which have been closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13257/24]