Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]

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]

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]

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]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

703. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he can confirm that the Health Service Executive is planning a new cancer unit and public health care centre for its site on Davitt Road; if the primary care centre is built on this site; if he can confirm that the current public health care centre on Curlew Road will remain in place; and if he can guarantee that the Mother McCauley Centre and all of its current services will remain in place at this site. [29598/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Denise Mitchell

704. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health if he intends to extend special leave with pay for sufferers of long-Covid beyond 30 June 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29610/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Denise Mitchell

705. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health for an update regarding talks in the WRC between the HSE and his Department on the issue of special leave with pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29611/23]

Bus Services

Michael Healy-Rae

706. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health about a bus route being added for patients from Killarney to Kenmare Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29622/23]

Medicinal Products

Paul Kehoe

707. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health whether his Department is considering funding medications and therapies for persons with early onset Parkinson's (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29624/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cian O'Callaghan

708. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health whether the decision to exclude Section 39 workers from the Covid recognition payment who provided essential front-line work in homeless services throughout the pandemic, will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29641/23]

Qualifications Recognition

Thomas Gould

709. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the CORU accreditation application for social care courses in MTU Cork. [29651/23]

Qualifications Recognition

Thomas Gould

710. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the estimated timeline for completion of the CORU accreditation application for social care courses in MTU Cork. [29652/23]

Health Services

Thomas Gould

711. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average annual cost of an addiction stepdown bed. [29653/23]

Health Services

Thomas Gould

712. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average annual cost of an addiction rehabilitation bed. [29654/23]

Health Services

Thomas Gould

713. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average annual cost of an addiction detox bed. [29655/23]

Hospital Admissions

Pa Daly

714. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health to expedite the admission of a person (details supplied) to the National Rehabilitation Hospital. [29662/23]

Abortion Services

Thomas Pringle

715. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when he will introduce the safe access zone legislation in order that women availing of legal services can do so in peace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29664/23]

Health Services

Patrick Costello

716. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will review the over-eights eye-care scheme across the nine HSE CHOs; whether he believes a dedicated national programme is required in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29678/23]

Health Strategies

Róisín Shortall

717. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been brought to a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) calling for a national strategy for haemochromatosis to be developed in Ireland; his views on same; if he will commit to developing a national strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29690/23]

Departmental Investigations

Fergus O'Dowd

718. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1312 of 13 June 2023 and as per original question, if he will answer the question on whether "this clear neglect of a vulnerable adult was referred to the gardaí by any the services involved."; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29698/23]