Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Hospital Staff

Ivana Bacik

650. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health his views on the shortage of medical scientists working in acute hospitals; his plans to rectify the shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25599/23]

Hospital Staff

Ivana Bacik

651. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if, in view of the challenges associated with recruitment of medical scientists, he will enact legislative change to enable CORU to broaden the scope of qualifications eligible for registration with the Medical Scientist Registration Board; if he will update S.I. 46/2019 and S.I. 35/2022 to allow a division of the register for medical scientists who are qualified, proficient and competent in a single laboratory discipline, based on agreed educational requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25600/23]

Health Services

Mattie McGrath

652. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason an 83-year-old with haemochromatosis cannot have their blood taken as they are over 80 years of age; the reason for this decision by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25603/23]

General Practitioner Services

Willie O'Dea

653. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when the GP clinic at the dispensary in the village of Murroe will be re-established (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25607/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Seán Canney

654. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that many healthcare workers who worked in care homes during the Covid pandemic and who were of the understanding that they would receive the pandemic special recognition payment for non-HSE and non-Section 38 organisations are now being informed that they will not receive the payment and are being informed that this only applies to homes which are registered with HIQA, while many homes do not fall under the remit of HIQA; if he is aware of the difficulties that this is causing for these healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25619/23]

Emergency Departments

Jim O'Callaghan

655. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to ease the continuing overcrowding issues at emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25631/23]

Health Services

Seán Sherlock

656. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if he will detail the spending that a hospital made to a company (details supplied) for each month in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25637/23]

Health Services

Pearse Doherty

657. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have availed of the Northern Ireland Planned Healthcare cross-Border initiative who have not had all of their expenses fully covered; the number of persons who have had to pay in excess of €1,000, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25640/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Réada Cronin

658. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that staff functioning under the aegis of an organisation (details supplied) for essential front-line work done in the pandemic will be awarded the PRSP payment on the same basis as other qualifying cohorts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25654/23]

Medicinal Products

John Lahart

659. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if the working group that is to review governance arrangements to support HSE drug reimbursement process has been set up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25663/23]

Ambulance Service

Matt Carthy

660. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if the visit by representatives of the National Ambulance Service to Israel was officially sanctioned; if so, by whom and for what reason; the cost associated with the visit; if he considers such a visit to be appropriate, given the ongoing breaches of international law by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25666/23]

Disability Services

Matt Carthy

661. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 462 of 25 April 2023, when a response from the HSE will issue. [25667/23]

Mental Health Services

Michael Healy-Rae

662. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the stage the look-back review into North Kerry CAMHS is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25674/23]

Medicinal Products

Bríd Smith

663. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the current status of the drug vyepti (details supplied), following its completion of the approval process; if he will acknowledge that there are many migraine sufferers who are resistant to current drugs available and who are desperate to access this new drug in an effort to relieve their pain; the proposed timeline for the drug to be available to those who need it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25684/23]

Medicinal Products

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

664. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the considerations his Department is giving to the inclusion of the drugs saxenda and ozempic, both now recognised as valuable medications in the treatment of obesity, to the drugs payment scheme for non-diabetic patients; if there are plans to widen the prescription of saxenda and ozempic to medical card holders with a BMI of greater than 35 as a preventative medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25689/23]

Departmental Funding

Mark Ward

665. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the amount of new funding in 2023 for each of the HSE national clinical programmes (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25701/23]

Hospital Services

Pearse Doherty

666. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to ensure that minimum care provision will be in place at LUH in light of two endocrinologists suddenly resigning and the current challenges in recruiting endocrinologists across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25703/23]

Medical Cards

Sorca Clarke

667. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when the increase in income limits for those under 70 years applying for a medical card will be applied. [25707/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

668. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive appointment for an MRI scan in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25709/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

669. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting on primary care psychology services, by age and amount of time waiting, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25720/23]