Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Disability Services

Neasa Hourigan

841. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a re-use system for wheelchairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25315/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Patricia Ryan

842. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list for shoulder surgery in St. James’s Hospital, Dublin. [25319/24]

Mental Health Services

Patricia Ryan

843. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the reason people seeking mental health treatment in Kildare mental health day hospital are summarily discharged after only four weeks of treatment, with no follow-up community support, leaving patients with no alternative but to access very expensive private care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25326/24]

Hospital Staff

Patricia Ryan

844. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the reason there is still no consultant neurologist at Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise, despite one being promised since 2020, causing neurology patients to endure 60-112km journeys to access neurology services; and if the current recruitment embargo in force in the HSE will prevent that appointment being made in the near future. [25327/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

845. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25333/24]

Hospital Services

Jennifer Whitmore

846. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health if the Naas Hospital injury unit, a recently opened pilot scheme for patients of Kildare and west Wicklow, will continue to operate as a permanent service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25344/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Maurice Quinlivan

847. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied) who, following a referral by University Hospital Limerick to CHI at Temple Street in October 2023 for an MRI and brain scan, has yet to receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25352/24]

Home Care Packages

Michael Fitzmaurice

848. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding drawn down for the complex needs homecare package in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25353/24]

Home Care Packages

Michael Fitzmaurice

849. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the percentage of funding drawn down in 2023 for the complex needs homecare package, out of the overall budget for the complex needs homecare package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25354/24]

Home Care Packages

Michael Fitzmaurice

850. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding used in County Galway in 2023 for the complex needs homecare package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25355/24]

Care Services

Matt Shanahan

851. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the current situation in Waterford city and county regarding the lack of respite facilities; if he is aware that currently St. Patrick's care facility has only one bed available (details supplied); if he is aware that families in the Waterford area have been informed that they will only be given one week’s respite; if he agrees that this is not acceptable; to confirm what plans his Department has in place to rectify this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25364/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

852. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25365/24]

Health Strategies

Róisín Shortall

853. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the timeline for approval and publication of the HSE’s Digital Health Strategic Implementation Roadmap 2024-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25368/24]

Health Services Staff

Róisín Shortall

854. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the HSE’s savings target of €80 million on agency staff through the conversion of this staff to HSE employees, as outlined in the HSE Service Plan 2024; if a derogation from the HSE recruitment freeze will be sanctioned to progress this conversion of staff; if discussions with his Department have commenced; the status of these discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25369/24]

Health Services Staff

Róisín Shortall

855. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of agency staff who have been converted to HSE employees to date in 2024, under the €80 million agency savings target outlined in the HSE Service Plan 2024, by role, in tabular form. [25370/24]

International Bodies

John Paul Phelan

856. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health the reason the Irish delegate at the World Health Assembly abstained last week on a motion demanding the release of Israeli hostages and condemning the abuse of Gazan civilian facilities by the Hamas terrorist organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25378/24]

Dental Services

Michael Healy-Rae

857. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his plans, if any, to clear the backlog of children on the orthodontic waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25380/24]

Healthcare Policy

Catherine Connolly

858. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the details of the recent revision by the HSE of the Low Vision Aid Reimbursement Guidelines; the reason a three year time span has been introduced regarding the reimbursement of certain vision aids, in place of the previous one year time span; the reason for the new requirement that each application for reimbursement must now be accompanied by an ophthalmologist’s report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25440/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Cathal Crowe

859. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will personally and urgently look into a case (details supplied) where a person is awaiting surgery. [25455/24]

Health Service Executive

Niamh Smyth

860. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to examine a case (details supplied) and explain why payments stopped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25463/24]

Health Service Executive

Niamh Smyth

861. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to examine a case (details supplied) and to outline why the payments were stopped by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25464/24]

Departmental Contracts

Catherine Murphy

862. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of all contracts they have and/or had with a company in the past 25 years to date (details supplied); the agreed contract cost; the ultimate contract cost including extras, design changes, conciliation, claims etc; project name/title; and the name of the body responsible for the delivery of projects where responsibility has been devolved. [25477/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Willie O'Dea

863. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the delay in providing an MRI scan to an individual (details supplied) who is suffering from severe pulmonary lung disease and heart disease and is waiting four years for the required MRI scan and over one year for an echogram on his heart, especially considering his condition is such that he is required to have an oxygen machine attached to him if he leaves his home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25487/24]

Medical Cards

Richard Bruton

864. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health to grant extensions to medical card entitlements for children for whom domiciliary care allowance is being paid beyond age 16 to when they complete school, as it is difficult to be approved for disability allowance while still at school. [25492/24]

Hospital Facilities

Catherine Connolly

865. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 241 of 1 May 2024, the update on the development of the new elective hospital in (details supplied); the status of the appointment of the architect-led design team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25493/24]

Primary Care Centres

Catherine Connolly

866. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 1 May 2024, the status of the proposed primary care centre for Galway city; the expected timeline for the delivery of the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25494/24]

Primary Care Centres

Catherine Connolly

867. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 1 May 2024, the status of the development of a primary care centre on Inisbofin; the status of the land transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25495/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Paul Murphy

868. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when a place will become available in the National Rehabilitation Hospital for a patient with a severe brain injury (details supplied), who has been waiting for a place in a general hospital ward since last October; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25497/24]

Care Services

Michael Healy-Rae

869. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if respite care will be given to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25506/24]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Peadar Tóibín

870. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to provide an urgent update on the position of a service (details supplied) in County Donegal; what are the current plans for the facility; can he confirm if there are plans for the facility to be sold off to a private provider (Details Supplied), and to address the future employment status of full-time and part-time staff, and those on temporary contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25510/24]

Hospital Facilities

Mairéad Farrell

871. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health in relation to the National Children’s Hospital; on page four of the 2022 financial statements of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board under the heading Revenue Penalty Charge, it is mentioned that almost €1 million was as a result of Relevant Contract Tax (details supplied); can he confirm if this penalty charge arose from the misclassification of workers in relation to contracts of/for service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25511/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Mark Ward

872. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if elective procedures in a hospital (details supplied) are being cancelled as day surgeries are being used for accident and emergency cases; how many have been cancelled because of this in the past 6 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25514/24]

Mental Health Services

Michael Healy-Rae

873. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 561 of 21 May 2024, if a case can be referred (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25525/24]

Hospital Facilities

Catherine Murphy

874. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO7 that provide baby nursing clinics; and the hours and days of the week each clinic is available, in tabular form. [25532/24]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

875. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of graduate nurses that were offered permanent full-time jobs within a hospital (details supplied) in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024; and of the number of jobs offered, the number that were accepted, per year, in tabular form. [25533/24]

Cybersecurity Policy

Catherine Connolly

876. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of cyberattacks that have been carried out on the HSE, or organisations contracted to provide services to the HSE that may have access to patients’ sensitive information, to date in 2024; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25547/24]

Alcohol Sales

Róisín Shortall

877. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he intends to amend the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 to prohibit the practice outlined in correspondence (details supplied); if the HSE referred this matter to his Department; if so, to outline the actions he or his officials have taken since then; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25551/24]

Disability Services

Michael Healy-Rae

878. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25565/24]

Hospital Services

Alan Kelly

879. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the public hospitals that carry out gallbladder surgeries in tabular form. [25577/24]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

880. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of additional WTE mental health nurses recruited by the HSE in CHO3 and CHO5 in the years of 2023 and to-date in 2024 in tabular form. [25578/24]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Alan Kelly

881. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any contracts granted by the HSE for building and maintenance works on Tipperary University Hospital since January 2021; The number of companies in each case that tendered for the works and the name of the company that was granted the contract in each case in tabular form. [25579/24]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

882. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE opticians by grade employed by HSE working in CHO3 in the years of 2023 and to-date in 2024 in tabular form. [25580/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

883. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25587/24]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Bernard Durkan

884. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent of the discussions that have taken place in regard to the provision of primary care centres in Leixlip and Maynooth, County Kildare; the extent to which discussions have taken place with statutory or other bodies with a view to addressing the need for modern primary care centres in both towns; if any other discussions took place which might have the effect of changing priorities; if any proposals or agreements have been made which might impact the schedule and arising therefrom the imminent provision of the centres in question or if changes have been made without consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25601/24]

Healthcare Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

885. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent each year, and in total, for the last ten years, by the HSE in paying out legal claims or defending legal claims by patients or other claims against the HSE and provide as much detail as available on the type/category and costs of these claims and defending them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25614/24]

Hospital Services

Pauline Tully

886. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health why 24 paediatric patients of Cavan and Monaghan hospital are still having to travel to Our lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, after a new pathway of care for children and young people with type 1 diabetes was implemented in Cavan and Monaghan Hospital for the provision of insulin pump therapy in Q4 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25615/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

887. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health for an update on the situation with the Irish Wheelchair Association services in Cavan which, due to a lack of staff, was reduced to an outreach-only model; the actions he has taken to ensure full services are returned to IWA Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25616/24]

Ambulance Service

Peadar Tóibín

242. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1440 of 9 April 2024, if he will provide an update on the current status of the National Ambulance Service recruitment process; the expected timeline for further communication or placements for those on the current panel; if the HSE embargo is having an impact on the recruitment and placement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24434/24]

Nursing Homes

Jackie Cahill

243. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will review the cost demands being placed on private nursing homes by HIQA, considering the large financial cost that can be placed on a nursing home after a HIQA inspection, and considering that numerous HIQA inspections at the same nursing home and the demands arising out of these can make the operations of a private nursing home financially unviable, resulting in their closures across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24435/24]

Health Services

Michael Healy-Rae

244. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24451/24]