Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Robert Troy

453. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide additional funding to an organisation (details supplied) to help protect its essential and hugely important heart and stroke support services to ensure they continue to operate. [23760/24]

Nursing Homes

Martin Browne

454. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the status of plans for a community nursing unit in Cashel; to provide an update on the status of investigations into a site (details supplied); if progress has been made; when a decision is expected to be arrived at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23767/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

455. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment with the orthopaedic department at Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly. [23772/24]

Health Services Staff

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

456. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists employed in the children community services in County Carlow; the number of vacancies that exist; his plans to recruit additional occupational therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23775/24]

Health Service Executive

Pauline Tully

457. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason that inappropriate language in regard to disability is still contained on HSE application forms, such as the long-term illness scheme form, which refers to ‘mental handicap’; and if a review of HSE application forms will take place to ensure the use of appropriate language. [23782/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

458. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment. [23784/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Marian Harkin

459. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if HSE funding for the provision of wigs for persons with alopecia will remain in place and if he can confirm there are no cuts planned for this very important service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23797/24]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Claire Kerrane

460. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will fund refurbishment works for an ambulance base (details supplied) given those working in it are concerned as to the safety of the building and whether it is structurally sound; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23823/24]

Female Genital Mutilation

Neasa Hourigan

461. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the HSE’s mapping exercise undertaken as part of action 2.4.12 of the Implementation Plan for the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based violence; the gaps that were identified in specialist support services for survivors of female genital mutilation; what strategy has been put in place to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23852/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

462. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23873/24]

Nursing Homes

Mark Ward

463. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of beds that have been booked by the HSE in Bartra nursing home in Clondalkin Lodge; the duration these beds have been booked for; the cost of this; when this was first agreed; how many beds were for residents of Willow and Sycamore units in Cherry Orchard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23875/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Anne Rabbitte

464. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to be called for bilateral knee replacement; if he has been placed on the NTPF waiting list for surgery in a private facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23919/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

465. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23937/24]

Cancer Services

Duncan Smith

466. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his views on the discrepancy in access to innovative oncology treatments for Irish cancer patients in the public health system, compared with patients with private health insurance; if he is aware of the extent of this discrepancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23945/24]

Cancer Services

Duncan Smith

467. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if his Department is monitoring the discrepancy in access to innovative oncology treatments for Irish cancer patients in the public health system, compared with patients with private health insurance; if he will request the HSE to commence tracking of this data as part of its role in assessing and reimbursing medicines for patients in the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23946/24]

Cancer Services

Duncan Smith

468. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the impact of delays in access to innovative oncology treatments on disease progression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23947/24]

Hospital Staff

Michael Lowry

469. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will address the issues highlighted by an organisation (details supplied) in recent correspondence; the number of nursing vacancies currently unfilled in Tipperary University Hospital; when these positions will be filled; when the recruitment moratorium will be removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23949/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cian O'Callaghan

470. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure proper care is provided for people who continue to suffer from long Covid; if the specific case (details supplied) of a person with long Covid will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23959/24]

Health Services

Claire Kerrane

471. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding the HSE provides to an organisation (details supplied) specifically towards patient services, excluding funding for awareness campaigns; and his views on whether this amount is sufficient to support the approximately 600,000 heart and stroke patients living in Ireland, with 80,000 people discharged with a cardiovascular condition each year. [23960/24]

Health Services

Claire Kerrane

472. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the funding to protect existing heart and stroke patients via community support services in the State, including those provided by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23961/24]