Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]