Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Hospital Equipment

Peadar Tóibín

613. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if there has been any delay with the progressing of a second CT scanner for Connolly Hospital; and if his attention has been drawn to the long delays being faced by critically ill patients in terms of diagnosis due to the lack of a second CT scanner. [30497/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

614. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount that has been spent in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, by Connolly Hospital on the outsourcing of scans and tests to the private sector; if his Department has ever sought to determine what delays are entailed in patient treatment are due to the outsourcing by the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30498/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Seán Canney

615. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a targeted, funded strategic capital investment programme for mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30503/23]

Mental Health Policy

Seán Canney

616. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when he will give the necessary powers to the Mental Health Commission to regulate not just approved inpatient mental health services, but the 24-hour community residences, as well as approved community mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30504/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Michael Moynihan

617. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if he will detail the budget allocated to each hospital in the South/South West Hospital Group in each of the years 2019 to 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [30509/23]

Health Services

Michael Healy-Rae

618. 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. [30510/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Catherine Murphy

619. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will reconsider or re-evaluate the cessation of the national contract for the vasectomy procedure; and if he will also provide the number of persons currently waiting on the list for the procedure. [30518/23]

Healthcare Policy

Paul Donnelly

620. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health to outline the response to the use of synthetic cannabinoids in vapes; and if there are any investigations into the use of cannabinoids in vapes. [30553/23]

Healthcare Policy

Paul Donnelly

621. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if he will outline any information that the HSE has in relation to HHC cannabinoids in vapes; and if there are any recent investigations by the HSE into HHC use in Ireland. [30554/23]

Healthcare Policy

Paul Donnelly

622. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health If there are any plans to issue harm reduction educational material in relation to HHC. [30555/23]

General Practitioner Services

Johnny Guirke

623. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number and proportion of people referred by their GP to lung rapid access clinics electronically in each of the months from 2020 to 2023, in tabular form. [30568/23]

General Practitioner Services

Johnny Guirke

624. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number and proportion of people referred by their GP to prostate rapid access clinics electronically, in each of the months from 2020 to 2023, in tabular form. [30569/23]

General Practitioner Services

Johnny Guirke

625. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number and proportion of people referred by their GP to pigmented skin lesion clinics electronically, in each of the months from 2020 to 2023, in tabular form. [30570/23]

General Practitioner Services

Johnny Guirke

626. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number and proportion of people referred from their GP to symptomatic breast disease clinics electronically, in each of the months from 2020-2023 in tabular form. [30571/23]

Cancer Services

Johnny Guirke

627. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the percentage of patients on active cancer treatment admitted to hospital for treatment through emergency departments, in each of the years 2017 to 2023, in tabular form. [30572/23]

Cancer Services

Johnny Guirke

628. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the percentage of patients commencing radiotherapy treatment within 15 working days of being deemed ready to treat in each of the years 2012-2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30573/23]

Cancer Services

Johnny Guirke

629. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the percentage of cancer treatment patients receiving a treatment summary and care plan in each of the years 2017 to 2023, in tabular form. [30574/23]

Cancer Services

Johnny Guirke

630. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the percentage of patients with metastatic cancer given chemotherapy in last month of life in each of the years 2012 to 2023, in tabular form. [30575/23]

Cancer Services

Johnny Guirke

631. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the percentage of patients with Stage IV cancer receiving specialist palliative care in each of the years 2012 to 2023, in tabular form. [30576/23]

Cancer Services

Johnny Guirke

632. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the percentage of patients on cancer therapeutic clinical trials in each of the years 2012 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30577/23]

Departmental Schemes

Matt Shanahan

633. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if he will commit to having his Department conduct a review of the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); if he will request his Department to re-examine an application; his views on whether the long-term illness scheme which is governed by the Health Act 1970, is long overdue a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30579/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Verona Murphy

634. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive the balance of the pandemic special recognition payment from the HSE as they have only received 60%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30594/23]

Medical Cards

Carol Nolan

635. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to address concerns that medical card patients are being charged for blood tests; to clarify what precisely the policy is on this matter; if medical card patients have any options to seek reimbursement of the costs incurred for blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30598/23]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Colm Burke

636. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to confirm that funding will be put in place to enable the new dental hospital to be built in Curaheen, Cork, given planning permission was granted for this project over three years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30600/23]

Health Services

Róisín Shortall

637. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a new geographically limited HSE GMS contract for public vasectomy services from August 2023 (details supplied); his views on same; the steps he is taking to ensure that patients in the counties and regions affected have access to vasectomies via the public system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30621/23]

Pharmacy Services

Noel Grealish

638. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) regarding fees and pay restoration for pharmacists prior to the 30 June 2023 deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30628/23]

Health Services

Seán Canney

639. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the Slainte Care project on the development of a national diabetes register will be developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30637/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

640. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to be scheduled for a procedure in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30638/23]

Hospital Facilities

Seán Canney

641. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the option of appointing a project delivery team to oversee the delivery of major projects including the new emergency department, maternity unit, paediatric unit, regional cancer centre, bedroom block and laboratories on the existing site at University Hospital Galway to ensure delivery is achieved in the shortest time possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30641/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Claire Kerrane

642. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults on waiting lists for occupational therapy, psychology, physiotherapy and dietitians in CHO2, in tabular form, with a breakdown of the number waiting in Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. [30729/23]

Health Services

Claire Kerrane

643. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if healthcare professionals employed by the HSE to provide therapies such as speech and language and occupational therapy can provide such services in non-HSE-owned buildings where a space is available in a building in a town already providing similar services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30730/23]

Parking Provision

Brendan Griffin

644. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the current rates of car-parking at University Hospital Kerry; if he will clarify whether there have been any increases or decreases in charges since 2018; the amount that has been generated in total by car-parking charges at the facility in the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; if he will provide a detailed breakdown of where the revenue from car-parking at the facility went to and what it was spent on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30738/23]

Weather Events

Brendan Griffin

645. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the damage that was caused by the recent flooding event at University Hospital Kerry; the monetary cost of the damage; if the event could have been prevented; which locations in the facility were directly impacted by flood waters/leaks; the disruption to patients, both immediate and delayed that was caused; if management has a plan to deal with any future similar events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30739/23]

Weather Events

Brendan Griffin

646. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health how communications were managed regarding the recent flooding event at University Hospital Kerry; if queries from public representatives on behalf of the people of Kerry were responded to accurately; if management was available to answer such queries; if not, the reason; if anything has been learnt from the event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30740/23]

Hospital Overcrowding

Brendan Griffin

647. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Kerry each day in May 2023, in tabular form; if an explanation can be provided for the figures on each of these days; if these figures are the worst ever monthly total at UHK; if he has had direct contact with management concerning this; if so, if he will provide details of any such communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30741/23]

Hospital Staff

Brendan Griffin

648. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of all current staffing levels at University Hospital Kerry, with a comparative breakdown for each year since 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30742/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Brendan Griffin

649. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of current endoscopy waiting lists at University Hospital Kerry, showing the number of patients waiting less than 12, 12 to 24, 24 to 36 and 36 weeks or more, in tabular form; how each of these categories compare with the corresponding time in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30743/23]

Hospital Services

Brendan Griffin

650. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the total number of presentations at University Hospital Kerry emergency department in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30744/23]

Hospital Staff

Brendan Griffin

651. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the current number of staff vacancies across all departments and details of each vacancy at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30745/23]

Hospital Services

Brendan Griffin

652. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the number of births at University Hospital Kerry maternity ward in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, in tabular form; the staffing level breakdown in the department for each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30746/23]

Hospital Facilities

Brendan Griffin

653. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the details of future capital works planned for University Hospital Kerry; the breakdown of each facility; the corresponding timeline in each case; the costs associated with each development; if additional staffing will be required to operate each facility; if so, the details in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30747/23]

Healthcare Policy

Mattie McGrath

654. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the status of the reconfiguration of the current hospital groups under new regional structures as proposed in Sláintecare; the likely implications on Tipperary University Hospital which will be removed from its current group in the South, South-West Hospital Group; the reasons TUH would be removed from the South, South-West Hospital Group; the logic behind the geographical regions when there are such large population discrepancies between the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30748/23]

Health Service Executive

Neasa Hourigan

655. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the HSE's communication policy for persons wishing to record, film or take photographs on a HSE site. [30750/23]

Health Services

Holly Cairns

656. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that a national vasectomy services contract is in place for all areas of the State to enable medical card holders access this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30771/23]

Care of the Elderly

Aindrias Moynihan

657. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if an appropriate permanent facility compliant with infection, prevention and control measures can be secured in the Macroom area as a matter of priority to provide those living with dementia the vital day services they require (details supplied). [30777/23]

Health Service Executive

Eoin Ó Broin

658. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if he has looked at ensuring pay parity for employees across the HSE, Section 38 and Section 39 organisations in the context of staff retention in relevant sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30785/23]

Departmental Communications

Louise O'Reilly

659. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health when a comprehensive response will issue to a person (details supplied) regarding communications which were sent to them. [30791/23]

Primary Care Centres

Richard O'Donoghue

660. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the plans in place for Charleville primary care centre following the retirements of two general practitioners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30793/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Eoin Ó Broin

661. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the rationale of the decision to exclude Section 39 employees who did not work in long-term residential care facilities from receiving the pandemic special recognition payment. [30799/23]

Departmental Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

662. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if his Department will look at reducing the three-year cap to one year in the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30800/23]

Health Services

Robert Troy

663. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will allocate funding for a person (details supplied) who has secured a place and is waiting to transfer to a facility for rehab care that they urgently need when funding becomes available. [30811/23]

Medicinal Products

Noel Grealish

664. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health if he will address the unfairness in the treatment of diabetes patients in Ireland where Free Style Libre is decided on age criteria rather than clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30812/23]

Medicinal Products

Noel Grealish

665. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health what plans he has in place to ensure diabetes patients have access to a glucose monitoring technology (details supplied), which has become a standard of diabetes care across Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30813/23]

Medicinal Products

Noel Grealish

666. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health if he recognises that remote monitoring of diabetes patients’ conditions will free up much-needed doctor and hospital appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30814/23]

Medicinal Products

Noel Grealish

667. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the current process whereby access to a diabetes glucose monitoring technology discriminates against patients in terms of age (details supplied) and is tantamount to deprivation of access to people with a disability and needs to be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30815/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Robert Troy

668. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure a referral to the National Rehabilitation Hospital is expedited for a person (details supplied). [30818/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Michael Healy-Rae

669. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a hospital place will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30819/23]

Medicinal Products

Colm Burke

670. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the specific timeline which he and his Departmental officials have given to HIQA to complete its HTA regarding the provision of an enhanced influenza vaccine for the over-65s age cohort; if he will outline the scope of this HTA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30830/23]

Medicinal Products

Colm Burke

671. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expediting the conducting of a HTA to be carried out by HIQA into the provision of an enhanced influenza vaccine for the over-65s cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30831/23]

Hospital Transfers

Robert Troy

672. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure a person (details supplied) can be allocated a residential care bed at a suitable facility. [30836/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael Healy-Rae

673. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30842/23]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Michael Healy-Rae

674. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if any assistance can be given to a person (details supplied) towards the cost of a power pack for a wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30845/23]

Departmental Schemes

Pearse Doherty

675. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal did not get fully reimbursed from the Northern Ireland Planned Healthcare Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30848/23]

Healthcare Policy

Alan Dillon

676. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1130 of 13 June 2023, if he accepts that patient safety is of paramount importance and introducing a temporary short-term digital solution for the community that does not integrate with the hospital, as a substitute for a fully functioning electronic health record and which in his reply he acknowledges is critical for safer and more integrated care, the objectives of the ECC's two Integrated Care Programmes, the ICPCD and ICPOP, are seriously compromised and as a consequence pose a clinical risk to patient safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30849/23]

Healthcare Policy

Alan Dillon

677. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1130 of 13 June 2023, when he anticipates the fully functioning electronic health record will be introduced and operational within the HSE, which he acknowledges is critical for better, safer and more integrated health care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30850/23]

Budget Process

Fergus O'Dowd

678. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he has received the pre-budget 2024 submission of an organisation (details supplied); if so, his views on the submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30852/23]

Pharmacy Services

Gino Kenny

679. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason he has not engaged with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to pay for services, as required by the Public Service Pay and Pension Act 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30853/23]

Nursing Homes

Paul Kehoe

680. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 23 February 2023, if there is any further development in the provision of a pathway for a person to claim compensation for what they believe to be illegal nursing home charges paid between 1977 and 1979, who has not as of yet made any claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30855/23]

Nursing Homes

Paul Kehoe

681. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health whether a review of policy to prohibit former nursing homes registered on 1 September 2022 converting to accommodation for Ukrainian refugees has been completed; if there has been any change to the policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30856/23]

Work Permits

Duncan Smith

682. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the average wait from accepting a job application to starting work for people applying for work permits from abroad in each hospital under HSE management; how many of these have not started work after accepting a place, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30858/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Duncan Smith

683. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown, by CHO of the provision of optometry services for all ages; what is and is not covered; the waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30859/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

684. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an ear, nose and throat, ENT, procedure in Sligo University Hospital, if he is on the routine or urgent waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30864/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Paul Murphy

685. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the HSE reverses its decision to make cutbacks to local vasectomy services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30872/23]

Health Services

Michael Lowry

686. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been called for a procedure in University Hospital Waterford; if they can obtain the procedure through the treatment purchase scheme, the cross-Border directive or the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30875/23]

Health Services

Michael Lowry

687. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not yet been called for a procedure in University Hospital Limerick; if they can obtain the procedure through the treatment purchase scheme, the cross-Border directive or the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30887/23]

Pharmacy Services

Duncan Smith

688. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will engage and meet with a union (details supplied) to discuss the fees pharmacies receive from the State for all the State drug schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30889/23]

Primary Care Centres

Catherine Murphy

689. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in respect of the establishment of a primary care centre in Maynooth, County Kildare (details supplied); and the outcome of consideration to deliver a centre for Maynooth or whether an expanded centre in Leixlip is the preferred pathway forward. [30896/23]

Medicinal Products

Duncan Smith

690. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the measure he and his Department are taking to ensure supply of HRT medicines following shortages of utrogestran and oestrogen patches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30912/23]

Health Services Staff

Duncan Smith

691. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health for an update on the processes to mediate the pay concerns of workers within section 39 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30921/23]

General Practitioner Services

James O'Connor

692. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the after-hours GP service for Mallow, Fermoy and Mitchelstown; if his Department will intervene to find GPs who will work late shifts to keep this important service operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30923/23]

Departmental Schemes

Cathal Crowe

693. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the difficulties that owners of homes with defective concrete blocks are having in fully accessing the fair deal scheme; how he proposes to address these difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30935/23]

Health Promotion

Paul Kehoe

694. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health for details on the sun smart sunscreen campaign; where it is being piloted; for how much and under what criteria it might be deemed successful and expanded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30939/23]

Medicinal Products

Michael Healy-Rae

695. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30957/23]

Health Services

Alan Dillon

696. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health for an-up-to date review on (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31027/23]

Health Services

Alan Dillon

697. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health for an up-to-date review on (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31028/23]

Pension Provisions

Alan Dillon

698. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health for a reply on (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31029/23]

Pension Provisions

Alan Dillon

699. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health for a reply on (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31030/23]

Pension Provisions

Alan Dillon

700. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health for a reply on (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31031/23]

Pension Provisions

Alan Dillon

701. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health for a reply on (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31032/23]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

702. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 604 of 25 April 2023 and 468 of 18 May 2023, the number of people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties under the care of the Cobh/Glenville and Midleton/Youghal adult mental health teams who have been transferred to continuing care or high-support hostels outside those HSE catchments since February 2021 when the Owenacurra Centre took its last referral for residential placement; the number of people in this cohort of service-users within those HSE catchments who have been transferred in the same timeframe to nursing homes, either within those HSE catchments or outside them; the reason that this information was not provided in the response to the two aforementioned Parliamentary Questions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31035/23]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

703. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1154 of 21 March 2023 and 597 of 25 April 2023, if he will provide an update on the formation of the development team, announced by Cork HSE management in May 2022, tasked with conducting an options appraisal for the construction of a new ten-bed mental health rehabilitation/continuing care residential service in Midleton, County Cork; the names of HSE management staff who have been appointed to the team; the dates of any development team meetings held to date or engagements with the local authority; if he will provide details on progress the development team has made on identifying a site for the service over the past thirteen months and on the acquisition of capital funding; if he will provide an update on the timeframe for commencement and completion of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31036/23]

Mental Health Commission

Neasa Hourigan

704. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1219, 1292 and 1294 of 13 June 2023, what assurances were given to the Mental Health Commission by the HSE regarding the breach of a condition of registration of Unit 3, St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire, such that the Mental Health Commission decided to suspend enforcement proceedings it had initiated against the HSE in September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31037/23]

Mental Health Commission

Neasa Hourigan

705. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 602 of 25 April 2023 and 617 of 9 May 2023, the reason the Mental Health Commission has declined a request from the Oireachtas Committee on Health to benchmark the provision of community residential mental health placements serving the combined East Cork HSE catchments of the Cobh/Glenville and Midleton/Youghal adult mental health teams in respect of A Vision for Change-recommended allocations; the reason, in particular, the Commission has refused to do so given that it reviewed such services nationally in 2019 and benchmarked those provisions against A Vision for Change and given that the Mental Health Commission has repeatedly made reference to A Vision for Change-recommended staffing allocations in its interim CAMHS report from January 2023 in the context of assessing current service provision; what barrier prevents specifically the Mental Health Commission from doing likewise with the East Cork mental health catchments of Midleton/Youghal and Cobh/Glenville given that the request made in respect of East Cork adult mental health services does not call on the Mental Health Commission to "set targets" in a statutory manner but to confirm from the standpoint of an independent oversight body recommended with actual service provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31038/23]

Mental Health Policy

Neasa Hourigan

706. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will identify the national mental health policy guiding Cork HSE management in its plans to replace long-stay mental health facilities in hospital campus locations in St. Stephen's Hospital and St. Finbarr's Hospital with new congregated settings involving a 50-bed unit in St. Stephen's Hospital and a 20-bed unit in St. Finbarr's Hospital; if he will provide an estimate of the cost of these services, if they are pursued; if any similar mental health service projects are being proposed in other CHOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31040/23]

Health Service Executive

Neasa Hourigan

707. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the names of the companies or individuals contracted by the HSE to remove 70 trees from Merlin Woods in 2023; the name of the arborist who carried out an assessment of the trees in advance of the works; if he will provide details of how the timber from the removed trees was disposed of, and in particular the destination of this timber and its use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31041/23]

Abortion Services

Seán Canney

708. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health whether proposals to 'decriminalise' performing terminations of pregnancy would permit non-medically trained individuals to carry out terminations without legal consequences. [31044/23]

Abortion Services

Seán Canney

709. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health to clarify, based on Section 10.1 of the abortion review report, whether babies have been born alive having survived late-term abortions in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31045/23]

Health Services Staff

Ged Nash

710. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite promotion of suitably qualified non-EEA healthcare assistants as nurses with an employer letter, without the need for a language proficiency exam; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31058/23]

Vaccination Programme

Brian Stanley

711. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if he can clarify whether the main vaccination centre for CHO 8 is going to be located in Ardee, County Louth (details supplied). [31060/23]

Health Services Staff

Brendan Griffin

712. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31067/23]