Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Health Service Executive

Neasa Hourigan

1154. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the workings of the development team, announced by Cork HSE management in May 2022, appointed to conduct an options appraisal for the construction of a new 10-bed mental health rehabilitation residential service in Midleton, County Cork; the name of HSE management staff who have been appointed to the team; the dates of their appointments; the dates of the development team meetings held to date; if minutes are available for those meetings; if he will provide details on progress the development team has made on identifying a site for the service over the past eleven months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12346/23]

Health Service Executive

Neasa Hourigan

1155. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the total cost of the HSEs use of Garnish House, Cork as a mental health facility since the property was first rented in 2020 to February 28 2023, to include, rent, cleaning, investment in the kitchen, insurance and any other costs covered by the HSE; if he will provide the projected costs for the remainder of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12347/23]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

1277. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 15 February 2023, if the HSE plans to provide specifically 'continuing care' mental health placements as well as shorter-term rehabilitation placements in a property it is purchasing in Midleton, County Cork to accommodate three people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12731/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Neasa Hourigan

1278. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the details of the support the HSE provided to Marymount Hospice, Cork, in January 2021 in the context of a Covid outbreak in the facility; the dates on which the HSE was informed of the outbreak; the dates on which supports were offered and provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12732/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Neasa Hourigan

1279. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of residents and the number of staff of Marymount Hospice, Cork, who contracted Covid in January 2021; the exact dates these positive Covid test cases were reported to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12733/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Neasa Hourigan

1280. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of residents and the number of staff of St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire, who contracted Covid in January 2021; the exact dates these positive Covid tests were reported to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12734/23]

Vaccination Programme

Neasa Hourigan

1281. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the exact dates in 2021 on which ground floor staff, including nurses, healthcare assistants, catering and housekeeping staff of Marymount Hospice, Cork, were offered first-dose Covid vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12735/23]

eGovernment Services

Neasa Hourigan

1311. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the business case for the National ePrescribing Project; if it has been submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12893/23]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Neasa Hourigan

1315. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the expected transport upgrades associated with the development of a new elective hospital at St. Stephen's Hospital, Cork; if improvements, including the installation of public lighting, addition of footpaths, cycle paths and bus stops at the L2973, will be part of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12916/23]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Neasa Hourigan

1316. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the expected year of opening of a new elective hospital at St. Stephen's Hospital, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12917/23]

Abortion Services

Neasa Hourigan

1354. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the review of the legislation the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; when this will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13122/23]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

1484. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will identify the placement alternatives for the client group under the care of the Laois/Offaly mental health services who either currently reside at a facility (details supplied), or for whom the facility is their nearest 24-hour staffed facility; the distance from Rathdowney of each of these facilities; if he will provide details on how each of these facilities meet the requirements of the HSE Design for Mental Health Guidelines, by which the facility was recently judged in an architect's report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13762/23]

Departmental Correspondence

Neasa Hourigan

1485. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason an architect's report on a facility (details supplied) in County Laois was shared recently with a local newspaper, almost five months after it was sent to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13763/23]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

1486. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of 24-hour staffed community mental health residences in CHO5 and CHO8; the percentage of those facilities that meet the requirements of the HSE Design for Mental Health Guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13764/23]

Mental Health Commission

Neasa Hourigan

1487. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if a new 24-hour staffed community mental health residence being purchased by the HSE for three people in Midleton will be regulated by the Mental Health Commission; where the three remaining residents of a centre (details supplied) will be accommodated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13765/23]

Community Care

Neasa Hourigan

1488. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health how he can reconcile the provision of three residential community placements in the HSE catchment of Midleton, Youghal, Cobh and Glenville with the recommendation in A Vision for Change of thirty such placements for a population of 100,000, and the provision in the north Cork HSE catchment, which had a very similar population size of the north Cork HSE catchment, comprising the Mallow, Kanturk and Fermoy sectors, of forty-two such placements; how this can also be reconciled with the right of people with disabilities to live in their community, as enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of Person's with Disabilities (UNCRPD); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13766/23]

Legislative Measures

Neasa Hourigan

172. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No.141 of 28 February 2023, the reasons he stated there are no plans to amend the turf development Acts to ensure that Bord na Móna is required to take into account climate, biodiversity, and water objectives, despite the Programme for Government commitment to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12065/23]

Health Services Staff

Neasa Hourigan

315. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to update and modernise CORU’s assessment of recognition process, given that it remains a paper-based and lengthy process; if he is aware whether the process acts as a deterrent to health and social care professionals looking to work in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12022/23]

Health Strategies

Neasa Hourigan

229. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health on foot of the National Clinical Programme on Self Harm report, when he proposes to launch the National Traveller and Roma Mental Health Action Plan as agreed in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11829/23]

Departmental Data

Neasa Hourigan

230. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he plans to introduce an ethnic identifier in coroner courts’ reporting and in Irish health services as a core data item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11830/23]