Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Vaccination Programme

Duncan Smith

534. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will initiate a health technology assessment for an RSV vaccine for older adults following the recent publication of a NIAC recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53393/23]

Vaccination Programme

Duncan Smith

535. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will expand the regulation to permit pharmacists to administer RSV vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53394/23]

Vaccination Programme

Duncan Smith

536. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will increase the number of vaccines against infectious diseases available to adults as part of a strategy to mitigate against antimicrobial resistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53395/23]

Vaccination Programme

Duncan Smith

537. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will introduce a free shingles vaccination scheme for older adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53396/23]

Vaccination Programme

Duncan Smith

538. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will introduce a free RSV vaccination scheme for older adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53397/23]

Vaccination Programme

Duncan Smith

539. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will fund any new vaccines in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53398/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

547. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in reproductive medicine in the regional fertility hub based at University Maternity Hospital Galway to date in 2023. [53526/23]

Ambulance Service

Duncan Smith

548. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the additional resources that will be provided by the National Ambulance Service to the Kerry area. [53527/23]

Health Services Staff

Duncan Smith

549. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant optometry and ophthalmology roles in primary care services in CHO9. [53528/23]

Health Services

Duncan Smith

550. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of day centres for older persons in County Wexford that are funded by the HSE in 2022 and to-date in 2023; and the capacity of each of these day centres, in tabular form. [53529/23]

Health Services

Duncan Smith

551. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will consider rolling out minor injuries clinic in County Leitrim. [53530/23]

Health Service Executive

Duncan Smith

552. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of services, which have been allocated to Ennis Hospital.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53531/23]

Health Services

Duncan Smith

553. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of family planning centres in Cork city that are contracted to provide State-funded services only in the years 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [53532/23]

Health Services Staff

Duncan Smith

554. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of health-related recruitment fairs held in the UK where staff from the Mater Hospital were present seeking to recruit additional nurses, physiotherapist and so on in 2022 and to-date in 2023; the number of job offers per recruitment fairs; and the number of job offers accepted per recruitment fair, in tabular form. [53533/23]

Medicinal Products

Duncan Smith

555. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health for an update on the hepatitis C Home testing kits; and the number of kits that have been dispatched in CHO3. [53534/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

556. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant anaesthetists working in Mallow General Hospital in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [53535/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

557. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the current vacancies that exist in Portlaoise Regional Hospital; and the length of time each post has been vacant for. [53536/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

558. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE ophthalmic registrars at the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [53537/23]

Health Services Staff

Duncan Smith

559. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the current staffing number in the community psychology team in Carrick-on-Shannon primary care centre. [53538/23]

Hospital Procedures

Duncan Smith

560. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of foot surgeries performed at Mullingar Regional Hospital to date in 2023, in tabular form. [53539/23]

Health Services Staff

Duncan Smith

561. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of current vacancies in community health posts serving the Donaghmede area including occupational therapist, speech and language therapist and so on. [53540/23]

Hospital Services

Duncan Smith

562. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of services, which has been allocated to Kerry University Hospital for 2024; and what these new developments will entail. [53541/23]

General Practitioner Services

Duncan Smith

563. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will outline how each individual CHO funds interpreting services in GPs; and if he plans to improve access to interpreters in GPs by establishing a central service for use across all CHOs. [53542/23]

Health Services Staff

Duncan Smith

564. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant HSE podiatry services positions in County Clare, by location, in tabular form; and the plans to fill any such vacancies. [53543/23]

Mental Health Services

Duncan Smith

565. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he has any plans to increase accommodation for CAMHS in County Donegal. [53544/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

566. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons at Mercy University Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [53545/23]

General Practitioner Services

Duncan Smith

567. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in Louth each year since 2020, in tabular form. [53546/23]

Health Services Staff

Duncan Smith

568. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists in each primary care psychology service in Galway by grade, in tabular form. [53547/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

569. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to recruit three additional WTE senior dietitians for Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. [53548/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

570. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE midwives currently at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital, in tabular form. [53549/23]

Ambulance Service

Duncan Smith

571. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost in 2024 to purchase an additional HSE critical care ambulance, to be stationed in both Galway and Cork. [53550/23]

Health Services Staff

Duncan Smith

572. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of chiropodists in Waterford who have contracts with the HSE and are accepting new medical card patients. [53551/23]

Emergency Departments

Duncan Smith

573. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented to the emergency department at Naas General Hospital to date in 2023. [53552/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

574. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the numbers of WTE consultants in respiratory medicine at St. Vincent's University Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [53553/23]

Hospital Admissions

Duncan Smith

575. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the numbers of patients who have attended the adult cochlear outpatient clinic at Beaumont Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [53554/23]

Greenways Provision

Duncan Smith

284. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport for an update on progress of the Maglin greenway in Cork; when it is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52959/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

471. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if there is currently a neurologist in Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin; if not how long has this been the case; if there is a plan to hire a neurologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52902/23]

Energy Conservation

Duncan Smith

118. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason it is taking so long for a BER assessment to take place for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52139/23]

Health Services Staff

Duncan Smith

600. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if the HSE recruitment freeze exemptions will also cover CDNT managers; if not, why not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52103/23]

Disability Services

Duncan Smith

423. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons within CHO4 awaiting respite service. [50600/23]

Health Services

Duncan Smith

463. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if there are future plans to roll out dialectical behavioural therapy in County Sligo. [50598/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

464. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacant staff by job title in the accident and emergency department at Beaumont Hospital as of 13 November 2023, in tabular form. [50599/23]

Hospital Admissions

Duncan Smith

465. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of private insurance patient forms that were completed on admission to Portiuncula University Hospital in each of the years 2021 to date in 2023; and the number of claims that were processed in respect of these forms to health insurance companies in each of the years in question. [50601/23]

Dental Services

Duncan Smith

466. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dental surgeons employed by the HSE working in primary care centres within CHO6 in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [50602/23]

Health Services

Duncan Smith

467. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide a specialist lymphedema clinic to be opened in Drogheda, County Louth. [50603/23]

Hospice Services

Duncan Smith

468. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of hospice care/ palliative care beds in CHO1; and the location of each. [50604/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

469. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant urologists at Mayo University Hospital in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [50605/23]

Hospital Facilities

Duncan Smith

470. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the last date an external in-person fire safety audit was carried out on behalf of the HSE at Mercy University Hospital; the frequency with which these audits are carried out; and if these audits are published online. [50606/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

471. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE radiographers working in South Tipperary University Hospital in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [50607/23]

Health Services

Duncan Smith

472. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the current eye care services available to children aged eight years of age and over in CHO1. [50608/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

473. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant breast surgeons based at each hospital part of the Saolta Hospital Group in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [50609/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

474. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacant consultant posts, by speciality currently at University Hospital Waterford; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [50610/23]

Emergency Departments

Duncan Smith

475. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of treatment bays in the accident and emergency department at Cavan General Hospital. [50611/23]

Mental Health Services

Duncan Smith

476. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the early intervention psychosis services that are currently available in CHO3. [50612/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

477. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at Tallaght University Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [50613/23]

Hospital Services

Duncan Smith

478. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the total number of beds available in South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in each of the years 2020 to date in 2023, by Department. [50614/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

479. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies, by job title in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory at Beaumont Hospital. [50615/23]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Duncan Smith

480. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of ceiling hosts delivered to families in CHO4 in 2022 and to-date in 2023. [50616/23]

Hospital Services

Duncan Smith

481. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of theatre slots for ophthalmology surgery allocated each week to date in 2023 in the Mater Hospital. [50617/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Duncan Smith

482. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the current average waiting times for urgent maxillofacial surgery appointments in each of the seven hospital groups. [50618/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

483. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant rheumatologist and rheumatologist registrars working in Kerry University Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [50619/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

484. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in St. Joseph's Hospital, Raheny, Dublin 5 in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [50620/23]

Hospital Facilities

Duncan Smith

485. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the capital works projects that are scheduled to be carried out at South John's Hospital, Limerick in 2024; and the nature of these works, in tabular form. [50621/23]

School Transport

Duncan Smith

141. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education for an update regarding the provision of a bus from Swords to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50318/23]

Pharmacy Services

Duncan Smith

225. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if the recent announcement to allow pharmacists to extend the validity of prescriptions from six months to twelve months, effective from 1 March 2024, includes medical card prescriptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50305/23]

Pension Provisions

Duncan Smith

60. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is aware of the issue of Government employment contracts for Garda, fire services, and prison officers, that mandate retirement at 60 years, with no supplementary pension, despite these professions previously receiving a supplementary old age pension until reaching the State pension age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50218/23]

School Funding

Duncan Smith

89. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education to confirm if there are any proposals currently to provide a bilingual French/English primary school in North Dublin; if there would be any funding available to support such an initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50287/23]

Departmental Policies

Duncan Smith

83. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice to outline what threshold, if any, is applicable for the increasing of maintenance fees and fees for sinking funds for apartment owners; what protections, if any, are available to apartment owners to ensure exorbitant fee increases are capped, especially as many owners are struggling to pay these increases; if parking spaces can be revoked if payment is not received by a certain date (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48878/23]

Road Traffic Accidents

Duncan Smith

254. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if, in light of the importance of road safety, he will provide clarification as to the reason his Department does not currently publish road collision data on a monthly basis; whether there are any plans to implement a more frequent reporting schedule in the interest of enhancing road safety awareness and prevention measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48198/23]

Road Traffic Accidents

Duncan Smith

255. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to publish road collision data on a monthly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48199/23]

Bus Services

Duncan Smith

277. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the extent to which cancellations and congestion are experienced in the Ratoath area of County Meath, in particular Bus Éireann 103 and 105X services; if his Department will provide details of all cancelled and late services in 2023; the times and dates of those cancelled and delayed services; the capacity of those services during peak hours to and from Ratoath, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48606/23]

Traffic Management

Duncan Smith

278. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he is monitoring the play street pilot introduced by Fingal County Council; if his Department has considered how to facilitate the establishment of play streets within the road and traffic law framework in this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48619/23]

Residential Institutions

Duncan Smith

1046. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if adults in residential care settings are eligible for personalised budgets as introduced by the HSE in 2018, wherein an individual may receive direct funding to manage their own support needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48215/23]

Residential Institutions

Duncan Smith

1047. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth under what circumstances would an adult in residential care be considered for a personalised budget, particularly in light of the potential loss of social outlets upon leaving school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48216/23]

Residential Institutions

Duncan Smith

1048. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether personalised budgets can be utilised for service provisions outside of HSE-funded providers, such as day trips, to address concerns about preserving autonomy and individuality for those in residential care settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48217/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Duncan Smith

1232. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a CT scan and MRI scan at Wexford General Hospital. [48159/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

1233. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time secretaries working in the ophthalmology department in the Mater Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [48160/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Duncan Smith

1234. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of adults living in County Leitrim waiting for vascular surgery. [48161/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

1235. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior cardiology dieticians based in Kerry University Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [48162/23]

Hospital Facilities

Duncan Smith

1236. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through parking charges within public car park at Our Lady's Of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [48163/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

1237. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior medical scientists in molecular microbiology at University Hospital Waterford in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [48164/23]

Hospital Facilities

Duncan Smith

1238. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital and current funding required to double the number of ICU beds at Letterkenny University Hospital. [48165/23]

Hospital Services

Duncan Smith

1239. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the budget allocation to Roscommon University Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [48166/23]

Hospital Procedures

Duncan Smith

1240. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of cataract procedures carried out at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [48167/23]

Addiction Treatment Services

Duncan Smith

1241. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of funding allocated to drug addiction services in County Longford in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [48168/23]

Ambulance Service

Duncan Smith

1242. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance turnaround time at Mullingar emergency department in each month of 2023 to date, in tabular form [48169/23]

Hospital Services

Duncan Smith

1243. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the additional resources and personnel that will be provided to Tipperary University Hospital as part of the 2023-2024 Winter Plan. [48170/23]

Mental Health Services

Duncan Smith

1244. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for Jigsaw in CHO2. [48171/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

1245. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant in intensive care medicine at CHI Crumlin in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [48172/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

1246. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric neurologist and paediatric neurologist registrars based at University Hospital Limerick in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [48173/23]

Hospital Procedures

Duncan Smith

1247. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number hip replacement surgeries carried out in Mayo University Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [48174/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

1248. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior vascular physiologist at Beaumont Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [48175/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

1249. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists based in Louth County Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [48176/23]

Hospital Facilities

Duncan Smith

1250. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of ICU beds at St. Vincent's University Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [48177/23]

Mental Health Services

Duncan Smith

1251. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the out-of-hours mental health services that are currently available in County Roscommon. [48178/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

1252. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical nurse manager 2 in pre-exposure prophylaxis services in Galway University Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [48179/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

1253. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant dermatologist and dermatology registrars at Letterkenny University Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [48180/23]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

1254. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE scrub nurses working in Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [48181/23]

Hospital Services

Duncan Smith

1255. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the average wait time from check in to seeing a clinician at Tallaght University Hospital Emergency Department. [48182/23]

Departmental Communications

Duncan Smith

1259. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health what efforts were made to contact individuals and families who were victims of medical negligence to make them aware of the public consultation on health claims costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48219/23]