Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Covid-19 Pandemic

Robert Troy

754. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the guidance for those aged 70 years of age or over, in particular when those within this age category can return to work. [14154/20]

Health Services Staff

Louise O'Reilly

755. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant vacancies across the public health service; and his plans to recruit consultants to fill these vacancies. [14155/20]

Health Services Staff

Louise O'Reilly

756. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health his plans to award public health doctors the same status as hospital consultants and deliver an increase in their remuneration. [14156/20]

General Practitioner Services

Louise O'Reilly

757. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who started on a general practitioner training scheme in 2019; the number of places that can be catered for on the training scheme; if the number of training places will be increased in 2020; and if so, the number to which. [14157/20]

Health Services Funding

Louise O'Reilly

758. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the level of public investment in healthcare per patient; and the way in which this compares with the European Union average. [14158/20]

National Children's Hospital

Louise O'Reilly

759. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason work has stopped on the national children’s hospital; if there are legal proceedings under way regarding the project; the estimated cost to the State of such legal proceedings; the number of days lost due to legal proceedings; and the cost to the State per day of delays to the project. [14159/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael Healy-Rae

760. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the current advice regarding meetings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14161/20]

Hospital Facilities

Alan Dillon

761. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health the details of the 2019 bed capacity programme, which previously included plans for ten additional beds in Mayo University Hospital; when the hospital will bring this extra capacity into operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14163/20]

Emergency Departments

Alan Dillon

762. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the Mayo University Hospital emergency department development; if the steering group provided the requested information to the HSE on its application to ensure its inclusion in the HSE capital plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14164/20]

Medical Cards

Joe O'Brien

763. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Health when the national medical card unit is to be advised that the new thresholds for medical card eligibility as announced in budget 2020 are to come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14171/20]

Health Services Funding

Alan Kelly

764. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if funding provided to a person (details supplied) can be transferred to a person who would provide similar services in the home of the person as offered to them in a location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14172/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joe O'Brien

765. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Health his plans to conduct an inquiry into the rate of Covid-19 cases seen in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14176/20]

Medicinal Products

Brendan Griffin

766. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in respect of the availability of drugs for the treatment of cancer for private and public patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14177/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joe O'Brien

767. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Health his plans to conduct an inquiry into the rate of Covid-19 cases seen in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14187/20]

Hospital Equipment

Louise O'Reilly

768. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of CT scanners per million population; and the way in which this compares internationally with other countries, for example, South Korea, Iceland and Denmark. [14188/20]

Hospital Equipment

Louise O'Reilly

769. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the purchase date of each CT scanner in hospitals here; and the sell-by date of each scanner. [14189/20]

Hospital Equipment

Louise O'Reilly

770. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of CT scanners per million of the population; the medically indicated number Ireland should have to deliver productive efficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14190/20]

Health Services Staff

Louise O'Reilly

771. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health his plans to allow staff recruitment processes to be devolved to local and hospital level. [14191/20]

Hospital Staff

Louise O'Reilly

772. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the average recruitment time for a nurse to a public hospital in 2019. [14192/20]

Nursing Staff

Louise O'Reilly

773. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the average recruitment time for a doctor to a public hospital in 2019. [14193/20]

Hospital Staff

Louise O'Reilly

774. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the average radiographer recruitment time for a doctor to a public hospital in 2019. [14194/20]

National Children's Hospital

Louise O'Reilly

775. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if the policy of his predecessor will be pursued to allow the building of private treatment rooms in the new national children’s hospital. [14195/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Louise O'Reilly

776. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the estimated average theatre, operation and treatment time that will be lost per 12 hour period due to the need to clean theatres and suites after each procedure and treatment to ensure adherence to Covid-19 infection control measures. [14196/20]

Health Services Funding

Maurice Quinlivan

777. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the resources that will be made available to increase capacity in the public health sector for access to diagnostics and the urgent recommencement of cancer screening programmes and access to time critical reviews for patients on surgical waiting lists. [14197/20]

Health Services Funding

Maurice Quinlivan

778. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the resources that have been assigned to build the capacity required to tackle the outpatient waiting lists for routine diagnostics, for example, cardiology and radiological scans. [14198/20]

Health Services Funding

Maurice Quinlivan

779. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if the necessary recruitment and investment will be increased for hospital consultants and healthcare science staff required to boost capacity in diagnostic services in view of the reduced capacity of HSE diagnostic pathways. [14199/20]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Maurice Quinlivan

780. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if medical grade masks will be supplied to persons with serious health issues. [14200/20]

Cancer Services

Maurice Quinlivan

781. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to reduce the delays in emergency endoscopy and colonoscopy tests for those showing symptoms of colon cancer. [14201/20]

Mental Health Services

Alan Kelly

782. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the funding that has been made available to mental health services for additional costs incurred to date due to the Covid-19 crisis; the additional funding being made available for mental health services to return to providing services; the proportion of the overall additional HSE spend on Covid-19 for mental health; his views on whether mental health services will achieve a balanced budget in 2020 by absorbing the additional costs associated with Covid-19; the reason St. James’s Hospital has not yet implemented the national clinical programme for self-harm in view of the fact that the homeless are a particularly vulnerable group; and if the HSE will reinstate the funding which was withdrawn at the end of 2019 for the multidisciplinary mental health team for the homeless in south central areas of Dublin in view of the expected post-Covid-19 mental health wave. [14202/20]

Home Help Service

Cathal Crowe

783. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if measures will be put in place to maintain financial support for the homecare sector in view of the fact the latest HSE pay policy came to an end on 31 May 2020. [14203/20]

Medicinal Products

Niamh Smyth

784. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if patients diagnosed with melanoma in the public health system here are only offered immunotherapy when in stage IV of the illness; the reason such treatment is not offered at stage III in view of the fact that half of patients at this stage advance to the next; his views on whether more lives would be saved if persons were offered such treatment earlier; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that adjuvant immunotherapy nivolumab, pembrolizumab and targeted therapy are available to some with private health insurance here but the public health service is not funding the medications; his further views on whether this is consistent with the goals of the National Cancer Strategy; and his plans to improve stage III melanoma treatments. [14210/20]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pa Daly

785. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to expedite overdue spinal surgery for a child (details supplied). [14211/20]

Hospital Appointments Status

Niamh Smyth

786. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14218/20]

Medical Cards

Emer Higgins

787. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health when the increased thresholds for the over-70s announced in budget 2020 will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14219/20]

Dental Services

Jackie Cahill

788. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when children’s dental services will be restored to St. Mary’s Hospital, Thurles, County Tipperary, after being relocated to Nenagh Hospital, Nenagh, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14224/20]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Catherine Connolly

789. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 549 to 561, inclusive, and 674 to 677, inclusive, of 11 June 2019, the reason the persons involved that acted in contravention of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 were not called to account under the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies 2016, the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Nurses and Midwives 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14225/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Robert Troy

790. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if an urgent investigation will be conducted into the alleged neglect of nursing home residents during the Covid-19 restrictions; if specific direction was given to nursing homes on the way in which the additional funding allocated to nursing homes was to be spent; and if such funding was for additional PPE. [14227/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Robert Troy

791. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if direction will be given to nursing homes on when residents are allowed to leave the nursing home for day visits. [14228/20]

Hospital Appointments Status

Niamh Smyth

792. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health when an operation will take place for a person (details supplied). [14239/20]

Abortion Services Provision

Carol Nolan

793. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to general practitioners for the provision of termination of pregnancy services in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14240/20]

Abortion Services Provision

Carol Nolan

794. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the measures and supports in place to reduce the number of abortions from the recorded 6,666 abortions that took place in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14241/20]

Health Services Staff

Noel Grealish

795. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health the number of posts vacant in CHO2; the number of vacant posts in the Saolta Hospital Group; the breakdown of the vacant posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14250/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Connolly

796. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health when the Covid-19 national guidelines will be published to enable the reopening of day services including Alzheimer’s day services in HSE community healthcare west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14252/20]

Medical Qualifications

Peter Burke

797. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health if his Department will review the fact that the counselling doctorate offered by Trinity College Dublin and fully recognised and accredited by an organisation (details supplied) does not provide payment to students unlike the doctorate in clinical psychology which is offered by the five main Irish universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14257/20]

Home Help Service

Thomas Gould

798. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a pay agreement has been reached between the HSE and an organisation (details supplied) to continue providing financial support for the supply of PPE to the private homecare sector in view of the fact that the initial agreement expired on 31 May 2020. [14261/20]

HSE Properties

Thomas Gould

799. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to utilising the Sarsfield Court Hospital site in Glanmire, County Cork, for the new acute hospital in Cork included in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 [14268/20]

HSE Properties

Thomas Gould

800. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to utilising the Our Lady’s Hospital, Guarranabraher, site for the new acute hospital in Cork included in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 [14269/20]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Thomas Gould

801. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for elective surgery with addresses in north central areas of Cork. [14270/20]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Thomas Gould

802. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for elective surgery in each hospital in County Cork. [14271/20]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Thomas Gould

803. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for elective surgery in Cork University Hospital. [14272/20]