Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

771. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health if all Section 38 workers who were entitled to the pandemic payment should have received it by now; the remedy mechanism there is for those who have not received it; and if he will request his Department to investigate the case of a worker (details supplied) who has yet to receive a payment as their employer has yet to be paid it. [24301/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

772. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied). [24311/23]

Hospital Procedures

Michael Ring

773. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24315/23]

Registration of Deaths

Mattie McGrath

774. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of sudden deaths reported in 2021, 2022 and quarter 1 of 2023; the number of strokes and heart attacks reported in the same periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24317/23]

Hospital Facilities

Mattie McGrath

775. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the current status of the National Children’s Hospital; when the project is due to be completed; the current cost of the project; the estimated final cost of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24322/23]

Ambulance Service

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

776. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date regarding the provision of an ambulance base in Carlow; the date on which the National Ambulance Service requested HSE estates to refurbish the existing building there as an ambulance base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24335/23]

Health Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

777. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to have an injury clinic in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24336/23]

Disability Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

778. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date regarding the provision of a new fit-for-purpose building for Holy Angels Day Care Service for Children with Special Needs in Carlow; the date on which his Department expects HSE estates to begin works at the Kelvin Grove site; if he will provide a list of proposed tenants to the Kelvin Grove building under the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24337/23]

Care of the Elderly

Holly Cairns

779. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the home support tender 2023 process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24348/23]

Medicinal Products

Holly Cairns

780. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking in response to the increasing cost of thyroid medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24349/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Holly Cairns

781. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that all employees of an organisation (details supplied) who worked on the front line during the pandemic will receive the pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24350/23]

Health Services

Holly Cairns

782. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to improve the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24351/23]

Health Service Executive

Neasa Hourigan

783. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of charities or individuals in the direct employment of charities registered in Ireland that are subject to tax withholding arrangements by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24352/23]

Hospital Charges

Eoin Ó Broin

784. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the current timeframe for turnaround of reimbursement applications under the Cross Border Directive; if there is a reason for the delays experienced by some applicants; if action is being taken to ensure reimbursement is provided to applicants at the earliest opportunity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24368/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Jennifer Whitmore

785. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health if a process will be put in place for staff (details supplied) to be provided with special additional financial recognition by his Department based on the particular additional risks they faced in the performance of their normal duty during the pandemic as employees that were at risk of exposure to SARS-COV-2 virus, as per the Government's decision of 19 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24369/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

786. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24371/23]

Medicinal Products

Colm Burke

787. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for managed access protocols, MAPs, medicines that have been approved or rejected in the past 24 months; how Ireland compares with other EU member states regarding the rates of approval for medicines covered by MAPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24384/23]

Medicinal Products

Colm Burke

788. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the governance process for deciding on a managed access protocol for a new medicine; the criteria used to inform a managed access protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24385/23]

Medicinal Products

Colm Burke

789. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the access criteria for managed access protocols, MAPs, across all medicines; if he has considered whether there is sufficient transparency of the MAP process for patients and clinicians, particularly with regards to the rejection of applications; if MAPs should be amended if they are found not to be accommodating to clinicians and patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24386/23]

Departmental Reviews

Colm Burke

790. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health when he will publish the review of cardiac services in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24387/23]

Primary Care Centres

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

791. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the issue of nursing staff being removed from a health centre (details supplied); and to provide clarity as to whether nurses will be practicing from the centre or the Armagh Road Primary Care Centre. [24395/23]

Health Services Staff

Paul Murphy

792. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the call from Home and Community Care Ireland, HCCI, to ensure that the new home care tender 2023 is not delayed again; if he will fulfil the HCCI request for an urgent meeting with Minsters (details supplied); if the HSE will agree funding for a new rate on tender 2023 that reflects increased costs of care and that allows home care staff to receive a living wage, travel time and mileage costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24422/23]

Medicinal Products

Mary Lou McDonald

793. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health to set out the short-term measures in place to address the shortages of Ozempic; the reason for the ongoing shortages; the long-term solutions being put in place to prevent these shortages recurring in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24437/23]

Medicinal Products

Mary Lou McDonald

794. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to address the shortages of 241 medicines, including 13 which are on the World Health Organisation, WHO, critical list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24438/23]

Medicinal Products

Mary Lou McDonald

795. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health to elaborate on the media comments made by his Department regarding the Government's consideration of the introduction of a serious shortage protocol, SSP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24439/23]

Healthcare Policy

Louise O'Reilly

796. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the financial supports being made annually to support breastfeeding in hospitals; if he will provide information on the financial supports being made annually to support breastfeeding in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24496/23]

Healthcare Policy

Louise O'Reilly

797. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the HSE business case put forward in respect of breastfeeding supports, including but not limited to lactation consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24497/23]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

798. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, CAMHS, mental health intellectual disability teams that are currently in operation; the staffing levels within CAMHS mental health intellectual disability teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24499/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

799. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all external assurance process reviews tendered for to date; the value of the contract; and the name of the successful company, in tabular form. [24508/23]

Health Services Staff

Neasa Hourigan

800. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will set out in tabular form the number of full-time posts and the number of part-time posts currently funded and staffed for non-clinical data management across genetic and rare disease services in the HSE. [24531/23]

Disease Management

Neasa Hourigan

801. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the current dedicated funding to support clinical leads in European Reference Networks on Rare Diseases in their engagement with European partners in the provision of services (outside of research funds, given the network is not a research network); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24532/23]

Health Service Executive

Neasa Hourigan

802. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent by the HSE on legal fees in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 involving the defence of Grievance and or Dignity At Work cases or advice on such cases taken by HSE employees against HSE managers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24533/23]

Health Service Executive

Neasa Hourigan

803. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the cost of legal representation of HSE staff who are not at management level is covered by the organisation in Grievance or Dignity At Work cases taken against them by less senior ranking HSE staff, or if this is extended solely to managers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24534/23]

General Practitioner Services

Cathal Crowe

804. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will announce the launch date for the income limit for the GP visit card to be increased to include people on or below the median income original date from April 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24535/23]

EU Regulations

Jim O'Callaghan

805. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health to confirm that no sickness insurance scheme provided for by law or regulation exists in Ireland within the meaning of Regulation No 31 (EEC), 11 (EAEC), laying down the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (the "EU Staff Regulation"); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24549/23]

Home Care Packages

Jim O'Callaghan

806. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of homecare support hours for older people provided in each LHO area in 2020, 2021 and 2022; the allocation in each LHO for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24560/23]

Health Services

Francis Noel Duffy

807. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Health the names of all residential drug rehabilitation centres to which the HSE awards core funding; and the amount of funds they receive, in tabular form. [24591/23]

Health Services

Francis Noel Duffy

808. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Health the number of beds each HSE-funded residential drug rehabilitation centre has, in tabular form. [24592/23]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Seán Canney

809. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will appoint a dedicated full-time project management team to implement the plan to develop a Model 4 Hospital at University Hospital Galway, including the new cancer centre, bed block, emergency department, maternity department and paediatric department to ensure a coordinated delivery of the entire facility by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24599/23]

Disease Management

Denis Naughten

810. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health his views on the WHO proposal for an international treaty to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response; to outline the engagement he has had with the European Union, the World Health Organization and the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body on the matter; the role Ireland will play in the negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24608/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Chris Andrews

811. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given a date to have their rescheduled operation. [24616/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Michael Collins

812. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that are waiting for a knee replacement in Galway; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24715/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Michael Collins

813. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that are waiting for a hip replacement in Galway; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24716/23]

Home Care Packages

Claire Kerrane

814. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide figures on HSE spending on private companies providing home care services in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24723/23]

Hospital Procedures

Niamh Smyth

815. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting on a cataract operation. [24724/23]

Hospital Equipment

Michael Healy-Rae

816. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when an issue at University Hospital Limerick will be resolved (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24747/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Colm Burke

817. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm when all those who have not yet received the pandemic recognition payment but are entitled to it will receive the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24748/23]

Health Strategies

Fergus O'Dowd

818. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if a national strategy for haemochromatosis is currently under consideration, where everyone has equal access to testing, diagnosis, treatment and quality of care, regardless of where they live in Ireland or their financial circumstances; if consideration has been given to the development of a population screening programme for haemochromatosis in primary and hospital care settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24754/23]

Pension Provisions

Bernard Durkan

819. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when a pension and lump sum will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied), who recently retired as a clinical nurse manager on 31 March 2023, who has yet to receive any confirmation of payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24768/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Fergus O'Dowd

820. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health the powers the public authorities had in dealing with private nursing homes which were failing to comply with public health guidelines during phase 1 of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24774/23]