Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Primary Care Centres

James O'Connor

19. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a new building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26375/23]

Hospital Facilities

Rose Conway-Walsh

20. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the emergency department development in Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26715/23]

Cannabis for Medicinal Use

Bríd Smith

21. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he can clarify the position in relation to a person carrying prescribed medicinal cannabis products from an another state, specifically in relation to Article 75 of the Schengen Implementing Convention, which states that it is permissible to transport drugs and psychotropic substances needed as part of medical treatment if the person concerned has a certificate issued by a competent authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26688/23]

Health Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

22. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the injury clinic unit for Carlow town and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26700/23]

Abortion Services

Paul Murphy

23. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he anticipates that legislation to reform the abortion law will be passed within the lifetime of this Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26705/23]

Health Services Staff

Duncan Smith

24. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the pay claims by section 39 organisation workers following the meeting of officials from his Department, the HSE, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and Tusla with union representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26663/23]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Pauline Tully

25. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health when the current contract for the provision and repair of wheelchairs is due to end; if he will detail the procurement process involved in selecting the company that gets the contract; if a monitoring process is in place to examine the efficiency, value for money and outcomes delivered for wheelchair users by the contract holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26725/23]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

26. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to increase access to eating disorder services in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26405/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pauline Tully

27. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health what oversight he has of pandemic special recognition payments to ensure that those who are entitled to this payment have received it; if there is a process in place for healthcare workers who believe they are entitled to the pandemic special recognition payment but have not received a payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26724/23]

Health Services Staff

Pádraig O'Sullivan

28. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the reason HSE enhanced community care consultant posts will only be allocated to model 4 hospitals; if he will address concerns by consultants in the area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26590/23]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

29. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he will review the funding and resourcing ofLetterkenny University Hospital to reflect the fact that the hospital is the sixth largest in the State with reference to the number of inpatients each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26392/23]

Health Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

30. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the action he intends on taking to speed up the delivery of smaller capital health projects and to simplify the processes laid down by his Department to do so, in view of the inordinate time it is taking to provide the new ambulance base in Recess, Connemara, the new community nursing unit in Clifden, Connemara, a new health centre in Inishbofin and a new permanent health centre in Árann, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25487/23]

Pharmacy Services

James O'Connor

31. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the national ePrescribing system to reduce the administrative burden currently faced by community pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26674/23]

Substance Misuse

Bernard Durkan

32. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which persons in need of drug rehabilitation programmes have access to same, with a view to reducing their dependency on drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26658/23]

General Practitioner Services

Aindrias Moynihan

33. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health his views on the measures being taken to address the issue of attracting general practitioners to rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26707/23]

Hospital Facilities

Christopher O'Sullivan

34. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that there are only ten beds for haematology patients in Cork University Hospital to serve the whole south/south west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26694/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Gino Kenny

35. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that 309 children are waiting for scoliosis-related surgery and that just 12 spinal fusions have been completed to date in 2023 in Temple Street and Cappagh hospitals, a third of the number completed in the same period in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26575/23]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Catherine Connolly

36. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 40 of 20 April 2023, if he will provide an update on the development of the new elective hospital in Merlin Park; the expected timeline for the design team to be in place; the expected timeline for the site investigations to be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26407/23]

Medical Cards

Bríd Smith

37. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he can detail any plans to review the criteria for medical card eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26687/23]

Medicinal Products

Brendan Smith

38. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of illegal units of medicine that have beendetained by the HPRA; if plans are in place for the HPRA to be given more powers in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26695/23]

Hospital Overcrowding

Paul Murphy

39. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reasons for the ongoing overcrowding in Tallaght Hospital's emergency department; the steps that are being taken to address it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26704/23]

Hospital Facilities

Colm Burke

40. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm the date when the four-storey building attached to Mallow Hospital will be completed, taking into account that it is to accommodate 48 hospital beds on floors two and three; if he will confirm that the 40 rooms between the ground floor and the first floor will be utilised for patients that require rehabilitation; when it is expected that same will come into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26604/23]

Departmental Reports

Mattie McGrath

41. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate for the secretary general of his Department to publicly reject the majority of the findings of a report regarding the abandoned secondment of a former chief medical officer, especially in light of An Tánaiste's support for the report's conclusions, which he described as conclusive and unassailable (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19936/23]

Hospital Staff

Pearse Doherty

42. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the plans that are being put in place to address understaffing in Letterkenny General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26679/23]

Pharmacy Services

Alan Dillon

43. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding the role of pharmacists in the Irish health system to include the prescription of some medicines under agreed protocols with GPs to alleviate long GP waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26667/23]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Alan Farrell

44. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if he will detail the considerations his Department is giving to the development of an elective hospital in north Dublin as detailed in the HSE Capital Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26757/23]

Nursing Homes

Colm Burke

45. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the 240 beds which have been lost in public nursing homes and community hospitals in the Cork-Kerry region due to reconfiguration in the past four years, will be replaced by the end of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26605/23]

Health Services Staff

Matt Carthy

46. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of workers in the healthcare sector who applied for the pandemic unemployment bonus but have yet to receive payment; the number who were determined not to qualify; and the number of appeals received in relation to same. [26742/23]

General Practitioner Services

Richard Bruton

47. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will outline his ambitions for the development of GP care and the challenges in meeting them. [26595/23]

Cancer Services

Peadar Tóibín

48. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a differential in cancer survival rates between patients diagnosed in the public and private health services in the State; and if so, if he will provide details on the differential. [25791/23]

Emergency Departments

Peadar Tóibín

49. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons who left the emergency department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, without being seen, in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25790/23]

Vaccination Programme

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

50. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Health if his Department will consider the creation of a no-fault vaccine injury compensation scheme as exists in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26672/23]

Care of the Elderly

Rose Conway-Walsh

51. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will outline plans to reopen community beds in Mayo and increase home help provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26716/23]

Substance Misuse

Brendan Griffin

52. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he will consider a campaign to highlight the negative personal health effects of cocaine use; if his Department can provide up-to-date statistics on the prevalence of patients with conditions related to cocaine use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26670/23]

Mental Health Services

John Brady

53. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a reply to the recent response to the report from the Ombudsman for Children’s Office on Child Mental Health titled ‘A Piece of My Mind’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26081/23]

Health Strategies

David Cullinane

54. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a national hearing strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26720/23]

Primary Care Centres

Catherine Connolly

55. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1569 of 18 April 2023, the status of the development of a primary care centre on Inisbofin; the status of the land transfer process; the expected timeline for the completion of the land transfer; the progress to-date on the appointment of a design service for the primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26571/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

56. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Health if his Department plans to expand capacity in respect to the impact of long-Covid on those impacted, either in terms of clinical research or the provision of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26673/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Gino Kenny

57. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently reported that over 1.1 million people are waiting for some form of hospital care, with 888,600 people on National Treatment Purchase Fund waiting list and a further 250,000 people waiting for diagnostics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26576/23]

Health Promotion

Ruairí Ó Murchú

58. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health when the review of the impact of the sugar tax will be conducted and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25897/23]

Health Services

David Stanton

59. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health the ways that he is encouraging and supporting the reduction of paper-based systems in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26613/23]

Health Services Staff

Duncan Smith

60. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to ensure the implementation of the recommendations contained in the Review of Role and Functions for Health Care Assistants, published in December 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26662/23]

Healthcare Policy

Violet-Anne Wynne

61. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the action that will now be taken following the successful passage of the motion regarding Targeted Investment in the Health Service in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26691/23]

Health Services Staff

Holly Cairns

62. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to ensure employees of Section 39 organisations receive the same pay and conditions as their counterparts employed in the HSE. [26393/23]

National Children's Hospital

David Cullinane

63. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the commencement of services at the new National Children's Hospital; the estimated costs and target completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26721/23]

Health Services Staff

David Cullinane

64. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when CORU will complete the regulation of allied health and social care professions, such as, but not limited to, psychologists, in line with its statutory obligations. [26722/23]

Healthcare Policy

Thomas Pringle

65. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the policy that regulates our health services' international cooperation, in light of the National Ambulance Service's recent trip to Israel's national emergency medical service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26676/23]

Primary Care Centres

Paul McAuliffe

66. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Finglas primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26697/23]

Medical Cards

Gino Kenny

67. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware it is almost ten years since the HSE has reviewed medical card eligibility on medical grounds, and the effectiveness of the system of assessment for a discretionary medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26574/23]

Dental Services

David Cullinane

68. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to bring forward new professional regulations for the dental profession in line with the requests of their representative body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26719/23]