PQ Responses - May 21st 2019

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PQ 21358-19 - James Browne front page preview

PQ 21358-19 - James Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the development of the remuneration and reimbursement scheme; if the scheme will reopen to new applicants; if so, when the scheme will reopen; the number availing of the scheme by CHO; if there is a waiting list for new applicants; if so, the number on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21422-19 - Stephen Donnelly front page preview

PQ 21422-19 - Stephen Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; the average waiting time; the number of persons awaiting placement by local health area in tabular form; and the length of time waiting

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PQ 21434-19 - Louise O'Reilly front page preview

PQ 21434-19 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be forthcoming to roll out social prescribing across the health service in view of the successes of social prescribing in counties Donegal, Waterford and Dublin 8

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PQ 21475-19 - John McGuinness front page preview

PQ 21475-19 - John McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid for nursing care services provided to the HSE from companies (details supplied) in each of the past five years; the amount paid by a centre over the same period to each of the companies; the procurement process used in each case; the date each company was reviewed in terms of cost; the hourly rate paid to agency staff in this sector; the figure compared to the hourly rate paid to the companies involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21485-19 - John McGuinness front page preview

PQ 21485-19 - John McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health if the staff located at a centre (St. Patrick's, Kells Road, Kilkenny) have agreed to a redeployment within the HSE; if each staff member has been given details of their original contract; if his Department will sanction a redundancy package for an employee that cannot be redeployed or that does not want to option of being redeployed; if the centre has consulted with the HSE on the issue of redundancy; if his Department is involved in these discussions or consultations; if the person or persons in the centre and the HSE will arrange to meet this Deputy and the employees to clarify all of these matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21566-19 - Thomas Byrne front page preview

PQ 21566-19 - Thomas Byrne

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting list for speech therapy in County Meath from three years.

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PQ 21591-19 - Jonathan O'Brien front page preview

PQ 21591-19 - Jonathan O'Brien

To ask the Minister for Health his attention has been drawn to the fact that the management of Cork University Hospital has cancelled the contract for the bone densitometry unit in the hospital and has made alternate arrangements elsewhere with a company (Global Diagnostics ); if public patients will no longer be accommodated in the bone densitometry unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21595-19 - Kevin O'Keeffe front page preview

PQ 21595-19 - Kevin O'Keeffe

To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the abolition of a clause (Removal of the “Loco Parentis” clause from all HSE Homecare nursing packages for sick children) in view of the difficulties arising for parents

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PQ 21630-19 - Jackie Cahill front page preview

PQ 21630-19 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the grants or other funding available for a sensory room in newly built houses for children with non-verbal autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21642-19 - John Brady front page preview

PQ 21642-19 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the supports provided for children diagnosed with autism in Bray, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21645-19 - James Browne front page preview

PQ 21645-19 - James Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the loco parentis rule within paediatric homecare packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21744-19 - Louise O'Reilly front page preview

PQ 21744-19 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff working in the health service in each of the years 2008 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by occupation

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PQ 21754-19 - Mary Lou McDonald front page preview

PQ 21754-19 - Mary Lou McDonald

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE Leadership Team met on 14 May 2019 to consider additional information submitted by the manufacturer of the drug spinraza; and when the team will make a final decision on the reimbursement of the drug based on this information

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PQ 21800-19 - Catherine Connolly front page preview

PQ 21800-19 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for a home support service in each area of CHO2; the number of persons on a waiting list for an increase in home support hours in each area of CHO2; the number waiting for periods (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21816-19 - James Lawless front page preview

PQ 21816-19 - James Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for patients that are waiting on an appointment with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in County Kildare.

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PQ 21842-19 - Pat Deering front page preview

PQ 21842-19 - Pat Deering

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre for Tullow, County Carlow

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PQ 21859-19 - Catherine Connolly front page preview

PQ 21859-19 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health if reimbursement of FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring systems pursuant to recommendation 2 of the Health Technology Assessment Group advice note 2017/001 was considered; if so, the decision made; when the decision was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 21870-19 & 21872-19 - Alan Kelly front page preview

PQ 21870-19 & 21872-19 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the 2019 current funding deficit for section 39 disability organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21874-19 - Alan Kelly front page preview

PQ 21874-19 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the status of services in Cappoquin health ventre since the departure of the regular genaral practitioner there; the status of all patient records in the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21887-19 - Louise O'Reilly front page preview

PQ 21887-19 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the centre of excellence promised for the Ennis region after the downgrading of Ennis and Nenagh hospitals has not been delivered; when it will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21888-19 - Louise O'Reilly front page preview

PQ 21888-19 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the process which was undertaken before the downgrading of Ennis and Nenagh hospitals to ensure that University Hospital Limerick would have the necessary capacity to cope with the centralisation of emergency care in the region

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PQ 21972-19 - Catherine Martin front page preview

PQ 21972-19 - Catherine Martin

To ask the Minister for Health if funding from the National Lottery to organisations supporting polio survivors has been cut; if so, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21980-19 - Billy Kelleher front page preview

PQ 21980-19 - Billy Kelleher

To ask the Minister for Health if the in loco parentis rule being applied by the HSE in respite care has been revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21991-19 - Thomas P. Broughan front page preview

PQ 21991-19 - Thomas P. Broughan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that visited the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; the timeframe for the construction of a new accident and emergency department at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 22007-19 - Louise O'Reilly front page preview

PQ 22007-19 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the procedure to be followed for clients or relatives that have had a poor care experience with an outsourced company; the department of the HSE which deals with these complaints; the person or body within the public health system that has responsibility for handling complaints for outsourced companies working on HSE care packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 22009-19 - Clare Daly front page preview

PQ 22009-19 - Clare Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the reason a free foot assessment service for persons with diabetes has been withdrawn from north County Dublin; and the steps he will take to reinstate same

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PQ 22020-19 - Eoin O Brion front page preview

PQ 22020-19 - Eoin O Brion

To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the HSE Leadership Team meeting on 14 May 2019 with respect to the issue of spinraza; and when the drug will be made available to those that need it

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PQ 22025-19 - John Lahart front page preview

PQ 22025-19 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will implement the international consensus criteria for myalgic encephalomyelitis in order that persons with ME can get a clear diagnosis as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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