PQ Responses - December 10th 2020

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PQ 41077-20 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce a system to allow Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to apply for medical cards on behalf of consituents; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 41081-20 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Health when duodopa will be available to patients under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 41098-20 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases in which a woman received a scan to confirm the gestation of pregnancy since the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41099-20 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health if there is data available on the number of pre-born children diagnosed with cleft lip, cleft palate and clubfoot for the period 1 January 2019 to date; if so, if he will make such information available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41184-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hires on a weekly basis for the period 1 June 2020 to 1 December 2020 for the dedicated contact tracing identified in the winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 41189-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of candidates who applied to work in the dedicated contact tracing workforce identified in the winter plan by 1 December 2020; the minimum educational qualification of candidate who progressed to interview; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41200-20 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of home help hours allocated by the HSE in half hour, hour and greater than an hour slots in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 41208-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the targets to year-end for the dedicated contact tracing workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 41306-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in his Department and the HSE who have been deployed and seconded at the start of each month since 1 March to 1 December 2020, by occupation and county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41309-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff who continue to suffer from persistent symptoms or syndromes associated with Covid-19, also known as long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 41334-20 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health if guidance will be provided to the HSE to safely facilitate both expectant parents to attend scans and ultrasounds in maternity hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 41346-20 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no psychiatrist in the counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 41363-20 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting on a MRI for both diagnosis of and or monitoring of disease in all CHOs and hospitals nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 41433-20 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts by specialist that are currently vacant in the Mater Hospital; the length of time each post has been vacant; and the time frame for filling each of the posts

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PQ 41502-20 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the waiting lists for speech and language therapy in County Galway for each of the past five years

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PQ 41503-20 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the waiting lists for speech and language therapy in County Mayo for each of the past five years

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PQ 41505-20 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the waiting lists for speech and language therapy in County Wexford for each of the past five years

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PQ 41519-20 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider removing the valid to expiry date on medical cards for citizens aged 70 years or older and allowing these to be held without need for renewal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41520-20 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the validity period of medical cards issued to eligible citizens aged under 70 years of age from three to ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41556-20 - Niall Collins

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE can provide capital funding towards a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41706-20 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health when the translabial scanner which has been procured by the HSE will be available for use to help identify women who have been fitted with a transvaginal mesh device; the reason this service is still not operational three years after the issue of mesh implants was first raised in Dáil Éireann

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PQ 41711-20 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health if statistics for suicide rates in Ireland to date in 2020 can be provided and in which statistics for previous years can be accessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41786-20 - Willie O'Dea

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are women who have been informed that they have to wait six months for an appointment at the breast clinic at University Hospital Limerick; his views on whether this delay is inappropriate for a potentially life threatening illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41813-20 - Michael Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of new emergency places provided to persons with a disability as of 30 November 2020, by LHO in tabular form.

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PQ 41814-20 - Michael Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children as of 30 November 2020 or the latest date available that were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 by LHO in tabular form

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PQ 41816-20 - Michael Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list as of 30 November 2020 or latest date available; the number waiting less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months; and the number waiting aged zero to 17 and more than 18 years of age for each category by LHO in tabular form

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PQ 41855-20 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeil

To ask the Minister for Health if an information leaflet on paediatric arthritis prepared in November 2019 will be distributed to general practitioners and health professionals; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 41856-20 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

To ask the Minister for Health when a new paediatric rheumatologist will commence; the location in which they will be based; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41866-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the spend on public ambulances by hospital for each year since 2000, in tabular form; the number of journeys made in each year; the effective cost per journey annually and on average; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41935-20 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Galway who have been approved for home help services but are still on the waiting list; the number waiting over six, 12, 18 and 24 months, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41942-20 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeil

To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in encouraging the option of breastfeeding including through the Healthy Ireland Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41946-20 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a ophthalmology appointment in primary care as of 30 November 2020 or the latest date available; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks.

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PQ 41948-20 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care as of 30 November 2020 or the latest date available; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks

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PQ 41951-20 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office area waiting for a child and adolescent mental health services appointment as of 30 November 2020 or the latest date available; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks

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PQ 41952-20 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units to date in 2020

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PQ 41957-20 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in each public and voluntary hospital at the end of November 2020, in tabular form; and the number to date in 2020

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PQ 41962-20 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients currently waiting less than four, four to eight and more than eight months for treatment at both Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and Temple Street Children’s University Hospital as at 30 November 2020 or the latest date available in tabular form; and if he will provide the same information for other spinal patients

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PQ 36597-20 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health if the position with regard to the attendance of partners during labour and birth has changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 37037-20 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health his views on a newspaper article (details supplied) on high rates of suicides of young women in south County Dublin; the matters learned from the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 40501-20 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the insufficient support services provided to children with disabilities particularly school-aged services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 40503-20 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health the status of and position regarding the restoration of full-time disability day services; when these services will resume a five day week service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 40756-20 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide mental health support to children suffering as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic given the waiting lists for CAMHS

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PQ 40759-20 - Aindrias Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health the consideration being taken on a service (details supplied) to be extended to a seven-day service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 40766-20 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he proposes take to ease the waiting list for children to attend child and adolescent mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 41108-20 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the counties which still do not have access to abortion care via their general practitioners; the counties with no general practitioners providing early medical abortions in tabular form; the steps his Department is taking alongside the HSE to address these gaps in services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41274-20 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the funding that will be made available to the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital Group to upgrade to four operating theatres; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 41643-20 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the restrictions in maternity hospitals for partners of expecting mothers who cannot attend scans with them; his views on whether these restrictions need to be eased; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 41788-20 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a summary of the annual mental health budget in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 42099-20 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the status of Covid-19 testing in meat processing plants; the procedures for when a person is found to have Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42300-20 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address long waiting times for psychology appointments in primary care in south-western areas of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42301-20 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the CAMHS waiting list at the end of November 2020; and the way in which this compares to the same date in 2019

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PQ 42303-20 - Michael Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that have received inpatient or day case treatment in Mallow General Hospital to date in 2020; the equivalent figures for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 42304-20 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons waiting for home support hours at the end of November 2020; the way in which this compares to the same date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42305-20 - Jackie Cahil

To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons waiting for home support hours at the end of November 2020 in the north Tipperary east Limerick LHO area and in the south Tipperary LHO area; the way in which this compares to the same date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42314-20 - Christopher O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons waiting for home support hours at the end of November 2020 in the west Cork LHO area; the way in which this compares to the same date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42325-20 - Bríd Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the reimbursements to applicants under the community ophthalmic services scheme have now been capped; the average figure now reimbursed across the scheme; and if he will make arrangements to ensure vulnerable low income applicants and their children can access additional supports to recover the costs if needed.

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PQ 42326-20 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has been supplied to a residential care centre (details supplied); the assistance that can be offered to this centre in applying for State funding; the way in which the centre can avail of supports that are offered by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42334-20 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the current waiting times for MRI services in CHO area 2; the discussions he has had with the HSE with regard securing additional MRI facilities to meet the ongoing need in CHO area 2; the number of adults and children, respectively currently on the waiting list for an MRI in CHO area 2; the number of adults and children, respectively that have been on MRI waiting lists in CHO area 2 for three, six, nine, 12, 18 and 24 months, respectively in tabular form; the number of MRI machines operational in CHO area 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42335-20 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with the HSE with regard to the planned orthopaedic theatre in Merlin Park University Hospital; the status of the new orthopaedic theatre; if building work has commenced to date; if his Department has carried out an analysis into the effect of the delay in delivery of the new theatre on waiting lists in Merlin Park University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42367-20 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a child to receive an appointment with an ophthalmologist; the average waiting time between receiving the appointment and being examined by an ophthalmologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42368-20 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the details of funding that was allocated towards screening children with Down's syndrome for Down's arthritis in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42369-20 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a child to receive an appointment with a paediatric rheumatologist; the average waiting time between a child receiving an appointment and being examined by an paediatric rheumatologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42433-20 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the senior rheumatologist position at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42435-20 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Health if the second and third phases of the opening of the 60-bed unit at University Hospital Limerick will be open and operational on schedule; and if all necessary staff nurses, consultants and support staff will be available to operate this new unit.

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PQ 42438-20 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the reason a translabial scanner is not in place and operational to help identify those who have been implanted with a mesh device

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PQ 42440-20 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned primary care centre in Bangor Erris, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 42442-20 - Joan Collins

To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health specialists that have applied for positions in the past month; and the number of vacancies the HSE is hoping to fill

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PQ 42511-20 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to reduce the current 63 week wait for audiology in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42513-20 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor.

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the resumption of cancer screening services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42517-20 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the preliminary business case for a critical care wing by the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42544-20 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health the status of access for partners of expectant mothers to scans and wards during labour; the national position on same; if hospitals have the flexibility to implement their own measures now due to the decline in Covid-19 cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42547-20 - James Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are no primary care psychologists in north County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42552-20 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health when respite care services will be deemed as an essential service; when they will be fully restored to pre-Covid-19 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 42567-20 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health when the venesection clinic on the day service unit at Ennis General Hospital will reopen to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 42626-20 - Malcolm Noonan

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the severe shortage of paediatric rheumatologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42627-20 - Malcolm Noonan

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an information leaflet compiled by parents of children with Down’s arthropathy; and his plans distribute it to general practitioner surgeries and other health professionals to facilitate prompt referrals.

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PQ 42628-20 - Malcolm Noonan

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lengthy waiting lists for children with Down’s arthropathy to see paediatric rheumatologists, either privately or publicly; the outcome of a meeting held on 18 December 2019 between the rheumatology department of Crumlin Children’s Hospital and an organisation (details supplied) on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42630-20 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health the procedures and quality checks in place to monitor the care carried out by home help organisations contracted to carry out home caring work in the homes of persons; if there is a feedback mechanism for receivers of this care; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42641-20 - Michael Creed

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address lengthy public orthodontic waiting lists at a location (details supplied).

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PQ 42644-20 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists and duration on the list for procedures (details supplied) in University Hospital Waterford in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 42712-20 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if there will be cold storage centres outside of Dublin for Covid-19 vaccines.

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PQ 42725-20 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the procedure that occurs when a company that holds a HSE contract which it originally procured through a tendering process no longer wishes to hold the contract or ceases to be operational; if the contract must be offered to other parties included in the original tender; if not, if the company can nominate a group to which to transfer the contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42758-20 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recommence respite service at Lifford Hospital; the time frame for resumption of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 42776-20 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the counties in which PrEP is currently available; the steps he will take to ensure universal access for those for whom it is recommended; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42790-20 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for a speech and language assessment in Dublin 9 and 11; if steps can be taken to improve on the waiting time of 12 to 18 months for an initial assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42794-20 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults currently on waiting lists to see a psychiatrist in each of the HSE regions in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ Responses - December 10th 2020