PQ Responses - October 22nd 2020

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PQ 24106-20 - Sorca Clarke front page preview

PQ 24106-20 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the growing public concern regarding the competency of Covid-19 testing and contact tracing services here. -Sorca Clarke

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PQ 32093-20 - Patrick Costello front page preview

PQ 32093-20 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the official policy on partners attending antenatal appointments; and if he will address the differing policies currently in operation in maternity hospitals - Patrick Costello.

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PQ 32100-20 - Rose Conway-Walsh front page preview

PQ 32100-20 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in Belmullet hospital, County Mayo in use or available for use, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Rose Conway-Walsh

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PQ 32101-20 - Rose Conway-Walsh front page preview

PQ 32101-20 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health if patients will be referred directly from general practitioners to Belmullet Hospital, County Mayo without having to be sent first to an acute hospital facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Rose Conway-Walsh

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PQ 32109-20 - Thomas Pringle front page preview

PQ 32109-20 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the evidence-based scientific study he and the HSE are currently using to justify denying women their internationally recognised human right to a birth partner of their choice physically present with them throughout pregnancy, labour and birth a blatant violation of their human rights - Thomas Pringle.

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PQ 32111-20 - Thomas Pringle front page preview

PQ 32111-20 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the way in which he and the HSE plan to provide for the additional perinatal mental health needs of the many women and families left traumatised by the current policy of some Irish hospitals, including Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal of not allowing women a partner of their choice to be physically present with them to support them throughout major milestone scans, labour and birth, including those women and families that have had to go through the unmitigated tragedy of pregnancy or baby loss alone, scared and devastated. -Thomas Pringle

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PQ 32130-20 - Johnny Mythen front page preview

PQ 32130-20 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the cost per hour for an individual HSE staff member providing homecare assistance; the hourly fee charged by agencies for an individual employee providing homecare assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Johnny Mythen

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PQ 32131-20 - Johnny Mythen front page preview

PQ 32131-20 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the cost for travel allowance for HSE staff providing homecare assistance; the travel fee charged by agencies providing homecare assistance; the top mileage allowed per homecare assistance staff member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Johnny Mythen

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PQ 32151-20 - Paul Kehoe front page preview

PQ 32151-20 - Paul Kehoe

To ask the Minister for Health if a Covid-19 safe process is being formulated in which partners of expectant mothers can attend ante-natal appointments and births in maternity hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Paul Kehoe

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PQ 32176-20 - Claire Kerrane front page preview

PQ 32176-20 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by patients accessing their medical records from private consultants in which a patient requires emergency medical care in the public health system; his views that there should be an obligation on private consultants to share information in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Claire Kerrane

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PQ 32185-20 - Emer Higgins front page preview

PQ 32185-20 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health the current HSE Covid-19 advertising on social media platforms including Instagram and Tiktok; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Emer Higgins

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PQ 32192-20 - John Lahart front page preview

PQ 32192-20 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health the number of critical care and ICU nurses employed across the health system prior to Covid-19; the number of new nurses trained with the specific skills required for critical care and ICU have been employed since Covid-19; the number in training; and the plans there are in place to train more. -John Lahart

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PQ 32201-20 - Catherine Murphy front page preview

PQ 32201-20 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given by him and or the HSE that a national clinical practice guideline for the management of multiple pregnancy will be put out for public consultation in order to give persons and representative organisations an opportunity to put forward their views in relation to what the revised guidelines should look like; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Catherine Murphy

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PQ 32202-20 - Catherine Murphy front page preview

PQ 32202-20 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if representative organisations will be key stakeholders in the revision process of the HSE national clinical practice guideline for the management of multiple pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Catherine Murphy

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PQ 32247-20 - Cathal Crowe front page preview

PQ 32247-20 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the status of planned primary health centres in County Clare. -Cathal Crowe

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PQ 32248-20 - Aindrias Moynihan front page preview

PQ 32248-20 - Aindrias Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health if a business case regarding the resourcing for colorectal stoma clinical nurse specialists has been submitted by the CHI at Crumlin; the level of consideration for funding of this service that is being taken to form part of the HSE service planning process for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Aindrias Moynihan

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PQ 32259-20 - Pauline Tully front page preview

PQ 32259-20 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health if there is a service available here that provides medical alert dogs to sufferers of epilepsy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Pauline Tully

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