PQ Responses - September 22nd 2020

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PQ 24693-20 - Dara Calleary

To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered easing social distancing restrictions in respect of trainee healthcare workers, for example, physiotherapists, doctors and dentists in order that they can return to on-site training and experience; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these students need the practical on the job experience to fulfil the requirements of their course qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Dara Calleary

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PQ 24702-20 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health when the BreastCheck screening service will recommence; if his attention has been drawn to the importance of early detection of breast cancer in women over 50 years of age; his plans to deal with the backlog of appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -John Lahart

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PQ 24709-20 - Michael Healy Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the nursing payscale in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Michael Healy-Rae

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PQ 24722-20 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the guidelines for the reopening of mental health day services and training centres; when the guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Rose Conway-Walsh

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PQ 24726-20 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in CAMHS filled or unfilled on a weekly basis from January 2019 to date by CHO area in tabular form; the reason for the empty beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 24729-20 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the work carried out by the HSE on a costed five-year strategy for stroke in the key areas of prevention, acute care, rehabilitation and restoration to health; when this strategy will be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 24758-20 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of clearing homecare package waiting lists - Richard Boyd Barrett.

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PQ 24760-20 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to clear assessment of needs waiting lists for children with autism - Richard Boyd Barrett.

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PQ 24782-20 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health if a Covid-19 test centre will be opened in Drogheda, County Louth in view of the ongoing pandemic; the number of persons being referred for testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Fergus O'Dowd

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PQ 24790-20 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the maternity hospitals in which values clarification workshops have taken place from 2018 to date in 2020; the number of HSE staff that have participated in the workshops; if such participation is mandatory; the organisation which delivered same; the nature of the workshops in terms of content and structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Carol Nolan

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PQ 24793-20 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of hiring 4,000 new nurses on the pre-2011 rate of pay - Richard Boyd Barrett.

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PQ 24794-20 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of hiring 500 consultants - Richard Boyd Barrett

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PQ 24809-20 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health when day care services will resume in locations (Daycare Services in Valentia and Cahersiveen Community Hospitals, Co. Kerry ) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Brendan Griffin

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PQ 24832-20 - Sean Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties and cuts in supports for the disability care sector due to Covid-19 and the resulting social distance guidelines, particularly but not exclusively, in the south-west Dublin area; his plans to support these vulnerable citizens; the contact his Department has had with various support organisations; if plans are being rolled out to move from part-time to full-time supports; if respite supports are being discussed or planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Seán Crowe

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PQ 24833-20 -Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of transporting patients requiring psychiatric services at St. Luke’s, Kilkenny and accompanying staff from South Tipperary General Hospital to St. Luke’s since the closure of St. Michael’s unit by year - Martin Browne

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PQ 24834-20 -Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost that will be incurred over the next five years, by year, of transporting patients requiring psychiatric services and accompanying staff to St. Luke’s, Kilkenny from South Tipperary General Hospital - Martin Browne.

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PQ 24844-20 - Christopher O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the closure of the Cara Lodge drug rehabilitation centre in west County Cork; and if he will put in place a strategy for the reopening of same - Christopher O'Sullivan

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PQ 24848-20 - Imelda Munster

To ask the Minister for Health if the primary care centre in Haymarket Centre, Drogheda, County Louth is still available to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Imelda Munster

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PQ 24865-20 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health if the Carmora service in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin is short-staffed; if so, the reason; if the HSE is responding to the need for additional staffing for the service for persons with additional needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Richard Boyd Barrett

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PQ 24866-20 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health if the respite hours available to users of the Carmora services in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin have been reduced; if so, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Richard Boyd Barrett

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PQ 24867-20 - Danny Healy Rae

To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure the day care centres for the elderly will be reopened safely without further delay (Many older people are missing the day care services they attended before the Covid pandemic ); and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Danny Healy-Rae

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PQ 24872-20 - Sean Canney

To ask the Minister for Health the reason qualified PHECC registered advanced paramedics are not being recruited into the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Seán Canney

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PQ 24874-20 - Joe McHugh

To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure instant communication is made with the HSE when a student is tested positive for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Joe McHugh

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PQ 24936-20 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to restore maternity services in full for women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Sean Sherlock

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PQ 24937-20 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if additional ringfenced funding will be commited to for mental health services for those that have given birth during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Sean Sherlock

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PQ 24960-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the measures taken to date as a consequence of the HSE publication Covid-19 Testing and Tracing: Roadmap to enhance capacity and turnaround published 14 May 2020; the progress made on the measures identified within; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 24962-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 tests evaluated at each testing laboratory involved on a weekly basis since 1 April 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 24963-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons involved in Covid-19 swabbing, test evaluation and tracing by occupation and county in each testing site since 1 April 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 24964-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of drive through testing facility lanes available on a weekly basis since 1 April 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 24965-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the opening hours and staffing levels by occupation for each swabbing centre in each week since 1 April 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 24966-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if all swab data is now fed directly from Swiftqueue to the laboratory information system - David Cullinane

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PQ 24967-20 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health if the results data transfer between NVRL and Case Tracker CRM has been fully automated or the percentage that has been automated since 1 May to date - David Cullinane.

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PQ 25076-20 -Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists that held contracts for the dental treatment service scheme in County Wexford in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Johnny Mythen

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PQ 25092-20 - Sean Haughey

To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is necessary for the holders of medical cards with lifelong medical conditions such as Down syndrome to have to fill out forms regularly to renew their medical cards; if his attention has been drawn to the distress caused to the families of these medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Seán Haughey

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PQ 25214-20 - Marian Harkin

To ask the Minister for Health the resources planned as part of the Living with Covid Plan and in the context of Budget 2021 to ensure increases in staffing in mental health services, the development of out of hours crisis services and investment in primary care mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Marian Harkin

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PQ 25219-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health when developmental checks for children previously administered by the HSE will recommence; the estimated number of checks missed; the number of checks and referrals to early intervention teams, speech and language therapists and other health professionals from March to September this year; the number of checks and referrals to early intervention teams, speech and language therapists, and other health professionals in the same period for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 25228-20 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the expansion of the primary care centre in Castlebar, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Michael Ring

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PQ 25273-20 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of transporting a patient with a nurse from South Tipperary General Hospital to the department of psychiatry in Kilkenny; the amount spent of the transport of mental health patients to Kilkenny since the closure of St. Michaels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mattie McGrath

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PQ 25275-20 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the full cost of refurbishment works carried out at St. Michael’s Hospital, Clonmel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mattie McGrath

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PQ 25294-20 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the specialist mental health cover being provided at South Tipperary General Hospital; if a specialist nurse and doctor are available at the hospital 24/7; the mental health facilities available to those facing a crisis in south County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mattie McGrath

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PQ 25295-20 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with mental health difficulties presenting to South Tipperary General Hospital emergency department over the past two years; the numbers of patients transferred to the department of psychiatry in Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mattie McGrath

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PQ 25319-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the average Covid-19 test turnaround by county and nationally from general practitioner referral to communication of results for community testing in each week since 1 April to 14 September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 25321-20 - Danny Healy Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if information (How many referrals were made to the Breast Clinic in CUH since March 2020. How many of these patients are still on the waiting list waiting for an appointment to be seen. ) will be provided regarding the breast clinic at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Danny Healy-Rae

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PQ 25322-20 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health if the recommendations of the 2015 Preparedness of Hospitals in the Republic of Ireland for an Influenza Pandemic: an Infection Control Perspective Report that noted failings in PPE and ventilators were acted upon; the changes or preparations that were made following the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Alan Kelly

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PQ 25323-20 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the mechanisms that are in place to ensure Covid-19 testing undertaken at private hospitals is shared with the HSE in order that contact tracing can be performed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Alan Kelly

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PQ 25325-20 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health when construction of the Tullow primary care centre, serving Tullow, Rathvilly and Hacketstown, will commence; if it was previously approved for construction in 2014; the status of the announcement in July 2017 that this centre would be developed and that the HSE were engaging with the adjoining landowner; the status of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Alan Kelly

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PQ 25327-20 - Francis Noel Duffy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons tested here for Covid-19 since the beginning of the outbreak - Francis Noel Duffy.

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PQ 25351-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 700 swabbers and 500 contact tracers outlined in the Plan for Living with Covid-19 that have been hired; the number in a pool; when all 1,300 staff will be hired; the locations in which the staff will be located by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 25426, 25427, 25428, 25429 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the protocol in place between both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland for contact tracing as it relates to cross-Border workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 25352-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if staff hired as part of a dedicated Covid-19 testing workforce that come from other parts of the health service will be replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 25353-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated percentage of the population which lives within one hour of a Covid-19 swab test centre; the estimated percentage which will have access to the service within one hour of their home as envisaged under the Plan for Living with Covid-19; the time frame for the service to materialise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 25354-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the targets, and associated timelines for Covid-19 swabbing, testing, and contact tracing; if there is an ambition to test more than 100,000 a week; if so, the number and timeline for reaching same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 25364-20 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the refurbishment of the accident and emergency department of Tullamore Regional Hospital. -Brian Stanley

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PQ 25369-20 -Sean Haughey

To ask the Minister for Health if the practice of redeploying speech and language therapists and other allied health professionals to Covid-19 testing will be ceased; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the practice will have implications for students studying to be speech and language therapists and their requirement for student placement in view of the fact that there could be a lack of available speech and language therapists to act as practice educators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Seán Haughey

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PQ 25384-20 - Padraig MacLochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to calls by persons living with amyloidosis to take actions (Ensure that the assessment and reimbursement of new therapies continues despite the COVID-19 crisis to avoid further delays in access to medicines for vulnerable patients. • Reform the reimbursement process to encompass broader criteria to better facilitate Irish patients access to innovative new therapies, particularly targeting rare diseases. • Review the RD TRC to ensure that the committee serves its intended purpose and assists in increasing access to OMPs rather than adding to delays. • Establish a national programme and model of care for Irish patients with amyloidosis to ensure timely diagnosis and access to treatment in Ireland. ) with reference to the HSE amyloidosis working group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

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PQ 25435-20 - Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health if psychological supports are available, or will be made available for frontline staff that worked throughout the pandemic to cope with the effects it may have on their mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Neale Richmond

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PQ 25503-20 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health if nursing homes with high levels of vacant beds will be considered for use to alleviate pressure on the hospital system as stepdown facilities in view of the level of overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick this week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Cathal Crowe

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PQ 25519-20 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the 113 plus schools experiencing Covid-19 infections and clusters; the breakdown of infection amongst teachers, students, staff and SNAs; the areas nationally in which the schools are; when the infections were identified; the length of time testing took at the schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Cian O'Callaghan

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PQ 25568-20 - Dara Calleary

To ask the Minister for Health when essential services such as early intervention assessment and speech and language therapy will recommence; his views on whether Covid-19 restrictions are resulting in the suspension of services and is having a detrimental effect on children awaiting services; the steps being taken to recommence services and to erase the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Dara Calleary

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PQ 25593-20 -Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of Covid-19 cases nationally including the sectors and industries that the persons work in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Richard Boyd Barrett

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PQ 25625-20 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health when the Covid-19 testing centre in Longford opened; the number of tests that were carried out when it closed; and if there are plans to reopen the centre. -Sorca Clarke

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PQ 25629-20 -Sorcha Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons of Community First Responders that have requested naloxone training; and the number of Community First Responders that have received naloxone training. -Sorca Clarke

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PQ 25654-20 - Mary Lou McDonald

To ask the Minister for Health the number of addiction treatment and detoxification beds in the CHO north city and county area in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, inclusive - Mary Lou McDonald. -Mary Lou McDonald

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PQ 25656-20 - Mary Lou McDonald

To ask the Minister for Health the number of homeless and vulnerable persons residing in a center (details supplied) for the months of April to September 2020, inclusive - Mary Lou McDonald.

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PQ 25658-20 - Mary Lou McDonald

To ask the Minister for Health when public service staff contracted to a center (the Keltoi Residential Treatment Centre, St Mary’s Hospital, Phoenix Park, Dublin ) will return to their place of work in the Phoenix Park; and if staff have been provided with a return date - Mary Lou McDonald.

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PQ 25659-20 - Mary Lou McDonald

To ask the Minister for Health the addiction treatment and detoxification beds participants that successfully detox during treatment at Cuan Dara, Cherry Orchard Hospital to detox have been referred to throughout the ongoing closure of a center (the Keltoi Residential Treatment Centre, St Mary’s Hospital, Phoenix Park, Dublin ) - Mary Lou McDonald

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PQ Responses - September 22nd 2020