PQ Responses - September 9th 2020

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PQ 22722-20 - Catherine Connolly front page preview

PQ 22722-20 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of addiction counsellors and family support counsellors have been hired to date with regard to the promised alcohol addiction treatment service in Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 22723-20 - Catherine Connolly front page preview

PQ 22723-20 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health if a building has been sourced for the promised alcohol addiction treatment service in Galway city; if so, when the treatment service will be up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 22726-20 - Eoghan Murphy front page preview

PQ 22726-20 - Eoghan Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the increase in individual ventilator units available in hospitals since 1 January 2020

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PQ 22751-20 - Catherine Murphy front page preview

PQ 22751-20 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of kidney transplant surgeries carried out at CHI, Crumlin in 2018, 2019 and to-date in 2020, in tabular form.

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PQ 22752-20 - Catherine Murphy front page preview

PQ 22752-20 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to support the expansion of community ophthalmology in each CHO

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PQ 22757-20 - Patrick Costello front page preview

PQ 22757-20 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of ensuring maternity hospital has access to foetal anomaly screening; and the breakdown in terms of equipment and staff.

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PQ 22758-20 - Patrick Costello front page preview

PQ 22758-20 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the additional €2 million allocation was spent in 2020 to improve autism health services

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PQ 22788-20 - Mattie McGrath front page preview

PQ 22788-20 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will review and relax their admissions policy for maternity hospitals and wards to allow new fathers attend the post-natal ward to be with their partner and newborn child or children in view of the fact the policy was revoked at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22863-20 - Sean Sherlock front page preview

PQ 22863-20 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists hired from each university by the HSE in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of graduates in each year per institution in tabular form; and his views on whether the number of occupational therapists in the HSE is appropriate

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PQ 22868-20 - Colm Burke front page preview

PQ 22868-20 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the medicines submitted to HSE leadership or executive management team for reimbursement approval; the date of each meeting; the outcome of each meeting from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22873-20 - Colm Burke front page preview

PQ 22873-20 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the rare diseases technology review committee of the HSE; the meetings it has held to date in 2020, in tabular form; the meetings and therapies it has scheduled for the remainder of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22880-20 - Róisín Shortall front page preview

PQ 22880-20 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if the HPV vaccine is available under the drugs payment scheme for an adult that has gone through a colposcopy and that has received a prescription for the HPV vaccine from their consultant; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22885-20 - Darren O'Rourke front page preview

PQ 22885-20 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocation for the National Immunisation Office in 2019 and 2020, in tabular form

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PQ 22902-20 - Alan Kelly front page preview

PQ 22902-20 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost of addressing pay inequality in the health service in 2021; a breakdown by grade; the position of his Department on this policy issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22903-20 - Alan Kelly front page preview

PQ 22903-20 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on agency staff in 2020 to date across the health service; the breakdown for the amount spent on nursing agency staff to date in 2020; his plans to address this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22906-20 - Alan Kelly front page preview

PQ 22906-20 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2021 of reducing prescription charges for all persons to €1 per item with a cap of €10 and to €1.50 per item with a cap of €15; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22910-20 - Alan Kelly front page preview

PQ 22910-20 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for the home support service in 2020; the number of home care packages funded; the projected additional cost of providing a homecare package to every identified case in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22913-20 - Alan Kelly front page preview

PQ 22913-20 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing the HPV vaccine for free to adults that have not received it but want to access it through their general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 22914-20 - Alan Kelly front page preview

PQ 22914-20 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the current funding imbalance for University Hospital Limerick compared to other model 4 national hospitals to bring it to the national average; the projected cost for this in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 22915-20 - Alan Kelly front page preview

PQ 22915-20 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health if there is funding in the HSE Capital Plan in 2021 for the 96 bed ward replacement block at University Hospital Limerick; the funding provided in 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively for this project if any; the projected cost of the block; the expected staffing cost for the block; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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