PQ Responses - February 17th 2021

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PQ 7865-21 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has published guidelines for behaviour for persons employed by the State in the health services on the use of social media; the regulations in place; the way in which they are enforced with regard to use of offensive or racist language on online platforms by current staff members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Thomas Pringle

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PQ 7869 - 21 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health the reason nurses who retired post-2012 are not receiving all their pension increases under the Public Service Agreement 2018-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Seán Canney

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PQ 7872-21 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which persons over 70 years of age who do not hold a doctor visit card will be included in the plans for roll-out the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Jim O'Callaghan

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PQ 7892-21 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with type 1 and 2 diabetes in Ireland by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Darren O'Rourke

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PQ 7893-21 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with type 1 diabetes who have been approved to use either the dexcom or Freestyle Libre continuous glucose monitors under the long-term illness scheme; if CGMs will be rolled out to all type 1 diabetics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Darren O'Rourke

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PQ 7894 - 21 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each county awaiting insulin pump training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Darren O'Rourke

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PQ 7895-21 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each county waiting to participate in a DAFNE course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Darren O'Rourke

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PQ 7896-21 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of diabetes treatment related positions, that is, endocrinologists, diabetes nurses, dietitians and podiatrists in Our Lady’s Hospital Navan and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda; the number of positions that are vacant; the length of time these positions have been vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Darren O'Rourke

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PQ 7915-21 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Health the locations of the Covid-19 community vaccination centres in counties Louth and Meath; when they will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Ged Nash

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PQ 7919-21 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of all section 39 organisations and workers that have received pay restoration ordered by the Workplace Relations Commission to date; the organisations that have yet to receive pay restoration; when all section 39 workers will receive pay restoration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Alan Kelly

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PQ 7940-21 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant mental health staff posts in County Mayo in child mental health services; the details of each vacant post; the length of time each post has been vacant; the actions being taken to address issues with workforce planning in mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Alan Dillon

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PQ 7941- 21 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant mental health staff posts in County Mayo in adult mental health services per sector; the details of each vacant post; the length of time each post has been vacant; the actions being taken to address issues with workforce planning in mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Alan Dillon

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PQ 7942-21 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on primary care psychology waiting lists in County Mayo and CHO 2, respectively in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and the length of time each child has been waiting. -Alan Dillon

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PQ 7943-21 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on CAMHS waiting lists in County Mayo and CHO 2, respectively in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and the length of time each child has been waiting. -Alan Dillon

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PQ 7944-21 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health presentations to accident and emergency at Mayo University Hospital in each of the years 2018 to 2020, by whether the presentation was out of hours or not, age and gender in tabular form. -Alan Dillon

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PQ 7945- 21 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the recommendations reported by the national taskforce on youth mental health in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Alan Dillon

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PQ 7946-21 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Mayo awaiting homecare support at 1 February 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Alan Dillon

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PQ 7956-21 - Mary Lou McDonald

To ask the Minister for Health the actions that he has taken to progress the objectives set out in Breastfeeding in a Healthy Ireland, Health Service Breastfeeding Action Plan 2016-2021; the progress made to date on meeting these objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mary Lou McDonald

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PQ 7957- 21 - Mary Lou McDonald

To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had to date with the National Breastfeeding Coordinator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mary Lou McDonald

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PQ 7977-21 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for orthodontic assessments in County Galway; the number of patients waiting for an assessment; the number of patients on the orthodontic treatment waiting list; the waiting time for treatment; and if there are currently any unfilled clinical positions in the service. -Seán Canney

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PQ 7978-21 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health if audiology services have reopened and if clinics have recommenced in Tuam, County Galway; the status of a tender application for audiology testing facility in Tuam primary care centre, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Seán Canney

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PQ 8034-21 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health the details of all services available in County Roscommon for occupational and speech and language therapy. -Claire Kerrane

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PQ 8038-21 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health the funding for a service (Funding application submitted by Roscommon University Hospital under the Saolta Group for Roscommon Hospice)the level of funding to be provided in 2021 and each year thereafter for the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Claire Kerrane

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PQ 8045-21 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if information (To ask the National Vaccination Committee publish the list of vaccination centres being considered for each county and their location in tabular form) in relation to vaccination centres will be provided. -Sean Sherlock

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PQ 8048-21 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that will be made to provide Covid-19 vaccination centres to the wider population in County Louth by location, including in Drogheda, Dundalk and Ardee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Fergus O'Dowd

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PQ 8097 - 21 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the process undertaken by the HSE to tender for general practitioner services for the Bandon primary health centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Pádraig O'Sullivan

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PQ 8099-21 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health if progress has been achieved in appointing a national lead for youth mental health; if there has been progress with appointing leads for youth mental health in each community health organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Alan Dillon

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PQ 8106-21 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health if arrangements and funding have been put in place for an adult insulin pump clinic to be provided at the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Carol Nolan

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PQ 8107-21 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ventilators the HSE has in each hospital by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Carol Nolan

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PQ 8108-21 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent general practitioners operating in County Offaly in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Carol Nolan

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PQ 8109-21 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent general practitioners operating in County Laois in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Carol Nolan

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PQ 8110-21 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the commitment to deliver a primary care centre in Birr, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Carol Nolan

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PQ 8111-21 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health if a review has been carried out of the storage capacity of bulk medical liquid oxygen across all acute hospital sites; if there is sufficient oxygen storage capacity to meet the projected Covid-19 demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Carol Nolan

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PQ 8136-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 838 of 27 January 2021, the number of applicants on each of the panels referenced; and the number on panels for hospitals and hospital groups. -David Cullinane

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PQ 8137-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts across the health service; the average length of time posts are vacant for across existing vacancies by occupation category; the number of applicants for each occupation category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 8143-21 - Richard O'Donoghue

To ask the Minister for Health the number of neck surgeries carried out in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; the public hospitals that carry out these procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Richard O'Donoghue

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PQ 8146-21 -Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the business case for a second diabetes CNSp post which was approved locally was rejected by the Ireland East Hospital Group in relation to Mullingar Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Sorca Clarke

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PQ 8148-21 -Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the urgent steps he is taking to address the vacancy levels as of 1 February 2021 of over 75 whole-time equivalent staff at Mullingar Regional Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Sorca Clarke

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PQ 8155-21 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if the development of the housing coordinator role within the HSE has developed pathways to housing for those with mental health disabilities; if he expects these housing coordinators to continue their work after the current proposed end date of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Duncan Smith

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PQ 8163-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of business cases submitted for each acute hospital for additional capacity or beds which have not been funded or approved; the stage at which these applications are at; the proposed capacity these would add to the health system if approved in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 8164-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE has received applications in the thirteen months from January 2020 to January 2021 for rapid modular units or new physical space projects; the number submitted and approved, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 8165-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications made for capital funding by hospitals and hospital groups in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 8175-21 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which his Department plans to address the emergence of new mental health difficulties among the population in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. -Sean Sherlock

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PQ 8176-21 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the health budget provision for 2021 to employ 16,000 additional healthcare staff; the details of the positions to be filled and the proposed recruitment process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Fergus O'Dowd

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PQ 8177-21 - Peter Fitzpatrick

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is not using the temporary accommodation system to accommodate HSE workers that are Covid-19 positive countrywide (My understanding is that the city west is used to self-isolate HSE workers who are Covid-19 positive, and who are unable to self-isolate at home); and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Peter Fitzpatrick

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PQ 8214-21 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if mop-up clinics are currently underway in nursing homes that will enable residents to receive a second vaccine (second Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine); when every nursing home resident will receive the second vaccine; the process if a nursing home resident cannot receive the vaccine within the recommended 21-day period; if they will have to start the vaccination process again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Róisín Shortall

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PQ 8221-21 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant nursing positions by grade in Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Johnny Mythen

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PQ 8248-21 Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered introducing psychological and mental health supports for family carers to ease their burden; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Neale Richmond

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PQ 8250-21 - Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure that all those who need mental health supports have access to them in an affordable and timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Neale Richmond

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PQ 8252-21 - Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health when in-person counselling services will be permitted to resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Neale Richmond

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PQ 8259-21 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of parents as a result of the cancellation of the 4:1 booster and MMR as part of the primary school immunisation programme 2020-2021; when it is likely that the vaccination programme will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -John Brady

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PQ 8269-21 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the level of logistical and transport expertise his Department will engage with to ensure a prompt and well managed Covid-19 vaccine roll-out is guaranteed when vaccine supplies increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Verona Murphy

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PQ 8271-21 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to a Covid-19 vaccination centre in Gorey, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Verona Murphy

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PQ 8272-21 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to a Covid-19 vaccination centre in south County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Verona Murphy

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PQ 8279-21 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed directly and currently in post excluding any persons on maternity or other leave in the primary care service for north County Dublin by grade and area covered; the number that work directly with individuals under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Louise O'Reilly

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PQ 8280-21 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the growing waiting list to access CAMHS from the north County and City of Dublin CAMHS service based in Swords; the number employed by grade and whole-time equivalent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Louise O'Reilly

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PQ 8281-21 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the urgent need for additional staffing for the CAMHS service based in Swords, County Dublin; the details of the planned recruitment by grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Louise O'Reilly

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PQ 8302-21 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the administration of the Covid-19 vaccine to residents of the Aran Islands and other offshore islands; the provisions planned to allow island residents many of whom are elderly and vulnerable to access the vaccine without being required to take the boat to the mainland, which would involve the risk of transmission of the virus and the dangers posed by inclement winter weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Catherine Connolly

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PQ 8312-21 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

To ask the Minister for Health the status and details of the maternity budget specifically perinatal mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

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PQ 8313-21 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the comprehensive mental health assessment within the perinatal mental health integrated care pathway; the circumstances in which one is administered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

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PQ 8314-21 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health midwives; the training they receive; the role of mental health midwives with the perinatal mental health integrated care pathway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

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PQ 8315-21 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

To ask the Minister for Health the performance indicators of mental health referrals within the maternity services; the effectiveness of the perinatal mental health pathway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

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PQ 8316-21 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the perinatal mental health integrated care pathway; the performance indicators of this pathway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

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PQ 8317-21 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of actions 19 to 25 outlined in the National Maternity Strategy Implementation Plan; the action being taken to address those not fully implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

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PQ 8318 - 21 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

To ask the Minister for Health the status of and information on specialist perinatal mental health model of care particularly the evaluation of the implementation of this model of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

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PQ 8319-21 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the programme metrics and evaluation of the specialist perinatal mental health services; if they use the patient outcomes and experience tool measures; if he will provide information on service user engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

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PQ 8327-21 -Joe McHugh

To ask the Minister for Health if there are issues with the manufacturing of the pneumonia vaccine given that there appears to be a shortage in supply in recent months ( We have been contacted by a person over 65 years of age. Pneumonia vaccines unavailable Nov. Dec. Jan . None available February 1st also and his GP's surgery was unable to give a date for when it will be available. He has asked if producers have switched to manufacturing Covid 19 vaccine instead. He believes a pneumonia vaccine could help to reduce the severity of Covid 19 if he was to contract Covid 19 *); and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Joe McHugh

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PQ 8351-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the locations of paediatric diabetes clinic services; the number of children each service supports annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Holly Cairns

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PQ 8352-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the location of the two adult ADHD teams recruited under the ADHD in Adults National Clinical Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Holly Cairns

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PQ 8371-21 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the reason 800 persons outside the top two priority groups of nursing home residents and staff and front-line healthcare workers currently being inoculated have received Covid-19 vaccines; the location and reasons given for inoculation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Fergus O'Dowd

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PQ 8380-21 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health the status of public usage of the Covid-19 tracker application by month in tabular form; if there are plans to include vaccination information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Cormac Devlin

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PQ 8383-21 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health the strategy in place regarding testing of all residents and staff of nursing homes along with patients returning from hospital visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Cormac Devlin

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PQ 8384-21 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health the protocol for patients in which their general practitioner opts out of the Covid-19 vaccinating programme and is not providing details to the HSE; the way in which these patients will be informed of their vaccination date and location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Cormac Devlin

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PQ 8400-21 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if gastrology posts will be created outside of Dublin. -Sean Sherlock

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PQ 8410-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the drugs which were considered at the January HSE drugs group meeting; the stage at which each are at in their application; the actions emerging from the meeting in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 8414 21 - Marian Harkin

To ask the Minister for Health the reason ozempic insulin pen is not covered under the drugs repayment scheme; if he will consider including this medication on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Marian Harkin

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PQ 8417-21 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health his plans for cooperation with other EU member states which have a surplus of radiologists and in which scans can be reported upon very efficiently and quickly given the shortage of consultant radiologists in Ireland and the delays caused in diagnosis as a result of the time taken to read scans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Catherine Connolly

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PQ 8456-21 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if PCRS fees apply to general practitioners who partake in a pilot project (Proposed pilot project in Cork Prison for Hepatitis C patients. Contracts for the GP’s in the prison do not seem to cover for the fees for testing and treatment of patients with Hepatitis C. As such, it would make no financial sense for the GP’s to commit staff to the project in the first place.) to test and treat hepatitis C patients; if not, the alternative fees that apply to general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Colm Burke

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PQ 8458-21 - Róisín Shorthall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient consultant appointments by hospital group which were postponed in January 2021 due to the Covid-19 outbreak; the number that have been rescheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Róisín Shortall

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PQ 8461-21 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health if community halls and other suitable larger venues will be used for Covid-19 vaccination to ensure better compliance with social distancing and ventilation requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Cian O'Callaghan

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PQ 8468-21 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare workers who tested positive for Covid-19 and were subsequently placed in accommodation provided by that healthcare facility and not placed into dedicated accommodation provided by the HSE under the healthcare workers temporary accommodation scheme; the subsequent actions carried out by public health to ensure that any worker or resident in such accommodation was tested for a possible exposure to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Fergus O'Dowd

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PQ 8479-21 -David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the operational status of STI screening, vaccination and PrEP services; when these services will fully resume; if they will be deemed essential; his plans for expanding these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 8481-21 -David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the current resources allocated to STI home testing kits; his plans to increase same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 8485-21- Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to clear the BreastCheck backlog due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Neale Richmond