PQ Responses - February 4th 2021

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PQ 6065-21 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reintroduce STI testing for non-emergency cases or those without general practitioner referral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

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PQ 6066-21 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand PrEP services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

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PQ 6079-21 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to commissioning a trauma awareness video for the HSE similar to that commissioned and made publicly available for child protection and suicide awareness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Thomas Gould

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PQ 6083-21 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the Working Group on Dual Diagnosis has met; when it last met; and the next arranged meeting. -Thomas Gould

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PQ 6112-21 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the National Ambulance Service plans to replace the interim additional ambulance cover measures for the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal with permanent rostered staff in a permanent base in Buncrana, County Donegal; the way in which the National Ambulance Service plans utilising the six staff sanctioned; and the level of cover the Service plans to provide to Inishowen. -Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

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PQ 6123-21 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (Ana Liffey project ) received a supply of Covid-19 vaccinations; when all drug rehabilitation community employment projects are expected to receive Covid-19 vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Ged Nash

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PQ 6124-21 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health doctors employed by the HSE since 2016; the amount of funding that is provided specifically to the area and discipline of public health each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Ged Nash

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PQ 6149-21 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to reversing the proposed plan of withdrawal of lactation support services in the Dublin south east region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Colm Burke

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PQ 6150-21 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the establishment of an online telehealth lactation service for mothers nationwide and which could be easily accessed and provide 24/7 support to parents with new-borns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Colm Burke

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PQ 6151-21 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the establishment of an android and smart phone application which would provide parents of newborns with a 24/7 support system with on-demand access to leading maternal and paediatric experts including lactation consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Colm Burke

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PQ 6169-21 - Marc O' Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether there is need for the return of the modular cath laboratory at UHW as an interim measure given that the completion of the second cath laboratory is likely to be 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Marc Ó Cathasaigh

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PQ 6180-21- Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding residents who test positive following a first vaccination for Covid-19 as to whether or not they will be given the second vaccine injection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Fergus O'Dowd

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PQ 6188-21 - Brid Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the present status of St. Brigid's Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary; if the hospital was used as a stepdown facility for Covid-19 patients in 2020; the cost of repurposing the facility for this purpose; the plans for the facility in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Bríd Smith

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PQ 6191-21 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists attached to the school dentistry programme in County Roscommon in each of the past five years in tabular form. -Claire Kerrane

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PQ 6192-21 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health when a fire audit was last conducted at Roscommon University Hospital; and when the next fire audit is scheduled for the hospital. -Claire Kerrane

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PQ 6283-21 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which ongoing investigation and research continues to take place into diabetes in Ireland; if specific initiatives are in mind to address this health issue in the short to medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Bernard J. Durkan

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PQ 6284-21 - Bernard J Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which funding towards research into diabetes and the means to control the disease in Ireland remains available; his plans for particular initiatives in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Bernard J. Durkan

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PQ 6286-21 - Bernard J Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department continues to examine the threat of diabetes throughout Ireland with particular reference to the need to check its progress and address the most salient issues arising from such investigation; his plans for the future in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Bernard J. Durkan

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PQ 6309-21 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements for vaccinating nursing homes for religious communities; if nursing homes for religious communities were omitted from the initial list for the vaccination programme; the number of homes and residents, respectively affected; the steps he is taking to ensure that the residents in these homes receive vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Róisín Shortall

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PQ 6310-21 - Réada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to substantially increase the number of accredited psychotherapists and counsellors for public health patients in the State given the dearth extant and the greater need due to Covid-19 and particularly as this relates to services for north County Kildare both for adults and children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Réada Cronin

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PQ 6313-21 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health if he will utilise retired nurses and doctors to help in the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine over the coming months given that they have the necessary skills and experience and the utilisation of such persons could help reduce the costs of the nationwide roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Seán Canney

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PQ Responses - February 4th 2021