PQ Responses - February 8th 2022

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PQ 5819-22 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was spent on sepsis awareness campaigning in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5824-22 - Martin Browne front page preview

To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners currently participating in the out-of-hours service by area; the number of hours that they provide to the service on a weekly, monthly and annual basis; the current status of the general practitioner contract; and the progress that has been made in relation to the obligation to provide general practitioner out-of-hours care in tabular form.

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PQ 5826-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the national cervical screening laboratory which was due to commence construction in January 2021; if delays in construction have been encountered; the costs of construction to date; the projected costs of the project; when the laboratory will open; if he plans to cease the outsourcing of CervicalCheck smears and slides to foreign laboratories when the new laboratory is opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5827-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons screened by CervicalCheck in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022.

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PQ 5828-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of smear test samples and slides which were outsourced to foreign laboratories in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022.

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PQ 5829-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons screened by BreastCheck in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022.

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PQ 5832-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of new ICU beds opened in the State in each of the past five years and to date in 2022.

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PQ 5833-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has undertaken an assessment of the financial costs of cyber-attack in 2021 on the Health Service Executive or on his Department; and if the health service and his Department have recovered completely from the attack.

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PQ 5908-22 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the procedures that are followed to ensure a diversity of viewpoints are represented when it comes to decision making and policy formation in the area of unplanned pregnancy; the reason the MyOptions hotline is ill-equipped to meet the needs of women experiencing an unplanned pregnancy who wish to keep their baby; the steps he plans to take to rectify the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5919-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the 12 roles unfulfilled within the children’s disability network team in Balbriggan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5920-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the 13 roles unfulfilled within the children’s disability network team in Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5921-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health if the children’s disability network teams in Swords and Balbriggan, County Dublin have a process to identify duplicate referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5922-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the way the children’s disability network teams in Swords and Balbriggan, County Dublin combat the rate of did-not-attends to appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5923-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the way that referrals from preliminary team assessments are made for children who need referral to the children’s disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5929-22 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged six to 18 years of age who are residents of County Meath who were transferred to the HSE children's disability network team in County Louth in 2021; if additional resources have been allocated to the team in County Louth to cater for the needs of the additional children who are now catered for by the team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5940-22 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners currently participating in the Shannondoc out of hours service by area; the number of hours they provide to the service on a weekly, monthly and annual basis in tabular form; the current status of the general practitioner contract; and the progress that has been made in relation to the obligation to provide general practitioner out of hours care.

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PQ 6040-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the agencies under the remit of his Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related consultancy contracts by his Department and agencies under his remit in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the amount paid for each consultant; and the reason for the consultancy.

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PQ 6056-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of intensive care and high dependency unit beds in Letterkenny University Hospital and Sligo University Hospital as of 24 January 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 6057-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that have visited the foot protection clinic at Tallaght University Hospital in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 6058-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent clinical nurse specialists in Down syndrome in both CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin in each the years of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased.

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PQ 6059-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent vacant consultant paediatric neurologists at University Hospital Limerick; and when these vacancies will be filled on a permanent basis.

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PQ 6060-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time child psychologists for CAMHS in County Leitrim in each of the past three years in tabular form

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PQ 6062-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for recruitment of two additional whole-time equivalent autism spectrum disorder therapist posts for the Sligo-South Donegal children's disability network team.

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PQ 6063-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time senior dental surgeons for special needs in CHO area 9 in each of the past three years in tabular form.

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PQ 6064-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time paediatric diabetic nurses based at Mullingar Regional Hospital in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased.

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PQ 6065-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented at the eye emergency department at the Mater Hospital in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 6065-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented at the eye emergency department at the Mater Hospital in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 6066-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that were admitted to the national burns unit at St. James's Hospital in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 6067-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant urologists attached to Bantry General Hospital in each of the past three years in tabular form.

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PQ 6068-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of cataract procedures carried out at Letterkenny University Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 6069-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time radiographers working in St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny in 2021.

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PQ 6070-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE ambulances, rapid response vehicles and motorcycles allocated to County Wexford and available to attend emergency calls in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 6071-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeons employed by the HSE in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and the hospitals in which these consultants are located in tabular form.

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PQ 6080-22 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the current out of hours mental health services for children and adults in County Wexford; the current plans to expand the services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6081-22 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1827 of 19 January 2022, if the review of the home support services in County Wexford that was completed in November 2021 will be published; if resources have been allocated for the recommendations of this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 6108-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE writes to State bodies to inform them of the death of a person and to ensure the family does not receive unnecessary correspondence.

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PQ 6141-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for an appointment for paediatric physical therapy appointments in counties Roscommon and Galway; the number of children currently awaiting a first appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6148-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health when the children’s disability network team will be established in the CHO2 area; when children referred to the service can expect to start receiving appointments; the interim plans in place to support such children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6168-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the overall budget allocated to CAMHS in 2022 in the CHO8 region; the breakdown of the funding by county; the names of the individual CAMHS services provided with funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6169-22 - Mattie McGrath

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; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6171-22 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health if a full breakdown will be provided of the payments made to RTE by his Department or the HSE since March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6188-22 - Dara Calleary

To ask the Minister for Health if there will be provision in the 2022 HSE Service Plan to appoint extra neurology nurses to University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6218-22 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of funded paediatric intensive care unit beds in the public health system at the end of each of the years from 2018 to 2021; and the projected number for the end of 2022 and 2023.

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PQ 6219-22 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of two additional senior dieticians for the adult insulin pump service at Portlaoise Regional Hospital.

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PQ 6220-22 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary funding will be provided for the commissioning of a second cataract theatre at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin.

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PQ 6221-22 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent clinical nursing specialists in migraine as of 31 January 2022; and the number of these specialists in each hospital in tabular form.

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PQ 6253-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO area subdivided into primary care centres waiting for a podiatry appointment through primary care services at present for zero to 12, 12 to 24, 24 to 36 and over 36 months; the number of podiatrists employed in each CHO by each individual primary care centre; the vacancies in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6260-22 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health if he will carry out a review into the operation of the National Ambulance Service; the locations of the callouts that all County Tipperary based ambulances have been tasked to call out to in the past three months; the number of ambulances based in the county daily; the average length of time for an ambulance to arrive at its callout location; the current operational arrangements for county based ambulances to respond within their county; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6261-22 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the efforts that have been taken by the National Ambulance Service to avoid call centres directing long distance callouts to teams which are nearing the end of their shift; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6294-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the remuneration grades applicable to specialist nursing in neurology; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6317-22 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health the current number of general practitioners practicing in an area (the Lucan area of Dublin Mid West.).

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PQ 6322-22 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

To ask the Minister for Health the length of time the tender for a primary care centre in Swords, County Dublin has been in process; the stage the tender is currently at; the timeline for the tender process in terms of next stages and a conclusion; the estimated timeline and delivery date for a primary care centre in Swords; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6414-22 - David Stanton

To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists currently employed on a permanent contract; the number employed on a temporary basis in each of the community healthcare organisation areas; the number of these speech and language therapists who were newly appointed to permanent contracts in each of these areas each year from 2018 to 2021 inclusive; the number of children and adults currently on waiting lists for speech and language therapy in each of these areas in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6473-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to updating HSE guidelines advising general practitioners and other medical practitioners that any programme based on fixed incremental increases in physical activity or exercise, for example, graded exercise therapy will no longer be recommended to ME/CFS sufferers to reflect current research and recently updated recommendations (NICE recommendations adopted in the UK and Northern Ireland); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6486-22 - Sean Fleming

To ask the Minister for Health the expected timescale for the recruitment process for a position (Senior dietician for diabetic services in Portlaoise Hospital.); when it is expected the person will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6520-22 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses required in order to have the full complement of neurology nurse specialists for University Hospital Galway which serves a large population in the west of Ireland; the number of neurology nurse specialists that are currently in place; the steps that are being taken in terms of recruitment and allocation of additional nurse numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6530-22 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the controls or checks that are in place to ensure that dentists in the dental treatment services scheme are accepting new medical card patients; the number of dentists in County Mayo who are currently accepting new medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6560-22 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health when a drug used to treat hyperemesis gravidarum (Drug – Cariban, costs €46 per week.) will be made available on the medical card and drugs payment scheme to women; if his attention has been drawn to the additional financial hardship this lack of funding is placing on women suffering from this extremely debilitating condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6565-22 - Steven Matthews

To ask the Minister for Health his views on the adequacy of existing healthcare options available for transgender children and adolescents ( Limited service had been outsourced by the HSE via Tavistock in the UK until January 2021 but this has been withdrawn since that date); if a review of services is proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6567-22 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State of the motorised transport grant scheme per annum since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6568-22 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health if the refurbished unit 2 of Abbeyleix Hospital which is designated for 18 acute beds will be staffed by multi-task assistants and healthcare assistants who have been based in the Abbeyleix facility.

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PQ 6569-22 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase funding and supports for mental health services in Dublin city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6570-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff by staffing grade and management level required to fully staff the complex menopause clinic at the national maternity hospital; the number of staff by grade currently in place; the number recommended by the model of care; the estimated payroll and non-payroll cots in the first year and in subsequent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6571-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide specific funding to hire additional nurses and midwives across women's health and menopause care area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6628-22 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Tipperary that are on mental health waiting lists for counselling services; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6653-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental practitioners participating in the dental treatment services scheme in January 2021 and in January 2022, by county in tabuar form; the total waiting list of patients by each county in January 2021 and January 2022; the category of each such patient including special needs patients and children and high risk categories; the emergency waiting list for the scheme by category and waiting time by month for January 2021 and January 2022; the number of dentists and other staff employed directly by the HSE in each such county for January 2021 and January 2022 in the provision of the dental treatment services scheme in January; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6654-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the podiatric waiting list by location and waiting time by month in counties Louth and Meath in January 2021 and January 2022; the number of HSE podiatric clinics by location; the number of staff employed; the number of vacancies for podiatrists by location; when it is expected these vacancies will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6661-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with mental health conditions that were placed in paediatric facilities in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6663-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the services there are for children who are on the ASD spectrum that also have mental health difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6664-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that are on the ASD spectrum that also have mental health difficulties that have been referred to CAMHS; the number that were deemed an inappropriate referral in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6665-22 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Health when the St. Mary’s Hospital, Boyne View House, Dublin Road, Drogheda redevelopment project will be completed; the number of beds that will be available in the redeveloped facility; the overall cost of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6666-22 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Health the status of a project (Bettystown Primary Care Centre, Co. Meath); the range of services that will be available when the facility opens; when the facility will become operational; the total capital cost of the project; the precise catchment area that will be served by the services at the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6667-22 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the National Ambulance Service base for the Drogheda area; if a site has been identified for such a facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6668-22 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Health when the St. Joseph’s, Ardee, County Louth redevelopment project will be completed; the number of beds that will be available in the redeveloped facility; the overall cost of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6671-22 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

To ask the Minister for Health the allocation and sub-allocation of additional Covid-19 funding for the health needs of homeless persons since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic; the name of recipients or organisations of additional funding; the amount of funding left unspent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6672-22 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that was allocated, unallocated or unspent on Covid-19 initiatives in the winter and pandemic plans for the period March 2020 to December 2021; the allocation to named recipients and organisations for additional addiction and mental health needs of homeless persons during this period; the allocations of funding for the health needs of homeless persons in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that was allocated, unallocated or unspent on Covid-19 initiatives in the winter and pandemic plans for the period March 2020 to December 2021; the allocation to named recipients and organisations for additional addiction and mental health needs of homeless persons during this period; the allocations of funding for the health needs of homeless persons in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6762-22 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has begun collating data on those suffering from long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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