PQ Responses - July 13th 2022

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PQ 38148-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health if any capacity and demand analysis in relation to bed numbers has been carried out on the supply of emergency and critical care at University Hospital Limerick as recommended by the Health Information and Quality Authority in 2009; if so, the number of studies and analyses that have been conducted; and the findings of those studies.

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PQ 38149-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that University Hospital Limerick never received extra beds despite a higher number being deemed the necessary number of beds to provide safe emergency and critical care, following the closure of Nenagh Hospital.

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PQ 38150-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional beds introduced in University Hospital Limerick by bed type by year in each of the past 15 years, in tabular form.

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PQ 38200-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time posts allocated to post-acute and long-Covid clinics, by clinic and speciality in tabular form; the number of vacant posts; the number who have taken up posts; and the number that are currently going through the HSE recruitment process.

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PQ 38201-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff who are employed in the contact management programme since it was established, by year, role and location, in tabular form; and the number of vacancies currently in the programme by role.

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PQ 38235-22 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the final cost to the State of the cyberattack on the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38239-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the amount of public health nurses in Clondalkin in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38240-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the amount of public health nurses in Lucan in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38251-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an up-to-date staff list including grades and job titles; the number of roles that are filled; the number of roles that are vacant; the number of roles that are unfilled due to sick or maternity leave on each children’s disability network teams as of 30 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38252-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children’s disability network teams that are being run from primary care centres; the local of those centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38253-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner registrars who were working in practice during the Covid pandemic but seconded to the community Covid hubs are yet to receive their pandemic special recognition payment; if so, when they will receive that payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38259-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in detail any plans his Department has to implement guidelines and structures support for general practitioners in assisting patients with long Covid to ensure that they receive appropriate care; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38260-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in detail the way that his Department plans to ensure the Model of Care plan published in September 2021 is fully implemented in all chosen sites; if consideration will be given to updating the plan to reflect the emerging knowledge of the neurological nature of the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38271-22 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland is currently in breach of the European UnionTransparency Directive 89/105/EEC; if his Department intends to reduce the ongoing delays for patients to gain access to European Medicines Agency-approved medicine in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38276-22 - Padraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with his Department officials and HSE officials regarding the use of innovative payment models between industry and the State in respect of the drug reimbursement process for rare disease therapies; if he is open to such innovative solutions to ensure greater access; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38278-22 - Padraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the health data infrastructure of the State; the way these plans can support innovative payment models in respect of the reimbursement of orphan medicinal products and advanced therapy medicinal products; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38286-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a proposal by an organisation (the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations) on equity-based tiered pricing would help to broaden access to new medicines for all Europe’s citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38332-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on agency staff in 2021 and to date in 2022 across the health service broken down by staffing type and to whom the payments were made; the breakdown of the amount spent on nursing agency staff to date in 2022; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38338-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for the home support service in 2022, the number of homecare packages funded; the projected additional cost of providing a homecare package to each identified case in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38339-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of homecare and home help hours that were funded in 2021 and 2022; respectively; and the amount that was not utilised due to staffing shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38340-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of personal assistant hours that were funded in 2022; the number of persons who are currently supported; the number who have applied but not yet been granted support; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38341-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the flu vaccine programme in 2021 and 2022 respectively; the number of doses that are expected to be provided in 2022; the number of doses ordered by the State; the estimated cost to provide the flu vaccine free to all; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38342-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost of providing a Covid-19 booster vaccine in winter 2022 to all those currently vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38344-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing the HPV vaccine for free to adults who 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 38346-22 - Duncan Smith

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 same in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38347-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health current number of ICU beds in place; the number that are currently funded; the number of additional ICU beds that will be provided in 2023; the estimated all-in cost of a new ICU bed and support services and staffing for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38350-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding provided for mental health in each of the past two budgets; if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the status of each of the measures announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38360-22 - Imelda Munster

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists that have left the dental treatment service scheme in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38361-22 - Imelda Munster

To ask the Minister for Health the number of diabetes clinics in the State, including information regarding where they are located and whether they operate on a full-time or part-time basis.

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PQ 38362-22 - Imelda Munster

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the number of diabetes patients in Drogheda and south Louth who currently have to travel outside of their locality to attend diabetes clinics including the number of patients travelling and the clinics they are attending; if he has plans to establish a diabetes clinic in Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will provide details of same, or if not, if he will provide the rationale for that position.

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PQ 38411-22 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the actions that his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department are taking to increase recruitment of members of the LGBTQIA+ communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38431-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost to develop 12 community child and adult mental health services in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38432-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 25 May 2022, the estimated capital cost in developing an additional five dual diagnosis teams in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38433-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 25 May 2022, the estimated salary cost of 60 clinical nurse specialist advanced nurse practitioner posts and a 0.2WE consultant psychiatrist in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38435-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 25 May 2022, if he will provide a breakdown of the make-up of a community mental health team by staff and funding; the location of the pilot demonstration sites in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38436-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 519 of 8 March 2022, the number of eating disorder mini hub teams that currently exist; if he will provide a breakdown of each eating disorder mini hub team by staff and funding; the capital cost per hub by CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38461-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the inclusion of dietician posts in the interim model of care for long-Covid; the research that this was based on; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38462-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the reasons that psychologist posts were not included in the interim model of care for long-Covid; if the Model of Care has been revised to include psychologists; the number of these posts that will be provided by clinic; the number that have been hired to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38463-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if there was engagement with long-Covid patients when the interim Model of Care for long-Covid was drafted; if there has been continued engagement with patient groups in respect of the model of care ; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38553-22 - Imelda Munster

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists that have left the dental treatment service scheme in counties Louth and Meath, respectively in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38592-22 - Paul Kehoe

To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are in place to decrease the waiting times, improve communications and increase staff for children needing the vital supports of the children's disability network team in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38721-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which his Department owns and public bodies and agencies under his remit to offer people with disabilities and carers a network of equipped spaces to take care of personal hygiene, in safety and comfort.

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PQ 38763-22 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on respite services in CHO6; when it is expected that services will resume to previous levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38764-22 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that the HSE has put in place to offer individuals at risk of a reaction to a Covid-19 vaccination a choice of vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38765-22 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that the HSE has put in place to offer individuals who do not have a PPS number, for whatever reason, a Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38769-22 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will liaise with the HSE in relation to bed capacity and bed management within St.Vincent's Hospital given reports that surgeries are being cancelled and reduced due to the lack of available beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ Responses - July 13th 2022