PQ Responses - June 15th 2022

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PQ 31041-22 - Colm Burke front page preview

PQ 31041-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the status of home support and homecare within the plans for Sláintecare; the timelines envisaged for the introduction of a statutory homecare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31049-22 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 31049-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 616 of 3 February 2021, the number of cancer patients who saw a consultant in 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31064-22 - Pa Daly front page preview

PQ 31064-22 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the start date for a dietitian within the north Kerry CAMHS team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31065-22 - Pa Daly front page preview

PQ 31065-22 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the current resources within the north Kerry CAMHS team noting those shared from other teams or areas and those which are full-time resources for north Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31066-22 - Colm Burke front page preview

PQ 31066-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the work that his Department and the HSE are undertaking in order that 35 children with cystic fibrosis whose age and genotype were not included in the initial deal with the drug manufacturer will now be included to provide access to the life changing medication kaftrio; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31070-22 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 31070-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE’s process of tendering for homecare support providers will be updated; if this will take into account the commitments in the Programme for Government towards a statutory entitlement to home care and the ongoing implementation of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31071-22 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 31071-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if the Department of Health and the HSE have sufficient resources to meet an increased demand for home care alongside Sláintecare; if plans are being put in place to address future need in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31078-22 - Michael Collins front page preview

PQ 31078-22 - Michael Collins

To ask the Minister for Health if external organisations have been contracted by the HSE to provide manual vacuum aspiration training for hospital staff involved in abortion provision; the organisations that were contracted; the details of the contracts including timeframes and sums payable; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31085-22 - Colm Burke front page preview

PQ 31085-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to locating a national genomics hub outside of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin given that the current location is causing difficulties in treating adult patients who make up the majority of patients attending the clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31093-22 - Steven Matthews front page preview

PQ 31093-22 - Steven Matthews

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the campaign by the families of 35 children with cystic fibrosis seeking access to a medication called kaftrio that had been promised to these families by their medical teams previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31155-22 - Duncan Smith front page preview

PQ 31155-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are 35 children in Ireland that have cystic fibrosis are excluded from the pipeline deal for the drug kaftrio; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31181-22 - Neasa Hourigan front page preview

PQ 31181-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the sudden closure of Castlemartyr health centre; if the services provided there will be recommencing at that location; the expected timeframe for same; if there are any other planned closures of similar facilities, temporary or otherwise, in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31183-22 - Róisín Shortall front page preview

PQ 31183-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of antiviral and monoclonal antibody treatments which have been ordered to date; the number that have been delivered; the schedule for delivery for the remaining; the number that have been used to treat Covid-19 patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31184-22 - Róisín Shortall front page preview

PQ 31184-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to increase orders for antiviral and monoclonal antibody treatments in view of recent reports that the number of Covid-19 deaths per million people in Ireland is currently the highest in Europe and the seventh highest in the world; if he intends to make antivirals more widely available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31270-22 - Matt Shanahan front page preview

PQ 31270-22 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1825, 1826 and 1827 of 26 April 2022 based on the ambulance data provided the number of patients transferred from each of the hospitals listed whose primary medical transfer requirement was for the treatment for any cardiac issue in tabular form; the data to be segmented per hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31337-22 - Róisin Shortall front page preview

PQ 31337-22 - Róisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the introduction of the homecare-based policies in Sláintecare; if these policies will be supported by the HSE’s process of tendering for service provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31339-22 - Róisin Shortall front page preview

PQ 31339-22 - Róisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the recruitment processes used to appoint all members of the HSE Obstetric Event Support Team; the remuneration associated with these posts; the means by which, under the HSE’s Code of Practice: Appointment to Positions in the Civil Service and Public Service, the selection and appointment process ensured that it did not advantage or disadvantage any particular candidate or group of candidates; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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