PQ Responses - June 29th 2022

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PQ 34604-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE seeks a legal opinion prior to changing the assessment of need process to incorporate the Preliminary Team Assessment; if so, the cost of this legal opinion; If not, the reason no legal opinion was sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34605-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the organisations that were consulted during the process to introduce the standard operating procedure preliminary team assessment; the schedule of meetings that took place to deliberate the introduction of the standard operating procedure and preliminary team assessment; the organisations that were involved in these deliberations that were in support of the introduction of the preliminary team assessment; the organisations involved in these deliberations that voiced opposition to the introduction of the preliminary team assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34606-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of hours spent by therapists in children’s disability network teams undertaking preliminary team assessments since its inception; the number of hours that will now need to be spent by therapists to undertake assessments compliant with the Disability Act 2005 for all the children who underwent a preliminary team assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34614-22 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health the status of a planned project (Status of development for greenfield site for day service in Cavan planned for decommission of Rathcorrick Day Services); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34622-22 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plans of works in relation to the €1 million funding for the development of specialist palliative care inpatient units in County Cavan that was announced by his Department in December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34636-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the plans he has, if any, for the development of a new acute adult mental health unit to replace the existing unit at Roscommon University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34645-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for assessment for homecare packages by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form.

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PQ 34647-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 34649-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for audiology by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 34650-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for podiatry by CHO, and age category; and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 34653-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health he number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 34662-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting period for an authorised purchase order for a prosthesis or orthosis; the number of people currently waiting on a prosthesis or orthosis that have been waiting less than 1, 1 to 3, 3 to 6 and longer than 6 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34663-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health if there is a training budget for prosthetic and orthotic professionals; if so, the amount of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34664-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health if engagement takes place between rehabilitation consultants employed by the National Rehabilitation Hospital with suppliers of prosthetics and orthotics; if so, the extent of this engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34665-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health if outcome measures in relation to the funding of prosthetics and orthotics are used to evaluate and direct funding on an audited outcome measure basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34666-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the ratio of clinicians working in prosthetics and orthotics to their clerical administrative staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34669-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the details of post operation management of amputees; if post operation hospital bed nights have increase over the past five years for amputees; the number for each year in tabular form; if incidence of falls have increased over the past five years for amputees; the number for each year in tabular form; if incidence of flexion contracture have increased over the past five years for amputees; the number for each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34671-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce regional rehabilitation services for amputees; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34672-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the average period of time spent by a primary amputee in in-patient rehabilitation; if, after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation, amputees have access to a physiotherapist, gait training and counselling; the extent of the access to these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34681-22 - Sean Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the hospital liaison initiative that was carried out in Tallaght University Hospital in which patients with addiction issues were given a pathway toward community-based support organisations; the assessment of that pilot programme’s outcomes; and if this approach has been or will be replicated in other hospitals or healthcare settings.

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PQ 34711-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health if agency staff working with patients in HSE facilities will receive the pandemic bonus payment; the person or body that is responsible for the decision as to which staff receive the payment in each hospital setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34786-22 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (Cork University Hospital is the south-west regional centre for neurology, currently there are only 4 neurology nurses in CUH, based on the catchment area, national and international guidelines recommend that there should be at least 20 neurology nurses in place at CUH to reduce waiting times and ensure patients have access to the specialist support they need to manage their conditions, patients at CUH and indeed throughout the country deserve a better service from our Government.) in relation to neurology nurses in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34788-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health his views on plans for UL Hospital Group to partner with a company (UPMC) in developing an elective centre in Limerick; if he supports this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34790-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of scheduled care cancellations for the month of May 2022, by hospital and hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34792-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the patient experience time for admission and for discharge for the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital on 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21 June 2022 , in tabular for totalled and broken down by age cohorts; the number of emergency department attendances; the number and percentage of ED attendances admitted within 0-6, 6-9, 9-12, 12-24 and 24 plus hours; the number and percentage of ED attendances discharged within 0-6, 6-9, 9-12, 12-24 and 24 plus hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34803-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop an outpatient national advocacy service for mental health; the estimated cost of establishing an outpatient national advocacy service for mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34804-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the cost of funding the existing levels of service in mental health in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34805-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the funding and breakdown of funding for mental health in the two streams of mental health and the National Office for Suicide Prevention, indicating the amounts of existing levels of service and additional funding in each of the years from 2019 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34807-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to review the interim model of care for long-Covid in view of the significant evidence of neurological and psychological complications associated with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34808-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to treat long-Covid in the community; the role primary care centres will have, if any, in the interim model of care for long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34811-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has been provided to the HSE Contact Management Programme since it was established; the breakdown of monies spent on staff by grade in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34818-22 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health the plans his Department has put in place to lower the wait period of 58 weeks for audiology in UHK; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34822-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health if the funding that was made available for addiction family support services in Budget 2021 was distributed through a tendering process; and the reason that the decision was made to engage in competitive tendering for these services.

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PQ Responses - June 29th 2022