PQ Responses - March 1st 2022

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PQ 10845-22 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health when the respite services will be restored in the greater Listowel, County Kerry area (There is a total breakdown in the delivery of respite care services for people with intellectual, physical and mental disabilities in the greater Listowel Co Kerry area); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10859-22 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of (Cavan Monaghan Constituency Dentists who accept medical cards) nationwide and in particular an area that accept medical cards patients; the location of same in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10862-22 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists ( Dentists who accept medical cards) signed up nationwide to accept medical cards patients in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10864-22 - Noel Grealish

To ask the Minister for Health when the construction of two new orthopaedic operating theatres at Merlin Park Hospital, Galway will be completed; when they will be brought into use; the details and cost of the project; the number of additional procedures that will be undertaken once they are operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10869-22 - Réada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in the medical card scheme in County Kildare in each of the past five years; the number who have left the scheme in each of those years; the number of persons waiting in each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10871-22 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the rebuild and refurbishment of the lakeview unit at Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10880-22 - Dessie Ellis

To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels and waiting lists for the Finglas children’s disability network team; the number of speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists who are currently working as part of the team; if each member of the team is working with the Finglas team full-time; the number of vacancies for each position; the number of children who are currently attending the services; the number of children who are currently on the waiting list for each of these services; the current waiting times for each service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10892-22 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of time that must pass before a healthcare professional is eligible to reapply for inclusion on the National Recruitment Service panel in cases in which they were removed from the panel during the recruitment process

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PQ 10909-22 - Noel Grealish

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the drug cariban; if it can be made available on the GMS and drugs payment schemes; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10913-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health if he intends introducing personalised budgets for older people; the timeframe for this to be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10915-22 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional staff that were employed in the community for the Echo Programme; and whether it is the case that the same staff that do this work in the hospitals also do this in the community.

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PQ 10922-22 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the partnership led by the National Screening Service that will allow Ireland to set a target date for the elimination of cervical cancer; when he expects the work of this group to conclude; the number of times this group reports to him; if his Department has allocated funding for the group’s recommendations: if so, the amount of funding that has been allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10928-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters regarding a service (Wexford Inpatient Mental Health Service · Why has there been no permanent consultant appointed to the service for more than years? · What is the number of inpatient deaths that occurred in the service for each year for the past 10 years, and whether it is above the average number of deaths expected to take place in such servces?) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10929-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the role of an organisation (Nua Healthcare) in the provision of mental health services for public patients; the oversight in place for the service; the amount paid by the State to the service in each year for the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10937-22 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he and his Department have undertaken a full review of CAMHS services nationwide with a view to ensuring that an adequate and modern service is provided in each area regardless of the size of the population; the extent to which a proper diagnosis of conditions exists; if the appropriate medication or no medication is prescribed following a diagnosis; if steps have been taken or are in the course of being taken to investigate various complaints that have been made throughout the country regarding the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10938-22 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the full extent of investigative or remedial programmes arising from shortcomings or complaints in relation to CAMHS services; if new or ongoing procedures have been put in place as a result of complaints; the response that has been given to various complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11093-22 - Willie O'Dea

To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for when University Hospital Limerick will become a DAFNE accredited diabetes centre; the current total number of whole-time equivalent posts for consultants (endocrinologists, diabetes specialist dietitians, advanced nurse Practitioners, Clinical Diabetes Nurse Specialists, Staff Nurses, and Administrative Support ) currently in place in the adult outpatient diabetes clinic in each of the hospitals in the University of Limerick Hospitals Group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11096-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of CHO4 mental health service management staff that were offered priority first dose Covid-19 vaccinations in January 2021 ahead of patients and nursing staff of St. Stephen’s Hospital, Glanmire and the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11097-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the person or persons in the HSE that authorised the offering of priority first dose Covid-19 vaccinations to CHO4 mental health service management staff ahead of patients and nursing staff of St. Stephen’s Hospital, Glanmire and the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, County Cork in January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11098-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of each new specialist eating disorder team being developed; the services that will be provided by each team; the number of staff, the type of staff and the capacity in each team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11111-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists in the CHO4 HSE mental health services that were informed of opportunities to transfer into posts for each of the years 2014 to 2021; the context and the means by which these opportunities were communicated; the number of psychologists in CHO4 that expressed an interest in writing in availing of opportunities to transfer into posts for each of these years; the number of psychologists in CHO4 that were facilitated in each of these years to transfer into posts that were not first advertised to eligible candidates on the relevant national recruitment panel.

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PQ 11112-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the way appointments by transfer for psychologists in the CHO4 mental health services were adjudicated; the process involved in allocating these posts; the rationale for their approval by senior management in each of the years 2014 to 2021 given the national panel process that applies to psychology recruitment and the absence of a transfer policy within the discipline; if unadvertised transfers which are not preceded by attempts to fill those posts through the relevant recruitment panel will continue as a form of recruitment for psychologists in CHO4 in the years ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11113-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of appointments to permanent contract psychology posts in the Cork adult mental health services between August 2017 and January 2021 that took place through unadvertised transfers; if he will identify each psychology appointment and the recruitment method in that period for the CHO4 adult mental health services; and the date of the appointment and the service location of each.

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PQ 11114-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the reason a local interview was used as the method of recruitment to a senior psychologist adult mental health post in St. Stephen's Hospital, Fermoy home-based crisis team in March 2017 instead of the relevant national recruitment panel; the reason the relevant national recruitment panel was later used in October 2017 when the post was vacated and again advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11115-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the availability of STI testing kits in each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11134-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons by age and length of wait time on child psychology waiting lists for an assessment and treatment by CHO.

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PQ 11144-22 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent occupational therapists, dieticians and speech and language therapists working in Tullamore Regional Hospital in each of the years of 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased.

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PQ 11145-22 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent dental hygienist and dental nurses working in the public health services in County Laois in each of the past four years in tabular form.

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PQ 11146-22 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant paediatric ENT surgeons attached to Tullamore Regional Hospital in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased.

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PQ 11147-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the recommendation in A Vision For Change to increase the nine liaison mental health service teams to 13 given Sharing the Vison recommended more; the current status of the shortfall; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11148-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that have been recommended for further diagnostic assessment following the completion of an assessment of need by community disability network team and by the length of wait for further assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11156-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the nine liaison mental health service teams to 13 as recommended in a Vison for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11157-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing a liaison psychiatrist post.

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PQ 11165-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of family forums established under each Children’s Disability Network or under each Children’s Disability Services Governance Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11166-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children's network disability teams which have been established; the staffing component of each, that is, vacancies and filled posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11180-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to expand services at Monasterevin daycare centre; the status of physical infrastructure expansion plans in the capital planning process; when funding will be released for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11192-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total patient throughput across HSE acute services for outpatient, diagnostics, and inpatient appointments in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form.

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PQ 11193-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of public patients which were treated privately outside of a public hospital for outpatient, diagnostics and inpatient appointments in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form relative to public hospital patient throughput; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11206-22 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he proposes to overhaul CAMHS with a view to ensuring high quality early diagnosis, elimination of confusion which might suggest an alternative diagnosis; the steps in hand or to be taken to ensure the roll-out of a nationwide, high-quality CAMHS service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11220-22 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of site visits that have been made by his public health officials to the Askeaton area in the context of a factory ( Aughinish Alumna plant); and if his Department has surveyed public health environment in the area.

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PQ 11223-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if additional staff in the HSE will be made available to meet demand and deal with the current backlog of birth registrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11228-22 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health if the age restriction will be removed for the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system for persons with diabetes; when he expects that the health technology assessment the HSE commissioned will be completed.

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PQ 11236-22 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff by job title working in the primary care eye teams in CHO7; the number of vacancies by job title; and when each of the vacancies will be filled in tabular form.

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PQ 11237-22 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants posts by speciality that were filled in each hospital that is part of Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Group in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 11240-22 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of wards under construction or planned to commence within the next six months.

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PQ 11327-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of patients triaged as urgent who are offered an appointment within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11328-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of patients triaged as non-urgent who are offered an appointment within 12 weeks of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11361-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health if the CEO of the HSE has completed the HSEs online safeguarding training; and the date upon which he completed same.

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PQ 11362-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health if the National Director of Social Care in the HSE has completed the HSEs online safeguarding training; and the date upon which they completed same.

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PQ 11424-22 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress update on the new build ward extension at Raheen Community Hospital, County Clare; when the facility will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11461-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to progress the endoscopy unit in Bantry General Hospital.

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PQ 11462-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to progress the stroke rehabilitation unit in Bantry General Hospital

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PQ 11517-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time services by CHO addressing hepatitis-C.

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PQ 11523-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the average response time for ambulances in Ballincollig, County Cork.

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PQ 11540-22 - Aengus Ó Snodaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that persons with Huntington’s disease with the exception of a small number of persons in the late stages of the condition have no specialist services in Ireland; and if he will commit to establishing a working group within six months under the joint auspices of the National Dementia Office and the integrated care programme as a necessary first step to improving care for those suffering.

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PQ 11542-22 - James Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish a specialist service for the families of those affected by Huntington’s disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11547-22 - Brendan Howlin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Wexford who are accepting medical card patients; if he is satisfied with the provision of dental care in County Wexford for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11555-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review service statements compiled following assessments of need conducted pre-2021 following the Court of Appeal decision in C.M. v HSE [2021] IECA 283 (which held that when a child seeks an AON and an education need is identified, that the child is entitled to an assessment of their educational needs) to ensure that these service statements have adequately addressed the educational need of the child in view of findings that this section of service statements completed before this decision is unlikely to have been completed in line with the legislation and statutory entitlements of the child considering the position of the HSE prior to this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11557-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the last instance on which he was furnished with a report pursuant to section 13 of the Disability Act 2005; if any report has been compiled since 2009; if so, if these reports will be published as required under the Act; if he intends to ensure resumption of reporting under section 13 by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11585-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of assessment of need service statements which were reviewed after 12 months but within 24 months of being issued for each year since and including 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11611-22 - Joan Collins

To ask the Minister for Health if a high level taskforce will be set up through the combined auspices of the National Dementia Office and the HSE Integrated Care Programme to scope out the service requirements for those with Huntington’s disease; if so, if he will ensure that a report is available within six months of the taskforce having been set up with a business case and a budget; and time span for implementation

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PQ 11629-22 - Michael Collins

To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will commence the tender process in respect to the procurement of both operational and strategic legal services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11639-22- Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 509 of 16 December 2021, the status of the White Paper on human genomics and the appointment of a Director of the National Genomics and Genetics Medicine Network; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11665-22 - Seán Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was spent through the dental treatment services scheme in each year for the past four years, in tabular form.

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PQ 11666-22 - Seán Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients treated through the dental treatment services scheme in each year for the past four years, in tabular form

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PQ 11667-22 - Seán Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists operating within the dental treatment services scheme per CHO area in each year for the past four years in tabular form.

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PQ 11674-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to provide a primary care centre for an area (Finglas, Dublin 11); the timescale involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11675-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to provide primary care centres for an area (Three separate primary care centres for Donabate, Lusk & Swords, Co. Dublin); the timescales involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11683-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the HSE budget spend on home help and carers in each CHO; the breakdown of the spend on private agencies and outsourcing of home support services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11685-22 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on home help hours in each CHO area; the number of hours required to meet that need; the number of persons in receipt of home help that are approved for additional hours; the number of hours required to meet that need in each CHO; the number of home help hours that are not being completed due to staff shortages by CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11703-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who received a CervicalCheck exam by month in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11704-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who received a BreastCheck exam by month in each of the years 2018 to 2021 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11705-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who received a BowelScreen exam by month in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11706-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who received a CervicalCheck exam by month in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11707-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of girls who received the HPV vaccine in schools in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11708-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of boys who received the HPV vaccine in schools in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11751-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons transferred from CHO4 mental health services to nursing homes in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide the name of the HSE facility from which the person is being transferred in each instance.

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PQ 11790-22 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health when the review from the HSE medical management programme on the drug Cariban was completed; if it will be published; and if he will provide a timeline for the decision for reimbursement to be made in relation to the drug.

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