PQ Responses - March 22th 2022

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PQ 13811-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed in each of the children's disability network teams by role in County Cork.

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PQ 13857-22 - Mark Ward front page preview

To ask the Minister for Health the other doctors who were referred to in a report (about page 4 on the report on the look back review onto CAMHS , South Kerry where it states the “care and treatment of 13 other children by other Doctors was also risky” ); the number of doctors that this involved; if they are still working for the HSE; the safeguards that have since been put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13858-22 -Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if all of the families of the children referred to in a report (about the report on the look back review onto CAMHS , South Kerry of the 46 children placed at significant harm, 227 children placed at risk) have been notified; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13859-22 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish a working group on Huntington’s disease under the joint auspices of the National Dementia Office and the Integrated Care Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13867-22 - Réada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health when the third rheumatologist is due to start at Children’s Health Ireland, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13868-22 - Réada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are currently waiting for a rheumatology MRI, MRI with contrast and MRI under general anaesthetic with contrast at Children’s Health Ireland, Crumlin; the number waiting in each of the past three years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13943-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent posts allocated to each role by children's disability network team in Cork city in tabular form

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PQ 13972-22 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner practices with capacity to accept new patients in counties Longford and Westmeath in tabular form.

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PQ 13988-22 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health the services that are provided by the HSE to adults diagnosed with autism.

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PQ 14017-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 731 and 732 of 22 February 2022, the CHO areas for which national independent review panels have been completed or are underway; and the type of service each review pertains to (given that the Minister for State Anne Rabbitte has previously mentioned both the types of service and the CHO areas in the Dáil chamber.).

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PQ 14034-22 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health when an audiology service will be provided at the primary care centre, Tuam, County Galway; the staffing complement for the centre; the recruitment arrangements in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14041-22 - Bríd Smith

To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that medically vulnerable persons are still at risk of serious Covid-19 disease especially now that all restrictions have been lifted; if he will allocate the highest priority to high risk and very high risk individuals in the guidance regarding the allocation of new antiviral and antibody treatments against Covid-19; if he will systematically involve persons with lived experience of managing a chronic and or rare conditions in key decision-making processes; if he will provide a tailored plan and engage in direct communication with medically vulnerable individuals especially those with a chronic and or rare conditions to address existing service and treatment challenges during Covid-19 and in the aftermath of the lifting of public health restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14042-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of times in each of the past ten years in which a surgery has resulted in the removal of a limb or organ which was not intended for amputation or removal by surgery type in tabular form.

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PQ 14043-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients to be seen by each hospital group in each of the past ten years.

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PQ 14045-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons sacked or dismissed by the HSE in each of the past five years by job title or category; and the reason for their dismissal or sacking in each case.

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PQ 14063-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE are planning on an external recruitment drive as in the past in order to progress the clinical programme on eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14071-22 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the podiatry waiting list by location and waiting time by month in County Donegal in January 2021 and January 2022; the number of HSE podiatry clinics held within the county; the number of podiatry staff employed; the number of vacancies for podiatrists by location, acute and community; when these vacancies will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14085-22 - Joe Carey

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned provision of a new ambulance base for Kilrush, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14092-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the guidance note, circular, memo or document which sets out the approach for handling queries or applications for assessment of need or referrals to the children's disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14112-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting appointments for podiatry services in County Wexford; the number of persons on the waiting list in January 2021; the number of persons on the waiting list in January 2022; the number of persons waiting for an appointment for a period of time greater than 12 months; the number of persons waiting for an appointment for a period of time greater than 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14113-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for podiatrists in County Wexford; when these vacancies will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14116-22 - Steven Matthews

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report (HSE Report sent to Deputy Matthews indicating that 664 young people and children who are waiting 3 months or more to access primary care psychology services in County Wicklow.); the measures he is implementing to reduce waiting lists and times to access primary care psychology services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14119-22 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE services providing occupational therapy and speech and language therapy to children in an area (Dublin Mid West); the number of children on the waiting list for these therapies in the area; and the action his Department is taking to increase service provision in this area.

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PQ 14137-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in CAMHS that are filled or unfilled on a weekly basis from January 2020 to date in 2022 by CHO area in tabular form: the reason for the empty beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14139-22 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of persons in Ireland with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14174-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce an assistive technology passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14177-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of advanced nurse practitioners working in the public system broken down by those working in primary, community and acute settings in tabular form; the number of such vacant posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14180-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the Galway Community Café, the free out-of-hours adult mental health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14181-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of running the Galway Community Café, the free out-of-hours adult mental health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14182-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the plans to roll-out of hours crisis cafes across the State: the locations of each: when they will be up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14185-22 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at Cavan General Hospital in each of the years 2012 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 14186-22 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health the number of attendances to the minor injury unit in Monaghan Hospital from 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 14187-22 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to extend the daily opening hours of the minor injury unit in Monaghan Hospital; if he plans to open the unit at weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14244-22 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health the number of doses of the pneumococcal vaccine PPV23 that have been administered for free to persons over 65 years of age and at-risk groups in each of the years 2018 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 14247-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health his position regarding funding for a training post (Funding for Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) training post in the neurology higher specialist training scheme refused by the Health Service Executive); the reason that the funding was refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14249-22 - Joe Flaherty

To ask the Minister for Health when the full-time optomologist service for children at St. Joseph’s care centre campus, Longford ceased.

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PQ 14250-22 - Joe Flaherty

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a replacement for a vacant optomologist post at St. Joseph’s care centre campus, Longford.

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PQ 14251-22 - Joe Flaherty

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that all children have not been transferred to Athlone in the absence of the a optomologist post as was done on previous occasions at St. Joseph’s care centre ampus, Longford.

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PQ 14287-22 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of plans to increase breastfeeding supports including the recruitment of lactation consultations across all hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14303-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the €200 million provided to the HSE to address waiting lists and waiting times for acute and community services if progress has been made for persons accessing mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14315-22 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health if he will visit the Owenacurra Health Centre in Midleton, County Cork and instruct the HSE not to close the centre but to improve it and retain all the services that were present pre-Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14316-22 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to that the two short-term respite beds in the Owenacurra Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork are now closed; the rationale for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14317-22 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the two short-term respite beds are closed in the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, County Cork and all the associated services with those beds have ceased; when these services will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14318-22 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that residents of the Owenacurra Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork have told the HSE that they do not want to leave the centre and want to remain in the centre as it is their forever home and want to see all the services retained despite the HSE saying that the centre is not fit for purpose (the residents want assurance from the Minister and the HSE that the Owenacurra Health Centre will remain open and its associated services retained); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14319-22 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health if he will obtain assurances from the HSE that the Owenacurra Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork will remain open and that all pre-Covid-19 services will be retained and enhanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14320-22 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that if the Owenacurra Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork is to be closed by the HSE that there will be a loss of 24 long stay residential beds and respite facilities for persons with severe and enduring mental health difficulties in east County Cork; the plans of the HSE to retain these services in Midleton, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14321-22 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE will not commit to refurbishing the existing Owenacurra Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork and retaining all existing pre-Covid-19 services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14322-22 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE will not build a new fit-for-purpose mental health centre on the grounds of the Owenacurra Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork retaining all existing pre-Covid-19 services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14323-22 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE would not build a new purpose-built mental health centre to replace the existing Owenacurra Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork on the adjacent grounds at the Midleton Community Hospital and retain all pre-Covid-19 services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14324-22 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has found an appropriate building or premises in Midleton, County Cork to provide mental health day care services which were suspended in March 2020 and formally administered at the Owenacurra Health Centre if the service is running at 100%; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14325-22 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health the location and name of the proposed premises to provide mental health day care services in Midleton, County Cork due to the removal of services from the Owenacurra Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork in March 2020; if the day care services have resumed; if the service is running at 100%; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14326-22 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health the location the 22 long stay respite beds based in Midleton, County Cork at the Owenacurra Health Centre will be moved to in Midleton if the centre is to be closed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14327-22 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health the location the two short stay respite beds based in the Owenacurra Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork will be relocated to in Midleton if the centre is to be closed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14328-22 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is willing to leave all the residents, staff and all services in situ at the Owenacurra Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork indefinitely; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14331-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of making the flu vaccine available free of charge for all medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14369-22 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that University Hospital Waterford continues to remain the most significantly underfunded model four hospital in the country versus its peers; the reason for the significant disparity in whole-time equivalent positions compared to bed ratios at the hospital versus peer model four hospitals has not been addressed; the reason capital budgets to deliver additional clinical space to deal with these lists has not been approved at the hospital unlike other peer model four hospitals given that the outpatients elective lists of the hospital exceed 50,000 persons on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14370-22 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for the elective outpatients department and the 12-bed day ward at University Hospital Waterford ( An elective outpatients modular build at UHW has been in discussion by estates management for almost a year. In addition a 12 bed day ward to assist the activity of impending 2nd cath lab activity is too being discussed. A health planning report is presently underway by a UK consultancy to look at the specific onward development strategic needs this hospital requires); the status of the final health planner report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14377-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional 375 posts created in children’s disability services in the past two budgets as outlined in Dáil Éreann on 8 March 2022 in terms of the number of these positions that have been filled; the grade of each position; the total amount of funding provided; the details of the positions that remain vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14378-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of senior grade posts that will be appointed to children’s disability services as indicated in Dáil Éreann on 8 March 2022; the total amount of funding provided; the timeline for the appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14379-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have been referred for further assessment after receiving a preliminary team assessment under the standard operating procedure for assessment of need; the waiting times for completion of the further assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14380-22 -Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of the administrative staff posts for children’s disability services announced in Budget 2022 that have been filled to date; if the HSE plans to fill any further positions in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14381-22 -Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health her plans to recruit and deploy assistant psychologists for children’s disability services as indicated in Dáil Éireann on 8 March 2022; the number of these posts that were sanctioned and issued to his Department in 2021; the number of these posts that have been filled to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14382-22 -Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health her plans to address the shortfall of 400 staff in children’s disability services as outlined by him in Seanad Éireann in October 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14383-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases that have been taken against the State in each year since 2005 under the Disability Act 2005 for overdue assessment of need; the amount in legal costs paid by the State; the overall amount of settlements awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14384-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of current or open cases being taken against the State under the Disability Act 2005 for overdue assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14385-22 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the completion of the review of the standard operating procedure for assessments of needs; if he has received interim reports; if so, the date on which any such reports were received; if he published any interim reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14405-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the average number of hours which medical consultants and doctors work per week in public hospitals.

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PQ 14416-22 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the services at facility (Cuanannie Day Centre) in Letterkenny, County Donegal have been abruptly curtailed; his plans to reinstate the service to run five days a week as it had been prior to lockdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14487-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the investigation into the cremation scandal in Cork University Maternity Hospital given the investigation was to conclude in November 2021.

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PQ 14488-22 - Mick Barry

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in the Cork Central Children Disability Network Team; the measures that will be put in place to fill vacancies and to reduce waiting times for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14489-22 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s plans for funding long Covid clinics; and the supports that are available for those suffering with long Covid.

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PQ 14609-22 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health if funding for an additional 100 neurology nurse specialists will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14622-22 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health if there are supports for parents of children awaiting primary care assessments in Fingal; the number of children on waiting lists for assessments in Fingal in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14633-22 - Aodhán Ó Riordáin

To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times nationally for those seeking a prescription for pre- exposure prophylaxis through the HSE for HIV prevention; the waiting time between making an appointment and seeing a doctor; if he is satisfied with the numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14635-22- Joe O'Brien

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the availability of Sotrovimab to immunocompromised patients here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14636-22- Joe O'Brien

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the availability of Paxlovid to immunocompromised patients here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14637-22- Joe O'Brien

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the availability of Evusheld to immunocompromised patients here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14643-22 - Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the recruitment of 17 additional neurology nurses for St. Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14652-22 - John McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health the number of business cases that have been submitted to his Department by an organisation (SOS, Kilkenny); the date that each application was received; the date that a final decision was notified to the organisation; the number of business cases yet to be decided; and the timeframe for a final decision in each case.

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PQ 14653-22 - John McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health the number of contracts won by an organisation (Praxis Care) in each of the HSE CHO areas; the commencement, end date and value of each contract; and If the Government procurement framework was used for each contract.

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PQ 14655-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for University Hospital Limerick becoming a DAFNE-accredited diabetes centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14656-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of whole-time equivalent consultant endocrinologists, dietitians, advanced nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, staff nurses and administrative support posts currently in place in the outpatient adult diabetes clinic in each of the hospitals under the University of Limerick Hospitals Group in tabular form.

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PQ 14669-22 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to difficulties in accessing speech and language therapy and occupational therapy in CHO area 7; and the actions his Department is undertaking to improve resourcing of these therapies in CHO7.

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PQ 14670-22 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health if progress has been made in implementing a diagnostic centre to service CHO area 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14687-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the latest HPV vaccine uptake rates for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14688-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the services that are in place and that are planned for persons who attended the admire clinic in Cherry Orchard, Dublin for ADHD when they turn 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14689-22 - Richard O'Donoghue

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of specialists in Huntington’s disease services in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14695-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the funding streams and core funding that are open for recovery colleges - Mark Ward.

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PQ 14696-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are in place per CHO for peer educators in mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14697-22 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are in place in CHO9 for peer educators in mental health; the way that it can access funding and resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14700-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 75 plus and under 75 who were waiting greater than 24 hours at an emergency department in February 2022 and to date in March 2022; the total number of each and the sum of both, in tabular form; the total number waiting greater than 24 hours for admission via an emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14703-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of removing paediatric outpatient charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14704-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of removing adult inpatient and outpatient charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14720-22 - Peter Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of neurology nurse specialists that are assigned to the Mater Hospital, Dublin; the number recommended given the catchment area; his plans to increase this number; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14779-22 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-EU doctors who applied for a place on higher surgical and clinical training in the past five years; the number who were successful in getting a place in the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14805-22 - Seán Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for children who require follow-on cardiac surgery in the Mater Hospital, Dublin following a previous surgery which resulted in an adverse outcome and has therefore necessitated a second surgery.

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PQ 14807-22 - Bríd Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the occupational therapy in the long-Covid clinic at St. James's Hospital is being discontinued in April 2022 ( Covid-19 numbers continue to be at a very high level and Long-Covid is still a very prominent feature); if he will provide funding to keep occupational therapy in the clinic; if will he further invest in a nationwide network of multidisciplinary long-Covid clinics to ensure that Ireland has the capacity and expertise to deal with this growing challenge; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14815-22 - Ivan Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time audiologists assigned to each primary care centre in CHO area 6 at 31 December 2020 and at 1 March 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 14885-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed list of the gender reassignment procedures that have been carried out within the St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2021; and the number of each of these procedures listed that have been carried out during this decade by procedure and year.

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PQ 14886-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of tubal ligations that have been carried out within the St. Vincent’s hospital group hospitals for on-demand for contraceptive purposes versus for clinical reasons in each of the years 2011 to 2021, by year.

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PQ 14887-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures ((i) Terminations of pregnancy (ii) Vasectomy (iii) Tubal Ligation (iv) Assisted Reproduction (v) Gender alignment (please give totals for each specified procedure)) performed at Connolly Hospital in each of the years 2011 to 2021.

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PQ 14899-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make paxlovid available to high-risk patients including blood cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14902-22- Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to establish a pathway for accessing paxlovid; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14903-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to establish a pathway for accessing molnupiravir; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14904 -22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the interim pathway for accessing sotrovimab; when he expects the permanent pathway to be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14905-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the proposed pathways for accessing antivirals and monoclonal antibody treatments including testing arrangements; the status of communication campaigns; the engagements he has had with general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14906-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if he will accelerate the establishment of pathways for antivirals and monoclonal antibody treatments in view of rising Covid-19 case numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14907-22- Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the number of antivirals and monoclonal antibody treatments which have been ordered; the schedule for delivery of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14918-22 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the measures to combat the delay in the issuing of birth, death and marriage certificates in County Kildare; the average wait time for the issuing of a birth, death and marriage certificates nationally and in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14935-22 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that are currently on the waiting list for a DEXA bone scan in a hospital (St Columcilles Hospital, Loughlinstown, Dublin) by one, three, six and 12 months in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14936-22 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the reason a new DEXA machine provided to a hospital (St Columcilles Hospital, Loughlinstown, Dublin) has not yet been set up for the medical team to use despite this new equipment being delivered approximately four months ago; his plans to resolve same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14947-22 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health when the emergency department taskforce last met given the present difficulties with hospital overcrowding; if an organization (the INMO) has called for such a meeting; the latest initiatives to be considered by the next emergency taskforce meeting; the measures that are being introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14948-22 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health the average weekly trolley count within the nine model 4 hospitals nationally for the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14951-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to conduct a national awareness campaign in relation to osteogenesis imperfecta to help raise awareness among the general public of the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14957-22 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the total budget allocated to vaccine public awareness campaigns in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the breakdown based on Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 related funding; the way this compares to the allocation for vaccine public awareness campaigns in terms of both Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 related funding in other European Union states; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14958-22 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the amount and percentage of the amount spent on medicines by the State that related to generic medicines; his plans to increase the use of generics in Ireland; the saving achieved in generics in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14959-22 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the amount and percentage of the amount spent on medicines by the State that related to biosimilar medicines; his plans to increase the use of biosimilar medicines in Ireland; the saving achieved in biosimilar medicines in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14961-22 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the specific targets set out by his Department for increasing the use of generic medicines within the medicines market in Ireland; the extent to which Ireland compares to other European Union countries in the use of generic medicines; the estimated additional saving envisaged in 2022 by increased use of generic medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14979-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the total annual spend on the delivery of age-appropriate oncology palliative care services for children, adolescents and young adults between the ages of zero to 24 in 2020 and 2021, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14980-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the orphan medicines that are reimbursed by the State in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, including the date of the HSE Drugs Group decision and the date of reimbursement in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 15052-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to review adult mental health services in view of the systematic issues identified with the South Kerry CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 15054-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the way that service need can legitimately constitute a reason for bypassing the national recruitment panel system for HSE psychologists when that service need can be met through recruitment from the relevant national panel; the CHOs in which service need was advanced as a reason for bypassing the national recruitment panel system for psychologists since January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 15055-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure the availability of respite beds in Bantry General Hospital.

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PQ 15056-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking in response to the plans to sell off facilities for persons with physical and intellectual disabilities (St Mary of the Angels Beaufort, Kerry owned by the St John of God Community Services); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 15058-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the status of feeding eating, drinking and swallowing impairments pathways for assessment and treatment in CHO4.

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PQ 15082-22 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists and speech and language therapists in the CHO5 and CHO3 areas in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, by area.

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PQ 15083-22 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patient cancellations that have occurred in CHO5 and CHO3 to date in 2022 due to the fact that speech and language therapists have been reassigned; the reason for this; the figures by area.

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PQ 15084-22 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of initial assessments of needs that have taken place in CHO5 and CHO3 in 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of assessments of needs that have taken place in CHO5 and CHO3 in 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 15085-22 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the campaigns that are and have been underway to recruit speech and language therapists in CHO5 and CHO3 in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of occupational therapists and speech and language therapists that have been recruited in 2021 and to date in 2022 in each CHO area; and the details of recruitment campaigns currently underway and scheduled for these areas.

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PQ 15509-22 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to continue to fund long-Covid occupational therapy services in St. James’s Hospital which are currently set to cease in April.

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PQ 15520-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for a senior occupational therapist in the long Covid clinic at St. James’s Hospital; if there will be a reduction in such posts in 2022 on 2021 levels at this site; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ Responses - March 22th 2022