PQ Responses - November 15th 2022

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PQ 56121-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the assistance that is available to persons diagnosed as deaf to replace their hearing aids should they become damaged; if there is a time limit on such replacement or cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56129-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have utilised keltoi in each of the months September and October and to date in November.

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PQ 56133-22 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years who are on a waiting list for mental health services, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56134-22 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in CHO2 by section and length of time that the post has been vacant under 12 months, between 12 months and five years, and over five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56154-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which recommendations from the NIAC on immunisations are interpreted by his Department; the role the Immunisation Policy Team have in both implementing them and ensuring we are procuring the right vaccines where possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56155-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the definition of "rare disease" utilised by his Department andthe HSE; and the number and names of the rare diseases entailed under these respective definitions provided in tabular form.

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PQ 56156-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with rare disease in Ireland as of 2022, by county and by rare disease type in tabular form.

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PQ 56193-22 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health if some persons who were employed at a privately run nursing home during Covid that has closed are eligible for the Covid bonus payment ( All staff in the nursing home she currently works in have received their payment. Is someone who was working in a private nursing home that is now closes eligible for the bonus.).

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PQ 56198-22 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the 60 bed extension at Heather House Community Nursing Unit is yet to be operational; and when the extension will be operational.

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PQ 56200-22 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health when section 38 organisations, whose workers are entitled to the backdated pay increases awarded under Building Momentum and detailed under HR Circular 025/2022, will be given the extra funding to award this back pay given that without additional funding these organisations cannot afford same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56218-22 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the current number of staff in the Nenagh Children's Disability Network Teams run by Enable Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56234-22 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been granted home-help hours in County Mayo, but who are waiting on staff to provide the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56236-22 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people that are waiting on home help hours in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56239-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the awards made to a firm (EY) by the HSE in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the purpose of the award; the value of the award; the timeline or timeframe of the contract; and the desired or completed output.

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PQ 56254-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons prescribed anti-anxiety drugs in the State in each of the past ten years by age in tabular form.

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PQ 56255-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons being treated for addiction to anti-anxiety drugs in the State in each of the past ten years by age in tabular form.

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PQ 56256-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons being treated for addiction to sleeping pills in the State in each of the past ten years by age in tabular form.

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PQ 56290-22 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health when a speech and language therapist will be appointed to an area in County Mayo (A Speech and Language Therapist who provided services in the Achill area left the position in August 2021 and the post still has not been filled.).

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PQ 56298-22 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for homecare support in County Wexford; the average length of time that persons have been waiting; the single longest period of time that a person has been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56299-22 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will recognise that autism assistance dogs should have the same recognition as dogs for the blind; if his Department will consider providing Government funding in line with the way that guide dogs in Ireland are funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56344-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff that were hired in each CDNT in 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 56345-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff hired across all therapies in each CHO and LHO in tabular form.

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PQ 56346-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged 0 to 18 years of age who are waiting for first-time intervention in all areas of early intervention in each CHO, by individual area and by each composite LHO within each CHO; the number on the public list; the number on the children's disability network team list in each CHO in tabular form; and the length of time that they are awaiting intervention by age.

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PQ 56350-22 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds, broken down by acute, non-acute and ICU beds, which are currently in place in HSE-run hospitals; the corresponding figures for 8 February 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56351-22 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health when the new chronic-disease management hub will become fully operational in County Clare; the location, functions and staffing details of the hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56365-22 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health when a speech and language therapy position (SLT services for young children in the Achill area of County Mayo that suffer from speech delays. SLT therapist left the position in August 2021 and the position was never filled) which has been vacant since August 2021 will be filled in view of the detrimental effect it is having on children living in that area who cannot access regular speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56374-22 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who are clinically discharged but who are in hospital; the number of patients who are clinically discharged in hospital for six months or less, between six months and one year, between one year and 18 months, between 18 months and two years and for more than two years.

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PQ 56406-22 - Noel Grealish

To ask the Minister for Health the plans that he is putting in place to ensure the availability of the Freestyle Libre 2 device in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56407-22 - Noel Grealish

To ask the Minister for Health if he will ringfence funding under the diabetes care envelope in Budget 2023 to fund the provision of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56408-22 - Noel Grealish

To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to remove the age restriction on Freestyle Libre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56478-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's plans with regard to its use of Millfield House, County Cork; the way in which the HSE will ensure that former residents who move back there from Garnish House, as recently indicated by the HSE, will not endure further uncertainty regarding their placement there given the known impact of such uncertainty on mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56536-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the status of operations to transfer ophthalmology services from Cork University Hospital to South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital; the costs borne to date of that transfer in tabular form; and the reasons for delay.

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PQ 56538-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff, the grade and the length of service of each staff member currently assigned to ophthalmology services across Cork hospitals; and the number of vacancies in the same hospitals.

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PQ 56566-22 - David Stanton

To ask the Minister for Health his plans, if any, to establish a day care centre for older persons in Youghal, County Cork; the timelines for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56585-22 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 561 of 14 September 2022 and 169 of 22 June 2022, the reason for the delay in the payment of the pandemic recognition payment to eligible staff of private nursing homes; when the payments will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56597-22 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department’s progress in making hepatitis C a rare disease by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56614-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which non-HSE and Section 39 workers who worked in healthcare settings during the Covid-19 pandemic, but no longer work in the role, will be able to apply for their pandemic recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56625-22 - Aengus Ó Snodaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the staff turn-over for CDNTs in St. Columba's Armagh Road, Dublin 12 and Brú Chaoimhín, Cork Street, Dublin 8, since established.

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PQ 56626-22 - Aengus Ó Snodaigh

To ask the Minister for Health if there is a common policy in relation to staff absence for sick or statutory leave; if cover is provided; and if not, if services and therapies are cancelled.

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PQ 56627-22 - Aengus Ó Snodaigh

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the perception among the famalies of service users that there is a higher level of sick leave amongst the therapists in CDNT 3 as compared to CDNT 1; if the causes of same have been identified; if this is due to stress, additional workload due to staff shortages or the work environment; and the steps that can be taken to ensure that both CDNTs are fully staffed with required cover to ensure delivery of services.

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PQ 56719-22 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of inspections carried-out on retailers that offer tanning and sun beds in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number and percentage of retailers in breach of legislation in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56720-22 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time occupational therapist and speech and language therapists currently employed as part of the children's disability network teams in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56722-22 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will next 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 Responses - November 15th 2022