PQ Responses - November 16th 2022

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PQ 56764-22 - Niamh Smyth front page preview

PQ 56764-22 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarity on a matter (Is the extension of the Minor Injury Unit opening times just for the winter time or could this be a permanent move?) in relation to minor injury unit opening times; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56765-22 - Niamh Smyth front page preview

PQ 56765-22 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1556 of 14 June 2022, if he will ensure that a facility (Annalee respite facility) receives funding to extend its property in the 2023 HSE estimates process; when a decision is likely on projects included in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56798-22 - Marian Harkin front page preview

PQ 56798-22 - Marian Harkin

To ask the Minister for Health the basis for a recent decision in regard to home births (I have received a number of emails from constituents asking that this decision would be re-considered, however, as I am not familiar with the scientific basis on which this decision is predicated, can the Minister give the basis for the decision and what evidence is available to support this decision); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56799-22 - Mattie McGrath front page preview

PQ 56799-22 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with disabilities in south Tipperary who are receiving shared residential services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56800-22 - Mattie McGrath front page preview

PQ 56800-22 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with disabilities in south Tipperary who are classed as being in need of shared residential services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56801-22 - Mattie McGrath front page preview

PQ 56801-22 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the number of new shared residential services that have been developed in the past five years in south Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56802-22 - Mattie McGrath front page preview

PQ 56802-22 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the full list of respite services that are available to children with disabilities in south Tipperary; if they are operational on a full-time or part-time basis; the number of children who are in receipt of these respite services; the timeframe between a respite session; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56805-22 - Gino Kenny front page preview

PQ 56805-22 - Gino Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health if public health nurses will no longer be carrying out developmental routine baby and child checks unless the child is recommended by a medical practitioner as priority or considered priority by a public health nurse ( This was brought to our attention by a parent in Rathcoole county Dublin, that parent was told by the Public Health Nurse that development routine checks have stopped unless priority and this was an instruction and policy from the HSE?); and if so, the reason that developmental routine checks for all children are no longer available.

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PQ 56808-22 - Michael Healy-Rae front page preview

PQ 56808-22 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (Saint John of God HR have told their staff that section 38 organisations have received no budgetary provision from the HSE to fund 3% back pay payment from February 2nd that was agreed at the recently concluded discussion on an extension to the Building Momentum public sector pay deal. Is this true and why?) in relation to Section 38 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56838-22 - Michael Healy-Rae front page preview

PQ 56838-22 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter ( Tralee Day Service Health workers at Saint John of God Kerry Services had their hours increased by the Haddington Road Agreement in 2013. They still have not had their hours restored as was recommended by The Independent Body and adopted by Government to come into effect on 1st July 2022. Why is this?) in relation to health service workers in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56868-22 - Colm Burke front page preview

PQ 56868-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the dates that the manufacturer of evusheld initially offered availability of the treatment in Ireland and applied for reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56902-22 - Sean Sherlock front page preview

PQ 56902-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the current vacancies in public health nursing by LHO and CHO; the number of public health nurses employed directly by the HSE; the number employed by agency and temporary secondment by each CHO and LHO; and the cost associated with the agency staff in tabular form.

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PQ 57001-22 - Neasa Hourigan front page preview

PQ 57001-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents in the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton on 1 January 2021; the facilities that each of those residents from that date onwards have moved to since, including the number of residents who may have moved to the same facility; the number of residents who have moved to single rooms; the number of residents who have moved to shared rooms in other facilities; the number of other residents in those shared rooms in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 57014-22 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 57014-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to provide specialist gynaecology services for individuals with down syndrome.

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