PQ Responses - October 11th 2022

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PQ 49495-22 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to situations with regard to children and young people who are discharged from CAHMS where these patients are referred to a HSE healthcare centre or day hospital to be seen by a psychologist which often have long waiting lists; if he will advise the supports that are in place to prevent the patient waiting for extended periods without a doctor appointment or prescription for medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49512-22 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide updated figures on the number of whole-time equivalent psychologist positions filled in CAMHS given that only 92.3 of the 190 positions recommend in the vision for change model 15 years ago have been filled as of February 2022.

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PQ 49513-22 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Health the supports that his Department and HSE are putting in place to ensure that sufficient educational and child psychologists are being trained and retained to tackle staffing issues within CAMHS.

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PQ 49521-22 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to a project (New Primary Care Centre, Hazelhill, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo.); if the construction work has recommenced; the estimated timeframe for when the facility will be completed in light of the construction downtime; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49537-22 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds that are in the mental health unit at Roscommon County Hospital; if there is a waiting list; the extent of same; the average time spent by a person on the waiting list; the current staffing levels in the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49586-22 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health the no-show rates at chemotherapy appointments at each of the designated cancer centres in each of the years 2017 to 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 49658-22 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the current 12 month wait times for each children's disability networkt team in CHO9 that is, the number of children that are waiting for one, two, three, four and five plus years.

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PQ 49660-22 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for the post of paediatric neurology consultant at University Hospital Limerick; the length of time that these positions have been vacant for; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49661-22 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions for the post of paediatric neurology consultant at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49662-22 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in the post of paediatric neurology consultant in each model 4 hospital in Ireland in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49663-22 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the services that are currently being provided in each primary care centre in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49727-22 - Sean Canney

To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to remove carer’s payments from the income calculations for over 70s medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49764-22 - Mary Lou McDonald

To ask the Minister for Health the average length spent on the waiting list for PrEP after a referral has been sent to the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49826-22 - Jim O Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the funding that is available within his Department for charitable organisations that provide support for persons suffering from mental health illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49835-22 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that his Department is taking in order to ensure that there is consistency across all level 4 hospitals in relation to the provision of insulin pump therapy to adults, given that University Hospital Waterford is not providing insulin pump therapy to adults and does not offer treatment to adult patients who are using the therapy, resulting in those who have been receiving the therapy in the paediatric department having to transfer to other overstretched level 4 diabetes units in hospitals outside of the area once they reach the age of 18 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49837-22 - Marc O' Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recruitment of a diabetes podiatrist in University Hospital Waterford, given the estimated three-year waiting list to see a community diabetes podiatrist; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49845-22 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the consideration that would be given by his Department and the HSE to screening for vancomycin resistant enterococci in respect of all hospital patients on admission ( as the HSE website states: VRE can cause a serious infection if they get into the blood, bladder or body tissues); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49846-22 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 21 September 2022, if the families of residents whose files were sent to a legal firm (Service provider - Sunbeam House - Legal firm - Arthur Cox) were informed of same; if other residents were illegally restrained; if other residents were discharged from this residential setting if it was found that they had been illegally restrained; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49852-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities to date for July, August and September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49853-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who submitted claims under the dental treatment services scheme for each month in 2022 to date, by CHO and LHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49854-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on community healthcare waiting lists for each primary care service for July, August and September 2022 in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49855-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on disability service waiting lists by CHO; and the length of time they have been waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 49856-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting list by CHO and by length of wait, in tabular form.

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PQ 49874-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of scheduled care cancellations by appointment type, in the months of July, August, and September 2022 by hospital group and hospital in tabular form; the cause of cancellations that is, hospital initiated, patient initiated and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49876-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who waited 0-6, 6-12, 12-24, 24-36, 36-48, and 48 plus hours for admission via an emergency department or whichever time bands are available to the HSE, for each emergency department, in July, August, and September 2022, in tabular form; the number of patients aged over 60 and over 75; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49877-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the State wide mean, median, and maximum time to admission via an emergency department for all patients under 75, and 75 plus years of age for July, August, and September 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49879-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis waiting for a procedure at the end of August and at the end of September 2022; the number waiting greater than six months and 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49880-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with spina bifida waiting for an orthopaedic or urology procedure at the end of August and at the end of September 2022; the number waiting greater than six months and 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49881-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer related appointment by appointment type cancelled in July, August and September 2022, for each hospital in tabular form; if he will request the information from each hospital as required; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49883-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department post-registration but pre-admission in the month of July, August and September 2022, by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49922-22 - Nessa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons attending University Limerick Hospital Group adult diabetes service and using insulin pump therapy to manage their condition;; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49923-22 - Nessa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons attending University Limerick Hospital Group paediatric diabetes service and using insulin pump therapy to manage their condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49924-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the directive or clinical recommendations that the HSE gives its medical consultants for prescribing insulin pumps for adults diagnosed with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49925-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who are awaiting a first appointment to the adult outpatients diabetes clinic in any of the UL Hospital Group hospitals; the number of persons waiting for time periods (0-6m, 6-12m, 12-18m, 18-24m, 2-4y, 4-5y, 5-6y, 6-7y, and 7+ years) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49926-22 - NeAsa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the process employed by UL Hospitals Group in moving persons from the waiting list to the adult outpatients diabetes clinic list; the way in which the waiting list is monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49927-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent posts in consultant endocrinologists, advanced nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, staff nurses and dietitians currently in the UL Hospital Group’s diabetes service and in each of the Group's hospitals in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49929-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the frequency with which the adult diabetes clinic is run; and the number of speciality diabetes clinics that are run, including a young adult clinic, type 1 adult clinic, type 2 clinic and a diabetes podiatry clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49933-22 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all section 39 funded organisations in 2021 and 2022 respectively, in tabular form; the amount of funding awarded to each; the way that the funding allocation for each makes provision for pay, terms and conditions of the staff employed in each; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49986-22 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the current average waiting times for each of the children's disability network teams in CHO8.

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PQ 49987-22 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the current number of scans and x-rays awaiting reading by a radiologist at the Ireland East Hospital Group by hospital.

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PQ 50033-22 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on waiting times for assessments of children with autism in Dún Laoghaire; the number of children waiting for such an assessment; the number of assessments conducted and completed in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50062-22 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health the name, address, service provider and area served for each of the children's disability network teams in CH09.

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PQ 50074-22 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time faecal immunochemical test teams in each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50075-22 - Violet Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged under 18 years with an intellectual or sensory disability currently referred and waiting to be seen by HSE disabilities and special needs’ services in County Clare; the type of services that they are waiting to attend in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50087-22 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered replacing the ambulance on Arranmore island for a newer model in order that the ambulance can spend more time on the island and less time on the mainland getting repaired; if a replacement ambulance has been considered; if so, when this change is likely to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50088-22 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health when Arranmore island will be assigned a full-time public health nurse to replace the island’s full-time public health nurse who retired in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50118-22 - John Paul Phelan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of female patients in Dóchas suffering with mental health conditions awaiting a specialist bed; the length of time that each has been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50120-22 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of domestic flights in his Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department.

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PQ 50161-22 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification on a matter (Why there aren’t shower facilities available to patients in the Clonfert (Covid) Ward at University Hospital Kerry. This is an essential facility for patients on this ward. They need to be able to shower themselves.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50178-22 - Willie O'Dea

To ask the Minister for Health the requirements which need to be met in order that the University of Limerick Hospitals Group can offer insulin pump therapy as a treatment option for adults with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50181-22 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider funding a new procurement process and funding stream for private companies to tender to help with recruitment of much needed nurses and doctors from countries such as India given that many nursing homes avail of the services of new companies who specialise in this field and have helped them attract talent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50182-22 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available in north and east Cork by institution and setting in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50193-22 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the ambulance response times relative to key performance indicators for ECHO and DELTA callouts for the months of July, August, and September 2022 nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form.

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PQ 50195-22 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of services in an area (Status of paediatric speech therapy and audiology services in the Belmullet area of County Mayo.); if alterative arrangements are being made to provide the services in that locality; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50223-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that are waiting on a CDNT appointment in CHO DNCC; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50224-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that are waiting on a primary care speech and language therapy appointment in CHO DNCC; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50225-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children children that are waiting on a primary care occupational therapy appointment in CHO DNCC; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50226-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that are waiting on a CAMHS appointment in CHO DNCC; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50227-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for a patient referred for oncology care in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50228-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for a patient referred for oncology care in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50229-22 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that are currently waiting for ERCP throughout the HSE system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50259-22 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the current average wait time for a chest x-ray in Nenagh General Hospital, from the point of referral until the x-ray is carried out; the reason that the time that a patient is expected to wait following referral has apparently increased from two to eight weeks; the way in which he plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50263-22 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider offering adult medical card holders the option to be assessed and treated by community audiologists who already provide care to working age adults under the Department of Social Protection's treatment benefit scheme given that 34,000 children were waiting more than one year to access community health services, including ophthalmology and audiology, which could free up 12,500 treatment pathways per annum for children and adults with other forms of hearing loss who require the more specialised services of a HSE clinic or hospital audiology service (94% of adults with hearing loss have simple age-related hearing loss which can be treated by community audiologists.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50274-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that his Department has in place to have a bike station installed on the grounds of Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50275-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time National Ambulance Service staff based in County Wexford in each of the years 2019 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 50276-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time theatre nurses working in Wexford General Hospital in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if the current staff number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50279-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons approved for homecare supports in County Wexford who are currently waiting on delivery of support hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50343-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces within his Department and the workplaces of public bodies and agencies under his remit, including a list of said buildings which do and do not have these facilities.

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PQ 50374-22 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health if any of the 12 newly established CDNTs for the Dublin north city and county service serve the areas of Drumcondra, Phibsboro, South Glasnevin, Smithfield and the Quays area of the north inner city.

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PQ 50375-22 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to set up CDNTs for the Dublin north city and county areas, to provide services to children with complex additional needs and their families; and the timelines that are in place for same.

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PQ 50378-22 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health if any national guidelines and circulars or other written instructions related to best practice exist in relation to the way that individual CDNTs should operate services and waiting lists for the two different pathways of children (children who were on existing disability services waiting lists such as early intervention, school age teams and in many cases, not receiving any services and waiting for many years versus children going through the AON process since services were reconfigured, some of which may have highly complex needs); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 50379-22 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline information in relation to newly established collaborative efforts between HSE children's disability services and education to examine if services to children with complex additional needs and their families has been rolled out in all up and running CDNTs to date; and when and how such a collaboration will be evaluated in the future.

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PQ Responses - October 11th 2022