PQ Responses - September 20th 2022

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PQ 45428-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult medical card holders presently eligible for dental services under the dental treatment scheme in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45442-22 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners have been allocated to the new primary care centre in Ballyboden, Rathfarnhnam; if not, the reasons for the delay in appointing general practitioners to this centre; and if his attention has been drawn to there being an increasingly serious shortage of GP practices in Dublin South West.

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PQ 45443-22 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the latest HSE plans for a nursing home (Crooksling Nursing home in my constituency).

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PQ 45452-22 - Jennifer Whitemore

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that ambulances cannot transfer medically complex children to hospitals for appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45453-22 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Health the efforts that he is taking to ensure that children with medically complex needs are not waiting in hospital for long periods of time to receive an MRI scan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45454-22 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that medically complex children are transferred to adult services; the reason that there is no young adult level of care for medically complex children and children needing palliative care; if there are plans to provide services specific to children with medically complex needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45455-22 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to include support teams in hospitals for parents that spend long periods of time in hospital with their sick child; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45457-22 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Health if children with medically complex needs have to choose between a specially-adapted seat over a specialised bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45470-22 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE are going to pay a local community organisation (Health Centre, Killala, Co. Mayo, property and car park is owned by Killala Community Council Newstart Ltd, Killala, Co. Mayo) for the use of the car park and their property which is being used as a health centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45475-22 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health to list the engagements his Department and the HSE has had with Long Covid Ireland in 2021 and 2022.

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PQ 45482-22 - Reada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health the length of time that the review of funding for the Mater Hospital long-Covid clinic will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45517-22 - Reada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health if certain charges apply in the case of patients with long-Covid requesting their files from a hospital ("Please also be aware that in accordance with Section 27(4) of the FOI Act 2014 fees and charges may apply if “a significant number of records” are requested. Fees are only charged if the cost of the search/retrieval and copying charge is above €101. Fees are capped at €500. If fees apply, the means of the requester will be taken into account. Fee Charges: Search and Retrieval– €20 per hour. 4 cents per page for a photocopy, €10 per CD, €6 per x-ray." Hospital: Mater, Dublin ); if so, if in the circumstances of the pandemic, still ongoing, such charges could be waived; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45538-22 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health the financial allocation to respite services from the HSE by agency for persons with a disability in CHO6 for each of the years 2016 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 45540-22 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the infectious disease experts who were consulted in the development of the model of care in relation to long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45541-22 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which general practitioners will be upskilled to support long-Covid patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45542-22 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the neuro rehabilitations supports which are being made available for long-Covid patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45544-22 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the considerations that have been given to create a long-Covid clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45569-22 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to update the HSE guidelines on long-Covid to take into account research regarding the neurological symptoms of the disease; the engagement the HSE has had with infectious disease experts in the development of the Model of Care for long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45570-22 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the details of any training or advice currently provided to general practicioners with regard to supporting long-Covid patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45571-22 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the establishment of a centre for neurorehabilitation at the Mater Hospital, led by a team of neurorehabilitation specialists, neurologists, infectious diseases physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists and neurophysiotherapists, in order to improve treatment for patients of long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45582-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by his Department and state agencies and bodies under the Department’s remit.

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PQ 45617-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 764 of 12 July 2022, the current status of the recruitment of the approved whole-time equivalent senior dietitian post for the Wexford CAMHS services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45618-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the recruitment of a senior speech and language therapist to the children's disability network team service in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45619-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the recruitment of an occupational therapist to the children's disability network team service in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45620-22 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the current number of vacancies within the children's disability network team service in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45627-22 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health further to the funding that was provided in November 2021 for dedicated principal social work posts for adult safeguarding in each of the seven hospital groups, if he will seek a full update on the current status of the posts; if they have been filled; if job descriptions have been set out; if so, if a copy of same can be provided; if he will outline the assurances that are in place to ensure consistency of practice across these roles; if he will provide any other relevant details on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45636-22 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department records the number of Covid-19 vaccine doses procured by the Government which have expired without being used; and if so, the details of these expirations, broken down by vaccine type, in tabular form.

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PQ 45667-22 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health if the drug gammacore which is recommended by a consultant for the treatment of chronic and cluster headaches is being considered for approval; if not, if it will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45677-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the dates that the members of the national HSE executive management team were offered first-dose Covid-19 vaccines in 2021 as part of the national roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine programme to HSE staff; if the executive management team was notified in writing or by phone of the vaccine schedule being offered to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45678-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the management personnel in the HSE who had responsibility for the scheduling of first-dose Covid-19 vaccines to executive HSE managers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45754-22 - Sean Canney

To ask the Minister for Health when an invitation to tender for home support services will be published; when tender arrangements will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45799-22 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which pharmacies will be reimbursed for medications and items distributed under the free contraception scheme.

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PQ 45833-22 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to providing an increase of €600,000 in annual investment in the National Multiple Sclerosis Care Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45834-22 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase sustainable funding for national physiotherapy services for people with Multiple Sclerosis, and other neurological conditions totalling €880,000 per annum across all 9 Community Healthcare Organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45841-22 - Aengus Ó Snodaigh

To ask the Minister for Health if and when the new weight loss injections may be covered under the drug payment scheme card (The drug referred to is Ozempic, which costs just over €200 a month. A constituent of mine who need this will not be able to afford it.).

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PQ 45843-22 - Aodhan O Riordain

To ask the Minister for Health the number of those who are waiting for home care packages in CHO 9, broken down by each of the three geographical areas within CHO 9.

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PQ 45862-22 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent vacancies by job title currently in the minor injuries unit at Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel; when each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form

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PQ 45864-22 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time community nurses in County Tipperary in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 45887-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of radiologists to perform diagnostic tests working in each of the individual symptomatic breast disease clinics in each of the years 2012 to 2022 respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45888-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health when the national lymphoedema clinical guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45891-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for when the business case submitted by the Mater Hospital seeking the resources required for the continued support of their long-Covid Clinic will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 45894-22 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the current number of children and young people referred by the HSE to the Tavistock Centre in London for treatment as of August 2022.

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PQ 45907-22 - Christopher O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will retain the 18-bed capacity at the centre for mental health care in Bantry and reject the recommendation of the Mental Health Commission to reduce the capacity to 11 beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46005-22 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are waiting for ophthalmology treatment by county as of 15 September 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 46039-22 - Brendan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the necessary preparatory work including planning and design will be progressed, without delay, in relation to the provision of much-needed facilities at a health care centre (provision of an oncology unit at cavan general hospital as the present accommodation used for these services is totally inadquate and outdated) in view of the present inadequate accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ Responses - September 20th 2022