PQ Responses - February 21st 2023

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PQ 8061-23 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend financial cover for stem cell therapy to patients with multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8066-23 - Mary Loe McDonald

To ask the Minister for Health the support offered by the HSE to a nursing home (the Health Service Executive offered to provide the nursing home with additional staffing or any other type of support during the period of the pandemic from January 2020 to date. CareChoice Ballynoe. Whites Cross. Ballynoe. Co. Cork); the dates on which the support was first and subsequently offered by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8078-23 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health when the tendering process will next open for the transport of patients for dialysis and other treatments to hospitals in the HSE mid-west region, particularly north Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8169-23 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the respiratory assessment unit at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; the current update on the project; and if a contract has been signed.

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PQ 8170-23 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the works planned for the maternity unit at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; and the stage that works are at.

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PQ 8171-23 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the works planned for the paediatric unit at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; and the stage that works are at.

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PQ 8172-23 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the works planned at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise or currently ongoing; and the overall budget allocation for capital works at the hospital.

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PQ 8201-23 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the vaccination centres that are currently available in the Dublin north central area for the MMR vaccine programme; if additional and alternative test centres will be provided in the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8222-23 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who attended pigmented skin lesion clinics on a quarterly basis between 2013 and 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8223-23 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the number and proportion of people who attended pigmented skin lesion clinics within the recommended timeframe on a quarterly basis between 2013 and 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8224-23 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the number and proportion of people who attended pigmented skin lesion clinics to be diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer and non-melanoma skin cancer through these clinics on a quarterly basis between 2013 and 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8225-23 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the projected annual cost to provide free nicotine replacement therapy to all those enrolled in HSE smoking cessation programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8226-23 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE to tackle tobacco use in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8227-23 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health his plans for population-wide education and health awareness on the use of e-cigarettes and or similar products; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8228-23 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated amount to the State to extend the HPV vaccination catch-up programme to males up to the age of 25 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8263-23 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for a gallium scan; the hospitals in which these scans are performed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8264-23 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in each acute medical unit, acute medical assessment unit, medical short-stay unit and acute surgical assessment unit, broken down by unit for each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8265-23 - Jennifee Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health the funding for HSE dental services in the past three years in counties Kilkenny and Carlow; the number of children waiting for dental services in Kilkenny and Carlow; their waiting times; the locations in which children in the counties can have orthodontic treatment carried out; the number of orthodontists available to the HSE in this area; the criteria being applied that determines whether a child qualifies for HSE-funded orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8266-23 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding provided for tobacco cessation services from 2017 to 2022, in tabular form; the budget allocated in 2023 for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8278-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the individual CDNT teams in each CHO area that has a dietitian on its team; and the case load per dietitian, per CDNT team, in tabular form.

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PQ 8313-23 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available through the National Service Plan to develop a second respite house for adults with intellectual disabilities in south Kerry (Following up from raising this matter previously, I am now asking that funding be made available through the national service plan. To develop a second respite house for adults with intellectual disabilities in South Kerry which would cover Killarney and Mid-Kerry areas and could the Minister make a statement in the matter. Please note, this is not a repeat of PQ ref no. 5999-23 as this is a direct request for the finance to be made available as required.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8331-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults who have been transferred to inpatient mental health facilities in Britain and the North of Ireland from 2014 to date in 2023, in tabular form; the number and location of such facilities; the amount which has been spent on this care for each facility

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PQ 8332-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults who have been transferred to inpatient mental health facilities in other countries due to a lack of capacity in the State from 2014 to date in 2023, in tabular form; the number and location of such facilities; and the amount which has been spent on this care for each facility.

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PQ 8340-23 - Mick Barry

To ask the Minister for Health if public adult ADHD services will be available in the CH04 area in Cork; if he will report on waiting lists for public ADHD assessments in CH04 and nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8355-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant maxillofacial surgeons working in St James's Hospital in the years of 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 8356-23 -Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist with a special interest in psychiatry of learning disability based in County Kildare in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 8467-23 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to use a facility (Áras Attracta complex in Swinford, County Mayo.) as suitable accommodation for families or individuals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8471-23 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting a care plan in each month since January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8472-23 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health his views on the adequacy of transitionary care for adults with intellectual disabilities upon attaining the age of 18 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8494-23 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of assessment of needs applications overdue, broken down by CHO or other relevant geographical designation, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8495-23 - Marc Ó Cathasaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of assessment of needs applications overdue, banded by length of time that the application is overdue, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8527-23 - Frank Feighan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of sessions that are currently operating at Sligo University Hospital for dental services under anaesthesia per week.

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PQ 8528-23 - Frank Feighan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietician vacancies currently within the primary care services in Sligo; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form.

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PQ 8536-23 - Denise Mitchell

To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that children in schools in Dublin north central are being asked to travel to Swords to receive their MMR vaccines; the rationale for this; the reason they cannot be facilitated within schools; if he is concerned that some children will not receive this vaccination as they are unable to travel; if there are plans to facilitate these children otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8592-23 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the length of time it takes KOSI to process and issue payment on employer claims for the pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8615-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to regulate private providers of assessment of need for children and young people.

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PQ 8616-23 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the number of beds available at Ennis medical assessment unit; the number of those that have been ringfenced for 999 transfers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8667-23 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of application for the vacant GP position in Blarney; if a successful candidate has been chosen; and when the surgery will reopen.

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PQ 8677-23 - Michael Creed

To ask the Minister for Health the status of a funding request received from HSE south for community ophthalmology services at a location (Ballincollig, Co. Cork); if funding will be provided for this initiative in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8733-23 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on the average response times of ambulances in County Roscommon; and the number of ambulances ordinarily based at each location, in tabular form.

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PQ 8734-23 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the level of staffing of clinical pharmacists in the HSE; the optimum target staffing in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8747-23 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the extension project to the emergency department at Mayo University Hospital; the timeline for the commencement of construction and project completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8748-23 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide on update on the replacement of the CT scanner at Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8750-23 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of vacancies of medical professionals in Mayo University Hospital; the amount of time the position has been vacant, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8751-23 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE requires photographic ID to access information concerning breached data; and where the data processing plan for these IDs can be found.

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PQ 8752-23 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the reason it has taken the HSE two years to inform people that their data was breached.

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PQ 8774-23 - Denise Mitchell

To ask the Minister for Health the maximum capacity of residential beds for people with intellectual disabilities in Dublin; and the number of those bed currently occupied broken down by CHO, in tabular form.

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PQ 8775-23 - Denise Mitchell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours available to adults with intellectual disabilities in Dublin; if there are any plans to increase the number of respite hours available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8807-23 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in implementing agreed pay rises for current and retired healthcare workers; the number of healthcare workers this affects; when he expects these delays to be overcome; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8809-23 - Eamon O'Cuiv

To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons aged 0-24 years of age who have travelled outside of the Republic of Ireland for specialised cancer treatment not available in Ireland in 2022 via the HSE treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8810-23 - Éamon Ó CuÍv

To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card applications under MC1(b) for any child under 18 years with a diagnosis of cancer within the past five years from 2019 to date; when the terms of this medical card lapse: the supports that are in place to cover the costs of medical treatment for adult survivors of childhood cancer, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8812-23 - Eamon O'Cuiv

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on a waiting list for a mastectomy in each of the years 2018 to 2022, by each waiting time period, in each hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8813-23 - Éamon Ó Cuív

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on a waiting list for breast reconstruction surgery in each of the years 2018, to 2022, by each waiting time period, in each hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8816-23 - Éamon Ó Cuív

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have previously been diagnosed with breast cancer who are currently recommended to undergo regular follow-up mammograms; the number currently waiting for a follow-up mammogram appointment, by each waiting time period, in each of the designated centres, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8817-23 - Éamon Ó Cuív

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been previously diagnosed with bowel cancer who are currently recommended to undergo regular follow-up colonoscopies; the number and proportion of this group currently waiting for a follow up colonoscopy appointment, by each waiting time period, in each of the designated cancer centres, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8837-23 - Peter Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reviewing the contracts for private homecare companies currently contracted by the HSE for home help hours ( The Home Care Agency tends to loose staff as there are inequities in contracts:There are no allowances for travelling expenses or mileage and as a result when tenders are completed and the successful HSE tenderer reach capacity, what happens is, other companies are employed at higher rates.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8841-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he will identify the seven audits into CAMHS that were referenced at the Oireachtas sub-Committee on Mental Health recently; the stages they are at; when are they due to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8843-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the interim ICT system that CAMHS will be operating for electronic case file management; when this will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8851-23 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health if services currently situated at a site (Parents of students advise they understand disability services on site at Scoil Mochua CRC, Clondalkin Dublin 22 are to be moved to the Boot Road Primary Care Centre in September 2023. They advise Minister for State Rabitte provided a guarantee the school would retain their services on site.) are to be moved to an alternative location; and the reason this is the case, given a guarantee was provided to the initial site in relation to retention of services.

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PQ 8906-23 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the decision basis on which of the 24 integrated consultant posts in enhanced community care hubs, only 12 were funded, with 12 unfunded; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ Responses - February 21st 2023