PQ Responses - January 31st 2023

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PQ 3928-23 - Chris Andrews

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have acessed the accident and emergency services in Dublin as a result of alchol and drug misuse in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 3943-23 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to persons wishing to provide and train an autism assistance dog; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 3949-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health when workers in an out-of-hours health service (When will workers in South Doc receive the pandemic bonus) will receive the pandemic bonus.

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PQ 3951-23 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels within the Wexford CAMHS services; the vacancies that are presently available within the Wexford CAMHS services; the vacancies that are currently with the national recruitment services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 3952-23 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the current number of referrals for support services to Wexford CAMHS services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 3953-23 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals for support services to Wexford CAMHS services that were diverted to the child disability network team services in 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 3987-23 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the reason Corlough health centre, County Cavan was sold by the HSE; if efforts were made to re-establish health services at the centre; the sale price agreed for the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 3991-23 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a change in where patients are sent for a cardiologist outpatient appointment (It has been brought to our attention that referrals for this are now being sent to Drogheda. and if in the future a Cardiologist would be in place in Navan Hospital for appointment.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4017-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the services currently in place or that are planned to provide professional support to persons who are suffering with long-Covid and who are having difficulties with a return to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4029-23 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Health the number of child flu vaccine doses acquired by the HSE for the 2022-2023 winter period; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4030-23 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Health the number of child flu vaccine doses distributed by the HSE for flu for the 2022-2023 winter period; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4031-23 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Health the number of child flu vaccines which expired in January 2023; the number disposed of; the means of disposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4035-23 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the payment of pay increases under the terms of the public pay deal to home care assistants in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4047-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new primary care centre for County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4057-23 - John McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health when the payments due to community care homes will be made; and the reason for the delay, given that a commitment was issued to have the payments made before Christmas 2022.

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PQ 4063-23 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who completed radical radiotherapy treatment excluding palliative care patients in each month in each of the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 4068-23 - Michael Healy-Rae.

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will purchase a property (Edenburn Hospital, Tralee, Co.Kerry from 1937 to 1968, the house was used as a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients, from 1968 until its closure in 1988 the building was a convalescent home and hospital, catering mostly for orthopaedic patients and elderly patients. This property is now up for sale and I am asking that the Department seek to buy this property as I believe it can play a role in the counties health needs) in Tralee, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4100-23 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the capital investment and refurbishment investment by the HSE at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal in each of the years 2016 to 2023.

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PQ 4101-23 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health his long-term plans for the delivery of beds at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal.

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PQ 4102-23 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health when the new National Ambulance Service base at Buncrana, County Donegal will open.

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PQ 4105-23 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions for health professionals, in particular nurses, doctors and physiologists, created and filled, respectively in each hospital during 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4106-23 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health the type and location of beds he plans to open during 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4107-23 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new chronic disease management hub in Ennis in respect of services currently provided, the roll-out of additional services, and staffing details of the hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4108-23 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE ambulance dispatches that were recorded in County Clare during 2022; the number of occasions where ambulances arrived at scenes where the patient had already passed away; the hospitals which ambulances brought patients to; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4109-23 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources and personnel that have been deployed at Ennis Hospital in light of the decision to facilitate and treat non-urgent 112 and 999 patients being transported by ambulance to the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4136-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a matter involving the Mental Health Commission interim report into CAMHS ( in relation to the Mental Health Commission Interim report into CAMHS, about the risk that was communicated to the mental health operations team in January 2022, but was not on the National Risk Register, if his attention has been drawn to a matter involving the Mental Health Commission Interim report into CAMHS; this happening, if similar risks have not been escalated appropriately across the health service); if similar risks have not been escalated appropriately across the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4137-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that no risk for CAMHS was on the national risk register, following the publishing of the Maskey Report; the last time his office inspected the national risk register; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4138-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS consultant psychiatrists per CHO from 2017 to 2022, and to date in 2023; the number of vacant positions per CHO for the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4139-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated to CAMHS as a percentage of the health budget and the overall budget from 2017 to 2022, and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4140-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS per CHO that offer family-based therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, play therapy; if there are plans to provide these services where they are absent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4141-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS intellectual disability teams in place; the CHOs in which they are in place; the target number of teams; if he will provide an update on their roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4142-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the current number of forensic CAMHS teams in place; the target number of forensic CAMHS teams to be in place; the current and target numbers for forensic CAMHS inpatient beds and their expected opening dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4143-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS teams per CHO that offer out-of-hours mental health treatment; the reason that this has not been developed in CHOs despite the commitment to do so in the 2019 national service plan; the current progress of delivering this commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4144 -23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE survey of children’s health service stakeholders will take place in relation to page 18 of the Mental Health Commission interim report into CAMHS; the CHOs that are currently carrying out joint working and interagency meetings between children’s health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4145-23 Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of CHOs using telepsychiatry for CAMHS; if he will provide feedback on its use to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4146-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if there is a national standard for the monitoring of antipsychotic medication; if he will outline the process by which a national standard could be developed; the current standards followed; the enforcement of these standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4146-23 - Mark Ward

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PQ 4147-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of key workers within CAMHS; the percentage of CAMHS users who have a key worker assigned to them; the percentage of users who have a care plan in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4149-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases that are to be reviewed in the comprehensive lookback review into CAMHS in north Kerry; the reason for the delay in the calling of this review; if there was an overlap between the cases with risk in the Mental Health Commission’s interim report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4166-23 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances under which an individual may reapply for a primary medical certificate following a past refusal; if a certain time period must lapse; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4169-23 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health what the policy of Letterkenny University Hospital was regarding the determination of next-of-kin and capacity prior to the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 which came into effect in the same year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4170-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged zero to 18 years of age in each CHO by individual area, awaiting first-time intervention in all areas of early intervention; the number on the public list; the number on the CDNT list in each CHO in tabular form; and the length of time they are awaiting intervention by age.

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PQ 4171-23 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health if there are future plans to roll out dialectical behavioural therapy in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4172-23 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health how a person in County Clare can avail of dialectical behavioural therapy given there is no provision for that service in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4174 23 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health if there is a retrospective reimbursement for GP visits for children under six years in situations in which they did not have a GP visit card at the time of the consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4177-23 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a new consultant-led multidisciplinary CAMHS hub in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4199-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that visited the neurofibromatosis clinic at CHI Tallaght in the years 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 4200-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians working in each primary care centre in CHO9 as of 24 January 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 4201-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of warnings issued by hospitals advising patients with non-emergency conditions to seek assistance from other areas of the health services and to not attend their emergency department in 2022.

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PQ 4202-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through parking charges in public carparks areas within St James's Hospital in 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 4203-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant plastic surgeons attached to St Vincent's University Hospital in the years 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 4210-23 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who were funded for the Medtronic continuous glucose monitoring CGM sensors by the HSE; and the number who were over 21 years of age, for the years 2021 and 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 4211 23 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who were funded for Freestyle Libre Flash Glucose sensors by the HSE; and the number who were over 21 years of age, for the years 2021 and 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 4226-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reinstatement of the HSEs national director of mental health as reported in the media (https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41055557.html); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4235-23 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that transport is not provided to young adults with a disability attending day services (Brothers of Charity); the facilities that are in place to provide supports where the lack of transport will lead to a person with disabilities being excluded from attending any services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4236-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to be seen by child and adolescent mental health services by CHO and LHO in tabular form; and the length of time that persons are waiting to be seen.

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PQ 4267-23 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the plans to provide replacement GPs in a practice in County Tipperary when two GPs retire; the efforts being made to arrange new GPs for the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4287-23 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1645 of 18 January 2023, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of staff assigned to each CHO by an organisation (Allied Admissions); and the service-level agreements in place with regards to same-day admissions by the organisation, in tabular form.

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PQ 4308-23 - Kathleen Funchion

To ask the Minister for Health if there is any current investigation ongoing into the crisis facing recruitment in Carlow and Kilkenny’s children’s disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4313-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a governance structure for breastfeeding in primary care and acute hospitals divisions; if he will appoint dedicated full-time lactation consultants in each of the nine Community Health Organisations, according to population need; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4314-23 -Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a clear referral pathway for mothers requiring additional breastfeeding support before and after birth, to lactation consultants; his plans to implement evidence informed programmes and initiatives to promote breastfeeding, provide support and address barriers for women least likely to breastfeed, with a particular focus on young mothers under the age of 18 years and women in the Traveller community; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4324-23 - Sean Haughey

To ask the Minister for Health if workers on community employment schemes who worked in nursing and care homes throughout the Covid-19 pandemic as support staff (in maintenance, cleaners, catering and porters) are eligible to apply for the Covid-19 pandemic recognition payment; the person who should make an application on behalf of these workers if they are eligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4326-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the commitment outlined in the Programme for Government to examine the reinstatement of a national director for mental health in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4344-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update with regard to the payment of the pandemic recognition payment to workers in a location (Ardeevin House in Swords, Co. Dublin) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4355-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if he will guarantee the same level of services will be provided to people in addiction and their families following the closure of a resource centre (Loft Cabra Resource Centre); if he will guarantee the services that will be available in the Cabra area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4490-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans for the provision of services (details supplied) in Waterford; if so, when these plans will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4531-23 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on staffing at a facility (Eist Linn in Cork); and whether there will be a reduction in bed numbers in the facility.

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PQ 4535-23 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health the services that are presently being provided at the Ennis primary healthcare centre at Station Road, Ennis, County Clare; the additional staffing requirements that are required to facilitate full operations; when the centre will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4536-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on mental health staff numbers in a facility ( Éist Linn); the reported number of staff leaving; if CAMHS beds will be closed as a result of same; if so, the length of time that they will be closed; the steps being taken to replace these staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4553-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of times that the Health Service Executive sanctioned, suspended, terminated, or otherwise reprimanded a manager, employing body, or member of staff for workplace bullying in each of the years 2019 to 2022.

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PQ 4554-23 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of times that the Health Service Executive referred any cases of workplace bullying to the Health and Safety Authority in each of the years 2019 to 2022.

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PQ 4562-23 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that under-16s cannot currently be referred for a free MRI through the HSE; and if he plans to rectify this anomaly with immediate action.

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PQ 4566-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the prescribing practices for risperidone, the number of children prescribed the drug, the average prescribed dose; the number of adults prescribed risperidone, the average prescribed dose in each of the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4567-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the prescribing practices for risperidone; the average length of time a child is on this medication, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4611-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the minimum qualifications necessary to be employed as an assessment officer within a children’s disability network team; to detail the minimum qualifications necessary to be employed as an liaison officer within a children’s disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4612-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the communication and feedback process that is in place between the managers of children’s disability network teams and staff in these teams conducting assessments of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 4630-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of GMS panels frozen by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4631-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of GMS panels by town in County Kildare that are currently frozen; the duration of the freeze; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4650-23 - Imelda Munster

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies in mental health services and associated services in the HSE that are in the north-east, broken down by grade and category in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4657-23 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of suppliers of the contraceptive pill that have not yet signed up for the HSE’s contraceptive reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4658-23 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Health if a scheme can be put in place to enable women whose contraceptive pill suppliers have not signed up to the HSE reimbursement scheme to apply for reimbursement on an individual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4667-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if there is a standard list of work for those working as home helps, that should be carried out in the care of the person they are caring for; if so, if the list is available; if there have been changes in the work to be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4669-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position with the provision of a day-care centre (Monasterevin Day care centre) in County Kildare; when the centre will be ready; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4677-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who were admitted to adult mental health facilities per month in 2022, per CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4687-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 19 January 2023, the children’s disability network teams that have been provided with an information management system to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4728-23 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the appeal for payment of the pandemic recognition payment to home support resource managers in CHO5; the further timeframe that is expected on a decision on the appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ Responses - January 31st 2023