PQ Responses - July 25th 2023

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PQ 35604-23 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the work of the National Vaginal Mesh Implant Oversight Group; and if the group will report in Q3 of 2023.

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PQ 35620-23 - Jim O'Callaghan front page preview

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of savings that have been achieved under the best value biologic medicines scheme and gain share initiative in each year since its establishment; the full-year costs in each year of the gain share initiative; whether this initiative is still in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35637-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the reason school therapists have not started in a school (Carrigaline Community Special School); and the date they will start.

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PQ 35638-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of therapists assigned to each special school in the State; the number of posts vacant and filled; and the number of therapy hours in use as of July 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 35639-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of respite beds allocated to a school ( Carrigaline Community Special School) since 30 May 2023.

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PQ 35655-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth when a school (Carrigaline Community Special School) will receive the in-school therapists which were promised by his Department to be in place by May 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35656-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if his Department will provide a school (Carrigaline Community Special School) with access to the waiting list for overnight respite services; the actions his Department is taking to ensure that regardless of patronage, all special schools have equal access to waiting lists for disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35657-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of overnight respite beds in Cork at present; whether his Department will consider expanding the number of beds available as a matter or urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35701-23 - Aindrias Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health the current level of mental health supports available for persons with eating disorders in the County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35705-23 -Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the closing down of congregated settings (Minister I wish to once again make a humble request, one size does not fit all. When it comes to people with intellectual or physical disabilities is there any possibility that the Government would review the policy of closing down congregated settings e.g St Mary's of the Angels in Beaufort, Co Kerry.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35729-23 - Paul Kehoe

To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reopening a health centre (Donard Health Centre, Donard , Co. Wicklow); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35758-23 - Sean Canney

To ask the Minister for Health the number of neo-natal deaths that have been registered which included premature delivery or termination of pregnancy as a cause of death and in cases in which a condition was present affecting the foetus that was likely to lead to the death of the foetus either before or within 28 days of birth.

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PQ 35760-23 - Willie O'Dea

To ask the Minister for Health the number of family planning centres in the country to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35780-23 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres in use in each of the maternity hospitals within Dublin, in tabular form.

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PQ 35783-23 - Paul Donnelly.

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of WTE clinical psychologists and senior medical social workers based at Blakestown and Blanchardstown children's disability network teams in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 35804-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications that were made for ceiling hoists in CHO1 in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35811-23 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health how many new contracts for whole-time equivalents in maternity hospitals have included a responsibility to perform terminations of pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35854-23 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health if he will list the various staff responsible for fire prevention in Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; if he will supply the respective full job descriptions of the staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35855-23 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health if he will list the various staff responsible for fire prevention in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda, St. James's Hospital Dublin and St. Vincent's Hospital Dublin; if he will supply the respective full job descriptions of the staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35873-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the areas of Cork and Kerry currently served by primary care psychology services; the locations of these services; and the population areas served by each, in tabular form.

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PQ 35874-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the areas of Cork and Kerry which do not have primary care psychology services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35875-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the current wait times for each individual children/adolescent primary care psychology service in Cork and Kerry; the number of individuals on each waiting list, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35876-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the current wait times for each individual adult primary care psychology service in Cork and Kerry; the number of individuals on each waiting list, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35877-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists employed by each primary care psychology service in Cork and Kerry, by grade, in tabular form.

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PQ 35878-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health if there are separate waiting lists for intervention following assessment in primary care psychology services; and if so, the wait times for each service in Cork and Kerry, in tabular form.

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PQ 35880-23 - Joe McHugh

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the Drumboe residential respite centre, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35881-23 - Mick Barry

To ask the Minister for Health to outline what engagements he has had with a group ( Mesh Survivors Ireland. Mesh Survivors Ireland are a group established to assist those who have complications from vaginal mesh implants.); when he expects the national vaginal mesh implant oversight group to reveal its findings; if he intends to put in place a scheme to fully redress the survivors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35882-23 - Joe McHugh

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if posts ( Speech and Language Therapist -2; O.T -2.5 ; Physiotherapy -1; Psychology -3; Community Facilitator -1) in Donegal have been advertised externally; the frequency of interviews for such posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35884-23 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the current wait times for surgery in Cork University Dental School and Hospital; the number of individuals on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35899-23 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise which hospital has a MRI machine that is compatible with a pace-maker in order for a patient who has this fitted to have a MRI completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35901-23 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 663 of 7 March 2023 and 610 of9 May 2023, when staff from an agency (Matrix Recruitment), who worked as clerical staff at Mullingar Regional Hospital, will receive their Covid-19 special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35902-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 707 of 27 June 2023, if he will provide the public procurement rules that allow a tree-removal company which has been offered a substantial commercial contract by a State entity to remove 70 trees from Merlin Woods, Galway can have its identity concealed under the pretext of protecting its privacy rights; the name of the contractor; if an independent arborist assessment was carried out; if so, the name of that company or individual; the names of the other contractors who offered quotes for the works and the sums involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35903-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 664 of 20 June 2023, his plans to address the fact that 33% of HSE employees responding to the most recent 'Your Opinion Counts' staff survey report that they have experienced bullying or harassment by a senior colleague when basic data is not maintained by the organisation regarding number of grievance and dignity at work cases submitted by employees or wait-times for hearings; how HSE employees facing the daunting prospect of such grievance and dignity at work cases can be protected (if, as suggested in the response to the question, "the complaints are made to appropriate service managers and the management of these is the responsibility of line managers. The cases may never come to the attention of employee relations officers", given that the service managers themselves may be the subject of the complaints); and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 35904-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown, by CHO for 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, the legal costs incurred by the HSE for legal advice and/or representation on grievance and dignity at work cases submitted by employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35905-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the position of the HSE regarding covering legal costs for either, in cases where HSE staff members of equal rank are involved in a grievance or dignity at work case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35906-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the position of the HSE regarding covering legal costs for either party, in cases where HSE staff members of different rank are involved in a grievance or dignity at work case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35907-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health how the HSE decides whether it will cover legal costs for an employee involved in a grievance or dignity at work case, either as a plaintiff or a defendant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35908-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the legal costs incurred by the HSE in 2021, 2022 and 2023 involving grievance or dignity at work cases taken by employees against other HSE employees; the percentage of cases where the HSE covered the costs of the plaintiff in each year; the percentage of cases where it covered the costs of the defendant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35911-23 - Sean Canney

To ask the Minister for Health when public ADHD services will be available in the Tuam area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35913-23 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 662 of 7 March 2023, when staff from an agency (details supplied) will receive their Covid-19 special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35920-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed within the health service by categories ( Schedule: 1. Consultants; 2. Medical/other; 3. NCHDs; 4. Nurse Managers; 5. Nurse Specialists; 6. Staff Nurses; 7. Public Health Nurses; 8. Nursing Students; 9. Nursing/other; 10. Therapists; 11. Health and Social Care/Other; 12. Management; 13. Clerical and Administrative; 14. Ambulance; 15. Care Staff; 16. Support Services.) for each year from 1 January 2014 to 30 June 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35936-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of service users that have attended Monasterevin day care centre in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the days of the week that this day care centre is opened, in tabular form.

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PQ 35937-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2024 if 25 additional WTE suicide crisis assessment nurses were recruited.

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PQ 35938-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric plastic surgeons attached to CHI Crumlin and CHI Temple Street in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the hours per week in which these surgeons are based in the hospitals, in tabular form.

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PQ 35940-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, currently in the regional specialists memory clinics at both St. James's Hospital and Tallaght University Hospital; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form.

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PQ 35948-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of WTE occupational therapists and speech and language therapists part of north Kildare children's disability network teams in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 35960-23 - John Paul Phelan.

To ask the Minister for Health whether his Department is developing national clinical guidelines for type 2 diabetes mellitus; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35964-23 - John Paul Phelan

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the commitment in the HSEs National Service Plan 2023 to roll-out 30 new specialist teams for the management of chronic diseases, which includes T2DM in communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35965-23 - John Paul Phelan

To ask the Minister for Health the funding streams available for diabetes care for women with gestational diabetes mellitus; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35970-23 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims for the combined termination procedure and aftercare made to the HSE via the primary care reimbursement scheme which were successfully remunerated in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35986-23 - Michael Lowry

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth for clarification and detailed information regarding the current staffing levels in the children's disability network team 5 within community healthcare organisation 5 ( I kindly request the following; can the Minister confirm the number of full-time speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, and clinical nurses currently employed in the Children's Disability Network Team 5 in CHO5); if he will outline any plans or initiatives that are being put in place to address potential staffing shortages or challenges within the children's disability network team 5; if he will provide further insight and updates regarding the staffing situation in the children's disability network team 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36013-23 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthodontic procedures undertaken at the CUH Dental Hospital since 1 March 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36014-23 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the current wait time for an orthodontic procedure at the CUH Dental Hospital, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36067-23 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the refurbishments or replacements completed since 2020 in each of the public nursing homes; the number of additional beds provided in each facility, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36069-23 - Brendan Smith

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth when additional places will be provided in a training centre ( the need to increase the number of trainee places in Drumlin House Training Centre, Cootehill, Co Cavan) due to increased demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36089-23 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 736 of 20 June 2023, if he will provide an update with respect to HSE safety net service and the need for the rollout of an awareness campaign to make people aware as many people are going without care; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36104-23 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 30 May 2023, where he referenced the National Service Plan and delivery of additional 70,320 PA hours, how many more hours are needed to allow PWD to determine the supports that they need; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36106-23 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 627 of 24 January 2023, the reason that the number of HSE health care support assistants in County Clare is significantly lower than every other county in CHO3; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36162-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of respite beds currently available in County Kildare for children with disabilities; and the proposals to increase these numbers.

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PQ 36165-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if the HSE is operating a protocol whereby correspondence from a solicitor in relation to a child awaiting an assessment of need report under Section 8 or a service statement under Section 11 of the Disability Act 2005 are prioritised and completed out of the chronological basis the applications were received; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36173-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will ringfence dedicated funding to finance an urgent review of open cases across all Child and Adult Mental Health Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36180-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the up-to-date position in respect of the proposed building of a helicopter pad in Cork University Hospital, for which planning permission has been granted; if further public consultation is planned with immediate residents to alleviate concerns during construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36190-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health to detail the level of absenteeism due to Covid recorded in each hospital and healthcare setting, in tabular form.

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PQ 36247-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant optometry and ophthalmology roles in primary care services in CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36248-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 23 March 2023, if the process of developing a workforce plan for children's disability network teams has been completed; if so, the details of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36249-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 735 of 31 January 2023, the number of children's disability network teams that have been provided with the national information management system to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36250-23 -Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 614 of 30 May 2023, of the 610 development posts that have been allocated to Children's Disability Network Teams (CDNTs) since 2019, the number of which have been filled; the number of staff in Children's Disability Network Teams (CDNTs) in the same period who have retired or resigned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36251-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 614 of 30 May 2023, of the 180 additional staff awaiting approval for 2024, the number of HSCP and the number of administrative staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36252-23 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health with respect to the dissemination of information to all staff in health and social care services and following the non-disclosure of a serious incident in a care facility, if he will take immediate action to inform and/or remind all health and social care services that a person shall be guilty of an offence if they fail without reasonable excuse to disclose offences set out in Schedule 2 of the Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (2012 Act) (List of Schedule 2 offences attached); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36253-23 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health to further confirm to health and social care services that there is no prohibition under either the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) or the Data Protection Act 2018 (2018 Act) from sharing information where processing (sharing) is necessary to prevent injury or other damage including damage to the property of a person or otherwise to protect the vital interests of a person (Section 55(b)(iv) of the 2018 Act); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36259-23 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing breakdown at West Kerry Community Hospital; how this compares with the numbers at the start of 2023; if extra beds will be opened at the hospital; what specific efforts are being made to recruit new nurses at the hospital; the breakdown of details of advertisements that have been made in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36282-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health to provide the breakdown between alcohol and drugs treatment beds in each alcohol and drug treatment centre provided by NGOs, for-profit providers and directly by the State, in tabular form.

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PQ 36322-23 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children waiting to attend or attending the Cashel children disability network team that have a diagnosis of autism, broken down by the age groups of 0-4 years, 5-12 years and 13-17 years old.

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PQ 36323-23 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of people on disability services waiting lists for each service type, excluding children disability network teams as of 17 July 2023.

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PQ 36330-23 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant and registrar posts, by speciality, that are currently vacant at Galway University Hospital; and when each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form.

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PQ 36331-23 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title, working in the accident and emergency department at University Hospital Limerick; the number of vacancies, by job title; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form.

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PQ 36368-23 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health if there are any further plans by representatives of the National Ambulance Service to travel to Israel; if future proposals in this regard will be re-evaluated considering the ongoing breaches of international law by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36375-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the progress in developing national gender clinics and multidisciplinary teams here for those under the age of 18 years; if a consultant psychiatrist in child and adolescent psychiatry has been recruited to develop the service; if recruitment of a consultant psychiatrist is necessary to develop this service; the reasons this is necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36387-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on audiology waiting lists, by age and region, as of July 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36388-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on speech and language therapy waiting lists, by age and region, as of July 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36389-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health to detail the location of all services available for adults with cerebral palsy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36410-23 - Michael Lowry

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if he will outline the total budget allocated for the regional assessment of needs teams; how many children are projected to have their assessments of need completed by these regional teams by the year-end; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36423-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients, segmented by gender and age, that attended the out-of-hours GP services in an area (details supplied) in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the general times attended in that service, in tabular form.

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PQ 36424-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients, segmented by gender and age, that attended the out-of-hours GP services in an area (SouthDoc Kanturk) in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the general times attended in that service, in tabular form.

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PQ 36425-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients, segmented by gender and age, that attended the out-of-hours GP services in an area (SouthDoc Cork city north) in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the general times attended in that service, in tabular form.

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PQ 36426-23 - Sean Sherlock

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PQ 36427-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients, segmented by gender and age, that attended the out-of-hours GP services in an area (SouthDoc Midleton) in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the general times attended in that service, in tabular form.

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PQ 36428-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients, segmented by gender and age, that attended the out-of-hours GP services in an area (SouthDoc Youghal) in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the general times attended in that service, in tabular form.

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PQ 36429-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a copy of the service level agreement between the HSE and SouthDoc GP on Call.

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PQ 36431-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health to detail all funding provided to SouthDoc GP on Call in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023.

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PQ 36433-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health what governance procedures are in place between the HSE and Southdoc and its subsidiaries in respect of any financial transfers between the HSE and Southdoc under the SLA.

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PQ 36441-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients, segmented by gender and age, that attended under red eye shifts in an area (SouthDoc Fermoy Mitchelstown) in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the general times attended in that service, in tabular form.

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PQ 36445-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients, segmented by gender and age, that attended under red eye shifts in an area (SouthDoc Kinsale Road) in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the general times attended in that service, in tabular form

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PQ 36446-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients, segmented by gender and age, that attended under red eye shifts in an area (SouthDoc Midleton) in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the general times attended in that service, in tabular form.

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PQ 36447-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients, segmented by gender and age, that attended under red eye shifts in an area (SouthDoc Youghal) in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the general times attended in that service, in tabular form.

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PQ 36476-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to improve access to vaginal mesh removal procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36485-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the implementation of each of the 18 common actions and 13 high-service impact actions identified by the Service and Profession-Led Expert Implementation Groups as part of the HSE Resourcing Strategy, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36487-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the schedule of delivery for the additional 184 general acute beds and 26 critical care beds, as outlined in the HSE Service Plan 2023.

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PQ 36489-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the special scheme of paid leave for healthcare workers suffering from long-Covid in each of the months since it was introduced; the cost of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36490-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 2 February 2023, to provide an update on his plans to increase the availability of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), given that existing services are oversubscribed; if his attention has been brought to the fact that not one of the four public PrEP clinics in Dublin have new appointments available; the steps he is taking to address the situation in Dublin; if his Department or the HSE has carried out any research to understand the level of unmet PrEP need nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36492-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of new applicants to the national HIV PrEP programme since the programme was established, by clinic and year, in tabular form.

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PQ 36494-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 469 of 18 May 2023, if there is any further update on the primary care centre for Finglas, Dublin 11; the status of the preliminary design stage 1 report and the legal process to transfer the land; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36498-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the date he expects the final report into the home support pilot in four CHOs to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36499-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of the national home support office; the number of positions funding has been provided for; the number of roles which remain vacant, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36501-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for homecare packages, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form; and the number of persons experiencing delayed discharge from hospital due to a delay in accessing homecare.

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PQ 36502-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists participating in the dental treatment services scheme, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form.

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PQ 36503-23 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on a school dental screening service waiting list by age, wait time, LHO and CHO in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 36509- 23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls received by an entity ( the SouthDoc Fermoy Mitchelstown cell ) on the red eye shift for the night of 18 July to the morning of 19 July; the number of home visits made that night; the number of people directed to a different centre for appointment; and the location of that centre.

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PQ 36523-23 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the progress in the Hospital Building Programme in each of the past four years to date.

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PQ 36524-23 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the average response times for ambulances for 999 calls in CHO8 in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 36525-23 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in respiratory medicine at the Mater Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 36526-23 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health if the pathfinder alternative programme from the National Ambulance Services will be extended to County Meath.

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PQ 36539- 23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls received by an entity (The South Doc Mallow cell) on the red eye shift for the night of 18 July to the morning of 19 July; the number of home visits made that night; the number of people directed to a different centre for appointment; and the location of that centre.

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PQ 36540- 23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls received by an entity (The South Doc Kanturk cell) on the red eye shift for the night of 18 July to the morning of 19 July; the number of home visits made that night; the number of people directed to a different centre for appointment; and the location of that centre.

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PQ 36541-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls received by an entity ( The South Doc Midleton cell) on the red eye shift for the night of 18 July to the morning of 19 July; the number of home visits made that night; the number of people directed to a different centre for appointment; and the location of that centre.

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PQ 36542-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls received by an entity ( The South Doc Youghal cell) on the red eye shift for the night of 18 July to the morning of 19 July; the number of home visits made that night; the number of people directed to a different centre for appointment; and the location of that centre.

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PQ 36543-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls received by an entity (The South Doc Cork City North cell) on the red eye shift for the night of 18 July to the morning of 19 July; the number of home visits made that night; the number of people directed to a different centre for appointment; and the location of that centre.

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PQ 36544-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls received by an entity (The South Doc Cork city south cell) on the red eye shift for the night of 18 July to the morning of 19 July; the number of home visits made that night; the number of people directed to a different centre for appointment; and the location of that centre.

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PQ 36569-23 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to publish the reasons and rationale for the delay in sanctioning the staff for the MRI scanner at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar.

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PQ 36570-23 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who were presented to St. Loman’s, Mullingar, in 2021 and 2022; the number of people who repeated presentations; and the number of people who subsequently ended their own lives.

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PQ 36601-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the 33,348 cataract surgeries which were carried out in 2021; the number completed in public hospitals; what number were completed under the treatment purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36610-23 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds currently available in each public/voluntary hospital, in tabular form; the number available in each public/voluntary hospital in December 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36647-23- Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health when a facility ( Mallow Hospital Extension) will open; and how many staff have been allocated to same.

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PQ 36672-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health when is it proposed to have a single dedicated HSE safeguarding service number available at all times in order that a person who wishes to report any form of abuse or wishes to gain immediate access to a safeguarding service can do so ( Following the News at One on RTÉ today (19th July) the number for the Rape Crisis Centre was given simply as there is no direct number for the HSE Safeguarding Service. The DRCC number is only relevant in relation to sexual abuse. The report today also spoke about serious physical and institutional abuse.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36682-23 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of persons with disabilities in 2023 that are in receipt of home-support hours in each LHO area; the total number of hours to be provided in 2023 in each LHO area; and the corresponding figures for 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 36683-23 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of persons with disabilities in 2023 that are in receipt of personal assistance hours in each LHO area; the total number of hours to be provided in 2023 in each LHO area; and the corresponding figures for 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 36720-23 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting homecare support in Wicklow; the total number of hours allocated in Wicklow in 2022 and to date in 2023; the average number of hours granted to each successful applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36721-23- John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the number of people who have been granted home care support in 2022 and to date in 2023 who are still awaiting their care packages to be fulfilled by a carer/home support agency, broken down by county and waiting timeframe, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36722-23 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of applications received for respite care in 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of people currently on the waiting list for respite care services, broken down by county and waiting list timeframe, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36723-23 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of applications received for a physical care needs assessment in 2022 and to date in 2023, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36724-23 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting a physical care needs assessment in 2022 and to date in 2023, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36725-23 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children who are on the waiting list for an appointment for early intervention services for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, and psychology, in tabular form, broken down by waiting list timeframes of less than 3 months; 3-6 months, 6-12 months, and more than 12 months, for CHO6 Wicklow and CHO7 west Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36726-23 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of independent dental practices currently signed up to the dental treatment services scheme in Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36727-23 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in Wicklow; the average waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36728-23 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the orthodontic waiting lists in Wicklow; the average waiting times for appointments, broken down by 1, 3, 6 month, and 12 months+; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36729-23 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health how many adult physiotherapists are in CHO6 and CHO 7 in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36730-23 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health how many child physiotherapists are in CHO6 and CHO 7 in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36731-23 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of child psychologists in CHO 6 and CHO 7 in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36732-23 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult psychologists in CHO 6 and CHO 7 in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36733-23 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number currently on the waiting list for adult physiotherapy in CHO 6 and CHO 7, Wicklow, broken down by length of time, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36734-23 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number currently on the waiting list for child physiotherapy in CHO 6 and CHO 7, Wicklow, broken down by length of time, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36735-23 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently on the waiting list for child psychology in CHO 6 and CHO 7, Wicklow, broken down by lengths of time of 3, 6, 12+ months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36736-23 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults awaiting occupational therapy in CHO6 in County Wicklow and CHO7 in County Wicklow, broken down by lengths of time of 3, 6, 12+ months and in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36737-23 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting occupational therapy in CHO6 in County Wicklow and CHO7 County Wicklow, broken down by lengths of time of 3, 6, 12+ months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36738-23 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on the CAMHS waiting list in County Wicklow; the average waiting time, broken down by lengths of time of 3, 6, 12+ months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36739-23 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to the long-Covid clinic, by county; the average waiting timeframe, broken down by length of time of 3, 6, 12+ months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36741-23 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a vacant building (Rathclaren House, Dublin Road, Bray, Co Wicklow); to confirm what the plans are for this building; if there has been interest expressed in this building by another State body or if it has been deemed to be surplus to requirements and sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36743-23 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth how many children were waiting for an assessment of need in Wicklow in 2022 and to June 2023 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36744-23 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of assessments of need that were carried out by the HSE on children with disabilities in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 in Wicklow, broken down by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36801-23 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation and success of the Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2018-2020 "Connecting for Life Dublin South"; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36856-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the estimated cost of hiring the required therapists to fully clear waiting list numbers in each CDNT, the cost of those therapists, in tabular form.

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PQ 36867-23 - Éamon Ó Cuív

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth whether it is intended to provide significant extra funding for full-time residential places for people with high dependency needs in view of the waiting lists for such services and the waiting lists for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36868-23 - Éamon Ó Cuív

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the steps being taken to ensure there is adequate respite available for people with high dependency needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36874-23 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 36 of 1 June 2023, for an update on the development of the new elective hospital in Merlin Park; the status of the development of the project brief, procurement strategy and detailed business case; if the HSE is on track to complete these documents by October 2023; if discussions with local planning authorities have commenced to-date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36875-23 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.55 of 1 June, 2023, the status of the development of a primary care centre on Inisbofin; the status of the land transfer process; the expected timeline for the completion of the land transfer and acquisition of the site; the progress to-date on the appointment of a design team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36876-23 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1570 of 18 April 2023, the status of the proposed primary care centre for Galway City west; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36909-23 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE will provide a subsidy for college health centres to provide abortion services; the projected cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 37043-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vaginal mesh removals carried out in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; the number of retropubic implants (TVT) fully removed; the number of transobturator implants (TVTO) fully removed; the number of pelvic prolapse meshes (POP) fully removed; the number of other meshes fully removed with a description of the type of mesh ( Examples of other types of mesh: sacrocolpopexy mesh and rectopexy mesh. Also, can you please breakdown the data for 2022 into (i) January 2022 to 27 June 2022 and (ii) from 28 June 2022 to December 2022.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 37070-23 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who are waiting more than sixty days for an urgent referral for cancer diagnosis.

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PQ 37071-23 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health the number of minors who have been placed on adult psychiatric wards.

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PQ 37083-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on agency staff in 2022 and to date in 2023 across the health service, broken down by staffing type and to whom the payments were made; if he will provide a breakdown for the amount spent on nursing agency staff in 2022 and to date in 2023; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 37090-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for the home support service in 2023; the number of home care packages funded; the projected additional cost of providing a home care package to every identified case in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 37091-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care and home help hours funded in 2022, and 2023, respectively; the amount not utilised due to staffing shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 37092-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of personal assistant hours funded in 2022 and 2023; how many people are currently supported; how many have applied but who have not yet been granted support; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 37093-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the flu vaccine programme in 2022 and 2023, respectively; how many doses are expected to be provided in 2023 and 2024; how many doses the State ordered; the estimated cost to provide the flu vaccine free to all; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 37095-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing the HPV vaccine for free to adults who have not received it but want to access it through their GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 37096-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost of providing two doses of the chicken pox varicella vaccine free to all children through the primary or school child immunisation programme; the estimated annual cost of providing this in 2024; the estimated five-year cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 37098-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of adding asthma to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 37099-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the additional funding provided for mental health in each of the past two budgets; to provide a detailed breakdown of the status of each of the measures announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 37101-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health to provide, in tabular form for each hospital, the number of unfilled nurses and midwives positions, respectively that currently remain unfilled; to provide the current staffing levels in each; the additional recruitment into each in 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ Responses - July 25th 2023