PQ Responses - May 3rd 2023

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PQ 20116-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 24 of 20 April 2023, the details of the alternative location being considered as a possibility for the Community Nursing Unit in Cashel, originally planned for St. Patrick’s Hospital; to provide the location of the site in question; to provide a detailed account of the issues concerning parking space on the current St. Patrick’s site and access to the building; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20207 23- Charles Flanagan

To ask the Minister for Health in relation to children requiring paediatric intensive care and the fact that transportation services only operate between the hours of 8 am to 8 pm, if consideration will be given to extending the service to a 24/7 basis in line with accepted emergency services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20231-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the amount of money spent to date on the design and assessing the suitability of St. Patrick’s Hospital, Cashel, for the development of a community nursing unit in Cashel; if he will outline the source of financing for the proposed new greenfield site if such a site should be selected; if he will provide details surrounding the funding avenues available for such a site if chosen; the timescale that may be involved in securing such funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20232-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 24 of 20 April 2023, if he will provide the reports and assessments that determined that the site of St. Patrick’s Hospital, Cashel, is not suitable for the new 60-bedded CNU and which identified challenges regarding the amount of parking space and access to the building; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20254-23 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a complete list of the HSE's National Clinical Guidelines programmes, including the names of the members of each National Clinical Guidelines, including all sub-groups within each programme, such as Working Groups, Clinical Advisory Groups and so on, in tabular form.

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PQ 20269-23 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if he will provide a definite timeframe for when a community neurorehabilitation team will be established in HSE area CHO7; when recruitment will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20298-23 - Johnny Guirke

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PQ 20301-23 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of disabled adults on the HSE list for services in County Meath who are on a waiting list to see physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, speech and language therapists, by number and percentage of the total, in tabular form.

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PQ 20302-23 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists and speech and language therapists, respectively who are delivering services in County Meath, that is, not allocated, but actually on the ground delivering services, by number and percentage of the total, in tabular form.

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PQ 20316-23 - John Paul Phelan

To ask the Minister for Health the amounts in grant-aid or funding awarded by his Department, or through schemes administered by it, to organisations ( the Peter McVerry Trust or to Peter McVery Trust Addiction Services (ARAS)) in each year from 2010 to 2022, and the projected funding for 2023.

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PQ 20319-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of WTE allocations for Carlow disability network team; the number of WTE posts vacant on 1 April 2023, broken down by discipline in tabular form; the current caseload numbers for this team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20342-23 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health how long there has been no paediatric neurologist at UHL; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20343-23 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health when the position of paediatric neurologist was advertised in the past 12 months; the steps that have been taken in the past 12 months to fill the position of paediatric consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20344-23 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health the services that have been provided to patients in need of paediatric neurology care at UHL in the past 12 months; the person or body that is clinically responsible for the care of such patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20345-23 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health when a paediatric neurologist will commence seeing patients at UHL; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20382-23 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health if a medical practice (Saffron & Blue Medical Clinic, Newmarket on Fergus, County Clare) receives the rural general practice grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20405-23 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update as of April 2023 on the production and publication of a review of the access and reimbursement issues surrounding the availability and access to the drug cariban; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20408-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the pay budget amount for each children’s disability network team, in tabular form.

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PQ 20409-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 22 March 2023, in relation to the €11 million that has been allocated to address waiting lists for clinical assessments identified through the assessment-of-need process, if it is possible to apply to receive funding for a private assessment under this allocation for a child on a waiting list; if so, the process by which one can do this; if not, if it is the case that the HSE will identify a private provider and refer children to them without a request from the child's parent or guardian; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20412-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of WTE allocations for the Kilkenny children’s disability network team; the number of WTE posts vacant on 1 April 2023, broken down by discipline, in tabular form; the current caseload numbers for this team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20413-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of WTE allocations for the Thomastown children’s disability network team; the number of WTE posts vacant on 1 April 2023, broken down by discipline, in tabular form; the current caseload numbers for this team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20414-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of WTE allocations for the Clonmel children’s disability network team; the number of WTE posts vacant on 1 April 2023, broken down by discipline, in tabular form; the current caseload numbers for this team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20415-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of WTE allocations for the Cashel children’s disability network team; the number of WTE posts vacant on 1 April 2023, broken down by discipline, in tabular form; the current caseload numbers for this team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20438-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of neurology nurse specialists by location in the State; and his plans to engage with the HSE with a view to the provision of increased capacity and resourcing in this specialist area.

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PQ 20439-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of neurology rehabilitation specialists by location in the State; and his plans to engage with the HSE with a view to the provision of increased capacity and resourcing in this specialist area.

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PQ 20454-23 - 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 20455-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health his views on establishing midwife-led clinics for community-based maternity services in areas of the country more than 45 minutes from a maternity hospital unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20456-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe within which we will see the opening of the new primary care centres in both Clones and Monaghan town; the services that will be provided in each of these primary care centres, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20457-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of theatre slots for dermatology surgeries that were allocated each week in 2022 and to-date in 2023 in Our Lady's Of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20498-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have availed of HSE stop smoking classes within each CHO in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 20499-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff by job title working in the long-Covid clinic at Tallaght University Hospital; the number of WTE staff vacancies by job title at this clinic; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form.

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PQ 20500-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase direct access to echocardiography for general practitioners through community-based ambulatory care hubs.

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PQ 20501-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the waiting list for genetic test for BRCA1; the number of persons on the waiting list; and the average waiting times per hospital, in tabular form.

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PQ 20511-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost of providing 180 and 450 additional intensive support packages for children with disabilities who have high or complex support needs, respectively.

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PQ 20513-23 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the full estimated year cost of recruiting three additional senior staff grade physiotherapists and three clinical specialists in the area of psychology for children's disability network teams.

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PQ 20525-23 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if irlen syndrome is a recognised disability within the HSE; if not, if their are plans to recognise it as such; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20531-23 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth 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; and the length of time they are awaiting intervention by age, in tabular form.

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PQ 20571-23 - Anne Rabbitte

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of dentists that take medical cards in East Galway, in tabular form.

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PQ 20582-23 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the total allocation of his Department's budget to the provision of personal assistance services, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20584-23 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the reason minutes of a meeting from February 2023 of the HSE Board's Safety and Quality Committee, at which the closure of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton was discussed, had not yet been published as of 25 April 2023; when the minutes of the meeting will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20588-23 - Peter Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if a national psychology placement office has been established; if funding models have been identified for psychology students at doctoral level; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20599-23 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 644 of 28 March 2023, the reason for the delay in issuing a response (To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of whole-time equivalent (WTE) positions at University Hospital Limerick and within the UL Hospitals Group on 31 January 2020 and on 31 January 2023 by profession, in tabular form, to include consultants, non-consultant hospital doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals such as pharmacists, occupational therapists, radiographers, physiotherapists, accountants and administration personnel; if he will provide the number of said personnel employed via agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20607-23 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm whether pharmacies use a different supplier for medical card holders and those who are buying their medications.

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PQ 20634-23 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health if a gastroparesis specialist will be immediately recruited to the HSE; and if in the meantime, patients who need treatment from a gastroparesis specialist will be referred to a specialist outside the State.

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PQ 20672-23 - Kathleen Funchion

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric speech and language therapists working in each primary care centre within CHO5 in each of the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 20673-23 - Kathleen Funchion

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of public health nurses operating in the relevant areas in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; the locations in which vacancies exist at present; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form.

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PQ 20674-23 - Kathleen Funchion

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE advanced nurse practitioners in older persons’ services in CHO5 in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.

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PQ 20686-23 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to expedite the processing of applications for medical card holders in the south-east CH05 area who require care under the HSE community ophthalmic services scheme for persons who require eye examination and optical appliances, in view of the fact that the processing of these applications is taking anything up to eight weeks and persons are being denied access to ophthalmic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20687-23 - Marc MacSharry

To ask the Minister for Health when the 2% pay increase for staff working the in the health sector which was due to come into effect on 1 March 2023 will be paid to staff ( Background: It has been brought to my attention by HSE staff in the care sector that the 2% pay increase for staff in the Health Sector which was due to come into effect on 1/3/2023 has not been paid to staff to date in the Sligo region, however, it would appear to have been paid to staff working for the HSE in the Dublin area. Staff are anxious to know when this increase will be paid to them.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20690-23 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on plans to increase respite for children and adults with disabilities in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20691-23 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth how many assessment of needs were completed in CHO7 in 2021 and 2022, broken down by CDNT areas.

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PQ 20692-23 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth how many service statements were delivered to families in CHO7 in 2021 and 2022, broken down by CDNT areas.

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PQ 20709-23 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints made to the HSE in relation to breaches of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2008, and to which sections of the Act they refer to, in tabular form.

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PQ 20714- 23 - John McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health if patients on waiting lists will be encouraged to opt for the treatment abroad scheme where appropriate; and if the scheme can be streamlined in order to make it more efficient and user friendly.

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PQ 20716- 23 - John McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health if the use of the cross-Border directive will be proactively encouraged by the HSE to try to reduce waiting lists where appropriate for patients.

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PQ 20756-23 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who applied for, but were not granted, a primary medical certificate in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20758 23 - Peter Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the progress with the provision of an MRI scanner at Mullingar Hospital; the timeline for the provision of this service; the budget that is allowed for the staffing of this facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20760-23 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health if the addiction service for those under 18 years in the midlands counties, which was delivered by the Midlands Regional Drug and Alcohol Taskforce in counties Laois, Offaly, Longford and Westmeath is now fully staffed and operational.

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PQ 20776-23 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 6 December 2022, the status of the roll-out of the two community neuro-rehabilitation teams within CHO6 and CHO7; the status of recruitment in this regard; if he will clarify in which CHOs the promised two additional community neuro-rehabilitation teams will be located in 2023; the timeline for the roll-out of a community neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO2, and in all CHOs in which a community neuro-rehabilitation team is yet to be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20777-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of WTE allocations for the Carlow disability network team; the number of WTE posts vacant on 1 April 2023, broken down by discipline; the current caseload numbers for this team, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 20778-23 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of WTE allocations for the Enniscorthy children's disability network team; the number of WTE posts vacant on 1 April 2023, broken down by discipline; the current caseload numbers for this team, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ Responses - May 3rd 2023