PQ Responses - April 10th 2025

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PQ 18112-25 - Johnny Mythen front page preview

PQ 18112-25 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all vacant healthcare posts unable to be filled in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 18113-25 - Johnny Mythen front page preview

PQ 18113-25 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for psychology, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy in primary care, in County Wexford; the corresponding waiting time in weeks, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 18114-25 - Johnny Mythen front page preview

PQ 18114-25 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical sessions typically offered to children and adolescents attending the CHO5 primary care speech and language therapy services; if these clients are placed on another waiting list following discharge in the event that they require ongoing support; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 18127-25 - Matt Carthy front page preview

PQ 18127-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances and ambulance personnel that are based in Monaghan and Castleblayney stations respectively and the corresponding figures for April 2019, April 2020, April 2021, April 2022, April 2023 and April 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 18128-25 - Matt Carthy front page preview

PQ 18128-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance call-outs in County Monaghan, for each month since January 2020, and the average arrival time for each month, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 18149-25 - Erin McGreehan front page preview

PQ 18149-25 - Erin McGreehan

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people who attended a prostate rapid access clinic and the proportion who were offered an appointment in the Mater Hospital within 20 working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 18150-25 - Erin McGreehan front page preview

PQ 18150-25 - Erin McGreehan

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people who attended a lung rapid access clinic and the proportion who were offered an appointment in University Hospital Galway within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office, broken down by quarter from 2016 to 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 18151-25 - Erin McGreehan front page preview

PQ 18151-25 - Erin McGreehan

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people who attended a prostate rapid access clinic and the proportion who were offered an appointment in University Hospital Galway within 20 working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office, broken down by quarter from 2016 to 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 18155-25 - Mark Wall front page preview

PQ 18155-25 - Mark Wall

To ask the Minister for Health the current arrangements for a GP practice based in Kildare (GP practice for the community of Ballymore Eustace.).

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PQ 18161-25 - Pádraig Rice front page preview

PQ 18161-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of weeks each child listed as suspended on Children’s Health Ireland’s spinal service waiting list has been waiting, by category (Children on the suspended waiting list are categorised into clinical reasons, personal reasons, or because they are confirmed to have their surgery in another hospital under a CHI initiative.), in tabular form.

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PQ 18184-25 - Thomas Gould front page preview

PQ 18184-25 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid by each of the Cork hospitals to taxi firms in each of the past five years respectively, in tabular form.

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PQ 18185-25 - Thomas Gould front page preview

PQ 18185-25 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health whether a patient who is to be transferred between healthcare facilities via taxi could instead be driven by a family member or friend.

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PQ 18186-25 - Albert Dolan front page preview

PQ 18186-25 - Albert Dolan

To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline what supports are currently available for patients suffering from Lyme disease who are unable to access timely or adequate treatment; if there are plans to establish a properly resourced, multidisciplinary Lyme disease clinic; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 18196-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú front page preview

PQ 18196-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for funding and for a carer for HSE home support in each month of 2025, by CHO and LHO; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 18197-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú front page preview

PQ 18197-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for funding and for a carer for HSE home support in CHO 8, by LHO and by whether a person is waiting for a new package or more hours on an existing package; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 18198-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú front page preview

PQ 18198-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home support in CHO 8 for longer than one month; longer than three months, longer than six months and longer than twelve months; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 18199-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú front page preview

PQ 18199-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the average number of hours allocated to a home care package in each LHO in CHO 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 18200-25 - Ruairi O'Murchu front page preview

PQ 18200-25 - Ruairi O'Murchu

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if plans are in place to collect data on the number of people waiting for disability home support and personal assistance services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 18215-25 - Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh front page preview

PQ 18215-25 - Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of caterers within the HSE are employed by agencies from 2020 to date, in tabular form.

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PQ 18249-25 - Gary Gannon front page preview

PQ 18249-25 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has reviewed the availability of primary care and GP services in the East Wall and Sheriff Street area of Dublin in view of the imminent population increase from the delivery of nearly 600 new residential units; if additional resources or facilities are planned to meet expected healthcare demand; the engagement that has taken place with the HSE to ensure equitable access to health services in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 18287-25 - Paul McAuliffe front page preview

PQ 18287-25 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Health her progress to date in making a drug (Ibrutinib plus Venetoclax) available for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukeamia; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 18291-25 - Michael Murphy front page preview

PQ 18291-25 - Michael Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new community nursing unit in Clonmel; to provide information on a completion date, a handover date and progress on registration with the relevant regulatory bodies; if she will also provide an update on the recruitment of staff for the new unit; when she expects patients from the existing St. Anthony’s unit to be transferred; and when the unit will be at full capacity; and the number of level 3 palliative care beds that will be provided in the new unit.

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PQ 18320-25 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 18320-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of robot-assisted gynaecological surgeries that took place using the Da Vinci surgical system located in Cork University Maternity Hospital annually between 2017 and 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 18321-25 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 18321-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 390 of 6 March 2025, if she will specify the current stage of the recruitment process concerned; the expected timeframe for said post to be filled; the specific interim measures put in place to enable a resumption in services locally; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 18341-25 - Liam Quaide front page preview

PQ 18341-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the HSE’s plans for the former dispensary building in Ballynoe, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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