PQ Responses - June 12th 2025

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PQ 31357-25 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE makes enteral feeding syringes available free to patients in public nursing homes but not in private nursing homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31400-25 - Eoghan Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money spent on taxi fares between hospitals (Mallow General Hospital to Cork University Hospital.) covered by the HSE; to breakdown the reasoning behind the fares, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31410-25 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health to advise on the case of a person ( Minister can a person who is currently living in Ireland on a general employment permit (Stamp 1 Visa) transfer from a private sector job to a position in the HSE without having to convert to a Stamp 4. The department of enterprise states that those on Stamp 1s are permitted to change employers, including public sector roles like those in the HSE upon successful recruitment. I am aware of a case whereby they have been placed on panel by the HSE as they will not accept the Stamp 1 visa and say they can only accept a stamp 4. They are currently employed in the private sector.); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31419-25 - Michael Carrigy

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an updated position on the future of the physiotherapy service currently based at a location (St. Joseph’s Campus in Longford town); if she is aware that the service remains at risk due to the planned demolition of its existing premises and the absence of a confirmed alternative location; noting previous meetings and ongoing discussions regarding the matter, if she will outline the current status of efforts by the HSE to identify and secure a suitable local facility to ensure the continuation of the service in Longford and avoid displacement of staff and service users to Athlone or Mullingar; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31433-25 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to reopen podiatry services in the Mayfield area in Cork in view of the fact it was temporarily closed and the patients transferred to Saint Mary’s Campus, Gurranabraher to which no additional staff have been assigned to cater for the increase in numbers that they now have to deal with; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31443-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has adopted a standardised approach regarding the number of outpatient clinics, consultants in their respective specialties would be expected to provide, in a given week, as directed in the letter of determination that issued in November 2024.

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PQ 31444-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has issued detailed guidance to hospitals around outpatient targets under any standardised approach to consultants working in individual specialties, as directed in the letter of determination that issued in November 2024.

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PQ 31445-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if consultants, across all specialities that have outpatient clinics, are now automatically receiving monthly data showing how their outpatient data compares with their peers in the same specialty, as directed in the letter of determination that issued in November 2024.

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PQ 31446-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the action the HSE board has taken on foot of concerns raised by her predecessor in relation to the lack of a standardised approach to large variations in the volume of outpatient work being carried out ( with the Letter of Determination stating that “some consultants in the same specialty are seeing about half the number of outpatients that their colleagues (same specialty) are seeing).

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PQ 31447-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the quantitative data the HSE has sought from hospitals to ensure the phasing out of private practice for consultants who have moved to the new POCC contract.

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PQ 31448-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the quantitative data the HSE board has submitted to demonstrate the effective phasing out of private practice by consultants who switched to the new POCC contract, as requested in the letter of determination that issued in November 2024.

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PQ 31457-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the Access to Care fund from 2021 to date, broken down by year, by hospital, by amount allocated to each hospital, public and private each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31458-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants paid in bands (0-€10,000, €10,001 to €20,000, €20,001 to €30,000, €30’001 to €40,000, €40,001 to €50,000, €50,001 to €100,000, €100,001 and greater) on an annual basis from the access to care fund from 2021 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31459-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the work and remit of the HSE Access Programme team; the number of staff employed in the team, the total salary cost of the team since its inception, broken down by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31460-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if a framework is in place regarding contractual and pricing agreements on funding programmes under the Access to Care funds; if she will publish any such frameworks; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31464-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the steps the CEO of the HSE has taken to manage conflicts of interest in relation to the insourcing of care at public hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31466-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if the head of the HSE has identified any potential perverse incentives in relation to the insourcing and outsourcing of care to manage waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31484-25 - John Connolly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of children awaiting an assessment of need in each of the children’s disability network teams in County Galway, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31531-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in the Ballymun area network, Blakestown area network, Blanchardstown area network, Coolock area network, coastal area network, Finglas area network, Kilbarrack area network, and Swords area network.

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PQ 31532-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in the community area networks of Cavan, central Meath, east Meath, Monaghan, north Louth, north Meath and Ardee, south Louth, and Bettystown and southwest Meath.

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PQ 31533-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each community area network (Ballinteer, Stepaside and Kiltiernan, Donnybrook, Ranelagh and Ringsend, Dun Laoghaire, Dalkey and Loughlinstown, Foxrock, Carrickmines and Shankill and Milltown, Churchtown and Dundrum, Stillorgan, Booterstown and Monkstown).

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PQ 31534-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each community area network (Central Kilkenny and South Carlow, Central Wexford, North Carlow, North Kilkenny and City, North Wexford).

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PQ 31535-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each community area network (Central Tipperary, Southeast Wexford, Southeast Wicklow, Southwest Wexford, Waterford City, West Waterford and Tramore, Northeast Wicklow, South Tipperary and North Waterford).

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PQ 31559-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in the community area networks of Ballyfermot and Palmerstown, Clondalkin, Drimnagh, Crumlin, and Harold's Cross, Lucan, Newcastle, Citywest and Saggart, Rathfarnham, Knocklyon and Ballyboden, Rathmines, Terenure and Templeogue, south Dublin inner city, and Tallaght and Firhouse.

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PQ 31560-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in the community area networks of east Kildare and Blessington, east Offaly and north Laois, east Westmeath, northeast Kildare, northwest Kildare, south Kildare and west Wicklow and south Laois.

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PQ 31561-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each of the following community area networks; Offaly, West and Central Kildare, West Westmeath and Northwest Offaly and Longford and Central Westmeath.

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PQ 31588-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health for a list of recognised asthma centres that specialise in severe asthma that have and do not have a leading Advanced Nurse Practitioner in post.

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PQ 31589-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of ensuring an advanced nurse practitioner post at each recognised asthma centre that specialises in severe asthma.

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PQ 31590-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at Sligo University Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 31591-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Wexford General Hospital in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 31592-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists, by grade, working at Portiuncula University Hospital in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 31593-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE occupational therapists currently working within CHO6 older persons services in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 31594-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE social workers working in HSE adult safeguarding team in the north west region in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 31595-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE ambulances and incident response vehicles based in Kerry in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 31596-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurologist based at St. Vincent's University Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 31597-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychiatry of later life teams based within CHO3 in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 31623-25 - Malcolm Byrne

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of new service providers that are private companies that were contracted by the State in the disability sector during 2024; the monetary value of such contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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