PQ Responses - May 29th 2025

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PQ 28414-25 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health if qualified and experienced Irish nurses are currently being recruited by the HSE; if graduates are being given priority for positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 28415-25 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is now actively recruiting nurses in the UK by way of agencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 28416-25- Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health if, given the stated need for radiotherapists, the HSE is now recruiting for these positions within the State and abroad.

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PQ 28463-25 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health to clarify during which class school children in Laois are getting their first dental examination appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 28465-25 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the average timeframe for children to be seen for their first dental appointment across the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 28505-25 - Donna McGettigan

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing 200 additional nursing places; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 28547-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of properties owned by the HSE that are currently vacant, by county; the number of months they have been vacant for; the square foot of each property; if there are plans to find new occupiers; the stage these plans are at, for example, if new occupiers have been identified and contracts signed; the reason they are vacant, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 28548-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of vacant properties owned by the HSE; the number of months they have been vacant for; the number that have identified new occupiers, by county; the mean, median and mode of time it took to identify a new occupier; the number still vacant in each of the years 2015 to 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 28554-25 - Seán Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health if a timeframe for disposal of the Baggot Street Hospital building has been agreed.

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PQ 28582-25 - Naoise Ó Cearúil

To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken by her Department to increase awareness about the dangers of ticks which can lead to Lymes disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 28583-25 - Naoise Ó Cearúil

To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to improve diagnostic pathways and treatment for those suffering with Lyme disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 28589-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the cost of 1,000 and 100,000 personal assistance hours.

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PQ 28590-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the cost of 1,000 and 100,000 disability home support hours.; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 28594-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the cost of 100 disability residential care places.

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PQ 28598-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the cost of doubling in-home, after school, day and overnight respite services, by service type; and the number of additional units this would create.

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PQ 28602-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the estimated WTE staffing requirements for adult multidisciplinary therapy services, by grade, in tabular form; and the cost of providing for these posts.

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PQ 28603-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the estimated requirement by 2032 for additional adult multidisciplinary therapy services; and the cost of providing for this.

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PQ 28604-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the annualised all-in current cost of a residential service place.

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PQ 28605-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the capital cost of a new residential service place.

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PQ 28606-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the estimated cost of replacement residential places to complete de-congregation; the current and capital cost; and the number of places required.

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PQ 28607-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the estimated cost of a day service place.

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PQ 28608-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the estimated unmet need for adult day services.

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PQ 28609-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the estimated annual requirement for adult day services.

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PQ 28612-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the estimated shortfall in respite services; and the cost of providing for unmet need.

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PQ 28613-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the estimated annual requirement in respite services; and the cost of providing for this.

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PQ 28651-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of standardising under-8s eye care schemes at the highest level.

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PQ 28652-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the cost of fully funding all community neuro-rehabilitation teams; and the number of WTE required, by grade.

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PQ 28653-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the training and net additional pay costs of increasing the percentage of advanced nurse practitioners to 2%, 3%, 4%, and 5% of the nursing workforce; and the number of nurses this corresponds to.

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PQ 28654-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE counsellors with the national counselling service; the number of other grade posts required to support this expansion on a pro rata basis; and the cost of these posts.

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PQ 28655-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the all-in cost of one hospital consultant.

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PQ 28657-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of implementing the dual diagnosis model of care.

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PQ 28659-25-David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the additional cost of fully staffing all existing CAMHS teams; and the breakdown by staff grade and WTE.

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PQ 28660-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of doubling paramedic training places; the number of places this would create; and the current number of places.

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PQ 28661-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE public health nurses.

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PQ 28662-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE clinical nurse specialists.

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PQ 28664-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE dental surgeons.

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PQ 28665-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE dental nurses.

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PQ 28666-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE psychologists.

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PQ 28671-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the all-in cost of one additional WTE senior staff nurse, per local and regional DATF.

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PQ 28677-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing funding for dementia specific day care by 10%.

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PQ 28678-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the existing funding for community sector older person services, by service type, excluding home support.

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PQ 28680-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the existing provision and cost of residential recovery, medical detoxification, and related step-down capacity, in tabular form; and the cost to increase this by 10%.

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PQ 28681-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost to waive assessment fees for addiction services.

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PQ 28682-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of an additional community development worker in each DATF area.

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PQ 28683-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of an additional family support worker in each DATF area.

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PQ 28686-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the net cost of a 1% shift in favour of advanced nurse practitioners within the nursing workforce; the training cost; and the number of nurses this would relate to.

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PQ 28688-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated net additional cost of providing two rounds of publicly funded IVF.

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PQ 28697-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of 100 older person day service places.

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PQ 28698-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated revenue and capital cost associated with the set-up of a new Jigsaw centre, in tabular form; and the whole-time equivalent staffing requirements.

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PQ 28699-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of an additional community CAMHS team, CAMHS-ID team, and early intervention in psychosis team, in tabular form; and the WTE staffing required.

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PQ 28700-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the current and capital cost of ten eating disorder inpatient beds, in tabular form.

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PQ 28701-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost, revenue and capital, and staffing requirements for implementing the eating disorder services model of care in full.

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PQ 28702-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the full rollout of the self-harm and suicide reduction programme, by measure, in tabular form; and the cost of the full and appropriate provision of SCAN nurses at each emergency department and the number of existing and required nurses, by location.

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PQ 28703-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of full implementation of the ADHD in Adult National Clinical Programme.

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PQ 28704-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of funding two WTE consultant liaison psychiatrists, net of existing whole-time equivalents, in every emergency department (ED), in tabular form; and the number of existing WTE at each ED.

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PQ 28705-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of full delivery of the all-island mother and baby perinatal mental health unit at St. Vincent’s Hospital.

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PQ 28706-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the annual expenditure on the school dental screening programme; the number of children screened; the estimated number of children who are eligible for a screening who do not receive a screening; and the estimated expenditure should every eligible child receive a screening and the typical level of care provided on average.

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PQ 28707-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of providing 1,000 publicly funded rounds of IVF.

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PQ 28708-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing National Ambulance Service staffing by 10; the number of new posts this would create; and the unit cost, by grade.

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PQ 28709-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the National Ambulance Service fleet by 10%; and the number of vehicles this would involve, by type.

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PQ 28710-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the net additional cost of doubling the paramedic workforce on 2023 levels.

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PQ 28711-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of implementing the National Ambulance Service’s strategic plan and workforce plan.

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PQ 28713-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the cost of fully implementing and staffing outstanding community neuro-rehabilitation teams.

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PQ 28715-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on private community optometry services for children; the details of existing schemes; and the cost to standardise such schemes and payments across all health areas.

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PQ 28716-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of 1,000 scans (MRI, CT, Ultrasound, PET, and any other), by scan type.

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PQ 28717-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of delivering universal counselling in primary care; and the number of WTE counsellors required.

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PQ 28718-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the all-in cost of community practicing therapists, by profession, for each grade and speciality.

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PQ 28719-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of 100 NCHDs at each grade, in tabular form.

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PQ 28720-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of 100 WTE public health nurses.

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PQ 28721-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of 100 community practicing nurses, by grade, in tabular form.

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PQ 28723-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing hospital intern, basic specialist, and higher specialist training places by 10%; and the number of places this would create, in tabular form.

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PQ 28729-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of 1 million addition home care hours.

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PQ 28730-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the cost of 10,000 intensive home care hours.

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PQ 28731-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of 10,000 dementia-specific home care hours.

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PQ 28732-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the all-in revenue and capital cost of each type of care bed, including, but not limited to, short-stay community beds, long-stay residential care beds, acute inpatient beds, intensive care beds, CAMHS inpatient places, rehabilitation bed at the National Rehabilitation hospital, and social inclusion beds, and any other classification of bed used by the HSE, in tabular form.

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PQ 28733-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of 100 virtual ward beds.

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PQ 28737-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the all-in cost of a community-practicing nurse, for each grade and speciality.

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PQ 28745-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of removing hospital car parking charges; the revenue raised by each HSE and section 38 hospital, for each hospital, to be requested from each hospital individually and collated in a single response, in tabular form.

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PQ 28749-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health to advise on a matter raised in correspondence in relation to a grant allowance (If a person has non cancer related hair loss, a valid medical card and doctors letter what is the grant allowance and is it the same in each county of Ireland ?).

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PQ 28753-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees at University Hospital Waterford who are trained to conduct sign language; if hospitals are required to have this service; if this service is not available, the reason; when it will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 28754-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if a care home (St Luke's Nursing Home, Cork) is covered under the terms of the latest pay agreement for section 39 workers.

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PQ 28761-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to patients who, due to Crohn's disease, had dental implants in Turkey that, due to the passage of time, now require removal and replacement; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 28781-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the location of each of the CDNTs that are not in the catchment area of a special school.

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PQ 28783-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the details of the ten most expensive assessments of need commissioned by the HSE for the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the name of the private organisation carrying out the assessment in each case; and the cost associated with each.

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PQ 28784-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children and adolescents on the primary care psychology waiting-lists in each regional health area; the breakdown of the total number of months and years waiting; and the longest wait-time as of 1 April 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 28785-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children and adolescents on the CAMHS psychology waiting-lists in each regional health area; the breakdown of the total number of months and years waiting; and the longest wait-time as of 1 April 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 28810-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health where the five specialist teams working with people who have psychosis are located; if she will provide a list of the counties without a specialist team; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 28826-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the progress of the two new early intervention in psychosis teams promised for Limerick and Dublin, a timeframe for when the teams will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 28829-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to early intervention psychosis services over the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 28845-25 - Mary Lou McDonald

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the average length of time necessary to complete an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005, when completed by HSE staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 28846-25 - Mary Lou McDonald

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the average length of time necessary to complete an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005, when completed by outsourced private companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ Responses - May 29th 2025