507. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been previously diagnosed with bowel cancer who are currently recommended to undergo regular follow-up colonoscopies; the number and proportion of this group of persons that are currently waiting for a follow-up colonoscopy appointment by each waiting time period in each of the designated cancer centres in tabular form. [44494/22]
506. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been previously diagnosed with breast cancer who are currently recommended to undergo regular follow-up mammograms; the number of persons currently waiting for a follow-up mammogram appointment by each waiting time period in each of the designated cancer centres in tabular form. [44493/22]
505. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement pricing negotiations for the cystic fibrosis medication kaftrio for children aged six to 11 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44492/22]
504. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients in outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy referral list at Cork University Hospital who are waiting for treatment; the number of staff working in the OPAT team at CUH in tabular form; if there are plans to recruit additional staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44491/22]
503. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of permanent approved consultant positions that are not filled on a permanent basis and are either vacant or filled on a temporary, agency or other basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44490/22]
501. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount that has been spent on medical agency staffing in 2019, 2021 and to date in 2022. [44472/22]
496. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting two additional full-time chiropodists and two additional full-time senior chiropodists for CHO7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44445/22]
495. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding that was made available to the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital to upgrade its four operating theatres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44444/22]
494. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing one additional HSE air ambulance on a 24/7/365 basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44443/22]
493. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time staff nurses in critical care working in Beaumont Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44442/22]
492. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent specialist periodontists and implant dentists employed by the HSE in CHO2 in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44441/22]
491. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of liaison psychiatrists for children in CHO4; the number of liaison psychiatrists for children at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44440/22]
490. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the management structure by grade and organisational chart for speech and language therapists working in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44439/22]
489. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time dieticians working in Coolock primary care centres in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44438/22]
488. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the ongoing infrastructure improvements works to the neo-natal intensive care facilities at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44437/22]
487. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time theatre nurses working in Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44436/22]
486. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time optometrists and orthoptists employed by the HSE in CHO6 in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44435/22]
485. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time trained emergency department nurses employed at University Hospital Kerry in each of the past three years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44434/22]
484. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time HSE employed dentists working in County Carlow as of 1 September 2021 and 1 September 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44433/22]
483. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the availability of ambulance services in the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal on a 24/7 basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44432/22]
482. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount that was spent on older persons services in CHO9 in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44431/22]
481. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way that the €2.7 million allocation in 2022 to support the development of Cork University Hospital as a major trauma hospital was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44430/22]
480. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant paediatric nephrologists attached to CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44429/22]
479. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting four additional whole-time equivalent advanced nurse practitioners in movement disorders for Tallaght University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44428/22]
478. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capital works currently ongoing at the Mater Hospital; when each of the capital works will be completed in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44427/22]
477. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of additional full-time consultant obstetrician gynaecologists with a special interest in urogynaecology for Cork University Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44426/22]
476. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting three additional whole-time equivalent radiographer sonographers for Louth County Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44425/22]
459. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if further details will be published regarding the announcement of 136 new therapist appointments; if those details will be communicated to families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44375/22]
1785. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of overtime hours worked by HSE staff by staff category by month in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43023/22]
1784. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of overtime hours worked by HSE staff by staff category to date by month in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43022/22]
1783. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paramedics in training with the National Ambulance Service by year of training and cohort in tabular form; the intake number in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the numbers graduating in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43021/22]
1739. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount that the health service would save if the State applied a zero rate of VAT to non-oral medicines by service in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42887/22]
1735. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full cost of all services, assessments or interventions to children provided by non-HSE organisations through primary care services in each of the years from 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42881/22]
1704. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 599, 602 and 603 of 5 July 2022, the value of fines issued to each hospital for each relevant period in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42718/22]
1690. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if teleconsultations are permitted within the free contraception scheme; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42686/22]
1686. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1629 of 26 July 2022, if there are no avenues for a dispenser-supplier, outside of the prescribed manufacturer-suppliers set in Schedule 3 of the HSE-IPHA Framework Agreement (2021) to apply or otherwise petition for the inclusion of a medicine or appliance on the long-term illness scheme; the reason there are any means by which a medical doctor, pharmacist, or other licensed prescriber may petition for the inclusion of a product on such schemes and reimbursement lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42670/22]
1669. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expenditure of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan funding of €75m for e-health and ICT by programme to date in tabular form; the amount remaining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42614/22]
1624. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diabetes-related waiting lists by hospital in tabular form; the number waiting for outpatient, inpatient, and day case appointments; the number on equipment or supplies waiting lists by list; the number of persons under 18 and over 65 years on each list; the number waiting by timeband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42450/22]
1623. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diabetes-related waiting lists by community healthcare organisation, CHO, in tabular form; the number waiting for outpatient, inpatient, and day case appointments; the number on equipment or supplies waiting lists by list; the number of persons aged under 18 and over 65 years on each list; the number waiting by timeband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42449/22]
1622. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for insulin pumps by hospital in tabular form; the number waiting for funding or waiting otherwise; the number under 18 and over 65 years; the number waiting by timeband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42448/22]
1616. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); his plans to review the current staffing levels and standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42422/22]
1615. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals operating the Da Vinci surgical system; if there are plans to expand the robotics programme in hospitals; if funding will be provided by his Department to implement same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42420/22]
1559. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if Irish front-line healthcare workers who contracted Covid-19 in their workplace, particularly those suffering from long-Covid, will be considered to have contracted a prescribed occupational disease in view of the opinion of the European Union Advisory Committee on Health and Safety at Work that Covid-19 caused by work in disease prevention, health and social care contexts should be included in the European schedule of occupational diseases annexed to Commission Recommendation 2003/670/EC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42195/22]
1556. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to work with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to address the discrepancy between training for educational psychologists and clinical psychologists with the latter receiving a substantial payment of college fees by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42174/22]
1553. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to colon cancer detection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42167/22]
1549. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a child who has received an assessment report under the Disability Act 2005 is entitled to a review of that assessment on an annual basis. [42145/22]
1506. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42047/22]
1475. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities to date for each month in 2021 and to date in 2022, by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41941/22]
1320. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if advice will be provided on a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43060/22]
1305. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address the matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42588/22]