1573. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the change in the total bed numbers and single-room bed numbers in each acute hospital group over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1755/23]
1572. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the change in the budgetary allocation and expenditure of each of the six hospital groups in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1754/23]
1571. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the total staffing level in each of the six acute hospital groups (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1753/23]
1570. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the total number of acute hospital beds in each of the six hospital groups; the proportion of these that are dedicated to specialised national services, such as neurosurgery, in each of the six groups, broken down by individual hospital group per 1,000 of population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1752/23]
1569. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the annual expenditure from all sources for each of the six acute hospital groups, broken down by individual hospital group per 1,000 of population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1751/23]
1568. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the proportion of persons aged 75 years or more in each of the six hospital groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1750/23]
1476. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the status on the progress on a new accident and emergency department at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, as of January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1398/23]
1475. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he has examined a submission from Children's Health Ireland to provide a chest-bracing service for children under the public healthcare system as of January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1397/23]
1467. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the national breastfeeding guidance that is in place in non-maternity adult acute hospitals; the steps that he will take to ensure support to breastfeeding patients in non-maternity adult acute hospitals with regard to prescribing practices and nursing care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1379/23]
1466. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the provisions that are put in place if a particular special school does not offer the HSE's vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1377/23]
1465. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if special schools are included in the HSE's schools vaccination programme; if so, if all three vaccines under the schools vaccination programme are administered in special schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1376/23]
1152. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of mothers and babies who were discharged from maternity hospitals directly into homeless services in 2022, broken down by month and by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1150/23]
976. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for the progression of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 through the Houses of the Oireachtas; the approximate timeframe for when the scheme itself will be open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1159/23]
885. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on applications by a person (details supplied) for the fuel allowance and the living alone allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1160/23]
561. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline in detail the way a property owner in Dublin who has certified mica and-or pyrite in the defective blocks of their home can apply for the defective concrete block grant scheme; if he will set out the method of application in a step-by-step format; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1665/23]
280. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice if there are delays in the processing of stamp 4 extensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62833/22]
281. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will undertake a review of the current BreastCheck screening process (details supplied) in conjunction with the National Screening Advisory Committee to report breast density in BreastCheck to ensure women are informed appropriately and to give consideration to extending the breast check programme to younger women, who are more likely to have dense breasts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62629/22]
262. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on when the cystic fibrosis drug kaftrio will be available for all children, with specific regard to the 35 children in Ireland who are waiting on the drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62444/22]
261. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he is concerned about a paracetamol shortage in Ireland; the plans that his Department is putting in place to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62443/22]
195. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that he is taking in ensuring that funding for sessional childcare facilities and those wholly reliant on ECCE fees will be restructured to provide for the continued viability of these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62627/22]
97. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the National Coastal Change Management Strategy steering group will report on its initial findings and recommendations given that the group was due to report within six months of its foundation in September 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62628/22]
434. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of locations in the State that offer a drop-in centre where a community welfare officer would be available; the location of these drop-in centres; the number of drop-in centres offering this service over each of the past three years in tabular form by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62327/22]
382. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the discussions that she has had with an ETB (details supplied) regarding increasing the number of secondary school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62326/22]
381. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the plans that she has to address the shortfall in secondary school places in County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62325/22]
327. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if a higher reimbursement price is granted to unlicensed medicines than the licensed version of the same medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61501/22]
326. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the reason that some branded medicines have not been required to be reduced in price following the approval of a generic equivalent, as required by the 2021 industry agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61500/22]
325. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to enhance the functionality of the reimbursement approval process to improve efficiency in decision-making and thereby secure additional sources of medicines, in particular generic medicines, onto the market, in the context of the increasing medicine supply shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61499/22]
324. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the average time taken by the HSE to decide on applications for medications to be added to the reimbursement list; the average time taken to adjudicate on hardship cases where manufacturers are seeking price increases due to inflationary costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61498/22]
323. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the volume of packs of unlicensed medicines that are being brought into the market to alleviate medicine shortages; the estimated cost of these unlicensed medicines per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61497/22]
322. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount in euros that has been saved by his Department from moving from branded to generic medications in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61496/22]
106. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he plans to make hormone replacement therapy, HRT, medication free for persons going through menopause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61093/22]
94. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the status of the work carried out by a person (details supplied) on the report into the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy Act) 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61091/22]
65. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he plans to introduce legislation to allow a mobile supervised injecting centre while the approved injecting centre is being delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61094/22]
31. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding medical card patients availing of dental appointments and procedures (details supplied); the measures that he is putting in place in respect of the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61092/22]
18. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the status of the waiting lists for orthopaedic and urology surgeries for disabilities which become more painful and inoperable over time; the actions that he is taking to reduce these lists; and if he has met with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61095/22]
2. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for a citizens' assembly on drugs policy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61090/22]
680. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the-up-to-date position with medical card patients availing of dental appointments and procedures given the notice many of them are getting in County Kildare (details supplied) that their current practise is withdrawing from the service; the steps he is taking to put this in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60857/22]
679. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position with medical card patients availing of dental appointments and procedures given the notice many of them are getting that their current practice is withdrawing from the service; the steps he is taking to put this in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60856/22]
571. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if there are figures from the maternity hospitals on the number of additional night's stay that were necessary for women and children in maternity hospitals due to the mother and child having no accommodation to go to. [60355/22]
570. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of women and babies who have been discharged into the care of homeless services from maternity hospitals in the past three months; and the number who have been discharged in need of emergency accommodation but with no accommodation to go to. [60354/22]
246. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a project (details supplied) will be completed and opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60858/22]
340. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the amount that his Department and the Health Service Executive have provided to organisations (details supplied) in relation to nursing and midwifery recruitment in each of the years 2019 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59958/22]
180. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends extending the period for local authorities to purchase homes in which a tenant is in situ into the year to ensure that all purchases are completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58538/22]
179. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if support is available for a young couple who have recently bought a rural cottage that requires some work (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58537/22]
772. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of Covid-19-related deaths in each month to date in 2022, between medically immunosuppressed persons and persons whose immune systems are not interfered with by medication, and between persons who are fully vaccinated and unvaccinated. [58175/22]
771. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of Covid-19-related ICU admissions in each month to date in 2022, between medically immunosuppressed persons and persons whose immune systems are not interfered with by medication, and between persons who are fully vaccinated and unvaccinated. [58174/22]
770. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his views on the situation that persons who are immunocompromised and who are prevented from ending the quarantine face, despite the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions; if his Department records data as to the number of such persons who are affected; his plans to support such persons to resume entering congregated public spaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58172/22]
769. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to approve the drug (details supplied); the criteria used to disapprove the drug; and his views on the lack of access to the drug in Ireland, despite its widespread use across Europe for persons with compromised immune systems. [58171/22]