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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1714. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the roll-out of a new national rare disease plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20728/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1713. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the programme of services being developed outside of acute healthcare settings to assist those with cardiovascular disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20727/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1710. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the way that his Department is addressing inequalities in the detection and treatment of cardiovascular disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20717/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1709. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if his Department plans in future national cardiovascular policy to increase the focus on preventing and diagnosing earlier cardiovascular disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20716/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1708. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration would be given in appointing a designated official or unit in his department with the responsibility for national cardiovascular policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20715/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1707. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to a public consultation process as part of the National Cardiac Services review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20714/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1705. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the progress that is being made in the review of Changing Cardiovascular Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010-2019; when is it expected that a new policy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20712/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1695. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he agreed to allocate €2 million to either Trinity College Dublin or the Health Research Board to establish and operate a Chair of Public Health Strategy within the university. [20653/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1688. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if front-line section 39 homelessness healthcare workers will be included in the Covid-19 pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20618/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1685. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the intended timeline for the implementation of sections 12, 13 and 18 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. [20582/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1684. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the dates of meetings of the working group formed to analyse the implementation of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. [20581/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1683. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule for each of the years from 2015 to date in 2022 of all organisations that had their funding suspended and permanently discontinued by the social inclusion unit in the community healthcare organisation for Dublin North city and county; and if he will provide the reason for same. [20561/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1681. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he has conducted an analysis of the potential impact of long-Covid diagnoses among healthcare staff on the operation and functioning of the health service; if he will make such an analysis available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20552/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1677. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the inpatient services that are available for children under the age of 13 who have been diagnosed with avoidant and-or restrictive food intake disorder, ARFID, per community healthcare organisation, CHO. area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20538/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1623. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Health if the special leave with pay scheme for healthcare workers can be extended particularly for those with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20324/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1619. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent of long-Covid supports for HSE workers; the extent, length, rates of pay and variety of paid leave options; the options for secondment or transfer available to healthcare workers who have been injured by a Covid-19 infection and cannot return to their original employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20301/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1589. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health his plans to open a PrEP clinic in County Wicklow in the near future, taking into consideration that a number of new primary health care centres in County Wicklow have opened in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20246/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1584. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if the proposed role of professorship of public health strategy and leadership at Trinity College, Dublin will be proceeded with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20227/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1542. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps that he will take to develop dedicated and resourced clinical pathways for the healthcare needs of intersex persons in Ireland; if he will develop a strategy in this regard through engagement with intersex persons and representative organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20034/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1535. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the community healthcare west initiative of a youth advisory panel to each CHO nationwide to explore the risk and protective factors for youth mental health and suicidality of teenagers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19997/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1521. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if a senior occupational therapist working at a nursing home (details supplied) during the specified period of the Covid-19 pandemic will be eligible for the €1,000 healthcare bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19920/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1458. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the possibility of nurses and other healthcare workers having the right to early retirement through a cost neutral early retirement scheme similar to that available to teachers in this State. [19685/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1385. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made with the community nursing home PPP bundle for seven community nursing homes; when a contract is expected to be signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19404/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1383. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the strategic assessment report and the preliminary report will be finalised for the new cancer care hospital in UCH Galway; the timeframe for appointing a design team in order to deliver the cancer care hospital as set out in the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19390/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1374. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the costs involved in the national roll-out of heart failure virtual clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19373/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1365. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on a campaign by an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19361/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1338. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health if the bonus payment for front-line healthcare workers will be made available to persons who work in the private home care sector; when it is likely that this bonus payment will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19275/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1329. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when a property (details supplied) was identified as a replacement property for another property; the reason the HSE did not proceed with selling the property since it was identified as not fit for purpose; if residents were informed by the HSE that this facility was due to be sold at any stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19230/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1328. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the way that adaptations to a property (details supplied) escalated in cost from €200,000, €250,000 to €500,000 over the past year; the exact nature of the works; if these works changed in scope or type over time; if so, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19229/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1204. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the review of Ireland's skills strategy, which is being undertaken by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, incorporates an examination of whether there is currently a sufficient number of places available in public health nursing at third level institutions here to service annual HSE recruitment needs under the Progressing Disability Services model for both children and adults with a disability; if this review has commenced; the timeframe for its publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20460/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
1179. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if new professorship positions in universities should be advertised and filled through open competition; the reason that the professorship of public health strategy and leadership in Trinity College Dublin was not advertised and put to open competition; the remuneration that is being offered for this position; the funding that is being made available for this position; if full details of this arrangement between Trinity College and his Department will be made available; the educational requirements to become a professor within Irish universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19734/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
640. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the two sets of expert legal advice that were obtained in August 2020 and February 2021 by his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service to provide expert legal advice to its Consultative Committee on urban gulls fully endorsed the committee’s recommendation in section 8 of the First Interim Report, April 2020 by the committee; if historical flaws in advice to Ministers have been fully addressed; if proportionate derogations as expertly advised for nest egg removals in the interests of public health and safety will be included in the 2022-2023 declarations in areas (details supplied) that are known to have rapidly escalating high-density breeding colonies of herring gulls. [19963/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
574. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if discussions are expected for healthcare workers suffering from long Covid that they contracted through their work in healthcare settings, that their special leave with pay will be extended until they are fit to return to work as it is causing a lot of stress and anxiety to these people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20830/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
571. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the special leave with pay payment that many health care workers are currently in receipt of is due to be terminated in June 2022; if he will consider extending this payment in order that health care workers do not have their normal sick pay days eroded, particularly given that many of them are still coping with the symptoms of long-Covid after having contracted Covid-19 in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20500/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
565. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of special leave with pay for healthcare workers; if there are plans to extend the scheme beyond the end of June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20198/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
547. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 23 March 2022, if he will carry out a review on the travel expenses of public health nurses and community RGNs as a matter of urgency (details supplied) given the current increases in fuel costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19643/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2022
541. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of consultation with the trade unions that represent healthcare workers regarding the changes to special leave with pay arrangements that were brought in on 6 February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19529/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 April 2022
397. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health when disease-specific virtual registries will become operational in the Irish healthcare system; the expected impact this will have on the monitoring of rare-disease prevalence in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19022/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 April 2022
393. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when a project will be completed (details supplied). [19018/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 April 2022
392. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if persons providing home-help employed by the HSE or by private companies will receive the €1,000 bonus being considered for healthcare workers; if not, the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19015/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 April 2022
69. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a minimum time can be achieved for the processing of applications for work permits for non-European Union workers particularly in the healthcare sector in which there are so many staff shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18623/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2022
239. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 31 March 2022, if the Mater Hospital, Dublin is no longer accepting long-Covid patients to its clinic; if the three other operational clinics are accepting patients; the current waiting lists in each clinic; the locations of each; the timeline and location for each of the other planned clinics in each hospital group; the current number and profession of healthcare staff needed to fully operate each existing and planned clinic; the recruitment status of each post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18708/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2022
196. 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 in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18441/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2022
869. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he plans to include a patient representative on the new national public health emergency team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18232/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2022
844. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the procedure with regard to check-ups on newborn babies when they return home; if this is a matter for the general practitioner or the public health nurse; the timescale for such check-ups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18129/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2022
831. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details as to when a new cardiovascular health strategy will be published for Ireland; if he acknowledges that there is an urgent need for a new cardiovascular health strategy for the Irish health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18099/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2022
816. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staff grade level breakdown of the additional 255 staff allocated to public health; the number of posts filled and remaining to be filled in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18068/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2022
815. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the types of contracts offered and taken up to consultants in public health medicine in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18067/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2022
812. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health the capital investment proposals at Letterkenny University Hospital in order to enlarge the footprint to support new and increased services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18059/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2022
793. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the pandemic recognition payment will be paid to frontline healthcare workers; the eligibility and other details and terms and conditions of the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17821/22]