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Question· writtenPQ 1332asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
1332. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will ringfence dedicated funding for the purposes of recruiting additional respiratory physiologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48596/23]
Question· writtenPQ 1331asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
1331. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will expand access to the chronic disease management programme to all adults aged 18 years or over, with or without a GP visit card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48595/23]
Question· writtenPQ 1330asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
1330. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to extend the cycle of care for children aged under eight years with an asthma diagnosis, to all people under the age of 18 years, with or without a GP card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48594/23]
Question· writtenPQ 1327asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
1327. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages; the number of persons experiencing delayed discharge from hospital due to a delay accessing home care; and the waiting lists for home care packages community healthcare organisation, CHO, and local health office, LHO, in tabular form. [48589/23]
Question· writtenPQ 1320asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
1320. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for occupational therapy by community healthcare organisation, CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [48580/23]
Question· writtenPQ 1319asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
1319. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy by community healthcare organisation, CHO, and age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [48579/23]
Question· writtenPQ 1318asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
1318. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by community healthcare organisation, CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [48578/23]
Question· writtenPQ 1265asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
1265. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the progress made in providing a new primary care centre for An Spidéal, Contae na Gaillimhe; the next steps proposed in progressing this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48270/23]
Question· writtenPQ 1261asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
1261. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the specific policy in relation to prosthetic funding for each community healthcare organisation area; the reason for such disparities in each of the CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48244/23]
Question· writtenPQ 1231asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
1231. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the proposal to develop a 'surgical hub' in Limerick; where exactly is the preferred site that has been identified; when he expects it to be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48157/23]
Question· writtenPQ 1216asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
1216. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if the State can provide assistance in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48087/23]
Question· writtenPQ 1211asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
1211. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the reclassification of a condition (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48001/23]
Question· writtenPQ 1174asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
1174. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health how standards are set for a profession (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47758/23]
Question· writtenPQ 1152asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
1152. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to provide a status update regarding the rollout of the new ICT system for HSE Home Support Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47627/23]
Question· writtenPQ 1146asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
1146. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his views on the planned ending of a special Covid leave with pay arrangement for healthcare workers on 31 October 2023 with the chronic and debilitating nature of that condition for this cohort of staff, who were previously given assurances by his Department that their needs would be met and that these healthcare workers contracted Covid in high-risk settings in circumstances that amount to being considered a workplace injury in other EU Member States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47589/23]
Question· writtenPQ 1135asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
1135. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health when he expects the new 96-bed units not presently under construction at University Hospital Limerick to be completed and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47488/23]
Question· writtenPQ 1134asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
1134. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health when he expects the new 96-bed unit presently under construction at University Hospital Limerick to be completed and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47487/23]
Question· writtenPQ 1132asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
1132. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health when it is expected that community healthcare west CAMHS will have IT-enabled patient administration systems; when it is expected a decision will be made on a future IT system appropriate to CAMHS from the national group overseeing implementation of the recommendations of the Mackey report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47467/23]
Question· writtenPQ 1130asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
1130. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of developments internationally to encourage the uptake of parenting support programmes, including the universal funding of programmes; whether he sees merit in expanding the availability of such programmes to parents and guardians in Ireland in the context of the public health benefits that they deliver in a community health context; the level of funding being allocated to such programmes over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47460/23]
Question· writtenPQ 1106asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
1106. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health how many overseas healthcare assistants have registered as nurses in Ireland since the introduction of the new adaptation training programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47352/23]
Question· writtenPQ 1099asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
1099. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if the report being commissioned on the future costs of healthcare will use projections to estimate the effect that risk factors will have on the cost burden of non-communicable diseases; if he will include the impact of preventive policy measures on the prevalence of risk factors, and thus NCDs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47313/23]
Question· writtenPQ 711asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
711. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection if the Government has any plans to recognise Covid-19 as an occupational disease for frontline health care workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47434/23]
Question· writtenPQ 387asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
387. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will extend the critical skills permit to include non-EU healthcare workers whose salary does not meet the income threshold to apply for a family visa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47522/23]
Question· writtenPQ 87asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
87. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Taoiseach if part of the work of the Child Poverty and Well-Being Programme Office, which was established in his Department and aims to tackle child poverty and enhance children's overall well-being in Ireland, will be to examine infant and young child feeding under its focus area to consolidate and integrate public health, family and parental assistance, and well-being services. [47388/23]
Question· writtenPQ 179asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2023
179. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many healthcare professionals are employed within each HSE region, including psychiatrists, psychologists and multidisciplinary support service professionals with expertise in forensic learning disabilities; how many of the recommendations were acted on following a report in 2005 by the Forensic Learning Disability Psychiatry Working Group, ‘People with a Learning Disability Who Offend: Forgiven but Forgotten’, including the establishment of national forensic learning disability service; how many persons with a diagnosed learning disability have been referred to forensic learning disability services outside the State for each year since 2005 and the cost of same, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46811/23]
Question· writtenPQ 161asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2023
161. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there were any measures introduced in budget 2024 to enable parents of children waiting an extended period of time to receive therapy interventions by their CDNT to access either the treatment abroad scheme, the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme or the national treatment purchase scheme. [46828/23]
Question· writtenPQ 603asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2023
603. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will outline, in view of testimony to the Oireachtas Health Committee on 18 October 2023 (details supplied) that according to research women were actively obstructed by GPs in accessing abortion health care, the measures he will take to ensure that this practice is stopped as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46626/23]
Question· writtenPQ 532asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2023
532. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health what efforts are being made to ensure that people working as healthcare assistants who have overseas nursing qualifications can register as nurses in Ireland in a streamlined process to address the current shortage of nurses in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46221/23]
Question· writtenPQ 529asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2023
529. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health his plans to recognise foetal alcohol spectrum disorder as a long-term illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46207/23]
Question· writtenPQ 528asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2023
528. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health his plans to recognise underactive hyperthyroidism as a long-term illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46206/23]
Question· writtenPQ 497asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2023
497. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health if he will provide clarity on the decision in budget 2024 regarding funding for new treatments; how this aligns with Government commitment to healthcare advancements and the well-being of its citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46071/23]
Question· writtenPQ 192asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2023
192. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance the reason healthcare assistants cannot avail of the flat rate expenses the same as other occupations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46233/23]
Question· writtenPQ 354asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2023
354. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an annual breakdown of the number of abortions provided by the community-based healthcare providers such as GPs, family planning clinics, women’s health clinics, student health services under Section 12 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 from 2019 to 2022, inclusive. [45932/23]
Question· writtenPQ 318asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2023
318. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, at the end of each quarter and September 2019-2023 in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; the numbers waiting for initial assessment, initial therapy/intervention, and follow up therapy/intervention for each specialty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45866/23]
Question· writtenPQ 264asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2023
264. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health the reason public patients holding medical cards are being asked to pay fees for MRI scans referred through the public health system in Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45502/23]
Record· debate2023-10-17published
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2023
Joint Committee on Assisted Dying
Question· writtenPQ 626asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2023
626. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will deliver a minor injury unit to be based at Carndonagh Community Hospital as part of the plan to reduce attendances at the crisis laden Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital. [45354/23]
Question· writtenPQ 600asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2023
600. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE posts vacant across all community healthcare services by CHO area and region, including the length of time the post has been vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45202/23]
Question· writtenPQ 590asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2023
590. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the reason why a report (details supplied) cannot be accepted as part of an LTI application in view of previous reports approved on that basis. [45165/23]
Question· writtenPQ 589asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2023
589. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if, in light of the shortage of nurses, if the granting of NMBI nursing registration will be considered, after the successful completion of adaptation training or RCSI aptitude test, to those healthcare assistants with a nursing degree/diploma from their home country and who have been working in Ireland for at least two years; if he will acknowledge that most of those working as carers will qualify for Irish nursing registration if the NMBI accepts the English language qualifications prescribed by the UK's Nursing Authority for foreign nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45164/23]
Question· writtenPQ 586asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2023
586. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide access to the long-term illness scheme for persons affected by hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45146/23]
Question· writtenPQ 561asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2023
561. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he will ask the HSE to urgently review the decision not to include a surgical hub for the north west and to consider Donegal town as one of the locations for a surgical hub, due to its location between Sligo University Hospital and Letterkenny University Hospital (with almost 40,000 inpatients combined annually) and to support the ability of surgeons and consultants to work through the long waiting lists for surgical procedures at both hospitals and to deliver equality of access to healthcare for the people of the north west. [45005/23]
Question· writtenPQ 543asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2023
543. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if a price has been agreed for the purchase of the Mount Carmel nursing home and site in Roscrea that has been referenced in the HSE's 2023 capital plan; and if he will provide, in tabular form, dates and attendees of all meetings between the HSE and the owners of the site and any other parties to date. [44895/23]
Question· writtenPQ 513asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2023
513. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if dementia is classified as a disability in his Department's healthcare policy or the policy of the HSE; if not, the reason for same; if there are plans to change this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44741/23]
Question· writtenPQ 504asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2023
504. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware foreign nurses currently working as healthcare assistants in Ireland who meet the UK's nursing and midwifery council's English language qualifications do not currently meet the English qualifications in Ireland; if it will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44708/23]
Record· Divisionvote_2lost
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2023
Amendment put:
Record· Divisionvote_1carried
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2023
Amendment put:
Record· debate2023-10-12published
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2023
Select Committee on Health
Question· writtenPQ 237asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2023
237. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to ensure that individuals with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and their families have access to FASD-informed services in healthcare, education and social services tailored to their specific needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44436/23]
Question· writtenPQ 236asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2023
236. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the current strategies in place to ensure clinical staff receive sufficient training in foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) to seek information on the efforts being made to enhance awareness of FASD among healthcare professionals and educators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44435/23]