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Question· writtenPQ 1074asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
1074. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he intends to implement all 16 recommendations from the report of the strategic workforce advisory group on home carers and nursing home health care assistants; the timeline that he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54801/22]
Question· writtenPQ 1073asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
1073. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if advice provided to him by the regional health areas advisory group is publicly available; if not, if he will publish this advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54800/22]
Question· writtenPQ 1050asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
1050. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the proposed best protection for vulnerable groups, including the elderly, within the public health sphere to ensure their protection to the best possible standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54687/22]
Question· writtenPQ 998asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
998. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the way in which his Department intends working to improve the net survival rate for all invasive cancers, in view of the fact that in the five-year average, Ireland is in the middle or the lower end of the survival rates distribution across different cancer types in the EU-15 countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54532/22]
Question· writtenPQ 975asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
975. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if any changes have been made in recent weeks to the discharge times for new mothers at University Maternity Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54437/22]
Question· writtenPQ 970asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
970. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the increased use of electronic cigarette products among children and young people; if his Department intends to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54419/22]
Question· writtenPQ 943asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
943. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if a chief pharmaceutical officer would be appointed to assist in the development of a strategic vision for the future of pharmacy care within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54324/22]
Question· writtenPQ 931asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
931. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the reason for the disparity whereby the Irish healthcare system does not have a chief pharmaceutical officer, but does have a chief medical officer, a chief nursing officer, a chief dentistry officer and a chief veterinary officer, who are responsible for overseeing their respective professions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54294/22]
Question· writtenPQ 929asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
929. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the reason for the disparity whereby the Irish healthcare system does not have a chief pharmaceutical officer, but does have a chief medical officer, a chief nursing officer, a chief dentistry officer and a chief veterinary officer, who are responsible for overseeing their respective professions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54290/22]
Question· writtenPQ 904asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
904. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an updated timeline for the delivery of the Covid-19 recognition payment for front-line healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54111/22]
Question· writtenPQ 86asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
86. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to remove home care workers from the Ineligible Occupations List, following publication of the Report of the Strategic Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Healthcare Assistants which recommended doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55113/22]
Question· writtenPQ 192asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2022
192. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to examine the implications of the EPA report on Urban Waste Water Treatment in 2021 and its findings on public health. [53887/22]
Question· writtenPQ 184asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2022
184. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for the Covid bonus payment for healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53745/22]
Question· writtenPQ 755asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
755. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the €72.8 million that is provided to the racing industry would be better spent on public health and public education, in a time of prudent fiscal management (details supplied). [53066/22]
Question· writtenPQ 715asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
715. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any policies issued by his Department or public bodies under his remit that refer to the importance of the bond between an infant and their parents, especially their mother, in the first six months after birth. [53586/22]
Question· writtenPQ 678asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
678. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will remove the age restriction from the mental illness category of the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53365/22]
Question· writtenPQ 675asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
675. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health when all workers covered by the pandemic special recognition payment will receive their €1,000 payment; if a payment contractor has been appointed following the tendering process to obtain same; when further information will be published for those certain eligible non-HSE/non-Section 38 healthcare employees who are covered by the Government decision and information on the process available to their employers to implement this measure for their eligible staff will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53353/22]
Question· writtenPQ 668asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
668. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the status of the disposal of land by the Department of Education to his Department to provide a primary health care centre in Collinstown, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53318/22]
Question· writtenPQ 665asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
665. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if his Department has considered subsidising gluten free products for persons with coeliac disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53298/22]
Question· writtenPQ 662asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
662. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if his Department is engaging with the HSE for a public awareness campaign on the dangers of tanning and sun beds, especially for younger people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53295/22]
Question· writtenPQ 656asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
656. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 13 October 2022, if he will provide details of any pay scheme that may have been agreed by his Department for section 39 healthcare workers who are unable to work due to long-Covid; the way in which this scheme differs from the pay scheme for other healthcare workers with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53237/22]
Question· writtenPQ 645asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
645. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the number of GP resources and funding allocated to out-of-hours urgent GP care in the recent winter service plan for 15,000 patients in areas (details supplied) currently outside of the Westdoc GP co-op. [53132/22]
Question· writtenPQ 639asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
639. Deputy Malcolm Noonan asked the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of healthmail and the uptake throughout Ireland's health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53075/22]
Question· writtenPQ 634asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
634. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) in relation to locating a community garden in Dingle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53069/22]
Question· writtenPQ 620asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
620. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if it is intended that the National Gender Service Ireland will expand its service to treat Irish children and young persons who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria in Ireland, given that a British healthcare setting (details supplied), which takes referrals from Irish children and young persons who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria, is to change to a regional service and will no longer be taking these referrals; if so, the timeframe for this to become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52989/22]
Question· writtenPQ 618asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
618. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the amount that has been invested in maintenance, upgrades and any building works at Cois Abhainn Residential Centre, Youghal, in each of the years 2012 and 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52983/22]
Question· writtenPQ 617asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
617. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of bedrooms and bathrooms in Cois Abhainn Residential Centre, Youghal, County Cork; the dimensions of the bedrooms; the dimensions of the building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52982/22]
Question· writtenPQ 616asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
616. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to address supports for diagnosed coeliac sufferers to purchase gluten free food; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52979/22]
Question· writtenPQ 605asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
605. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the public health nurse network in the Dublin west region; if there is a timeframe available regarding when the service will return to normal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52908/22]
Question· writtenPQ 604asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
604. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the downgrading of health services on Arranmore island, for example the current community-registered nurse is not on the island full-time and there is no public health nurse, leading to people waiting longer for treatment and having to go to the mainland more often; his views on whether this is appropriate at a time when the population of the island is increasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52906/22]
Question· writtenPQ 602asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
602. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will provide further detail on the national diabetes registry provided for in Budget 2023; if there is a framework for the delivery of the registry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52883/22]
Question· writtenPQ 592asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
592. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the current position in respect of the discharge of patients from hospitals to step-down facilities in cases in which the patient or their immediate family are given no say by the HSE in respect of which step-down facility they are transferred to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52801/22]
Question· writtenPQ 590asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
590. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health when work on the Golf Links Hotel in Blarney, County Cork, which was purchased by the HSE for the provision of step-down beds, will be completed; when it is envisaged that this facility will be fully staffed and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52799/22]
Question· writtenPQ 589asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
589. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health when the new extension of a facility (details supplied) which is fully completed with 60 additional beds, will be fully operational; if the required number of nurses, care assistants, porters and administrative staff have been recruited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52798/22]
Question· writtenPQ 579asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
579. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the condition that mental illness is only covered by the long-term illness card for those under 16 years has been challenged by the Ombudsman as discriminatory; if it is still being used as grounds for refusal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52727/22]
Question· writtenPQ 298asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
298. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the next obligatory Report on the Status of Ireland’s Seabirds to the EU Commission is due to be completed and published by the National Parks and Wildlife Service; if the report will comprehensively address the proliferation of urban breeding and living gull species as evidenced in the National Urban Gull Survey September 2021 and the severe negative impacts these species are having on human communities, including the now officially declared threat they are posing to public health and safety; and, if the urban gull issue will not be comprehensively addressed in the Report to the Commission, if he will provide an explanation. [52884/22]
Question· writtenPQ 370asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2022
370. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which patients seeking a scoliosis surgery have been accommodated in the past twelve months; the degree to which it is now proposed to accelerate the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52673/22]
Question· writtenPQ 369asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2022
369. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which Sláintecare provisions are currently embedded in the health service, with particular reference to the need to ensure regional representation on the Board of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52672/22]
Question· writtenPQ 368asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2022
368. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the various changes and requirements needed to fully introduce Sláintecare are being pursued at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52671/22]
Question· writtenPQ 169asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2022
169. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Health his plans to develop new healthcare infrastructure in the mid-west to match the demographic targets set out in Ireland 2040, the national planning framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52449/22]
Question· writtenPQ 124asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2022
124. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health his views on whether Ireland's national action plan on antimicrobial resistance is sufficiently robust to address the significant issue of antimicrobial resistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51007/22]
Question· writtenPQ 98asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2022
98. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the plans for a new elective hospital in Merlin Park, Galway; the timeline for the completion of the project; if this is phase one of the new elective and acute hospital proposed for the MPUH site, as set out as the preferred option in the Saolta University Health Care Group’s “Options Appraisal for Saolta Model 4 Hospital Services in Galway” 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52192/22]
Question· oralPQ 84asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2022
84. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the number of children's disability network teams, CDNTs, in community healthcare organisations, CHOs, 3 and 5; the locations in which each team is based; the numbers of staff in whole-time equivalent, WTE, terms approved for each team; the numbers currently assigned to each team; the number of vacant positions on each team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52416/22]
Question· writtenPQ 208asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2022
208. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if a contract is now in place for processing payment of the pandemic recognition payment to non-HSE/non Section 38 healthcare employees covered by the Government decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52076/22]
Question· writtenPQ 206asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2022
206. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health in his Department's active pursuit of recruitment to vacant posts across the healthcare services, how many of the 1,451 graduates in psychology disciplines in 2021 have been added to the national panel for recruitment within the healthcare services; the number that have been extended a letter of offer to a vacant post within the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52073/22]
Question· writtenPQ 205asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2022
205. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health in his Department's active pursuit of recruitment to vacant posts across the healthcare services, how many of the 119 speech and language therapy graduates of 2021 have been added to the national panel for recruitment within the healthcare services; the number that have been extended a letter of offer to a vacant post within the health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52072/22]
Question· writtenPQ 204asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2022
204. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health in his Department's active pursuit of recruitment to vacant posts across the healthcare services, how many of the 228 physiotherapy graduates of 2021 have been added to the national panel for recruitment within the healthcare services; the number that have been extended a letter of offer to a vacant post within the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52071/22]
Question· writtenPQ 203asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2022
203. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health in his Department's active pursuit of recruitment to vacant posts across the healthcare services, how many of the 123 occupational therapy graduates of 2021 have been added to the national panel for recruitment within the healthcare services; the number that have been extended a letter of offer to a vacant post within the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52070/22]
Question· writtenPQ 850asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
850. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE intends to downgrade the services in Bantry Hospital centre for mental healthcare and recovery from an 18-bed unit to 12 beds; if resources have been made available to rectify the situation; his views on whether this will have a detrimental impact on the community and the ability in future for the unit to provide acute care; the locations in which the displaced patients will be sent instead; his views on whether this will increase pressure on other frontline services in the area; if he will direct the HSE to implement the recommended changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52034/22]
Question· writtenPQ 835asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
835. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will examine favourably on a submission from the CHI when submitted to provide chest bracing service for children under the public healthcare system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51922/22]