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Question· writtenPQ 230asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2022
230. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will facilitate the transfer of a healthcare employee (details supplied) to an alternative location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47627/22]
Question· writtenPQ 104asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2022
104. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Finance if the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General has full confidence in all financial transactions involved in healthcare received via the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive and the Northern Ireland Planned Healthcare Scheme; if the office conducts or plans to conduct an audit of the schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47716/22]
Question· writtenPQ 281asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2022
281. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm a decision will be made in 2023 to build a public elective hospital in the mid-west. [47614/22]
Question· writtenPQ 278asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2022
278. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of the pandemic bonus payment to front-line healthcare workers in a centre (details supplied) in September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47559/22]
Question· writtenPQ 277asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2022
277. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an overview of the implementation of the issuing of pandemic bonus payments to front-line healthcare workers who are not employed by the HSE; the organisation that is carrying out this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47558/22]
Question· writtenPQ 261asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2022
261. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a more detailed and accurate timeline for the release of information and issuing of the Covid-19 pandemic recognition payment for non-HSE and non-section 38 healthcare employees, given these staff have been waiting an extended period of time without clarity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47479/22]
Question· writtenPQ 247asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2022
247. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of placements provided for training across all healthcare disciplines in each of the past three years, by discipline, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47438/22]
Question· writtenPQ 239asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2022
239. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the correspondence and instructions the HSE received from the Mental Health Commission regarding the centre for mental health care and recovery in Bantry General Hospital prior to the decision by the commission to recommend the closure of seven beds in the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47384/22]
Question· writtenPQ 237asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2022
237. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the engagement his Department or the HSE has had with Mayo County Council regarding the transfer of a site (details supplied) from the HSE to Mayo County Council to facilitate the relocation of an organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47375/22]
Question· writtenPQ 236asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2022
236. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report published by an organisation (details supplied); if he has considered the recommendations made in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47372/22]
Question· writtenPQ 575asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2022
575. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has carried out a critical safety audit in the centre for mental health care and recovery in Bantry General Hospital; if anti-ligature safety measures have been introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47339/22]
Question· writtenPQ 574asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2022
574. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if an assurance will be given that no patient has attempted suicide or has succeeded in ending their life by suicide in the centre for mental health care and recovery in Bantry General Hospital in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47338/22]
Question· writtenPQ 552asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2022
552. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to construction contractors by the HSE in respect of large infrastructure projects at Tallaght University Hospital in the past four years to date, by amount, year and project, in tabular form; and if he will provide a schedule of projects that required a tender process to be undertaken. [47161/22]
Question· writtenPQ 548asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2022
548. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the growing trend of disposable e-cigarette use among teenagers; the measures that his Department and the HSE will implement to ensure that these products comply with all relevant regulatory requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47136/22]
Question· writtenPQ 535asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2022
535. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health the reason that there is a delay in issuing Covid recognition payments; when the Covid recognition payment will be made to agency healthcare assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47085/22]
Question· writtenPQ 521asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2022
521. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the establishment of an academic general practitioner-career pathway to recruit, support and retain sufficient academic GPs to meet Ireland’s expanding primary care teaching, healthcare policy and research requirements, and to deliver high-quality evidence-based GP care to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46999/22]
Question· writtenPQ 517asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2022
517. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve ICT systems in general practice; if he will consider the implementation of such measures as summary care records, facilitated with a unique patient identifier, to enable an efficient, integrated healthcare system; his plans for investment in e-communication solutions between GP and hospital care to improve patient safety, optimise referral rates and overall, to support secondary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46995/22]
Question· writtenPQ 507asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2022
507. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his Department has undertaken any research into the avian flu HPAI; if the flu poses a risk to humans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46964/22]
Question· writtenPQ 454asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2022
454. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE is taking a full 12 weeks to pay overtime to staff, including nurses; the reason this is the case; if he is prepared to shorten the inordinate time healthcare professionals are expected to wait to receive their overtime payments amidst an unprecedented cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46698/22]
Question· writtenPQ 446asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2022
446. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for the pandemic bonus payment for healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46649/22]
Question· writtenPQ 428asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2022
428. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if funding has been allocated to the building of primary healthcare centre in Drimnagh, Dublin; the timeframe for the commencement of building work; the estimated timeframe for the opening of this facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46583/22]
Question· writtenPQ 427asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2022
427. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his Department will be recognising the recommendation of the European Commission and the EU Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work to recognise Covid-19 as an occupational disease for health care workers; if his Department will move to adapt legislation according to the updated Commission recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46562/22]
Question· writtenPQ 123asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 September 2022
123. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health his plans, if any, to extend the provision of free condoms to all persons under 25 years, regardless of gender, as part of the State’s existing free contraceptives scheme; the estimated cost to the Exchequer of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46172/22]
Question· writtenPQ 122asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 September 2022
122. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the progress that is being made with regards to reinstating public health nurse check-ups for infants and children in Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46164/22]
Question· writtenPQ 579asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2022
579. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the necessary preparatory work including planning and design will be progressed, without delay, in relation to the provision of much-needed facilities at a health care centre (details supplied) in view of the present inadequate accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46039/22]
Question· writtenPQ 569asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2022
569. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he will retain the 18-bed capacity at the centre for mental health care in Bantry and reject the recommendation of the Mental Health Commission to reduce the capacity to 11 beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45907/22]
Question· writtenPQ 566asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2022
566. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health if there is a national database for recording and documenting cases and related information on diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45901/22]
Question· writtenPQ 565asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2022
565. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of the current outstanding pandemic recognition payments; the number of payments outstanding to eligible healthcare workers; the healthcare sectors that are yet to receive the payment; when the pandemic recognition payment will be paid to frontline healthcare staff in private nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45897/22]
Question· writtenPQ 545asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2022
545. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if and when the new weight loss injections may be covered under the drug payment scheme card (details supplied). [45841/22]
Question· writtenPQ 544asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2022
544. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health if he will include women with gestational diabetes in the long-term illness scheme; the reason there is no provision to cover the costs associated with gestational diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45837/22]
Question· writtenPQ 542asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2022
542. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will increase sustainable funding for national physiotherapy services for people with Multiple Sclerosis, and other neurological conditions totalling €880,000 per annum across all 9 Community Healthcare Organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45834/22]
Question· writtenPQ 541asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2022
541. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will commit to providing an increase of €600,000 in annual investment in the National Multiple Sclerosis Care Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45833/22]
Question· writtenPQ 508asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2022
508. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the Scheme of Paid Leave for Public Health Service Employees with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45572/22]
Question· writtenPQ 471asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2022
471. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the current status of the payment of the Covid healthcare bonus; when the payment will be paid to all non- HSE staff; the number of health care workers that have received the payment to date; the number of health care workers that are awaiting the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45411/22]
Question· writtenPQ 468asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2022
468. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the progress of negotiations on a special scheme of paid leave for public health service employees with long-Covid to date; the expected timeline for the commencement of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45906/22]
Question· writtenPQ 306asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 September 2022
306. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the reason that frontline staff in a healthcare setting (details supplied) who provide a service on behalf of the HSE and come under Section 39, were not included in the list for the €1,000 pandemic special recognition payment; if he will rectify this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45288/22]
Question· writtenPQ 294asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 September 2022
294. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the public health nurses operating on the relevant areas in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath in tabular form; the locations in which vacancies exist at present; the length of time for which these posts have been vacant; and the plans and timeframe in place to find suitable replacements. [45253/22]
Question· writtenPQ 32asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 September 2022
32. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that he is taking to fast-track the processing of critical skills employment permits relating to healthcare professionals for the nursing home sector. [44962/22]
Question· writtenPQ 31asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 September 2022
31. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the role of healthcare assistants in nursing home settings will be included on the critical skills employment permits list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45082/22]
Question· writtenPQ 627asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 September 2022
627. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the progress to date on the examination by the HSE and the Department of Health into progressing the roll-out of the pandemic recognition payment to the list of non-HSE/non-Section 38 organisation types covered by the Government decision; the estimated timeline for when all eligible frontline workers, including healthcare facility cleaning staff subcontracted through a company (details supplied), will receive the pandemic recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45142/22]
Question· writtenPQ 622asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 September 2022
622. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to streamline the process for the recruitment of non-European Union healthcare workers for the nursing home sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45093/22]
Question· writtenPQ 609asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 September 2022
609. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the services that are presently being provided at the Ennis primary healthcare centre, Station Road, Ennis, County Clare; when the centre will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45023/22]
Question· writtenPQ 597asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 September 2022
597. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Health when he will publish information for additional healthcare employees that are covered by the Government decision on the pandemic special recognition payment, including the process available to their employers to implement this measure for their eligible staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44940/22]
Question· writtenPQ 596asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 September 2022
596. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will acknowledge the ongoing issues and needs of the diabetes community in Ireland, that is, living with one of the top-ten most-challenging health problems, as described by the World Health Organisation; if he will commit to establishing a national diabetes strategy as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44939/22]
Question· writtenPQ 591asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 September 2022
591. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in implementing a scheme of paid leave for health service employees with long-Covid in the public health sector. [44923/22]
Question· writtenPQ 582asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 September 2022
582. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the follow-up supports that are available within the public health system for women who start menopause as a result of prophylactic surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44868/22]
Question· writtenPQ 533asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 September 2022
533. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the provision of a fully funded primary healthcare facility for Freshford and Ballyragget, County Kilkenny, given the extensive rural area being serviced by both locations and the growing demand from patients in Kilkenny city who are finding it difficult to access general practitioner services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44566/22]
Question· writtenPQ 488asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 September 2022
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]
Question· writtenPQ 478asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 September 2022
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]
Question· writtenPQ 464asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 September 2022
464. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health when eligible agency staff and non-HSE health care professionals can expect to receive the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44397/22]