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Question· writtenPQ 1384asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
1384. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking independently or in collaboration with other countries to develop a vaccine to combat the Covid-19 virus; if a vaccine will be administered to all persons when available without cost and through the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22505/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1378asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
1378. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the timeline of the review of the epidemiology of tuberculosis here considering the public health impact of having no BCG vaccination since April 2015; when this review will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22492/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1327asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
1327. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of public health and civil service staff reassigned to track and trace duties both nationally and within County Kerry in tabular form; and the duties and Department that staff have been reassigned from. [22132/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1303asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
1303. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the public health policy in relation to the testing of patients for Covid-19 prior to surgery; and if the same policy applies to public and private hospitals. [22036/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1278asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
1278. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Health if he will request the National Public Health Emergency Team to consider allowing local meetings of a group (details supplied) to take place in cases in which social distancing and other precautionary measures can be taken; if a proposal to allow such meetings to take place can be brought forward following advice from the public health officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21929/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1246asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
1246. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses that graduated in each of the years 2017 to 2019; the institutions from which they graduated; the number that entered jobs in the public health service in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21749/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1226asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
1226. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health when publicly funded adjuvant immunotherapy specifically Nivolumab and Pembrolizumab will be available under the public healthcare system as laid out in the National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026. [21648/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1202asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
1202. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a hospital (details supplied) is retracting free parking for healthcare workers; if he will liaise with the HSE and local authorities to ensure that free parking will remain for the duration of the Covid-19 national public health emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21574/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1151asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
1151. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of developing a community healthcare network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21466/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1124asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
1124. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for a 10% increase in homeless mental healthcare services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21411/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1123asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
1123. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated full capital and current cost of moving to a seven-day week outpatient model of child and adolescent mental healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21410/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1086asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
1086. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual healthcare spend on treating diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21349/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1062asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
1062. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the healthcare facilities which benefited from funding under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the years 2017 to 2019, inclusive, by amount, healthcare facility and company in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21324/20]
Question· writtenPQ 992asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
992. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to providing a monetary bonus to healthcare workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21108/20]
Question· writtenPQ 979asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
979. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if financial supports will be put in place for student nurses and midwives that are unable to work whilst on placement (details supplied); if he will consider increasing the financial supports offered to student nurses and midwives and other student healthcare workers in the longer term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22262/20]
Question· writtenPQ 862asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
862. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of nurses that graduated in each of the years 2017 to 2019; the institutions from which they graduated; the number that entered jobs in the public health service in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21750/20]
Question· writtenPQ 463asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
463. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the temporary suspension of the working holiday authorisation scheme will be lifted given the limited public health threats should entrants to the State comply with quarantine requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22506/20]
Question· writtenPQ 315asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
315. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public servants excluding healthcare workers, gardaí, Defence Forces personnel, primary school teachers and secondary school teachers that were placed on sick leave due to stress in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, by the relevant Department and State agency; and the proportion this number represents of the total number employed in each year. [19862/20]
Question· writtenPQ 62asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
62. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach the number of public servants, excluding healthcare workers, gardaí, Defence Forces personnel, primary school teachers and secondary-school teachers, who died by suicide in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, while still in the employment of the State by the relevant Department and State agency. [19863/20]
Question· writtenPQ 57asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
57. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the supports in place for childcare providers to continue to operate after-school care during the Covid-19 public health emergency. [22324/20]
Question· oralPQ 22asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
22. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration if schools will still be required to submit biannual student absence reports to Tusla for student absenteeism over the 20-day limit; and if he will consider an exemption due to the public health emergency that includes illness and or suspected contact with a person with Covid-19 which would require a period of self-isolation. [22336/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1372asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 July 2020
1372. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of additional staff appointed to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, to date in 2020; the net increase in staff numbers resulting from such recruitment in each CHO to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20653/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1359asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 July 2020
1359. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of mental health whole-time equivalents required to be recruited for the full implementation of A Vision for Change in view of demographic changes; and the teams and specialties in which the additional staff are required by community healthcare organisation area in tabular form. [20640/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1190asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 July 2020
1190. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if the National Gender Service will be instructed to follow best practice international guidelines on transgender healthcare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20037/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1168asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 July 2020
1168. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average pay in the public health service acute hospital sector [19964/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1150asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 July 2020
1150. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he has considered compensation measures for the families of healthcare workers who die as a result of contracting Covid-19 [19910/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1129asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 July 2020
1129. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare workers who died by suicide while still in the employment of the State in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19857/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1128asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 July 2020
1128. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare workers who were placed on sick leave due to stress or mental illness in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the proportion the number represents of the total number of healthcare workers, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19856/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1123asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 July 2020
1123. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to providing a monetary bonus to healthcare workers in view of their extraordinary and heroic efforts, often at great personal risk to themselves, to fight Covid-19 in hospitals and other care settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19850/20]
Question· writtenPQ 770asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 July 2020
770. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the other measures being considered to create disincentives to act in a manner which contravenes public health advice further to SI 242 of 2020; if consideration has been given to the potential of these statutory instruments targeting specific groups rather than society at large; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20530/20]
Question· writtenPQ 733asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 July 2020
733. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body in a school setting responsible for the management of and adherence with National Public Health Emergency Team, NPHET, advice. [20852/20]
Question· writtenPQ 695asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 July 2020
695. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that will be made available in higher education institutions to comply with the two metre social distancing requirements in view of the latest public health advice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20507/20]
Question· writtenPQ 687asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 July 2020
687. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the National Public Health Emergency Team targets for Covid-19 numbers here that will influence the ability of schools to remain open after August 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20400/20]
Question· writtenPQ 630asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 July 2020
630. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the additional funding she plans to provide to ensure schools reopening in September 2020 have sufficient funding to arrange deep cleaning of premises and to hire additional staff to keep classes to a size that can comply with public health advice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16889/20]
Question· writtenPQ 629asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 July 2020
629. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers and SNAs, respectively in employment funded by her Department by primary and secondary schools; the increase in funding she will allow to ensure that these numbers can be increased to ensure that class sizes can be reduced in order that schools can return in line with public health requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16792/20]
Question· writtenPQ 261asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 July 2020
261. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet airlines to ask for refunds for persons who cannot fly due to public health advice. [20547/20]
Question· writtenPQ 260asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 July 2020
260. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to levies on airlines to discourage unnecessary foreign travel; and if so, the other statutory instruments on the aviation industry that will be considered or implemented to achieve this public health goal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20528/20]
Question· writtenPQ 256asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 July 2020
256. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has had with airlines that will not be refunding passengers who are looking to cancel flights on the basis of public health advice and advice from the providers of travel insurance; if he has raised this with the aviation industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20452/20]
Question· writtenPQ 235asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 July 2020
235. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has made contact with airline operators to ensure refunds are issued for persons who paid for airline travel and then cancelled in view of public health guidelines and quarantine measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19903/20]
Question· writtenPQ 349asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2020
349. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health if the HSE Dublin north west early intervention and primary health care teams have access to dietetics and speech and language therapy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19518/20]
Question· writtenPQ 298asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2020
298. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the policies and procedures in place regarding hospital car parking charges for healthcare workers during the Covid-19 pandemic; if the measures will return to normal; if so, when it will take place; the efforts made by his Department and the HSE to liaise with local authorities to ensure there are no charges, fees, clamping or fining of the cars of healthcare workers in cases in which they have to park on the street or otherwise do not have parking in hospital car parks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19370/20]
Question· writtenPQ 282asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2020
282. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health his plans for the roll-out of additional primary healthcare centres in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19263/20]
Question· writtenPQ 281asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2020
281. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of a new primary healthcare centre in Baltinglass, County Wicklow; the stage at which plans are at; and the timeframe for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19262/20]
Question· writtenPQ 280asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2020
280. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of a new primary healthcare centre in Greystones, County Wicklow; the stage at which plans are at; the timeframe for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19261/20]
Question· writtenPQ 272asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2020
272. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of staff appointed to each hospital in the Saolta University Health Care Group in the period from March to July 2020; the posts they were appointed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19226/20]
Question· writtenPQ 183asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2020
183. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of visiting teachers under the public health provision for schools for September 2020 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19269/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1055asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2020
1055. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and types of beds in the public health system on completion of the bed capacity review; the number of beds of each type added since; and the number of additional beds that must be added to reach the required numbers as identified in the bed capacity review, in tabular form. [18943/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1054asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2020
1054. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and types of beds available in the public health system on 1 July 2020, in tabular form. [18942/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1053asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2020
1053. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and types of beds available in the public health system on 1 January 2020, in tabular form. [18941/20]
Question· writtenPQ 983asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2020
983. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of workers in the public health system by profession and hospital who have been required to work back-to-back shifts resulting in working for 14 to 24 and 24 plus hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18419/20]