Marian Harkin

Independent · Sligo-Leitrim

Activity on Health — 421 events (54 lobbying · 338 questions · 38 votes) full profile →

• 2026-04-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of a physiotherapy service specifically for MS patients in Sligo Leitrim (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27464/26]
• 2026-04-15
  VOTE
  Organisation of Working Time (Leave for Health Screening Purposes) Bill 2025

  A bill to provide for a period of paid leave in order to enable employees to participate in health screening programmes; for that purpose to amend the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997; to extend the protection against unfair dismissals conferred by the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015; to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other Acts; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion failed · 65–83
• 2026-04-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 12 February 2026, the status of the recruitment and employment of the further necessary staff for the full operation of the CAMHS-ID service; and the timeline when clinical referrals will be fully operational. [23611/26]
• 2026-03-04
  LOBBY
  Vape Business Ireland Health

  • Legislation on vaping
• 2026-02-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment of a specialist section of CAMHS for children with intellectual disabilities in Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11258/26]
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Rehab Group Public Expenditure and Reform

  • Rehab's Pre Budget Submission
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Pro Life Campaign Health

  • Motion by Paul Murphy on the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023, proposing restoration of the bill to the Order Paper
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  The Asthma Society of Ireland Health

  • AV Room Briefing for World Lung Day
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Agriculture

  • IFA Budget 2026 Briefing
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  P. J. Carroll & Company Ltd Health

  • Future regulation of nicotine products
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  Irish Second-Level Students' Union (ISSU) Health

  • Regarding the bill for endometriosis care
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  Multiple Sclerosis Ireland Health

  • MS Ireland continued campaigning for Pre-Budget asks
• 2026-01-15
  LOBBY
  DEBRA Ireland Health

  • Debra contacted TDs and Senators to attend the launch of a review on the supports and services for Epidermolysis Bullosa and outlined recommendations for enhanced funding to improve supports and services. Copies of the recommendations and Debra 'asks' were provided
• 2026-01-15
  LOBBY
  EUROPEAN PAIN FEDERATION EFIC Health

  • Integrated pain management and treatment, pain in employment, pain research and pain as a chronic condition.
• 2026-01-06
  LOBBY
  Neurological Alliance of Ireland Health

  • Establishment of a cross-party group to raise awareness of neurological conditions
• 2026-01-05
  LOBBY
  Parkinson's Ireland Health

  • Wrote to the TD/Minister to lobby for the HSE to provide funding for Parkinson's Ireland to run a dedicated counselling service via the Dublin and North East Health Region.
• 2025-12-17
  VOTE
  Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Fox Hunting) Bill 2025

  A bill to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to ban the hunting of a fox or foxes; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion failed · 24–124
• 2025-12-17
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Restoration to Order Paper (Resumed)

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion failed · 71–73
• 2025-12-17
  VOTE
  Health (Waiting Lists) Bill 2024

  A bill to amend and extend the Health Act 2004 and for that purpose to provide for the conferral of additional functions on the Minister for Health in relation to setting of priorities and performance targets by that Minister in relation to maximum waiting times for health and personal social services; to amend the National Treatment Purchase Fund Board (Establishment) Order 2004 to provide for additional reporting, revised corporate governance and accountability arrangements; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion failed · 66–80
• 2025-11-03
  LOBBY
  Drury Health

  • Request for meeting to discuss the role of insourcing in reducing waiting lists in the health service.
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Retailers Against Smuggling Health

  • Retail licensing fees
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  The Wheel Community

  • The Wheel hosted launch event for our Pre-Budget Submission 2026. It comprised a panel discussion with speakers from community and voluntary organisations and an overview of The Wheel's priorities for Budget 2026. We invited Ministers, TDs and Senators from the most relevant departments and joint Oireachtas committees and several attended in person.
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Neurological Alliance of Ireland Health

  • Call for Investment in Budget 2026 to begin to implement the commitments to the development of neurorehabilitation services within the current Programme for Government
• 2025-09-18
  LOBBY
  Multiple Sclerosis Ireland Health

  • Invite sent to Sligo and Leitrim members to attend local event in Sligo
• 2025-09-15
  LOBBY
  Nursing Homes Ireland Health

  • NHI invited Ministers, TD's and MEP to the launch of NHI/RCSI research on the Placing Human Rights at the Heart of Nursing Home Care
• 2025-09-12
  LOBBY
  Creative Retail Distribution Limited Taxation

  • Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug
• 2025-09-09
  LOBBY
  Alcohol Action Ireland Health

  • Alcohol health information labelling
• 2025-09-09
  LOBBY
  Parkinson's Ireland Health

  • Wrote to the representative to advocate for our pre-budget requests to be included in their parties alternative budget.
• 2025-09-01
  LOBBY
  Acquired Brain Injury Ireland Health

  • Implementation of the neuro-rehabilitation strategy/Implementation Framework
• 2025-07-09
  VOTE
  Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages · 3 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 86–69
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 67–86
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–86
• 2025-06-25
  VOTE
  Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022

  A bill to require pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment suppliers and their servants or agents, to declare payments, gifts, donations or other transfers of values provided to healthcare professionals or health care organisations on an annual basis.

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 85–67
• 2025-06-18
  VOTE
  Mental Health Bill 2024 · 3 divisions

  A bill to provide for the admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres, of adult persons in certain circumstances and, for the involuntary admission of adult persons who meet the criteria for involuntary admission to such centres; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of adult persons to registered acute mental health centres; and, for those purposes, to provide for the establishment of mental health review boards; to provide for the care and treatment of adult persons in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to adult persons without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of adult persons who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the admission to and discharge from registered acute mental health centres of children on a voluntary basis and with parental consent; to provide for the involuntary admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres of children who meet the criteria for involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres by way of application to the District Court; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the treatment of children in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to children without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of children who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for applications to be made to court to provide for the entitlements of persons admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the continuation in being of the Mental Health Commission and the Inspector of Mental Health Services; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register of acute mental health centres, a register of community mental health centres and a register of community mental health services for such centres and services registered under and in accordance with this Act; to provide for the regulation of mental health services including registered acute mental health centres, registered community mental health centres and registered community mental health services; to provide for the monitoring and enforcement of compliance with the provisions of this Act by the Mental Health Commission; to repeal the Mental Health Act 2001 and certain other enactments; to provide for the amendment of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–82
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–86
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–86
• 2025-06-11
  VOTE
  Mental Health Bill 2024 · 2 divisions

  A bill to provide for the admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres, of adult persons in certain circumstances and, for the involuntary admission of adult persons who meet the criteria for involuntary admission to such centres; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of adult persons to registered acute mental health centres; and, for those purposes, to provide for the establishment of mental health review boards; to provide for the care and treatment of adult persons in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to adult persons without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of adult persons who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the admission to and discharge from registered acute mental health centres of children on a voluntary basis and with parental consent; to provide for the involuntary admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres of children who meet the criteria for involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres by way of application to the District Court; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the treatment of children in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to children without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of children who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for applications to be made to court to provide for the entitlements of persons admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the continuation in being of the Mental Health Commission and the Inspector of Mental Health Services; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register of acute mental health centres, a register of community mental health centres and a register of community mental health services for such centres and services registered under and in accordance with this Act; to provide for the regulation of mental health services including registered acute mental health centres, registered community mental health centres and registered community mental health services; to provide for the monitoring and enforcement of compliance with the provisions of this Act by the Mental Health Commission; to repeal the Mental Health Act 2001 and certain other enactments; to provide for the amendment of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–85
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–85
• 2025-05-28
  VOTE
  Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Fox Hunting) Bill 2025

  A bill to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to ban the hunting of a fox or foxes; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 113–49
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  Fórsa trade union Health

  • Emails, letters, including letters to two Ministers, phone calls and an online meeting was organised with the aim of seeking more funding for the healthcare system, and to support unions in being consulted regarding the pay and numbers strategy in the Health Service Executive. There were discussions in relation to the then impending Pay & Numbers dispute including possible solutions with some TDs.
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  Alcohol Action Ireland 2 returns Health

  • Health information labelling of alcohol products
  • Alcohol policy development
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  College of Psychiatrists of Ireland Health

  • Mental Health Bill 2024 and concerns re inability to provide treatment to all who will be involuntarily hospitalised due to current iteration.To provide descriptions using video recordings of people who had benefited from treatment under the current Mental Health Act explaining their illnesses and the necessary treatment provided in a timely manner.
• 2025-05-19
  LOBBY
  Nursing Homes Ireland 3 returns Health

  • Letter issued to new government Ministers and Ministers for State congratulating them on their new appointments and commitment to work collaboratively
  • NHI wrote to the Deputies and Senators regarding the urgent need for Government to honour its Programme for Government commitment to publish the NHSS (Fair Deal) Review of Pricing in early 2025.
  • NHI corresponded with TD's and Ministers as a follow up regarding the negotiations for the Programme for Government and requirement to ensure express commitments onpolicy on care of the older person.
• 2025-05-15
  LOBBY
  Optum Services (Ireland) Limited Health

  • Recognised the positive business climate in Ireland and the EU, provided an overview of Optum Ireland, and highlighted the link between government policies and our ability to continue investing and growing in Ireland.
• 2025-05-15
  LOBBY
  Rare Diseases Ireland Health

  • Re-launch All Party Group on Rare Diseases. Update on the need for a new National Strategy for Rare Diseases, including background data on rare diseases in Ireland and the challenges that people living with rare diseases face.
• 2025-05-14
  LOBBY
  Samaritans Ireland Health

  • Follow up concerning key priorities for the implementation and delivery of the programme for government
• 2025-05-01
  LOBBY
  Neurological Alliance of Ireland Health

  • Support for the Delivery of the Commitment within the Programme for Government to rollout the remaining community Neuro-Rehabilitation teams
• 2025-04-30
  VOTE
  Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 85–68
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to address the severe shortage of GPs in Donegal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15557/25]
• 2025-03-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 752 of 4 March 2025, and subsequent reply in relation to the heartwatch scheme; the reason the new CDM Programme is only open to medical card patients (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13311/25]
• 2025-03-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a timeline for the rollout of free hormone replacement therapy for women, as announced in Budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9640/25]
• 2025-03-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if the discontinuation of the Heartwatch scheme will be reviewed as soon as possible (details supplied). [9641/25]
• 2025-02-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health for an update on the review of the physician associate role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7957/25]
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Irish Cancer Society Health

  • General Election campaign
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Rehab Group Public Expenditure and Reform

  • Rehab's Pre Budget Submission
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Home and Community Care Ireland 3 returns Health

  • Home care providers received a notification that the HSE would cease issuing additional home care hours for older people on the waiting list for home support in HSE Community Health Office 1.
  • Invitations & attendance at HCCI events
  • Engagements during the General Election campaign & government formation talks.
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Reduced Risk Products Association Company Limited Health

  • The Reduced Risk Products Association conducted analysis of Census 2022 and the results of the Healthy Ireland Survey 2024 to examine the likely implications of proposed restrictions on flavoured vapes for adult vapers including smokers who rely on vapes to quit or reduce their smoking returning to smoking, with consequent impacts on deaths from smoking. This analysis was prepared on a Dail constituency basis and sent to all members of Dáil Eireann.
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited Health

  • Presentation on the National Meals on Wheels Network and Meals on Wheels services to members of the Oireachtas in the AV room of Leinster House
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Ibec Economic Development and Industry

  • Irish Medtech Priorities for the Next Government
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Agriculture

  • Development of Vaccine for TB - IFA Submission to all Political Parties and Dáil Éireann Candidates for the 2024 General Election
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  The Alzheimer Society of Ireland Health

  • Programme For Government 2025-2029
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Irish Sports Matters Ltd t/a the Federation of Irish Sport Sports and Recreation

  • Programme for Government
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Veterinary Ireland Agriculture

  • Communications with Taoiseach, Tanaiste, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Minister for Health, Chief Veterinary Officer, and other DPOs, regarding Veterinary Ireland concerns on the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023, and associated Statutory Instrument.
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Instinctif Partners Public Affairs Ireland Health

  • Correspondence to relevant political representatives in light of Government Formation talks.
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Alcohol Action Ireland Health

  • Alcohol policy development in relation to a new strategy for alcohol and the establishment of an Alcohol Office
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  ALONE Health

  • Support for services and policies relating to older people in the General Election and Programme for Government
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation Health

  • INMO Pre-Budget Submission for 2025 Budget
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Nursing Homes Ireland 2 returns Health

  • Request for Meeting on Prioritising Older Person Care in the Programme for Government and congratulate the deputy on their election to Dáil Eireann. We outlined the nursing home sector faces urgent challenges that require immediate attention:Fair Deal Pricing Review, Workforce Challenges,Equal Access to Primary Care Services. Including these in the programme for Government is essential for the sustainability of the nursing home sector.
  • NHI Held a Billboard Launch in October for NHI's "It's not Fair" Campaign and NHI asked TD's to come support our campaign
• 2025-01-18
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 3 returns Agriculture

  • Sligo IFA Budget 2025 Priorities
  • Leitrim IFA Budget 2025 Priorities
  • Soil Monitoring and Resilience
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Mental Health Reform 2 returns HealthBudgetary matters

  • Programme for Government Briefing & LSE Launch Save the Date
  • MHR's event in Leinster House on 18th September; 'Meet&Greet'
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Youth Advocate Programmes Ireland CLG Health

  • Mental Health Reform hosted meet and greet in Leinster House
• 2025-01-16
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Finance

  • VAT & Taxation on Farm Inputs
• 2025-01-16
  LOBBY
  NCBI Health

  • Inclusion in Programme for Government of priorities for people who are vision impaired
• 2025-01-15
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 4 returns HealthEnvironmentSports and Recreation

  • Fair Deal & Support for Older People
  • Health - Primary Care Services - Rural Ireland
  • Water
  • Recreational Routes
• 2025-01-15
  LOBBY
  Down Syndrome Ireland Health

  • A letter was sent to local Leitrim and Sligo politicians about new government policies. The Leitrim Branch of Down Syndrome Ireland shared DSI's manifesto in the lead up to the General Election in November. They asked those running for election to take these demands into account.
• 2025-01-10
  LOBBY
  Neurological Alliance of Ireland Health

  • Implementation of the National Neurorehabilitation Strategy and Investment in Services for People with Neurological Conditions
• 2025-01-09
  LOBBY
  Samaritans Ireland Health

  • 3 Asks 4 Change: Key Priorities for the 34th Programme for Government
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the average and median time that elapses between the receipt of a complaint by the Medical Council and the making of an initial determination by the PPC or CEO, respectively; following such initial determination, the average and median length of time that the FTPC stage takes; if he will provide such figures for 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42655/24]
• 2024-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if there are plans in place for the provision of a community paramedic team for County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42159/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 29 May 2024, the reason for the delay in appointing a temporary consultant for the pain clinic at SUH (details supplied); when in 2025 the consultants will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41221/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if it is envisaged to reopen the pain clinic at Sligo University Hospital when the temporary consultant is appointed in early 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41222/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the timeline to fill the two vacant consultant anaesthetist posts in the pain clinic at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41223/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 29 May 2024, the number of patients referred to the pain relief insourcing initiatives (details supplied) to the pain clinic in Sligo; the number on the waiting list that have been referred to the three-pain relief insourcing initiatives since the pain clinic closed in June 2024; the total number on the waiting list on the date of closure of 28 June 2024; the total number on the waiting list on 1 October 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41228/24]
• 2024-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will act on the urgent need to upgrade and extend the HSE-owned building from which the Gurteen family practice operates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39546/24]
• 2024-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the reopening of the pain clinic at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38825/24]
• 2024-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if a decision has been made not to fund additional hours for home care for service users in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal; if overtime hours of caregivers are being cut back; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38826/24]
• 2024-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when a person will receive surgery (details supplied). [39354/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health for an update on the shortage of named medicine (details supplied); the measures in place to source this medication; if he will confirm the efforts being made to source this vital medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35373/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a comprehensive newborn screening programme that ensures babies born in Ireland are screened for the European average of a minimum of the of 18 conditions; the number of new tests being delivered since the establishment of the Newborn Screen Advisory Committee in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35393/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the lack of dentists available for medical card patients in Sligo and Leitrim to access treatment under the dental treatment services scheme; the plans in place to remedy this situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35396/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Enterprise

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the consultation that has taken place between a body (details supplied) and his Department regarding the changes announced in increasing the minimum annual remuneration thresholds for health care assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32295/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will consider funding for an increase in fees to community optometrists and for a national public eye care programme for patients over the age of eight years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31463/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the reason for reducing the level of reimbursement (details supplied) for Irish citizens travelling to Northern Ireland for cataract operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31951/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the services currently in place at the primary care centre (PCC) in Dromod, County Leitrim; and the plans in place to increase the level of services in the same PCC. [32745/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if, given the HSE recruitment ban has been lifted, he will confirm whether the many vacancies currently filled with agency staff will be advertised for already in place HSE staff who may wish to change posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33195/24]
• 2024-07-10
  VOTE
  Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024

  A bill to prohibit the sale by retail of tobacco products to persons under the age of 21 years; and for those and other related purposes, to amend the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002 and the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted to progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 93–45
• 2024-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health for a timeline on the provision of extra transport services to a day centre in County Sligo (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29130/24]
• 2024-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing the income limit for the over-70s medical card, given the increases in the State pension over recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27708/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health to confirm if a derogation can be used for the conversion of agency staff to permanent staff where that conversion would reduce agency expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26994/24]
• 2024-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health for an update/timeline on the re-opening of day hospital services at a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25966/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if, in relation to the case of a person (details supplied), he will provide clarity and transparency around the procedures used for the allocation of beds in the cancer care centre at UCHG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25220/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the measures he proposes to urgently remediate the systemic problem at UCHG to fulfil its mandate to operate as a Centre of Excellence (details supplied). [25221/24]
• 2024-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will consider adding glaucoma to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24155/24]
• 2024-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if there are plans in place to reduce the current level of service provided in the pain clinic at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24186/24]
• 2024-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the current number of full-/part-time consultants assigned to the pain clinic at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24187/24]
• 2024-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to reduce the number of full-/part-time consultants currently assigned to the pain clinic at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24188/24]
• 2024-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if plans are in place to alleviate the backlog of seeing patients at the pain clinic at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24189/24]
• 2024-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if HSE funding for the provision of wigs for persons with alopecia will remain in place and if he can confirm there are no cuts planned for this very important service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23797/24]
• 2024-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when the HSE recruitment embargo will be lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23207/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the reason the employment embargo is impacting on cover for maternity leave; his plans to address this matter which is impacting services across the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20375/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the status of the promised national safeguarding policy for the health and social care sector, with particular emphasis on the safeguarding of adults and older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20445/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if home care support will be provided for a person (details supplied) in their own home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20452/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the value of summer programmes has been identified in inspection reports of Youthreach undertaken by the Inspectorate in the Department of Education; and if his Department has also noted the potential health and safety issues that arise with a reduced staff providing this programme. [20755/24]
• 2024-04-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health for an update on a medical appointment for a person (details supplied). [19049/24]
• 2024-04-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to increasing the income threshold for qualification for a medical card for under-70s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15583/24]
• 2024-04-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when the register for opting out of organ donation will be up and running. [15613/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment with a psychologist for a minor (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14184/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when a person will receive a medical appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14397/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when a person will receive a date for surgery (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11611/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will give a commitment to extend the special pay with leave long-Covid scheme for healthcare workers past 31 March 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9984/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the establishment of a dedicated intestinal failure unit in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9482/24]
• 2024-02-21
  VOTE
  Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 70–60
• 2024-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health for an update on the proposal to appoint an independent commissioner for ageing and older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8027/24]
• 2024-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a rheumatology appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7175/24]
• 2024-01-24
  VOTE
  Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021 [Seanad]

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 74–54
• 2024-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health who the notified body is for medical devices in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2612/24]
• 2024-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health for an update on progress on the new 42-bed medical block at Sligo University Hospital, which was due to start construction before the end of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1599/24]
• 2024-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health to provide a timeframe for the construction of the new renal dialysis unit in Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1600/24]
• 2024-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists in all of County Leitrim who are available to treat patients under the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1700/24]
• 2024-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health his views on the poor performance by the Government on the delivery of commitments and progress for family carers as outlined in the family carer scorecard 2023 published by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1701/24]
• 2024-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health in response to the recent ESRI report on the provision of long-term residential care, what plans are being put in place to secure sufficient long-term care capacity in the north west region, in particular, and in other more rural counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2085/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Leitrim who are available to treat patients under the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56510/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment and operation of neuro-rehabilitations teams to be set up in every CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55198/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health what plans and policies are in place to ensure the continuation of the dermatology services in Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51908/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health what plans and policies are in place to ensure the continuation of the dermatology services in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51909/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if funding is available for a specific technical aid for the blind and visually impaired for personal use, not for use in the workplace (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51015/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if funding is available for technical aids for the blind and visually iimpaired for personal use, in each CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51016/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health how many full-time and part-time healthcare staff have been employed in a facility (details supplied); to provide a breakdown of each medical discipline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51094/23]
• 2023-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1328 of 7 November 2023, if treatment for retrograde cricophalyngeas dysfunction (R-CPD) will be made available on the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50226/23]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health to provide a timeframe for the construction of the new renal dialysis unit in Sligo university unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49930/23]
• 2023-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if there are plans by CORU to recognise athletic rehabilitation therapists in its regulation process; if not, the reason they will not be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49103/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds currently in five hospitals (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48085/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if treatment for retrograde cricophalyngeas dysfunction (R-CPD) will be made available on the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48591/23]
• 2023-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the crisis in home help provision (details supplied); what measures are being put in place to address this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47119/23]
• 2023-10-25
  VOTE
  Health Service Funding · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 75–59
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 73–58
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to remove funding for new treatments and medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46087/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health for a progress report on the spending of the €110,000 which was allocated in budget 2023 for the development of a diabetes register (details supplied); if he will request the HSE to immediately begin recruiting for this new post; if he can confirm if unused funding from budget 2023 will carry over to 2024, while providing a timeline as to when the HSE recruitment freeze will end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42288/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health for a progress report on the spending of the funding which was allocated in budget 2023 for the development of a national paediatric diabetes audit in conjunction with NOCA, following the publication of a detailed feasibility study (details supplied); if he will request the HSE to immediately begin recruiting for these new posts; if he can confirm if unused funding from budget 2023 will carry over to 2024, while providing a timeline as to when the HSE recruitment freeze will end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42289/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will set up a diabetes taskforce of relevant stakeholders to develop a national diabetes strategy that will ensure the provision of optimum care to every person with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42471/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will make funding of €5 million available in Budget 2024 to enable increased access to continuous glucose monitoring for people with Type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42472/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he plans to make Freestyle Libre intermittently scanned sensor technology available to all people with Type 1 diabetes, without age restriction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42473/23]
• 2023-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will consider including all glaucoma eye drop medication in the long-term illness scheme for people with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41728/23]
• 2023-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will supply information in regard to the fair deal scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40270/23]
• 2023-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if the part-time psychiatric nurse service, provided to clients in County Sligo, will be re-instated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31256/23]
• 2023-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health for an update on the recruitment campaign for a day centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30228/23]
• 2023-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he plans to fast-track the roll-out of a standardised optometrist-led eye care programme for children over eight years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30051/23]
• 2023-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health under the Public Service Pay and Pension Act 2017, if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29087/23]
• 2023-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment. [29097/23]
• 2023-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the criteria that the HSE uses to consider whether it will provide funding to charities in the healthcare sector; how the HSE reviews its funding of charities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28922/23]
• 2023-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the HSE's decision to provide funding or withdraw funding from a charity influences the work of the charity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28923/23]
• 2023-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he believes it appropriate that a State body, such as the HSE, has the power to influence charities through granting or withholding funding; the potential negative impact this has on the freedom of charities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28928/23]
• 2023-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if a radiologist is in place in a hospital (details supplied). [26899/23]
• 2023-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when the medication fenfleuramine, used in the treatment of severe epilepsy - Dravet syndrome, will be approved for reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26429/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of extra inpatient beds allocated to each hospital nationally for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21851/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the total number of inpatient beds by hospital nationally for the years 2006 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21852/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of newly employed, full-time medical staff by hospital in the Saolta region for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21853/23]
• 2023-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for orthopaedic outpatient appointments and surgeries at Galway University Hospital, by length of time, in tabular form; the steps being taken to reduce the waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20407/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if the scheme for paid leave for public health service employees unfit for work post-Covid infection will be continued past the proposed finish date of 30 June, especially given the number of these staff still suffering ongoing effects of long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18970/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update and timeline for the commencement and completion of the review on the reimbursement process for cariban for the first-line treatment for hyperemesis gravidarum, which was announced in early February 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19202/23]
• 2023-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he can provide a timeline for the construction of the new ED/Surgical Block at Sligo University Hospital. [18617/23]
• 2023-04-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health what plans are in place to address the long delays in testing for rare diseases and referral for genetic testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18394/23]
• 2023-04-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health for a timeline for the implementation of the HSE pay agreements for retired HSE staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18403/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the plans currently in place to establish a genetics service at Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin to help diagnose and treat rare diseases. [17018/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a neurological rehabilitation team will be operational in every community health organisation (details supplied). [13310/23]
• 2023-03-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency call outs to all ambulance stations in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon in 2021 and 2022 on a monthly basis, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12055/23]
• 2023-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their long overdue surgery, which they have been awaiting since 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11774/23]
• 2023-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if she will establish a commissioner for ageing and older people. [10295/23]
• 2023-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health what is the process in writing by which pregnant women experiencing extreme nausea and vomiting can obtain the drug cariban (details supplied). [7563/23]
• 2023-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health to release the number of cariban prescriptions that have been processed through the drugs payment scheme for the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [7564/23]
• 2023-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health for a timeline as to when the lymphoedema service will recommence at Sligo University Hospital. [7566/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of dementia day care centres currently opened in CHO1. [5733/23]
• 2023-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1087 of 8 November 2022, the rationale behind not listing Covid-19 as an occupational injury (details supplied). [5342/23]
• 2023-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently awaiting dermatology in CHO1 by county and hospital in tabular form; the new services or technologies that have been deployed recently for dermatology in this region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3448/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 640 of 13 December 2022, if there is a timeline for a resolution from the engagement between his Department, the HSE and the NTPF and an organisation (details supplied) on allowing public system patients awaiting cancer surgeries to be treated at private hospitals. [63538/22]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the services that are currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; the way that families can access these services within their communities following a diagnosis; if he will provide an update on discussions between the HSE and his Department to improve access to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62449/22]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the day centres in a specific area (details supplied) of the 315-day centres nationwide that are expected to be re-opened before Christmas 2022; if he will provide a timeline for the eventual re-opening of the remaining day centres which will not be re-opened before the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62521/22]
• 2022-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will consider issuing medical cards to those suffering with the genetic medical condition congenital adrenal hyperplasia (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61835/22]
• 2022-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will consider including the condition congenital adrenal hyperplasia in the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61849/22]
• 2022-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if, in light of waiting times for cancer surgery patients, he will negotiate with private hospitals to deliver these urgent surgeries for public patients; and if he has any plans to do so. [62231/22]
• 2022-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will set up a community neuro-rehabilitation team in every CHO; and if such teams already exist, the details of the specific location of each. [61054/22]
• 2022-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 808 of 29 November 2022, if further details of the schemes (details supplied) referred to in the response will be provided. [60992/22]
• 2022-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will re-open the Mater Private Hospital to HSE patients given the backlog of critical cancer surgeries (details supplied). [60242/22]
• 2022-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will qualify for the temporary scheme of paid leave for public health service employees unfit for work following Covid infection; if the situation for such HSE employees will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59639/22]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if urgent home care will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59163/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number on the waiting lists to access CAMHS by CHO area in each of the years 2015 to 2021; and the waiting times involved to access these appointments. [57377/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number on the waiting lists to access CAMHS in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form; and the waiting times involved to access these appointments. [57378/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the speech and language therapy, social work, physiotherapy and occupational therapy positions allocated and filled in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form. [57379/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the speech and language therapy, social work, physiotherapy and occupational therapy positions allocated and filled on a national basis by hospital group and CHO area, in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form. [57380/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57618/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when the pain clinic at Sligo University Hospital will return to full capacity; the plans that are in place to deal with the extremely long waiting lists for pain management, with patients waiting up to three years for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57678/22]
• 2022-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the basis for a recent decision in regard to home births (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56798/22]
• 2022-11-09
  VOTE
  Mental Health (Capacity to Consent to Treatment) Bill 2021

  A bill to amend the Mental Health Act 2001 and for that purpose to provide for the right of minors over the age of 16 to consent to mental health treatment and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted to progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion failed · 60–75
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of staff who have been recruited in Sligo University Hospital and Letterkenny University Hospital as of 24 October 2022 to implement the winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54344/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when named day centres (details supplied) will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54410/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the actions that his Department will take to supply information requested under a freedom of information request to a named person (details supplied). [54416/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of house-bound persons still awaiting a second Covid-19 vaccine; the plans in place to administer the second and third booster vaccinations to this cohort (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54573/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a second booster vaccine; the reason that this has not happened to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54607/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if an emergency medical card will be extended for a person (details supplied). [54661/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health following an agreement of the EU Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work on the need to recognise Covid-19 as an occupational disease, if he plans to make Covid-19 an occupational injury in Ireland; the plans that are in place to support those suffering long term effects of Covid which was contracted in the course of their work during the height of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54861/22]
• 2022-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm the amount of the €4 million funding in Budget 2023 requested by an organisation (details supplied) that was allocated to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52910/22]
• 2022-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm the amount of the €941,000 funding in Budget 2023 requested by an organisation (details supplied) that was allocated to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52911/22]
• 2022-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the actions taken around the new medical device regulation, MDR, which came into effect on 26 May 2021 (details supplied); the specific actions which he is taking to address this urgent matter at both Irish and EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51757/22]
• 2022-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he is considering increasing the minimum age to purchase cigarettes to 21 years following the publication of a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49256/22]
• 2022-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the independent review of radiation therapy; if he will provide a timeline for the commencement of this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48642/22]
• 2022-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to deal with the severe shortage of radiation therapists in the HSE, of which currently, 15% of positions are vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48643/22]
• 2022-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the lack of on-call services for the HSE in the community at weekends from Friday evening until Monday morning (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47678/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when the €1,000 healthcare recognition payment will be made to non-HSE staff, that is, section 39 workers; and the process to access this payment for staff who are not directly employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42885/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will make funding available to manage the long-Covid clinic in the Mater Hospital; if he will establish a long-Covid clinic in Sligo to service the north west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43305/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if the decision to exclude autistic persons and their families from the upcoming audit on the CAMHS will be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40772/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will facilitate a meeting with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40967/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will facilitate a meeting with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40969/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health his plans to deal with an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40972/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if Sligo is being assessed as a full primary percutaneous coronary intervention centre under the National Review of Cardiac Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35638/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the completion and publication of the National Review of Cardiac Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35639/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if capital funding will be made available as a matter of urgency for the extension and upgrading of the renal dialysis unit at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34000/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for access to psychology services and CAMHS in County Sligo; and the plans that are in place to address these waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34017/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 850 of 10 February and 142 of 7 July 2021, the progress that has been made following the review in 2017 of the working group to discuss and review the 1993 boarding out regulations; the plans that are in place to change and update these regulations; the plans to change and update the financial arrangements with the small number of providers involved, just 17 in total which have been in existence for the past 27 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34076/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the current shortfall of over 100 nurse specialists in neurology in the Irish healthcare system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34078/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists in the community in the Sligo area; if they are taking referrals for new patients at this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34092/22]
• 2022-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32651/22]
• 2022-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a BreastCheck service is available within a reasonable distance for women living in County Leitrim (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31137/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if a long-Covid clinic will be established in Sligo University Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29301/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will review the entitlements of a certain category of pensioners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29575/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards issued in Sligo, town and county for the years 2018 to 2021 inclusive in tabular form; the number of medical cards issued nationally for 2018 to 2021; and the total number of medical card disqualifications in Sligo, town and county and nationally for the same timeframe. [29623/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the metric that is used to calculate and decide the income cut-off point for medical card qualification (details supplied). [29624/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards issued to persons aged 65 to 69 years of age for each of the years 2019 to 2021, inclusive in tabular form. [29625/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when the income eligibility cut-off point for medical cards was last reviewed; when the next review will take place; if the current rate of inflation has been factored into medical card income eligibility cut-off point (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29626/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 796 of 10 May 2022, if outpatient speech and language therapy appointments will be available in Sligo University Hospital over the next 12 months (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29646/22]
• 2022-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the progress that is being made to provide a nationwide network of multidisciplinary long-Covid clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20530/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when pay parity will be restored for medical scientists following an expert panel report dating back to 2001 recommending pay parity with clinical biochemists and the ongoing pay negotiations since then; if he will provide an update on progress on these negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25811/22]
• 2022-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a speech and language appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25077/22]
• 2022-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when a letter will issue from the HSE confirming intent to provide funding for the day-to-day expenditure for the running of a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23701/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if a bank or credit card statement are also required as proof of payment for treatment under the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive in case in which proof of payment has already been comprehensively provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22842/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if there will be speech and language appointments available in Sligo University Hospital for the next twelve months; the plans that are in place to ensure this vital service will be available to the many patients in the north west that require this service urgently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23265/22]
• 2022-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of dispensing doctors in Ireland from 2017 to 2021, inclusive; the number who are located in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21758/22]
• 2022-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if any analysis has been undertaken to explain the significant increase in deaths in Ireland in the period from July to September 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21853/22]
• 2022-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the details of the interim model of care for long Covid as developed by the HSE; the way in which persons can access this model of care throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21916/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Public

  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]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons diagnosed with long-Covid on a three-monthly basis for 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20316/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number on waiting lists to access CAMHS in counties Sligo and Leitrim, respectively in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form; the waiting times involved to access these appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18197/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number on waiting lists to access CAMHS nationally by county in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form; the waiting times involved to access these appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18198/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the positions allocated and filled in counties Sligo and Leitrim in respect of speech and language therapy, social work, physiotherapy and occupational therapy in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18199/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the positions allocated and filled on a national basis in respect of speech and language therapy, social work, physiotherapy and occupational therapy by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18200/22]
• 2022-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if a person will receive an urgent neurology appointment without further delay (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17184/22]
• 2022-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will support the request to establish a working group under the joint auspices of the National Dementia Office and the Integrated Care Programme to determine the needs and solutions to provide people with Huntington’s disease and their families a good standard of care in Ireland (details suppled). [15114/22]
• 2022-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will qualify for the bonus payment for health care workers or part thereof; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15119/22]
• 2022-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will carry out a review into the travel expenses of public health nurses and community RGNs as a matter of urgency given the increases in fuel costs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15442/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will re-instate the medical officer to a nursing home (details supplied); and the reason for the withdrawal of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14079/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if the once-off payment of €1,000 to healthcare workers will be paid to front-line staff at Cancer Care West (details supplied); if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14082/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health his plans following the recently launched HSE model of care for the diabetic foot to address the shortage of podiatry specialists in CHO1 acute and community services; the status of plans for improving podiatry services for persons with diabetes in counties Sligo and Leitrim and nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9535/22]
• 2022-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the crisis in regard to staff shortages in the home support sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8974/22]
• 2022-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when home help hours will be fully reinstated for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8975/22]
• 2022-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 9 February 2022, if he will address the question asked of updating the current regulations on the sale of painkillers containing addictive substances such as codeine, that they will not be available as over the counter medication without a prescription. [8681/22]
• 2022-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will consider updating the current regulations in order that painkillers containing addictive substances, such a codeine, would be regulated and not available for sale over the counter without a doctor’s prescription; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6954/22]
• 2022-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the health budget for pain management and the treatment of pain; the details of pain management services in Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6955/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if staff in the intellectual disability sector employed directly by the HSE have been excluded from the €1,000 once-off tax free bonus payment to front-line healthcare workers and also section 38 disability workers; if so, if he will reconsider this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6599/22]
• 2022-02-02
  VOTE
  Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 54–76
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) can receive the urgent care that is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2055/22]
• 2021-12-15
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Foetal Pain Relief) Bill 2021 · 2 divisions

  A bill to provide for pain relief for the foetus in certain cases of termination of pregnancy; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 107–36
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 103–37
• 2021-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify an issue in regard to Covid-19 tests for travel into Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61173/21]
• 2021-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the current shortfall of more than 100 nurse specialists in neurology in the Irish healthcare system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60051/21]
• 2021-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when the current shortfall of nurse specialists in neurology in Sligo University Hospital (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60052/21]
• 2021-11-24
  VOTE
  Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021

  A bill to amend the Education Act 1998 and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 82–46
• 2021-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available as a matter of urgency for a family (details supplied). [57485/21]
• 2021-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if NIAC has recommended that persons in the very-high risk category will receive their booster vaccinations; if so, the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56344/21]
• 2021-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a booster vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56345/21]
• 2021-11-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if Irish citizens returning to Ireland from Canada for Christmas require PCR tests (details supplied). [55286/21]
• 2021-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the status of the progress being made in accordance with the HSE National Service Plan 2021 which commits to providing nine additional centre-based respite houses, one in each CHO and 10,400 additional respite nights; the number of respite days and respite nights provided in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55064/21]
• 2021-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to include rabbits on the list of animals covered by the fur farming ban in the upcoming Animal Health and Welfare (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54276/21]
• 2021-11-03
  VOTE
  Extension of Health (Amendment) Act 2020

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 82–43
• 2021-11-03
  VOTE
  Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 82–44
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 59–66
• 2021-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when day centres (details supplied) in County Sligo will be reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47152/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the plans he is putting in place as a matter of urgency to deal with the backlog in the CervicalCheck screening; his further plans with regard to the number of women who are required to have retests due to the time delay in testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46236/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3083 of 27 July 2021, if the daily transport charge being charged to service users in CHO1 is also being levied throughout all other CHO areas. [46239/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position in regard to the full reopening of day centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46570/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when the specialist community diabetes teams under the enhanced community care programme be appointed; if it will be available to all persons with diabetes free of charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46633/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to appoint a clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes multidisciplinary team; his views on the fact that psychosocial support in diabetes care is not formally embedded as part of diabetes management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46634/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a diabetes psychology resource to each community diabetes specialist team hub under the Integrated Model of Care for the Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease Implementation Guide; his views on whether access to psychosocial support in these teams should be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46635/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to appoint a 0.5 whole-time equivalent clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes paediatric diabetes team; his views on whether psychosocial support in paediatric diabetes care should be available in each team; the reason there is no access to this support outside of Dublin paediatric diabetes services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46636/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will extend eligibility to the long-term illness scheme for reimbursement of blood glucose test strips to all women who develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy; his views on the decision to remove them from the scheme; if he will now reverse the decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46637/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of women who developed gestational diabetes during pregnancy in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46638/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the cost of the type 2 diabetes cycle of care programme since its inception; the number of persons who avail of the programme; the number of general practitioners who provide the programme; if the programme has been evaluated; if an audit of the programme has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46639/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the type 2 diabetes cycle of care programme to all persons with type 2 diabetes; his views on whether it is equitable that persons with type 2 diabetes without a GMS or general practitioner visit card but otherwise meet the HSE criteria for uncomplicated type 2 diabetes, to be managed in primary care, are excluded from the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46640/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will ring-fence some of the anticipated 2021 cost savings from the recent HSE medicines management programme preferred blood glucose strips for adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes evaluation to fund the provision of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes, who are over 21 years of age, based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46641/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to provide funding in the upcoming budget to fund the provision of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46642/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for the FreeStyle Libre device that were submitted by individual hospitals for persons with diabetes who are over 21 years of age; the number that were approved; the number that were refused in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; his plans to remove the age restriction on the FreeStyle Libre device; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46643/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the funding in budget 2022 to provide a minimum of one whole-time equivalent diabetes specialist pump nurse in all 18 does adjustment for normal eating, DAFNE, certified diabetes centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46644/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if the extra funding required to provide the appropriate diabetes staffing resources to provide access to the dose adjustment for normal eating programme for all persons with type 1 diabetes will be made available in the upcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46645/21]
• 2021-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when the four currently unfilled epilepsy nurse specialist posts approved in 2018 will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45512/21]
• 2021-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate and the establishment of a stakeholder group to review safety and risk measures in relation to the prescribing and distribution of sodium valproate, which was announced in November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45513/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when the legislation will be in place to enact the changes to the nursing home support scheme for farm families; if these changes can be applied in the case of a person who entered nursing home care before the legislation is passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44737/21]
• 2021-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the plans that are being put in place to assist those patients who are affected by the many long-term effects of Covid-19; if he will ensure access to health services for all those suffering with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44285/21]
• 2021-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if there are plans for the establishment of multidisciplinary post-Covid-19 clinics around the country; if so, if they will be accessible to all, including occupational therapists, physiotherapists, nutritionists and counsellors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44286/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if supports will be put in place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44069/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will request his Department to review the Broadcast Authority of Ireland code that pertains to infant formula products and ensure that it is updated to be in line with WHO recommendations including those of the WHO Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (details supplied); the way he plans to bring the Broadcast Authority of Ireland code in line with the WHO code in this regard and the implementation of this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35044/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the status of Ireland’s progress on implementing via legislation the WHO Code of Marketing on Breast-milk Substitutes; the reason for the lack of progress in this matter since 2013 and the delay in adopting into domestic law the provisions of the WHO Code in its entirety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35045/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will consider holding a stakeholder engagement meeting in which public health officials will take questions and brief older persons and their representative groups on the current Covid-19 situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38004/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the most up to date information on the level of protection provided against the delta variant by the different vaccines used in Ireland; and if he will provide this information for the different age cohorts. [38005/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to roll out vaccination to the 12 to 15-year old age cohort following the recent approval by the EMA of a vaccine (details supplied) for use in this cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38441/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to roll out vaccination to the 12 to 15-year old age cohort following the recent approval by the EMA of a vaccine (details supplied) for use for those in this cohort with underlying conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38442/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the specific section of which specific legislation in which it was provided that Ireland should conduct a free Covid-19 vaccination programme to every adult and child in Ireland and thereby authorise payment from State funds to purchase such medical treatments for the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40000/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the daily transport charge being charged to service users attending HSE day services in counties Sligo and Leitrim; the reason service users cannot use their free travel passes on this service; if this charge is levied throughout all other CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40219/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the way in which Sars-Cov-2 tests have returned positive results given it has been stated that it is virtually impossible to detect Sars-Cov-2 when the cycle threshold is >34 in view of the fact that the stated cycle threshold used since March 2020 is 40 or between 40 and 45 cycles as confirmed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40221/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the timeline in which the drug zolgensma will be approved by the HSE for children under the age of two who have been diagnosed with the rare genetic disease spinal muscular atrophy type 1 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31248/21]
• 2021-07-14
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 74–68
• 2021-07-14
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021

  A bill to— A. make, on a temporary basis, exceptional provision, in the public interest and having regard to the manifest and grave risk to human life and public health posed by the spread of the disease known as Covid-19 and variants of that disease and in order to mitigate, where practicable, the effect of the spread of that disease; to amend the Health Act 1947 for that purpose; to provide for the lawful operation of certain indoor premises subject to certain conditions notwithstanding restrictions in place in relation to such premises under that Act; to provide, for those purposes, for a robust and enforceable system of verification of the health status of certain persons, including vaccination or recovery status; to confer a power on the Minister for Health to prescribe matters related to the foregoing; to provide for enforcement; and to provide for related matters; B. amend certain provisions relating to pre-travel requirements in respect of certain persons arriving in the State; to amend the period to be spent by a person in quarantine at a designated facility in certain circumstances; to make provision in relation to the power of the Minister for Health to make regulations in relation to tests that may be taken for the purpose of detecting Covid-19 in the context of the requirement to quarantine at a designated facility and to confer a power on that Minister to prescribe the purpose for which such a test may be taken; to provide that quarantine at a designated facility shall not be required for certain persons arriving in the State in certain circumstances and to confer a power on the Minister for Health to make regulations in relation to those circumstances; for those purposes, and for related purposes, to amend the Health Act 1947; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted to block the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 72–66
• 2021-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the examination of the boarding out scheme in the context of the overall reform of older persons services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30451/21]
• 2021-07-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when will the four currently unfilled epilepsy nurse specialist posts approved in 2018 will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28504/21]
• 2021-07-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate which he announced in November 2020; the timeline to establish a stakeholder group to review safety and risk measures in relation to the prescribing and distribution of sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28505/21]
• 2021-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to reduce the waiting lists for speech and language services, CAMHS, physiotherapy and occupational therapy in counties Sligo and Leitrim; the plans in place to address the vacancy rates for these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27074/21]
• 2021-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if the proposed national maternity hospital will be in public ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26701/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to deal with orthodontic waiting lists in CHO1 given that current waiting lists are three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26080/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number on orthodontic waiting lists in CHO1 in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; the average time from assessment to treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26081/21]
• 2021-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their vaccination; the reason for the delay; the timeframe for vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25683/21]
• 2021-06-02
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) Act 2021

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 90–50
• 2021-06-02
  VOTE
  Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 73–68
• 2021-06-02
  VOTE
  Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 77–51
• 2021-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when pharmacists will be utilised as vaccinators as part of the national vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25305/21]
• 2021-05-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number on waiting lists for access to CAMHS in each of the years 2015 to 2020, in tabular form; the waiting times involved to access these appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24830/21]
• 2021-05-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an orthodontic appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23440/21]
• 2021-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he is considering exemption from mandatory hotel quarantining for those fully vaccinated with a vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23175/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the status of the actions and targets of the Breastfeeding Action Plan 2016-2021; if the subsequent action plan will be clarified; if he will consider the recommendations set out in a report by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21458/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when clarification will be provided on changes in restrictions to the number of persons allowed to attend weddings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22111/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of deaths in nursing homes in December, January and February of each year from 2017 to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18679/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of primary medical certificate applications waiting to be assessed in 2021; the number of applications that were on the waiting list from 2016 until 2020; the length of time to process these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19226/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will prioritise the return of all maternity services including the return of cancelled antenatal classes and access to support during all stages of pregnancy and birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19290/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the need for mandatory quarantining passengers who transit from countries on the mandatory hotel quarantine list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19435/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied) to return here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19503/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to designate Covid-19 specific hospitals in order that other hospitals would be available to deal with all non-Covid-19 health issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20286/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive inpatient physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20461/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) concerning the hotel quarantine will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20547/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if additional stock of hotel quarantine rooms have been made available; the amount of stock available for mandatory hotel quarantining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20548/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if certain drugs can be paid for at source, either under the compassionate access programme or under an individual licensing system; if medicinal cannabis products of a company (details supplied) can be funded at source under the compassionate access programme; and if not, if the products can be funded at source using an individual licensing system, if the product is manufactured under EU law and licencing systems. [17213/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the introduction of minimum pricing of alcohol products as part of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17214/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the reason contact tracers that are working from home have received the vaccine while gardaí, postal staff, teachers and other front-line workers have not yet been prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17557/21]
• 2021-03-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will increase funding to an organisation (details supplied) in order to extend its services to those over the age of 65 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16108/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the point in the vaccination programme SNAs will receive their vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14032/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to include radiographers and radiation therapists on the list of professions in SI 698 of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14033/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the status of the resources available for persons with ongoing symptoms of long Covid given that many with this condition are suffering from fatigue; if he will consider establishing multidisciplinary clinics throughout the country to help those with long Covid and other fatigue conditions such myalgic encephalomyelitis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14612/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Sligo and Leitrim that are currently awaiting initial assessment, initial treatment or further therapy in speech and language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15290/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will consider prioritising members of An Garda Síochána for vaccination given a number of recent high profile breaches of Covid-19 restrictions in which members of An Garda Síochána have been on the front-line at the events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15315/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the status of the new primary care centre for Grange, County Sligo; and the opening date for same. [15543/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if those with chronic cardiac conditions will be included in cohort 4 for Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15679/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the positions allocated and filled in counties Sligo and Leitrim in respect of speech and language therapy, social work, physiotherapy and occupational therapy in tabular form; and the figures at a national level. [15822/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the cost involved in mandatory quarantining for those entering Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15826/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the reason a person with a brain injury who is over 65 years of age and who could gain significantly from rehabilitation is unable to access community neurorehabilitation services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15827/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to study or sanction the use of Ivermectin in the treatment of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12506/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health his plans to facilitate the vaccination of those who due to medical conditions are housebound or do not have anyone available to bring them to their general practitioner or vaccination centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12686/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to include indoor and outdoor play centres in level 3 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13414/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if persons under 16 years of age with chronic medical conditions will be included in the Covid-19 vaccination programme; if not, the rationale for this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11641/21]
• 2021-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the date for the roll-out of the vaccine to each of the priority groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10394/21]
• 2021-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the date for the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine to each of the priority groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10545/21]
• 2021-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when staff in residential centres for intellectual disabilities and those they care for with severe medical conditions will receive their vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10546/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the reason the Ozempic insulin pen is not covered under the drugs repayment scheme; if he will consider including this medication on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8414/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if a device (details supplied) will be included for reimbursement under the drugs repayment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8415/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Justice the number of essential healthcare workers awaiting a decision on an application for naturalisation and citizenship; the waiting time for completion of these applications; the number of citizenship applications granted in each of the years 2018 to 2020; the timeframe from submission of an application to the granting of citizenship; the plans in place to deal with the backlog of current applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6969/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the progress made following the review in 2017 of the working group to discuss and review the 1993 boarding out regulations; the plans in place to change and update these regulations; his plans to change and update the financial arrangements with the small number of providers involved which have been in existence for the past 27 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6970/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health his plans to remove the age restriction of 21 years for access to FreeStyle Libre for diabetes patients; the rationale for this age restriction; if this application for blood glucose monitoring will be covered under the HSE reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5129/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to a contact tracing and management system similar to that in Taiwan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5955/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if a person who lives alone can be in a support bubble with a relative or partner who lives beyond the 5 km restriction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5956/21]
• 2021-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if funding is available to a voluntary organisation (details supplied) for the provision of autism workshops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4622/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the efforts being made to ensure that all HSE Covid-19 information campaigns are advertised in all local print media publications and on local radio and not just in national media; the criteria used to decide in which publications to advertise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3676/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to utilise the persons who signed up for the Be on Call for Ireland campaign in the first wave of Covid-19, given the current health crisis as a result of the virus; the number who applied at that time and since; the number of those deployed under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3677/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the date for completion of the National Children’s Hospital; if enforceable penalty clauses form part of the main contract given recent construction delays and ongoing and increasing costs of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3777/21]
• 2021-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the NPHET vulnerable person's subgroup to ensure ongoing consultation and collaboration with those in the disability sector and other sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2633/21]
• 2021-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will consider a one-off tax-free flat payment to all front-line healthcare staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2634/21]
• 2021-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will consider offering the Covid-19 vaccinations specifically to teachers, SNAs and all healthcare personnel who are working with special needs students on a face-to-face basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2635/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Enterprise

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the protocols for employers to insist that employees work from home throughout the various levels of restrictions in place throughout the Covid-19 pandemic; if fines are in place for businesses found to be bringing employees into the workplace if they are not meant to; if the Health and Safety Authority has enforcement powers under these protocols; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45116/20]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health his plans to deal with ongoing symptoms of long Covid; if general practitioners, consultants and employers have been provided with guidelines in relation to dealing with long Covid patients; if he will consider setting up multidisciplinary clinics throughout the country as in the UK; the resources being deployed to deal with the persons who suffer from long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45115/20]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of HSE funding allocated to the eating disorder treatment plan in each of the years 2018 to 2020; the actual spend on these treatments; the breakdown of this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1076/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of ambulance response times from time of call to arrival on scene in each of the years 2018 to 2020, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1077/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of boarding out facilities for the elderly by county, in tabular form. [1519/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the stage of the vaccination process; if the staff and residents of boarding out facilities for the elderly will receive the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1520/21]
• 2020-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will revise the provisional vaccine allocation groups document to include persons with Down's syndrome in the group of people aged 18 to 64 with certain medical conditions, given that research highlights the increased risk of hospitalisation, severe disease and death among adults with Down's syndrome who contract Covid-19; the reason the decision was taken to initially exclude persons with Down's syndrome from this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43760/20]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the full details of the decision made by the HSE drugs group to support reimbursement of dupilumab for the treatment of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis in both adults and adolescents of 12 years of age and older who are candidates for systemic therapy which was on the group’s agenda for its December 2020 meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43321/20]
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if plans and guidelines are being drafted regarding the selling of Christmas trees in an outdoor setting under the different public health restriction levels; if his Department is supportive of tree growers selling their output in order for their business to survive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39942/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if an issue (details supplied) in regard to Covid-19 guidelines will be clarified. [38350/20]
• 2020-11-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if the matter on charges being levied on medical card holders by dentists and opticians will be clarified; if these additional charges can be claimed back from his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37554/20]
• 2020-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of amplification cycles being used for PCR testing; if this is a static number used for every test; and if the number has remained constant from March to October 2020. [34126/20]
• 2020-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the standard the PCR tests are being compared against; the person or body that set the standard; and the way in which it was decided that the chosen genetic sequence was definitively from SARS-CoV-2 and could not be confused with another coronavirus. [34127/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if the means test for medical cards for persons with disabilities will be removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33055/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health his plans to put in place a remuneration package for student nurses who are effectively working 35 hours per week in hospitals and healthcare facilities as healthcare assistants for no remuneration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33410/20]
• 2020-10-23
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 85–53
• 2020-10-23
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) Bill 2020

  A bill to make further and better provision in relation to the enforcement of regulations under section 31A of the Health Act 1947; for that purpose, to make provision in relation to the prosecution of certain offences consisting of contraventions of those regulations, to provide for the payment of fixed sums by persons alleged to have committed certain such offences in lieu of their being prosecuted for those offences; to provide for the giving of directions by members of the Garda Síochána in certain circumstances; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

  • ~ abstained on the motion motion passed · 93–43
• 2020-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when duodopa which was approved for reimbursement in February 2020 will be sanctioned for use by patients that urgently need the medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32271/20]
• 2020-10-22
  VOTE
  Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3 · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 92–53
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 59–86
• 2020-10-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to support the delivery of community action on alcohol from the additional funding announced in Budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31927/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if medical cards will be provided for those women that have had severe life altering and ongoing complications from transvaginal mesh implants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28340/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health his plans to ease the restrictions in terms of antenatal and maternity care in the context of allowing partners to attend scans and also attend the birth of their children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26453/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the supports in place for dentists who were promised they would be provided with PPE in early May 2020 and have not received same and are financing the additional costs themselves (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26986/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to deal with the under-resourcing of the HSE community dental service compounded by the redeployment of dentists from the service to undertake testing and contact tracing as part of the HSE Covid-19 public health response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26987/20]
• 2020-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the resources planned as part of the Living with Covid Plan and in the context of Budget 2021 to ensure increases in staffing in mental health services, the development of out of hours crisis services and investment in primary care mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25214/20]
• 2020-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the outcomes or recommendations of the women’s health taskforce for endometriosis patients; the measures in place to deal with long waiting lists and the lack of consultants for these patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25215/20]
• 2020-09-10
  VOTE
  Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion failed · 15–125
• 2020-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports being put in place to support third level students returning to education to ensure their health and well-being during these challenging times. [22644/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when the commencement order will be issued to the HSE in order to give effect to the provisions of the legislation on the new thresholds for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21834/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when the commencement order will issue to the HSE to give effect to the provisions of the legislation on the new thresholds for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21857/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the implications of a recent High Court case (details supplied) on other persons that are similarly affected. [21863/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when day services (details supplied) in County Leitrim will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19739/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance his plans to include counsellors and psychotherapists on the list of health professionals who are VAT exempt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18244/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; when the new thresholds for medical cards will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18241/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when interviews for psychiatric nurses for those on the HSE national panel will be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18242/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health his plans to acknowledge counsellors and psychotherapists as health professionals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18243/20]
• 2020-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when TILT tests will recommence at Sligo University Hospital; the number of persons on the waiting list at the hospital; the average waiting time for a person on the list to be called; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16991/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when adult disability day services will reopen for those that urgently require these services in order that they do not regress further; if there will be a reduction in day services; when parents will be notified (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15639/20]
• 2020-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the range of services that will be provided in the primary care centres in Grange and Drumcliffe, County Sligo. [13447/20]
• 2020-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the commencement date and timeline for the provision of the new primary care centre, Grange, County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12438/20]
• 2020-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the implementation of the neuro-rehabilitation implementation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11284/20]
• 2020-05-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if the restrictions that will be necessary in order that weddings can proceed, for example, the number, social distancing and so on will be clarified in view of the fact that between 20 May and the end of 2020 there are close to 15,000 weddings planned here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7871/20]
• 2020-05-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if 20 July 2020 is the designated date for reopening of self-catering holiday accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7076/20]
• 2020-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if a review has been carried out to compare the average hourly cost to the HSE in CHO1 of hours from the approved tender providers with the average hourly cost to the HSE of hours from the agencies which had been providing the service prior to the award in 2017 in advance of the renewal of the contract for healthcare assistant agency cover; if the tender process has been evaluated to investigate if there was a saving to the HSE on the average hourly cost of CHO1 hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6629/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance the reason paramedics and EMTs are unable to claim flat rate expenses towards uniforms and other expenses incurred in carrying out their duties as is the case for a wide range of occupations, such as firefighters, doctors, nurses, healthcare assistants, physiotherapists and so on; if paramedics and EMTs will be included on the list for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5425/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an orthodontic appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4776/20]
• 2020-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the employment of a replacement radiologist at Our Lady’s Hospital, Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, following the retirement of the radiologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3270/20]
• 2020-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if a discharge care plan for a person (details supplied) is or can be put in place; if so, the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3460/20]
• 2020-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to reinstating a medical card for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3461/20]