Neasa Hourigan

Green Party · Dublin Central

Activity on Health — 981 events (30 lobbying · 924 questions · 40 votes) full profile →

• 2025-03-24
  LOBBY
  Endometriosis Association of Ireland 2 returns Health

  • Status of National Framework
  • Email Invitation to Annual Conference
• 2025-01-29
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  Irish Dental Association Health

  • Emails to dail deputies re priorities for dentistry in the next Dáil
• 2025-01-21
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  Diageo Ireland Health

  • To provide a briefing to policy makers on the emerging trends and growth opportunities for non alc.
• 2025-01-21
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  Irish Heart Foundation Health

  • Secure support tobacco control measures
• 2025-01-21
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  Pender & Associates Ltd 3 returns Health

  • Meeting to discuss parties position on the future of Oral healthcare
  • Issues facing the Oral Healthcare sector
  • Sharing views on issues of concern to home care sector
• 2025-01-21
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  Irish Council for Civil Liberties Health

  • Mental Health Bill (2024)
• 2025-01-21
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  Irish Family Planning Association Health

  • National and international policy on sexual and reproductive health and rights
• 2025-01-21
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  Rehab Group Public Expenditure and Reform

  • Rehab's Pre Budget Submission
• 2025-01-21
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  National Infertility Support and Information Group Health

  • As part of European Fertility week 2024, NISIG wanted to highlight Ireland’s improvement in its ranking in Fertility Europe’s policy survey. We want to see Ireland increase its standing and strengthen supports regarding policy related to fertility treatment, including commencement of the health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024), widening criteria for publicly funded treatment, workplace support. This will need to be fully funded.
• 2025-01-21
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  Irish Cancer Society 4 returns Health

  • Staff recruitment ceilings
  • Oireachtas Cross-Party Group on Cancer
  • Cancer Treatment Delivery
  • National rollout of electronic health records
• 2025-01-21
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  Retailers Against Smuggling Health

  • Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024
• 2025-01-21
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  Ibec Economic Development and Industry

  • Irish Medtech Priorities for the Next Government
• 2025-01-21
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  Hanover Media Strategy Limited Health

  • Invite to Leinster House briefing on the burden of influenza in Ireland
• 2025-01-20
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  Instinctif Partners Public Affairs Ireland Health

  • Correspondence to political stakeholders regarding MFI's General Election Manifesto.
• 2025-01-20
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  Alcohol Action Ireland 2 returns Health

  • Zero alcohol product advertising
  • Alcohol policy development in relation to a new strategy for alcohol and the establishment of an Alcohol Office
• 2025-01-20
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  Stratagem (NI) Ltd Health

  • Provision of audiology services and eye care services
• 2025-01-20
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  Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association Health

  • Issues concerning the timely reimbursement of medicines in Ireland.
• 2025-01-17
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  Gilead Sciences Ireland UC Health

  • Sent email to DPO's to consider, in election manifestos, a plan of action to reach 2030 HIV healthcare policy goals
• 2025-01-17
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  Mental Health Reform Budgetary matters

  • MHR's event in Leinster House on 18th September; 'Meet&Greet'
• 2025-01-17
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  Youth Advocate Programmes Ireland CLG Health

  • Mental Health Reform hosted meet and greet in Leinster House
• 2025-01-16
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  Fórsa trade union Health

  • This communication related to Fórsa not been provided with the opportunity to attend the Joint Oireachtas Committee on health hearing on the 2nd October 2024 alongside SIPTU & INMO. We request support to attend and an invite. This was not possible, but the committee wrote and acknowledged the oversight and Fórsa were offered the opportunity to attend on the 25th October 2024.
• 2025-01-16
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  LauraLynn Ireland's Children's Hospice 2 returns Health

  • LauraLynn Pre-Budget 2025 Submission
  • Seeking the inclusion of specific commitments on children's palliative care in Programme for Government 2025.
• 2025-01-16
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  BeLonG To Youth Services Ltd. Health

  • Attendance at Belong To 'Trans Healthcare in Ireland' research report event in September.
• 2025-01-16
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  GP Care For All Health

  • Request amendment to Legislation
• 2025-01-16
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  Cuala Senior Care Limited Health

  • Sharing views on issues of concern to home care sector
• 2025-01-10
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  Outhouse CLG Health

  • Healthcare for LGBTQ+ People
• 2025-01-08
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  Acquired Brain Injury Ireland Health

  • Implementation of the neuro-rehabilitation strategy/Implementation Framework
• 2025-01-02
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  MSD Health

  • Health Policy Development for New Programme for Government
• 2024-12-17
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  Novartis Ireland Limited Health

  • Implementation of SMA testing into the heel prick test for newborns
• 2024-11-25
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  Psychiatric Nurses Association Health

  • concerns for the future of mental health services in Ireland and the issues that will require the urgent and committed attention for any incoming government.
• 2024-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to restrict the advertising of zero-alcohol products that brand share, that is, have the same branding, logos and colours as their full-strength alcoholic counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43572/24]
• 2024-10-23
  VOTE
  Public Health Service Staffing · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 70–59
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 70–59
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the integration of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in the Pact of the Future agreed at the UN General Assembly in September last; whether the global goals, commitments and obligations under international human rights standards in relation to SRHR are fully incorporated into the Pact for the Future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42383/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason there are no standard diagnostic policies or guidelines for diagnosing or treating children with an organisation (details supplied); the steps being taken to establish a statutory diagnostic criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42662/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that no health, clinical or social policymaking, or implementation of policy, from his Department will be informed by the Cass review while it remains under investigation by the British Medical Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42894/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will commit to consulting the trans community before any clinical or funding decisions are made related to their healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43006/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the National Gender Service is encouraging a specific model of care and advising medical professionals to not monitor or provide blood tests to trans people (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43007/24]
• 2024-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the financial support available to women who are unable to access abortion in Ireland so that they can access abortion care elsewhere; whether his Department takes responsibility for providing financial support to cover costs such as flights, clinic fees and local transport to women in the international protection system who need to access abortion care abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42303/24]
• 2024-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of new insulin pumps initiated to patients with type 1 diabetes, by hospital, inclusive of all level 3 and level 4 hospitals for 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41901/24]
• 2024-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his views on whether a hospital the size of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda should be relying on an external supplier (details supplied) for chemotherapy medication given recent production issues at that provider; his further views on whether Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda should have its own aseptic compounding facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41970/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the action undertaken by the Biden Administration this year to review the climate change and economic impact of liquefied natural gas, LNG, and the specific requirement that entails to consider the health and safety implications involved in LNG. [37288/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the cost of the HSE’s purchase of 1D Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9, D09 EW70. [41293/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given by his Department to the inclusion of care work in climate policy in line with the Environmental Protection Agency’s recognition of the social-ecological value of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40713/24]
• 2024-10-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when the current national policy on palliative care for children with life-limiting conditions will be updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40378/24]
• 2024-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health to outline, given the record numbers of drug deaths in Ireland, the work undertaken within his Department to deregulate the use of Naloxone in order to reduce drug deaths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37294/24]
• 2024-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will issue its report on a ten-year plan for workforce planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37293/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to funding commitments made in 2004 to develop national electronic healthcare records, how the electronic health records in St. James’s Hospital are currently funded; the cost to the State to expand this system to the rest of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39005/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to ensure those who rely on peginterferon á to manage blood cancer, among other diseases, are not losing out while its manufacturing is delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39006/24]
• 2024-09-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the cost of an ultrasound scan is included under the free contraception scheme when deemed medically necessary as part of the process for removing an implant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38017/24]
• 2024-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the expansion of the newborn bloodspot screening programme; his plans to roll out the programme to detecting for metachromatic leukodystrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37873/24]
• 2024-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to lower the cost of hormone replacement therapy medication for those going through the menopause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36037/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he plans to make the drug NP thyroid, which is used to treat thyroid conditions and autoimmune diseases, available under the drug payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34213/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the Government is working to ensure that TRIPS waivers are utilised in the context of future public health emergencies and are provided for in the WHO Pandemic Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34730/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will recognise myalgic encephalomyelitis under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35216/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the commencement of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Act 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31052/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health to provide a timeline for the publication of the HSE’s workforce plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31310/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the projected timeframe for the completion of works on a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31546/24]
• 2024-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the HSE’s annual spend on digital assistive technology per CHO for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 respectively, in tabular form. [30620/24]
• 2024-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the HSE’s annual spend on augmentative and alternative communication devices per CHO for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 respectively, in tabular form. [30621/24]
• 2024-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 802 of 23 May 2023, if he will provide the details sought and not yet provided in full, namely, the total cost of legal fees spent by the HSE in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 involving the defence of grievance and or dignity-at-work cases or advice on such cases taken by HSE employees against HSE managers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30767/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the plans to reinstate free PCR testing for covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30111/24]
• 2024-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the steps taken by the HSE to ensure long-Covid and immunocompromised patients can access Covid-19 booster vaccines, in particular a vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27414/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the rollout of spinal muscular atrophy testing under the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme; when he expects the first baby to be tested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26835/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the longer timelines public patients experience accessing novel cancer drugs, an average of two years, compared to private patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26952/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the total spending by the HSE on independent and privately run mental health centres, in each of the years 2021 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [26974/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the total spend by the HSE on independent and privately run mental health services outside the Irish State, in each of the years 2021 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [26975/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients accessing independent and privately run mental health centres, in each of the years 2021 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [27185/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients accessing independent and privately run mental health services outside the State, in each of the years 2021 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [27186/24]
• 2024-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1472 of 9 April 2024, the reasons for the differences between the list of organisations provided and those provided in Parliamentary Question No. 608 of 17 October 2023; the total number of Section 38 and Section 39 organisations funded by the HSE each year; if he will outline the organisations which were no longer in receipt of funding in 2023 compared to 2022; the reasons for this omission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26149/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to speed up the process for the assessment for and issuing of wheelchairs to children in view of the regularity which a child needs to be issued a new wheelchair as they grow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25314/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a re-use system for wheelchairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25315/24]
• 2024-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the clinical lead, relevant acute settings and organisation of services in place in the provision of onco-genetic testing and counselling in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24193/24]
• 2024-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the current provision for and future development of a genetic database for national cancer services and oncology treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24194/24]
• 2024-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of genetic tests currently sent outside the State to public or private companies, from 2020 to 2024 inclusive; the location of those companies; and the amount paid by the HSE to each company, in tabular form. [24195/24]
• 2024-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the HSE’s mapping exercise undertaken as part of action 2.4.12 of the Implementation Plan for the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based violence; the gaps that were identified in specialist support services for survivors of female genital mutilation; what strategy has been put in place to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23852/24]
• 2024-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to alter regulations regarding nutritional labelling for foodstuffs in order that the recommended daily allowances information is expressed in terms of quantities for children as opposed to an adult’s RDA, for foodstuffs that are primarily targeted at children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23322/24]
• 2024-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the importance of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in the context of the Summit of the Future; how Ireland will ensure global goals, commitments and obligations under international human rights standards in relation to SRHR are fully incorporated into the Pact for the Future, which will be negotiated by states in the lead-up to the summit in September 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22737/24]
• 2024-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the status of MRI cancer screening in St. James's Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22728/24]
• 2024-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the status of the HSE review of national guidelines for daily car parking rates in acute hospitals; whether a working group has been established; the timelines associated with this review process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21924/24]
• 2024-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans for additional legislative reform in regard to nicotine inhaling products and tobacco products; his engagement with colleagues in Northern Ireland further to draft legislation in Stormont relating to a smoke-free generation and youth vaping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21925/24]
• 2024-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the total number of people who attended a pigmented lesion rapid access clinic nationally; and the number who were offered an appointment within the recommended timeframe, in each quarter from 2016 to 2024, respectively. [21926/24]
• 2024-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the total number of people who received a cancer diagnosis via the pigmented lesion rapid access clinic, in each quarter from 2016 to 2024, respectively. [21927/24]
• 2024-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of people who were waiting on a diagnostic scan - MRI, CT, VUS, US - in Ireland, in each quarter from 2016 to 2024, respectively. [21928/24]
• 2024-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons who started chemotherapy, by month, in each of the years 2020 to 2024, respectively. [21929/24]
• 2024-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the number of persons attending chemotherapy within the recommended timeframe, by month, in each of the years 2020 to 2024, respectively. [21930/24]
• 2024-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the proportion of persons attending chemotherapy within the recommended timeframe, by month, in each of the years 2020 to 2024, respectively. [21931/24]
• 2024-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the maximum time a person will wait to access a chemotherapy appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21932/24]
• 2024-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the north inner city drug and alcohol task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21988/24]
• 2024-05-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department's position on the embargo on recruitment to the health service, particularly its effects on acute hospital services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21354/24]
• 2024-05-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if consideration is under way to reduce wait times and update the paper-based system for the reimbursement scheme for oxygen provision systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21356/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the spending to date on the development, implementation and rollout of the national maternal and newborn clinical management system for the HSE, in tabular form, and classed by company; the timeline or timeframe; and the purpose and desired or completed output. [21161/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the spending to date on the development, implementation and rollout of the HSE patient app, in tabular form, and classed by company; the timeline or timeframe; and the purpose and desired or completed output. [21162/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department for each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form and classed by firm; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [21173/24]
• 2024-04-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the projected timeframe for the demolition of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, and commencement of works on the replacement service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19197/24]
• 2024-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the spending on legal advice, legal action and/or legal expenses related to cases in the European Court of Human Rights on defending Ireland's position in relation to the right to a healthy environment from 2019 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form. [18535/24]
• 2024-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health whether in international negotiations on a pandemic treaty the Government have sought to ensure that a TRIPS waiver on vaccines will be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18571/24]
• 2024-04-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work of the myalgic encephalomyelitis working group established by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18001/24]
• 2024-04-16
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline, in tabular form, spending on legal advice, legal action and/or legal expenses related to cases in the European Court of Human Rights on defending Ireland's position in relation to the Right to a Healthy Environment from 2019 to 2024 inclusive. [16321/24]
• 2024-04-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1427 of 20 March 2024, in which month of 2023 the security contract for a location (details supplied) was terminated; the reasons for doing so at that particular time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15600/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to reopen the HSE home birth service to serve the Leitrim area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14489/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the projected total costs arising from the purchase and renovation of two properties in Midleton by the HSE to accommodate six people with severe and enduring mental illness; for an estimate of costs where finalised figures cannot yet be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14494/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the additional development funding allocated to each of the national clinical programmes in mental health in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14743/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the mother-and-baby inpatient perinatal mental health unit will be in place in quarter 4 of 2024, as outlined in Sharing the Vision Implementation Plan; when it is expected to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14744/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline an itemised list of funding allocated to mental health services in the voluntary and community sector, both section 38 and section 39 organisations, in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14745/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the status of the Sharing the Vision Implementation Plan; which of the 100 recommendations are delayed and the reasons for those delays, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14746/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on HIQA's health technology assessment of infant immunisation against RSV; his plans to ensure the development of an RSV immunisation programme prior to the next winter season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15303/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1458 of 24 March 2024, the reason a building (details supplied) has not yet opened as a mental health facility since it received planning permission from An Bord Pleanála in October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15483/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when Section 39 organisations will receive the additional funding for staff pay arising from the Workplace Relations Commission agreement in October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11872/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the cost of renovations to Millfield House, Blackpool; the cost of construction of apartments for mental health residents; and the number of residents currently in these facilities. [12581/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the current cost of security at Millfield House, Blackpool; and the total cost of security incurred by the HSE since a contract was initiated there in May 2019. [12582/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the scheme to support public sector bodies to purchase vending machines equipped with free period products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12703/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason Glenwood House, Carrigaline has not yet opened as a mental health facility since it received planning permission from An Bord Pleanála in October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12768/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the total cost of the purchase and renovation of Glenwood House, Carrigaline and any other associated costs. [12769/24]
• 2024-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if Glenwood House, Carrigaline, has opened as a residential mental health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9061/24]
• 2024-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if Garnish House, Cork, has ceased operating as a residential mental health service; the names of the services where residents are being or have been transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9062/24]
• 2024-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the projected cost of building a set of residential mental health bungalows on the grounds of St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire, as set out in the HSE's current capital plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9063/24]
• 2024-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the projected cost of building a new residential mental health service on the site of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, as set out in the HSE's current capital plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9064/24]
• 2024-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to conduct drug harm-reduction campaigns aimed at people attending Irish music festivals this summer; his plans to roll out the use of ‘back of house’ drug checking through the use of surrender bins, which was piloted last summer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8207/24]
• 2024-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason the former HSE chief strategy officer has been replaced by the acting CSO; whether a process is under way to investigate a previous procurement matter highlighted to be of concern by the HSE CEO relating to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7262/24]
• 2024-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when he expects the tender for the second phase of the HSE's Hospital performance visualisation platform to be issued; when he expects it to be completed; the estimated cost of phase two; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7263/24]
• 2024-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the amount that has been spent to date on developing the HSE's integrated information system; how many hospitals it is connected to; how much of the spending has been paid to external contractors and management consulting firms (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7264/24]
• 2024-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline for when the clinical review group will complete its work to determine if evidence exists to expand the scope of the medical cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6555/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health to outline any work undertaken by his Department on the development of lung cancer screening for high risk groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4922/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the €7.5 million allocated in Budget 2024 for "new services", specifically the amount designated for expanding newborn screening; if plans for implementing SMA screening will be included in the HSE Service Plan for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5085/24]
• 2024-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the percentage of social media videos posted on his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, inclusive.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3366/24]
• 2024-01-24
  VOTE
  Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021 [Seanad]

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 74–54
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is aware of the presence of the semi-synthetic cannabinoid, HHC or hexahydrocannabinol, in Ireland; if so, when the HSE was first made aware of its presence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56526/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the appointment of a new co-ordinator for the Finglas-Cabra local drug and alcohol task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54651/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when the harm/benefit analysis of proposed animal experimentation projects are conducted, whether his Department considers the utility of the product to be tested on animals, or the utility of the product a component substance of which is to be tested on animals, as a factor in that harm/benefit analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51870/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 791 of 1 February 2022, if he will provide an update on his plans to promote and advertise the use of the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive scheme to help alleviate waiting lists for medical procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52240/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to reassess the age range eligibility of the BreastCheck screening programme, in particular concerning women over 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50523/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on total projected costs for the renovation/extension of Carraig Mór intensive care psychiatric facility in Shanakiel, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50998/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on total projected costs for the acquisition/renovation of a community mental health residence in Lauriston, Midleton, and any other associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50999/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the current number of residents residing in Garnish House; the projected closure time of that mental health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51000/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the projected opening date of Glenwood House in Carrigaline as a community mental health residence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51001/23]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of funding allocated to social inclusion groups in Budget 2024. [49418/23]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the publication of the National Action Plan on Traveller and Roma Mental Health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49457/23]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the Health Products Regulatory Authority’s role in conducting an inquiry into breaches of Article 17 of the Global Code of Conduct for Research that requires scientific research on animals conducted in non-EU countries to be performed in line with Irish and EU standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49997/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health whether paired-organ donations will be permitted under the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47357/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 604 of 25 April and 468 of 18 May and 702 of 27 June 2023, the number of people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties under the care of the Cobh/Glenville and Midleton/Youghal adult mental health teams who have been transferred to continuing care or high-support hostels outside those HSE catchments since February 2021 when the Owenacurra Centre took its last referral for residential placement; the number of people in this cohort of service-users within those HSE catchments who have been transferred in the same timeframe to nursing homes, either within those HSE catchments or outside them; the reason that this information was not provided in the response to the Parliamentary Question, given that the information could be obtained by requesting it from the consultant psychiatrists on the two mental health teams under whose care the service-users in questions would have been, and given that similar information on the transfer of east Cork service-users was provided in response to previous Parliamentary Questions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47588/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his views on the planned ending of a special Covid leave with pay arrangement for healthcare workers on 31 October 2023 with the chronic and debilitating nature of that condition for this cohort of staff, who were previously given assurances by his Department that their needs would be met and that these healthcare workers contracted Covid in high-risk settings in circumstances that amount to being considered a workplace injury in other EU Member States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47589/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health whether his Department will conduct an inquiry into the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland use of a US institute to conduct animal research not in accordance with Irish or EU regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47685/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on ongoing work to resolve the contractual arrangement issues with general practitioners associated with the upcoming revised tax treatment of general medical services income of general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47857/23]
• 2023-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an annual breakdown of the number of reimbursements made via the primary care reimbursement scheme for first consultations for abortion care from 2019 to 2022, inclusive. [45928/23]
• 2023-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an annual breakdown of the number of reimbursements made via the primary care reimbursement scheme for second consultations for abortion care from 2019 to 2022, inclusive. [45929/23]
• 2023-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an annual breakdown of the number of reimbursements made via the primary care reimbursement scheme for third consultations for abortion care from 2019 to 2022, inclusive. [45930/23]
• 2023-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an annual breakdown of the number of abortions provided in hospital-based abortion services under Section 12 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 from 2019 to 2022, inclusive. [45931/23]
• 2023-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an annual breakdown of the number of abortions provided by the community-based healthcare providers such as GPs, family planning clinics, women’s health clinics, student health services under Section 12 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 from 2019 to 2022, inclusive. [45932/23]
• 2023-10-12
  VOTE
  Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023 · 2 divisions

  A bill to provide for the licensing of the sale by retail of tobacco products and nicotine inhaling products; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register of licences issued under and in accordance with the Act; to provide for certain related offences; and for those and other purposes, to provide for the amendment of the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002; and to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other enactments and the revocation of certain statutory instruments; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 5–5
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 5–4
• 2023-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce mandatory fortification of foodstuffs with folic acid following his Department's Folic Acid Policy Committee report on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43498/23]
• 2023-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 27 September 2022, if he will outline which five recommendations are still in progress as part of the full implementation of the Chief Medical Officer’s report on The Use of Uro-Gynaecological Mesh in Surgical Procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43586/23]
• 2023-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding to ensure that defibrillators are available in public places, such as community centres and schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43663/23]
• 2023-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure hospital pharmacy technicians are subject to a statutory professional regulatory regime and that their qualification is standardised across the various providers of pharmacy technician education and training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43709/23]
• 2023-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if any investigations will be considered in light of findings from the Data Protection Commissioner that officials in his Department kept dossiers in a manner that was unlawful and unnecessary, containing sensitive information on families of children with autism who had previously engaged in litigation with the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43122/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the spending of the €110,000 which was allocated in the budget 2023 for the development of a diabetes register; whether unused funding will carry over to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42295/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of a programme manager to assist in the development of a diabetes register; whether this process has stalled as a result of a HSE recruitment embargo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42296/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the spending of funding 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; if he will provide an update on the recruitment of a programme manager and data analytics staff who were required to commence audit development; whether unused funding will carry over to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42297/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 664 of 20 June 2023, the number of complaints submitted for review under the Dignity at Work policy by HSE employees and subsequently screened out by HSE employee relations personnel as not meeting the criteria for this process, in each CHO and hospital group area in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; the percentage of cases deemed as such; and the duration in each case that the employee waited for this verdict, from the time they submitted the complaint. [42573/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1045 of 20 September 2023, the specific requirements for the advertising of local recruitment competitions, as opposed to national panel recruitment competitions, for HSE staff grade and senior grade psychology posts, such that they are compliant with the Commission for Public Service Appointments and the HSE's own recruitment protocols; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42846/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1045 of 20 September 2023, the difference between internal and external appointments in respect of HSE psychology recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42847/23]
• 2023-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans for the development of a national diabetes register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41724/23]
• 2023-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of CHOs currently prescribing suboxone to those experiencing opioid addiction; and the number of prescriptions prescribed in respect of each CHO in 2022, in tabular form. [41128/23]
• 2023-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of CHOs currently prescribing methadone to those experiencing opioid addiction; and the number of prescriptions prescribed in respect of each CHO in 2022, in tabular form. [41129/23]
• 2023-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans over the next three years to optimise accessibility to suboxone to those experiencing opioid addiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41130/23]
• 2023-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the CHOs that currently provide rapid access stabilisation units; his plans to provide future funding for such units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41131/23]
• 2023-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41137/23]
• 2023-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the data being collected on the effects of the marketing of zero-alcohol products with the same branding, logos and colours as their parent alcoholic counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41146/23]
• 2023-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the engagements that he has had with the HSE CEO regarding the recent testimony by a safeguarding expert that they were instructed by senior HSE managers to halt an investigation into the possible sexual abuse of residents in a nursing-home associated with the 'Emily' case; what actions are being taken on foot of this testimony; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41640/23]
• 2023-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the revised care plan for those seeking gender identity services, taking into account World Professional Association for Transgender Health, WPATH, standards of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40454/23]
• 2023-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health whether the full investigation report into the handling of Covid-19 at a facility (details supplied) in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, in 2020 will be published; whether he has discussed this report with the HSE CEO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40607/23]
• 2023-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1154 of 21 March 2023, 597 of 25 April 2023 and 703 of 27 June 2023, if he will provide an update on the formation of the development team, announced by Cork HSE management in May 2022, tasked with conducting an options appraisal for the construction of a new ten-bed mental health rehabilitation/continuing care residential service in Midleton, County Cork; the names of HSE management staff who have been appointed to the team; the dates of any development team meetings held to date or engagements with the local authority; the details on the progress the development team has made on identifying a site for the service over the past fifteen months and on the acquisition of capital funding; to provide an update on the timeframe for the commencement and completion of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40721/23]
• 2023-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 719 of 17 May 2023, the length of time that the HSE plans to continue its use of a facility (details supplied) as a mental health facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40722/23]
• 2023-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1155 of 21 March 2023, the total cost of the HSE's use of a facility (details supplied) as a mental health facility since the property was first rented in April 2020 to 14 September 2023, in tabular form; and the cost of rent, cleaning fees, investment in the kitchen, insurance and any other costs covered by the HSE in respect of this property. [40723/23]
• 2023-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the exact requirements for the advertising of local recruitment competitions for HSE staff grade and senior grade psychology posts, such that they are compliant with the Commission for Public Service Appointments and the HSE's own recruitment protocols; the way these differ from other forms of psychology recruitment competitions run by the HSE for psychology posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40724/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of radiographers required to ensure BreastCheck screenings take place every two years for those who are eligible; how many radiographers currently work for BreastCheck; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37663/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health whether it is possible for the BreastCheck programme to provide screening to the eligible population every two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37664/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of people who were eligible for participation in the BreastCheck screening programme in each of the years 2016 to 2022, in tabular form, even if they did not respond to an invitation for screening. [37665/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of people who were invited for screening; the number of people who attended screening; and the number of people who were referred for further examination as a result of their screening appointment in each of the years 2016 to 2022, in tabular form. [37666/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the cost per person participating in the BreastCheck screening programme in each of the years 2016 to 2022, in tabular form. [37667/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the cost per person participating in BreastCheck for an individual person referred for further examination as a result of their screening appointment in each of the years 2016 to 2022, in tabular form. [37668/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of filled genetic counsellor posts in the cancer genetics department in St. James's Hospital; how this compares with international standards; whether any recruitment challenges exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37669/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the current grants being paid to medical card holders for wigs and hairpieces, broken down by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37670/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the current prosthesis and bra entitlements for those who have had breast cancer surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37671/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of beds provided in public residential centres and also contracted by the HSE in private nursing homes designated for respite care in each of the years 2017 to 2022. [37988/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of respite care centres in the State in each of the years 2017 to 2022. [37989/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to amend the Dentists Act 1985 to allow dental hygienists to work independently rather than under the prescription of a dentist by eliminating the mandatory referral from a dentist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38002/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend the provisions of the Public Health Alcohol Act 2018 to prohibit marketing of zero-alcohol products that share the same branding, logos and colours as their parent alcoholic counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38396/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the steps taken to ensure batches of botulinum toxin products destined for either non-medical use (i.e. aesthetic purposes) or medical use are identified as such by applicants for animal testing project authorisations and the Health Products Regulatory Authority, in order to ensure accurate harm-benefit analyses and evaluations of proposed projects to test such products on animals under Directive 2010/63/EU and SI No.543 of 2012 (as amended); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38617/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied); the engagements he has had with a named organisation in relation to the same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38680/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of the hereditary cancer model of care for individuals with BRCA gene alterations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38683/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline future staff and funding priorities and plans for the Mental Health Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38764/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 707 of 27 June 2023, if he will provide the public procurement rules that allow a tree-removal company which has been offered a substantial commercial contract by a State entity to remove 70 trees from Merlin Woods, Galway can have its identity concealed under the pretext of protecting its privacy rights; the name of the contractor; if an independent arborist assessment was carried out; if so, the name of that company or individual; the names of the other contractors who offered quotes for the works and the sums involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35902/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 664 of 20 June 2023, his plans to address the fact that 33% of HSE employees responding to the most recent 'Your Opinion Counts' staff survey report that they have experienced bullying or harassment by a senior colleague when basic data is not maintained by the organisation regarding number of grievance and dignity at work cases submitted by employees or wait-times for hearings; how HSE employees facing the daunting prospect of such grievance and dignity at work cases can be protected (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35903/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown, by CHO for 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, the legal costs incurred by the HSE for legal advice and/or representation on grievance and dignity at work cases submitted by employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35904/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the position of the HSE regarding covering legal costs for either, in cases where HSE staff members of equal rank are involved in a grievance or dignity at work case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35905/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the position of the HSE regarding covering legal costs for either party, in cases where HSE staff members of different rank are involved in a grievance or dignity at work case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35906/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health how the HSE decides whether it will cover legal costs for an employee involved in a grievance or dignity at work case, either as a plaintiff or a defendant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35907/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the legal costs incurred by the HSE in 2021, 2022 and 2023 involving grievance or dignity at work cases taken by employees against other HSE employees; the percentage of cases where the HSE covered the costs of the plaintiff in each year; the percentage of cases where it covered the costs of the defendant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35908/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 9 of 8 December 2022, how he can reconcile a commitment to providing support to healthcare workers unable to return to work due to severe long-Covid symptoms with a continued impasse in negotiations involving his Department with trade unions on the pay arrangement for such workers, who risked their health at critical stages of the pandemic to carry out essential work, and who are facing financial insecurity as well as a chronic and debilitating health condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35909/23]
• 2023-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the HSE’s plans to conduct research on the prevalence and use of cannabinoids in vapes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34427/23]
• 2023-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase capacity in HSE audiology clinics; if consideration is being given to offering adult medical card holders the option to be assessed and treated by community audiologists under the Department of Social Protection’s treatment benefit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34516/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline in what way the removal of the locked status of unit 3, St. Stephen's Hospital, as reported by the Mental Health Commission in November 2022, can compensate alone for the broader loss of other quality-of-life benefits incurred by a resident who was moved to that ward in July 2022 from another approved centre in breach of a condition of its registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33536/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline how the Mental Health Commission can reconcile concerns it raised in its annual report from June 2022 regarding 2,000 people living in congregated settings with their approval in court in November 2022 of HSE proposals to build a 50-bed continuing care and rehabilitation service on the isolated grounds of St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire; under which mental health policy the Mental Health Commission made this approval; in what way this can be said to offset any of the disadvantages incurred by a resident who was moved to unit 3, St. Stephen's Hospital from another approved centre in breach of a condition on the registration of unit 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33537/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline how each individual CHO funds interpreting services in general practices; if he plans to improve access to interpreters in general practice by establishing a central service for use across all CHOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33798/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 25 May 2023, if he will explain why three arborist companies (details supplied) carried out assessments of trees outside Cork University Hospital; the reason these assessments incurred no financial cost to the HSE; if he will provide these assessment reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33999/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will bring the repeated failure on the part of Cork HSE mental health management to provide clarity in responses to numerous Parliamentary Questions on the alleged offering of first-dose Covid vaccines to non-patient-facing corporate staff, including management HSE staff, based in the Model Business Park, Cork in early January 2021, prior to the scheduling of vaccines for some of the most at-risk client and staff cohorts in congregated mental health settings, to the attention of the recently appointed HSE CEO; if the sequencing of vaccines by HSE managers to service-users and staff according to the agreed protocols will form part of the State's inquiry into its handling of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34032/23]
• 2023-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health to provide, in tabular form, the number of HSE psychology posts that remained unfilled after being advertised since January 2022, by CHO and by service type, i.e. child disability, adult disability, adult mental health, child and adolescent mental health, primary care psychology and hospital services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32028/23]
• 2023-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will seek to address the lengthy delays in the process of accreditation of psychologists who trained and qualified overseas and who wish to work in Ireland; what steps he may take to this end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32029/23]
• 2023-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the rationale for working off a clinical-population based framework of accreditation for psychologists who have trained overseas rather than a competencies-based framework, as is preferred in other countries; if he sees this as a barrier to the efficient accreditation of those psychologists who could take up positions in the Irish health system but who are prevented from doing so through not having had clinical placement experience with a particular care group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32030/23]
• 2023-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the funding of counselling psychology and educational psychology training courses as part of a move towards equity of training for psychologists, as well as a means to address difficulties with recruitment and retention of psychologists in particular service areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32031/23]
• 2023-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress made to date on expanding the national heel-prick test; the number of diseases babies born today in Ireland are being tested for currently; when spinal muscular atrophy will be included in newborn screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31411/23]
• 2023-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question 83 of 23 May 2023, if she will provide an update on her engagements with the Minister for Health and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in relation to supports for health care workers experiencing long-Covid as a result of their service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30633/23]
• 2023-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the HSE's communication policy for persons wishing to record, film or take photographs on a HSE site. [30750/23]
• 2023-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 604 of 25 April 2023 and 468 of 18 May 2023, the number of people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties under the care of the Cobh/Glenville and Midleton/Youghal adult mental health teams who have been transferred to continuing care or high-support hostels outside those HSE catchments since February 2021 when the Owenacurra Centre took its last referral for residential placement; the number of people in this cohort of service-users within those HSE catchments who have been transferred in the same timeframe to nursing homes, either within those HSE catchments or outside them; the reason that this information was not provided in the response to the two aforementioned Parliamentary Questions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31035/23]
• 2023-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1154 of 21 March 2023 and 597 of 25 April 2023, if he will provide an update on the formation of the development team, announced by Cork HSE management in May 2022, tasked with conducting an options appraisal for the construction of a new ten-bed mental health rehabilitation/continuing care residential service in Midleton, County Cork; the names of HSE management staff who have been appointed to the team; the dates of any development team meetings held to date or engagements with the local authority; if he will provide details on progress the development team has made on identifying a site for the service over the past thirteen months and on the acquisition of capital funding; if he will provide an update on the timeframe for commencement and completion of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31036/23]
• 2023-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1219, 1292 and 1294 of 13 June 2023, what assurances were given to the Mental Health Commission by the HSE regarding the breach of a condition of registration of Unit 3, St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire, such that the Mental Health Commission decided to suspend enforcement proceedings it had initiated against the HSE in September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31037/23]
• 2023-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 602 of 25 April 2023 and 617 of 9 May 2023, the reason the Mental Health Commission has declined a request from the Oireachtas Committee on Health to benchmark the provision of community residential mental health placements serving the combined East Cork HSE catchments of the Cobh/Glenville and Midleton/Youghal adult mental health teams in respect of A Vision for Change-recommended allocations; the reason, in particular, the Commission has refused to do so given that it reviewed such services nationally in 2019 and benchmarked those provisions against A Vision for Change and given that the Mental Health Commission has repeatedly made reference to A Vision for Change-recommended staffing allocations in its interim CAMHS report from January 2023 in the context of assessing current service provision; what barrier prevents specifically the Mental Health Commission from doing likewise with the East Cork mental health catchments of Midleton/Youghal and Cobh/Glenville given that the request made in respect of East Cork adult mental health services does not call on the Mental Health Commission to "set targets" in a statutory manner but to confirm from the standpoint of an independent oversight body recommended with actual service provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31038/23]
• 2023-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will identify the national mental health policy guiding Cork HSE management in its plans to replace long-stay mental health facilities in hospital campus locations in St. Stephen's Hospital and St. Finbarr's Hospital with new congregated settings involving a 50-bed unit in St. Stephen's Hospital and a 20-bed unit in St. Finbarr's Hospital; if he will provide an estimate of the cost of these services, if they are pursued; if any similar mental health service projects are being proposed in other CHOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31040/23]
• 2023-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the names of the companies or individuals contracted by the HSE to remove 70 trees from Merlin Woods in 2023; the name of the arborist who carried out an assessment of the trees in advance of the works; if he will provide details of how the timber from the removed trees was disposed of, and in particular the destination of this timber and its use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31041/23]
• 2023-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will be sending a representative to the Global Congress on Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes in Geneva. [29287/23]
• 2023-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health to list the hospitals with the National Acute Oncology Nursing Service to assist patients undergoing active cancer treatment in avoiding attending the emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29298/23]
• 2023-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the National Acute Oncology Nursing Service is in place in Letterkenny University Hospital to assist patients undergoing active cancer treatment in avoiding attending the emergency department; if not, if there is an alternative system in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29299/23]
• 2023-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 599 of 25 April 2023 and 622 of 16 May 2023, if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the change of scope of works to the Carraig Mór intensive care mental health facility (details supplied) in Cork ; if these changes involve an increase in bed capacity; if so, by how much; the number of service-users who will be accommodated on site when the building works are complete; if these will include service-users referred for acute admissions as well as long-stay residents; the breakdown of bed capacity for each cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29365/23]
• 2023-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 599 of 25 April 2023 and 622 of 16 May 2023, the reason the HSE cited a figure publicly in 2021 of €4.5 million to renovate the Carraig Mór mental health facility in Cork without accounting for design team costs, site works, surveying works, VAT and other essential costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29366/23]
• 2023-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of grievance and dignity at work cases submitted by HSE employees to management and recorded by employee relations in each CHO in 2022 and to date in 2023; the duration in each case that the employee waited or is waiting for a grievance or dignity at work hearing to take place since submitting their complaint, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29367/23]
• 2023-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the origins of emails sent by clerical staff of the Cork HSE mental health services on 7 January 2021 offering the possibility of priority Covid vaccines to non-patient facing staff, including several senior HSE managers (details supplied); the HSE managers responsible for making these offers of priority vaccines to colleagues; if the CEO of the HSE is aware of this possible breach of the vaccine scheduling protocol in CHO4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29589/23]
• 2023-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the application for pricing and reimbursement of (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29728/23]
• 2023-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of public representatives who applied to HSE management for consent to make political videos on the grounds of HSE health settings in CHO4 for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022; the names of the HSE representatives who monitored the making of those political videos, as per the HSE communications policy; if applicable, the number of public representatives who made such political videos on HSE grounds without consent and who were later contacted by HSE management in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29790/23]
• 2023-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the review into the North Inner City Drugs and Alcohol Task Force; when this review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28890/23]
• 2023-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health is next due to meet. [25680/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the Mental Health Commission took any action against the HSE in 2022 following the transfer of a resident of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, to Unit 3, St. Stephen's Hospital which had conditions on its registration following inspection reports in 2021 and 2022 by the Mental Health Commission which raised serious concerns about the premises, the staff culture, lack of rehabilitation focus and fire safety; if so, if he will provide details of that action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27942/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the Health Act 2004 to assess the nature of services provided by Section 39 organisations; his plans to ensure a multi-annual, sustainable funding model for Section 39 organisations; his plans to address the pay disparity between Section 39 organisations and their HSE and Section 38 counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28072/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the undertakings the HSE committed to in respect of the transfer of a patient to Unit 3, St. Stephen's Hospital in July 2022 in breach of a condition of registration of that service as an approved centre such that the Mental Health Commission suspended a prosecution it had commenced against the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28398/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the steps taken by the Mental Health Commission to uphold the rights of a patient transferred to Unit 3, St. Stephen's Hospital in July 2022, in breach of a condition of registration of that service as an approved centre following the Mental Health Commission's the decision to suspend a prosecution it had commenced against the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28399/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the undertakings the HSE committed to in respect of the transfer of a patient from the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton to another facility in July 2022 outside of the agreed process of transfers in place, such that the Mental Health Commission suspended enforcement action it had commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28400/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if a resident transferred from the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton to another facility in July 2022 outside of the agreed process of transfers in place, was given the option to return to the Owenacurra Centre; if the Mental Health Commission judged the placement in question to be meeting the needs of the resident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28401/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the progress made to date in respect of the programme for Government commitment to commence talks with pharmacists on a new contract and enhancement of their role in the delivery of healthcare in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28491/23]
• 2023-05-31
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023 · 2 divisions

  A bill to amend the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 to provide for abortion on request prior to foetal viability; to abolish the 3 day waiting period for abortion on request; to allow for abortion on grounds of fatal foetal abnormality that are likely to lead to the death of the foetus either before or within a year of birth; to allow for abortion where there is a risk to the life, or of serious harm to the health, of the pregnant woman; and to decriminalise the provision of abortion.

  • ✓ voted to progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 67–64
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 61–74
• 2023-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints made to the HSE in relation to breaches of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 which resulted in a person being found guilty of an offence under the Act. [25854/23]
• 2023-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice the work currently being undertaken to provide reasonable accommodations to prisoners with disabilities, including those who may be neurodivergent, autistic or have mental health conditions, as it relates to overcrowding and access to services in prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24626/23]
• 2023-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the availability of scalp-cooling services in the oncology ward of the Mater Hospital, which was previously curtailed on infection control advice related to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25396/23]
• 2023-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 918 of 8 November 2022, 299 of 19 January 2023 and 659 of 21 February 2023, if he will provide the information already sought and not provided in the response to Parliamentary Question No 299 of 19 January 2023, namely, a breakdown in tabular form of all costs associated with the removal of a row of trees outside Cork University Hospital on 22 October 2022; to include the names of the companies or persons that were commissioned for each of these services, including the arborist assessment, the tree-removal works, the clearance of the timber and the tree-planting assessment and any other associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25423/23]
• 2023-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline her Department's plans to provide support for healthcare workers experiencing long Covid as a result of their service; her plans to provide recognition of long Covid under the section 87 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24358/23]
• 2023-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Public Expenditure

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an update on the engagements he has had with the Department of Health and the HSE in relation to funding proposals for the new HSE Home Support Tender 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24099/23]
• 2023-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice the number of members and staff of An Garda Síochána, per grade, that resigned on health grounds in each of the years 2018 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form. [24138/23]
• 2023-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress of funding proposals for the new HSE Home Support Tender 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24098/23]
• 2023-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of charities or individuals in the direct employment of charities registered in Ireland that are subject to tax withholding arrangements by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24352/23]
• 2023-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will set out in tabular form the number of full-time posts and the number of part-time posts currently funded and staffed for non-clinical data management across genetic and rare disease services in the HSE. [24531/23]
• 2023-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the current dedicated funding to support clinical leads in European Reference Networks on Rare Diseases in their engagement with European partners in the provision of services (outside of research funds, given the network is not a research network); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24532/23]
• 2023-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent by the HSE on legal fees in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 involving the defence of Grievance and or Dignity At Work cases or advice on such cases taken by HSE employees against HSE managers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24533/23]
• 2023-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the cost of legal representation of HSE staff who are not at management level is covered by the organisation in Grievance or Dignity At Work cases taken against them by less senior ranking HSE staff, or if this is extended solely to managers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24534/23]
• 2023-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 604 of 25 April 2023, the number of people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties under the care of the Cobh/Glenville and Midleton/Youghal adult mental health teams who have been transferred to continuing care or high-support hostels outside those HSE catchments since June 2021; the number of people in this cohort of service-users within those HSE catchments who have been transferred in the same timeframe to nursing homes, either within those HSE catchments or outside them; the reason that this information was not provided in the response to Parliamentary Question No. 604 of 25 April 2023, given that the respondent could obtain the information with ease by requesting it from the consultant psychiatrists on the two mental health teams under whose care the service-users in questions would have been, and given that similar information on the transfer of East Cork service-users was provided in response to previous Parliamentary Questions, and given its relevance to the broader impact of the decision by the HSE to close the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, without providing interim residential service provision locally beyond a three-bedroom property that is yet to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23917/23]
• 2023-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health how the National Gender Service implements operational standards and guidance in fulfilling its remit under the Health Act 2004: Your Service, Your Say on dealing with complaints and feedback; if there is work ongoing in that implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23362/23]
• 2023-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline any interventions, memorandums of understanding or guidance provided to the National Gender Service from national oversight bodies such as the Mental Health Commission or the Patient Advocacy Service on improving the service and patient experience in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23363/23]
• 2023-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 9 February 2022, if the HSE is continuing with plans to relocate acute mental health care for the north Cork HSE catchment from unit 4 in St. Stephen’s Hospital to the Mercy University Hospital; if so, if he will provide a timeframe on this proposal; the clinical rationale for this, given that the Mercy Hospital is a longer distance from north Cork and will therefore involve additional challenges for visiting families; if there has been consultation with ground-level clinicians and family and service-user groups from north Cork on these proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22537/23]
• 2023-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 599 of 25 April 2023, the reason an initial €4 million costing of a rebuild of the Carraig Mór mental health facility in Cork, announced in May 2021, has since increased to €14 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22538/23]
• 2023-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will consider establishing community mental health residences in Cobh and Youghal, as well as Midleton, to bring the combined Midleton/Youghal and Cobh/Glenville HSE sectors up to the recommended allocation of 30 residential placements per 100,000 population as set out in A Vision for Change and to bring east Cork in line with the north Cork HSE catchment which currently has 42 community residential placements spread across the towns of Fermoy, Mallow and Kanturk, serving a very similar population size; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22539/23]
• 2023-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the mental health supports available to those hoarding and support for decluttering, either through his Department or through the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22581/23]
• 2023-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if data on the rates of hoarding as a mental health concern are collected and collated by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22582/23]
• 2023-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide for the recognition of long-Covid in children; if his Department has reviewed best practice from other jurisdictions such as the UK NHS’s setting-up of specialist long-COVID services for children and young people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22617/23]
• 2023-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to integrate services for children into the HSE’s long-Covid services framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22618/23]
• 2023-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 200 of 15 February 2023, 1151 of 21 March 2023 and 1452 of 18 April 2023, the number of staff directly employed by the HSE known to be on leave from work for more than one year due to long-Covid symptoms, as evidenced by their receipt of special Covid leave with pay for that period of time; the reason the HSE has not released this figure in response to previous Parliamentary Questions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22756/23]
• 2023-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 674 of 28 March 2023 and 1451 of 18 April 2023, the dates that meetings were scheduled since June 2022 between representatives of his Department and trade unions representing healthcare workers with long Covid to discuss pay issues relating to this medical condition; the dates of such meetings between his Department and trade unions on long-Covid and healthcare workers that were cancelled by his Department since June 2022; the reason for these cancellations, acknowledging that this information does not conflict with the workings of industrial relations processes under way; the reason this information had not already been provided in response to previous parliamentary questions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22757/23]
• 2023-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 236 of 22 March 2023 and 1744 of 17 April 2023, the names of the HSE estates managers who approved contracts for renovations and other works to Glenwood House, Carrigaline, following the purchase of that property in January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22758/23]
• 2023-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 484 of 16 November 2021, 1715 of 19 January 2022, 169 of 9 February 2022, 186 of 23 March 2022, 720 of 17 May 2022, 1903 of 14 June 2022, 565 of 13 December 2022, 354 of 19 January 2023, 570 of 7 March 2023 and 1454 of 18 April 2023, when the clinical directors of the North Cork, West Cork and South Lee areas agreed to accept referrals of service-users requiring residential placement from the Midleton/Youghal and Cobh/Glenville into community residences under their clinical remit; if, in particular, the clinical directors in question were made aware of the increased need for placements from outside their areas resulting from the closure of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, prior to that closure being announced, when the HSE's plan at that stage was to not replace any residential mental health services in East Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23128/23]
• 2023-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 598 of 25 April 2023, the estimated costs associated with renovations of Millfield House, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23133/23]
• 2023-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 9 February 2022 and 597 of 25 April 2023, if he can confirm that the ten-bed replacement service for the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, will be a 'continuing care' mental health service, as suggested in the response to Parliamentary Question No. 597 of 25 April 2023, bearing in mind that continuing care mental health services have a specific staff: client ratio; how one can reconcile a contention in the same response that the service will be replaced in 2024 with recent briefings from the HSE suggesting that it does not yet have a site identified for this project, nor a 'development team' appointed, nor capital funding secured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23135/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work of his Department in relation to youth-specific mental health initiatives and promoting positive mental health among young people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21045/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the estimated costs of the construction of independent living pods near the Millfield House mental health facility in Blackpool, Cork; the estimated costs of any additional renovations of Millfield House itself; the HSE managers who proposed these plans; when these proposals were first made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21215/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the date that capital funding committed to renovations of Milfield House and the construction of independent living pods nearby was applied for by local HSE management; the date that this capital funding was approved by national HSE management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21216/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the projected timeline associated with the construction of independent living pods near the Millfield House mental health facility in Blackpool, Cork, and with renovations of Millfield House itself; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21217/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if current security arrangements for Millfield House, Blackpool, are expected to continue indefinitely or for a fixed timeframe; if the security arrangement will also apply to the independent living pods near Millfield House that recently received planning approval from Cork City Council; if so, if the current security costs will increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21218/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he plans to update pay scales for non-consultant hospital doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21265/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 638 of 5 October 2021, 691 of 29 November 2022, 1553 of 18 January 2023, 204 of 15 February 2023, 1153 of 21 March 2023 and 1453 of 18 April 2023, the reason for a lack of any detail on staffing levels or basic service-planning for a new facility in Midleton, County Cork that will accommodate three residents with severe and enduring mental health difficulties (details supplied); how families whose relatives have already been offered placements in this service can be expected to make an informed decision on those offers in the absence of this information; the number of staff that will be deployed to the service on a day-to-day basis; if those regular staff who are on site daily will include psychiatric nurses or healthcare assistants or both; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21507/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 596 of 25 April 2023, if he will provide details of any follow-up consultation that the Mental Health Commission may have had with residents who reported to the commission that they were happy to move from the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton and satisfied with their new placements; in particular, the number of follow-up consultations and the time that had elapsed since they had made this transition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21518/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 602 of 25 April 2023, the reason the Mental Health Commission has declined a request from the Oireachtas Committee on Health to comment on the provision of community residential mental health placement serving the combined HSE catchments of the Cobh/Glenville and Midleton/Youghal adult mental health teams (details supplied); his views on the Commission's lack of comment on the HSE's removal of the majority of east Cork's residential placement provision over the coming years without having an interim placement arrangement in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21519/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the amount of capital funding applied for by Cork HSE management in respect of the development of a ten-bed residential mental health service in Midleton, County Cork; the date this capital funding was applied for and for the managers making this application and the managers deciding on the proposals; if he will provide details of the level of communication that has taken place thus far on this proposal between HSE management and with any other stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21520/23]
• 2023-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason minutes of a meeting from February 2023 of the HSE Board's Safety and Quality Committee, at which the closure of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton was discussed, had not yet been published as of 25 April 2023; when the minutes of the meeting will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20584/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his views on the In Sickness and in Debt Report relating to the administration of the treatment abroad scheme, the EU cross-Border directive scheme and the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme; his plans to implement its recommendations; his plans to promote and advertise the use of these schemes to help alleviate waiting lists for medical procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19073/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health in what context and by whom was the Board of the Mental Health Commission informed that some residents of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton were "happy to move from the Owenacurra Centre and are satisfied with where they have been moved to", as stated in a letter from the Chairperson to a current resident dated 24 March 2023 and as reported in a newspaper (details supplied) on 17 April 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19458/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 9 February 2022, how the HSE's Capital Plan for Cork residential mental health services can be in accordance with either the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities or the HSE's own Model of Care for People with Severe and Enduring Mental Illness and Complex Needs when it involves replacement of facilities for 'continuing care' residents on the grounds of St. Stephen’s Hospital, Glanmire and St. Finbarr’s Hospital, Cork, as opposed to the further development of community-integrated services for this cohort of service-users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19459/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the projected time-frame for the re-opening of Millfield House, Cork to residents with severe and enduring mental health difficulties; the estimated costs associated with renovations planned for Millfield House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19460/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on renovations planned for the Carraig Mór intensive care mental health facility in Cork in particular, a projected timeframe for the completion of works and projected costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19461/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any enforcement actions the Mental Health Commission may have taken against the HSE as part of its oversight of the Owenacurra Centre closure, including dates of the actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19462/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the Mental Health Commission has concerns about the provision of three community mental health residence placements in east Cork and the apparent lack of progress on appointing a development team to appraise options for a new ten-bed service in Midleton, eleven months after this team was announced as being formed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19463/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reasons the Mental Health Commission has declined a request from the Oireachtas Health Committee to comment on the provision of community residential mental health placement serving the combined HSE catchments of the Cobh/Glenville and Midleton/Youghal adult mental health teams with respect to allocations set out in A Vision for Change when the Mental Health Commission reviewed such services nationally in 2019 and benchmarked those provisions against A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19464/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the precise obligations of the HSE in respect of residents of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton in respect of the closure of that service, and the obligations of the Mental Health Commission as an oversight body; whether each entity has fulfilled their obligations to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19465/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties under the care of the Cobh/Glenville and Midleton/Youghal adult mental health teams who have been transferred to continuing care or high support hostels outside those HSE catchments since June 2021; the number of people in this cohort of service-users within those HSE catchments who have been transferred in the same time-frame to nursing-homes, either within those HSE catchments or outside them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19467/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the HSE's plans to update its GMS contract policies around doctors providing locum services, particularly around hourly locum rates and doctors' eligibility to locum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19477/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the advice currently provided by his Department to maternity units on best practice inpatient partner supports nationwide; the oversight of those recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19482/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline on the reopening of the Midwest home birth scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19483/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progression and the timeline for the establishment of a Commission on Care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19484/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the commencement and funding of the Model of Care for Specialist Mental Health Services for Older People; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19485/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline data gathering undertaken from 2020-2023 inclusive on levels of mental health difficulties amongst older cohorts by either the HSE or his Department; the data gathering that is planned for 2023-2024; and if he will make data on this issue publicly available. [19486/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline his work on the development of an Action Plan on Loneliness, committed to in the Programme for Government, the Roadmap for Social Inclusion and the Healthy Ireland Strategic Plan; if he will outline timelines for the publication of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19487/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the National Positive Ageing Strategy from 2016 to 2023, inclusive; if he will outline the targets that have completed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19488/23]
• 2023-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the first home scheme and the right to first refusal for a tenant whose landlord wants to sell their rental home, if he is aware of the exact number of property owners who are prevented from selling their properties to a health board, local authority, housing authority or government agency due to a clause in their lease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18789/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the way in which resources are allocated between different community healthcare organisations, CHOs, in terms of funding for transition to adult supports for autistic people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17722/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of all costs associated with the removal of trees in Merlin Woods, Galway to date in 2023; the name of the companies or persons that were commissioned by the HSE for any associated services, including the arborist assessment, the tree-removal works themselves, the clearance of the timber and the tree-planting assessment and any other associated costs, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16352/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the details of the HSE decision-making process leading to tree-felling works carried out in Merlin Woods, Galway in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16353/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on an application for reimbursement being considered by the HSE in relation to Voretigene Neparvovec (Luxturna); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16449/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 674 of 28 March 2023, if he will provide the following (details supplied) acknowledging that this information does not conflict with the workings of industrial relations processes underway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16771/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 200 of 15 February 2023 and 1151 of 21 March 2023, the number of staff directly employed by the HSE known to be on leave from work for more than one year due to long-Covid symptoms, as evidenced by their receipt of special Covid leave with pay for that period of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16772/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 638 of 5 October 2021, 691 of 29 November 2022, 1553 of 18 January 2023, 204 of 15 February 2023 and 1153 of 21 March 2023, the reason the HSE is not yet in a position to provide any details on staffing levels for a new facility in Midleton, County Cork that will accommodate three residents with severe and enduring mental health difficulties, given that those placements have already been offered to families; how those families can be expected to make an informed decision on those offers in the absence of this information; the number of staff that will be deployed to the service on a day-to-day basis; if those regular staff who are on site daily will include psychiatric nurses or healthcare assistants or both; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16773/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 484 of 16 November 2021, 1715 of 19 January 2022, 169 of 9 February 2022, 186 of 23 March 2022, 720 of 17 May 2022, 1903 of 14 June 2022, 565 of 13 December 2022, 19 January 2023 and 570 of 7 March 2023, the reason the HSE can justify not providing the information already requested in these Parliamentary Questions given its relevance to regional service provision implications of the decision to close the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton and given the Mental Health Commission's clear guidance on 'out of area' placements and the right to community living enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and given recommended allocations of thirty community residence placements for a population of 100,000 contained in A Vision for Change; in particular, if the clinical directors of the west Cork, north Cork and south Lee HSE mental health catchment areas agreed with CHO 4 HSE senior management to accept out-of-area respite or long-stay referrals from east Cork into community residences under their clinical governance in the event that the Owenacurra Centre is closed; if so, if he will provide the exact dates for when any such agreements may have been made, and on what clinical basis the agreements were made given that it is not custom and practice to accept 'out of area' referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16774/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any contracts awarded to company (details supplied) by the HSE; namely, the exact value of each contract, the details of works, and the full costs of any further works undertaken where applicable, the site where the works in question took place and details of any tendering process that may have applied in the awarding of contracts; the HSE manager(s) awarding the contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16775/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the Programme for Government commitment to support the medical genetics service in Our Lady’s Children Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16793/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the State for the drugs payment scheme threshold for single-headed households to be reduced to €72 per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17047/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the State to abolish prescription charges for all medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17048/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding required to ensure the full financial resourcing and implementation of the National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026 recommendations around genetic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17049/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress of the recommendations contained in the clinical governance and operational arrangements for supporting a model of care for children with life-limiting conditions towards the end of life in the community in Ireland, in particular recommendations 14 and 15; the proportion of posts that have been filled; which posts remain vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17050/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding required to ensure that the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan 2023-2026 is implemented in full; the amount of funding that has been allocated to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17051/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to the HSE and the National Treatment Purchase Fund to source additional outpatient, endoscopy, diagnostics and inpatient day case activity in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17052/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if funding has been allocated to the lymphoedema model of care to date; if so, the amount of funding that has been allocated, and in what years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17053/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to introduce a publicly funded model of care for fertility treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17438/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to update policies around doctors providing locum GP services, particularly around hourly locum rates and doctors' eligibility to locum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17637/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 22 March 2023, the HSE managers who approved contracts for renovations and other works to Glenwood House, Carrigaline following the purchase of that property in January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18136/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 571 of 7 March 2023 and 1155 of 21 March 2023, the current projected extended timeframe for the HSE's use of Garnish House, Cork as a mental health facility; the details of consultation with families of residents on the changes to this arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18137/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 127 of 9 February 2022 and 235 of 22 March 2023, if he will provide an exact breakdown of the estimated total annual service costs of €0.75 million for Glenwood House, Carrigaline, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18138/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 637 of 5 October 2021 and 234 of 22 March 2023, if he will provide an exact breakdown of the service costs of €3.65 million for the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton during 2021, in tabular form; the details of the staff salary costs per clinician and other workers; the details of non-pay costs for that year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18139/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason the east Cork HSE catchment area, with a population of circa 100,000, is having its 24-hour staffed residential mental health provision reduced from twenty single-room placements in 2021 to three single-room placements in 2023; the reason a development team due to be set up from May 2022 with a view to developing a new ten bed service for the region has not yet been formed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18140/23]
• 2023-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the relevant stakeholders in relation to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice Report on an Examination of the Present Approach to Sanctions for Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use recommendation that 'the practice of cultivation of currently illicit substances at a modest, non-profit level be examined in light of above recommendations in order to regulate such activity'; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15702/23]
• 2023-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Social Protection if representatives from her Department have met with trade unions representing healthcare workers with long-Covid since June 2022 regarding their pay arrangement; if so, the dates of those meetings; if any of these meetings were cancelled by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15231/23]
• 2023-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to make available under the drug payment scheme or medical card scheme the drug NP thyroid, which is used to treat thyroid conditions and autoimmune diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14782/23]
• 2023-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any tree-removal contracts worth in excess of €5,000 awarded by CHO4 HSE services since 1 January 2018, in tabular form, namely, the value of the contract awarded in each instance; the number of trees removed in each instance and the location of these works; if a tendering process applied to each of these works; if he will provide details on this where that was the case; the reason a tendering process may not have applied in particular instances; the name of any independent arborist that was commissioned by the HSE in CHO4 to assess trees as part of these works; the name of the managers awarding the contract in each instance; and the name of the successful company. [14788/23]
• 2023-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the dates that meetings were scheduled, since June 2022, between his Department and trade unions representing healthcare workers with long Covid to discuss pay issues relating to this medical condition; the dates of such meetings his Department and trade unions on long Covid and healthcare workers that were cancelled by his Department since June 2022; the reason(s) for these cancellations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14910/23]
• 2023-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when retired nurses will receive their two overdue pay rises as per the building momentum pay deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15323/23]
• 2023-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 637 of 5 October 2021, if he will provide an exact breakdown of the service costs of €3.1m for the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton in tabular form during the year 2021; if he will provide the actual spend on the service by the HSE for that year and for a breakdown in tabular form of this figure if it differed from the projected costs provided in the PQ response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13978/23]
• 2023-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 9 February 2022, if he will provide an exact breakdown of the projected total annual service costs of €0.75 million for Glenwood House, Carrigaline in tabular form; if any changes to the projections have applied since the response to that Parliamentary Question in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13979/23]
• 2023-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the HSE managers who approved contracts for renovations and other works to Glenwood House, Carrigaline following the purchase of that property in January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13980/23]
• 2023-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the HSE managers who approved security contracts for Millfield House, Blackpool for each of the years 2019 through 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13981/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 15 February 2023, the number of staff directly employed by the HSE and the number of staff employed in Section 39 healthcare facilities known to be on leave from work for more than one year due to long-Covid symptoms, as evidenced by their receipt of special Covid leave with pay for that period of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12341/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the medical basis on which a decision is being taken to remove special Covid leave with pay entitlements on 30 June 2023 from a large cohort of healthcare staff with severe long-Covid symptoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12344/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 638 of 5 October 2021, 691 of 29 November 2022, 1553 of 18 January 2023 and 204 of 15 February 2023, if he will provide exact details on staffing for a new facility in Midleton, County Cork that will accommodate three residents with severe and enduring mental health difficulties; the number of staff that will be deployed to the service on a day-to-day basis; if those regular staff who are on site daily will include psychiatric nurses or healthcare assistants or both; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12345/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the workings of the development team, announced by Cork HSE management in May 2022, appointed to conduct an options appraisal for the construction of a new 10-bed mental health rehabilitation residential service in Midleton, County Cork; the name of HSE management staff who have been appointed to the team; the dates of their appointments; the dates of the development team meetings held to date; if minutes are available for those meetings; if he will provide details on progress the development team has made on identifying a site for the service over the past eleven months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12346/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the total cost of the HSEs use of Garnish House, Cork as a mental health facility since the property was first rented in 2020 to February 28 2023, to include, rent, cleaning, investment in the kitchen, insurance and any other costs covered by the HSE; if he will provide the projected costs for the remainder of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12347/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 15 February 2023, if the HSE plans to provide specifically 'continuing care' mental health placements as well as shorter-term rehabilitation placements in a property it is purchasing in Midleton, County Cork to accommodate three people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12731/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the details of the support the HSE provided to Marymount Hospice, Cork, in January 2021 in the context of a Covid outbreak in the facility; the dates on which the HSE was informed of the outbreak; the dates on which supports were offered and provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12732/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of residents and the number of staff of Marymount Hospice, Cork, who contracted Covid in January 2021; the exact dates these positive Covid test cases were reported to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12733/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of residents and the number of staff of St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire, who contracted Covid in January 2021; the exact dates these positive Covid tests were reported to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12734/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the exact dates in 2021 on which ground floor staff, including nurses, healthcare assistants, catering and housekeeping staff of Marymount Hospice, Cork, were offered first-dose Covid vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12735/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the business case for the National ePrescribing Project; if it has been submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12893/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the expected transport upgrades associated with the development of a new elective hospital at St. Stephen's Hospital, Cork; if improvements, including the installation of public lighting, addition of footpaths, cycle paths and bus stops at the L2973, will be part of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12916/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the expected year of opening of a new elective hospital at St. Stephen's Hospital, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12917/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the review of the legislation the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; when this will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13122/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will identify the placement alternatives for the client group under the care of the Laois/Offaly mental health services who either currently reside at a facility (details supplied), or for whom the facility is their nearest 24-hour staffed facility; the distance from Rathdowney of each of these facilities; if he will provide details on how each of these facilities meet the requirements of the HSE Design for Mental Health Guidelines, by which the facility was recently judged in an architect's report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13762/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason an architect's report on a facility (details supplied) in County Laois was shared recently with a local newspaper, almost five months after it was sent to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13763/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of 24-hour staffed community mental health residences in CHO5 and CHO8; the percentage of those facilities that meet the requirements of the HSE Design for Mental Health Guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13764/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if a new 24-hour staffed community mental health residence being purchased by the HSE for three people in Midleton will be regulated by the Mental Health Commission; where the three remaining residents of a centre (details supplied) will be accommodated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13765/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health how he can reconcile the provision of three residential community placements in the HSE catchment of Midleton, Youghal, Cobh and Glenville with the recommendation in A Vision for Change of thirty such placements for a population of 100,000, and the provision in the north Cork HSE catchment, which had a very similar population size of the north Cork HSE catchment, comprising the Mallow, Kanturk and Fermoy sectors, of forty-two such placements; how this can also be reconciled with the right of people with disabilities to live in their community, as enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of Person's with Disabilities (UNCRPD); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13766/23]
• 2023-03-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to update and modernise CORU’s assessment of recognition process, given that it remains a paper-based and lengthy process; if he is aware whether the process acts as a deterrent to health and social care professionals looking to work in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12022/23]
• 2023-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health on foot of the National Clinical Programme on Self Harm report, when he proposes to launch the National Traveller and Roma Mental Health Action Plan as agreed in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11829/23]
• 2023-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he plans to introduce an ethnic identifier in coroner courts’ reporting and in Irish health services as a core data item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11830/23]
• 2023-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health in recognition of Travellers as a priority group as being at an increased risk of suicidal behaviour when he will instruct the Connecting for Life Advisory Group established in 2020 to meet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11831/23]
• 2023-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health in view of the recent conclusions of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, his plans to devise a specific mental health strategy for Traveller children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11832/23]
• 2023-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 361 of 1 December 2022 and 355 of 19 January 2023, the total cost of security on Millfield House from the commencement of a contract for the facility in 2019 until 28 February 2023, with the cost for each year set out; if any tendering process was applied to the granting of contracts associated with these security costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11015/23]
• 2023-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 484 of 16 November 2021, 1715 of 19 January 2022, 169 of 9 February 2022, 186 of 23 March 2022, 720 of 17 May 2022, 1903 of 14 June 2022, 565 of 13 December 2022 and 19 January 2023, if the clinical directors of the west Cork, north Cork and south Lee HSE mental health catchment areas have agreed with CHO 4 HSE senior management to accept out-of-area respite or long-stay referrals from east Cork into community residences under their clinical governance in the event that the Owenacurra Centre is closed; if so, if he will provide the dates for when any such agreements may have been made; the context in which such agreements were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11016/23]
• 2023-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the status of the HSE's use of Garnish House, Cork as a mental health facility; the projected timeframe for its continued use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11017/23]
• 2023-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the implications of Cork HSE management requesting and recently being granted a three year extension of the registration of a centre (details supplied) as an approved centre by the Mental Health Commission; its meaning in the context of HSE plans to close the facility which had been due to conclude by 31 October 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11352/23]
• 2023-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 348 of 8 February 2023, the specific way the legal position of the Mental Health Commission changed in respect of its oversight of the Owenacurra Centre closure in the final week of August 2022, such that it consulted with family members of residents at that stage, having declined to do so on the basis of legal restraints following requests for family consultation by a public representative and family members themselves in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9985/23]
• 2023-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the task force examining the provision of emergency ambulance services in the Dublin region by the Dublin Fire Brigade; if the scope of the task force includes examining communication link-up between Dublin Fire Brigade and the National Ambulance Service in terms of handling incoming calls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10052/23]
• 2023-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when he plans to submit a business case for an upgraded, centralised phone system for the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10053/23]
• 2023-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department and aegis bodies for each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive, in tabular form and classed by firm; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [10115/23]
• 2023-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the awards made both with and without a tender process to an organisation (details supplied) by his Department and aegis bodies for each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [10133/23]
• 2023-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 918 of 8 November 2022 and 299 of 19 January 2023, if he will provide the information already sought and not provided in the response to the latter parliamentary question, namely, a breakdown in tabular form of all costs associated with the removal of a row of trees outside Cork University Hospital on 22 October 2022; to include the names of the companies or persons that were commissioned for each of these services, including the arborist assessment, the tree-removal works, the clearance of the timber and the tree-planting assessment and any other associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8645/23]
• 2023-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare workers known to be currently out of work due to long-Covid symptoms; his plans to devise a scheme that would grant financial security to those healthcare workers with long-Covid who contracted the virus in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7690/23]
• 2023-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1410 of 18 January 2023, the reason resident numbers in a centre (details supplied) continue to reduce following a move to single-room occupancy in the facility during the Covid emergency; the reason vacated placements in the centre are not being taken up by other service-users; if the HSE plans to wind down the service by gradually reducing the provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7691/23]
• 2023-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the closure of a centre (details supplied) is related to the decision made by the HSE in 2022, and currently under review, to close another centre from the point of view of the HSEs or his Department’s national service-plan for mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7692/23]
• 2023-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any contracts granted by the HSE for building and maintenance works on St. Finbarr's Hospital, Cork since January 2019; the number of companies in each case that tendered for the works; the cost in each case for the works; the name of the company that was granted the contract in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7695/23]
• 2023-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 638 of 5 October 2021, 691 of 29 November 2022 and 1553 of 18 January 2023, the reason that the HSE is not yet clear if a property that it is purchasing in Midleton, County Cork, for the purpose of residential mental health placements will accommodate three or four residents even at the sale agreed stage of the purchase; if he will provide the total cost of this house purchase and any projected costs of further works that may need to be carried out on the house or grounds; whether planning permission will be required for its use as a mental health facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7696/23]
• 2023-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the date in Q2 2018 that his Department was informed by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform that the business case for a national electronic health record proposal was rejected. [7704/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the process by which pregnant people experiencing extreme nausea and vomiting can obtain cariban (doxylamine/pyridoxine); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6691/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason cariban is only available under the community drug schemes when consultant obstetrician initiated as opposed to a general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6692/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of cariban prescriptions that have been processed through the drugs payment scheme since it was made available under the community drug schemes. [6693/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the medicines available under the drug payment scheme to treat hyperemesis gravidarum; the medicines available on the medical card to treat same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6694/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Public Expenditure

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the date in 2018 when the business case for a national electronic health record proposal was rejected by his Department; if he plans to review the criteria used in deciding the business case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5938/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under the remit of his Department, which included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022, inclusive. [5572/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline details as to the difference in the position of the Mental Health Commission, MHC, on the Owenacurra Centre closure that took effect between 18 November 2022 and 8 December 2022, such that the MHC moved from being able to brief a national newspaper on aspects of its closure oversight to not being able to take any questions on this subject from the Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5650/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the restraints that prevented the Mental Health Commission from meeting with families of Owenacurra Centre residents in October 2021; when these restraints came into effect; what occasioned them; when they expired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5651/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the Mental Health Commission has concerns about Owenacurra Centre residents being offered shared rooms in long-stay wards far outside east Cork as alternative placements, as well as temporary accommodation in Cork city; the way this action is in line with our commitments under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5652/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the status of the ongoing infrastructure improvements to the neo-natal intensive care facilities at the Rotunda Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5657/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the requirements under the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 on alcohol labelling will apply to alcohol advertisements and sponsorships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5747/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the tendering process involved in the commissioning of works by the HSE to Glenwood House, Carrigaline, following its purchase of same in January 2021; the number of companies involved in the tendering; the name of the company granted the contract for these works; the funding source for these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5754/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any contracts granted by the HSE for building and maintenance works on St. Mary's Health Campus, Cork, since January 2019; the number of companies in each case that tendered for the works; the cost in each case for the works; the name of the company that was granted the contract in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5755/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1410 of 18 January 2023, the number of residents placed in a mental health facility (details supplied) on 30 December 2018, 30 December 2019, 30 December 2020, 30 December 2021, and 30 December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6105/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the status of the new primary care centre for County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4047/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to develop a governance structure for breastfeeding in primary care and acute hospitals divisions; if he will appoint dedicated full-time lactation consultants in each of the nine Community Health Organisations, according to population need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4313/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to develop a clear referral pathway for mothers requiring additional breastfeeding support before and after birth, to lactation consultants; his plans to implement evidence informed programmes and initiatives to promote breastfeeding, provide support and address barriers for women least likely to breastfeed, with a particular focus on young mothers under the age of 18 years and women in the Traveller community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4314/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of a youth mental health lead within the HSE, as committed to in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4325/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the commitment outlined in the Programme for Government to examine the reinstatement of a national director for mental health in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4326/23]
• 2023-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the overall national radiology waiting lists by hospital and scan type (details supplied) by quarter in each of the years 2019 to 2022, respectively. [3589/23]
• 2023-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who were waiting for an urgent colonoscopy by waiting time period for each quarter in each of the years 2019 to 2022, respectively. [3590/23]
• 2023-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who were waiting for a colonoscopy through the BowelScreen programme by waiting time period for each quarter in each of the years 2019 to 2022, respectively. [3591/23]
• 2023-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of electronic referrals to lung rapid access clinics by month in each of the years 2019 to in 2023, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [3602/23]
• 2023-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of eReferrals to prostate rapid access clinics by month in each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date 2023, in tabular form. [3603/23]
• 2023-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of eReferrals to breast clinics by month in each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date 2023, in tabular form. [3604/23]
• 2023-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of urgent eReferrals to breast clinics by month in each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date 2023, in tabular form. [3605/23]
• 2023-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of GP cancer referrals received electronically as a proportion of overall GP referrals. [3606/23]
• 2023-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the development funding available to cancer services in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3607/23]
• 2023-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when the 2023 HSE Services Plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3608/23]
• 2023-01-25
  VOTE
  Capacity in the Health Services · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 68–59
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 68–58
• 2023-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 918 of 8 November 2022, if he will provide a breakdown of all costs associated with the removal of a row of trees outside Cork University Hospital on 22 October 2022; the names of the companies or persons that were commissioned for each of these services, including the arborist assessment, the tree-removal works, the clearance of the timber and the tree-planting assessment and any other associated costs in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2466/23]
• 2023-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 918 of 8 November 2022, the details of any tendering process that may have applied to the assessment of trees for removal outside Cork University Hospital on 22 October 2022, and to the tree-removal works subsequently contracted by the HSE for that date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2467/23]
• 2023-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 194 of 23 November 2022, if the next-of-kin of the residents of the centre (details supplied) have, with consent from their relatives, been invited to all integrated care plan meetings for their relatives since January 2021; if the next-of-kin have been informed of the purpose of the integrated care plan meetings and shown a copy of the completed form; the number of integrated care plan meetings that have taken place for the residents since January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2624/23]
• 2023-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 484 of 16 November 2021, 1715 of 19 January 2022, 169 of 9 February 2022, 186 of 23 March 2022, 720 of 17 May 2022, 1903 of 14 June 2022 and 565 of 13 December 2022, if the clinical directors of the west Cork, north Cork and south Lee HSE mental health catchment areas have agreed with CHO 4 HSE senior management to accept out of area respite or long-stay referrals from east Cork into community residences under their clinical governance in the event that the centre (details supplied) is closed; if so, if he will provide the dates for when any such agreements may have been made; the context in which such agreements were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2625/23]
• 2023-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 361 of 1 December 2022, the breakdown of the security costs associated with a facility (details supplied) in each of the years 2019 to 2022; if he will provide clear details on each of the component parts of those costs, including the duration of security presence in the facility per day for each of those years; if he will provide details of any tendering process that may have applied to the awarding of security contracts by the HSE for same in tabular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2626/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 23 November 2022, if the next-of-kin of the residents of the centre (details supplied) have, with consent from their relatives been invited to all integrated care-plan meetings for their relatives since January 2021; if the next-of-kin have been informed of the purpose of an integrated careplan meeting and shown a copy of the completed form; the number of integrated careplan meetings that have taken place for the residents since January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63668/22]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 15 November 2022, if he will provide a breakdown of the payments agreed by the HSE to each of the companies and individuals involved in renovations and adaptations of Glenwood House, Carrigaline, since its purchase by the HSE in January 2021 to date in tabular form; the names of those companies and individuals, alongside relevant costings; if he will provide details of any tendering process involved in the commissioning of those works on Glenwood House by the HSE; the funding sources for each of these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1143/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the current status of the HSE's use of Glenwood House as a mental health facility, two years after its purchase (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1144/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 23 November 2022, the date that, according to the HSE a change in service requirements was identified by CHO 4 Mental Health Services for Glenwood House necessitating a full refurbishment of the property for future accommodation use as a community residence on a permanent basis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1145/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if any potential conflicts of interest among HSE managers were made known to the CHO 4 chief officer in respect of contracts of any kind offered by the HSE or in respect of any purchases made by the HSE during the years 2019 to 2022; if such declarations have been made, the number that were made during the timeframe in question in CHO 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1146/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of residents placed in a mental health facility (details supplied) in County Laois on 30 December 2019, 30 December 2020, 30 December 2021, and 30 December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1147/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the HSE's intentions with regard to the use of a location (details supplied) as a mental health facility; if the HSE plans to use the location as a community mental health residence into the future; if so, the number of service-users who will be placed there; the extent of the HSE's engagement with residents and their families regarding future plans for the location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1148/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 23 November 2022, when senior mental health management in Cork CHO 4 were offered their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine relative to when long-stay residents aged over-65 years in St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire, and the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, were offered their first-dose vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1716/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the decision-making regarding vaccine sequencing to staff and patient cohorts by HSE managers will form part of the State's inquiry into its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1717/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 638 of 5 October 2021 and 691 of 29 November 2022, the reason that the HSE is not yet clear if a property that it is purchasing in Midleton, County Cork, for the purpose of residential mental health placements will accommodate three or four residents even at the 'sale agreed' stage of the purchase; the way in which the HSE can reconcile its contention that the Owenacurra Centre had to close partly due the fact that its premises fell "significantly short of Government's Climate Action Plan requirements" with reports that it is now investing in a property in a part of Midleton that is at significant risk of flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1718/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he is in receipt of the independent review of the legislation on Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. [1907/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to amend the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 to categorise athletic therapists as a profession regulated by CORU, considering their specialisation in the field of neuromusculoskeletal medicine related to physical activity in sporting, recreational and working environments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2201/23]
• 2022-12-14
  VOTE
  Current Issues Affecting the Health Services · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 72–53
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• 2022-12-13
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has had any discussions, formal or informal with a developer or other potential investor or State agency regarding the future use of the site or premises of a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61806/22]
• 2022-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 484 of 16 November 2021, 1715 of 19 January 2022, 169 of 9 February 2022, 186 of 23 March 2022, 720 of 17 May 2022 and 1903 of 14 June 2022, in recognition of the fact that removing the majority of 24-hour staffed placements from east Cork will entail that service need being met in other parts of Cork where those placements continue to be funded; if the clinical directors of the west Cork, north Cork and south Lee HSE mental health catchment areas have agreed with CHO4 HSE senior management to accept out of area respite or long-stay referrals from east Cork into community residences under their clinical governance in the event that a centre (details supplied) is closed; if so, if he will provide dates for when any such agreements may have been made; the context in which such agreements were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61807/22]
• 2022-12-13
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funds generated from the sale of the now-vacated Dundrum hospital site will be reinvested in mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62083/22]
• 2022-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to establish an occupational injury scheme for healthcare workers with long Covid who were exposed to the virus in their workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61304/22]
• 2022-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the closure of a centre (details supplied) in Midleton, County Cork; if he will provide an update on the ongoing supports being provided to the remaining residents and their families in the process of being transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61305/22]
• 2022-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the 2018 HSE review of hospital car parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61475/22]
• 2022-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons invited by the National Screening Service to partake in BreastCheck, CervicalCheck and BowelScreen in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and the percentage of invitees accepted their invitation in tabular form. [60670/22]
• 2022-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of breast cancers that were detected by the National Screening Service in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 through BreastCheck in tabular form. [60671/22]
• 2022-12-06
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of pre-cancers and cancers that were detected by the National Screening Service in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 through CervicalCheck in tabular form. [60672/22]
• 2022-12-06
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of pre-cancers and cancers that were detected by the National Screening Service in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 through BowelScreen in tabular form. [60673/22]
• 2022-12-06
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the overall national radiology waiting lists by hospital and scan type, that is, ultrasounds, CT scans and MRIs in tabular form. [60674/22]
• 2022-12-06
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of MRI and CT scan machines by hospital; and the number that are operational, non-operational and broken respectively in tabular form. [60675/22]
• 2022-12-06
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the current number of radiologists and radiology technicians working in Ireland, per head of population. [60676/22]
• 2022-12-06
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 561 of 15 November 2022, the duration of placement already spent of each resident of a facility (details supplied) at the time the facility was vacated in April 2020; the number of residents who moved from the facility in April 2020 who remain in residential care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60980/22]
• 2022-12-01
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of security costs associated with the HSE facility (details supplied) from 2019 to 2022 inclusive, including the projected cost for the remainder of 2022; if he will set out in detail the decorum security services provided at that cost; the name(s) of the security firm(s) providing the services, and details of any tendering process that may have applied to the granting of those contracts; and if security is paid for by the HSE in any other mental health facility in Cork and Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60107/22]
• 2022-12-01
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if any other HSE mental health facilities in Cork and Kerry, aside from (details supplied) are subject to security costs and, if they are, if he will provide detail on those, name of service, location, amount of donation, rationale for this service need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60108/22]
• 2022-11-29
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to address waiting times for children seeking to undergo an ADHD assessment, in particular in CHO 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59024/22]
• 2022-11-29
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the purchase of a house for use as a 24-hour staffed mental health facility in Midleton, County Cork has been completed by the HSE; if he will provide its exact location in Midleton; the total cost of the house; if it will require planning permission and adaptations or further works for use as a mental health facility and, if so, the budget for same; if it will include 'continuing care' placements or if it will function instead as a 'high support hostel'; the number of residents the facility will accommodate; the staffing levels for the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59221/22]
• 2022-11-23
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 12 October 2022, if the residents of a centre (details supplied) who have been offered placement in another centre in Cork city have been informed that this is a temporary placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58371/22]
• 2022-11-23
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if next-of-kin of the residents in a centre (details supplied) have, with consent from their relatives been invited to all integrated care plan meetings for their relatives since January 2021; if the next-of-kin have been informed of the purpose of an integrated care plan meeting and shown a copy of the completed form; the number of ICP meetings that have taken place for the residents since January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58372/22]
• 2022-11-23
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when senior mental health management in Cork CHO4 were offered their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine relative to when long-stay residents aged over-65 years in facilities (details supplied) were offered their first-dose vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58373/22]
• 2022-11-23
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the final cost of the works carried out on a centre (details supplied) in Carrigaline since January 2021; the reason for the increase in cost of these works from the original budget of €250,000; the reason that the original number of placements to be provided at the centre was reduced from fourteen to ten; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58374/22]
• 2022-11-22
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the HSE plans relating to the retention of telemedicine as part of the care pathway for early medical abortion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57907/22]
• 2022-11-17
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of service-users under the care of the Midleton, Youghal and Cobh, Glenville Adult Mental Health Services in east Cork who have availed of either short-term respite or longer-term placement in nursing-homes or in CHO4 mental health facilities from 1 January 2021; the names of the mental health facilities and the number of service-users transferred to each facility since that time; if the service-user is in single-occupancy or shared rooms in the case of each transfer to either a mental health facility or nursing home since 1 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57174/22]
• 2022-11-16
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the progress that has been made on his work to introduce a public health obesity act, including examining restrictions on promotion and advertising aimed at children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56998/22]
• 2022-11-16
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of residents in the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton on 1 January 2021; the facilities that each of those residents from that date onwards have moved to since, including the number of residents who may have moved to the same facility; the number of residents who have moved to single rooms; the number of residents who have moved to shared rooms in other facilities; the number of other residents in those shared rooms in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57001/22]
• 2022-11-15
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the HSE's plans with regard to its use of Millfield House, County Cork; the way in which the HSE will ensure that former residents who move back there from Garnish House, as recently indicated by the HSE, will not endure further uncertainty regarding their placement there given the known impact of such uncertainty on mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56478/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 25 October 2022, if her attention has been drawn to the EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2021-2027 which stresses the importance of recognising Covid-19 as an occupational disease; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that 25 of the 27 EU member states have already recognised Covid-19 as an occupational disease, as per the EU Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work Agreement; if she plans to reconsider her position and ensure that Covid-19 is recognised as an occupational disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55293/22]
• 2022-11-08
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the total cost to Cork University Hospital of the removal of trees on its grounds in October 2022; the rationale for the removal of an entire row of 16 mature trees on 22 October 2022; if an independent arborist report was completed prior to these works; if the wood arising from the works was retained by CUH; if it was gifted or sold to the contractor; if so, if the wood was valued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54251/22]
• 2022-11-08
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 529 of 20 September 2022 and 224 of 12 October 2022, where in the sequencing of HSE staff were members of the national HSE executive management team placed for first dose Covid-19 vaccines in 2021, as part of the national roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine programme to HSE staff; the dates on which the national HSE executive management team were offered first dose vaccines as part of that national roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54883/22]
• 2022-11-08
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of children who were deemed non-complex and transferred to primary care as part of the progressing disability services for children and young people programme in CHO4; the number of these children who had received 1:1 therapeutic intervention prior to being transferred and the number of these children who had never received in-person therapeutic intervention prior to being transferred. [54885/22]
• 2022-11-08
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of children with disabilities, including neuro divergent children, who are under care or are awaiting diagnosis from primary care in CHO 4; the number of these children that are receiving in-person 1:1 therapy; and the number who are receiving in person group therapy. [54886/22]
• 2022-11-08
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of hours per discipline that are required by the caseload in respect to children with disabilities, including neuro divergent children, under care or awaiting diagnosis from primary care in CH0 4; and the number that are being delivered. [54887/22]
• 2022-11-08
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when the national working group working on prescribing guidelines and lists for aids and appliances will finalise its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54889/22]
• 2022-11-08
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the definition of 'continuing care' mental health services, with particular reference to staff client ratios; if he will identify in each CHO the name and location of mental health residential services that are specifically designed as 'continuing care', excluding other forms of residential services such as 'high support hostels'; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55417/22]
• 2022-10-26
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of employees who are eligible to apply for the cycle to work scheme in his Department and the HSE in of the past five full calendar years from 2017 to 2021; and the number of employees who availed of the organisation's cycle to work scheme. [53653/22]
• 2022-10-25
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of bedrooms and bathrooms in Cois Abhainn Residential Centre, Youghal, County Cork; the dimensions of the bedrooms; the dimensions of the building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52982/22]
• 2022-10-25
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the amount that has been invested in maintenance, upgrades and any building works at Cois Abhainn Residential Centre, Youghal, in each of the years 2012 and 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52983/22]
• 2022-10-25
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently residing in Cois Abhainn Residential Centre, Youghal; the number who are in single-occupancy rooms; the number who are in shared rooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52984/22]
• 2022-10-25
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work of his Department regarding the provision of community-based vasectomy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53013/22]
• 2022-10-25
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 12 October 2022, the dates on which Department officials liaised with the Mental Health Commission with regard to the proposed closure of the Owenacurra Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53236/22]
• 2022-10-25
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 13 October 2022, if he will provide details of any pay scheme that may have been agreed by his Department for section 39 healthcare workers who are unable to work due to long-Covid; the way in which this scheme differs from the pay scheme for other healthcare workers with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53237/22]
• 2022-10-18
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the work of his Department towards enhancing the provision of community-based vasectomy services; if he will provide an update on the work to develop a standard GP contract for the provision of vasectomy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51792/22]
• 2022-10-13
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 593 of 14 September 2022, the dates on which family members of residents of Garnish House, Cork were informed of the decision by the HSE to vacate the property in Q1 of 2023; the format and context that this information was conveyed to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50999/22]
• 2022-10-13
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce an occupational injury scheme for healthcare workers with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51000/22]
• 2022-10-13
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the basis on which the advice from clinicians that going from single-room occupancy in Owenacurra to shared occupancy would be a retrograde step for any resident and contained in their meeting minutes of 5 October 2021 was overturned; the person in the HSE who decided to overturn this agreement; if the subgroup of clinicians handling the closure was consulted; the number of Owenacurra Centre residents who have been offered shared rooms in long-stay wards to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51001/22]
• 2022-10-12
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the engagements that he has had with the Mental Health Commission on the proposed closure of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton in either 2021 or 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50670/22]
• 2022-10-12
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the engagements that he has had with the Mental Health Commission on the inpatient acute psychiatric ward in Bantry Hospital in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50671/22]
• 2022-10-12
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 593 of 14 September 2022, the dates that clinical staff members based in Garnish House, Cork were informed of the decision by the HSE to vacate the property in Q1 of 2023; the format and context that this information was conveyed to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50672/22]
• 2022-10-12
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 593 of 14 September 2022, the dates that residents of Garnish House, Cork were informed of the decision by the HSE to vacate the property in Q1 of 2023; the format and context that this information was conveyed to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50673/22]
• 2022-10-12
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 593 of 14 September 2022, the dates that senior clinician managers of allied health disciplines and nursing managers, for example, with responsibility for Garnish House, Cork were informed of the decision by the HSE to vacate the property no later than the end of Q1 of 2023; the format and context that this information was conveyed to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50674/22]
• 2022-10-12
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 529 of 20 September 2022, if members of the national HSE executive management team were offered first dose Covid-19 vaccines in 2021 as part of the national roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine programme to HSE staff, or as part of a separate scheduling process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50675/22]
• 2022-10-12
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if senior HSE management, including chief officers, heads of service and area administrators, across CHOs were offered first-dose Covid-19 vaccines in 2021 as part of the national roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine programme to HSE staff, or as part of a separate scheduling process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50676/22]
• 2022-10-12
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if mental health service heads of discipline across CHOs were offered first dose Covid-19 vaccines in 2021 as part of the national roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine programme to HSE staff, or as part of a separate scheduling process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50677/22]
• 2022-10-12
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if Owenacurra Centre residents who have been offered new placements in Garnish House have been informed that this is a temporary placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50678/22]
• 2022-10-12
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the way in which unit 3, St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire is acceptable as an alternative placement for Owenacurra Centre residents given the scale of concerns raised by the Mental Health Commission concerning this facility in recent inspection reports, along with its remote location, poor transport links and shared rooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50679/22]
• 2022-10-12
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has had any engagement with Cork County Council regarding its proposal to build a ten-bed 24-hour staffed service in Midleton; if so, if he will provide details of this engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50680/22]
• 2022-10-11
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons attending University Limerick Hospital Group adult diabetes service and using insulin pump therapy to manage their condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49922/22]
• 2022-10-11
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons attending University Limerick Hospital Group paediatric diabetes service and using insulin pump therapy to manage their condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49923/22]
• 2022-10-11
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the directive or clinical recommendations that the HSE gives its medical consultants for prescribing insulin pumps for adults diagnosed with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49924/22]
• 2022-10-11
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who are awaiting a first appointment to the adult outpatients diabetes clinic in any of the UL Hospital Group hospitals; the number of persons waiting for time periods (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49925/22]
• 2022-10-11
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the process employed by UL Hospitals Group in moving persons from the waiting list to the adult outpatients diabetes clinic list; the way in which the waiting list is monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49926/22]
• 2022-10-11
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent posts in consultant endocrinologists, advanced nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, staff nurses and dietitians currently in the UL Hospital Group’s diabetes service and in each of the Group's hospitals in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49927/22]
• 2022-10-11
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons registered to attend the UL Hospital Group adult diabetes clinics in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49928/22]
• 2022-10-11
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the frequency with which the adult diabetes clinic is run; and the number of speciality diabetes clinics that are run, including a young adult clinic, type 1 adult clinic, type 2 clinic and a diabetes podiatry clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49929/22]
• 2022-10-04
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date on setting-up an independent review of radiation therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48190/22]
• 2022-10-04
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the breakdown of spending announced in 2021 in Budget 2022 for disability services; the amount that was spent out of the full allocation; the areas to which this expenditure went; if any expenditure is being reallocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48626/22]
• 2022-10-04
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the breakdown of measures announced in Budget 2023 for disability services in terms of the additional number of persons who will receive services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48627/22]
• 2022-10-04
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the breakdown of spending announced in 2021 in Budget 2022 for mental health; the amount that was spent out of the full allocation; the areas to which this expenditure went; if any expenditure is being reallocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48628/22]
• 2022-10-04
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the breakdown of measures announced in Budget 2023 for mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48629/22]
• 2022-09-28
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress made in establishing dedicated community neurorehabilitation teams for each CHO, as outlined in the National Strategy & Policy for the Provision of Neuro-Rehabilitation Services in Ireland report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47465/22]
• 2022-09-28
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to appoint additional nurse specialists across adult neurology services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47466/22]
• 2022-09-28
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure continued funding for the Neurological Rehabilitation Centre, An Saol, which offers the opportunity to those with a brain injury to live their life in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47467/22]
• 2022-09-27
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline for the full implementation of the Chief Medical Officer’s report on The Use of Uro-Gynaecological Mesh in Surgical Procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46763/22]
• 2022-09-20
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the dates that the members of the national HSE executive management team were offered first-dose Covid-19 vaccines in 2021 as part of the national roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine programme to HSE staff; if the executive management team was notified in writing or by phone of the vaccine schedule being offered to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45677/22]
• 2022-09-20
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the management personnel in the HSE who had responsibility for the scheduling of first-dose Covid-19 vaccines to executive HSE managers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45678/22]
• 2022-09-20
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent vacant posts by role currently unfilled in each of the individual symptomatic breast disease clinics, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45883/22]
• 2022-09-20
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent vacant posts by role currently unfilled in each of the individual prostate rapid access clinics, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45884/22]
• 2022-09-20
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent vacant posts by role currently unfilled in each of the individual lung rapid access clinics, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45885/22]
• 2022-09-20
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent radiology posts currently unfilled in each of the individual symptomatic breast disease clinics, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45886/22]
• 2022-09-20
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of radiologists to perform diagnostic tests working in each of the individual symptomatic breast disease clinics in each of the years 2012 to 2022 respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45887/22]
• 2022-09-20
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when the national lymphoedema clinical guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45888/22]
• 2022-09-20
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when the National Cancer Strategy Implementation Report 2021 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45889/22]
• 2022-09-20
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the timeline for when the business case submitted by the Mater Hospital seeking the resources required for the continued support of their long-Covid Clinic will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45891/22]
• 2022-09-20
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  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the current number of children and young people referred by the HSE to the Tavistock Centre in London for treatment as of August 2022. [45894/22]
• 2022-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the revised care plan for children and young people referred to the Tavistock Centre for treatment following the publication of a review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45895/22]
• 2022-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the status of his plans for the provision of care for trans children and young people; the staffing levels and current funding available for such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45896/22]
• 2022-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason that oral sex was maintained as grounds for deferral of men who have sex with men in donating blood, following a previous decision of the board of an organisation (details supplied) to remove oral sex as a basis for deferral; if there was concern about this specific change in policy; the reason that this was not raised during the process engaged in by the Social Behaviours Review Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45928/22]
• 2022-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the individualised risk assessment system to be introduced for all prospective blood donors from December 2022 will reflect the three-month deferral policy used in the United Kingdom; if not, the reason for the difference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45929/22]
• 2022-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the replacement of the health and lifestyle questionnaire with an electronic self-assessment health history questionnaire by an organisation (details supplied) will be completed, as anticipated, in Q3 of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45930/22]
• 2022-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the dates of the HSE meetings that have been held from January 2017 to June 2021 to consider major and minor capital submissions for mental health buildings in CHO4. [45237/22]
• 2022-09-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to eliminate hepatitis C as a public health threat by 2030 in line with a report (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44389/22]
• 2022-09-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in implementing a scheme of paid leave for health service employees with long-Covid in the public health sector. [44923/22]
• 2022-09-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the plans in relation to use of Garnish House, Cork as a mental health facility; if the house will be rented beyond 2022; if not, if the house will be considered for purchase; the details of the consultation (details supplied) that the HSE has had with family members of residents since April 2020 regarding the duration of the HSE's use of the property as a placement centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44925/22]
• 2022-09-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if HSE management consulted with the Mental Health Commission prior to transferring a resident of a centre (details supplied); if the resident has been accommodated in a single or shared room in unit 3; if the resident was offered a trial placement with the option of returning to the centre in the interim if the placement did not work out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44926/22]
• 2022-09-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of residents of a centre (details supplied) who have been transferred to shared rooms in other facilities since June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44927/22]
• 2022-09-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to ending the pause on the use of mesh for urinary stress incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse surgeries in Irish public hospitals; if he will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations from the Use of Uro-Gynaecological Mesh in Surgical Procedures report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44974/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he plans to amend the Employment Equality Act in view of the recent United Nations Human Rights Committee recommendations (details supplied) to bar discrimination in employment in the fields of education and health. [42918/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recent International index (details supplied) in which Ireland scores zero with respect to intersex bodily integrity (details supplied); his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42147/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recently published United Nations Human Rights Committee report concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Ireland on intersex persons (details supplied); if he will commit to bringing forward legislation based on international best practice with respect to non-consensual surgical and medical interventions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42148/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 772 of 12 July 2022, the date on which the CHO 4 HSE chief officer ascertained that they had support for the closure of a centre (details supplied) from local senior clinical managers prior to finalising the decision to close the service at a later meeting on 22 June 2021; the details of each of these consultations and meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42199/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 772 of 12 July 2022, the date on which the consultant psychiatrist of the Midleton-Youghal Adult mental health team was first informed of the proposed closure of a centre (details supplied); if the consultant psychiatrist's opinion on the decision and its clinical implications for the local HSE catchment was sought prior to that decision being finalised; the details of the management staff who were involved in these communications with the consultant psychiatrist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42200/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to set up scalp-cooling services in the oncology ward of the Mater Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42355/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he plans to ensure that the recently announced free contraception programme for women aged between 17 and 25 years will also apply to those availing of online prescriptions for oral contraceptive pills; if online consultations and repeat prescriptions will be part of the proposed free access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42591/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the basis on which Unit 3, St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire has been identified by the HSE as a suitable alternative facility for a centre (details supplied) for residents given the series of major concerns raised by the Mental Health Commission in recent inspection reports in respect of the staff culture, the premises and in addition, given the isolated nature of the setting compared with the centre and the dorm-style rooms in Unit 3; if CHO 4 mental health service management informed the Mental Health Commission that it was offering Unit 3 as an alternative facility to the centre residents prior to doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42635/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of residents of a centre (details supplied) who have already transferred to other facilities who were able to avail of a trial placement before making a final move from the centre in each case without identifying the resident, the duration of the trial period and whether any residents returned to the centre from a trial placement. [42636/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the plans that his Department has to include screening for vasa praevia in prenatal scans given the relative prevalence of the condition and a recent High Court Case (details supplied). [42768/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the research that has led to the HSE national home birth service recommending that women accessing the service should reside 30 minutes or less blue light distance from their nearest maternity service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42981/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline his plans to fund a long-Covid clinic at the Mater Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43064/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the Covid-19 pandemic recognition payment to non-HSE and non-section 38 organisation employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43477/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a chief psychiatrist within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43607/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the HSE reinstates the post of director of mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43608/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that vacant consultant psychiatrist posts are filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43609/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the way in which, in general, non-patient-facing HSE managers including managers with involvement in the roll-out of the Covid vaccine to patients and front-line staff in their local CHO, were notified of the dates on which they could avail of a first dose vaccine in 2021; if they were notified in writing or by phone as a rule; the exceptions that there would be for these communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43625/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reasons that no paper records exist relating to the dates on which non-patient-facing HSE mental health managers in CHO4, including managers with involvement in the roll-out of the Covid vaccine to patients and front-line staff, were themselves offered first dose vaccines in 2021, despite the existence of records relating to the dates that vaccines were offered to patients and front-line staff in the same CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43626/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 827 of 5 April, 492 of 4 May 2022 and 1644 of 26 July 2022, the dates on which declarations of potential conflicts of interest were made by HSE managers to HSE chief officers in each CHO from January 2017 to date relating to particular transactions by the organisation involving the procurement or rent of property, goods or services, separate to annual statements of interest, which do not relate to particular transactions, the contract details in each case, that is, the property, goods and services that pertained to the potential conflict of interest declared per year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43873/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has arranged a valuation of a centre (details supplied) at any stage over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43874/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if HSE management discussed proposals to close a centre (details supplied) at any stage in the five years prior to June 2021 when its closure was announced; if so, if he will provide details of those discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43875/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken by public hospitals to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and to increase their energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44230/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 827 of 5 April and 492 of 4 May 2022, the procedure for HSE managers declaring potential conflicts of interest relating to particular transactions by the organisation involving the procurement or rent of property or goods, separate to annual statements of interest, which do not relate to particular transactions; the number of HSE managers that have declared potential conflicts of interest in respect of particular transactions by the organisation in each of the years 2016 to 2021 [39651/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of the 24 residents at a centre (details supplied) from January 2021 who have since been transferred to nursing-homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39655/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question Nos. 484 of 16 November 2021, 1715 of 19 January 2022, 169 of 9 February 2022, 186 of 23 March 2022, 720 of 17 May 2022 and 1903 of 14 June 2022, the dates on which any such agreements may have been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40584/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if a service for the blind in Cork (details supplied) will be funded by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41168/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the basis for the operational requirement that a personal public service number is the only acceptable proof of residence for accessing abortion services without charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37249/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the recommendations that his Department has made on the scope of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs being convened by the Department of the Taoiseach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37668/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 716 of 17 May 2022 and 1783 and 1784 of 14 June 2022, the reason that a meeting of CHO4 HSE managers on 22 June 2021 involving such a critical decision as the closure of a long-standing mental health service (details supplied) was not minuted; if any record outside of formal minutes of the decisions arrived at in this meeting was maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36984/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1783 and 1784 of 14 June 2022, the CHO4 HSE management staff who attended a meeting on 22 June 2021 during which the closure of a centre (details supplied) was decided; if any record outside of formal minutes of the decisions arrived at in this meeting were maintained; if so, the decisions that were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36985/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 1784 of 14 June 2022, the details associated with subsequent meetings held to give effect to the closure decision (details supplied) referenced in the response; the dates on which the referenced meetings took place; the managers who attended each of the meetings in question; if the meetings were minuted; the decision-making that took place at these meetings;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36986/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to extend Covid-19 vaccinations to children under five years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37077/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has be drawn to the fact that a number of non-patient facing senior mental health managers in CHO4 were offered first-dose Covid-19 vaccines in early January 2021 ahead of vulnerable patient and staff groups, including older adults residing in congregated settings and nursing staff working in these settings; his plans to investigate the number of senior managers who had considerable influence over the roll-out of the vaccine in local services who availed of priority vaccines at this critical stage of the pandemic in the knowledge that vulnerable patient and staff groups were not yet scheduled for vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37238/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the Exchequer of setting up a pathway of diagnostic and after-care supports within the public health system for adults who wish to pursue an autism diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37554/22]
• 2022-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a number of CHOs in which child developmental checks are not currently taking place; his plans to ensure their full resumption; the timeline for same; his plans to ensure that those who originally missed out on developmental checks have been caught up with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36964/22]
• 2022-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the status of the Action Plan for Disability Services for the period 2022-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36691/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work of his Department relating to special pay arrangements for front-line public healthcare workers unfit for work for long periods post-Covid-19 infection; when he expects any proposals to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35289/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 716 of 17 May and 1785 of 14 June 2022, the exact dates on which a building survey was carried out by the HSE estates department on a centre (details supplied) which led to a report on 18 June 2021 that the premises was beyond repair; the exact dates on which an independent survey referenced in the response was carried out by personnel external to the HSE; the nature and duration of the independent survey; the findings and authors of this independent survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35942/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1785 of 14 June 2022, the exact features of the premises (details supplied) were such that no amount of building works could be guaranteed to bring those premises to a building regulation standard; the way that these features were identified; the person or body that identified same; when the features were identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35943/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 16 June 2022, the way that the review team for the Kerry CAMHS look back review was selected; if he will provide clear details of the exact process of appointment undertaken for the entire review team; when each appointment to the team took place; the person in the CHO 4 management team who was responsible for the selection of the review team lead and the other team members; the number of the review team members who were HSE staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35944/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the partners that his Department will work with to ensure the availability of appropriate and timely fertility services for cancer patients as per the HSE Service Plan 2022; the fertility services that will be provided; the estimated timeframe over which persons living with and beyond cancer will be eligible to access these services; if this initiative will be integrated into the planned assisted human reproduction legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33774/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the way in which cancer patients will be enabled to participate in clinical trials as per the HSE Service Plan 2022; the resources and channels which will be dedicated to this initiative; and the percentage of cancer patients expected to be enrolled in clinical trials as a result of this initiative. [33775/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the way in which his Department will support hospitals in meeting drugs costs and in implementing quality initiatives in delivery, as per the HSE Service Plan 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33776/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when the National Cancer Strategy Implementation Report 2021 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33777/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners operating in Ireland on a monthly basis; and the proportion of these operating general practitioners who were using the Healthlink eReferral system on a monthly basis in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and date in 2022, in tabular form. [33778/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of deaths relating to cancer for young people aged 0 to 24 years from 2016 to 2021 and date in 2022, in tabular form. [33779/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if there are any closures of 24-hour staffed mental health residential services planned by the HSE in any CHO over the coming 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33785/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if there are records of meetings held by any HSE managers to discuss and agree funding for a renovation of the Carraig Mór mental health facility in Cork; the dates that these meetings took place; which managers attended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33786/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 685 of 31 May 2022, the date that a meeting in relation to the placement needs of the residents of a centre (details supplied) and persons took place; the date that a second meeting took place; the reason that no minutes were taken of either meeting given the significance of the residents' situation; if any records outside of formal minutes exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33787/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason that a planned closure of a 24-hour staffed mental health facility in County Laois (details supplied) was not pursued by the HSE; the differences between this planned closure and the planned closure of another centre from the point of view of HSE management; the date on which the closure of the facility was decided; the managers who made the decision; the reason for this planned closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33788/22]
• 2022-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the dates that the HSE Estates Department carried out its condition survey of the Owenacurra centre, Midleton leading to its recommendation that the centre be closed down and the residents moved to other facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33497/22]
• 2022-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the deliberations regarding the closure of the Owenacurra centre that took place between HSE senior management following the issuing of a recommendation by the HSE Estates Department that the centre be closed and prior to the closure decision being finalised; the date that the closure decision was finalised; the managers that were involved in making this decision; the context for this final decision; if records were maintained of these discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33498/22]
• 2022-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to some Owenacurra centre residents who have still not been informed, almost eight months after the service was due to close, of the location in which they will be placed in the near to long-term; if his attention has been drawn to the impact of this prolonged uncertainty on the residents; if his attention has been drawn to the absence of any capacity in east Cork since June 2021 to take in new referrals of persons with severe and enduring mental illness for local, community-based respite or longer term placement; if this can be constituted as a fair or safe service-plan for this cohort who have to avail of placement in other parts of Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33499/22]
• 2022-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the plans in place for a facility (details supplied) which currently appears not to be in use. [32256/22]
• 2022-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 648 of 24 May, the reasons that fire risks in a centre (details supplied) are not being adequately addressed and, therefore, constitute the main basis cited by the Minister for Mental Health and Older Adults for proceeding with the closure of the service; the authority that determined that this fire risk was unresolvable; if he will provide details of the precise building survey that was carried out in arriving at this conclusion; and the way in which that unit 8, floor 2 in St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire is deemed less problematic in terms of fire risk given the greater difficulty evacuating elderly patients from an upper floor; the way that unit 8, floor 2 is deemed more fit for purpose than that at the centre given its dormitory-style rooms, isolated location and lower mental health commission compliance ratings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32454/22]
• 2022-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 648 of 24 May, the duration of the interim placement in each case; the cumulative additional financial costs incurred by these placements per community healthcare organisation, CHO, in tabular form; the name of the service the residents were moved from and the name of the service the residents were moved to, not just the location; if each of these services were owned by the HSE or rented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32455/22]
• 2022-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 1328 of 26 April and 343 of 19 May, if he will provide the original HSE business case and service rationale for purchasing a centre (details supplied); when this business case and service rationale was established; when this rationale changed to providing emergency accommodation; the way that this change of service rationale occurred; the current service rationale for the centre; the catchment area or other service from which the centre will take referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32456/22]
• 2022-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the dedicated email addresses for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to contact his Department and bodies under its aegis as outlined in circular 25/2016. [32553/22]
• 2022-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when the decision was made to close the Castlemartyr health centre and by whom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31708/22]
• 2022-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the review team that was appointed for the Kerry CAMHS investigation; the exact process of appointment undertaken for the entire team; when the appointment took place; the number of the team members who were HSE staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31709/22]
• 2022-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the status of the investigation into the whistleblower in the Kerry CAMHS crisis; the timeframe for the completion of this investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31710/22]
• 2022-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the directions that were given by his Department to HSE senior managers who were controlling the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine programme to patient and staff cohorts in their local CHO in January 2021 in relation to when it was appropriate for non-patient-facing managers, including these senior managers, to be offered vaccines; if he will identify the position in the priority of scheduling these non-patient-facing managers should have been placed; if his attention has been drawn to instances in which non-patient-facing HSE senior managers were offered vaccines ahead of vulnerable patient and staff cohorts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31180/22]
• 2022-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the sudden closure of Castlemartyr health centre; if the services provided there will be recommencing at that location; the expected timeframe for same; if there are any other planned closures of similar facilities, temporary or otherwise, in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31181/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when the lease in relation to the National Maternity Hospital project is due to be signed by the HSE and an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29132/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 715 of 10 May 2022, the reasons that have been provided in the HSE's 2021 capital plan for the replacement of Millfield House, Blackpool as the rationale for the HSE purchasing Glenwood House, Carrigaline given that Millfield House was not subsequently sold and that no renovations were carried out there in the two years since its residents have been living in Garnish House, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29356/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 717 of 10 May 2022, the reason why the dates that first dose Covid-19 vaccines were offered to the public servants who were controlling the roll-out of the vaccine to vulnerable patients and staff cohorts cannot be released, while the dates on which those cohorts were vaccinated is a matter of public knowledge; if his attention has been drawn to instances in which HSE office-based managers were offered first dose vaccines ahead of such cohorts, including people aged 65 years living in congregated settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29357/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the way that he can reconcile a recent public statement that residents in the Owenacurra Centre will be accommodated locally while a new ten-bed service is being built given that there are eleven residents remaining who require 24-hour staffed residential provision and, in the event that the Owenacurra Centre is closed while the new service is being built, this will not be available in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29361/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 9 February 2022, if funding has been provided for the recruitment of a rehabilitation mental health team for Cork; if so, the timeframe for recruitment of each clinician; if the population served by this team will continue to be the combined North Lee and South Lee catchments; if so, the reasons that the population served is not limited to the east Cork HSE catchment, as per the A Vision for Change recommended allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29362/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the funding commitment amounts for the east-Cork rehabilitation mental health services; the new properties that are being proposed for purchase or construction for this client group; the cost of relocating the day centre from the Owenacurra Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29363/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the projected number of 24-hour staffed residential adult mental health placements for Cork for 2030; if there are plans to close any other services or to reduce the community placement capacity in any part of CHO4 outside of east Cork over the remainder of the decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29364/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the 24-hour staffed adult mental health placement numbers nationally per CHO and per community adult mental health catchment and the population served in each instance in tabular form. [29365/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the mechanism through which healthcare providers are reimbursed for the provision of abortion services to persons who do not have personal public service numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29407/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that persons who are without personal public service numbers will be able to access care under the free contraception scheme which is scheduled for launch and roll-out in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29408/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the mechanism through which healthcare providers will be reimbursed for the provision of contraceptive services under the free contraception scheme for persons who are without personal public service numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29409/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 716 of 17 May 2022, if any meetings were held by Cork HSE management between the issuing of a HSE estates departmental report on a centre (details supplied) on 18 June 2021 and the announcement by management to residents on 28 June 2021 of its intention to close the service; if there are records of any such meetings from this ten-day period; the managers who attended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30340/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 716 of May 17 2022, if there are records of any communications between Cork HSE management in relation to the proposed closure of a centre (details supplied) between the issuing of a report by the HSE estates department on the premises of the centre on 18 June 2021 and the closure announcement on 28 June 2021; the managers who featured in these communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30341/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 716 of May 17 2022, the dates that the HSE estates department carried out its assessment of premises (details supplied) which led to its conclusion on 18 June 2021 that the building was irreparable; the exact nature of the building assessment; its duration; the qualifications of personnel carrying out the assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30342/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the managers that decided to close Owenacurra Centre in June 2021; if they consulted with any other HSE managers or stakeholders before arriving at the decision; the managers whose service plan it was to remove and not replace all 24-hour staffed mental health placements from east Cork that have been provided by the centre; the number of 24-hour staffed mental health placements that local management aim to provide as part of current service plans for east Cork; the timeframe for this plan coming into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30696/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 484 of 16 November 2021, 1715 of 19 January 2022, 169 of 9 February 2022, 186 of 23 March 2022 and 720 of 17 May 2022, if the clinical directors of the west Cork, north Cork and South Lee HSE mental health catchment areas have agreed with CHO4 HSE senior management to accept out of area respite or long-stay referrals from east Cork into community residences under their clinical governance in the event that Owenacurra Centre is closed (details supplied); if he will provide dates for when any such agreements may have been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30697/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings, excluding Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health meetings and meetings with Cork County Council, that Cork HSE management had about the services provided by a property (details supplied); the future of the services and the transfer of residents to other facilities, since January 2021; if he will provide dates of those meetings and the names of attendees; if minutes were taken at those meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27514/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings Cork HSE management have had about the services provided at a property (details supplied); the future of the services and the transfer of residents to other facilities, since January 2020; the dates of those meetings and the names of attendees; if minutes were taken at those meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27515/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1329 of 26 April 2022, that each sub-question of that PQ be clearly answered, namely when a property (details supplied) was identified as a replacement property; the reason/s the HSE did not proceed with selling the property since it was identified as not fit for purpose; if the residents were informed by the HSE that this facility was due to be sold at any stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27516/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to sponsor the training of students in counselling or educational psychology in order to encourage employment with the HSE of suitably qualified professionals as they do for clinical psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27525/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28159/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to implement the recommendations of the Scally report by placing the National Screening Advisory Committee on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28160/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the exact location of the new property proposed for purchase by the HSE in east County Cork to be used as a mental health facility; the cost of the property; the planning permission status of the property; the number of residents who will be accommodated; the level of service provision it will involve; if the service will be staffed on a 24-hour basis; the reason that the purchase is being pursued without consultation with the residents of a centre (details supplied) and their families regarding its location; the staff members in the HSE who decided on this purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26239/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the exact staffing allocations per discipline and per population of the HSE home-based treatment over the combined east Cork HSE catchment of Midleton, Youghal and Cobh, Glenville; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26240/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the exact staffing allocations per discipline of the HSE psychology of later life service over the combined east Cork HSE catchment of Midleton, Youghal and Cobh, Glenville; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26241/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the HSE mental health residential services from which residents were moved as an infection control measure during the Covid-19 emergency; the duration of the interim placement in each case; the cumulative additional costs incurred by these placements per CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26242/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason that fire risks in a centre (details supplied) are not being adequately addressed and therefore constitute the main basis cited by the Minister for Mental Health and Older Adults for proceeding with the closure of the service; the staff members who determined that this fire risk was unresolvable; if he will provide details of the precise building survey that was carried out in arriving at this conclusion; and the way that the fire risk in the centre compares to fire risk in one of the main alternative facilities. [26243/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the planning status of Garnish House, Cork for use as a mental health facility by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26244/22]
• 2022-05-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1328 of 26 April 2022, the exact details of completed-building works and costs or other works of a premises (details supplied) since the HSE purchased it in January 2021; the exact details of any further projected-building works and costs or other works in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25407/22]
• 2022-05-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1328 of 26 April 2022, the reason a that a change in service requirement necessitating unforeseen building works was referenced in the response for a premises (details supplied), given that the original HSE rationale for the purchase of the premises was that it would replace a former community residence which included long-stay placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25408/22]
• 2022-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of private dentists who held a contract with the HSE for the provision of dental services to medical card holders at the end of each of the years 2017 to 2021. [25044/22]
• 2022-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if any obligation exists on dentists to inform patients that they no longer provide dental services to medical card holders prior to scheduling appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25045/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to make Kaftrio available to children with cystic fibrosis who have only one delta F508 mutation and as such have no other suitable modulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24167/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the person or persons in the CHO 4 management staff that received the first communication regarding the possibility that a centre (details supplied) may close; the date the communication occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24688/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the room dimensions of a centre (details supplied); if he will provide information on any consultation that took place between April 2020 and March 2022 between HSE management and families on the ultimate placement of their relatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24689/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his views on the provision of 42 24-hour staffed residential mental health placements along with a rehabilitation mental health team in the north Cork HSE catchment area while east Cork, with a similar population size, is due under current HSE plans to have all or most of its 24-hour staffed placements removed while continuing to lack a rehabilitation mental health team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24690/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the length of time that the HSE plans to continue its use of Garnish House, Cork as a mental health facility; if Garnish House has planning permission for use as a mental health facility for as long as it has been in operation and into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24691/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 484 of 16 November 2021, No. 1715 of 19 January 2022, No. 169 of 9 February 2022 and No. 186 of 23 March 2022, if the clinical directors of the west Cork, north Cork and South Lee HSE mental health catchment areas have agreed with CHO4 HSE senior management to accept out of area respite or long-stay referrals from east Cork into community residences under their clinical governance in the event that a centre (details supplied) is closed; if he will provide dates for when any such agreements may have been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24692/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the timeline for when the 24 additional lactation consultants outlined in the Women’s Health Action Plan 2022-2023 will be filled; when this recruitment process will be completed; when access to such supports will be made available on maternity wards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24905/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the residents of a centre (details supplied) have been transferred from single rooms to shared rooms in other facilities over the past 12 months; if so, the number of former residents and the number of persons that they are now sharing with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22724/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reasons that the sale of Millfield House, Blackpool has been provided as the rationale for the HSE purchasing Glenwood House, Carrigaline given that Millfield House was not subsequently sold and no renovations were carried out there in the two years since its residents have been living in Garnish House, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22725/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reasons that retention was not applied for to convert the use of Glenwood House, Carrigaline, Cork from a guesthouse to a mental health facility until fourteen months after Glenwood House was purchased by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22726/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reasons that the first dose Covid-19 vaccination schedules for HSE patients can be released through freedom of information requests while the vaccination of HSE staff who were controlling the roll-out of the vaccine appear to not be accessible through the same process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22727/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the exact dates in 2021 that CHO7 and CHO9 mental health service management staff (details supplied) were offered first-dose Covid-19 vaccinations as part of the HSE vaccination roll-out by role in tabular form; the exact dates in 2021 that CHO7 and CHO9 that mental health service heads of discipline were offered first-dose Covid-19 vaccinations; the dates that each head of discipline received vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22728/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reasons that the rental of Garnish House, Cork has continued for two years; when Cork and Kerry HSE intend to terminate this contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22729/22]
• 2022-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason that ambulances still attempt to use a route (details supplied) blocked by bollards since August 2017; and if the ambulance service mapping system can be updated to reflect this route closure. [22439/22]
• 2022-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 827 of 5 April 2022, the details of potential conflicts of interest declared by HSE managers in respect of procurement or rent of property by the HSE in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22002/22]
• 2022-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure Ukrainians fleeing war and arriving into Ireland are aware of and appropriately referred to services that support children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22215/22]
• 2022-04-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 708 of 29 March 2022, the total cost to the HSE of its use of Garnish House to date, including cleaning, insurance, security maintenance and any other costs; the rental costs for each month since April 2020; the estimated projected additional total cost comprising costs (details supplied) per month for the remainder of 2022; the expected duration of use of Garnish House by the HSE as a mental health facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21451/22]
• 2022-04-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the total investment by the HSE in any works carried out on Millfield House, Blackpool, Cork since the property was vacated in April 2020; the nature of these works; the dates on which these works were carried out; the total costs incurred by the HSE in respect of Millfield House since it has been vacated, for example, insurance, security and maintenance costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21452/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the way that adaptations to a property (details supplied) escalated in cost from €200,000, €250,000 to €500,000 over the past year; the exact nature of the works; if these works changed in scope or type over time; if so, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19229/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when a property (details supplied) was identified as a replacement property for another property; the reason the HSE did not proceed with selling the property since it was identified as not fit for purpose; if residents were informed by the HSE that this facility was due to be sold at any stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19230/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 645 of 8 March 2022, the reason that more funding has been invested over the past year by Cork HSE management in a property without planning permission as a mental health residence in Carrigaline than was invested over a ten-year period in the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton; the reason that 14 rooms, as per the HSE's 2021 capital plan were reduced to ten rooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19231/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of residential mental health service users per CHO that were moved from shared rooms to single rooms as an infection control measure during the Covid-19 crisis; the number of service-users per CHO remain in an interim or permanent new accommodation following such a move; if the new accommodation in each instance is owned or rented by the HSE; the exact service locations in each instance in which a move to a new facility occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19232/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of residents at a property (details supplied) who have already been transferred from the service that are sharing rooms in their new accommodation; the number that are in single rooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19233/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on an application for reimbursement being considered by the HSE Drugs Group in relation to voretigene neparvovec luxturna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19895/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure a system is in place for those arriving from Mongolia to have their professional qualifications recognised, particularly in relation to doctors and other medical professionals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20177/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the special measures his Department is taking to reduce energy usage in the scenario in which members of the public are being asked to do the same. [20296/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to the national skin cancer prevention plan to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20432/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 25 years or older who have travelled overseas for specialist cancer treatment not available in Ireland between 2016 and 2021; the number of these who travelled under the EU Cross Border Directive; and if he will present this data in tabular form. [20433/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of young persons between the ages of 0 to 24 years of age who have travelled overseas for specialist cancer treatment not available in Ireland between 2016 and 2021; the number of these who travelled under the EU Cross Border Directive; and if he will present this data in tabular form. [20434/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the publication and implementation of the national Traveller health action plan, as set out in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20599/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) which found that failure to fund the provision of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age could result in €4.2 million per year in unnecessary costs to the HSE; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21163/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the way in which he will ensure that front-line workers who have changed position or employer or who have retired during the pandemic will receive the Covid recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21219/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the exact date in 2021 that CHO 4 mental health service management staff were offered first dose Covid-19 vaccinations as part of the HSE vaccination roll-out (details supplied) by role in tabular form; if he will provide the exact date in 2021 that CHO4 mental health service heads of discipline were offered first dose Covid-19 vaccinations; if he will provide dates for each head of discipline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17434/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 325 of 3 March 2022, the way identifying relocation arrangements for unnamed residents of a centre (details supplied) constitutes an ethical breach of confidentiality given that relocation options for other service users have been provided; the message that was conveyed to residents of the centre regarding the future of that service by HSE management when the residents were relocated to another centre; the plans that the HSE has for the use of the centre in 2022 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18090/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the names of any HSE managers that declared a conflict of interest in respect of procurement or rent of property by the HSE in each of the years 2016 to 2021; the details of the procedure within the HSE for declaring such a conflict of interests and responding to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18091/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason that the residents of a centre (details supplied) were chosen to move to another centre for infection and control purposes during the pandemic while residents of wards in St. Stephen's Hospital were not moved and continued to share dorm-style rooms with up to three other residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18092/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is renting any community mental health residences aside from a centre (details supplied); if so, the details of the costs of rent and any associated costs; the duration of the rental arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18093/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason more funding has been provided for adapting a Carrigaline property that has not had planning permission for use as a mental health residence since it was purchased by the HSE in January 2019 than has been invested over a ten-year period in a centre (details supplied) which has capacity for almost twice the single-room occupancy level of the Carrigaline property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18096/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of residents currently living in a centre (details supplied) that were originally residents in another centre. [18108/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 9 February 2022, if he will provide further details on the older person residential beds referred to in the response namely the number of those beds and the number of residents in a centre (details supplied) who will be transferring to the property in Carrigaline, County Cork; the location in which the remaining residents of the centre will be accommodated into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18109/22]
• 2022-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress to re-establish the provision of transgender child and adolescent healthcare services through a clinic (details supplied) and working with Children's Health Ireland in Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17004/22]
• 2022-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the moneys spent to date by the HSE in relation to the new 24-hour staffed community mental health residence in Carrigaline, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17003/22]
• 2022-03-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans for a new public awareness campaign in order to increase blood donations given that the health system is currently experiencing a shortage of blood supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16877/22]
• 2022-03-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to establish a programme to provide Covid-19 vaccinations in schools for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17073/22]
• 2022-03-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the Covid-19 vaccination centres at Croke Park, Technological University Dublin Grangegorman, Richmond Barracks or Dublin City University plan to schedule dose 1 and dose 2 walk-in clinics for 5 to 11 year olds in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17074/22]
• 2022-03-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the current review as to whether remote consultation as part of a blended approach to termination of pregnancy care should be continued post the Covid-19 public health emergency period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17115/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress on filling staffing vacancies in the provision of healthcare and mental healthcare for transgender adults and young people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15992/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline progress in the State’s relevant health services securing membership to the World Professional Association for Transgender Health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15993/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress on the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the Steering Committee on Transgender Identity Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15995/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the rationale for selling rather than renovating Millfield House community mental health residence in Blackpool, Cork; the price paid for the property; the exact placement arrangements for residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16326/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the total cost to the HSE of its use of Garnish House to date; and the projected additional cost for the remainder of 2022. [16327/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of CHO4 mental health service management staff that were offered priority first dose Covid-19 vaccinations in January 2021 ahead of patients and nursing staff of other health facilities in Cork (details supplied); the name of the person or persons in the HSE that authorised the offering of priority first dose Covid-19 vaccinations to CHO4 mental health service management staff ahead of patients and nursing staff of other facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16328/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of civil servants in his Department currently on secondment to the private sector; if he will list the entities that they are working for in each instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17154/22]
• 2022-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of service users currently residing in a mental health facility (details supplied); and the number of service users residing at the facility on 1 June 2020, 1 December 2020, 1 June 2021 and 1 December 2021. [15662/22]
• 2022-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the date his Department was first informed of the intention of CHO 4 HSE management to close a centre (details supplied); if he will identify the staff members of his Department and the staff members of CHO 4 HSE mental health services who were in communication regarding the decision at that earliest stage of the process. [15199/22]
• 2022-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the first communication between CHO 4 HSE managers regarding the proposed closure of a centre (details supplied); the date this took place; the names and roles of the managers in communication at this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15200/22]
• 2022-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the date the chief operations officer and the head of operations, quality and service improvement of the HSE were first informed of the intention of CHO 4 HSE management to close a centre (details supplied). [15201/22]
• 2022-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the clinical directors of the West Cork, South Lee and North Cork adult mental health services have agreed with CHO 4 senior HSE management to accept referrals of service-users under the care of the Midleton, Youghal and Cobh Glenville adult mental health teams for long-stay and respite placements in the community residences attached to their local catchment areas into the future; when, in the case of each clinical director, these agreements had been reached; the way that he can reconcile this practice into the future for east Cork service users with the position of the Mental Health Commission and the UK's Care Quality Commission on the negative outcomes for persons placed out of area specifically with regard to out of area placements in long-stay settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15202/22]
• 2022-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the person or body that has been awarded the contract to undertake research with service providers of termination of pregnancy services as part of the three-year review process; the way that providers of services such as services (details supplied) will be able to feed into this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15234/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to establish a health and social care advisory unit within his Department as proposed by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13874/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) in relation to the marketing practices of the formula milk industry; his plans to act upon the findings of this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14099/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he plans to conduct a national awareness campaign in relation to osteogenesis imperfecta to help raise awareness among the general public of the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14951/22]
• 2022-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 9 February 2022, the amount of the lower bid placed on a property (details supplied) that the HSE surpassed to complete the purchase in January 2021 for a price of €750,000; if he will identify each alternative property that was considered in Cork in 2020 for community mental health placement provision; if he will identify the exact dates each property was viewed by the HSE; and if bids were made by the HSE on those properties and any relevant details, including the bid amounts. [12855/22]
• 2022-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 9 February 2022, the number of persons currently residing in a mental health residence (details supplied); if he will provide details of the facility in Carrigaline, County Cork to which the residents are due to be moved; the timeframe for this move; if he will provide the number of residents to be moved to Carrigaline and the client capacity in the Carrigaline facility; when this facility was purchased by the HSE; and the sale cost and cost of any refurbishments and adaptations. [12856/22]
• 2022-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when a centre (details supplied) in Carrigaline, County Cork was identified as a placement option for nine residents in another centre; the way this was decided; the HSE managers that made the decision; the number of residents in another centre that will be accommodated in the centre in Carrigaline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12168/22]
• 2022-03-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to retain the option to access termination of pregnancy services by telephone or video conference consultation as recommended as an option by international organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11825/22]
• 2022-03-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the status of the scheme for free contraception for 17 to 25 year olds; the timeframe for commencement of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11826/22]
• 2022-03-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if a needs assessment has been carried out in respect of the number of medical professionals who are certified to fit and remove long-acting reversible contraceptives in line with the expected demand when the programme for free contraceptives commences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11827/22]
• 2022-03-02
  VOTE
  Healthcare Waiting Lists · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 76–57
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 75–57
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of CHO 4 mental health service management staff who were offered priority first-dose Covid-19 vaccinations in January 2021 ahead of patients and nursing staff of St. Stephen’s Hospital, Glanmire and the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11096/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the person or persons in the HSE that authorised the offering of priority first dose Covid-19 vaccinations to CHO4 mental health service management staff ahead of patients and nursing staff of St. Stephen’s Hospital, Glanmire and the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, County Cork in January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11097/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons transferred from CHO4 mental health services to nursing homes in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide the name of the HSE facility from which the person is being transferred in each instance. [11751/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons transferred from the CHO4 mental health services to a nursing home (details supplied) in each of the years 2017 to 2021, respectively. [11752/22]
• 2022-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the cost of breastfeeding equipment and supplies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10146/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that received an invitation to take part in BreastCheck on a quarterly basis from quarter 1 2020 to date in 2022; and the percentage of persons that accepted an invitation and subsequently attended a screening appointment in each of the specified periods in tabular form. [9863/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that received an invitation to take part in BowelScreen on a quarterly basis from quarter 1 2020 to date in 2022; the percentage of persons that accepted an invitation and subsequently attended a screening appointment in each of the specified periods in tabular form. [9864/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that received an invitation to take part in CervicalCheck on a quarterly basis from quarter 1 2020 to date in 2022; the percentage of persons that accepted an invitation and subsequently attended a screening appointment in each of the specified periods in tabular form. [9865/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the organisations that are now providing services previously provided by the North Inner City Drugs and Alcohol Task Force given his that Department has suspended the activities of the task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7692/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the status of the ongoing infrastructure improvements to the neonatal intensive care facilities at the Rotunda Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7693/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the date changes were brought forward by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service relating to deferral policies for blood donations, in particular when the change to reduce the existing 12-month deferral for methylsulfonylmethane to four months will be introduced. [7456/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the date by which the Irish Blood Transfusion Service will introduce new technology to replace the existing paper health and lifestyle questionnaire with an electronic questionnaire to be known as the self-assessment health history. [7457/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the work undertaken by his Department to promote research in the third-level education sector on genetics and genomics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6443/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he plans to regulate crisis pregnancy agencies and the information and services they provide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8283/22]
• 2022-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1719 of 19 January 2022, the population size of the North Lee and South Lee catchments served by a new adult mental health rehabilitation consultant psychiatrist in County Cork; if there will be a full multidisciplinary team working alongside them; the time frame for their recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6771/22]
• 2022-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1716 of 19 January 2022, if there were bidders other than the HSE on a property purchased in January 2021 in Carrigaline, County Cork for the purpose of residential mental health provision; if there were other properties for this type of service considered by the HSE for purchase in 2020 and 2021; and if so, the location of each. [6781/22]
• 2022-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual running costs of the HSE Carrigaline residential mental health service; and the estimated timeframe for the commencement of the service. [6782/22]
• 2022-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has purchased or is renting a property named Garnish House in Cork city; and the details of the costs associated with this property. [6783/22]
• 2022-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the clinical directors of the west Cork, south Lee and north Cork adult mental health services have agreed with senior management to accept referrals of service users under the care of the Midleton, Youghal and Cobh, Glenville adult mental health teams for long-stay or respite placements in the community residences attached to their local catchment areas into the future; the way that he can reconcile this practice into the future for east County Cork service users with the position of the Mental Health Commission and the UK Care Quality Commission on the negative outcomes for persons placed out of area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7087/22]
• 2022-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his views on long-stay wards in St. Finbarr’s Hospital and St. Stephen's Hospital being the continuing care placement options for east County Cork service users requiring long-stay mental health placements into the future under current HSE plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7088/22]
• 2022-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the medicines available under the drug payment scheme to treat hyperemesis gravidarum; the medicines available on the medical card to treat same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5225/22]
• 2022-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand the programmes run by an organisation (details supplied) to assist those living with neurological conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5263/22]
• 2022-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has costed the recommendations made in the report of the review of the health services for persons with autism spectrum disorders; if the necessary funding will be made available to implement these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5452/22]
• 2022-02-02
  VOTE
  Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 54–76
• 2022-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the National Immunisation Advisory Committee plan to revisit its recommendation in relation to the interval between the primary vaccine series and booster doses for those who have had a breakthrough infection in terms of reducing the current three-month recommendation further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4280/22]
• 2022-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will consider making the HPV vaccine available free of cost to all persons up to age of 45 years given the October 2018 announcement from the Food and Drug Administration in the United States of America that the approved age for the HPV vaccine had been increased up to age 45 years for women and men; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4515/22]
• 2022-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he plans to promote and advertise the use of the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive scheme to help alleviate waiting lists for medical procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5037/22]
• 2022-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in offering vulnerable high-risk children aged from 5 to 11 years of age prioritisation for a Covid-19 vaccination following the opening of the HSE online portal for this cohort on 28 December 2021; the reason that those who registered from 4 January 2022 but were not part of the vulnerable high-risk category were offered an appointment first; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3773/22]
• 2022-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress made to date in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to ensure that mental health services are accessible to persons in the deaf community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3780/22]
• 2022-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has made an allocation for the operational budget of the North Inner-City Drug and Alcohol Task Force for 2022; and if this allocation for the North Inner-City Drug and Alcohol Task Force is included in the HSE budget for 2022. [2877/22]
• 2022-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons treated by the National Gender Service in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and 2021 respectively; and the number of persons currently on a waiting list to access their services. [2795/22]
• 2022-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons treated under the HSE National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and 2021 respectively; and the number of persons currently on a waiting list to access the programme. [2796/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of inspections of public and privately run nursing homes carried out by the Health Information and Quality Authority in 2021 and to date in 2022 in relation to their compliance with ventilation regulations and standards; if he is satisfied that infection prevention and control measures as they relate to ventilation are being appropriately enforced in public and privately run nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63372/21]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that vulnerable high-risk children aged from 5 to 11 years of age will be prioritised for a Covid-19 vaccination following the opening of the HSE online portal for this cohort on 28 December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1147/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 16 November 2021, the names of the long-stay facilities that service users under the care of the Midleton, Youghal and Cobh, Glenville adult mental health teams may have been referred to for respite or long-stay placements since February 2021. [1407/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the clinical directors of the west Cork, south Lee and north Cork adult mental health services have agreed with senior management to accept referrals of service users under the care of the Midleton, Youghal and Cobh, Glenville adult mental health teams for long-stay or respite placements in the community residences attached to their local catchment areas into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1408/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the details of the procurement process for a community mental health residence (details supplied) in County Cork ; if the property was purchased on the open market; if not, if it was purchased through another process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1409/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reasons Carrigaline, County Cork was chosen as a site for a new community mental health residence in 2021 by Cork, Kerry mental health management over other towns such as Cobh, Carrigtwohill, Midleton or Youghal; the way this can be reconciled with a claim by an executive clinical director made at a recent meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on Health that the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton will not be replaced due to declining numbers of service users in County Cork requiring 24-hour staffed residential provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1410/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the staff to service user ratio across each 24-hour staffed mental health facility, continuing care and community residences and high-support hostels in CHO4. [1411/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the population size that will be served by a new community adult mental health rehabilitation team in County Cork; the timeframe for the appointment of team members; the details of the recruitment processes underway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1412/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the way that serious concerns expressed by his Department in relation to the fire safety in the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton can be reconciled with assurances given to the public and families that the residents are not in danger; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1413/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the remaining works that are needed to be carried out to bring the Owenacurra Centre, Middleton premises up to an acceptable fire safety standard; the reasons these works have not been completed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1414/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the management structure that applies to the governance of unit 3, St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire, County Cork. [1415/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the details of the efforts already undertaken by the HSE towards the recruitment of a medical officer to St. Francis Welfare Home, Fermoy, County Cork to facilitate the reopening of respite services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1416/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he projects further reductions in 24-hour staffed residential provision for Cork mental health service users in the next five to ten years as per the arguments put forward at a meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on Health on 14 December 2021 in relation to the closure of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, County Cork which according to HSE management are consistent with A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1417/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the status of the process to register psychotherapists and counsellors pursuant to SI. No. 21 of 2019 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 28A) (Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board Regulations) 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1469/22]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason the national steering group for the implementation of the Neurorehabilitation Strategy 2019-2021 has met only twice since an implementation framework was published in 2019 and not at all to date in 2021; the investments that will be made to support implementation in 2022 given that only two of the promised network of nine community neurorehabilitation teams have been partly funded to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62444/21]
• 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 for the motion the motion motion passed · 107–36
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 103–37
• 2021-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress made to date on a public health (obesity) Act, in particular the work undertaken to examine restrictions on promotion and advertising aimed at children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61197/21]
• 2021-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his Department will allow the North Inner-City Drug and Alcohol Task Force to proceed with the appointment of its elected chair and to go ahead with organising meetings attended by all its members, including statutory representatives in order that it can carry out its essential work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61205/21]
• 2021-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the details of emergency meetings held on 7 December 2021 regarding the impact of Storm Barra on the mental health services in counties Cork and Kerry, the recorded attendance of HSE managers who had agreed to attend an Oireachtas Committee on Health meeting that day and the times of the emergency meetings. [61580/21]
• 2021-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the total amount invested by Cork and Kerry HSE management in a community residence (details supplied) for persons with mental health difficulties; the breakdown of the figures for purchase, renovations, legal fees and other costs that may be associated with the residence; the projected total annual running costs of the facility; the date of purchase of the property by the HSE; the projected timeframe for the commencement of services, accounting for the possibility of planning objections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61581/21]
• 2021-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the measures taken by his Department to ensure ventilation and clean air quality in public and private nursing homes particularly in relation to the installation of CO2 monitors, ventilation systems and HEPA filters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61850/21]
• 2021-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education her plans to provide targeted financial assistance to parents in relation to the cost of providing face masks for children in schools given the recent Covid-19 related health advice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60618/21]
• 2021-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the advice offered by the HSE in relation to ensuring children have properly fitting face masks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60619/21]
• 2021-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if there are exemptions to persons being charged for mandatory hotel quarantine for essential or family reasons; if so, the body to which a person can apply for the exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60620/21]
• 2021-12-08
  VOTE
  Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 87–48
• 2021-12-08
  VOTE
  Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021

  A bill to provide for the continuation in operation for a further period, which may be extended in certain circumstances, of certain provisions of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020, the Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020, the Health (Amendment) Act 2020 and the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021, in the public interest and having regard to the continuing manifest and grave risk to human life and public health posed by the spread of the disease known as Covid-19 (and variants of the virus that causes that disease) in order to mitigate, where practicable, the effects of the spread of that disease; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted to progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 87–44
• 2021-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when the winning bid for the tender for the Rotunda critical care wing proposal will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59430/21]
• 2021-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when the Bearn and Richmond report presented to the HSE in February 2015 into allegations that children were damaged in the public orthodontic service will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59429/21]
• 2021-12-02
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 48–60
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–63
• 2021-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of mental health service management and administration staff members based in the Model Business Park, Cork who were administered a first dose Covid-19 vaccine between 1 December 2020 and 31 January 2021. [58708/21]
• 2021-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the dimensions of each resident bedroom in a facility in Midleton, County Cork; and the number of resident bathrooms in the facility. [58771/21]
• 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 add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 82–46
• 2021-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the dates of the administration of the first dose Covid-19 vaccines to CHO 4 mental health service administration and management staff in the Model Business Park, Cork; the number of staff at this location vaccinated to date; and the grades of staff. [57497/21]
• 2021-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the dates of the scheduled administration of the first dose Covid-19 vaccines to long-stay patients aged 65 years plus to long-stay patients under 65 years of age and to acute patients in St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire, County Cork, respectively; and the dates of the scheduled administration of the first dose Covid-19 vaccines to nursing staff of St. Stephen's Hospital. [57498/21]
• 2021-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the main initiatives undertaken by his Department since 27 June 2020 to improve access to therapeutic and multidisciplinary services for young children with Down syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56193/21]
• 2021-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the projected cost saving to the counties Cork and Kerry community healthcare budget that would result from the proposed closure of a centre (details supplied) after all residents and staff have been transferred from the facility and it is no longer in operation will be used to cover other costs within the counties Cork and Kerry adult mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55477/21]
• 2021-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the funding invested in building works, such as fire safety upgrades and renovations, associated with a centre (details supplied) in each of the years 2012 to 2020, in tabular form. [55478/21]
• 2021-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the clinical directors of the West Cork, South Lee and North Cork adult mental health services have agreed to accept referrals of service users under the care of the Midleton and Youghal and Cobh and Glenville adult mental health teams for long stay or respite placements in the community residences attached to their catchment areas into the future; if there is a waiting list for any of the community mental health residences in West Cork, South Lee and North Cork at present; if so, the number on the waiting lists and the duration in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55479/21]
• 2021-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the residential settings that service users under the care of the Midleton and Youghal and Cobh and Glenville adult mental health teams may have been referred to for respite or long stay placements since February 2021; and the number of service users referred. [55480/21]
• 2021-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the main initiatives undertaken by his Department since 27 June 2020 to improve access to early diagnosis interventions for those with autism spectrum disorder and access to subsequent primary services such as occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and psychologists, more generally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56040/21]
• 2021-11-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the availability of scalp-cooling services to cancer patients in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55271/21]
• 2021-11-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the availability of scalp-cooling services in the oncology ward of the Mater Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55272/21]
• 2021-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to prioritise the publication of the national stroke strategy along with a fully funded implementation plan; the timeline for the same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53723/21]
• 2021-11-03
  VOTE
  Extension of Health (Amendment) Act 2020

  • ✓ voted for 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 for the motion the motion motion passed · 82–44
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 59–66
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will identify all grades of HSE staff based in a location (details supplied) who received Covid-19 vaccinations in January 2021 ahead of acute and long-stay patients and nursing staff in St. Stephen's Psychiatric Hospital, Glanmire; the time lag between the commencement of vaccinations for staff at the location and the later commencement of vaccinations for patients and nursing staff in St. Stephen's Hospital; the level of HSE management that decided on these staff cohorts receiving vaccines ahead of patients and nursing staff from St. Stephen's Hospital; if primarily office-based staff from other bases within HSE south were scheduled for vaccinations ahead of patients and nursing staff from St. Stephen's Hospital; if so, the grades of staff prioritised; the way HSE management responded to representations made on behalf of St. Stephen's Hospital patients and nursing staff during a period of uncertainty in January 2021 regarding the vaccination schedule for these latter groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52373/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost savings to the community healthcare budget for counties Cork and Kerry of the closure of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, County Cork that would arise after all residents and staff have been transferred from the facility and it is no longer in operation. [53126/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if a breakdown will be provided of single bedrooms, en-suite rooms and shared bedrooms and bathrooms for each mental health facility (details supplied) in County Cork; and the numbers of service users sharing in each instance. [53127/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the work undertaken to date by the post-implementation surveillance monitoring group of his Department established to assess the impact of the change to blood donor deferral policies in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50779/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he is a plaintiff in the case related to the Court of Justice of the European Union’s CBD ruling or a respondent in the case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50878/21]
• 2021-10-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce minimum mandatory staffing levels for nursing homecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50169/21]
• 2021-10-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the guidelines that are provided to State and private providers in the design, construction and fit out of new nursing home facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50170/21]
• 2021-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if work has commenced on legislation to recognise the recent European Court of Justice ruling on levels of THC in CBD products and their classification as narcotics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48421/21]
• 2021-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the guidance the HSE provides to community healthcare organisations on the provision of information and criteria to the general public on the technical aids grant scheme for visually impaired persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48715/21]
• 2021-10-06
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021 · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 78–55
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 59–73
• 2021-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to modernise and integrate the IT infrastructure in his Department and the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47465/21]
• 2021-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the alternative long-stay and respite placements available in Cork city and county to residents of the Owenacurra Centre if its proposed closure goes ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47832/21]
• 2021-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the service plan in place for the persons under the care of the Midleton and Youghal, and Cobh and Glenville adult mental health teams with severe and enduring mental illness who require long-stay or respite placement in the event that the Owenacurra Centre is permanently closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47833/21]
• 2021-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the expected cost of renovating the Carraig Mór mental health facility in Shanakiel, County Cork. [47834/21]
• 2021-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the estimated reduction in service cost to the budget of the community healthcare organisation, CHO 4, as a result of closing the Owenacurra Centre in terms of clinical staffing costs, food costs and cleaning costs in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47835/21]
• 2021-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE estates department is of the view that no amount of refurbishment could allow the Owenacurra Centre to meet building standards or the standards required by the Mental Health Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47836/21]
• 2021-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the clinical risks to residents, for example, symptom regression, deterioration of mental state, and a decline in functioning and quality of life, associated with the proposed closure of the Owenacurra Centre have been assessed; the way these risks are being monitored or managed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47837/21]
• 2021-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans for the development of a national diabetes register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45339/21]
• 2021-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when the specialist community diabetes teams under the enhanced community care programme will 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. [45340/21]
• 2021-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding to appoint a clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes multidisciplinary team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45341/21]
• 2021-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45342/21]
• 2021-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding to appoint a 0.5 whole-time equivalent clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes paediatric diabetes team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45343/21]
• 2021-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend eligibility to the long-term illness scheme for reimbursement of blood glucose test strips to all women who develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45344/21]
• 2021-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of women who developed gestational diabetes during pregnancy in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45345/21]
• 2021-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the cost of the type 2 diabetes cycle of care programme since its inception; the number of persons currently availing of the programme; the number of general practitioners that provide the programme; if an audit of the programme has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45346/21]
• 2021-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend the type 2 diabetes cycle of care programme to all persons with type 2 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45347/21]
• 2021-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans 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. [45348/21]
• 2021-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for FreeStyle Libre submitted by individual hospitals for persons with diabetes over 21 years of age; and the number that were approved and refused respectively, in each of the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [45349/21]
• 2021-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure a minimum of one whole-time equivalent diabetes specialist pump nurse in all 18-dose adjusting for normal eating certified diabetes centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45350/21]
• 2021-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide access to the dose adjusting for normal eating programme for all persons with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45351/21]
• 2021-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the requirement on those with lived experience of mental health challenges to work at least 15 hours a week when they wish to co-facilitate HSE recovery workshops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44283/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when pre-registration examination system level 3 medical exams will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43292/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans for a resilience roster within hospital systems to ensure adequate staffing levels are maintained to cover close contact exclusion and sick absent healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43374/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure healthcare professionals are subject to clear policies and procedures in relation to encouraging breaks and providing spaces to rest in order to help avoid burnout in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43375/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure healthcare workers themselves have access to appropriately resourced occupational health services, including mental health supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43376/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress made in relation to the roll-out of eHealth initiatives as per the 2019 general practitioner agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43377/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress on the long-term review examining the existing clinical placement allowances payable to student nurses and midwives on supernumerary clinical placement that was conducted by a person (details supplied); the timeline for the implementation of the review’s recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41868/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress made by his Department to date in relation to the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Health’s Report on addressing Vitamin D deficiency as a public health measure in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41870/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the under-resourcing of the Athlone ambulance service in the context of a town of its size and the huge area it serves; his plans to increase staffing resources for the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41965/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress made on the pilot drug testing service as part of the HSE harm-reduction programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34516/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if on-site testing of drugs at festivals will be available in 2021 as part of a harm-reduction strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34517/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the State-funded contraception scheme will commence in January 2022; the timeline for providing universal access to contraception for all who need it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36504/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the establishment of the national psychology placement office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37512/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the current guidance to public health nurses on conducting development checks for new babies and mothers; if the service is still fully available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38298/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the details of the consideration given to the security of the Covid tracker app in terms of its suitability to process personal medical data outside its original intended purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40088/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he has considered the use of an antibody test as a qualification for participation in indoor dining; if a certain threshold of antibody prevalence could be used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40089/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if correspondence dated 24 June 2021 (details supplied) regarding the North Inner-City Drug and Alcohol Task Force and its requirement that its chairperson is not directly connected with any of the projects being funded by the task force supersedes the governance code set out in the Task Force’s 2011 handbook; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40102/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the governance shortcomings in the North Inner-City Drug and Alcohol Task Force that his Department has recently identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40103/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the involvement of a company (details supplied) in the appointment of a new chairperson to the North Inner-City Drug and Alcohol Task Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40104/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to use services provided by a centre (details supplied) in the treatment of eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40139/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the move to increase the maximum attendance at wedding receptions and celebrations held indoors to 100 guests will proceed in August; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40567/21]
• 2021-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he has considered procuring more sustainable personal protective equipment for use in community-based care circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32057/21]
• 2021-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when children aged 12 to 15 with conditions leading to a higher risk of severe outcomes from Covid-19 can expect to be vaccinated following the recent approval by the European Medicines Agency of a vaccine (details supplied) for children aged 12 to 15. [32960/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who availed of the cross-border directive scheme in 2018, 2019 and 2020 respectively; and if those availing of the scheme did so in the United Kingdom or the rest of the European Union, respectively. [30957/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of the 91 teams targeted to be operational within children’s disability services by the end of quarter 2 2021 that are currently in existence; the number that have a full complement of staff as envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30964/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of support staff by role such as PSA security, ushers, door staff and so on at centres (details supplied) during May 2021. [30966/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that no conflict of interest exists in the appointment of a director of a company that produces baby milk formula to the Safefood Advisory Committee given the role of Safefood in promoting nutrition and specifically breastfeeding. [31569/21]
• 2021-07-14
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✓ voted for 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 progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 72–66
• 2021-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28069/21]
• 2021-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the status of his plans to establish exclusion zones around medical facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28070/21]
• 2021-07-13
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Waiver of Pre-legislative Scrutiny

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 8–6
• 2021-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when the disability capacity review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28041/21]
• 2021-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the maintenance of full HSE public dental service provision in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26755/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to retain remote consultation for early abortion care as an option within the model of care for termination of pregnancy beyond the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26077/21]
• 2021-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the election of Syria as a new member of the World Health Organisation executive board given the current nature and purported crimes of the Syrian regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31836/21]
• 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 for the motion motion passed · 73–68
• 2021-06-02
  VOTE
  Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]

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

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25186/21]
• 2021-05-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to commence vaccination of pregnant women as recommended by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee; when pregnant women will start receiving the vaccine; if vaccines will be administered to those that are 36 weeks pregnant first rolling backwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24769/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to allow pharmacies to administer the HPV vaccine considering the drop in HPV vaccination rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24702/21]
• 2021-05-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when the Health Protection Surveillance Centre plans to resume its reporting on underlying conditions in confirmed cases of Covid-19. [23316/21]
• 2021-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the current wording used in HSE administrative and patient forms provided to guardians of children, adult patients and advocates of adults with disabilities on the sharing of personal information with other services and Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23000/21]
• 2021-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the status of the human tissue (transplantation, post-mortem, anatomical examination and public display) Bill; the legislative timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23156/21]
• 2021-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to mental health reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22413/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the timeline and expected completion date for the move of over 200 legacy financial systems in the health service to a single integrated financial and procurement management system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22266/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to endorse the World Health Organisation Covid-Technology Access Pool initiative to help achieve equitable, global access to Covid-19 vaccines; if he plans to advocate for same at international level, particularly at European level and at the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20367/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education her plans to develop an inclusive sexual health education programme across primary and post-primary levels that includes an inclusive programme on LGBTI+ relationships; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18379/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the main initiatives undertaken by his Department since 27 June 2020 to engage with healthcare assistants on the way their roles can be developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18191/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who had an appointment for vaccination at the Aviva Stadium, Citywest Convention Centre, Helix Theatre, and Technological University Dublin campus, respectively, on 24 March; the number of persons who did not attend the appointment at each of these centres on that date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18309/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve access to sexual health testing for members of the LGBTQ+ community in areas of the country outside Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18378/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress made to date in respect of implementing the recommendations of the National Policy and Strategy for the Provision of Neuro-Rehabilitation Services in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18604/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to put in place the necessary neuro-rehabilitation community teams within regional centres throughout the State; his plans to address a shortage of inpatient beds within neuro-rehabilitation services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18605/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress made since 27 June 2020 to develop a Traveller and Roma mental health action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18685/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress made since 27 June 2020 to implement a national Traveller health action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18686/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress made since 27 June 2020 to implementing Sharing the Vision – A Mental Health Policy for Everyone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18687/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress made since 27 June 2020 to expanding jigsaw services and their network of early intervention and prevention services and supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18688/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress made since 27 June 2020 to expanding the national roll-out of the model care for specialist perinatal mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18689/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the value to each hospital in the State of the car parking charges system in each of the years 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and if the system is under the control of the hospitals or run by a private operator. [18771/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied); his plans to implement the recommendations contained in the report; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19096/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to establish eye clinic liaison officer positions in ophthalmology clinics outside of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19348/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he plans to establish an eye clinic liaison officer position at Waterford University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19349/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress in relation to plans to implement an acute electronic health record system in the new national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19944/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress on developing clinical ICT systems to provide the required infrastructure to support effective clinical decision making; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19945/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to implement financial corporate systems to improve accountability and ensure funds can follow patient activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19946/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress of plans to provide cloud infrastructure to the whole health service to support a more secure and safe data environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19947/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress of plans to implement a digital maternity system to support the National Maternity Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19948/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to establish an ehealth forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19949/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccines administered by the National Ambulance Service to date by county; the number of persons aged 80 years of age and over currently on waiting lists to receive their Covid-19 vaccine from the Service, by county in tabular form. [20289/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied); his views on same; the progress on the implementation of an e-prescribing system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20303/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress on the implementation of an electronic health record system for community-based care to connect records across the system and support integrated models of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20304/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the plans for the 6.42 acre site that was purchased in 2003 at a cost of €2,441,500 adjacent to Louth County Hospital, Dundalk. [20697/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE lobbied an elected member of Louth County Council for the residential zoning on the HSE 6.42 acre site adjacent to Louth County Hospital to be transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20698/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education her plans to supply each school with access to an on-call counsellor or psychologist to ensure children and young persons have regular access to mental health services outside of the intervention services provided by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16783/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the notification rate is a factor in the decision around which countries to include on the high-risk category 2 countries for inclusion on the quarantine list for entry into the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16654/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the test positivity rate is a factor in the decision around which countries to include on the high-risk category 2 countries for inclusion on the quarantine list for entry into the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16655/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the testing rate is a factor in the decision around which countries to include on the high-risk category 2 countries for inclusion on the quarantine list for entry into the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16656/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the delays in access to mental health services for children and young persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16786/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to implement the recommendations of the report of the National Youth Mental Health Task Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16787/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the youth mental health pathfinder initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16788/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of doses of Covid-19 vaccine by type held in storage (details supplied) as of 24 March 2021; if such data can be updated regularly on the Covid-19 data hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17283/21]
• 2021-03-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the 2018 HSE review of hospital car parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15974/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the spend on CAMHS in 2020; and the proportion of the mental health budget that this represented. [14287/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the timeline and the terms of reference for the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14405/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he plans to extend the reimbursement of costs by the HSE of the electronic blood glucose monitoring system FreeStyle Libre to all persons with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14980/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if a rationalisation of services under the new progressing disabilities model will result in the loss of in-school speech and language therapy services for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15396/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure speech and language therapy services remain in place for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15397/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure multidisciplinary services for a school (details supplied), particularly speech and language therapy services remain in place during a rationalisation of services under the new progressing disabilities model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15399/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to provide for the healthcare of transgender young persons in Ireland given the exit of a UK-based clinic (details supplied) from Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15427/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when the multidisciplinary team will be in place as per the final report of the steering committee on the development of HSE transgender identity services of February 2020. [15428/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the resources that have been made available to ensure the HSE service development model of care is implemented and accessible to support transgender young persons, and to include the provision of appropriate mental health services at primary and specialist services in line with objective 13 of the LGBTI+ National Youth Strategy 2018-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15429/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if a policy has been developed to ensure all health programmes take account of young persons who have transitioned, for example, immunisation programmes and HPV, as recommended by an association (details supplied) or other appropriate professional transgender health guidelines in line with objective 13 of the LGBTI+ National Youth Strategy 2018-2020.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15430/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if clear guidelines have been furnished to health practitioners on referral pathways for transgender young persons and their families to specialised services in line with objective 13 of the LGBTI+ National Youth Strategy 2018-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15431/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the work that has been undertaken with parents and young persons seeking to access healthcare outside the State under the provisions of the EU cross-border healthcare directive and treatment abroad scheme to ensure the available options for access to care are communicated effectively in line with objective 13 of the LGBTI+ National Youth Strategy 2018-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15432/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the additional specialised staff who have been recruited in line with action 19.1 of the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2018-2020, including endocrinologists, social workers, speech and language therapists, senior psychologists, clinical nurse specialists and administrative support officers. [15433/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to develop transgender health services for children and adults with a clear transition pathway from child to adult services in line with action 19.2 of the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2018-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15434/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the date on which he will publish guidance in relation to workers that have been out due to health issues and have since been vaccinated which would potentially allow workers to return to healthcare work. [15697/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the processes and facilities in place to properly dispose of syringes and other medical and biohazardous waste arising from the national Covid-19 vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15969/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress made since 27 June 2020 to establish exclusion zones around medical facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12553/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to resume reconstructive surgery services for those receiving cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12554/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a return of the service arrangement payment for those studying nursing to allow for a waiving of student fees in return for working in the HSE for a set period of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12556/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the process through which a formal grievance submission by a staff member of the HSE can be made to a manager; the responsibility on the HSE manager to arrange a grievance hearing; the recourse a member of staff has if a grievance hearing is not arranged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12735/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to reopen the gender identity adolescent service in Our Lady's Children's Hospital to new referrals; his plans to improve access to healthcare for young transgender persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12821/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress on his plans to develop national gender clinics and multidisciplinary teams for transgender children and adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12822/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress on his plans to create and implement a general health policy for transgender persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12823/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to develop national gender clinics and multidisciplinary teams for transgender children and adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12842/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to create and implement a general health policy for transgender persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12843/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to develop a service user forum for the national gender service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12858/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide gender identity skills training to all relevant staff members across the continuum of care through primary, secondary and tertiary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12860/21]
• 2021-03-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the costs of antigen tests are covered by the temporary assistance scheme for nursing homes; the supports in place to help cover the costs of antigen tests in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12231/21]
• 2021-03-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the costs of antigen tests are covered by the temporary assistance scheme for nursing homes; the supports in place to help cover the costs of antigen tests in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12232/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will consider prioritising those who are immunosuppressed, those who are transplant recipients and those who are classified as high risk and vulnerable on the vaccine priority list. [11126/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the recommendation made by the national immunisation advisory committee in respect of the prioritisation of family carers in the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11713/21]
• 2021-02-25
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) Bill 2021 · 3 divisions

  Bill entitled an Act, to make 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 to make further and better provision for the enforcement of regulations under section 31A of that Act; to provide for the mandatory quarantine of persons coming into the State from certain areas from where there is known to be sustained human transmission of Covid-19 or any variant of concern, or from which there is a high risk of importation of infection or contamination with Covid-19 or any variant of concern by travel from that area; to provide for the designation of such areas by the Minister; to provide for the mandatory quarantine of persons coming into the State who fail to comply with certain requirements relating to testing for the disease; to provide for the designation of facilities for such quarantine; to provide for the conveying of persons to those facilities; to provide for the making of service agreements to facilitate such quarantine; to provide for alternatives to such quarantine for persons coming into the State where such persons indicate an intention to apply for international protection or where such persons are children who are not accompanied by an adult; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 58–86
  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 125–5
  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 131–11
• 2021-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the 12-month bone marrow donation ban for gay and bisexual men; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9387/21]
• 2021-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the 12-month blood donation ban for gay and bisexual men; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9388/21]
• 2021-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will consider prioritising persons with cystic fibrosis on the vaccine priority list. [9981/21]
• 2021-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recent audit of the management of hazardous waste by the Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance service; his views on this; his plans to ensure all the recommendations arising out of the audit are fully actioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10524/21]
• 2021-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent cancellation of all paediatric diabetes clinic appointments in the Regional Hospital Mullingar due to ongoing unsafe staffing levels; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9118/21]
• 2021-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will consider prioritising kidney patients on the vaccine priority list. [9194/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the National Immunisation Advisory Committee has completed its review of the BCG immunisation programme; if so, the outcome of the process; his plans for the future provision of BCG vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5536/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the current and future access of the HSE to stockpiles of N95 masks; his plans to ensure the provision of N95 face masks to all staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5613/21]
• 2021-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a return of service arrangement for those studying graduate entry medicine allowing for a waiving of student fees in return for working in the HSE for a set period of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4714/21]
• 2021-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if animals in laboratories are protected under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013. [4749/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the funding supports that were granted to the disability support programmes of an organisation (details supplied) in 2019 and 2020. [3592/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the funding supports that were granted to an organisation (details supplied) in 2019 and 2020. [3593/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the status of the commitment in the programme for Government to introduce a statutory right to home care. [3845/21]
• 2021-01-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to include family carers as a priority group for vaccination against Covid-19; the timeline for which family carers will be vaccinated against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3069/21]
• 2021-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he is considering or formulating plans to outlaw animal testing; if he is considering or formulating plans to encourage and fund the use of non-animal testing technology and alternatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2243/21]
• 2021-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide for the provision of the Covid-19 vaccine to persons with disabilities who are under 65 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2433/21]
• 2021-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans for persons who are accessing day services and are cared for by home carers over 65 years of age to be vaccinated for Covid-19; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2434/21]
• 2021-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide for the provision of the Covid-19 vaccine to staff of section 38 and 39 organisations. [2435/21]
• 2021-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the NPHET subgroup for vulnerable persons to interact with groups and persons who represent those with disabilities in the planning for Covid-19. [2436/21]
• 2021-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a statutory scheme to support persons to live in their own homes; his plans to provide equitable access to high-quality, regulated home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2564/21]
• 2021-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 569 of 15 December 2020, the status of the January HSE drugs group meeting at which two applications for dupilumab were reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2642/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to allow persons with chronic arthritis to use swimming pools for their therapy during all levels of the plan for living with Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44919/20]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date information on neonatal intensive care unit care in Irish hospitals as against best practice standards for space, equipment and staffing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1124/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number and staffing levels of diabetes community services attached to primary care centres. [1125/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the process for nomination to the diabetes working group; when it was last appointed; the process implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1126/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date plans for capital investment in neonatal intensive care unit provision in maternity and paediatric hospital departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1127/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to address inadequate space for the provision of neonatal intensive care unit care in the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1128/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that monies allocated for the development of eating disorder services are not averted to meet unfunded cost growth in other areas of the mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1163/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the income disregards for blind welfare allowance applications taking into consideration the variations nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1653/21]
• 2020-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if persons with Down's syndrome will be included in the people aged 18 to 64 years with medical conditions Covid-19 vaccine allocation group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43772/20]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 18 November 2020, the status of the December HSE drugs group meeting at which two applications for dupilumab were reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43287/20]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if patients with cerebral palsy are included in the 18 to 64 years of age group with medical conditions Covid vaccine allocation group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43323/20]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when a review will commence of the regulations and legislation that apply to cannabis use for medical conditions and palliative care as per the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41891/20]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when he will honour the Programme for Government commitments to create and implement a general health policy for trans persons based on a best practice model for care in line with the World Professional Association of Transgender Healthcare and deliver a framework for the development of national gender clinics and multidisciplinary teams for children and adults. [41490/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the delivery of medical cannabis for circa 41 patients during the Covid-19 travel restrictions will continue when travel restrictions begin to be lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41395/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any impediment in Dutch or Irish law that would prevent the delivery of medical cannabis to patients in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41441/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the details of the tenders for the supply of electricity, gas and other sources of energy to buildings under the control of his Department and the Health Service Executive; the financial value; the start and end dates; the amount and type of energy supplied in the five largest contracts by value; and if green procurement such as the level of greenhouse gas emissions featured in the awarding criteria. [41895/20]
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the policy in place in relation to home help services administrating medication and instilling eye drops to those availing of home help services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39941/20]
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce free access to sanitary products such as tampons and sanitary pads in schools, colleges, universities and other public buildings; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40280/20]
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide free contraception to all women; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40281/20]
• 2020-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if phenolic foam insulation materials of Euroclass B, s1, d0 will be used in the ventilated façade of the national children’s hospital. [39258/20]
• 2020-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the supports, guidance and information available to patients experiencing long Covid-19 symptoms; his plans to establish a dedicated centre to help those suffering from long Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38908/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if health and safety leave will be granted to teachers who are 28 weeks pregnant and more given that research has found those at this stage of pregnancies are at an increased risk of becoming severely ill should they contract Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38832/20]
• 2020-11-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when a full recommencement of services at the community mental health centre in Mullingar, County Westmeath will take place; when all staff will be re-deployed to their original positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37122/20]
• 2020-11-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when the HSE management team is expected to make a final decision on the reimbursement of Dupilumab for the treatment of atopic eczema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37144/20]
• 2020-11-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the steps taken by his Department to ensure the necessary logistical supports are being put in place to ensure a potential Covid-19 vaccine will be distributed appropriately; the steps taken to further ensure the necessary supply of C02 and dry ice that may be required to both store and transport a potential Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37217/20]
• 2020-11-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a cap on the maximum daily charge for parking at public hospitals for patients and visitors; his further plans to introduce flexible passes in all hospitals for patients and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37358/20]
• 2020-11-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when the HSE service plan for 2021 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37359/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to continue HSE human resource grievance, appeal and investigation processes through all levels of Covid-19 restrictions and future lockdowns; the longest period for which a grievance process was suspended during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36318/20]
• 2020-11-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the interim HSE advice on the return to school and at-risk groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35574/20]
• 2020-11-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the cost of renting office space, including for public bodies, from a company (details supplied) in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [35613/20]
• 2020-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if holistic therapy is considered an essential therapy in relation to level 5 Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34638/20]
• 2020-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if reflexology is considered an essential therapy in relation to level 5 Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34179/20]
• 2020-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if massage therapists are considered an essential therapy service in relation to level 5 Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34180/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure blind and vision impaired persons have access to Covid-19 health information in their preferred format, including braille, large print and audio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33642/20]
• 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.

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 93–43
• 2020-10-22
  VOTE
  Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3 · 2 divisions

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

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no provision of general anaesthetic services for small children accessing dental health services in Dublin North City CHO9; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31777/20]
• 2020-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to examine the regulations and legislation that apply to cannabis use for medical conditions and palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31610/20]
• 2020-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to examine the regulations and legislation that apply to cannabis use for medical conditions and palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31608/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to publish a Traveller and Roma mental health action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28687/20]
• 2020-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a number of persons who have had to travel to the UK to access follow-up abortion care after the abortion pills they took failed; his plans to ensure that anyone whose abortion procedure was legally initiated in good faith is able to terminate their pregnancy in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27744/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of staff from mental health services that have been seconded to work in the Covid-19 testing and tracing regime; and the number of community mental health staff that have been seconded to work in the Covid-19 testing and tracing regime. [26700/20]
• 2020-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if consideration will be given to those who sat the 2020 health professions admissions test, HPAT, exam to use their 2020 HPAT results to gain entry into medicine and health professions degree programs in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26069/20]
• 2020-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the oral healthcare of children and special needs patients are not being neglected due to Covid-19 restrictions in view of reports that young children are being prescribed antibiotics instead of having much-needed extractions; when a full resumption of community oral healthcare services will take place in Dublin north city CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24490/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the percentage of Covid-19 tests in which the swab taken to lab result time exceeded 48, 72, 96 and 120 hours, respectively in July and August 2020, by community and hospital settings nationwide and specifically in the South/Southwest Hospital Group [23983/20]
• 2020-09-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when the monthly drugs payment scheme threshold will be reduced to €114 as provided for in budget 2020; when a commencement order will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23098/20]
• 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
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the timeline of the review of the epidemiology of tuberculosis here considering the public health impact of having no BCG vaccination since April 2015; when this review will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22492/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of Parkinson’s disease nurse specialists in view of the shortage here with three in Dublin and none elsewhere in Leinster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19898/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve access to essential services for those with Parkinson’s disease such as to neurologists, physiotherapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy and dietetics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19899/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if it is safe for blind persons to use a sighted guide in view of Covid-19 health restrictions; his plans to issue guidance on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18889/20]
• 2020-07-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recently published review (details supplied); his views on the recommendations of the report; his plans to conduct a similar independent inquiry into the reported ill effects of the use of uro-gynaecological mesh in the surgical treatment of women based here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16383/20]
• 2020-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when guidance in respect of small wedding sizes under phase 4 starting 20 July 2020 and larger weddings under phase 5 starting 10 August 2020 will be provided in view of the planning required for a typical wedding and the fact that guidance on increased funeral sizes has already been provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11861/20]
• 2020-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his views on a hospital (details supplied) failing to give its nurses the same sick leave entitlements as those in the public service in which Covid-19 sick leave is not deducted from the normal sick leave record of a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11761/20]
• 2020-06-03
  PQ
  Asked Business

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to meet with an association (details supplied) to discuss measures to maintain public health compliance; her plans to reopen the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8348/20]
• 2020-05-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made to prevent the outbreak of Covid-19 in Syria; the accountability mechanisms through which his Department ensures funding to the World Health Organization results in resources being allocated to those in Syria most in need and is not politically influenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7362/20]
• 2020-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the status of capital funding for a new building on a campus (details supplied); the capital funding allocated to the organisation for 2020; and if the project is no longer allocated funding, the steps which need to be taken to reallocate funding. [3876/20]