Pauline Tully

Sinn Féin · Cavan-Monaghan

Activity on Health — 880 events (46 lobbying · 803 questions · 47 votes) full profile →

• 2026-04-13
  LOBBY
  Creative Retail Distribution Limited Health

  • The Reduced Risk Products Association issued written communications to Sinn Féin TDs and Senators outlining evidence on the role of vaping as a smoking cessation tool for adult smokers, and highlighting potential implications of proposed flavour restrictions for individuals who use vaping to quit or reduce smoking.
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Irish Cancer Society Health

  • Oireachtas Cross-Party Group on Cancer
• 2026-01-21
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  Rehab Group Public Expenditure and Reform

  • Rehab's Pre Budget Submission
• 2026-01-21
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  Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm Health

  • The All Party Group on Autism convened a meeting with Parents on the topic of communication differences and supports
• 2026-01-21
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  The Asthma Society of Ireland Health

  • AV Room Briefing for World Lung Day
• 2026-01-20
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  221+ Patient Suport Group Health

  • Submission of 221+ Business Case to Minister for Health
• 2026-01-20
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  College of Psychiatrists of Ireland Health

  • Mental Health Bill 2024 and concerns; correction of a public campaign by a major mental health advocate organisation & correspondence to Senators.
• 2026-01-20
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  Mental Health Reform 2 returns Health

  • Mental Health Bill 2024
  • Mental Health Bill 2024 -Legislative reform
• 2026-01-16
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  Irish Heart Foundation Health

  • Oireachtas Heart and Stroke Group
• 2026-01-13
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  Reduced Risk Products Association Company Limited Health

  • The Reduced Risk Products Association issued written communications to Sinn Féin TDs and Senators outlining evidence on the role of vaping as a smoking cessation tool for adult smokers, and highlighting potential implications of proposed flavour restrictions for individuals who use vaping to quit or reduce smoking.
• 2026-01-06
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  Neurological Alliance of Ireland Health

  • Establishment of a cross-party group to raise awareness of neurological conditions
• 2025-09-22
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  Sage Advocacy Health

  • Information regarding the advocacy supports provided by Sage Advocacy for survivors of institutional abuse.
• 2025-09-20
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  Rare Diseases Ireland Health

  • Seeking to highlight rare diseases during Ireland's EU Presidency in 2026 with an official event during the presidency
• 2025-09-19
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  Irish Cancer Society Health

  • Oireachtas Cross-Party Group on Cancer
• 2025-09-18
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  Mental Health Reform Health

  • The Mental Health Bill
• 2025-09-18
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  221+ Patient Suport Group Health

  • Update to members of Oireachtas on 221+ work
• 2025-09-18
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  Multiple Sclerosis Ireland Health

  • MS Ireland launched Pre-Budget submission
• 2025-09-18
  LOBBY
  The Asthma Society of Ireland Health

  • Pre-Budget Submission
• 2025-09-17
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  Irish Heart Foundation Health

  • Oireachtas Heart and Stroke Group.
• 2025-09-12
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  Creative Retail Distribution Limited Taxation

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

  • Alcohol health information labelling
• 2025-05-21
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  Reduced Risk Products Association Company Limited Health

  • The Reduced Risk Products Association conducted analysis of Census 2022 and the results of the Healthy Ireland Survey 2024 to examine the likely implications of proposed restrictions on flavoured vapes for adult vapers, including smokers who rely on vapes to quit or reduce their smoking, returning to smoking with consequent impacts on deaths from smoking. This analysis was prepared on a Dail constituency basis and sent to members of Seanad Eireann.
• 2025-05-21
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  Irish Cancer Society Health

  • Daffodil Day 2025
• 2025-05-21
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  Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm Health

  • Invited a range of public officials to the Same Chance Breakfast marking World Autism Day
• 2025-05-20
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  Irish Heart Foundation Health

  • To establish an Oireachtas Heart and Stroke Group
• 2025-05-15
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  Rare Diseases Ireland Health

  • Re-launch All Party Group on Rare Diseases. Update on the need for a new National Strategy for Rare Diseases, including background data on rare diseases in Ireland and the challenges that people living with rare diseases face.
• 2025-05-15
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  Multiple Sclerosis Ireland Health

  • Reached out to former Health and Disability Committee members to invite to AV room briefing
• 2025-05-12
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  Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited Health

  • National meals on Wheels Information Day to highlight the work of the Network and of Meals on Wheels providers
• 2025-05-01
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  Neurological Alliance of Ireland Health

  • Support for the Delivery of the Commitment within the Programme for Government to rollout the remaining community Neuro-Rehabilitation teams
• 2025-01-21
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  Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm Health

  • Invited and hosted designated public officials at AsIAm National Autism Conference
• 2025-01-21
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  Irish Cancer Society 2 returns Health

  • General Election campaign
  • Oireachtas Cross-Party Group on Cancer
• 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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  Home and Community Care Ireland Health

  • Home care providers received a notification that the HSE would cease issuing additional home care hours for older people on the waiting list for home support in HSE Community Health Office 1.
• 2025-01-20
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  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Agriculture

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

  • Sinn Féin Manifesto for Health Launch
• 2025-01-20
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  Alcohol Action Ireland Health

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

  • Manifesto
• 2025-01-18
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  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Agriculture

  • Soil Monitoring and Resilience
• 2025-01-17
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  Disability Federation of Ireland Health

  • Personal Assistance Services
• 2025-01-17
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  Mental Health Reform 2 returns Budgetary mattersHealth

  • MHR's event in Leinster House on 18th September; 'Meet&Greet'
  • Briefing for the Disability Matters Committee ahead of discussion on 'Health and well-being for Persons with Disabilities’ (23rd October 2024)
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Youth Advocate Programmes Ireland CLG Health

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

  • VAT & Taxation on Farm Inputs
• 2025-01-15
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 4 returns HealthEnvironmentSports and Recreation

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

  • Briefed Oireachtas members prior to Disability Matters meeting
• 2025-01-08
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  Acquired Brain Injury Ireland Health

  • Implementation of the neuro-rehabilitation strategy/Implementation Framework
• 2024-12-09
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  DEBRA Ireland Health

  • To inform the relevant parties we lobbied earlier in the year of the outcome of Prebudget Submission following a meeting with Minister Stephen Donnelly, who has agreed to support the submission.
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the new primary care centres currently undergoing construction within CHO1; the services that will be provided at each centre when opened; and the estimated timeframe when each of the new centres will be opened, in tabular form. [45012/24]
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated costs of increasing the capital spend on the National Ambulance Service by 15% above the 2024 allocation. [45013/24]
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists within primary care settings in CHO1 in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [45014/24]
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve the awareness and treatment of lyme disease within the State. [45015/24]
• 2024-10-23
  VOTE
  Public Health Service Staffing · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 70–59
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 70–59
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of people on each outpatient waiting list in Cavan General Hospital, in tabular form. [42750/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the number of people on each inpatient waiting list in Cavan General Hospital, in tabular form. [42751/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the number of staff working in the emergency department of Cavan General Hospital in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [42752/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the number of staff working in the medical assessment unit of Cavan General Hospital in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [42753/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the number of staff working in the paediatric assessment unit of Cavan General Hospital in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [42754/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the number of staff working in the paediatric ward of Cavan General Hospital in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [42755/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the number of staff working in the surgical wards of Cavan General Hospital in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [42756/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the number of staff working in the maternity ward of Cavan General Hospital in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [42757/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the number of staff working in the midwifery led unit of Cavan General Hospital in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [42758/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the number of staff working in the intensive care unit of Cavan General Hospital in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [42759/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the number of staff working in the coronary care unit of Cavan General Hospital in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [42760/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the number of staff working in the oncology unit of Cavan General Hospital in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [42761/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the number of staff working in the endoscopy unit of Cavan General Hospital in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [42762/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the number of staff working in the renal dialysis unit of Cavan General Hospital in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [42763/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the number of staff working in the physiotherapy unit of Cavan General Hospital in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [42764/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the number of staff working in the acute psychiatry unit of Cavan General Hospital in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [42765/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in County Cavan and County Monaghan; and the average waiting times for appointments in each county in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [43039/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting lists in County Cavan and County Monaghan in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [43040/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the orthodontic waiting lists in County Cavan and County Monaghan; and the average waiting times for an appointment in each county in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, all in tabular form. [43041/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the orthodontic waiting lists in County Cavan and County Monaghan in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [43042/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the CAMHS waiting list in County Cavan and County Monaghan; and the average waiting time in each county 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [43043/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of people awarded home care support in County Cavan and County Monaghan but who are still awaiting this service to begin due to staff shortage. [43044/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting on the home care support waiting list in County Cavan and County Monaghan in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [43045/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting colonoscopy in County Cavan and County Monaghan in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [43046/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting endoscopy in County Cavan and County Monaghan in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [43047/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the number of vacancies at Cavan General Hospital; the grade of each vacancy; the length of time of the vacancy, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43048/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the total number of people on the waiting list for ophthalmology in County Cavan and County Monaghan; and the average waiting time for appointment in each county in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [43052/24]
• 2024-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of insulin pump therapy in Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39389/24]
• 2024-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the progress he has made, along with CORU, to streamline the timeframe to complete the recognition of qualifications and registration of those with non-Irish qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39388/24]
• 2024-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health for an update on the process to appoint a new cardiology consultant at Cavan and Monaghan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39387/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average processing period for an applicant from Northern Ireland to receive their recognition of qualifications from CORU in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and to date in 2024; the average time for an applicant from Northern Ireland to get registered with CORU in the same years; the number of CORU Registration Board meeting held in the period; and the number of expert assessors employed by CORU in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [39178/24]
• 2024-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the total number of children on the CAMHS assessment waiting lists and CAMHS therapy services waiting list; and the total number in each CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [37851/24]
• 2024-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the efforts he has made in advancing an updated national carers’ strategy. [36198/24]
• 2024-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to develop and deliver a ‘carers guarantee’ that provides a core basket of services to carers, given that an organisation (details supplied) states that the current funding falls short by €3.1 million to deliver the original proposals in full. [36199/24]
• 2024-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if those in receipt of the carer’s support grant are entitled to a free GP card. [36200/24]
• 2024-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of mental health intellectual disability (MHID) teams in the State; the number of MHID’s in each CHO; if there are two MHID teams per 300,000 of population, as recommended in the MHID National Model of Service. [36201/24]
• 2024-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health for an update on the progress made in delivering a carer’s guarantee. [36207/24]
• 2024-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health how access to mental health supports have been integrated as part of disability service provision. [36209/24]
• 2024-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health for an update, including the construction timelines, on the announced expansion of health centres (details supplied). [37005/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the work that has been done to ensure CDNT alignment with 96 community health networks, in line with action 2.14 of the Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026; if it was determined whether additional CDNTs will need to be established; and if so, the location these additional CDNTs will be established. [34619/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if action 3.21 of the Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026 has been implemented; the outcome from this process in terms of the number of additional third level health and social care professions programmes that were agreed; and the timeframe within which these additional programmes will be offered. [34644/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the recommended safe doctor to patient ratio and the average doctor to patient ratio across the State. [34446/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance staff required to operate an ambulance safely. [34455/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 3 July 2024, the number of ambulance staff employed at each of the hospitals contained within the reply. [34456/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 28 May 2024, the timeframe within which this service will be delivered; and the location in which it will be delivered. [34566/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title, working in the pharmacy department of Cavan General Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [35667/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of adults waiting for vascular surgery nationwide. [35668/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of funded and staffed high-dependency unit beds in each hospital part of RCSI hospital group in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [35669/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for paediatric neurosurgery nationwide. [35670/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans to establish a specialist menopause clinic to be based in Cavan. [35671/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical specialist physiotherapists in paediatric neurosciences at CHI Temple Street in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [35672/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors employed in a primary care centre (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024; and the number of patients that were registered with this centre in the same period, in tabular form. [32689/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in County Cavan and County Monaghan; the average waiting times for appointments in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33536/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the orthodontic waiting lists in County Cavan and County Monaghan; the average waiting times for an appointment in each county; how many are waiting more than six months in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33537/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults who were on the orthodontic waiting lists in County Cavan and County Monaghan in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [33538/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the CAMHS waiting list in County Cavan and County Monaghan; the average waiting time in each county; the number waiting more than six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33539/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the CAMHS waiting list in County Cavan and County Monaghan in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [33540/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting colonoscopy in County Cavan and County Monaghan; the number of these who have been waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 to 90 days and more than 90 days, in tabular form. [33541/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting colonoscopy in County Cavan and County Monaghan in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [33542/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting endoscopy in County Cavan and County Monaghan; the number of these that have been waiting up to 30 days; 30 to 60 days; 60 to 90 days and more than 90 days, broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33543/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting endoscopy in County Cavan and County Monaghan in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [33544/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the number of vacancies at Cavan General Hospital; the grade of each vacancy; the length of time the vacancy has been available, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33545/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the total number of people on the waiting list for ophthalmology in County Cavan and County Monaghan; the average waiting time for appointment in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33546/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of people with disabilities employed across his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department in each of the years 2020 to 2023; the number and percentage of people with disabilities employed across his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department in the corresponding timeframe that had full-time contracts; and the number and percentage of people with disabilities employed in his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 that had part-time contracts, in tabular form. [30959/24]
• 2024-07-10
  VOTE
  Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024

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

  • ✗ voted to block the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 93–45
• 2024-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Public Expenditure

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he has had any discussions with the relevant Ministers or senior management at the Department of Health or the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in regard to addressing the existing pay parity that exists between workers in section 39 organisations and workers in HSE and section 38 organisations; if so, if any plans have been put in place to address this issue; the timeframe for implementing this plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29491/24]
• 2024-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Public Expenditure

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if either the Minister for Health or the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has requested additional funding to address the existing pay parity that exists between workers in section 39 organisations and workers in HSE and section 38 organisations since he started in his present role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29492/24]
• 2024-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency medicine registrars working in the minor injuries unit at Monaghan General Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [28659/24]
• 2024-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO1 that currently provide HSE civil registration services, in tabular form. [28660/24]
• 2024-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant plastic surgeons attached to each hospital part of RCSI Hospital Group in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [28661/24]
• 2024-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if there is a compensation scheme for persons who have died due to Covid-19 and from long-Covid, respectively. [28896/24]
• 2024-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if the new contract model for private ambulance providers is awarded on a sole provider basis; if so, if these contracts contain a requirement for a minimum number of vehicles; and the checks in place to ensure ambulance cover in the event that the company which has been awarded the contract runs out of ambulance availability. [28627/24]
• 2024-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the private ambulance providers that have been awarded contracts by the HSE; the hospitals these providers are contracted to serve; and the number of ambulances that each of these providers operate, in tabular form. [28628/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1828 of 17 January 2024, if he has put funding in place for new undergraduate students from the Republic for the 2024-2025 academic year to study key healthcare and therapy areas pertinent to the staffing needs of children’s disability network teams in Ulster University; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27054/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will consider reviewing the Health Act 1970 with a view to replacing the outdated terminology of mental handicap with more appropriate language. [25136/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health why 24 paediatric patients of Cavan and Monaghan hospital are still having to travel to Our lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, after a new pathway of care for children and young people with type 1 diabetes was implemented in Cavan and Monaghan Hospital for the provision of insulin pump therapy in Q4 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25615/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health for an update on the situation with the Irish Wheelchair Association services in Cavan which, due to a lack of staff, was reduced to an outreach-only model; the actions he has taken to ensure full services are returned to IWA Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25616/24]
• 2024-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if healthcare staff who are unable to work due to contracting long-Covid are eligible to the occupational injuries scheme; and if not, if she has plans to extend eligibility of the occupational injuries scheme to healthcare staff who have contracted long-Covid. [23729/24]
• 2024-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the range of dental treatments available to medical card holders who are under active chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment or under medication prescribed by an oncologist; and if he plans to increase the number of dental treatments cancer patients are entitled to receive, as their teeth can often be detrimentally affected due to their cancer treatment. [23602/24]
• 2024-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the services available in each CHO to assess and treat ADHD, in tabular form; to detail which service is available to people living in Cavan-Monaghan; and to detail the process of getting referred to this service. [23730/24]
• 2024-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason that inappropriate language in regard to disability is still contained on HSE application forms, such as the long-term illness scheme form, which refers to ‘mental handicap’; and if a review of HSE application forms will take place to ensure the use of appropriate language. [23782/24]
• 2024-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior house officers in orthopaedics based at Monaghan General Hospital in the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22940/24]
• 2024-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost of providing three additional critical care ambulances on a 24-7 basis in each HSE region. [22941/24]
• 2024-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children who presented at the accident and emergency department of Cavan General Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22942/24]
• 2024-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to identify the specialist vascular surgery treatments that are not provided within the State and for which patients are sent to the UK or elsewhere abroad; and the actions being taken to provide these surgeries within the State. [22943/24]
• 2024-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the percentage of the number of GPs within Cavan-Monaghan who are registered with the type 2 diabetes cycle of care. [22944/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of applications received for a GP vacancy in Cavan (details supplied); the number of these applications that are to be progressed to interview stage; the timeframe for the interview process to take place; the timeframe for a GP to be appointed to this role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21115/24]
• 2024-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the specific health supports that are available to people with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19867/24]
• 2024-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to decrease waiting times for children and adolescents to access CAMHS in CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19868/24]
• 2024-04-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 29 November 2022, to provide an update regarding the boarding out scheme; and if his Department has considered this model of care in the context of its overall commitment to enhancing opportunities for older people to stay in their homes and communities for longer. [18005/24]
• 2024-04-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of endocrinologists employed in Cavan General Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024. [16504/24]
• 2024-04-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children from counties Cavan and Monaghan with type 1 diabetes that are currently being referred to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and Temple Street Hospital for the provision of insulin pump therapy; the reason these children require onward referral to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda or Temple Street Hospital as insulin pump therapy is available in Cavan General Hospital since Q4 2023. [16505/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE critical care nurses in both CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin in the years 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased this year. [15101/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE radiation therapists working in each of the public hospitals at the end of March in the years 2021 to 2024, in tabular form. [15102/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant nephrologists and nephrologist registrars working in each hospital part of the RCSI Group in the years 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [15103/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of WTE vacancies of public health nurses, by health centre and primary care centre, within the Cavan-Monaghan area; and the expected timeframe for which these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [15104/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure newborn babies are screened for SMA and SCID in 2024 as he previously committed, considering the fact that the new laboratory to be located in the new National Children’s Hospital, will not be ready until at least Q2 2025; if consideration has been given by his Department for an interim solution to screen newborn babies for SMA and SCID in order to bridge the gap between year-end 2024 and the opening of the new National Children’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12093/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe within which the new pathway for children with type 1 diabetes will be implemented in Cavan Monaghan Hospital for the provision of insulin pump therapy; and the reason for the delay in implementing this service, which was due to start in Quarter 3/Quarter 4 of 2023. [12657/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe within which a general practitioner GMS post will be filled in Swanlinbar, County Cavan. [10259/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of naloxone prescriptions that were issued in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [10260/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation suites currently in each hospital part of RCSI group, in tabular form. [10261/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric gastroenterologist and paediatric gastroenterologist registrars working in CHI Temple Street in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [10263/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason for lengthy waiting times for MRI scans at Temple Street Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9715/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health for an update on the issue of the GP service in Swanlinbar, County Cavan; if the HSE has agreed to meet with the residents to discuss potential solutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9714/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if a care package will be put in place for a person (details supplied); the timeframe within which this patient will be discharged with their care package in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9773/24]
• 2024-02-28
  VOTE
  Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023

  A bill to amend the Mental Health Act 2001.

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion _ · 72–60
• 2024-02-21
  VOTE
  Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 70–60
• 2024-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role of a local authority in the granting of export health licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6061/24]
• 2024-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the processes by which an abattoir may obtain an export health licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6063/24]
• 2024-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the commencement of termination of pregnancy services at Cavan General Hospital. [6093/24]
• 2024-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if the Food Safety Authority of Ireland is obliged to inspect and approve of abattoirs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6239/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine working in Cavan General Hospital in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [5188/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost to increase the number of adult critical care beds in the public health service to 400. [5189/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Cavan and Monaghan awaiting a scoliosis operation by wait time, in tabular form. [3578/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant vascular surgeons working in the Public Health Service; his plans to expand this number; and the international recommended best practice ratio for consultant vascular surgeons to population and current ratios. [3579/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a public PrEP clinic at Monaghan General Hospital. [3580/24]
• 2024-01-24
  VOTE
  Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021 [Seanad]

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 74–54
• 2024-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has been allocated to Cavan General Hospital for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2071/24]
• 2024-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health what actions he is taking to reverse the current trend in long-term residential care (LTRC) where there has been a consolidation of LTRC homes under larger operator groups in Dublin and the commuter belt at the expense of smaller independently owned and operated LTRC homes which are not part of operator groups in rural areas such as in Cavan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2070/24]
• 2024-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the actions he has taken to increase funding and resources for disability supports including mental health supports in third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2091/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education if, in line with Action 40 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she will work with the Department of Health to amend the Disability Act 2005 in tandem with the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs (EPSEN) Act 2004 and include a right to services as well as a right to an assessment of need. [57286/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of the memorandums CEO ref 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for Cavan General Hospital; the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate; the number which were new posts; and the number which were replacement posts or vacant posts and the number which were related to absence/leave cover, in tabular form. [57171/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of the memorandums CEO ref 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for Monaghan Hospital; the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate; the number which were new posts and the number which were replacement posts or vacant posts; and the number which were related to absence/leave cover, in tabular form. [57172/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if, in line with Action 87 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, he has plans to introduce mandatory autism training for all health and social care workers in the Health Service Executive and in Section 38 and Section 39 organisations who provide services on behalf of the Health Service Executive; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal. [57300/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if, in line with Action 89 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, he has plans to provide funding to health service providers (including general practice and dentistry) to make their services and built environment more autism-friendly; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal. [57302/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if, in line with Action 90 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, he has plans to formulate guidelines for autism-friendly service design and built environment design within health services, including general practice, physiotherapy, dentistry and mental health services; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal. [57303/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if, in line with Action 91 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, he has plans to direct Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services to cease its practice of refusing to serve children on the basis of an autism diagnosis or a suspected autism diagnosis; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal. [57304/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if, in line with Action 92 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, he has plans to initiate an independent review of CAMHS practices in respect of service provision to autistic children and investigate reports of discrimination against autistic children referred to CAMHS; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal. [57305/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if, in line with Action 93 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, he has plans to initiate meetings between CAMHS and disability services to establish how best to provide mental health services to autistic children, taking into account the current lack of capacity within CDNTs to provide multi-disciplinary supports including mental health interventions; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal. [57306/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if, in line with Action 94 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, he has plans to establish how best to create a pathway for autistic adults to access multi-disciplinary supports, including mental health interventions; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal. [57307/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if, in line with Action 95 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, he has plans to offer individual health plans to autistic people, including health check-ups, to ensure that they are supported in accessing health services; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal. [57308/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in line with Action 54 of the Final Report by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Autism, if his Department has, or if he has plans to, liaise with the Department of Health to increase the number of places in third-level courses in occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, psychology, social work and nursing and work to match these numbers with clinical placements. [57103/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if, in line with Action 88 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, he has plans to ensure that understanding autism training is a component in all higher education courses relative to health and social care, including medicine, nursing, dentistry, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, social work and psychology; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal. [57301/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 25 of 1 June 2023, if he will provide an update on the review of the functioning of the existing managed services in respect of the supply and maintenance of wheelchairs; and if a new tender process has been put in place for managed services for medical equipment. [53442/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to incentivise working within the public health sector to ensure that fewer professionals leave Ireland and that staff do not feel compelled to supplement their income by working in the private sector; and the estimated cost of undertaking this measure. [53751/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to ensure that public sector health workers are satisfied to work exclusively within the public health sector; and the estimated cost of undertaking this measure. [53752/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to incentivise working within the public health sector to ensure that fewer professionals leave Ireland and that staff do not feel compelled to supplement their income by working in the private sector; and the estimated cost of undertaking this measure. [53753/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to ensure that public sector health workers are satisfied to work exclusively within the public health sector; and the estimated cost of undertaking this measure. [53754/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason for the shortage of the medicine tyvense; and the actions he is taking to ensure an adequate supply of tyvense. [52966/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason for the shortage of the medicine tyvense; and the steps he is taking to ensure an adequate supply of tyvense. [53016/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to establish a single-entry point to children’s disability services and child and adolescent mental health services for autistic and disabled children to ensure that children are no longer passed between services. [52423/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to resolve pay parity issues for organisations that provide services under section 39 of the Health Act 2004; and the estimated cost of achieving pay parity issues for organisations that provide services under section 39 of the Health Act 2004. [52428/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to incentivise working within the public health sector to ensure that fewer professionals leave Ireland and that staff do not feel compelled to supplement their income by working in the private sector; and the estimated cost of undertaking this measure. [52432/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to ensure that public sector health workers are satisfied to work exclusively within the public health sector; and the estimated cost of undertaking this measure. [52433/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to roll out suitable autism training for all public health staff to ensure that they can engage with and meet the needs of the autistic community; and the estimated cost of undertaking this measure. [52434/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to develop clinical guidelines, along the lines of those developed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in the United Kingdom, for undertaking an autism assessment and ensure that they are adhered to by professionals within the public health sector and the private health sector. [52435/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken or if he has plans to provide adequate financial supports to families who access assessments and supports privately due to their unavailability in the public health system until such time as vacant positions within CDNTs have been filled; and the estimated cost of undertaking this measure. [52438/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken or if he has plans to increase the capacity within respite care across all community health organisations; and the estimated cost of undertaking this measure. [52439/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the additional funding provided for mental health services in Budget 2023 and Budget 2024, broken down by ELS and 'new measure', in tabular form; and to provide a detailed breakdown of the status of each of the measures announced. [52405/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE child psychologists in CHO1 based in Cavan and Monaghan in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [52406/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of people availing of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) via the public system since the programme was established, by clinic and year, in tabular form. [52407/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of people who died from sepsis within Ireland in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [52408/23]
• 2023-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for Cavan General Hospital; the number of head count posts and the WTE to which these relate; the number that were new posts; the number that were replacement posts or vacant posts; and the number that were related to absence or leave cover, in tabular form. [51590/23]
• 2023-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for community healthcare organisation 1 or CHO1, in tabular form; the number of head count posts and the WTE to which these relate; the number which were new posts; the number which were replacement posts or vacant posts; and the number which were related to absence or leave cover. [51591/23]
• 2023-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for Cavan General Hospital, in tabular form; the number of head count posts; and the WTE to which these relate. [51592/23]
• 2023-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of job offers that have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CHO1; the number of head count posts; and the WTE to which these relate, in tabular form. [51593/23]
• 2023-11-22
  VOTE
  Health Service Recruitment Freeze · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 74–58
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 74–59
• 2023-11-15
  VOTE
  Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages · 3 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 117–10
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 49–81
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–81
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason that a team (details supplied) has been excluded from the Building Momentum pay increases, cost-of-living pay increases, and the reduction in the working week for nurses to 37.5 hours; the action he is taking to ensure Caredoc nurses receive equal terms and conditions to that of HSE and Section 38 staff; and the reason these workers were also not eligible for the pandemic bonus payment, although they were fully operational throughout this period. [49458/23]
• 2023-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will consider providing a funded bandage scheme for those battling with epidermolysis bullosa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49084/23]
• 2023-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will review the health services that are covered by the medical card, with a view to including such costs as signed letters from a GP or nurse and blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49085/23]
• 2023-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if the home support authorisation scheme covers homecare for disabled people; the funding that providers are paid under this scheme for disability packages; and the funding that providers are paid under this scheme for older persons packages. [48869/23]
• 2023-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to address the current homecare situation; for an update on the progress of the statutory homecare scheme; and if the statutory homecare scheme will cater for disabled people. [48875/23]
• 2023-11-08
  VOTE
  Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 49–67
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of sonographers working in Cavan General Hospital; the number of sonographers that work at the weekend, Saturday and Sunday in CGH; the days each week that patients can access an ultrasound scan in CGH.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47370/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the general wait time for accessing CAMHS, by county; and the wait time for those who have an autism diagnosis accessing CAMHS, by county, in tabular form. [48511/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he visited any health-related facility during his visit to New York during the recent UN week. [48845/23]
• 2023-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the sexual and mental health supports he has put in place for young farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47006/23]
• 2023-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there were any measures introduced in budget 2024 to enable parents of children waiting an extended period of time to receive therapy interventions by their CDNT to access either the treatment abroad scheme, the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme or the national treatment purchase scheme. [46828/23]
• 2023-10-25
  VOTE
  Health Service Funding · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 75–59
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 73–58
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if boarding out providers funded through the boarding out regulations under the Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990 are eligible for the Government’s Inflation Fund for community and voluntary health and social care providers, announced in February 2023; if so, the timeframe within which payment will be made to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44726/23]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of GMS registered dentists in Cavan-Monaghan in 2021,2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [45284/23]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE ophthalmic registrars working in Cavan General Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [45285/23]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of GMS registered general practitioners in Cavan-Monaghan in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [45286/23]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric in infectious diseases based in CHI Temple Street in of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [45287/23]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE lactation consultants positions in CHO1 in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [45288/23]
• 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 Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the capital funding that has been awarded to each community cancer support centre in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the current funding that has been awarded to each community cancer support centre in the corresponding timeframe to cover staffing costs; and the current funding that has been awarded to each community cancer support centre in each of the past five years to cover operating costs. [43629/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health how many voluntary and Section 39-funded organisations have been refused the pandemic special recognition payment; and to outline the reasons for refusals. [41964/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will address the outstanding requests for the pandemic special recognition payment from voluntary and Section 39-funded organisations; and if he will provide an explanation for delays on these payments for staff members. [41965/23]
• 2023-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if therapists (details supplied) who have qualified in Queens University Belfast or Ulster University have to complete a compensation measure, comprising either an adaptation period under supervised practice or an aptitude test before their qualification is recognised by CORU. [40690/23]
• 2023-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1625 of 11 September 2023, the reason therapists (details supplied) who have qualified in Queens University Belfast or Ulster University have to complete a compensation measure comprising either an adaptation period under supervised practice or an aptitude test before their qualification is recognised by CORU if CORU states that "the existing programmes in Northern Ireland have a good alignment with the Irish standard for these professions. [40740/23]
• 2023-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if there is a grant for HSE-supplied powered mobility equipment (PME); what the current maximum grant amount for PME is; what the maximum grant amount for PME was in each of the past five years; and how much funding was allocated in the budget in each of the past five years to the HSE for PME. [40300/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1436 on 25 July 2023, the engagements between his Department and the Department of Health both North and South, Queen's University and Ulster University, including any discussion on the introduction of additional modules to courses (details supplied), so as to satisfy and speed up the process of applying for the recognition of qualifications received outside the State and registration with CORU. [37737/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the optimal level of staffing required for medical scientists to fully staff HSE laboratories nationwide; and the current number of medical scientists employed in HSE laboratories nationwide. [37741/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 773 of 13 July 2023, the number of staff working in the HSE orthodontic service in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the grade of the staff working in these regional services; and the staff vacancies in each of these regional services, in tabular form. [37743/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of times the adult diabetes clinic takes place in the RCSI Hospitals Group; and the number of speciality diabetes clinics, such as young adult diabetes clinics, type 1 adult clinics, type 2 clinics and diabetes podiatry clinics that take place in the RCSI Hospitals Group, in tabular form. [38244/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in paediatric intensive care at CHI Temple Street in each of the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [38245/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE midwives working in the maternity department of Cavan General Hospital in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and, if so, when. [38246/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time from admission to discharge in July 2023, by location, in tabular form. [38247/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if there is a standard list of work for those working as home helps that should be carried out in the care of the person they are caring for; if so, if this list is available; and if there has any been any changes in the work to be carried out. [38594/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through parking charges at Cavan General Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form of the money generated; and how it was spent. [38595/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant cardiologists and cardiology registrars attached to Cavan General Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [38596/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of applications that were made for ceiling hoists in CHO1 in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35804/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason that Statutory Instrument number 237 of 2023 does not reflect the fact that the THC content in the EU hemp crop is legally regulated under the EU Common Agricultural Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36073/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the additional resources that are being put in place to increase the number of placements for students on health and social care professional undergraduate programmes from September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36246/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant optometry and ophthalmology roles in primary care services in CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36247/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health for an update on the progress in developing national gender clinics and multidisciplinary teams here for those under the age of 18 years; if a consultant psychiatrist in child and adolescent psychiatry has been recruited to develop the service; if recruitment of a consultant psychiatrist is necessary to develop this service; the reasons this is necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36375/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 1 June 2023, for an update on his Department's engagements with the higher education institutions to maximise additionality in health and social care professional undergraduate programmes from September 2023; the number of additional programmes that will be delivered by discipline, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36245/23]
• 2023-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the average waiting times for appointments in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35190/23]
• 2023-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the orthodontic waiting lists in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the average waiting times for appointments in each county; how many are waiting more than six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35191/23]
• 2023-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting on the CAMHS waiting list in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the average waiting time in each county; the number waiting more than six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35192/23]
• 2023-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of people that are waiting homecare support in counties Cavan and County Monaghan; the total number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the average number of hours granted to each successful applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35193/23]
• 2023-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting colonoscopy in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number of these that have been waiting up to 30 days; 30 – 60 days; 60 – 90 days and more than 90 days broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35194/23]
• 2023-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting endoscopy in the counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number of these that have been waiting up to 30 days; 30 – 60 days; 60 – 90 days and more than 90 days, broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35195/23]
• 2023-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to break down the number of vacancies at Cavan General Hospital; the grade of each vacancy; the length of time of the vacancy, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35196/23]
• 2023-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting an occupational therapy appointment here; the number who have been waiting less than three months; the number that have been waiting 3- 6 months; the number that have been waiting 6-12 months; the number that have been waiting more than 12 months; broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35200/23]
• 2023-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting an occupational therapy appointment in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number who have been waiting less than three months; the number that have been waiting 3-6 months; the number that have been waiting 6-12 months; the number that have been waiting more than 12 months; broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35203/23]
• 2023-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to outline in tabular form the total number of people on the waiting list for ophthalmology in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the average waiting time for appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35206/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the emergency out-of-hours dental services that are currently available in the Cavan-Monaghan region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34229/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health how far below optimum levels of staffing of medical scientists in HSE laboratories nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34230/23]
• 2023-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be admitted to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33228/23]
• 2023-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be admitted to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33229/23]
• 2023-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health what measures he is taking to address the extensive waiting list in the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33230/23]
• 2023-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he plans to meet with an organisation (details supplied) before the review of the nature of community pharmacies services, which is due to take place before the end of June; if he plans to review the current dispensing fee model for community pharmacies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29704/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the first- and full-year cost of providing five additional ambulances in each HSE region, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27929/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant nephrologist at Beaumont Hospital; the average waiting times to see the consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27930/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dentists and dental surgeons employed by the HSE working in each health centre and primary care centre within CHO1 in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27931/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of ceiling hoists delivered to families in CHO1 in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27932/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if an application has been made by a nursing home (details supplied) for a pandemic special recognition payment for a staff member; if this payment has been processed and paid to the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28266/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 1 June 2023, to detail what additionality he has secured in conjunction with the Higher Education Authority in Health and social care professional undergraduate programmes for September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28503/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 1 June 2023, if the working group established by his Department has established how additional placements can be secured to facilitate greater numbers of training places on health and social care professional programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28504/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 1 June 2023, the timeframe within which the Higher Education Authority will conduct an exercise to identify where substantial additional capacity could be built in priority health and social care professional disciplines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28505/23]
• 2023-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health when the current contract for the provision and repair of wheelchairs is due to end; if he will detail the procurement process involved in selecting the company that gets the contract; if a monitoring process is in place to examine the efficiency, value for money and outcomes delivered for wheelchair users by the contract holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26725/23]
• 2023-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health what oversight he has of pandemic special recognition payments to ensure that those who are entitled to this payment have received it; if there is a process in place for healthcare workers who believe they are entitled to the pandemic special recognition payment but have not received a payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26724/23]
• 2023-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has plans to increase the number of places on courses related to health and social care on the accelerated graduate programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26740/23]
• 2023-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if general practitioners receive a payment for each appointment attended by a medical card holder; if so, the level of payment received for each appointment attended; if a patient changes the GP practice they attend, does their medical card automatically follow them, or do they have to request a transfer of the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26760/23]
• 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
• 2023-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, CAMHS, mental health intellectual disability teams that are currently in operation; the staffing levels within CAMHS mental health intellectual disability teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24499/23]
• 2023-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the publication of Tender 2023 which will set out how the homecare sector will operate over the next several years; the reason the publication of Tender 2023 has been delayed on a number of occasions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22950/23]
• 2023-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will agree to meet with an organisation (details supplied) to agree funding for a new rate on Tender 2023 that reflects the increased costs of care and that allows homecare providers to offer their homecare staff a living wage, travel time and mileage costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22951/23]
• 2023-05-10
  VOTE
  Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 50–63
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of people receiving Specialist Community-Based Disability Services from organisations funded under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004 and as a percentage of the total number of people receiving Specialist Community-Based Disability Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21048/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of whole-time equivalent staff working in Specialist Community-Based Disability Services funded under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004 and as a percentage of the total number of whole-time equivalent staff working in Specialist Community-Based Disability Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21049/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if a person who was employed throughout the period of the Covid-19 pandemic in the cleaning of ambulances is entitled to the pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21846/23]
• 2023-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of people who applied for, but were not granted, a primary medical certificate in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20756/23]
• 2023-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for hip replacement surgery at Cavan General Hospital as of 24 April 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20453/23]
• 2023-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant optometry and ophthalmology roles in primary care services in CHO 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20454/23]
• 2023-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his views on establishing midwife-led clinics for community-based maternity services in areas of the country more than 45 minutes from a maternity hospital unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20455/23]
• 2023-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe within which we will see the opening of the new primary care centres in both Clones and Monaghan town; the services that will be provided in each of these primary care centres, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20456/23]
• 2023-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of theatre slots for dermatology surgeries that were allocated each week in 2022 and to date in 2023 in Our Lady Of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20457/23]
• 2023-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the use of the National Treatment Purchase Fund to alleviate the waiting list for assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18614/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if speech and language therapists, on registration with CORU, who received their training outside of the State but are missing components required by CORU, such as dysphagia, can be recruited to practice while undergoing in service training on the components they are missing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16862/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average timeframe wheelchair users are waiting to receive their first wheelchair from application to handover; the average timeframe wheelchair users are waiting for a replacement wheelchair from application to handover; the average cost of replacing a wheelchair; the funding that was allocated for the replacement of wheelchairs over the past five years; the number of people applying for a replacement wheelchair in the past five years; the number of people receiving a replacement wheelchair in the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16865/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average processing period for the recognition of qualifications by CORU of speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists who were trained and qualified in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16866/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will commit to having the health technology assessment by HIQA into the addition of spinal muscular atrophy to the national new-born bloodspot screening programme or heelprick test completed in time for its consideration by the National Screening Advisory Committee at its September meeting, which coincides with new-born screening month; if there is a recommendation by the NSAC to include SMA in the heelprick test that he will commit to do so immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17010/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health in view of the response from An Tánaiste on 23 March 2023 in relation to the use of the National Treatment Purchase Fund for those seeking an assessment of need, where he stated that while “[p]redominantly, it has been used for inpatient acute treatment... the Minister has indicated in the past that it can be used for disabilities... and also to deal with that very significant outpatient list...”, if he will clarify whether the National Treatment Purchase Fund can be used for those seeking an assessment of need, as the response from An Tánaiste seems to contradict the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1355 of 21 March 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17026/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 22 June 2022, if the further steps (details supplied) have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17444/23]
• 2023-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he is setting up a group within his Department to look at the issue of siloing within the HSE; and if this group will agree to meet with therapy professionals' representative organisations (details supplied). [14480/23]
• 2023-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the courses related to health and social care that are covered by the accelerated graduate programme; the number of students who graduated from each course in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14481/23]
• 2023-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if there is a policy in relation to shared care between children’s disability network teams, child and adolescent mental health services and primary care; if so, who oversees its implementation; if this body produces a report on the implementation of this policy for him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14482/23]
• 2023-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if, children’s disability network teams, child and adolescent mental health services and primary care are mandated to work together in relation to the shared care of children with issues pertaining across all these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14483/23]
• 2023-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to CORU in each of the past five years; the number of staff working in CORU in each of the past five years; the number of organisations being regulated by CORU in the corresponding timeframe, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14484/23]
• 2023-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the voluntary and private sector employers in counties Cavan and Monaghan who received the pandemic special recognition payment for staff they employed that were eligible for the payment; the amount received by each employer; the number of staff employed by each that were deemed eligible for the payment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14153/23]
• 2023-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the voluntary and private sector employers in counties Cavan and Monaghan who applied for the pandemic special recognition payment for staff members who were subsequently deemed ineligible, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14154/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if the National Treatment Purchase Fund can be availed of for those seeking an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13125/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for reimbursement under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13126/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will consider altering the National Treatment Purchase Fund to remove the onus on patients availing of this scheme from having to pay up front for the cost before claiming this back and instead allow payment to come directly from the NTPF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13127/23]
• 2023-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of people who were granted a primary medical certificate in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; the total number of people to currently hold a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11184/23]
• 2023-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will detail the public hospitals that currently have an outpatients migraine clinic for persons aged over 18 years; the hours per week that each clinic is available in each hospital; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10934/23]
• 2023-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number and location of summer camp-based specialist services for children with complex support needs that will be established in counties Cavan and Monaghan in summer 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10931/23]
• 2023-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE scrub nurses working in Cavan General Hospital in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; if the current number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10932/23]
• 2023-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of rapid-response vehicles based in counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the years of 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the number available to attend emergency calls on a 24-7 basis, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10933/23]
• 2023-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the publication of the 2023 HSE Service Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11495/23]
• 2023-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if the condition 16p12.2 microdeletion is accepted as being on the autism spectrum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11586/23]
• 2023-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason the process for eligibility for the reimbursement of cariban under the drugs payment scheme is different from that for all other medications covered under the scheme, whereby only a consultant can prescribe it for it to be eligible; if he will review the current eligibility requirements with a view to bringing them into line with all other medications covered under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8364/23]
• 2023-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the full staffing level allocated to Cavan children’s disability network team; the current vacancy rate within this team; to provide a breakdown of the staffing grades within this team, in tabular form; if a new manager has been appointed to this team; if not, the timeframe for a new manager to be appointed and in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7681/23]
• 2023-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of announced, short notice announced or unannounced inspections of residential centres for people with disabilities carried out by HIQA in 2021, in tabular form; if he has plans to increase the number of unannounced inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7682/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question 632 of 18 October 2022, if the workshop between higher education providers and the Department of Health to discuss workforce requirements and placement issues took place; if so, to detail the finding of the workshop; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7014/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 632 of 18 October 2022, to detail the number of appropriate placements and placement supports that are currently in place for students studying speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psychology in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7013/23]
• 2023-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason that healthcare assistants currently employed by a company (details supplied) have received the pandemic special recognition payment, while healthcare assistants previously employed by this company during all of the Covid-19 period have not yet received their payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6302/23]
• 2023-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if the pathfinder alternative care pathway will be extended to cover counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5291/23]
• 2023-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant vascular surgeons attached to each hospital in the RCSI hospital group in the years of 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5292/23]
• 2023-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting two additional whole-time equivalent advanced nurse practitioners and two additional whole-time equivalent clinical nurse managers for the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5293/23]
• 2023-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of respite beds that are available for adults with intellectual disabilities in the Cavan-Monaghan area; the number that are occupied at present; when extra respite beds will be made available during 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5294/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the minimum qualifications necessary to be employed as an assessment officer within a children’s disability network team; to detail the minimum qualifications necessary to be employed as an liaison officer within a children’s disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4611/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will detail the communication and feedback process that is in place between the managers of children’s disability network teams and staff in these teams conducting assessments of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4612/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 19 January 2023, the children’s disability network teams that have been provided with an information management system to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4687/23]
• 2023-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Transport

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport if additional funding will be provided for the widening of the R154 and R159 Kilnaleck to Killeshandra regional road in the interests of health and safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3643/23]
• 2023-01-25
  VOTE
  Capacity in the Health Services · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 68–59
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 68–58
• 2023-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if the evaluation report of the pilot on the statutory home support scheme is completed; the timeframe for when the report will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3300/23]
• 2023-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will detail the current unmet need with regard to home care provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3301/23]
• 2023-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health what actions he has taken to establish a commission to examine care and supports for older people, which is a commitment in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3302/23]
• 2023-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the name and contact details of the liaison officer attached to each children's disability network team, CDNT; the name and contact details of the assessment officer attached to each CDNT; the name and contact details of the complaints officer attached to each CDNT; the name and contact details of the appeals officer attached to each CDNT, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3303/23]
• 2023-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of the findings of the latest CDNT expression of preference process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3304/23]
• 2023-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated staff to service user ratio for each CDNT post (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3305/23]
• 2023-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has identified any complications with the transfer of the disability portfolio from the Department of Health to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; if he will provide details of these complications; the Department to which the disability budget will be allocated in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1590/23]
• 2023-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the discussions his Department has had with the Department of Health and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding the transfer of the disability portfolio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1589/23]
• 2023-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the actions he has taken since April 2022 to ensure the recommencement of reports by the HSE pursuant to section 13 of the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2551/23]
• 2023-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of therapists working in children's disability network teams who are responsible for undertaking assessment of needs determinations; the number of these therapists who also undertake assessment of needs determinations in a private capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2552/23]
• 2023-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1664 of 26 April 2022, if the initial pilot for the national information management system for the children’s disability network teams has been developed and initiated; the timeframe for this pilot phase to be complete; the timeframe for the results of the pilot to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2553/23]
• 2023-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average length of time to fill a staff grade therapy post from the point that the vacancy arises; the average length of time to fill a staff grade therapy post from the point of offer of employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2554/23]
• 2023-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if each of the 91 CDNTs have established a family forum; the number of these family forums that have held a meeting with their children’s disability network manager; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2555/23]
• 2023-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if a family representative group has been established in each of the nine community healthcare organisations; if a children's disability network governance group has been established in each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2556/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will provide this Deputy with the Children's Disability Network Team Staff Census and Workforce Review 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1186/23]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1071 of 8 November 2022, if he will report on the success or otherwise of the international recruitment campaign with respect to recruits for children's disability network teams; if he will report on the size of the expansion of panels for occupational therapists, psychologists, physiotherapists and speech and language therapists in November 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62588/22]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will provide this Deputy with the Children's Disability Network Team Staff Census and Workforce Review 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62624/22]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the services that are currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; the ways in which families can access these services within their communities following a diagnosis; if he will provide an update on discussions that have taken place between the HSE and his Department to improve access to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62831/22]
• 2022-12-14
  VOTE
  Current Issues Affecting the Health Services · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 72–53
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 72–53
• 2022-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 599 of 25 October 2022, the timeline for workers in non-HSE and non-section 39 organisations to receive their pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62158/22]
• 2022-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason that he has not implemented all of the recommendations set out in an independent review by a person (details supplied) of matters relating to student nurses and midwives; the timeframe within which he intends to implement the outstanding recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61506/22]
• 2022-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 542 of 16 November 2021, if a clinical review of the medical cannabis access programme has been completed to assess whether there is new information to support the addition of further medical conditions that are able to avail of this programme; if not, the timeframe for this review to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61507/22]
• 2022-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the services that are available in counties Cavan and Monaghan respectively for children with epilepsy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61317/22]
• 2022-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of new medical interns who were taken on in each year since and including 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61318/22]
• 2022-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time adult speech and language therapists for adults with intellectual disabilities in counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61319/22]
• 2022-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the investments in and capital projects at Cavan General Hospital in each of the past three years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61320/22]
• 2022-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if the independently led prescribing audit recommended in the Maskey Report included within its remit children who were prescribed risperidone outside of CAMHS; if not, the avenues that are open to parents who believe their children were overprescribed risperidone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60840/22]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if a review of the boarding out model of care has been carried out recently; if so, if it comprised a review of the financial supports available to those providing this service; the findings of this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58743/22]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people with disabilities accessing his Departments’ services who are employed in his Department as required by section 26 (2) of the Disability Act 2005; the way that his Department makes its customers aware of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59294/22]
• 2022-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 12 July 2022, if the action plan for the disability capacity review has been finalised; the timeframe for its publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58299/22]
• 2022-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 26 October 2022, the number of children who have had an assessment of needs completed since preliminary team assessments were ceased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58300/22]
• 2022-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 26 October 2022, if legal advice on the new interim clinical guidance has found it to be in compliance with the Disability Act 2005 if the new interim clinical guidance has been issued to children's disability network teams; if not, the timeframe for the new interim clinical guidance to be issued to CDNTs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58301/22]
• 2022-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 20 October 2022, the number of additional places out of the 200 additional Irish/EU medicine places that are for disciplines employed in children's disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58302/22]
• 2022-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to close Covid-19 testing centres; if so, the centres that are to be closed; the centres which will remain open; if he has plans in place to reopen centres in the event of a winter surge in Covid-19 cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58303/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if plans and supports are in place to assist vulnerable persons living at home who are reliant on essential medical equipment in the event that there are electricity power outages; if not, the steps that he will take to put in place a plan and supports to assist persons in this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57951/22]
• 2022-11-09
  VOTE
  Mental Health (Capacity to Consent to Treatment) Bill 2021

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

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

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the total number of dietitians employed by Cavan and Monaghan hospitals; the specific services within which these dietitians are employed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54632/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 20 October 2022, the number of additional places that have been agreed out of the 200 additional Irish-EU medicine places to be phased in by medical schools; the number of these place that were rolled out in September 2022 as part of the additional 60 offered in the first phase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54725/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 20 October 2022, the number of additional places in nursing programmes out of the 135 announced in July that have a discipline relevant to recruitment to children’s disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54726/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of professionals (details supplied) who were based within a special school setting in each of the five years prior to the introduction of children’s disability network teams; the number of these professionals who were based within a special school setting in the first quarter of 2021; the number of these professionals who are currently recruited and based within a special school setting, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54783/22]
• 2022-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 12 July 2022, the number of psychologists, dietitians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech and language therapists who have been recruited from outside the European Union since these disciplines were placed on the critical skills occupations list, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53638/22]
• 2022-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if the new interim clinical guidance has issued to children's disability network teams; if CDNTs are currently conducting assessments of need and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53640/22]
• 2022-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of staff who have retired or resigned from children's disability network teams since all 91 teams became operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53641/22]
• 2022-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 557 of 27 September 2022, the timeline for non-HSE and non-Section 39 organisations to receive their pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52834/22]
• 2022-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if it is intended that the National Gender Service Ireland will expand its service to treat Irish children and young persons who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria in Ireland, given that a British healthcare setting (details supplied), which takes referrals from Irish children and young persons who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria, is to change to a regional service and will no longer be taking these referrals; if so, the timeframe for this to become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52989/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will detail the engagements that his Department has had with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science, the HSE and the Higher Education Authority since July 2020 to identify skills shortages in health and social care and the need for additional further and higher education courses in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52463/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if the workforce planning process that his Department commenced, in conjunction with the clinical programme for persons with disabilities, has been finalised; and if he will detail the findings of the workforce planning process. [52464/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the pro-active measures that he and his Department are now taking to attract physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and orthoptists since these roles were added to the critical skills list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45184/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and orthoptists that have been recruited since these roles were added to the critical skills list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45187/22]
• 2022-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he is considering introducing medical cards on a mandatory basis for amputees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50601/22]
• 2022-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the engagements that his Department has had with the Department of Health, the HSE and the Higher Education Authority since July 2020 to identify skills shortages in health and social care and the need for additional further and higher education courses in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52078/22]
• 2022-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if a disabled person will lose their entitlement to their medical card if they are accepted for the basic income for the arts pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51533/22]
• 2022-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe for the transfer of disability from the Department of Health to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50603/22]
• 2022-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 317 and 318 of 22 September 2022, if he will list the disability representative organisations that his Department has engaged with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48917/22]
• 2022-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 317 and 318 of 22 September 2022, if he will list the disabled persons’ organisations that his Department has engaged with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48918/22]
• 2022-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 317 and 318 of 22 September 2022, if his Department includes disability service-providers in its definition of disabled persons’ organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48919/22]
• 2022-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans, if any, to increase the number of staff who carry out post-mortem examinations given that these currently can take up to a week and are delaying the release of bodies for funerals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47882/22]
• 2022-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if the consumer directed home support grant is being administered within each CHO area; the number of consumer directed home support grants which were administered in each CHO from 2017 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47930/22]
• 2022-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his views on the adequacy of the consumer directed home support grant as it places the entire responsibility for employing home support on those caring for vulnerable family members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47931/22]
• 2022-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of hours for which homecare support assistants were required in each CHO from 2017 to date; the number of these hours that were filled by HSE employed homecare support assistants the number of these hours that were filled by external providers through the HSE and the number of hours in each CHO area within the same period that were unfilled resulting in unmet need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47932/22]
• 2022-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the funding that has been allocated to each CHO from 2017 to date to recruit staff to the home support service; the CHO areas that had an underspend of their allocation from 2017 to date; the actions that are been taken within each CHO area to recruit home care support staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47933/22]
• 2022-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the HSE policy on the allocation of available homecare support assistants in each CHO; if the allocation is carried out based on severity of need or other factors; if not, his views on whether it should be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47934/22]
• 2022-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will consider abolishing the consumer-directed home support grant, given that the criteria to fulfil the grant are too onerous for elderly and vulnerable citizens and encourage dangerous practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47178/22]
• 2022-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1766 of 26 July 2022, the timeframe for paramedics employed by Dublin Fire Brigade to receive their pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47205/22]
• 2022-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant dermatologists based in each hospital that is part of the RCSI group as of 12 September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47245/22]
• 2022-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the total number of children awaiting appointments for HSE paediatric ENT services by hospital in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47246/22]
• 2022-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the podiatry waiting list by location and waiting times by month in counties Cavan and Monaghan in August 2022; the number of HSE podiatry clinics by location; the number of staff employed in each clinic; the number of vacant podiatry vacancies by location; the timeframe for these vacancies to be filled in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47247/22]
• 2022-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the way that his Department defines a disabled persons' organisation; if this definition conforms with that of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46432/22]
• 2022-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the way that his Department defines a disabled representative organisation; if this definition conforms with that of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46433/22]
• 2022-09-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 26 May 2022, if he will provide a further update on a timeframe for the commencement of a catch-up HPV vaccination programme; if this catch-up programme will include girls and boys in secondary school who were eligible to receive HPV vaccine in first year but who did not receive it; if this catch-up programme will include women up to the age of 25 years who have left secondary school and who did not receive the vaccine when eligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44751/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the timeframe for applications to be assessed for the blind welfare allowance in each CHO; the protocols in place outlining the timeframes for reviewing applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39665/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress that has been made on the implementation of the recommendations by the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40068/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress that has been made on the implementation of the recommendations by the Covid-19 nursing home expert panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40069/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the need for an independent evaluation of the operation of the system of regulatory oversight of nursing homes; his plans for an independent evaluation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40070/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide adult autism assessments within the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40084/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the development of the national management information system for children's disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40085/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 635 of 24 May, if there is now a grade code for cognitive behavioural psychotherapists within the HSE; if so, the number of full-time cognitive behavioural psychotherapists currently employed by the HSE; the number of additional cognitive behavioural psychotherapist posts that are planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40217/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and physiotherapists are included on the critical skills list for recruitment outside of the European Union; the date that these professions were added to the critical skills list; if any other health and social care professions were added to the critical skills list in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40218/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for returning therapists to special schools and the validation of therapists into new schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40219/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if all staff who worked in disability services throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, including in section 39 organisations, will receive the pandemic special recognition payment; if so, when will they receive the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40297/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if spinal muscular atrophy is a condition under consideration for addition to the conditions tested for in the new-born heel prick; if so, when that decision will be made; if not, if he will now place it under consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39034/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the average waiting times for appointments in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39093/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the orthodontic waiting lists in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the average waiting times for appointments in each county; the number that are waiting more than six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39094/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on the CAMHS waiting list in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the average waiting time in each county; the number waiting more than six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39095/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that are waiting homecare support in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the total number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the average number of hours granted to each successful applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39096/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting colonoscopy in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number of these that have been waiting up to 30 days; 30-60, 60-90 and more than 90 days, broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39097/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting endoscopy in the counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number of these that have been waiting up to 30 days; 30-60, 60-90 and more than 90 days broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39098/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of vacancies at Cavan General Hospital; the grade of each vacancy; the length of time of the vacancy in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39099/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an assessment of need in Ireland; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3-6, 6-12 and the more than 12 months broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39100/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an assessment of need in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3-6, 6-12 and more than 12 months broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39101/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a speech and language appointment in Ireland; the number who have been waiting less the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3-6, 6-12 and more than 12 months broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39102/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an occupational therapy appointment in Ireland; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3-6, 6-12 and more than 12 months broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39103/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a speech and language appointment in Ireland; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3-6, 6-12 and more than 12 months broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39104/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of persons waiting a speech and language appointment in counties Cavan and County Monaghan; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3-6, 6-12 and more than 12 months broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39105/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting an occupational therapy appointment in counties Cavan and County Monaghan; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3-6, 6-12 and more than 12 months broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39106/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a speech and language appointment in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3-6, 6-12 and more than 12 months broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39107/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the total number of respite hours provided to families in counties Cavan and Monaghan over each of the past 12 months in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39108/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the average waiting time for appointment in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39109/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan that are currently waiting an appointment for early intervention, broken down by therapy; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3-6, 6-12 and more than 12 months broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39110/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in Ireland who are currently awaiting an appointment for early intervention, broken down by therapy; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3-6, 6-12 and more than 12 months broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39111/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1657 of 26 April 2022, the reason there was no additional funding for capital or project overhead costs included for the transfer of 18 persons with disabilities under the age of 65 years who were inappropriately placed in a nursing home to their own home in the community as was detailed in the HSE National Service Plan 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39130/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the all-in capital cost, including fittings and equipment, that has been allocated to transfer 63 persons with disabilities under the age of 65 years who were inappropriately placed in a nursing home to a more appropriate place in the community as was detailed in the HSE National Service Plan 2022; the definition of a more appropriate place in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39131/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average all-in capital cost, including fittings and equipment, to transfer a person with disabilities under the age of 65 years who was inappropriately placed in a nursing home to their own home in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39132/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the all-in capital cost, including fittings and equipment to deliver an additional respite centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39133/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average all-in capital cost, including fittings and equipment, of delivering the nine additional respite centres that were detailed in the HSE National Service Plan 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39134/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the all-in capital cost, including fittings and equipment, that has been allocated to delivering the two high-support respite centres for children with severe disabilities detailed in the HSE National Service Plan 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39135/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staffing posts that will be provided to Children’s Disability Services in 2022; the additional resources that will be provided to CDNTs to address the backlog of assessment of need and those assessment of need which were carried out incorrectly; the additional therapeutic supports that will be provided to CDNTs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36728/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if the detailed implementation measures for the Disability Framework Action Plan have been published and made public; if not, when this will be published and made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36727/22]
• 2022-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education her plans to reinstate and expand the in-school and early years therapy support demonstration project in view of the fact that referrals to CAMHS and other mental health services have risen by 40% for primary school pupils as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34908/22]
• 2022-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education her plans to increase the National Educational Psychological Service in view of the fact that referrals to CAMHS and other mental health services have risen by 40% for primary school pupils as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34907/22]
• 2022-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if the HSE seeks a legal opinion prior to changing the assessment of need process to incorporate the preliminary team assessment; if so, the cost of this legal opinion; if not, the reason no legal opinion was sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34604/22]
• 2022-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the organisations that were consulted during the process to introduce the standard operating procedure preliminary team assessment; the schedule of meetings that took place to deliberate the introduction of the standard operating procedure and preliminary team assessment; the organisations that were involved in these deliberations that were in support of the introduction of the preliminary team assessment; the organisations involved in these deliberations that voiced opposition to the introduction of the preliminary team assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34605/22]
• 2022-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the total number of hours spent by therapists in children’s disability network teams undertaking preliminary team assessments since its inception; the number of hours that will now need to be spent by therapists to undertake assessments compliant with the Disability Act 2005 for all the children who underwent a preliminary team assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34606/22]
• 2022-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 723 of 31 May 2022, the members of the group that was established to develop a revised approach to assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005; if the same persons who compiled the preliminary team assessment model are also members of the group established to develop a revised approach to assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005 who is tasked with making the appointments to this review group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34607/22]
• 2022-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 723 of 31 May 2022, the terms of reference of the group that was established to develop a revised approach to assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005; the person or body that set out the terms of reference of this review group; if the terms of reference are in the public domain; if so, the location in which the terms of reference can be found. [34608/22]
• 2022-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if it is the intention of the HSE to make further changes to the assessment of need process; if so, the way that the HSE can ensure that any changes do not intentionally or unintentionally circumvent the judgment of a person (details supplied) in relation to a case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34609/22]
• 2022-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he plans to review or seek changes to the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34610/22]
• 2022-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if the funding model for prosthetics and orthotics is on a national basis or is it different in each CHO; if this consists of a risk assessment to be completed by the referrer for each new application (details supplied); if so, the person or body that informs the referrer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34661/22]
• 2022-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average waiting period for an authorised purchase order for a prosthesis or orthosis; the number of persons currently waiting on a prosthesis or orthosis who have been waiting less than 1, 1 to 3, 3 to 6 and longer than 6 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34662/22]
• 2022-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if there is a training budget for prosthetic and orthotic professionals; if so, the amount of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34663/22]
• 2022-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if engagement takes place between rehabilitation consultants employed by the National Rehabilitation Hospital with suppliers of prosthetics and orthotics; if so, the extent of this engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34664/22]
• 2022-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if outcome measures in relation to the funding of prosthetics and orthotics are used to evaluate and direct funding on an audited outcome measure basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34665/22]
• 2022-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the ratio of clinicians working in prosthetics and orthotics to their clerical administrative staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34666/22]
• 2022-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the details of all national policies and plans that are in place regarding prosthetics and orthotics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34667/22]
• 2022-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the effect the energy crisis and Brexit have had on the cost of prosthetics and orthotics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34668/22]
• 2022-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the details of post-operation management of amputees; if post-operation hospital bed nights have increased over the past five years for amputees; the number for each year, in tabular form; if incidences of falls have increased over the past five years for amputees; the number for each year, in tabular form; if incidences of flexion contracture have increased over the past five years for amputees; the number for each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34669/22]
• 2022-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if prosthetic patients are automatically entitled to a medical card, general practitioner card or long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34670/22]
• 2022-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce regional rehabilitation services for amputees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34671/22]
• 2022-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average period of time spent by a primary amputee in inpatient rehabilitation; if, after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation, amputees have access to a physiotherapist, gait training and counselling; the extent of the access to these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34672/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average length of time from application that it takes for a professional (details supplied) with qualifications from abroad to register with CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32914/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of professionals (details supplied) working in the HSE in the past five years who have qualifications from institutions outside of here and the European Union; the number in each therapy post working in the HSE in the past five years who have been recruited from within the European Union, the number of professionals in each therapy post (details supplied) working in the HSE in the past five years who have been recruited from Britain, excluding Northern Ireland, in tabular form; the number in each therapy post working in the HSE in the past five years who have been recruited from Northern Ireland, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32915/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of professionals (details supplied) who were based within a school setting in the past five years prior to the introduction of children’s disability network teams; the number of each of these therapy posts that are currently based within a school setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32916/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the ratio of therapy staff to children with disabilities in each children’s disability network team in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32989/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of clerical administrative support staff in each children’s disability network team; the ratio of therapy staff to clerical administrative support staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32990/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of the therapy posts referenced by the Minister of State for Disability at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters on 2 May 2022 that have been filled to date in children’s disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32991/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason that some children living in County Cavan CHO1 are referred to the Kell children’s disability network team in CHO8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29232/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children who have been referred to the Kell children’s disability network team since these teams have been in place; the number of children who have been referred to Cavan children’s disability network team since these teams have been in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29233/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children with disabilities in each CHO area in tabular form; the number of children with disabilities assigned to each of the 91 children’s disability network teams in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30220/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the ratio of clinical therapy staff to children with disabilities in each children’s disability network team in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30221/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of backfilling maternity and paternity leave cover within children’s disability network teams since these teams were formed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30222/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of clerical administrative support staff in each children’s disability network team; the ratio of clinical therapy staff to clerical administrative support staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30223/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health with reference to Parliamentary Question No. 1580 of 26 April 2022, the details of the additional strategies that are being scoped with Government to recruit staff to children’s disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30224/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of the clinical therapy posts referenced by the Minister of State for Disability at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters on 2 May 2022 that are filled to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30225/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average length of time from application that it takes for clinical therapists with qualifications gained outside Ireland to register with CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30226/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical therapists working in the HSE that have been recruited from overseas excluding Northern Ireland in the past five years, in tabular form; the number of clinical therapists working in the HSE that have been recruited from the UK excluding Northern Ireland in the past five years, in tabular form; the number of clinical therapists working in the HSE that have been recruited from Northern Ireland in the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30227/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the details of the schools in which children's disability network teams are providing one-to-one therapy supports; the number of children assigned to each of the 91 children's disability network teams that are being provided with one-to-one therapy supports within their school setting in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30228/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical therapists that were based within a school setting in the past five years prior to the introduction of children's disability network teams; the number of clinical therapists currently based within a school setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30229/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all section 38 organisations; if he will provide a list of all section 39 organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30230/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health with reference to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 2 December 2021, if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of the report of the national psychology project team; the status of the establishment of a national psychology placement office; the status of the workforce plan for psychology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30231/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if a woman attending a midwifery led unit can be discharged from the unit’s care due to having a positive test for group b streptococcus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30867/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children who received a preliminary team assessment as part of the standard operating procedure that was in place for children’s disability network teams until the Supreme Court ruling in March 2022; the number of these children who were referred for further assessment; the number of these children who have subsequently requested a full assessment of need; the estimated timeframe within which these assessments will be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27759/22]
• 2022-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he has held discussions or plans to hold discussions with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss the way that time, administrative and financial efficiency measures can be introduced to the current system in which therapists who qualified in Northern Ireland can register to practice here given that the current process is lengthy, financially and administratively burdensome on therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26979/22]
• 2022-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if specific funding has been allocated for the community service and support needs of those affected by foetal valproate syndrome as recommended in 2019 by the HSE; if a national co-ordinator has been appointed to oversee the diagnostic, assessment and care planning for those affected by foetal valproate syndrome; if not, the reasons therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26978/22]
• 2022-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated timeframe for the introduction of a free HPV-vaccination programme for women and a catch-up programme for girls and boys in secondary schools; if the catch-up programme will include boys and girls who chose not to receive the vaccine but have since reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27086/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the Ministerial contact details for persons (details supplied). [26110/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the locations of each sleep apnoea clinic in the public health service; the opening hours of each of these clinics in tabular form. [26161/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time cognitive behaviour psychotherapist employed by the HSE in 2021 and to-date in 2022, in tabular form. [26162/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time paediatric dieticians working in CHO1 in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to-date in 2022, in tabular form. [26163/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve autism services in counties Cavan and Monaghan. [26164/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the details of the transport supports or funding that are available for disabled adults attending disability day services or rehabilitation training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22865/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the disability day service centres that received funding in the past three years to provide, upgrade or improve their transport provision to and from their centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22866/22]
• 2022-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 23 February 2022, if the full eligibility criteria for healthcare workers to receive the Covid-19 frontline bonus payment have been published; if and how groups seeking eligibility made or can make a submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22390/22]
• 2022-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if general practitioners are to be paid the Covid-19 frontline bonus payment; if not, the reason therefor; if general practice nurses are to be paid the Covid-19 frontline bonus payment; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22394/22]
• 2022-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the details of the persons appointed to sit on the Assessment of Need Review Group; the details of the terms of reference of this group; if the terms of reference can be accessed by the public; the dates when the group has met; the dates of any future planned meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22431/22]
• 2022-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the percentage of the health budget that was allocated to disability services in the budget in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21963/22]
• 2022-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 936, 937, 938, 939, 940 and 941 of 22 March 2022, if the staffing census of the children’s disability network teams has been finalised and published; if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of the census; if it has not been finalised and published, the timeframe for its publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21964/22]
• 2022-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a comprehensive overview of all staff within each children’s disability network team indicating each post title and grade level in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21965/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the review of Ireland's skills strategy, which is being undertaken by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, incorporates an examination of whether there is currently a sufficient number of places available in public health nursing at third level institutions here to service annual HSE recruitment needs under the Progressing Disability Services model for both children and adults with a disability; if this review has commenced; the timeframe for its publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20460/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the status of the initiatives he is taking to strengthen children's disability services in 2022; the funding being provided for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20204/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing two specialist centre-based respite services for children with complex support needs which is contained within the HSE Service Plan 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20250/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing a specialist centre-based respite service for children with Prader-Willi syndrome which is contained within the HSE Service Plan 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20251/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing seven additional centre-based respite services for children and adults with a disability which is contained within the HSE Service Plan 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20252/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the delivery of the ten additional centre-based respite services contained within the HSE Service Plan 2022; the location for each of these centres in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20253/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average cost for an intensive respite support package for a disabled child; the average cost of an intensive respite support package for a disabled adult; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20254/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of intensive respite support packages that were applied for in each of the past five years; the number of intensive respite support packages that were delivered in each of the past five years; the average cost of delivering an intensive respite support package in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20255/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of respite centres in each CHO; the number of these centres that specialise in terms of different types of disability, the area they specialise in and in which CHO they are located in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20256/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of centre-based respite centres per CHO that are specifically for adults; the number of centre-based respite centres per CHO that are specifically for children in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20257/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average cost of one overnight respite stay per child with a disability; the average cost of one day only respite care per child with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20258/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the type of respite services delivered in Ireland that are not centre-based; the CHOs in which these services are located; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20259/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on non-centre-based respite in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20264/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to deliver one additional personal assistant hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20265/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the budget that has been allocated to develop a protocol for the eligibility and allocation of personal assistant services based on a universally agreed definition, as contained within the HSE service plan 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20266/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the cost to deliver one additional day service place for a school leaver with a disability or graduate of rehabilitative training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20267/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of developing and implementing a process of identifying and managing day service vacancies as contained within the HSE Service Plan 2022; the timeframe for the delivery of developing and implementing this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20268/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the cost of providing one additional planned residential place for a person with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20269/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the cost of providing one additional emergency residential place for a person with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20270/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the cost of providing one intensive home support package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20271/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the cost of providing one supported living place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20272/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average cost of providing a planned residential place for a person with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20273/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average cost of providing an emergency residential place for a person with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20274/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average cost of providing an intensive home support package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20275/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average cost of providing a supported living place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20276/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the cost of producing one residential place to support a young adult ageing out of Tusla services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20277/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average cost of producing a residential place to support a young adult aging out of Tusla services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20278/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the budget that has been allocated for the commencement of a demonstration project to develop planned access to residential services as contained within the HSE Service Plan 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20279/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the types of non-centre-based respite services in use here; the budget allocated to non-centre-based respite services; the funding spent on non-centre-based respite services in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20455/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of providing one-person-centred supported living residential home for people with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20456/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated staffing cost of providing one-person-centred supported living residential home for persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20457/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated operational non-staffing cost of providing one-person-centred supported living residential homes for persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20458/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of expressions of interest that were received from persons to be part of the personalised budgets demonstration projects; the number of persons to date who have gained access to become part of a personalised budgets demonstration project; the timeframe for the findings from the personalised budgets demonstration projects to be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20461/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average cost per participant in the personalised budgets demonstration projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20462/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the total amount of funding received by disability service providers in the past five years; the funding received by each disability service provider in the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20463/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average cost of transferring one person with a disability under the age of 65 years living in a nursing home to a person-centred home in the community; the budget that has been allocated to transfer 63 persons with a disability under the age of 65 years living in a nursing home to a person-centred home in the community as contained within the HSE Service Plan 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20464/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of disabled persons under the age of 65 years in each of the past five years to be transferred from a nursing home to a person-centred home in the community; the budget allocated in each of the past five years to transfer disabled persons under the age of 65 years living in a nursing home to a person-centred home in the community; the final amount spent in each of the past five years to transfer disabled persons under the age of 65 years living in nursing homes to a person-centred home in the community in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20465/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average capital cost in each of the past five years of delivering a supported living home in the community for the transfer of disabled persons under the age of 65 years from a nursing home in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20466/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average staffing cost in each of the past five years of delivering a supported living home in the community for the transfer of disabled persons under the age of 65 years from a nursing home in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20467/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average operating non-staffing cost in each of the past five years of delivering a supported living home is the community for the transfer of disabled persons under the age of 65 years from a nursing home in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20468/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of disabled persons under the age of 65 years who to date remain living in a nursing home; the number of disabled persons under the age of 65 years living in a nursing home who were transferred in each of the past five years to a person centred home in the community; the number of disabled persons under the age of 65 years who died while living in a nursing home in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20469/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated each year to progress the implementation of the managed clinical network demonstrator project, in tabular form; the timeframe for the findings of this project to be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20470/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated to develop an integrated assessment of need tracing system for children and adults as contained within the HSE Service Plan 2022; the timeframe for this system to be developed and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20471/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated to develop an integrated national day services database as contained within the HSE Service Plan 2022; the timeframe for this system to be developed and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20472/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated to develop an integrated case management system for all 91 children’s disability network teams, as contained within the HSE Service Plan 2022; the timeframe for this system to be developed and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20473/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated each year to develop the national ability supports system, as contained within the HSE Service Plan 2022, in tabular form; the timeframe for this system to be developed and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20474/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the structures that have been put in place to enable service users to become active participants in the co-design of their care and support services as contained within the HSE Service Plan 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20475/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the structures that have been put in place to support dialogue and collaborative working with voluntary organisations, including those representing sections 38 and 39 providers, and persons with disabilities and their families, as contained within the HSE Service Plan 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20476/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of additional day service places that were allocated in each of the past five years; the budget that was allocated to provide additional day service places in each of the past five years; the number of additional day service places that were taken up in each of the past five years; the final amount that was spent on delivering additional day service places in each of the past five years; the number of persons exiting or no longer using day service provision in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20477/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the total number of day services; the percentage that operate at 100% capacity; the average capacity in day services that are operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20478/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated unit cost of providing one additional full-day service for a person with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20479/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of dietitians employed within the oncology day unit at Cavan General Hospital; the additional cost of employing a dietitian within the oncology day unit at Cavan General Hospital; his plans for the recruitment of dietitians within the oncology day unit at Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20941/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his views on the adequacy of the level of students currently graduating in Ireland to satisfy the staffing needs of children’s disability network teams; his views on the reasons that the shortfall in therapy staff working in children’s disability network teams has not been satisfied through recruitment within the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18786/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the format of the nationwide compliance and proscribing audit of CAMHS teams; the timeframe for completion of the audit; if this audit will include the inspection of case files; if staff and parents will be consulted as part of the audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18151/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if HSE homecare staff and staff working for companies providing homecare that are contracted by the HSE are fully equipped with personal protective equipment which will enable them to continue providing a service in cases in which a person with complex care needs or their family carer have tested positive for Covid-19; his views on whether such a service should continue to be provided when the staff are fully equipped with personal protective equipment; if the same work criteria are applied to HSE homecare staff and staff working for companies providing homecare that are contracted by the HSE as is applied to HSE hospital staff with regard to the provision of services to persons who have contracted Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18152/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the publication of the action plan on the Disability Capacity Review which was due in December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18395/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand the existing level of respite in County Cavan; if it is intended to provide separate centres for children and adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18396/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand the existing level of respite in County Monaghan; if it is intended to provide separate centres for children and adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18397/22]
• 2022-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure access to services for children with disabilities; his plans to fully staff children’s disability network teams and to fully establish family forums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16794/22]
• 2022-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 448 to 450, inclusive, of 24 February 2022, of the more than 475 staff development posts allocated since 2019 to children's disability services, the number of these that were clinical specialists; the number of clinical specialists working within children's disability services as of March 2022; the number of clinical specialist posts currently advertised for recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16984/22]
• 2022-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of therapy posts needed to have children's disability network teams at 100% staffing level; the current therapy staffing level in such teams in both numerical and percentage terms; the number of therapy staffing posts currently being advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16985/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he visited any health facilities during his recent visit to Austin, Texas in the United States of America for St. Patrick’s Day events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16123/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Monaghan and County Cavan that are on a waiting list for urology paediatric surgery; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16124/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the income received by each hospital group from the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16125/22]
• 2022-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 199 of 3 February 2022, if his Department has liaised with the Department of Health and the HSE in the development of the new accommodation model and wrap around services with regard to the needs of disabled asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15324/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the publication of the review of the standard operating procedure for assessment of need; if he will provide copies of the interim reports that were due to be issued three and six months from the start of the review in March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14019/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce an assistive technology passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14174/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional 375 posts created in children’s disability services in the past two budgets as outlined in Dáil Éireann on 8 March 2022 in terms of the number of these positions that have been filled; the grade of each position; the total amount of funding provided; the details of the positions that remain vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14377/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of senior grade posts that will be appointed to children’s disability services as indicated in Dáil Éireann on 8 March 2022; the total amount of funding provided; the timeline for the appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14378/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children who have been referred for further assessment after receiving a preliminary team assessment under the standard operating procedure for assessment of need; the waiting times for completion of the further assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14379/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of the administrative staff posts for children’s disability services announced in Budget 2022 that have been filled to date; if the HSE plans to fill any further positions in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14380/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health her plans to recruit and deploy assistant psychologists for children’s disability services as indicated in Dáil Éireann on 8 March 2022; the number of these posts that were sanctioned and issued to his Department in 2021; the number of these posts that have been filled to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14381/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health her plans to address the shortfall of 400 staff in children’s disability services as outlined by him in Seanad Éireann in October 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14382/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of cases that have been taken against the State in each year since 2005 under the Disability Act 2005 for overdue assessment of need; the amount in legal costs paid by the State; the overall number of settlements awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14383/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of current or open cases being taken against the State under the Disability Act 2005 for overdue assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14384/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the completion of the review of the standard operating procedure for assessments of needs; if he has received interim reports; if so, the date on which any such reports were received; if he published any interim reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14385/22]
• 2022-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have availed of the mobility allowance in each year since the scheme ended in 2013, in tabular form; the cost each year to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13032/22]
• 2022-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have availed of the motorised transport grant in each year since the scheme ended in 2013; the cost each year to the Exchequer, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13033/22]
• 2022-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the findings of the review group chaired by a person (details supplied) which was set up to seek up an alternative method for ensuring that the needs of persons affected by the discontinuance of both the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant schemes can be provided for in a manner that does not run counter to the Equal Status Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13034/22]
• 2022-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the Exchequer of reintroducing and expanding both the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant schemes in a manner which complies with the Equal Status Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13035/22]
• 2022-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of persons who would be eligible for the mobility allowance if it were reintroduced in a manner which complies with the Equal Status Acts; the estimated cost to the Exchequer of reintroducing the mobility allowance in a manner which complies with the Equal Status Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13036/22]
• 2022-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of persons who would be eligible for the motorised transport grant if it were reintroduced in a manner which complies with the Equal Status Acts; the estimated cost to the Exchequer of reintroducing the motorised transport grant in a manner which complies with the Equal Status Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13037/22]
• 2022-03-02
  VOTE
  Healthcare Waiting Lists · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 76–57
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 75–57
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the engagements his Department is having with the Department of Health on its health workforce planning needs specifically in relation to children’s disability network teams; the plans he has to ensure an adequate level of third level courses are available to fill future staffing needs within children’s disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11004/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he intends introducing personalised budgets for older people; the timeframe for this to be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10913/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if there is a workforce plan in place for children’s disability network teams that identifies future staffing needs within children’s disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11003/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the details of each staffing role within children’s disability network teams; the number working within each role in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11673/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 2 December 2021, if he will provide this Deputy with copies of the staffing census of the children’s disability network teams and the details of the workforce plan for the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10787/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the National Management Information System for the 91 children’s disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10788/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the current shortfall in therapist posts per children’s disability network team; the type of therapist posts that are short per children’s disability network team in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10789/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number and type of therapist posts that are currently advertised; the average length of time to fill therapy posts by therapy discipline; the number of therapy posts that have went unfilled by therapy discipline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10790/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the national average waiting time for a child to receive an assessment of need in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10791/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1014 and 1015 of 31 March 2021, the latest figures for the number of children who have received an assessment of need, per CHO; the number of children overdue for an assessment of need, per CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10792/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children with a disability allocated to each children’s disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10793/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 2 December 2021, if all the 85 posts approved in mid-2021 for services in special schools have been filled; if these posts are located within special schools or within children’s disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10794/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children 0 to 17 years and 11 months old awaiting a therapy identified in their assessment of need service statement by therapy discipline, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10795/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints that were received under Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005 in relation to a child’s assessment of need for disability services not being carried out within the statutory timeframe each year from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10796/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of requests for an assessment of need that were made in each of the years from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10797/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the training provided to clinicians to undertake an assessment of need; the percentage of therapy staff employed in children’s disability network teams who have undergone this training and are qualified to undertake an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10798/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the cover that is in place for sick leave, maternity leave and paternity leave for therapy staff who carry out an assessment of need as part of a children’s disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10799/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of administrative support staff employed within each of the children’s disability network teams; his plans to increase the level of administrative support staff employed within children’s disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10800/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of speech and language therapists within children’s disability services in each of the years from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10801/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of physiotherapists within children’s disability services in each of the years from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10802/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of psychologists within children’s disability services in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10803/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of occupational therapists within children’s disability services in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10804/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of social workers within children’s disability services in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10805/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of nurses specialising in intellectual disability within children’s disability services in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10806/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of psychiatrists within Children’s Disability Services in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10807/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of orthotists and prosthetists within Children’s Disability Services in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10808/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of clinical nutritionists within children’s disability services in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10809/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of public health nurses within children’s disability services in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10810/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of community resource workers within children’s disability services in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10811/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of audiologists within children’s disability services in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10812/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees working within children’s disability network teams in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10813/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if staff working within children’s disability network teams are currently given the opportunity to work additional hours for additional pay on a voluntary basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10814/22]
• 2022-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if a panel has been set up to examine the categories of workers to receive the Covid-19 frontline bonus payment; and the way in which submissions can be made to this panel. [9903/22]
• 2022-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders who have been mistakenly billed for a private medical procedure in each of the past five years; the number of medical card holders who were reimbursed after paying for a procedure that was mistakenly billed to them as a private procedure in each of the past five years in tabular form; the actions he is taking to ensure that medical card holders are not mistakenly billed for private medical procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10344/22]
• 2022-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the newly established Public Health Reform Expert Advisory Group who have a lived experience of disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10354/22]
• 2022-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason a respite centre (details supplied) in Listowel has been closed; the timeframe for when this service will be reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10358/22]
• 2022-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the introduction of personal budgets for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10366/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of neurology nurse specialists currently working in Sligo University Hospital; if he has plans to increase the number of neurology nurse specialists in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9906/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of podiatrists employed by the HSE by CHO area in each of the years 2017 to 2021; the shortfall in podiatrists employed by the HSE by CHO area in tabular form; the number of podiatrist posts planned in Budget 2021; the number of these posts that were not filled; the reason that posts were not filled; the status of his plans to improve podiatry services in each CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9907/22]
• 2022-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the inquiry into the historical licensing and use of the anti-epileptic drug sodium valproate that his Department committed to in November 2020; the timeframe for this inquiry to take place; the position regarding the disability package for persons affected by valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8853/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme in order to align the rate being charged for procedures undertaken by hospitals in Northern Ireland with the rate paid by the HSE given that this can often be seriously misaligned and can burden patients with large additional costs and act as a disincentive to persons from undergoing necessary procedures; the timeframe for a permanent statutory scheme to be put in place to replace the temporary Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7896/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason that patients presenting to Cavan General Hospital accident and emergency department requesting treatment for mental health issues are being turned away without intervention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7897/22]
• 2022-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who applied for primary medical certificates and the number of persons approved for primary medical certificates since 19 June 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5573/22]
• 2022-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who applied for primary medical certificates and the number of persons approved for primary medical certificates since 1 January 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5574/22]
• 2022-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans to allow families on the homecare waiting list to use their homecare package to organise their own care in situations in which the HSE and homecare agencies used by the HSE are not in a position to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5578/22]
• 2022-02-02
  VOTE
  Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

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

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the status of the plans regarding the €3 million funding for the development of specialist palliative care inpatient units in the north east, that is, Drogheda and Cavan and Tullamore, County Offaly that was announced by his Department in December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4343/22]
• 2022-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason there is upwards of a two-month delay in registering a birth in the register of births, deaths and marriages in County Cavan; his plans to address this delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4392/22]
• 2022-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the details of the Women’s Health Fund 2022; the criteria and application process for this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3080/22]
• 2022-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants by speciality post that are currently vacant in each hospital of the CHI Hospital Group as of 17 January 2022; the length of time that each post has been vacant; the position regarding the filling of each consultant post in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3421/22]
• 2022-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies by job title at the renal dialysis unit at Cavan General Hospital; the estimated full-year cost of filling each of the vacancies; when each of the vacancies will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3422/22]
• 2022-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to see a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon in each hospital group by hospital; the average waiting time to see a consultant in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3423/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that were tested for Lyme disease here in each of the years 2017 to 2021; the number of persons that were diagnosed with Lyme disease over the same period; the number of staff employed in this area; the type of tests carried out for Lyme disease here; if these tests are routine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1399/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of ophthalmologists employed by the HSE nationally in each of the years 2017 to 2021; the number employed in Cavan General Hospital over the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1400/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans to support persons with long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1401/22]
• 2021-12-15
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Foetal Pain Relief) Bill 2021 · 2 divisions

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

  • ✓ voted 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 Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a consultation with a paediatric urologist at Temple Street Hospital; the number waiting up to 6, 6 to 12, 12 and 24 and more than 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61146/21]
• 2021-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a consultation with a paediatric urologist at Temple Street Hospital in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the plans he has to reduce the waiting time for a consultation with a paediatric urologist at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61147/21]
• 2021-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a paediatric urology procedure at Temple Street Hospital; the number waiting up to 6, 6 to 12, 12 and 24 and more than 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61148/21]
• 2021-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a paediatric urology procedure at Temple Street Hospital in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the plans he has to reduce the waiting time for procedures at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61149/21]
• 2021-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant paediatric urologists at Temple Street Hospital in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61150/21]
• 2021-12-08
  VOTE
  Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✗ voted against 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 block the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 87–44
• 2021-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he plans to provide funding to alleviate the pressure on Temple Street and Crumlin Hospitals as per the request submitted by Children’s Health Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59896/21]
• 2021-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children with a disability in each CHO; the number of therapists working as part of a children’s disability network team in each CHO and by therapy speciality provided, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60282/21]
• 2021-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of therapists working with the children’s disability service in each CHO in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 by therapy speciality provided, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60283/21]
• 2021-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the slow pace of implementing progressing disability services and children's disability networks; his plans to address the challenges this has presented for parents of children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59113/21]
• 2021-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the achievements to date in relation to the decongregation of large residential institutions for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59472/21]
• 2021-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the achievements to date in relation to the transfer of persons with disabilities under the age of 65 years who have been inappropriately placed in nursing homes back into the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59473/21]
• 2021-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if a mandated single point of contact within the Department was appointed to coordinate preparations with the Decision Support Service for the aspects of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 that the Department is responsible for delivering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59570/21]
• 2021-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of additional therapy posts that are needed to fully resource children’s disability network teams to an adequate level that will ensure timely access to both an assessment of need report and the subsequent access to the interventions identified in the assessment of needs report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59631/21]
• 2021-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to develop a workforce plan for psychology and a National Psychology Placement Office in line with the recommendations of the National Health and Social Care Professions Office in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59632/21]
• 2021-12-02
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 48–60
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–63
• 2021-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of respite services in each CHO which are currently closed; the county within each CHO in which the services that are closed operate; the length of time each of these services have been closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57774/21]
• 2021-11-24
  VOTE
  Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021

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

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

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of new residential places that will be provided in 2022 excluding those who have a residential service already and are transferring to a better living situation; his plans to deal with the urgent needs of the 800 persons who are currently waiting for new residential places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57361/21]
• 2021-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons under 65 years of age inappropriately placed in nursing homes who will be supported to leave nursing homes using the €5.5 million funding allocated in budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57362/21]
• 2021-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for homecare support in each CHO; the number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in each CHO; the average length of time that persons have been waiting; the single longest period of time that a person has been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56100/21]
• 2021-11-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the status of progress on meeting the commitment in the HSE service plan 2021 to provide for services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55254/21]
• 2021-11-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the way in which the 120,000 additional personal assistance hours announced in Budget 2022 will be distributed to address the requirements outlined in the disability capacity review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55255/21]
• 2021-11-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the urgency with which an Assisted Human Reproduction Bill is required so as to give legal certainty to mothers of children born through surrogacy who presently have guardianship status which ends when the child turns 18 years of age removing any legal link between the child and mother; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55340/21]
• 2021-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education if approval will be given to an application for the summer works programme by a school (details supplied) to repair the current treacherous state of the pathways and play areas on the grounds of the school which was identified in a recent health and safety audit and risk assessment as a hazard for playtime and for children and visitors entering and exiting the school grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54502/21]
• 2021-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the actions he will take regarding the employment terms and conditions and contracts of employment in the home care sector that have according to his Department been factors in the shortage of homecare workers rather than a demonstratable labour shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53185/21]
• 2021-11-03
  VOTE
  Extension of Health (Amendment) Act 2020

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

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

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 356 of 21 October 2021, the timeframe for publication of the Bill on assisted human reproduction; the steps he has taken to consult with stakeholders including the AHR community regarding the Bill; if the Bill will encompass international surrogacy; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53285/21]
• 2021-10-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he has considered any plans in relation to the introduction of legislation on surrogacy that would give legal status to parents whose child was born through the use of a surrogate; if these plans have considered retrospective parentage for parents who have currently been granted guardianship; if these plans have considered the need to extend parental leave and benefits to those parents whose child was born through the use of a surrogate; if these plans have considered the need to streamline this process and reduce the legal costs on parents whose child was born through the use of a surrogate in gaining their legal status as parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51333/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 809 of 28 September 2021, if, considering that a high volume of breast cancer cases are oestrogen-driven and many women experience hormonal changes from the age of 40 onwards, he has considered extending breast check screening to all women from 40 years of age to 69 years of age and introducing ultrasound screening for all women from 25 years of age to 40 years of age in addition to women of 70 years of age and over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50833/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the appointment of a permanent doctor to the general practitioner practice in Swanlinbar, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50461/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the plans he has considered to increase capacity at Cavan General Hospital to deal with likely emergency department overflows in winter 2021 to ensure that both scheduled and unscheduled care can take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50960/21]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for mental health services by CHO, county and age category; the breakdown by the length of time they have been waiting in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49213/21]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time opticians employed by the HSE who work in counties Monaghan and Cavan in each of the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49465/21]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time epilepsy nurse specialists employed by the HSE in each of the past three years, in tabular form; the hospitals in which these nurses are located; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49466/21]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the opening hours of the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49467/21]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the posts at Cavan General Hospital that have been offered to applicants but await a start date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49468/21]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of girls aged 12 to 13 years who were eligible for the human papillomavirus, HPV, vaccination programme, from September 2009 to September 2010, who did not avail of a vaccination; the number of first-year girls eligible for the HPV vaccination programme from September 2010 to September 2019 who did not avail of a vaccination; the number of first-year boys and girls eligible for the HPV vaccination programme from September 2019 to September 2021 who did not avail of a vaccination; the estimated cost of vaccinating all those who were eligible for the HPV vaccination programme but did not avail of a vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49506/21]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason women attending antenatal appointments in Cavan General Hospital are being instructed to attend appointments alone in the case of appointments scheduled after 22 October 2021 (details supplied); when the majority of restrictions are being lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49529/21]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of neurology nurse specialists currently working in Beaumont Hospital; if he has plans to increase the number of neurology nurse specialists in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49692/21]
• 2021-10-06
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021 · 2 divisions

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

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the free HPV vaccine programme to girls in every age group who are still attending school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47674/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Enterprise

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for extending eligibility for an employment permit to non-EEA healthcare assistants to work in hospital and nursing home settings but not in home care settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46048/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that an adequate number of healthcare assistants can be sourced here or within the EEA; if he is satisfied that pay, conditions and training here for home care staff are sufficient in order to ensure that an adequate number of healthcare assistants can be sourced here or within the EEA to meet the growing demand for home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46048/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the eligibility for breast screening and genetic testing to all women aged 25 and over considering the cost savings involved in the early detection of cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46714/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the capacity level each adult disability day service provider provided after Covid-19 restrictions were lifted to allow them to reopen; the amount of funding that was allocated to each adult disability day service provider to enable them to expand their capacity; the capacity level each adult disability day service provider provided after receiving this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41651/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the adult disability day service providers which applied for funding to enable them to expand their capacity after Covid-19 restrictions were lifted to allow them to reopen; the adult disability day service providers which did not apply for funding to enable them to expand their capacity after Covid-19 restrictions were lifted to allow them to reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41652/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of ancillary staff that were recruited to administer to the additional 100 multidisciplinary posts that were allocated to children’s disciplinary services in 2020; the additional cost of recruiting the 100 multidisciplinary posts and the ancillary staff that were recruited to administer to them, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36062/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability who have been moved from a congregated settings into a community setting in each of the years 2017 to 2020; the amount of funding that was allocated for transferring persons with a disability from a congregated settings into a community setting in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36063/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability who remain in a congregated setting; the estimated cost for moving the remaining persons with a disability in a congregated setting to a community setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36064/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the Capital Programme for Disabilities by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36065/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of additional housing units that would be delivered if the funding to the Capital Programme for Disabilities was increased by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36066/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of increasing funding for the home-based summer July provision programme for children with complex needs by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36067/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of increasing funding for the HSE-led summer July provision programme for children with complex needs by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36068/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of increasing funding for expanding the capacity of day services for persons with a disability by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36069/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the unmet need in day services for persons with disabilities in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36070/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated timeframe for a full return of day services for persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36071/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost for the establishment of community-based neuro-rehabilitation teams in each CHO here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36072/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of community-based neuro-rehabilitation teams here currently; the CHO they are based in; the estimated timeframe for the establishment of the remaining neuro-rehabilitation teams in the CHOs in which they are currently not based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36073/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of increasing funding for respite for persons with a disability by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36074/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of additional respite hours that would be delivered by increasing the funding for respite for persons with a disability by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36075/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of increasing funding for personal assistants for persons with a disability by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36076/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of additional personal assistant hours that would be delivered by increasing the funding for personal assistants for persons with a disability by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36077/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1014 and 1015 of 31 March 2021, the breakdown by specific therapy category of the 100 therapy posts that were allocated to children’s disability services under the HSE National Service Plan 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36078/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent therapy posts in the Children’s Disability Service in 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36079/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1014 and 1015 of 31 March 2021, the percentage of assessments of need that were overdue from 30 June 2020 that are now complete; if it is still anticipated that most of the CHO areas will have eliminated their assessments of need backlogs by the end of quarter 2 of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36080/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1014 and 1015 of 31 March 2021, the number of children’s disability network teams that have currently been established; and if the remaining 60 teams will be established by the end of quarter 2 of 2021. [36081/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of additional therapy posts that are needed to fully resource children’s disability network teams to an adequate level that will ensure timely access to both an assessment of need report and the subsequent access to the interventions identified in the assessments of need report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36082/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the progress of the personalised budgets demonstration pilot projects; the projected timeline for the completion of the demonstration projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36083/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of extending personalised budgets to all persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36084/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated level of additional funding that will be needed to cover the cost of Covid-19 recovery for organisations delivering services to persons with disabilities in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36085/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the level of funding allocated for Covid-19 programmes in disability services in budget 2021 that has to date gone unspent; his views on whether the total allocation will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36086/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities under the age of 65 that remain living in nursing homes; the estimated additional cost to have those remaining in nursing homes transferred to a community setting; the timeframe to have those remaining in nursing homes transferred to a community setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36087/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the efforts he has made in respect of bringing forward an updated national carers’ strategy; the funding that has been allocated to date to review and update the strategy; the estimated additional funding required to conclude the review and publish the new strategy; the timeframe for the publication of the new strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36088/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the funding that was allocated for assistive technologies in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 respectively; the unmet need for assistive technologies in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 respectively; the additional funding needed to increase funding for assistive technologies by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36089/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the level of funding that was allocated to the Health Research Board in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the level of funding that was allocated for the collection and analysis of disability service use and need; the estimated additional funding required to improve data collection on disability that is identified in the report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36090/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the spending breakdown from the €2 million funding that was secured for the autism plan in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36094/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated for emergency residential places in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively, by capital and resource funding and CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36535/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated for planned residential places in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively, by capital and resource funding and CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36536/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated for the transfer of adults with disabilities from Tusla to the HSE in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively, by capital and resource funding and CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36537/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated for community-based neuro-rehabilitation teams in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively, by capital and resource funding and CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36538/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated for respite services for persons with disabilities in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively, by capital and resource funding and CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36539/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated for day services for people with disabilities in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively, by capital and resource funding and CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36540/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to children’s disability network teams in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively, by capital and resource funding and CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36541/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to progress the transfer of persons with disabilities from congregated settings into community settings in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively, by capital and resource funding and CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36542/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to progress the transfer of persons with disabilities under the age of 65 from nursing homes into community settings in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 respectively, by capital and resource funding and CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36543/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated for dementia care in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 respectively, by capital and resource funding and CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36544/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated the HSE-led summer July provision programme in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 respectively, by capital and resource funding and CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36545/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional funding that will need to be allocated to organisations delivering services to persons with disabilities for Covid-19 related costs in 2022, by capital and resource funding and CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36546/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of pay restoration for all section 39 organisations that have reached an agreement with the State through the Workplace Relations Commission; the amount of pay that has been restored to date; the amount of pay that is still outstanding; the timeframe for all payments to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36547/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if all section 39 organisations have reached an agreement with the State through the Workplace Relations Commission with regard to pay restoration; if not, the number that have not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36548/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the capital and current funding that was allocated to disability services in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 for transport to day services for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37004/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the additional cost of increasing funding for transport to day services for persons with disabilities by 5%, 10% and 25%, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37005/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason no pharmacy in west County Cavan has been allowed to join the vaccine roll-out scheme; the reason there is no centralised booking system within the pharmacy vaccine roll-out which has resulted in persons being able to book more than one slot on a waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38333/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he has made provision for the use of hospitality by persons that are unable or choose not to avail of a Covid-19 vaccine; if he is considering the use of antigen testing in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38805/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been left without a general practitioner despite several attempts to get the HSE to allocate one, which has left them in a position of being unable to get the medicine they need prescribed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38811/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if live music is currently permitted at a wedding reception; if not, when the Covid-19 guidelines for weddings are due to be reviewed; if it is likely that live music will be permitted at this stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40063/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 189 of 7 July 2021, the number of additional development posts for specialist children's disability therapy services that were announced in Budget 2021 that are currently filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40126/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1014 and 1015 of 31 March 2021, the breakdown by specific therapy category of the 100 therapy posts that were allocated to children’s disability services under the HSE National Service Plan 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31010/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent therapy posts in Children’s disability services in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31011/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1014 and 1015 of 31 March 2021, the percentage of assessments of need that were overdue from 30 June 2020 that are now complete; if it is still anticipated that most of the CHO areas will have eliminated their assessments of need backlogs by the end of Quarter 2 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31012/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1014 and 1015 of 31 March 2021, the number of children’s disability network teams that have currently been established; and his views on whether the remaining 60 teams will be established by end Q2 2021. [31013/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if cold pressed cannabidiol food supplements derived from the EU hemp crop are regulated as traditional foods in Ireland; if the Food Safety Authority of Ireland advises Irish hemp farmers and producers that these products do not require a novel food authorisation from the European Food Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31313/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if Irish farmers and producers of cold pressed cannabidiol food supplements made from hemp would continue to have access to EU markets for their products in the event that the European Commission would require those specific products to be authorised by European Food Safety Authority in accordance with EU Novel Food regulation 2015/2283; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31314/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason Irish authorities require Irish hemp farmers and processors to submit EU novel food authorisation applications for agricultural foods based solely on the extraction solvents used in their production when those solvents are already specifically pre-authorised by European authorities within the EU novel good regulatory framework given that Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 states that the extraction solvents falling within the scope of Directive 2009/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council should be excluded from the scope of novel food regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31315/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the clarifications by the European Commission (details supplied) regarding the novel food authorisation applications of Irish hemp farms and businesses in which the Commission again explains specifically for Ireland that cannabidiol food and food supplements produced from any part of the EU hemp crop including the flowers and leaves are considered to be legal agricultural food products by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31316/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason the Health Products Regulatory Authority is requiring Irish hemp farmers and producers to formally confirm that they will destroy the flowers and leaves of their 2021 hemp crops considering that these farmers and producers are at present progressing EU novel food authorisation applications at the insistence of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland and that further clarifications was provided by the EU Commission which his attention was drawn to on 22 February 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31317/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that hemp derived cannabidiol food supplements cannot be made from the seeds, fibres and stalks of the hemp plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31318/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date on establishing an enquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate; when an enquiry will be fully established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31492/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that a product which meets his Department's own clinical guidelines on the use of medical cannabis in epilepsy is added to the medical cannabis access programme before it is launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31493/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date in the recruitment of six epilepsy nurse specialists which was agreed as part of the HSE Valproate Response Project in 2018; if all these posts have not been filled, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31494/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the establishment of a sodium valproate stakeholder group that would review the measures that are currently in place and make recommendations as to the way they could be strengthened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31495/21]
• 2021-07-14
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

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

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

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

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health when the disability capacity review report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28331/21]
• 2021-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the temporary assistance payment scheme to include further supports for July, August and September 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30473/21]
• 2021-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent in therapist posts within the HSEs children’s disability services in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, by therapy specialty, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists and social workers in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30598/21]
• 2021-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the funding that was allocated to recruit additional therapist posts in the HSEs children’s disability services in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30599/21]
• 2021-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the shortfall in therapist posts within the HSEs children’s disability services identified in the HSEs Capacity Review Report on Disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30600/21]
• 2021-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason that only six and 15 guests can attend a wedding ceremony inside and outside, respectively while 50 guests can attend the reception for the same wedding; if the rationale behind this policy takes into account the size of the location in which the ceremony or reception is to take place; if persons who have been vaccinated can be treated as surplus to the permitted number of guests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28217/21]
• 2021-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if persons within the different age categories for the vaccine roll-out are taken on an age basis within their respective category; if a 51 year old person could get a date for their vaccination before a 59 year old even if they had registered after them; his views on whether persons not being allocated their vaccination date by age within their respective age category contradicts the public health advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26405/21]
• 2021-06-02
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) Act 2021

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

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

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 77–51
• 2021-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1484 of 24 March 2021, if his attention has been drawn to the shortfall in skilled mental health staff both here and internationally (details supplied) which is preventing the HSE from progressing the recruitment of clinicians for eating disorder teams; if he will raise this issue with the Higher Education Authority with a view to expanding the number of places available in this subject area in third-level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26944/21]
• 2021-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health when prison officers will receive their Covid-19 vaccination given that all establishments across the prison estate are operating quarantine areas to deal with potential or confirmed cases of Covid-19 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25175/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the conditions which are needed for weddings restrictions to be relaxed to allow for more than six in attendance; the timeframe for weddings to be able to permit more than six guests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23833/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will lift restrictions on partners and supporting persons attending full maternity care services including scans, labour and post-delivery visits in view of low community transmission and full vaccination of staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24513/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans for the introduction of a dispensation to the travel restrictions for those travelling to disability sports training based outside of their own county or 20 kilometre range (details supplied); if he will consider introducing a dispensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21547/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the Covid-19 vaccination centres currently in use; the date from which each of these centres is in use; the number of persons who have been vaccinated in each of these centres, respectively since they first came into use for this purpose; the weekly cost of renting each of these premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19830/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if an arrangement has been put in place in which cross-Border workers can be vaccinated in the jurisdiction in which they work and pay tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19831/21]
• 2021-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if a student who did not avail of the free human papillomavirus, HPV, vaccine in their first year of secondary school can avail of the vaccine at a later date while they are still a student in the school; if not, if this policy will be reviewed in order to encourage as many students as possible to avail of this vaccine before leaving school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18076/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the ratio of whole-time equivalent occupational therapists per 100 persons that is recommended by the HSE; the number of whole-time equivalent occupational therapists per 100 persons currently employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16789/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the ratio of whole-time equivalent speech and language therapists per 100 persons that is recommended by the HSE; the number of whole-time equivalent speech and language therapists per 100 persons currently employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16790/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the ratio of whole-time equivalent psychotherapists per 100 persons that is recommended by the HSE; the number of whole-time equivalent psychotherapists per 100 persons currently employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16791/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the ratio of whole-time equivalent psychologists per 100 persons that is recommended by the HSE; the number of whole-time equivalent psychologists per 100 persons currently employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16792/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the ratio of whole-time equivalent paediatricians per 100 persons that is recommended by the HSE; the number of whole-time equivalent paediatricians per 100 persons currently employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16793/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the ratio of whole-time equivalent dietitians per 100 persons that is recommended by the HSE; the number of whole-time equivalent dietitians per 100 persons currently employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16794/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the ratio of whole-time equivalent social workers per 100 persons that is recommended by the HSE; the number of whole-time equivalent social workers per 100 persons currently employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16795/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time in each CHO for a child to receive an assessment of need in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16796/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time in each CHO for a child who has received an assessment of need to access the therapies and services identified in the assessment of need in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16797/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for infertility services at secondary level to have been developed across the country and the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2019 commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17249/21]
• 2021-03-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list for children's disability services; the number on the waiting list for less than three, three to six, six to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16081/21]
• 2021-03-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children in each CHO on the waiting list for children's disability services in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16082/21]
• 2021-03-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing the staffing numbers in children’s disability services in order to reduce the time spent by children on the waiting list for these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16083/21]
• 2021-03-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) will have to wait before they gain access to children’s disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16084/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will prioritise pregnant women on the vaccine sequencing plan in view of a number of recent stillbirths which may have been related to Covid-19 and in line with the call from the master of the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14017/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he has taken steps to review access to services for persons with eating disorders, given the diversion of funding from that area; if not, if he has considered the establishment of a working group for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14384/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons here that were reimbursed through the drug payment scheme for leasing a continuous positive airway pressure, CPAP, machine in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14737/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average amount per person that was reimbursed through the drug payment scheme for leasing a continuous positive airway pressure, CPAP, machine in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14738/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the name of the companies that currently supply the HSE with continuous positive airway pressure, CPAP, machines; the name of companies that supplied CPAP machines to the HSE previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14739/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the amount that was spent annually in 2018, 2019 and 2020 by the HSE in reimbursing persons who were leasing continuous positive airway pressure, CPAP, machines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14740/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of haemodialysis patients treated in contracted centres in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15732/21]
• 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 add 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
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in each county; the average waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8570/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the orthodontic waiting lists in each county; the average waiting times for appointments; the number waiting more than six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8571/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on the CAMHS waiting list in each county; the average waiting time; the number waiting more than six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8572/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for homecare support in each county; the total number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in each county; the average number of hours granted to each successful applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8573/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting for a colonoscopy in Cavan General Hospital; the number that have been waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 to 90 and more than 90 days, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8574/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an endoscopy in Cavan General Hospital; the number that have been waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 to 90 and more than 90 days, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8575/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies at Cavan General Hospital; the grade of each vacancy; the length of time of the vacancy in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8576/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment in each CHO area; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8577/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a speech and language appointment in each CHO area; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to12 and more than 12 months, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8578/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an occupational therapy appointment in each CHO area; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8579/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a speech and language appointment in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, area; the number who have been waiting less than three, three to six, six to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8580/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided to families in each county over each of the past 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8581/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in each county; the average waiting time for appointment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8582/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each county who are currently waiting for an appointment for early intervention, by therapy; the number who are waiting less than six, six to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8583/21]
• 2021-02-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of day services for persons with disabilities which have reopened; the capacity at which these services are operating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7635/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing the number of medical officers in the HSE who are responsible for issuing primary medical certificates on a temporary basis to reduce the growing waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6784/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average cost of a full medical card; the number of persons on a full medical card; the average cost of a general practitioner visit only card; the number of persons on a general practitioner visit only card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4374/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the differential between the average cost of a full medical card and the average cost of a general practitioner visit only card; the number of persons in receipt of both cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4375/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average cost of formal out-of-home respite service; the average cost of formal in-home respite service; the average cost of recreation and holiday respite breaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4376/21]
• 2021-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric rheumatologists who were employed in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2543/21]
• 2021-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of times the HSE has advertised for the post of paediatric rheumatologist since January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2544/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will continue to apply restrictions based on domestic legislation in contravention of EU trade law and the advice of the European Commission in view of the fact that EU hemp-derived products made from the entire plant, with not more than 0.2% tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, are protected under Articles 34 and 36 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, TFEU, and are not controlled within the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44723/20]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he ceased regulating hemp-derived products under domestic legislation which directly contravenes EU trade law in view of the fact that EU hemp-derived products made from the entire plant are protected under Articles 34 and 36 of TFEU and are not controlled within the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44720/20]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that while all NHS and social care workers in Scotland are receiving a £500 payment to thank them for working on the frontline during Covid-19, Irish nurses are having to pay a €100 registration fee to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; if he will request that this fee is waived; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42847/20]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the baseline unit cost for formal out-of-home respite services; the baseline unit cost for formal in-home respite; the baseline unit cost for recreation and holiday respite breaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42970/20]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if front-line healthcare staff are to be redeployed again to Covid-19 testing; the reason more additional staff for Covid-19 testing are not recruited from those who applied to the Be on Call for Ireland campaign; the reason additional staff for Covid-19 testing are not redeployed from non-frontline healthcare staff; his views on whether physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy as essential; his views on the growing waiting lists in each of these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42371/20]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his views on the adequacy of the number of paediatric rheumatologists currently employed here; his plans to increase the number of paediatric rheumatologists employed here; the time frame for any increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42370/20]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a child to receive an appointment with an ophthalmologist; the average waiting time between receiving the appointment and being examined by an ophthalmologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42367/20]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the details of funding that was allocated towards screening children with Down's syndrome for Down's arthritis in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42368/20]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a child to receive an appointment with a paediatric rheumatologist; the average waiting time between a child receiving an appointment and being examined by an paediatric rheumatologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42369/20]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans to implement the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health Report on Foetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome published in May 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42611/20]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42533/20]
• 2020-12-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to reverse its decision to discontinue full reimbursements for the cost of eye tests and glasses for children with Down's syndrome; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that over 50% of children with Down's syndrome will require glasses during their lives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42412/20]
• 2020-12-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) of eight years of age with Down's syndrome has been on a waiting list to see an ophthalmologist since before their first birthday; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42413/20]
• 2020-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric rheumatologists who are currently employed here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40939/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans in relation to family visits to care homes over the Christmas period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38261/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the guidelines on water births; if the HSE has advised that home-birthing parents can no longer have water births; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36548/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the progress of the personalised budgets demonstration projects pilot; the number of disabled persons who have signed up in phase 1 and phase 2; the projected timeline for the completion of the demonstration projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36922/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the progress of the personalised budgets demonstration projects pilot; the number of disabled persons who have signed up in phase 1 and 2; the timeframe for the completion of the demonstrations projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36992/20]
• 2020-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if persons attending groups (details supplied) or other organised weight reduction groups can do so if they can arrange weigh-ins once a week for members on an individual basis adherent to public health advice in the interests of physical and mental health and well-being of participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35276/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the position regarding commitments by successive Governments to close all institutional settings by 2018; his views on the adequacy of the measures taken by successive Governments to meet the yearly targets as set out in the report, Time to Move on from Congregated Settings; the actions he will take to accelerate the deinstitutionalisation process; the timetable for the completion of this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29747/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will publish and make available the capacity review of disability services conducted by his Department; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30674/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the €100 million allocated in budget 2021 to the disability sector; the amount allocated to new funding; the amount previously allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32288/20]
• 2020-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if there is a service available here that provides medical alert dogs to sufferers of epilepsy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32259/20]
• 2020-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the funding allocation for respite services in the budgets in each of the years 2015 to 2018, inclusive; the expenditure on respite services in the years 2016 to 2019, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30089/20]
• 2020-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities who were entitled to day services in 2019; the number of persons who availed of day services in 2019; the number of persons with disabilities who were entitled to day services since they reopened in September 2020; the number of persons who availed of day services since they reopened in September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27791/20]
• 2020-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who were entitled to respite services in 2019; the number of persons who availed of respite services in 2019; the number of persons who were entitled to respite services since they reopened in September 2020; the number of persons who availed of respite services since they reopened in September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27792/20]
• 2020-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe in which he plans to lift Covid-19 restrictions for trade fairs and exhibitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27793/20]
• 2020-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability who have been provided with respite care by county and by month to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27794/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the additional funding required to clear the home support waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26360/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if the report commissioned by his predecessor into the midwifery-led unit in Cavan General Hospital has been completed; if the reason for the initial suggested amalgamation with consultancy-led maternity services at the hospital has been explained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23648/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will ratify the Optional Protocol in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the timetable for ratification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20363/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of personal assistant hours availed of by county and month in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 respectively, in tabular form; if he will increase the number of personal assistant hours; the timetable for this increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20366/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children born with neural tube defects in each of the years 2015 to 2019; the number of live births in each of the years; the ratio of neural tube defect births in every 1,000 births in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20150/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the person or body with responsibility for developing national clinical obstetric ultrasound guidelines as a whole entity; and the status of the progress of those guidelines [20151/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the person or body with responsibility for the development of a national check list for the anomaly scan; if checking placental cord insertion will be included in the checklist for the anomaly scan; if there is 100% universal access to the scan nationally per individual unit; the breakdown to the scan by unit on access level and provision, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20152/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the average waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20163/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the orthodontic waiting lists in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the average waiting times for appointments; the number waiting more than six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20164/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on the CAMHS waiting list in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the average waiting time; the number waiting more than six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20165/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting home care support in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in the counties; the average number of hours granted to each successful applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20166/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a colonoscopy in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number of these who have been waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 to 90 and more than 90 days, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20167/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an endoscopy in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number of these who have been waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 to 90 and more than 90 days, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20168/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies at Cavan General Hospital; the grade of each vacancy; the length of time of each vacancy, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20169/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20170/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a speech and language appointment in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20171/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an occupational therapy appointment in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20172/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided to families in counties Cavan and Monaghan over each of the past 12 months; the number provided in each month since March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20174/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of day care centres in counties Cavan and Monaghan that have now reopened; the number that will be reopened by September 2020; the number that will not be in a position to reopen by September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20175/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of day care centres for persons with intellectual disabilities in counties Cavan and Monaghan that have submitted applications for funding in order to reopen; the amount required; the amount allocated to date by his Department; the amount that will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20176/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the average waiting time for appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20177/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan that are awaiting an appointment for early intervention by therapy; the number that are waiting less than 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20178/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans for reopening day-care services for persons with disabilities; the timetable for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20369/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who availed of day-care services by county and month in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20370/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the cost to fund medical cards for all persons diagnosed with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20373/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if a new and updated national carers’ strategy will be published with a dedicated budget and time frame to ensure the implementation of all actions; if so, the time frame for publication of the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20374/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the home support waiting list by county and by month in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20375/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that were provided with respite care by county and month in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, respectively; if the provision of respite care will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20376/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who were provided with respite care by county and month in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 respectively; if he will increase the provision of respite care by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20458/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children in each county on the waiting list for speech and language therapy in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19366/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children in each county on the waiting list for occupational therapy in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19367/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of adults in each county on the waiting list for occupational therapy in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19368/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the full facts regarding the Be on Call for Ireland campaign launched by the HSE; the number of trained healthcare professionals who responded across each discipline; the number that actually returned home; the locations they were deployed to; the number across each of those disciplines that remain in service; the number in each discipline that have been and will be retained and permanently employed in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13946/20]
• 2020-06-23
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason for refusing to purchase a CPAP machine for the treatment of sleep apnoea, which costs approximately €800 on the drugs repayment scheme; the reason the same machine is being rented at a cost of around €80 per month, which will ultimately prove a more expensive option in the medium to long term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12386/20]
• 2020-06-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding for the National Cancer Control Programme by 5%, 7.5% and 10%, respectively. [9902/20]
• 2020-06-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant ENT surgeons in each of the RCSI hospitals in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of consultant ENT surgeon hours provided in each hospital under current contracts. [9909/20]
• 2020-06-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans to enhance schemes such as a programme (details supplied). [9949/20]
• 2020-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health when an alternative respite care facility will be opened to accommodate children and adults with intellectual disabilities in counties Cavan and Monaghan (details supplied). [2794/20]