Thomas Gould

Sinn Féin · Cork North-Central

Activity on Health — 1256 events (30 lobbying · 1191 questions · 49 votes) full profile →

• 2026-04-15
  VOTE
  Organisation of Working Time (Leave for Health Screening Purposes) Bill 2025

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

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

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of dental screenings for children in Cork in second and sixth class in 2021 and since that have yet to take place, or have been scheduled for 2026. [23615/26]
• 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.
• 2026-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if she will be updating the evidence base in relation to alcohol sponsorship of sport, as was committed to in the 2014 'Report of the Working Group on Regulating Sponsorship by Alcohol Companies of Major Sporting Events'; if she is aware of recent research on how alcohol sponsorship of sports drives child and youth alcohol consumption (details supplied); and if she is aware that youth alcohol consumption now stands at 78%, only slightly down from 2002 when it stood at approximately 82% and was considered a public health crisis. [23466/26]
• 2026-03-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the schemes which exist for wig grants; and where a person contacts to become eligible to take applicants under these.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18705/26]
• 2026-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether she is aware that no tender is issued for the Southdoc SLA, and that this is renewed without competition annually; and whether she will consider a separate tender for the northside of Cork city given the lack of out-of-hours service provided by Southdoc in the area. [16726/26]
• 2026-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital in Cork. [16727/26]
• 2026-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16980/26]
• 2026-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the sale of a facility (details supplied). [14500/26]
• 2026-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update into the review of usage of the old library building on St. Mary's Road in Cork. [14501/26]
• 2026-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of buildings currently vacant owned by the HSE in Cork; the addresses of these buildings; and their current status, in tabular form. [14502/26]
• 2026-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the requirements for a GP to obtain a GMS contract; and if they must fulfil any specialist training and the length of time that training takes. [11714/26]
• 2026-02-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether a general practitioner (GP) with a GMS contract can allow another GP in their practice, or a regularly employed locum, see a GMS patient; whether there are set hours for GPs under the GMS contract or if they can work to a minimum number of hours; and whether there is any provision for the agreement of a GMS contract for less than 40 hours. [10711/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the abolition of parking fee charges in hospitals. [9674/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount paid in parking fees to each of the Cork hospitals in 2024 and 2025 respectively, in tabular form. [9676/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the process for the involuntary admission of a child on the grounds of mental health crisis. [10366/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the location and number of adolescent mental health beds in Cork. [10367/26]
• 2026-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of GMS contracts for walk-in clinics that open during daytime hours. [9105/26]
• 2026-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the way in which a person with a medical card can be seen during GP opening hours if they cannot get an appointment for their registered GP. [9106/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason nurses based in the community do not receive a car and pay for their own car expenses. [8526/26]
• 2026-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when the current SLA contract with SouthDoc is to be renewed. [7092/26]
• 2026-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to SouthDoc in 2025. [7093/26]
• 2026-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the process for a practice to register under the GMS for walk-in patients. [7094/26]
• 2026-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether a person can visit a GMS-certified walk-in practice outside of operating hours and pay privately for the service. [7095/26]
• 2026-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether a person who is registered as GMS patient to a practice can visit this practice out of opening hours and pay privately for the service. [7096/26]
• 2026-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether a GP practice is required to employ a full-time family practice specialist to receive a GMS contract or how this system works. [7097/26]
• 2026-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether a family practice specialist can sit on the board of a practice and allow them to qualify for a GMS contract. [7098/26]
• 2026-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the neurorehabilitation unit in Blarney. [5468/26]
• 2026-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health her plans to replace the proposed 50-bed nursing unit in Blarney that will now be a neurorehabilitation unit given that there is an outstanding need for nursing home beds in Cork. [5469/26]
• 2026-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children with an address in Cork on the CHI paediatric surgery waiting list for scoliosis who have been waiting longer than four months. [6208/26]
• 2026-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the steps a patient with a medical card should take in circumstances (details supplied). [6463/26]
• 2026-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that all salbutamol nebules covered by the HSE medical card scheme are out of stock and those on medical cards are forced to pay for private alternatives. [6464/26]
• 2026-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when stock availability issues with salbutamol nebules covered by the HSE medical card scheme will be resolved. [6465/26]
• 2026-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a value-for-money assessment has been undertaken on the leasing of primary care centres in Cork. [3473/26]
• 2026-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital in Cork. [3472/26]
• 2026-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when the 19-bed dementia unit in Heather House will open. [5196/26]
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  LauraLynn Ireland's Children's Hospice Health

  • LauraLynn Pre-Budget 2026 Submission
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Rehab Group Public Expenditure and Reform

  • Rehab's Pre Budget Submission
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  The Asthma Society of Ireland Health

  • AV Room Briefing for World Lung Day
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  Multiple Sclerosis Ireland Health

  • Representatives invited to MS Ireland's national conference
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  Hanover Media Strategy Limited Health

  • Meeting request to discuss protection for over 65s in winter flu season
• 2026-01-16
  LOBBY
  Alliance of Age Sector NGOs Health

  • Cross party group of TDs and Senators attending open-invitation meeting at the Audio Visual (AV) Room, Leinster House
• 2026-01-16
  LOBBY
  Cork Simon Community Housing

  • Various aspects relating to single adult homelessness, including extent of single adult homelessness in the Southwest, rough sleeping, homeless deaths in the Southwest, mental health and homelessness, and exclusion.
• 2026-01-15
  LOBBY
  DEBRA Ireland Health

  • Debra contacted TDs and Senators to attend the launch of a review on the supports and services for Epidermolysis Bullosa and outlined recommendations for enhanced funding to improve supports and services. Copies of the recommendations and Debra 'asks' were provided
• 2026-01-13
  LOBBY
  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.
• 2026-01-08
  LOBBY
  The Union of Students in Ireland Health

  • Supporting Labour Party Motion for Drug Decriminalisation
• 2025-12-30
  LOBBY
  SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY IRELAND FOUNDATION CLG Health

  • Rare diseases and newborn screening of babies
• 2025-12-17
  VOTE
  Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Fox Hunting) Bill 2025

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

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

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

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

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 66–80
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the timeline for delivery of the new elective hospital in Cork; and when this will be fully operational. [72100/25]
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults in Cork currently awaiting an appointment for audiology, by waiting time, in tabular form. [72102/25]
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults in Cork currently awaiting an appointment for ophthalmology, by waiting time, in tabular form. [72103/25]
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children in Cork currently awaiting a scoliosis appointment longer than four months. [72104/25]
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the proposed supervised injection facilities in Cork. [72105/25]
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the provision of primary care centres in Blarney, Mayfield and Glanmire. [72106/25]
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of GMS general practitioners in Cork, by LHO in 2020 and in 2025. [72107/25]
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of GMS patients in Cork, by LHO, in 2020 and in 2025. [72108/25]
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to Southdoc to date in 2025. [72109/25]
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints received about Cork health services in 2025, by complaint category or health service provider. [72110/25]
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of active litigations for healthcare malpractice in Cork currently underway; and the amount paid for litigating same in 2025. [72111/25]
• 2025-12-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if an application has been received for a homeless day centre in Cork city. [68624/25]
• 2025-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if nursing homes are allowed to place additional mandatory charges on fair deal patients who already pay 80% of their pension to fund their care. [68174/25]
• 2025-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the action needed to be taken to register a death (details supplied). [67965/25]
• 2025-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for equipment for children with disabilities by CHO, RHO and CDNT; the number approved; and the average waiting time for a decision, in tabular form. [66013/25]
• 2025-11-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital in Cork city. [63075/25]
• 2025-11-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health her views on whether the leasing of primary care centres represents value-for-money. [63074/25]
• 2025-11-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 964 of 12 November 2025, the reason payment for a 2017 bid was not made until 2020. [63717/25]
• 2025-11-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the opening of the dementia unit in Heather House in Cork. [61073/25]
• 2025-11-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of all spending on external communications and media, by company, including the amount spent and purpose of spend, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [61216/25]
• 2025-11-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if there were residential mental health facilities on the St Mary’s Campus; and if these have closed. [62086/25]
• 2025-09-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of SMA screening in the newborn heel prick test. [50959/25]
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Neurological Alliance of Ireland Health

  • Call for Investment in Budget 2026 to begin to implement the commitments to the development of neurorehabilitation services within the current Programme for Government
• 2025-09-12
  LOBBY
  Creative Retail Distribution Limited Taxation

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

  • Alcohol health information labelling
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether there is any regulation of the price of medicines to ensure cheapest possible access. [44588/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding spent on ambulance bases (details supplied) in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [45688/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if she will sanction the reimbursement of versatis under the drugs payment scheme. [46165/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the way in which a person whose family member resided in a private nursing home can access their records. [40981/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of GMS patients in Cork; the number registered with a dentist; and if he will provide the same figures for 2019. [41467/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of GMS funded dentist appointments in Cork in each of the years 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [41468/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists registered to provide GMS services in Cork in each of the years 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [41469/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the St Mary's health campus ambulance base, the Kinsale road ambulance base and the Erinville bases in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [41470/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason the Erinville ambulance base has been authorised for controlled drugs when the St Mary's Health Campus ambulance base is not authorised for same. [41471/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances not in use in Cork city by location, in tabular form. [41472/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the annual cost of the leasing of each primary care centre delivered under an operational lease model in Cork in the past five years; and the length of the lease in each case, in tabular form. [41670/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of wards or beds not currently in use in each of the Cork hospitals. [42391/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting ophthalmology appointments for cataracts in each of the past five years in Cork, in tabular form. [42392/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting appointment by speciality in primary care services, in each LHO in Cork, in tabular form. [44155/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently in hospital in Cork awaiting a nursing bed space, by length of wait, in tabular form. [44156/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons over 65 awaiting an appointment, by speciality for primary care services in Cork, in tabular form. [44280/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of fair deal applications received in Cork this year, the average processing time, and the number approved. [44293/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of approved fair deal applications activated in Cork in 2025. [44307/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of people awaiting an occupational therapy appointment in each of the local health offices in Cork; the number who have been waiting less than three months; three to six months; six to 12 months; more than 12 months; broken down in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38859/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of people awaiting a speech and language therapy appointment in each of the local health offices in Cork; the number who have been waiting less than three months; three to six months; six to 12 months; more than 12 months; broken down in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38860/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of people awaiting a psychology appointment in each of the local health offices in Cork; the number who have been waiting less than three months; three to six months; six to 12 months; more than 12 months; broken down in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38861/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of people awaiting a first appointment in each of the local health offices in Cork; the number who have been waiting less than three months; three to six months; six to 12 months; more than 12 months; broken down in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38862/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health to outline the total number of respite hours provided to families in Cork over each of the past 12 months; the total number that has been provided each month since March 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38863/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of overnight respite beds for children and adults respectively in Cork in 2019 and 2024 in tabular form. [38864/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding provided for children's and adults respite in Cork respectively in each of the years 2019 to date by year in tabular form. [38865/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of beds currently unopened in Heather House. [39715/25]
• 2025-07-09
  VOTE
  Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 67–86
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–86
• 2025-07-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the latest HSA audit of CUH. [37092/25]
• 2025-07-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health her views on the findings of the Mental Health Commission in regard to CUH; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37144/25]
• 2025-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital. [36925/25]
• 2025-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the primary care centre in Blarney. [36926/25]
• 2025-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the primary care centre in Mayfield. [36927/25]
• 2025-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the primary care centre in Glanmire. [36928/25]
• 2025-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres delivered in Cork in each of the past five years; and the number of these that have been delivered under a long-term lease agreement. [36929/25]
• 2025-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently awaiting an appointment at the regional eye centre in the south Infirmary and the average waiting time. [36930/25]
• 2025-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether the number of operating theatres, and the number currently operational, in each of the Cork hospitals, in tabular form. [36931/25]
• 2025-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children seen under the public dentistry service for routine checks in Cork, in each of the past five years. [36932/25]
• 2025-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount paid in compensation, or litigation, in Cork, in each of the past five years. [36933/25]
• 2025-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who requested to be seen in Southdoc Blackpool in 2025; and the number seen to date in 2025. [36934/25]
• 2025-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with an address in Cork city seen in Southdoc facilities in Cork county area. [36935/25]
• 2025-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting an appointment with CAMHS in Cork by urgency level, in tabular form. [36936/25]
• 2025-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of GMS doctors in Cork and the number of GMS patients. [36937/25]
• 2025-06-25
  VOTE
  Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022

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

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

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

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–82
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–86
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–86
• 2025-06-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if she will amend the means test relating to over 70's medical card entitlement to take account of increases to the State pension in recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31819/25]
• 2025-06-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when publicly funded IVF for persons experiencing secondary infertility will become available. [32488/25]
• 2025-06-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if staff in private nursing homes are entitled to the recent section 39 pay deal. [32599/25]
• 2025-06-11
  VOTE
  Mental Health Bill 2024 · 2 divisions

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

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

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

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 113–49
• 2025-05-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the date on which the HSE gave formal approval for the amalgamation of Southdoc routine appointments to the Kinsale Road location. [26968/25]
• 2025-05-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the grade level at which the HSE gave formal approval for the amalgamation of Southdoc routine appointments to the Kinsale Road location. [26969/25]
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  Irish Cancer Society Health

  • Cancer care pathway
• 2025-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the number of patients currently in the dementia specific unit in Sarsfield Court; and the future plans for the unit. [26081/25]
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  Alcohol Action Ireland Health

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

  • Mental Health Bill 2024 and concerns re inability to provide treatment to all who will be involuntarily hospitalised due to current iteration.To provide descriptions using video recordings of people who had benefited from treatment under the current Mental Health Act explaining their illnesses and the necessary treatment provided in a timely manner.
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  Epilepsy Ireland Health

  • Seeking support for Epilepsy Ireland's campaign to have epilepsy added to the Chronic Disease Management Programme (CDMP)
• 2025-05-18
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA EU Affairs

  • Mercosur
• 2025-05-16
  LOBBY
  Sage Advocacy Health

  • services provided by Sage Advocacy to survivors of institutional abuse
• 2025-05-15
  LOBBY
  Rare Diseases Ireland Health

  • Re-launch All Party Group on Rare Diseases. Update on the need for a new National Strategy for Rare Diseases, including background data on rare diseases in Ireland and the challenges that people living with rare diseases face.
• 2025-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the action she has taken to reopen Southdoc Blackpool; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24151/25]
• 2025-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether she is aware that the waiting time for adult special care needs general admission waiting list for routine dental care in Mallow General Hospital is over two years. [24152/25]
• 2025-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for adults special care needs GA waiting list for routine dental care in each hospital, in tabular form. [23782/25]
• 2025-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether dialysis patients travel together via taxi. [24121/25]
• 2025-05-01
  LOBBY
  Neurological Alliance of Ireland Health

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

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 85–68
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of roles sanctioned and number filled, by discipline, in primary care in Cork, in tabular form. [18814/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of each project for Cork included in the HSE Capital Plan 2025; whether the funding allocation has been spent; and when the project will be delivered. [19125/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of Children’s Health Ireland appointments or surgeries cancelled in each of the past five years respectively for children with an address in Cork by reason of cancellation, in tabular form. [19232/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of Cork University Hospital appointments or surgeries cancelled in each of the past five years respectively for children with an address in Cork, by reason of cancellation, in tabular form. [19233/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances rostered on the last Friday in each of the past six months by night and day shift respectively, in Cork city, in tabular form. [19468/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of staff rostered specifically to St. Mary’s campus for ambulance services on the last Friday of each of the past six months, by night and day shift respectively, in tabular form. [19469/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances rostered on a given day in March 2005, 2015 and 2025, by night and day shift respectively, in Cork city, in tabular form. [19470/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the expected commencement date for the new ambulance base in Cork given that the planning application has gone to further information. [19471/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if an ambulance is considered an authorised location for controlled drugs. [19472/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied) who is awaiting dental surgery on broken crowns, is nonverbal, is in pain and has been told he must wait nine months for the procedure.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20171/25]
• 2025-04-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children with an address in Cork whose parents have received notification of a review into hip dysplasia surgeries. [18106/25]
• 2025-04-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount paid by each of the Cork hospitals to taxi firms in each of the past five years respectively, in tabular form. [18184/25]
• 2025-04-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether a patient who is to be transferred between healthcare facilities via taxi could instead be driven by a family member or friend. [18185/25]
• 2025-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether ambulances are now required to commence shift at the Kinsale road, as there is no ambulance located at the Saint Mary’s site in Cork city. [14360/25]
• 2025-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the date a contract was signed with a company (details supplied) in Cork University Hospital; the amount spent on this contract to date; and the purpose of this contract. [14361/25]
• 2025-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people working in HR roles in the south and south west hospital region. [14362/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person misdiagnosed with type 2 diabetes who is subsequently found to have type 1 diabetes is not entitled to CGM sensor reimbursement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10586/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the cost of rebranding HSE South West. [10841/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the BMI required to qualify for gastric band surgery. [11410/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the criteria required to claim reimbursement under the treatment abroad scheme. [11411/25]
• 2025-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason no advanced paramedic has been trained since 2019; and if she is aware that paramedics working in the National Ambulance Service do not receive a telephone allowance. [10197/25]
• 2025-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if she has engaged with SouthDoc on the closure of SouthDoc, Blackpool; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10196/25]
• 2025-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital in Cork. [10198/25]
• 2025-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if the amount of the €16 million Budget 2025 allocation for the National Ambulance Service that was to be used to train advanced paramedics; and the number of advanced paramedics this will train. [10540/25]
• 2025-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether he is aware of comments made by the National Ambulance Service indicating it does not intend to reopen training for advanced paramedics. [10541/25]
• 2025-03-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for a children’s occupational therapy primary care review, by area in CHO4, in tabular form. [9663/25]
• 2025-03-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting a primary care occupational therapy appointment in CHO4, by area, in tabular form. [9664/25]
• 2025-03-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of a shortage of occupational therapists in Mayfield in Cork; and the actions she intends to take to resolve this. [9665/25]
• 2025-02-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently awaiting an ophthalmology appointment in Cork, by waiting time, in tabular form. [7408/25]
• 2025-02-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if the proposed eye clinic in Cork has fully opened; and if not, the reason. [7409/25]
• 2025-02-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently awaiting cataract surgery in Cork, by waiting time, in tabular form. [7410/25]
• 2025-02-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting scoliosis surgery in Cork, by waiting time, in tabular form. [7411/25]
• 2025-02-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of patients seen in Southdoc, Blackpool, Cork in January 2019, 2021,2023 and 2025. [7662/25]
• 2025-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that the organisers of the consultation meetings for the new National Drugs Strategy do not know if alcohol will be included in a new National Drugs Strategy; if she will clarify if alcohol is a specific consideration for stakeholders taking part in the current consultations for the new strategy; and if alcohol will be included in a new National Drugs Strategy; and if not, if a new dedicated alcohol strategy will be developed. [5537/25]
• 2025-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on free HRT scheme. [6330/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the level of alcohol brand advertising broadcast on terrestrial television during the Six Nations Rugby Championship game between Ireland and England; if this contravenes the daytime broadcasting watershed under Section 19 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4835/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that an alcohol brand was advertised in the middle of the field of play during the Six Nations Rugby Championship game between Ireland and England at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin; if this contravenes the restrictions on advertising during sporting events under Section 15 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4836/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of staff in CHO 4 who have left the National Ambulance Service; and the number of exit interviews conducted. [2206/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if paramedics under the National Ambulance Service are provided with telephones or a telephone allowance. [2207/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of shifts undertaken by paramedics in the National Ambulance Service longer than 12 hours in each of the past six months. [2208/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a decision was taken to reduce the helicopter-emergency-medical-service crew size in Cork and Kerry; if so, when this decision was taken; and the reason therefor. [2209/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of paramedics, by advanced paramedic and other roles respectively, in CHO 4, or its corresponding equivalent, in January in each of the past ten years. [2210/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of calls that required a National Ambulance Service response in Cork and Kerry, or its corresponding equivalent, in each of the past ten years. [2211/25]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on primary care centres in Blarney, Glanmire and Mayfield. [46805/24]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the current number of children awaiting a CAMHS appointment, by wait time, in tabular form. [46806/24]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the taskforce handbook review. [46807/24]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital in Cork. [46814/24]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the current status of Palforzia; and the current availability of same and timeline for acceptance under the drugs repayment scheme. [1878/25]
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Irish Cancer Society Health

  • General Election campaign
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Reduced Risk Products Association Company Limited Health

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

  • Presentation on the National Meals on Wheels Network and Meals on Wheels services to members of the Oireachtas in the AV room of Leinster House
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Alcohol Action Ireland Health

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

  • NHI Held a Billboard Launch in October for NHI's "It's not Fair" Campaign and NHI asked TD's to come support our campaign
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Mental Health Reform Health

  • The Mental Health Bill 2024 and the UNCRPD
• 2025-01-02
  LOBBY
  MSD Health

  • Health Policy Development for New Programme for Government
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding provided to Cork Kerry Community Healthcare for child and adult respite, respectively, in each of the years from 2019 to date in 2024, in tabular form. [45743/24]
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will accept the recommendations of the National Radiation Therapist Review Report. [45704/24]
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres operated under a leasing arrangement, by count; and the annual cost of these leases, in tabular form. [45716/24]
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of GMS GPs available and the number of GMS patients in Cork in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. [45717/24]
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting their school-age dental appointments, by waiting time, in Cork, by LHO, in tabular form. [45718/24]
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital for Cork; the amount spent to date; and the date it is expected to first open and be fully operational. [45719/24]
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on a site (details supplied). [45720/24]
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of beds currently operational in Heather House; the number temporarily closed; and the reason for this closure. [45721/24]
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people on a waiting list for Heather House. [45722/24]
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently awaiting a nursing home place in Cork. [45723/24]
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of requests for respite, to date in 2024; and the number refused. [45724/24]
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to drug and alcohol taskforces, respectively in 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2024. [45725/24]
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the total number of respite hours provided to families in Cork over each of the past 12 months; the total number that has been provided each month since March 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45741/24]
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of overnight respite beds for children and adults, respectively in Cork in 2019 and 2024, in tabular form. [45742/24]
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the total number of people on the waiting list for ophthalmology in Cork; the average waiting time for an appointment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45744/24]
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on external staff, agency staff in each of the Cork hospitals, to date in 2024, in tabular form. [45746/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that community prison link workers did not receive pay increases at a rate of similar roles in the HSE or section 39 workers. [43239/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the way the €2.3 million funding to community addiction services will be allocated. [41115/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that community prison link workers did not receive pay increases at a rate of similar roles in the HSE or Section 39 workers. [41116/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the work the HSE has undertaken to include those living with HIV in the IVF treatment scheme; the reason this has not been resolved to date; the reason those living with hepatitis can access IVF; and the timeline for the inclusion of those living with HIV in the scheme. [40861/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason people living with HIV, who are not in the IVF exclusion criteria, are not included under the treatment abroad scheme; and if he is aware of clinics offering IVF to those living with HIV abroad who can complete an E112/S2 form. [40862/24]
• 2024-10-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether he is aware of emerging trends in increased need in hard-to-reach populations in the addiction service; and whether specific funding will be made available to ensure services are properly resourced to support these. [40425/24]
• 2024-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the primary care centre for Blarney, Mayfield and Glanmire. [39378/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the proportion of work time of the clinical lead for transgender services which is dedicated to clinical practice at the National Gender Service; the proportion dedicated to the development of the new model of care; and the special arrangements, if any, which apply for the duration of the development of the new model of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38553/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the steps the clinical lead for transgender services has taken to date to engage with the patient community, the transgender community and other stakeholders; the steps which will be taken and the engagements which are planned; if the clinical lead intends to engage with an organisation (details supplied). [38554/24]
• 2024-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he plans to increase payments to nursing homes under the National Treatment Purchase Fund to compensate for the higher payments due to health care assistants under the Medical Review and Assessment system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36063/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of pay and remuneration for section 39 workers; whether payments to agencies will be backdated to when the announcement was made; whether backdating will be allocated to agencies who have increased pay for workers on the basis of this announcement and when this will be paid. [35636/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when the Westfield integrated care centre in Ballincollig, Cork, will be fully operational. [31122/24]
• 2024-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason clinical nurse midwife specialists have not received the long service increment and additional scale point, as CNM2 grades have, given that their payscales are linked [30515/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the last meeting of the strategic implementation group under the National Drugs Strategy chaired by his Department. [30194/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting a speech and language therapy appointment in each of the CDNTs in Cork; the number who have been waiting less than three months; the number that have been waiting three to six months; the number that have been waiting six to 12 months; the number that have been waiting more than 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30158/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting a psychology appointment in each of the CDNTs in Cork; the number who have been waiting less than three months; the number that have been waiting three to six months; the number that have been waiting six to 12 months; the number that have been waiting more than 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30159/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the total number of respite hours provided to families in Cork over each of the past 12 months; the total number that has been provided in each month since March 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30161/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to CKCH for children's and adults respite respectively in each of the years 2019 to date, by year, in tabular form. [30163/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the total number of people on the waiting list for ophthalmology in Cork, in tabular form; the average waiting time for appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30164/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for a timeline for provision of nurse prescribing of opioids. [30195/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated in each of the past five years to address addiction issues for ethnic minorities, by year, in tabular form. [30196/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated in each of the past five years to address addiction issues for members of the LGBTQIA community, by year, in tabular form. [30197/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if there is a funding stream available for relevant organisations to celebrate recovery month. [30198/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people availing of a community detox programme in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [30199/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the full commencement of all of the sections of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. [30207/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an updated traffic light table of the actions undertaken as part of the National Drugs Strategy. [30205/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions undertaken to support women in entering recovery from addiction journeys. [30453/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of beds by CHO for women seeking treatment for addiction, in tabular form. [30454/24]
• 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
• 2024-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason babies born from April to September are not eligible for the RSV immunisation. [28673/24]
• 2024-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the reopening of Keltoi; the date funding was applied for; and the date that a decision on this application is expected. [27392/24]
• 2024-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the target for peer training and family training in naloxone provision annually. [27393/24]
• 2024-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the nurse prescribing in the addiction sector; and if consideration is being given to opioid substitution treatment prescribing [27394/24]
• 2024-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the regulation of vaping flavours. [27398/24]
• 2024-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the dialectical behavioural therapy day service for dual diagnosis. [27399/24]
• 2024-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the primary care centre in Glanmire. [27401/24]
• 2024-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the primary care centre in Blarney. [27402/24]
• 2024-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the primary care centre in Mayfield. [27403/24]
• 2024-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for appointments with orthopaedic surgeon consultants in each of the Cork hospitals, in tabular form. [27416/24]
• 2024-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for treatment with orthopaedic surgeon consultants in each of the Cork hospitals, in tabular form. [27417/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of patients seen in the SouthDoc Blackpool centre, excluding those seen in their own homes by a doctor, in each month to date in 2024 and in each of the first six months of 2019, in tabular form. [26767/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors in each of the SouthDoc centres in 2019 and in 2024, in tabular form. [26768/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors available for house calls; and number of cars in each of the SouthDoc centres in 2019 and in 2024, in tabular form. [26769/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that currently there is only one doctor servicing all of the Cork metropolitan area, a large portion of west and east Cork for SouthDoc; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26770/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels in CAMHS in Cork in each month of 2024, in tabular form. [26833/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to increase funding and capacity for public PrEP services, such as those at the GUIDE clinic at St. James’s Hospital. [26860/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to allow GPs to provide PrEP to their existing patients. [26861/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to utilise the existing network of sexual health clinics and HIV/AIDS volunteer groups (details supplied) to increase availability of PrEP. [26862/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to allow online pharmacies to prescribe and deliver PrEP to customers in Ireland. [26864/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the review of the Drug and Alcohol Taskforce Handbook. [26873/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on each of the strategic implementation objectives under the mid-term review of the National Drugs Strategy, by objective with current status, barriers preventing implementation and timeline for delivery, in tabular form. [26874/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the date of the last three meetings of the National Oversight Committee; and the date of the last three meetings of the strategic implementation group meetings. [26875/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to the adult diversion programme in each of the years 2019 to date. [26876/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the current status of the new National Drugs Strategy. [26877/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when consultation will commence on the new National Drugs Strategy. [26878/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the National Oversight Committee is given opportunity and autonomy to provide robust oversight of the National Drugs Strategy. [26879/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people working in the drugs policy unit in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [26880/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he has identified gaps in service provision through the interactive map; and how he intends to resolve these. [26881/24]
• 2024-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the map of drug and alcohol services shows a gap in provision in large areas of the State; and his plans to remedy this. [25824/24]
• 2024-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the service transfer plan for the transfer of paediatric oncology services from MUH to CUH includes the potential use of adult beds, with no plan to replace these beds. [25825/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason services are being removed from MUH if adult beds in CUH may be needed to meet need for these services; and whether consideration has been given to retaining paediatric beds in MUH pending full capacity capability in CUH. [24945/24]
• 2024-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average cost of delivering an in-patient clinical setting bed. [23679/24]
• 2024-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason funding has not been provided to reopen a service (details supplied). [19710/24]
• 2024-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether he will instruct SouthDoc to reopen Blackpool to full service. [19711/24]
• 2024-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason nursing staff, sponsored by the HSE, did not receive a subsistence payment. [19759/24]
• 2024-04-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the CAMHS staffing levels compared to the Vision For Change requirement in each of the teams in CHO4. [19196/24]
• 2024-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when the Westfield integrated care centre in Ballincollig, Cork will be fully operational. [18483/24]
• 2024-04-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason subsistence payments to nursing students working under the Cope Foundation have not been paid. [17878/24]
• 2024-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of days that triage or assessment rooms in CUH ED have been occupied by patients on trolleys, or were unusable for any other reason, in the past 12 weeks, by reason, in tabular form. [17152/24]
• 2024-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that nurses are forced to triage patients in ED waiting rooms due to overcrowding in CUH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17153/24]
• 2024-04-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an investment fund is intending to convert a currently-operating GPs surgery in Blackpool, Cork, and close the existing service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16148/24]
• 2024-04-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to staff dissatisfaction at the removal of staff car parking spaces from the CUH and CUMH; what engagement has taken place with staff and their unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16388/24]
• 2024-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of needle exchange facilities, by type and county, in tabular form. [15895/24]
• 2024-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of a supervised injection facility; and the capital cost for establishing same. [15896/24]
• 2024-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the proposed staffing levels of a supervised injection facility; and the number WTE of each clinician and staff member required. [15897/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed and the number considered a full cohort WTE, by department, in Cork University Hospital, in tabular form. [12431/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed in the high dependency unit in Cork University Hospital. [12432/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average cost of an addiction nurse per year. [11291/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average cost of an outreach worker per year. [11292/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average cost of an addiction case worker per year. [11293/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to a service (details supplied) in 2023 broken down by funding purpose, in tabular form. [11294/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average cost of an addiction counsellor per year. [11295/24]
• 2024-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the cost of legal fees incurred by the HSE on behalf of Southdoc in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [11034/24]
• 2024-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if the HSE have financially supported Southdoc in legal fees; and to outline this support in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [11035/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether he is aware of a reduction in service in SouthDoc, Blackpool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9637/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the current stage of the elective hospital in Cork. [9636/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that housekeeping staff in CUH have been informed that they are not entitled to take annual leave in the coming months unless necessary due to the recruitment embargo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9838/24]
• 2024-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason the Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD Programme will not be funded in 2024. [9670/24]
• 2024-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of patients seen in SouthDoc, Blackpool in January 2024, January 2023 and January 2022, respectively, in tabular form. [9673/24]
• 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
• 2024-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider a health impact assessment on the sale of alcohol Bill. [8368/24]
• 2024-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when the proposed nursing home in a facility (details supplied) will be open. [8455/24]
• 2024-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether retention planning permission was received for a facility (details supplied); and, if so, when this was received. [8456/24]
• 2024-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an itemised list, by cost, of the equipment purchased and installed in a facility (details supplied). [8457/24]
• 2024-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the cost of redevelopment of a facility (details supplied), by labour costs, construction costs and equipment costs, in tabular form. [8458/24]
• 2024-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric bays in emergency departments in Mercy University Hospital and CUH in January 2023; and the current number. [8461/24]
• 2024-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance turnaround time, by hospital in Cork and Tipperary in 2023. [8467/24]
• 2024-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when the Westfield Integrated Care Centre in Ballincollig County Cork will be operational. [4461/24]
• 2024-01-24
  VOTE
  Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021 [Seanad]

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

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric emergency beds currently available in Cork; and the number that will be available after facilities have moved to CUH. [2892/24]
• 2024-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether paediatric haematalogy and oncology units will be moved from the Mercy University hospital to CUH; when this will happen; and the engagement with parents to support them in this move. [2893/24]
• 2024-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether paediatric staff in Mercy University Hospital have been reallocated within the same hospital pending the move to CUH; whether this will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2894/24]
• 2024-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the current deficit in addiction rehabilitation, detox and step-down beds. [2024/24]
• 2024-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for a timeline for the delivery of primary care centres in Blarney, Mayfield and Glanmire. [2025/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children, respectively in Cork waiting for orthodontic treatment in six-month time intervals, from 0-6 months to 7+ years, in tabular form. [1286/24]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the estimated timeline for the reopening of Keltoi. [54817/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the estimated timeline for delivery of the new elective hospital in Cork and when it will be fully operational. [54818/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average wait time by residential addiction treatment facility. [54821/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children in Cork currently awaiting an appointment for audiology, by waiting time, in tabular form. [54822/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children in Cork currently awaiting an appointment for ophthalmology, by waiting time, in tabular form. [54823/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children in Cork currently awaiting a scoliosis operation, by waiting time, in tabular form. [54824/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff in each of the Cork CAMHS teams and the number considered a full cohort, by role, in tabular form. [54825/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the proposed supervised injection facilities in Dublin, Cork and Limerick. [54826/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of primary care centres in Blarney, Mayfield and Glanmire. [54827/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of GMS GPs in Cork, by LHO, in 2017 and as of the latest date available in 2023. [54828/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of GMS patients in Cork, by LHO, in 2017 and the latest date available in 2023. [54829/23]
• 2023-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CUH and the Mercy Hospital, Cork, in tabular form; the number of headcount 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/leave cover. [51384/23]
• 2023-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CHO4, in tabular form; the number of headcount 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/leave cover. [51385/23]
• 2023-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CUH and the Mercy Hospital, Cork, in tabular form; the number of headcount posts; and the WTE to which these relate. [51386/23]
• 2023-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CHO4, in tabular form; the number of headcount posts; and the WTE to which these relate. [51387/23]
• 2023-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the reopening of Keltoi. [51451/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether he was requested by HIQA or if he instructed HIQA to investigate a nursing home (details supplied) in February 2021. [50640/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health what role senior personnel from HIQA took in the investigation of a nursing home (details supplied); and the reason for the delay in senior personnel attending the nursing home site in 2021. [50641/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether HIQA, the HSE or his Department informed safeguarding and protection teams of concerns in a nursing home (details supplied) in Q1 2021; and whether further concerns were passed to the NMBI. [50642/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health what specific actions or directions were given to staff in a nursing home (details supplied) in February 2021; and the reason only one inspector attended the site at the time, given the serious concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50643/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether consideration was given to the HSE assuming control of a nursing home (details supplied) on 11 February 2021, or on another date in Q1 2021; and the reason a decision was taken not to act on this consideration. [50644/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether HIQA escalated concerns with potentially untrue information provided in relation to a nursing home (details supplied) in Q1 2021; if so, where these escalations were sent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50645/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the explanation given by CareChoice for the delay in reporting deaths in a nursing home (details supplied) in Q1 2021; and what action was taken in light of this. [50646/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health what explanation was given for the delay in the release of bodies from a nursing home (details supplied) in early February 2021; and whether information was provided on where these bodies were stored in the interim period. [50647/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether CRT geriatricians were considered as part of the HSE team when involved with care in nursing home (details supplied) in Q1 2021; and whether an explanation was given for delay in reporting of deaths to the broader HSE team at that time. [50648/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the dates in Q1 2021 that GPs (details supplied) physically examined patients; and the date telephone or virtual consultations took place, in tabular form. [50649/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether he is aware of reports that an email from the HSE Director of Community Services appeared to instruct officials involved in serious Covid-19 outbreaks in nursing homes to gather and archive all information and data, potentially preventing their release through FOI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50650/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that were taken following disclosures by staff and families regarding care in a nursing home (details supplied) in Q1 2021. [50651/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) by the HSE’s CHO9 social inclusion/addiction services for each year from 2018 to 2022, in tabular form. [50681/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has carried out any audits or reviews in relation to funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) by the HSE’s CHO9 social inclusion/addiction services since 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50682/23]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether he is aware that the HSE has no remit to assist in sourcing GP care for children under 18 years who have no medical or GP-visit card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49349/23]
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an initial appointment with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, CAMHS, in Cork, by waiting time, in tabular form. [46141/23]
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital in Cork. [46143/23]
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the reopening of Keltoi. [46144/23]
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the review into the Drug and Alcohol Taskforce Handbook. [46150/23]
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether correct procedure has been followed in standing down the existing board of the North-Inner City Taskforce, the timeline for this procedure; the reason this decision was taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46151/23]
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to Drug and Alcohol Taskforces in 2024 by Taskforce, in tabular form. [46152/23]
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether she will consider reconvening the HSE Working Group on Residential Treatment and Rehabilitation (Substance Users) to identify bed capacity issues currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46379/23]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health to publish the latest report from the HSE Working Group on Residential Treatment and Rehabilitation (Substance Users). [45053/23]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average wait time, by facility, from referral to admission for addiction rehabilitation and detox. [45054/23]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1788 of 11 September 2023, how the funding for each CHO will be spent; who decides which community and voluntary organisations will receive the funding; and what role will LDATFs/RDATFs play in allocating this funding. [45279/23]
• 2023-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the days that SouthDoc Blackpool has been closed or non-operational by day for the past two weeks, in tabular form. [44534/23]
• 2023-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs employed in Cork, by facility, by SouthDoc in 2019 and currently, respectively, in tabular form. [44535/23]
• 2023-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of house calls made by the doctor in Blackpool on each of SouthDoc's opening days in the past three weeks. [44536/23]
• 2023-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors currently allocated to the SouthDoc Blackpool facility, the Kinsale road facility and where Southdoc vehicles are usually located. [44537/23]
• 2023-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education whether consideration has been given to the differing staffing needs of special schools, particularly regarding administrative deputy principals, resourcing for high and low-incidence needs and extra funding for additional CPD and health and safety training. [44001/23]
• 2023-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if, in view of the large increase in numbers of people presenting to services identifying as being addicted to smoking crack cocaine, he will provide additional funding for residential treatment services. [43503/23]
• 2023-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the payment of the Covid-19 recognition payment to CIT nurses employed by SouthDoc. [42969/23]
• 2023-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether he is aware of issues with staff car parking in Cork University Hospital and Cork University Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41801/23]
• 2023-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether support is available for the extension of Coolmine into Galway. [39637/23]
• 2023-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the primary care centre in Blarney. [39719/23]
• 2023-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the initial date that concerns were raised within the HSE regarding a nursing home's management of a Covid-19 outbreak in December 2020 or early 2021 (details supplied); the dates of subsequent concerns/complaints; and the action taken in response to each complaint. [39831/23]
• 2023-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of investigations, hearings or disciplinary matters undertaken by The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland regarding patient care from December 2020 to March 2021 (details supplied). [39832/23]
• 2023-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1788 of 11 September 2023, how this funding will be delivered; and whether DATFs will have a role in this or if it will come through the HSE. [40203/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether recently announced €3.5 million funding for drug and alcohol services is annual reoccurring funding or a once-off payment. [38591/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether students who studied medicine in Ulster University are able to apply for internship posts in the south. [38737/23]
• 2023-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of requests for medical records from CUMH in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [34609/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide update on the last meeting of the SIG under the National Drugs Strategy chaired by his Department. [34091/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the total number of people on the waiting list for ophthalmology in Cork, the average waiting time, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34066/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of funding to the north inner city DATF. [34090/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the provision of nurse prescribing of opioids. [34092/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated in each of the past five years to address addiction issues for ethnic minorities, by year, in tabular form. [34093/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated in each of the past five years to address addiction issues for members of the LGBTQIA community, by year, in tabular form. [34094/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether a funding stream is available for relevant organisations to celebrate Recovery Month. [34095/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people availing of a community detox programme, by year for the past five years, in tabular form. [34096/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the full commencement of all of the sections of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. [34101/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new Action Plan under the National Drugs Strategy. [34102/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have used Keltoi, by month in 2023. [34103/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for the fair deal application processing in Cork currently. [34107/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed in the fair deal section of Cork Kerry Community Healthcare by role, in tabular form. [34108/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of applications received in Cork for the fair deal scheme by month to date in 2023. [34109/23]
• 2023-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether he will instruct the HSE to schedule a follow-up appointment and resolve the issue of the case of a person (details supplied). [33067/23]
• 2023-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of Keltoi. [31621/23]
• 2023-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people who were assessed by addiction rehabilitation, detox and stabilisation facilities in 2022, in tabular form. [29596/23]
• 2023-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the CORU accreditation application for social care courses in MTU Cork. [29651/23]
• 2023-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the estimated timeline for completion of the CORU accreditation application for social care courses in MTU Cork. [29652/23]
• 2023-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average annual cost of an addiction stepdown bed. [29653/23]
• 2023-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average annual cost of an addiction rehabilitation bed. [29654/23]
• 2023-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average annual cost of an addiction detox bed. [29655/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of applications currently being assessed by the CHO4 Resource Allocation Group. [27797/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average wait, from time of prescription to allocation of funding, by the CHO4 Resource Allocation Group. [27798/23]
• 2023-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the timeline and delivery of the elective hospital and the regional eye care facility in Cork. [26659/23]
• 2023-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he has taken action to address the long delays in accessing equipment for children with disabilities. [25904/23]
• 2023-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions being taken to address the GP crisis in Cork city. [26660/23]
• 2023-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount allocated, by project, for addiction services and treatment in budget 2023; and the amount spent to date, in tabular form. [26889/23]
• 2023-05-31
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023 · 2 divisions

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

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

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average salary of a community development worker. [25809/23]
• 2023-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average salary of an addiction counsellor. [25812/23]
• 2023-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to Merchant’s Quay for the provision of a women’s facility to date in 2023. [25813/23]
• 2023-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of funding provided for women’s addiction services to date in 2023, by service, in tabular form. [25814/23]
• 2023-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the cost, per dose, of each of the naloxone treatments. [25816/23]
• 2023-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued for naloxone to date in 2023. [25817/23]
• 2023-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will engage with a nursing home (details supplied) regarding funding issues relating to the fair deal scheme. [25344/23]
• 2023-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when tender 2023 will be published for home care services. [25349/23]
• 2023-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding to each taskforce respectively in 2023, in tabular form. [25266/23]
• 2023-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of addiction rehabilitation, detox and stabilisation beds currently open, by facility, in tabular form. [25267/23]
• 2023-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average cost of assessment and the percentage of people who paid a fee, by addiction rehabilitation, detox and stabilisation facilities, in tabular form. [25268/23]
• 2023-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the WTE staffing level, by role and taskforce, in tabular form. [25269/23]
• 2023-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if mapping has been done on availability of addiction rehabilitation, detox and stabilisation across the State; and if so, if he will publish this. [25270/23]
• 2023-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the current funding, per taskforce, for dual diagnosis. [25271/23]
• 2023-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the current funding, per CHO, for dual diagnosis. [25272/23]
• 2023-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average spend, per staff member in social work, on external supervision. [25273/23]
• 2023-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average spend, per staff member in mental health services, on external supervision [25274/23]
• 2023-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the cost of the pilot drug monitoring scheme at a music festival (details supplied) in 2022. [25277/23]
• 2023-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of stepdown facilities, by county; and the number of beds open in each. [25278/23]
• 2023-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of mobile needle exchange facilities, by CHO. [25279/23]
• 2023-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of pharmacy needle exchange facilities, by CHO. [25280/23]
• 2023-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a business plan has been drafted for the supervised injection facility in Dublin; and if so, the estimated cost of this. [25281/23]
• 2023-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to addressing crack cocaine use to date in 2023. [25282/23]
• 2023-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding made available to an initiative (details supplied) to date in 2023. [25283/23]
• 2023-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of each section of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. [25284/23]
• 2023-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown drug and alcohol task force is currently without a co-ordinator, despite the HSE having been informed by the task force as long ago as May 2022 that it had opted for a HSE-employed co-ordinator. [22283/23]
• 2023-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown drug and alcohol task force can expect to have in place a HSE-recruited co-ordinator; or, how and when the HSE intend to rectify this situation which is having a critical impact on the efficient running of vital services in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22284/23]
• 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 Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding given for respite services, by CHO, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [21649/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding given for residential respite services, by CHO, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [21650/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding given for the development of new respite services, by CHO, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [21651/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of applications made for respite services, by CHO, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [21652/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of applications made for residential respite services, by CHO, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [21653/23]
• 2023-04-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding given for respite services in each CHO in each of the past five years in tabular form. [18460/23]
• 2023-04-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding given for residential respite services in each CHO in each of the past five years in tabular form. [18461/23]
• 2023-04-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding given for development of new respite services in each CHO in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [18462/23]
• 2023-04-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of applications made for respite services in each of the past five years, by CHO in tabular form. [18463/23]
• 2023-04-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of applications made for residential respite services in each of the past five years, by CHO in tabular form. [18464/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the appointment of a new GP to a surgery (details supplied) in Blarney, County Cork. [16528/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the regional eye care and surgical centre in the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital; the date this opened, or will open; and the number of patients seen to date. [17860/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a first consultation with a geriatric specialist in Cork. [17982/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently awaiting a consultation with a geriatric specialist in Cork by waiting time, in tabular form. [17983/23]
• 2023-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice whether he will publish public health risk assessments undertaken by any Government Department in preparation for the Sale of Alcohol Bill. [15382/23]
• 2023-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the role his Department has undertaken in consulting on, or drafting, the proposed Sale of Alcohol Bill. [15375/23]
• 2023-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether his Department has undertaken a risk assessment of proposed alcohol sale changes in the Sale of Alcohol Bill. [15376/23]
• 2023-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the harm reduction framework under which his Department has assessed the proposed Sale of Alcohol Bill. [15377/23]
• 2023-03-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether a long Covid clinic launched by a person (details supplied) was denied funding, and the reason for same. [12137/23]
• 2023-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 23 February 2023, if he is aware that the families concerned have made requests to meet the HSE individually and as a group but have not yet received a response. [10948/23]
• 2023-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in dementia-specific nursing home units in Cork. [9987/23]
• 2023-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for dementia specific nursing-home care in Cork in 2022. [9988/23]
• 2023-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason KOSI have not issued all pandemic bonus payments; and the date that these will be issued. [9332/23]
• 2023-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that families involved in the CUH incineration scandal are still awaiting a meeting with the HSE following the publication of the report into the scandal. [9429/23]
• 2023-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for the vacant GP position in Blarney; if a successful candidate has been chosen; and when the surgery will reopen. [8667/23]
• 2023-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE requires photographic ID to access information concerning breached data; and where the data processing plan for these IDs can be found. [8751/23]
• 2023-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason it has taken the HSE two years to inform people their data were breached. [8752/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the expected opening date of the new elective hospital in Cork. [6626/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who were on trolleys in CUH in the month of January in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [6627/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of staff in Éist Linn, by role, in 2019 and 2023, in tabular form. [6628/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to the removal of the prescription requirement for naloxone. [6792/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of naloxone prescriptions issued in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [6793/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his Department has reviewed the 2015 pilot naloxone scheme; and if he will report on same. [6794/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the opening hours of Southdoc, Blackpool. [5661/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct Southdoc to operate a text service for people who are hard of hearing. [5687/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding given by the Cork drug and alcohol taskforce to an organisation (details supplied) in Cork and the number of stays utilised in the facility since 2020 by year in tabular form. [6153/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that a unit (details supplied) in Cork has yet to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6155/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in a unit (details supplied) in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6156/23]
• 2023-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the potential for inclusion of housekeeping staff in pay increases following job revaluations in CUH. [5322/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on staffing at a facility (details supplied); and whether there will be a reduction in bed numbers in the facility. [4531/23]
• 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
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if there is a monthly limit on the number of nappies that can be supplied for children and or adults with disabilities by a public health nurse. [63876/22]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to Cork City Council under a funding stream (details supplied); and the way that organisations can apply for same. [1490/23]
• 2022-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of adult ADHD services in CHO4. [63013/22]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the reopening of Keltoi. [62694/22]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the timeline for delivery of the new elective hospital in Cork; and when this will be fully operational. [62695/22]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff in each of the Cork CDNTs; and the number by role that is considered a full cohort in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62696/22]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting first appointment and treatment in each of the Cork CDNTs by waiting time in tabular form. [62697/22]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average wait time by residential addiction treatment facility. [62698/22]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Cork currently awaiting an appointment for audiology by waiting time in tabular form. [62699/22]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Cork currently awaiting an appointment for ophthalmology by waiting time in tabular form. [62700/22]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Cork currently awaiting a scoliosis operation by waiting time in tabular form. [62701/22]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff in each of the Cork CAMHS teams; and the number by role that is considered a full cohort in tabular form. [62702/22]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the proposed supervised injection facilities in Dublin, Cork and Limerick. [62703/22]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of a replacement GP service in Blarney. [62704/22]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if GMS patients can receive support in accessing their interim GP service in Blarney given the distance between the two surgeries. [62705/22]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of GMS GPs in Cork by LHO in 2017 and as of December 2022. [62706/22]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of GMS patients in Cork by LHO in 2017 and as of December 2022. [62707/22]
• 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
• 2022-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding that will be given to each of the drug and alcohol taskforces in 2023. [61282/22]
• 2022-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the potential closure of a GP service in Blarney, County Cork; the status of the proposed primary care centre for Blarney; and the timeline for same. [61283/22]
• 2022-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the health diversion approach to drugs. [60536/22]
• 2022-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the potential closure of a GP service in Blarney, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60027/22]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the public inquiry into nursing home deaths during Covid-19. [58827/22]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the last date that he met with bereaved families of those who died in nursing homes during the Covid-19 pandemic. [58828/22]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with the bereaved families of residents of a nursing home (details supplied). [58829/22]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurosurgeons attached to Cork University Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the hours per week that these consultants are based in the hospital. [59070/22]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase the number of number of higher specialist training posts by 3%; the estimated number of additional posts that would result; and the extra workforce requirements incurred by same. [59071/22]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount raised by charges in minor injuries units by unit in the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [59072/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the restoration of funding to the North Inner City Taskforce. [57411/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update to the restoration of an umbrella national family support network. [57412/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings that he has held with the Minister of State with responsibility for Public Health in 2022 regarding addiction or in which addiction was a topic of discussion by month in tabular form. [57413/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ending of the contract for provision of youth addiction services in the Midlands region. [58034/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if there has been any reduction in funding to the Midlands regional taskforce in Budget 2023. [58035/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the date that he issued a tender for youth addiction services in the Midlands. [58036/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will give a firm commitment that there will be no disruption to youth addiction services in the Midlands in the next 12 months. [58037/22]
• 2022-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have utilised keltoi in each of the months September and October and to date in November. [56129/22]
• 2022-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the last meeting of the national oversight committee. [56131/22]
• 2022-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason that the 60-bed extension at Heather House community nursing unit is yet to be operational; and when the extension will be operational. [56198/22]
• 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
• 2022-10-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for temporary facilities expected to be utilised to house the emergency department in the Mercy Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54040/22]
• 2022-10-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant and derelict buildings owned by the HSE and his Department respectively by each CHO in tabular form. [54054/22]
• 2022-10-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he has met with the HSE to discuss derelict or vacant buildings in their ownership. [54055/22]
• 2022-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if an official group has been established to review the codeine prescription processes; the membership of this group; the parameters of the group; the date of its establishment; and the date that the group will report back. [53433/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the location of the elective hospital in Cork; and when it will be fully operational. [52394/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the estimated timeline for the reopening of Keltoi. [52393/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his Department has any initiatives to run harm-reduction education programmes around addiction for young people. [47510/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the action that he is taking to improve children’s disability services. [49681/22]
• 2022-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the total number of beds available in Cork University Hospital in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022 by department. [52153/22]
• 2022-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time clinical pharmacists that are employed by HSE in CHO4 in the years of 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [52154/22]
• 2022-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding to be given to each of the local and regional drug and alcohol taskforces in 2023, in tabular form. [50987/22]
• 2022-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the planned funding for Drug and Alcohol Taskforces in 2023. [48953/22]
• 2022-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding in Budget 2023 for gambling addiction harm reduction, prevention and treatment. [48954/22]
• 2022-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of home-help hours that are not being completed due to staff shortages by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45284/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of registration applications to CORU by persons with a degree from outside the State who were and have been waiting longer than 1, 2, 3 and 4 months, and so on, in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, respectively, in tabular form. [42771/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the vacant apartments above a shop (details supplied) in Macroom, County Cork; and if he has engaged with the company about same. [40200/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of engagements that the Minister of State with responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy has held with addiction community stakeholders in each month in 2022, in tabular form. [40693/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if it is envisaged that a new action plan will be completed on the National Drugs Strategy with trackable deliverables; and if so, the timeline for the delivery of same. [40695/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Budget measures announced under the remit of the National Drugs Strategy in Budget 2022, by measure in tabular form. [40696/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his Department has analysed the cost of the closure of the Keltoi Rehabilitation Unit given the need to source additional beds elsewhere. [40697/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the redeployment of staff of the Keltoi Rehabilitation Unit; the number of staff that were employed; and the number currently still employed in HSE addiction services. [40698/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his Department has analysed the impact of competitive tendering on community projects. [40699/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason that a decision was taken to restrict access to school dental services in Cork to only sixth class students. [40701/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when school dental services in Cork will be available to school aged children in all classes currently offered in other counties. [40702/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children eligible for school dental visits in Cork in 2015. [40703/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the classes to which school dental visits are offered in all counties other than counties Cork, Cavan and Monaghan. [40705/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who were assessed, by facility, for addiction rehabilitation and detox in 2021, in tabular form. [41169/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the estimated average capital and current costs, respectively, of an acute bed. [41172/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the last meeting of the strategic implementation group under the National Drugs Strategy chaired by his Department. [39247/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an occupational therapy appointment in each of the children’s disability network teams in Cork; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3-6, 6-12 months and for more than 12 months, broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39197/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the total number of respite hours provided to families in Cork over each of the past 12 months; the total number that has been provided each month since March 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39198/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the total number of day care centres in Cork that are now open; and the number that were open in 2019. [39199/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in Cork and the average waiting time for an appointment in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39200/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in Cork 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 months and for more than 12 months, broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39201/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the full commencement of all of the sections of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. [39210/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new Action Plan under the National Drugs Strategy. [39211/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the reopening of keltoi. [39212/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have used keltoi by month in 2022 [39213/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on work being done by his Department to prepare for the Citizen’s Assembly on Drugs. [39214/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of funding to the north inner-city drugs and alcohol task force. [39246/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the provision of nurse prescribing of opioids. [39248/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated in each of the past five years to address addiction issues for women by year, in tabular form. [39249/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding that has been allocated in each of the past five years to address addiction issues for ethnic minorities by year, in tabular form. [39250/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding that has been allocated in each of the past five years to address addiction issues for members of the LGBTQIA community by year, in tabular form. [39251/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a funding stream is available for relevant organisations to celebrate recovery month. [39252/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time by facility for addiction rehabilitation and detox services. [39253/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of a community detox programme in each of the past five years in tabular form. [39254/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in Cork; the average waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39555/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the orthodontic waiting lists in Cork; the average waiting times for appointments; the number that are waiting more than six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39556/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting on the CAMHS waiting list in Cork the average waiting time; the number waiting more than six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39557/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people that are waiting homecare support in Cork; the total number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in Cork the average number of hours granted to each successful applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39558/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting colonoscopy in each of the Cork hospitals; the number of these that have been waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 – to 90 and more than 90 days broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39559/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting endoscopy in each of the Cork hospitals; the number of these that have been waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 to 90 and more than 90 days broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39560/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of vacancies at each of the Cork hospitals 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. [39561/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment in CHO4; the number who have been waiting less than 3 months; the number that have been waiting 3- to 6, 6to 12 and more than 12 months; broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39562/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting a speech and language appointment through primary care in Cork; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months; broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39563/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a speech and language appointment in each of the children's disability network teams in Cork; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3- to 6, 6 to12 and more than 12 months broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39564/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an occupational therapy appointment through primary care in Cork the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months broken down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39565/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average wait time in July 2022 in the emergency department of each of the Cork hospitals. [37506/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the support that his Department has provided to the replacement addiction family support network that stakeholders are currently attempting to establish nationwide. [37505/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the circumstances in which a grant agreement and a service level agreement, respectively are appropriate. [37012/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the strategic implementation group of the National Drugs Strategy that her Department is chairing. [27668/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his Department is aware that the HSE has not reported on the details of returned expenditure from its 2021 allocation. [29651/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the investigation of the incineration of babies' organs at Cork University Maternity Hospital. [35510/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the last meeting he held on the investigation of the incineration of babies' organs at Cork University Maternity Hospital. [35511/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the last request he made for information on the investigation of the incineration of babies' organs at Cork University Maternity Hospital. [35512/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding provided respectively to an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin and Cork in each of the past five years in tabular form. [36224/22]
• 2022-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if the funding that was made available for addiction family support services in budget 2021 was distributed through a tendering process; and the reason the decision was made to engage in competitive tendering for these services. [34822/22]
• 2022-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a business proposal submitted by a club (details supplied). [33375/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the annual cost per bed of the Keltoi facility when it was open. [33106/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the annual cost per bed of providing a State-owned addiction residential rehabilitation bed. [33107/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the capital cost per bed of providing a State-owned addiction residential rehabilitation service. [33108/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his Department has conducted a cost-benefit analysis of opening State-run residential rehabilitation facilities. [33109/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the annual cost per bed of a State-owned community detox bed. [33110/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the capital cost per bed of providing a State-owned community detox bed. [33111/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the capital cost per bed of providing a State-owned medical detox bed. [33112/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the annual running cost, per bed of providing a State-owned medical detox bed. [33113/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the cost per facility of assessment fees for addiction residential rehabilitation and detox facilities; and the percentage of these fees that were waived in 2021 and to date in 2022, respectively in tabular form. [33114/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average annual salary of a community development worker in the addiction sector. [33115/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of community development workers employed by the State in each of the drug and alcohol task force areas in tabular form in each drug and alcohol task force. [33116/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average cost of providing professional supervision, counselling and mental health supports to social worker per worker. [33118/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average annual salary of an addiction counsellor. [33119/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the cost, per bed of an addiction stepdown residential facility. [33120/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the cost per bed of recovery housing. [33121/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average length of stay in recovery housing by facility in the years 2015 to date in tabular form. [33122/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average cost of providing a needle exchange service in a pharmacy. [33123/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of needle exchanges by CHO; and if these are in a pharmacy or mobile in tabular form. [33124/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the annual average cost of providing a mobile needle exchange service; and the capital cost in establishing one. [33125/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the overall cost of the Drug and Alcohol Prevalence survey; the base cost for conducting same; and the additional cost per question. [33126/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost per uncompleted action of completing the unfinished actions in the 2017-2020 Action Plan included in the National Drugs Strategy. [33129/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the cost per year of opioid substitution treatment prescribing as paid to general practitioners. [33130/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the cost difference in nurse prescribing and general practitioner prescribing. [33131/22]
• 2022-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive speech and language therapy. [32237/22]
• 2022-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive occupational therapy. [32238/22]
• 2022-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive physiotherapy. [32239/22]
• 2022-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) remains on a waiting list for speech and language therapy. [32240/22]
• 2022-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the assistant chief nursing officer, who had been leading the progress on nurse prescribing of opioid substitution treatment has left that post; if this person has been replaced; and if the replacement will continue to have responsibility for progressing this vital initiative. [32406/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will extend an invitation to an organisation (details supplied) for the next national oversight committee on the national drugs strategy meeting given its previous position on the committee and the failure to appoint a nursing representative to same, as committed to. [28957/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if full funding was made available to complete to action plan 2017-2020 included in the national drugs strategy; and the stream under which funding was made available. [29441/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time from submission of business case to approval by the HSE for an adult residential placement. [29499/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the return of therapists to special schools in Cork, by special school, in tabular form. [27526/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the date that a child (details supplied) will receive speech and language therapy. [27527/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the date that a child (details supplied) will receive occupational therapy. [27528/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the date that a child (details supplied) will receive physiotherapy. [27529/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) remains on a waiting list for speech and language therapy. [27530/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff by role in each of the Cork CAMHS teams respectively, in tabular form. [27905/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for children in each of the Cork CAMHS teams. [27906/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list in Cork CAMHS teams; the number waiting longer than 3, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 months respectively. [27907/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent staff by role in each of the Cork CAMHS teams respectively, in tabular form that would be considered full staffing. [27908/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason that a decision was taken to engage in competitive tendering for family support network funding announced in Budget 2021; if this is a result of European Union directives; and if so, if he will name the directive. [27960/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason that the State did not acquire the Bessboro lands when they were in the control of NAMA given the likelihood of burials on the site. [28026/22]
• 2022-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health his plans to address overcrowding in emergency departments in Cork. [26911/22]
• 2022-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of strategic implementation groups and a civil society forum to consult on the National Drugs Strategy. [26912/22]
• 2022-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if consideration was given to expanding the pandemic bonus to section 39 workers. [21481/22]
• 2022-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the risk posed by an asbestos water tank. [26788/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the completion of the investigation into the cremation of the remains of babies at Cork University Maternity Hospital. [26238/22]
• 2022-05-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to recoup money spent by the family of a person (details supplied); and if he intends to remedy this situation for other families in a similar position. [25547/22]
• 2022-05-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount allocated to Cork Kerry Community Healthcare in 2021; the amount drawn-down; and the amount spent. [25599/22]
• 2022-05-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount allocated to CAMHS in counties Cork and Kerry in 2021; the amount drawn-down; and the amount spent. [25600/22]
• 2022-05-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding of returns, by CHO of community healthcare in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [25601/22]
• 2022-05-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount allocated to COPE in counties Cork and Kerry in 2021; the amount drawn-down; and the amount spent. [25602/22]
• 2022-05-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount allocated to NAS in counties Cork and Kerry in 2021; the amount drawn-down; and the amount spent. [25603/22]
• 2022-05-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount allocated to the Brothers of Charity in counties Cork and Kerry in 2021; the amount drawn-down; and the amount spent. [25604/22]
• 2022-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the proposed cap on hospital car parking charges. [24965/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of addiction rehabilitation beds currently open by facility. [22712/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of addiction detox beds currently open by facility. [22713/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding given to addiction family support services by CHO in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. [22714/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the stabilisation facility for Cork; and the location of same. [22715/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding given to each taskforce in 2022. [22716/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the north inner city task force in Cork. [22717/22]
• 2022-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if current community and voluntary representatives on the national oversight committee, NOC, on national drugs strategy, NDS, will have a role in deciding membership of the new civil society forum; if they will receive automatic membership; and if this group will take over their places on the NOC. [21926/22]
• 2022-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 951 of 26 April 2022, the training the HSE provides to teachers with students with epilepsy; the way that this training is given; the way that a teacher applies to take part; and the number of teachers have taken part in the past five years in tabular form. [22308/22]
• 2022-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 951 of 26 April 2022, the funding given towards nursing supports for children with epilepsy in the past five years, by year in tabular form. [22309/22]
• 2022-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 951 of 26 April 2022, the process a school must engage with to seek funding for a nursing support for a children with epilepsy. [22310/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of full-time equivalent roles he funds for the Collaborative Town Health Check initiative; and the number he intends to fund by year-end 2022. [20384/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work of the clinical lead on dual diagnosis. [19971/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount received by the HSE for rental income through the fair deal scheme in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [20314/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the plans by his Department to reform the fair deal scheme to incentivise rentals and a timeline for delivery of this plan. [20383/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the planned full-time equivalent staffing, by role, for each county’s children’s disability network teams in 2027 and 2032. [20412/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he has met with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to discuss the need to catch up on placement hours missed during Covid-19 for those due to graduate. [20414/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the dates of meetings of the working group formed to analyse the implementation of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. [20581/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the intended timeline for the implementation of sections 12, 13 and 18 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. [20582/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, by role, currently employed in Cork University Hospital; and the number employed one year ago. [20916/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a marriage notification appointment in Cork city. [20957/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions he plans to take to deal with the increased demand for marriage notification in Cork city. [20958/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting an appointment for marriage notification in Cork city. [20959/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason that section 39 workers who otherwise fulfil criteria for the pandemic bonus have been excluded. [20966/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if those working in the residential addiction sector throughout the pandemic are entitled to the pandemic bonus. [20967/22]
• 2022-04-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will consider requesting the HSE to reimburse persons living in a nursing home who have been approved for funding under the fair deal, nursing home support scheme and in cases in which there is a delay in releasing funds leaving families to fill the gap. [18954/22]
• 2022-04-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the services that are available in Cork for children with epilepsy. [19132/22]
• 2022-04-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if there is a process for the continuum of care for persons with epilepsy who move into this jurisdiction from the UK. [19133/22]
• 2022-04-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding and resources that are available for schools to assist children with epilepsy. [19134/22]
• 2022-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he has met the clinical director or other lead personnel of the inpatient mental health facility in St. Stephen’s Hospital in Glanmire given recent inspection reports. [18591/22]
• 2022-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a comprehensive remedial plan has been drawn up for the inpatient mental health facility in St. Stephen’s Hospital in Glanmire; and if so, if he will publish this. [18592/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a review has been conducted of the 2015-2020 Sexual Health Strategy; and, if so, when this review will be published. [17507/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the date of each of the initial meetings of the strategic implementation groups developed for the next phase of the National Drugs Strategy. [18076/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the membership of each of the strategic implementation groups developed for the next phase of the National Drugs Strategy by group in tabular form. [18077/22]
• 2022-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if an update will be provided on the site chosen for the new elective hospital in Cork city; and when this will be operational. [16961/22]
• 2022-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if an update will be provided on the establishment of a national family support network. [16960/22]
• 2022-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will consider engaging with groups to draw up guidelines for the reporting of drug-related deaths. [10400/22]
• 2022-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he has met with the HSE regarding the recent ruling in the High Court on the assessment of needs process. [15334/22]
• 2022-03-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of addiction recovery housing beds intended for use for Ukrainian refugees. [16842/22]
• 2022-03-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if any addiction rehabilitation or detox beds will be used for Ukrainian refugees. [16843/22]
• 2022-03-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide update on the reopening of Keltoi rehabilitation unit. [16844/22]
• 2022-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has engaged with the Minister for Health and the Minister for Education to improve the level of support offered to children with disabilities. [15333/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the DRIVE initiative in Cork. [14466/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed in each of the children's disability network teams by role in County Cork. [13811/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent posts allocated to each role by children's disability network team in Cork city in tabular form. [13943/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of an independent clinically based addiction nurse to the addiction national oversight committee. [14443/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the investigation into the cremation scandal in Cork University Maternity Hospital given the investigation was to conclude in November 2021. [14487/22]
• 2022-03-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if there is a consultant specialising in Parkinson’s in Cork University Hospital; if not, the length of time the role has been vacant for; and if other staff members are taking clinics in the interim [13256/22]
• 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 Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the reimbursement of Luxturna. [11451/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the Sexual Health Strategy; and the timeline for publication [11515/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the approval of reimbursement of CAR-T. [11516/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time services by CHO addressing hepatitis-C. [11517/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average response time for ambulances in Ballincollig, County Cork. [11523/22]
• 2022-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if general practitioners can charge patients on the GMS for a repeat prescription. [10266/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions being undertaken by his Department to tackle crystal methamphetamine. [9407/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will consider establishing a notification system of deaths to State agencies given the upset receipt of correspondence for a deceased relatives causes for families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9405/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an increase in the prevalence of crystal methamphetamine in the Dublin area; and the actions he is taking to tackle the issue. [9406/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the elective hospital in Cork. [7942/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of the Keltoi service. [7943/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if the HSE writes to State bodies to inform them of the death of a person and to ensure the family does not receive unnecessary correspondence. [6108/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if general practitioners can charge medical card patients for the health check needed for over 70s applying for a drivers licence. [6140/22]
• 2022-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the way that a person can apply for an exemption to the European Union booster requirement for travel if they are double vaccinated but have been advised by a consultant not to avail of the booster due to medical reactions to the previous doses. [5271/22]
• 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 Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of paid employees working in the addiction sector. [4790/22]
• 2022-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount Cork University Hospital has paid to patients for preventable incidents in the past three years in tabular form. [5107/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when the date for the citizens' assembly on drugs will be announced. [63038/21]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the timeline for delivery of the €0.5 million committed to in Budget 2022 to address high-risk drug use; and if he will fully consult with the drug and alcohol task forces in rolling it out. [63039/21]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the timeline for delivery of the €1.7 million to increase the availability of HSE drug and alcohol services on a nationwide basis; and if he will fully consult with the drug and alcohol task forces in rolling it out. [63040/21]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the timeline for delivery of the €0.5 million to increase access to and provision of community-based drug and alcohol services for women, ethnic minorities and LGTBI+; and if he will fully consult with the drug and alcohol task forces in rolling it out. [63041/21]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the timeline for delivery of the €0.7 million to provide additional services for children and families who are impacted by parental drug and alcohol use; and if he will fully consult with the drug and alcohol task forces in rolling it out. [63042/21]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the additional funding to be allocated to drug and alcohol task forces to implement the actions in the Drug Relation Intimidation and Violence Engagement report as launched on 26 November 2021. [63043/21]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to ensure that family support groups across the State will continue to have representation at national level on the National Oversight Committee; and the way his Department will support an organisation (details supplied) in its ongoing work to put a new national network in place. [63044/21]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will restore the two places on the National Oversight Committee that have been removed from the community and voluntary sector effectively leaving the regions without any representation at a national level. [63045/21]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when a partnership interagency working group involving all sectors including the community and voluntary sector will be reinstated to recommence the review of the handbook for drug and alcohol task forces; and if he will provide a clear timeline for it to carry out and conclude its task. [63046/21]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a commitment will be given that the terms of reference for the civil society grouping will be drawn up in consultation with the National Oversight Committee community and voluntary representatives and will be brought to the full National Oversight Committee meeting for agreement. [63048/21]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason the nursing group were not invited given that five medically trained personnel were invited to sit on the National Oversight Committee when it had specifically requested to remain on the committee; the criteria that was utilised to ascertain suitability for membership; the way the transparency was applied; if members were informed of the criteria; and if clinical balance was taken into consideration. [63049/21]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if general practitioners can withhold appointments for private non-medical patients. [2103/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for birth certificates currently awaiting printing, posting or certification respectively by county in tabular form. [2131/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average wait time from application to receipt of a birth certificate by county in tabular form. [2132/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason that addiction nurses were removed from the National Oversight Committee on the National Drugs Strategy. [2184/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he has met addiction nurses to discuss their removal from the National Oversight Committee on the National Drugs Strategy; and if not, the reason. [2185/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of addiction nurses currently working in the State. [2186/22]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on outpatient waiting lists, by hospital, in County Cork. [62537/21]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on inpatient waiting lists, by hospital, in County Cork. [62538/21]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on elective procedure waiting lists, by hospital, in County Cork. [62539/21]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of home care hours; and the number of hours assigned in County Cork by LHO. [62540/21]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting home care hours; and the number of hours they are waiting for, in County Cork, by LHO. [62541/21]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of staff members, by role, currently employed in, and working on, children’s disability network teams in County Cork, by team, in tabular form. [62542/21]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his Department has engaged with SouthDoc since the reopening of its Blackpool facility; and if there is an intention to resume normal operating hours in this facility. [62543/21]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with medical cards in County Cork, by LHO. [62544/21]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the vaccine booster programme for those under 50 years of age who received a vaccine (details supplied). [62545/21]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of the Keltoi facility. [62546/21]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of times the Minister for State with special responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy has met an organisation (details supplied) since their appointment. [62547/21]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of community addiction projects, by county, that are funded by his Department. [62548/21]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the stabilisation units promised in budget 2021. [62549/21]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the funding for family support networks committed to in budget 2021. [62550/21]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the previous membership of the National Oversight Committee on the National Drugs Strategy; and the new proposed membership. [62551/21]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the format the promised further discussion on membership of the National Oversight Committee will take. [62552/21]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if further details will be provided on the proposed plan to address crack cocaine, as promised in budget 2022. [62553/21]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if the Minister for State with responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy has met with the Tallaght drug and alcohol task force since the publication of its recent report. [62554/21]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting residential treatment and detox, by county, in tabular form. [62555/21]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he has issued updated guidance for peer-support addiction recovery group meetings. [62556/21]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if an outreach programme is planned for delivery of vaccine boosters to vulnerable hard to reach cohorts, for example, homeless persons and those in active addiction. [62557/21]
• 2021-12-15
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Foetal Pain Relief) Bill 2021 · 2 divisions

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

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 107–36
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 103–37
• 2021-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if persons who have completed a level 6 vaccination course through a company (details supplied) can apply as vaccinators; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61168/21]
• 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 Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a person can receive confirmation of the actions taken in cases in which they report alleged breaches of Covid-19 regulations by a business. [60040/21]
• 2021-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the new elective hospital in Cork. [59419/21]
• 2021-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the upset amongst community groups regarding the recent mid-term review of the National Drugs Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59420/21]
• 2021-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he has received a business proposal for the new elective hospital in County Cork; and if not, when he expects to receive same. [55908/21]
• 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
• 2021-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the date a person (details supplied) will receive speech and language therapy. [58268/21]
• 2021-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the date a person (details supplied) will receive occupational therapy. [58269/21]
• 2021-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) remains on a waiting list for speech and language therapy. [58270/21]
• 2021-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average wait time to see a doctor from the initial call for SouthDoc in Cork city at present, in October 2020 and October 2019, in tabular form. [58762/21]
• 2021-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for a phone call from the nurse in SouthDoc in Cork city at present, in October 2020 and October 2019, in tabular form. [58763/21]
• 2021-11-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the Covid-19 vaccination booster programme; the timelines for delivery for all cohorts in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56760/21]
• 2021-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to restore rehabilitation beds to pre-Covid-19 levels. [56354/21]
• 2021-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of new addiction beds by type, such as rehab, detox, stabilisation and so on, opened since 1 January 2021 by facility in tabular form. [56355/21]
• 2021-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average wait time from first referral to admission for rehabilitation by CHO in tabular form. [56356/21]
• 2021-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average wait time from first referral to admission for detox by CHO in tabular form. [56357/21]
• 2021-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to each taskforce in 2008; and the funding to be provided in 2021 in tabular form. [56358/21]
• 2021-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the role of the taskforce coordinator. [56359/21]
• 2021-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the publication date of the mid-term review of the National Drugs Strategy. [56360/21]
• 2021-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the strategy the HSE and other relevant Departments have been working under in relation to addiction given that the action provided in the National Drugs Strategy concluded in 2020. [56361/21]
• 2021-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed in each of the children’s disability network teams by role in County Cork. [56363/21]
• 2021-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the proposed gambling control Bill. [56364/21]
• 2021-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who at present avail of the fair deal scheme, by primary care centre and primary health network catchment area, in County Cork, in tabular form. [54367/21]
• 2021-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a child (details supplied) who has waited two years for services has been informed that there will be three speech and language sessions provided between now and February 2022 while that person's mother engages with a course on speech and language therapy. [54369/21]
• 2021-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will consider publication of updated guidance for addiction recovery peer support meetings given that restrictions did not lift on 22 October but nightclubs opened yet these groups can only have extremely limited numbers in a room. [54434/21]
• 2021-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that disability services in County Cork are offering parents speech and language therapy courses instead of direct intervention with children and not as a complementary service. [54508/21]
• 2021-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the percentage of databases recovered since the HSE cyber-attack. [53919/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have used the Keltoi facility for isolation from 1 August 2021 to date by week in tabular form. [52610/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the continuum of care pathways available to persons given the closure of the HSE Keltoi Rehabilitation Unit. [52611/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the isolation facilities available for persons who are vulnerable such as those who use the HSE Keltoi Rehabilitation Unit in each CHO in tabular form. [52612/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to utilise the HSE Keltoi Rehabilitation Unit as an isolation unit from its closure to date. [52613/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting zero to three, three to six, six to 12, 9 to 12, 12 to 24 and 24 months plus for speech and language therapy in County Cork in tabular form. [53156/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting zero to three, three to six, six to 12, 9 to 12, 12 to 24 and 24 months plus for occupational therapy in County Cork in tabular form. [53157/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting zero to three, three to six, six to 12, 9 to 12, 12 to 24 and 24 months plus for AON in County Cork in tabular form. [53158/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of general practitioners. [53393/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of the HSE Keltoi Rehabilitation Unit. [50813/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the proposed elective hospital in County Cork. [50812/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) that found significant difficulties in evaluating public expenditure on the State’s approach to drug and alcohol harm and which found that unlabelled expenditure and productivity costs contribute significantly to the overall economic burden of problem drug and alcohol use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45595/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the significant delays in accessing treatment due to the reconfiguration of children’s disabilities teams in Cork. [48659/21]
• 2021-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason family support networks no longer have a seat on the National Oversight Committee; and when this will be restored. [49996/21]
• 2021-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the progress on establishing a national family support network. [49997/21]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the planned children’s hospital for Cork; and the timeline for same. [49140/21]
• 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
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1184 of 9 September 2021, when new guidelines for addiction recovery group meetings will be published; if these guidelines will take account of the current restrictions imposed in an office environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46261/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when the mid-term review of the National Drugs Strategy will be published; and if he will seek prior approval from the National Oversight Committee. [44701/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances in Cork city and county by hospital or area; and the number considered a full cohort by year for the past five years in tabular form. [44951/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a shortage of ambulances in Cork city and county; and his plans to address same. [44952/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when the Sláintecare project on the development of a national diabetes register will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44954/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health his views on the need for a national diabetes register; the reason there is no current register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44955/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health his plans to take action on the exclusion of addiction treatment facilities from HIQA remit. [45219/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health his plans to take action on the lack of public oversight and transparency in addiction treatment facilities. [45220/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to the hidden harm strategy in 2020 and to date in 2021. [45221/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have arisen from the hidden harm strategy. [45222/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding given to rehabilitation and detox facilities by facility in 2019 and 2020 respectively, in tabular form. [45223/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of alcohol-specific rehabilitation and detox beds by facility in 2019 and 2020 respectively, in tabular form. [45225/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE and State owned and run alcohol rehabilitation and detoxification beds in the State. [45226/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the supports that are in place to ensure a positive outcome for the child given that data from the most recent National Drug Treatment Reporting System indicates that half of those in treatment are a parent to a child and recognising the adverse childhood experience arising for the child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45227/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing alcohol related health interventions in the State in each of the years 2020 and 2021. [45228/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the full implementation of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. [45278/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of rehabilitation and detox beds currently open respectively by facility in tabular form. [41849/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the details of the current vacancies in CUH in tabular form; if they have been advertised; and the length of time they have been vacant. [41936/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the current restrictions on indoor addiction recovery support groups; and the timeline for the lifting of same. [42033/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of episodes purchased in 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively and the average length of an episode by addiction rehabilitation and detox facility in tabular form. [42473/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of beds available by addiction rehabilitation and detox facility. [42474/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason his Department has still not sent funding for projects funded under the National Drugs Strategy allocation in Budget 2021 to the HSE. [42475/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if changes to the fair deal scheme introducing three year caps apply to cash assets. [42476/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Southdoc have reneged on their commitment to a full return to service in their Blackpool facility and will instead operate curtailed hours. [42593/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied). [42614/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of staff by role that would be considered a full cohort by area and team in the new CDNTs in Cork; and the number of staff currently employed in tabular form. [42616/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason there was no HRB report on drug or alcohol treatment in 2020; if one is to be published; and if a timeline can be given for this publication. [34258/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that have been referred to addiction or mental health services through accident and emergency in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [34341/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that have been referred to addiction or mental health services by their general practitioner in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [34342/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that have been referred to addiction or mental health services by Tusla in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [34343/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that have been referred to addiction or mental health services through means other than hospital, general practitioner or Tusla in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [34344/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of presentations for self-harm in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [34345/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists employed by the Cork North Lee CDNT; and the number that would be considered a full cohort. [34750/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists employed by the Cork North Lee CDNT; and the number that would be considered a full cohort. [34751/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists employed by the Cork North Lee CDNT; and the number that would be considered a full cohort. [34752/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by the Cork North Lee CDNT; and the number that would be considered a full cohort. [34753/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of upfront funding of drugs manufactured by a company (details supplied). [35774/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the work he has undertaken on securing upfront funding of drugs manufactured by a company (details supplied). [35775/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the medical cannabis access programme. [35776/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when the medical cannabis access programme is expected to be fully operational. [35777/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an SI drafted by an organisation (details supplied) which aims to regulate alcohol delivery services; if he plans to sign this SI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35835/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the situation of a person (details supplied) who is currently unable to access funding for medicinal cannabis despite being a valid medical card holder. [35837/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when the HRB survey on drug and alcohol use will be published given a previous commitment of publication by end of Q2 2021. [36500/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that CUMH is still preventing partners from providing full support during all stages of labour and post-birth. [36501/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason gambling is not included in the recent drug and alcohol behaviour survey as previously indicated. [36654/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a day facility for the elderly at Farranree family resource centre has yet to reopen. [37281/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of beds by addiction rehabilitation and detox residential treatment facility in tabular form. [37749/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of available beds by addiction rehabilitation and detox residential treatment facility in tabular form. [37750/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of staff by addiction rehabilitation and detox residential treatment facility in tabular form at present and in March 2020, respectively. [37751/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists employed in the County Cork region. [37752/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists employed in the County Cork region. [37753/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the latest engagement undertaken by the HSE with the board of SouthDoc in relation to the reopening of SouthDoc Blackpool, County Cork. [37754/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses currently employed in Cork north Lee area; if any are still redeployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37755/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the 235 vacant positions in CUH; and if he will list these by profession in tabular form. [37756/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average cost of residential rehabilitation treatment; and the percentage of same paid on average by the HSE by facility in 2019 and 2021, respectively in tabular form. [37757/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason gambling prevalence data from the Health Research Board will be presented to the Department of Justice and not his Department given this is most applicable to gambling addiction which falls under his remit. [37758/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will lay the Health Research Board Drug and Alcohol Prevalence survey results before Dáil Éireann. [37759/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the National Drugs Strategy mid-term review; if another consultation process will be opened; and if he will make available any preliminary documentation at this stage. [37760/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if priorities have been determined for the new stage of the National Drugs Strategy. [37761/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when the 2020 review of the National Drugs Strategy will be published; and if this will be a separate document to the mid-term review. [37762/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the format and make-up of the National Oversight Committee with responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy. [37788/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the publication date of the past five National Drug Related Deaths Index in tabular form. [37875/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to vaccinating high risk under 18s given EU vaccine clearance for the 12 years plus age group. [38335/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason for suspending activity of the North Inner City Drug and Alcohol Taskforce. [38345/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if an Irish person who has suffered a stroke in the United States of America and returns home in need of continued support, for example, occupational therapy, physical therapy and possibly permanent residential facility is entitled to same. [39109/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the drafting of the public health (tobacco and nicotine inhaling products) Bill. [39156/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of the HSE Keltoi Rehabilitation Unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39161/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health his views on the need for secular residential rehabilitation and detox facilities. [39162/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health his plans to recognise and support persons in recovery from addiction. [39163/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of drug and alcohol taskforce chairpersons who are direct employees of the HSE by taskforce in tabular form. [39186/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the position of soft play centres in the Covid-19 reopening pathways. [39222/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the change in structure of children’s disability services in Cork has meant no new services are currently being offered to children. [39227/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the implementation of CAR-T therapy here. [39240/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to the Hidden Harm strategy in 2020 and 2021 to date. [39335/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have arisen from the Hidden Harm strategy. [39336/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the intended timeline for implementation of sections 12, 13 and 18 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. [39337/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the full implementation of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. [39338/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding given to rehabilitation and detox facilities by facility in 2019 and 2020 respectively, in tabular form. [39339/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of alcohol-specific rehabilitation and detox beds by facility in 2019 and 2020 respectively, in tabular form. [39340/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with residential treatment facilities with the intention of introducing secular-only healthcare. [39341/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE owned and run alcohol rehabilitation and detoxification beds in the State. [39342/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the supports in place to ensure a positive outcome for the child given that data from the most recent National Drug Treatment Reporting System indicates that half of those in treatment are a parent to a child and recognising the adverse childhood experience arising for the child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39343/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding that was distributed from the social inclusion unit by service or aim that is alcohol consumption reduction in 2020 and 2021 to date respectively, in tabular form. [39344/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing alcohol related health interventions in the State in 2020 and to date in 2021. [39345/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the contingency plans given the recent judicial review into supervised injection facilities. [39537/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if mobile supervised injection facilities have been explored as an alternative given delays. [39538/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a centre (details supplied) will not be reopening until August 2021 due to staff redeployment. [39557/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the support that can be offered to general practitioners seeking to support a patient through a community detoxification programme. [39563/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he plans to take action on the exclusion of addiction treatment facilities from the HIQA remit. [39764/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he plans to take action on the lack of public oversight and transparency in addiction treatment facilities. [39765/21]
• 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 Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a framework for discussion has been drawn up for the citizens' assembly on drugs; and if this will be published. [13257/21]
• 2021-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to paying student travel allowances paid to students on placement from a student’s address given that colleges are teaching online and many students have not rented accommodation close to colleges in 2020. [43214/20]
• 2021-07-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason the Health Research Board have not conducted an analysis of drug and alcohol deaths since 2017; and when it plans to publish such a study again. [29263/21]
• 2021-07-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the location the collated up-to-date information on drug and alcohol death is available. [29264/21]
• 2021-07-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of SouthDoc Blackpool. [29265/21]
• 2021-07-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if formal steps have been taken by the HSE to penalise SouthDoc Blackpool for their continued breach of the service level agreement with SouthDoc. [29266/21]
• 2021-07-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of alcohol-related admittances to hospitals in 2020 and to date in 2021, by month in tabular form. [29267/21]
• 2021-07-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of drug-related admittances to hospitals in 2020 and to date in 2021, by month in tabular form. [29268/21]
• 2021-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the supports and supplies that can be provided to parents of older children suffering with bladder incontinence. [26808/21]
• 2021-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of the 31 primary care centres promised in the Sláintecare plan that are to be located in County Cork. [28078/21]
• 2021-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the location of all current and proposed primary care centres in County Cork including opening dates or proposed opening dates in tabular form. [28079/21]
• 2021-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if gastric sleeve surgery is considered unavoidable and time sensitive in relation to mandatory hotel quarantine with a confirming letter from the doctor; and the number of persons who have been exempted from mandatory hotel quarantine who travelled abroad for gastric sleeve surgery. [26904/21]
• 2021-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the expenditure to date on the National Drugs Strategy from the Budget 2021 allocation. [34046/21]
• 2021-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the sum allocated to Southdoc Blackpool to date in 2021. [34047/21]
• 2021-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a drug manufactured by a company (details supplied); and the status of the resolution of recurring problems with the reimbursement scheme. [34049/21]
• 2021-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the scheme under which reimbursement for a drug manufactured by a company (details supplied) is currently given. [34050/21]
• 2021-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to the medicinal cannabis access programme to date in 2021. [34051/21]
• 2021-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health his plans to include additional diagnosis in the medicinal cannabis access programme. [34052/21]
• 2021-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when a review will be undertaken on the current diagnosis and medicines available under the medicinal cannabis access programme. [34053/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when snooker halls will be allowed to reopen. [25942/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 1.1.1 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25954/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 1.1.2 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25955/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 1.2.3 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25956/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 1.2.4 of the National Drugs Strategy upon completion of the 2020 review. [25957/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 1.2.5 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25958/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 1.2.6 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25959/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that actions have been taken under Action 1.2.7 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25960/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that actions have been taken under Action 1.2.8 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25961/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 1.3.9 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25962/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 1.3.10 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25963/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 1.3.11 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25964/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 2.1.12 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25965/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 2.1.13 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25966/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 2.1.14 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25967/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 2.1.15 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25968/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 2.1.16 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25969/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 2.1.17 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25970/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 2.1.18 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25971/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 2.1.19 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25972/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 2.1.20 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25973/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 2.1.21 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25974/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 2.1.22 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25975/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 2.1.23 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25976/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 2.1.24 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25977/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 2.1.25 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25978/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 2.1.26 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25979/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 2.1.27 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25980/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 2.2.28 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25981/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 2.2.29 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25982/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been undertaken under Action 2.2.30 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25983/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been undertaken under Action 3.1.31 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25984/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been undertaken under Action 3.1.32 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25985/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been undertaken under Action 3.1.33 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25986/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been undertaken under Action 3.1.34 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25987/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 3.1.35 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25988/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 3.2.36 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25989/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 3.2.37 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25990/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 3.3.38 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25991/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 4.1.39 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25992/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 4.1.40 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25993/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 4.1.41 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25994/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 4.1.42 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25995/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 4.2.43 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25996/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 4.2.44 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25997/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 5.1.45 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25998/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 5.1.46 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25999/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 5.1.47 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [26000/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 5.1.48 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [26001/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 5.1.49 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [26002/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 6.1.50 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [26003/21]
• 2021-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the documentation needed to guarantee exemption from mandatory hotel quarantine on the basis of travel for a medical appointment. [25849/21]
• 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
• 2021-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses, consultants, doctors, administrators and HCAs respectively employed in Cork University Hospital from January 2020 to date by month in tabular form. [25265/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that despite a commitment given to the HSE, SouthDoc is refusing to see persons in its Blackpool, County Cork, facility in cases in which they indicate that they cannot travel to Kinsale Road; and if he will engage with SouthDoc on this issue and support the HSE in formally pursuing the full reopening of SouthDoc, Blackpool, through whatever means necessary including financial penalties. [24619/21]
• 2021-05-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the provisions that are in place for housebound persons under 70 years of age to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. [23401/21]
• 2021-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a timeline has been provided for the expansion of attendance at addiction recovery group meetings. [22654/21]
• 2021-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will seek public health advice on the expansion of attendance at addiction recovery group meetings given the significant impact Covid-19 has had on addiction. [22655/21]
• 2021-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation whereby under S.I. No. 183 of 2021 a person entering the State who is fully vaccinated but has not completed the mandatory wait time post-vaccination (details supplied) is required to complete the full two week mandatory hotel quarantine despite becoming fully vaccinated during this time period. [22382/21]
• 2021-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied). [22383/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice when the gambling control Bill will be published; and if the Bill will explicitly transfer gambling addiction to the remit of the Minister for Health. [21344/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when minimum unit pricing will be implemented as prescribed in the Public Health Alcohol Act 2018. [21340/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if the Health Research Board drugs and alcohol behavioural study will be published. [21341/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the mid-term review of the National Drugs Strategy. [21342/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the engagements undertaken by the Minister for State with responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy in relation to rehabilitation and detox residential treatment waiting times. [21343/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the position of persons with Addison’s disease on the vaccine roll-out; his views on the frustration and lack of clarity experienced by those with Addison’s and other rare diseases at a failure to communicate their cohort in the vaccine roll-out; and if a commitment will be given to provide clarity in relation to same. [18108/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the position of persons suffering with rheumatoid arthritis on the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out programme. [18287/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if there are staffing shortages at Cork University Hospital; if so, if he can account for these shortages; and if he can account for significant delays in inpatient procedures for persons due to same. [18429/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses, consultants, doctors, administrators and HCAs, respectively employed and in work in Cork University Hospital from January 2020 to date by month in tabular form. [18430/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses, consultants, doctors, administrators and HCAs, respectively employed but absent from work in Cork University Hospital from January 2020 to date by month in tabular form. [18431/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in relation to mandatory hotel quarantine (details supplied) [19057/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of clinicians in CHO 4 that have been redeployed from early intervention and school age disability teams into assessment of needs posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19250/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of clinicians in CHO 4 that have been redeployed to track and trace, Covid-19 testing or vaccination; the original job title of each; the expected length of their redeployment in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19251/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if developmental checks for babies have fully resumed; if a plan has been put in place to ensure any backlog is cleared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19252/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of babies given developmental checks by age in months in 2020 and to date in 2021. [19253/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of babies born by month in 2020 and to date in 2021. [19254/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of women treated clinically for postnatal depression in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [19255/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he has met with maternity hospitals recently regarding restrictions on partners; when his next expected engagement with the hospitals will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19256/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress of the ambulatory elective hospital in Cork; and the expected timeline of completion. [19257/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if an expected timeline of completion has been given for the children’s hospital, Cork. [19258/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if SouthDoc has outlined criteria by which it will judge the deterioration of the Covid-19 situation and withdraw the planned reopening of SouthDoc in Blackpool, Cork. [19259/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has queried the timeline given by SouthDoc for the reopening of its Blackpool facility given it met on 30 March 2021 and only intends to open the facility at the end of April 2021. [19260/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if SouthDoc has given a commitment for a full return to service upon the reopening of SouthDoc, Blackpool. [19261/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons served by each out-of-hours doctor service; and the number of facilities each service has in Dublin, Limerick, Galway and Cork. [19262/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of persons served by SouthDoc in the SouthDoc, Blackpool, catchment area; and the estimated number of persons served by same in the Kinsale road catchment area. [19263/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for an assessment of needs in Cork North Lee services in March 2020 and in April 2021. [19264/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for speech and language therapy in Cork North Lee services in March 2020 and in April 2021. [19265/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for early intervention in Cork North Lee services in March 2020 and in April 2021. [19266/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the mitigation strategy that was put in place for the closure of residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation beds due to Covid-19; the increase in waiting list times; and his views on the success of this plan. [19267/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the Minister for State with responsibility for public health, well-being and the national drugs strategy on the increased residential treatment waiting times. [19268/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his Department has engaged with the Department of Justice on the gambling control Bill. [19269/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of cancelled outpatient and inpatient orthopaedic surgeries in the CUH in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by month in tabular form. [19270/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the work his Department has engaged in to prepare for the proposed citizens' assembly on drugs; if a working group has been established; if the terms of reference for the assembly have been drawn up; and if so, if he will publish same. [19271/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if, after consideration of the data by the relevant departmental group, he will publish the mid-term review of the national drugs strategy; and if so, the date for publication. [19272/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding to be provided to drug and alcohol task forces in 2021, by task force. [19273/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for persons to access gambling addiction counselling by quarter in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and the number of persons who accessed the service in tabular form. [19312/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for persons to access gambling addiction residential treatment by quarter in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 including the number of persons who accessed the service in tabular form. [19313/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented to the HSE with a gambling addiction in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by month. [19314/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if additional supports are put in place for established high-risk gambling times, for example, the Cheltenham festival. [19315/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which communities in County Clare are finding one hit kit packages with needles; if he will instruct his Department to contact the relevant pharmacies to discuss the issue; and if funding is available for equipment and training for local community groups such as tidy towns to clean the needles up. [20051/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when walk-in Covid-19 testing will be available in Cork city. [20175/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the way in which locations are selected for walk-in Covid-19 testing. [20176/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of social prescribers by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20365/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that vaccine clinics in Cork City Hall and Melbourne Road, Cork were closed on 20 and 21 March 2021, the opening hours of these clinics on the days in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16304/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons vaccinated in the mass vaccine clinic in Cork City Hall on 20 and 21 March 2021 respectively. [16305/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons vaccinated in the mass vaccine clinic on Melbourne Road, Cork on 20 and 21 March 2021, respectively. [16306/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the difference between a PCR test and a regular Covid-19 test. [16356/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who retired by county in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [16680/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who left employment, by county, in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [16681/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who were recruited as interns or newly qualified in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [16682/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners recruited through means other than new qualification or internship, by county, in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [16683/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a person is allowed to visit a second home or a mobile home that is located within the allowable travel distance. [17366/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for periods (details supplied) for access to residential rehabilitation or detoxification treatment from March 2019 to date. [14107/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the planned reopening date for Southdoc Blackpool, County Cork. [14108/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of out-of-hours doctors facilities closed in Dublin, Limerick or Galway from March 2020 to date; and the date for reopening of same. [14109/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if the clinical lead appointed to the HSE dual diagnosis programme has commenced in the role. [14110/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the investigation by the Minister for State with responsibility for the national drugs strategy into the possibility of abolishing assessment fees for rehabilitation treatment. [14111/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if vaccinations will be completed in each cohort before moving on to the next excluding the cohort of over-75s given the clinical decision that such persons cannot receive a particular vaccine (details supplied). [14116/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he has continued conversation with a person (details supplied); and the status of the inclusion of the products of a company in the medical cannabis access programme. [14117/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if cataract procedures under the Cross-Border Directive can continue under level 5 Covid-19 restrictions. [14218/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the date for publication of the mid-term review of the national drugs strategy. [14280/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the mid-term review of the national drugs strategy. [14281/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the analysis of supports available to service users by the drug related intimidation training co-ordinator. [14282/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the analysis of the prevalence of drug related intimidation as conducted under the DRIVE programme. [14283/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average wait time, by facilities, for residential rehabilitation or detoxification treatment in March 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [14284/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the date of the last meeting of the NPHET vulnerable people subgroup. [14352/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if travelling to visit a spouse in another country is considered essential travel and exempt from possible Garda fines. [14532/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing a needle exchange service. [14897/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of staffing and running a needle exchange service. [14898/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for orthopaedic surgery in Cork University Hospital by length of time waiting in tabular form. [15745/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health his plans to reopen trauma theatres in St. Steven’s Hospital, Cork to deal with orthopaedic surgery waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15746/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic surgeries cancelled in Cork University Hospital by the hospital due to capacity issues by quarter in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [15747/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for orthopaedic surgery in Cork University Hospital in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [15748/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of front-line healthcare workers in an organisation (details supplied) in Cork who have been vaccinated. [15778/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the national survey on drug and alcohol use in Ireland conducted by the Health Research Board. [12935/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of vaccines to front-line healthcare workers; when this is expected to be completed; and if healthcare assistants are included in this phase. [13145/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the continued closure of SouthDoc Blackpool and Listowel. [11154/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which SouthDoc could be in breach of a service level agreement with the HSE worth almost €7.3 million; the steps he has taken or plans to take to investigate this possible breach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11155/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been waiting for podiatry appointments in County Cork for six, 12 and more than 24 months, respectively. [11333/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been waiting for oncology appointments in County Cork for six, 12 and more than 24 months, respectively. [11335/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer screenings carried out by cancer type in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively, in County Cork. [11336/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons it is expected that general practitioner and pharmacy services in County Cork will be able to vaccinate daily; and the number expected to be vaccinated in each vaccination clinic in the city and county. [11337/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reasoning behind a change in narrative in the HSE national service plan with the addiction services section now referred to as drug and alcohol services and no commitment for any measures to address behavioural addictions; and if he or any of his Ministers of State were involved in this decision. [11977/21]
• 2021-02-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if an external report and the subsequent recommendations on the Keltoi facility is to be published; and the timeline for this publication. [10859/21]
• 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
• 2021-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the way in which the vaccination clinic locations were chosen; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are none on the northside of Cork city; if consideration was given to a facility on the northside of Cork city; and the reason for the decision not to establish a mass vaccine clinic in this area. [9638/21]
• 2021-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, on the north side of Cork city; the number who should be employed; and the number of vacancies waiting to be filled. [9822/21]
• 2021-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the waiting list for child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, by county. [9823/21]
• 2021-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when persons who regularly work in front-line settings, for example, contract air ventilation installers who work primarily in a number of nursing homes and hospitals but are neither direct employees of the setting nor permanently stationed in one setting will receive the Covid-19 vaccine. [9946/21]
• 2021-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when a full return to outpatient service is expected; and the metrics that will be used to decide same. [10276/21]
• 2021-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when persons with Addison’s disease will be included in the vaccine roll-out. [9298/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the services in place or planned for those persons suffering with long Covid. [8774/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of needle exchanges and their operating hours, by county, in 2019 and 2020, respectively. [6418/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of community development workers funded by his Department to work in addiction services in each of the years from 2010 to 2020, in tabular form [6450/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average salary of a community development worker in the HSE. [6451/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of addiction workers employed both publicly and as section 39 workers currently. [6464/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of needle exchanges by task force. [6465/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of addiction councillors currently employed by the HSE and as section 39 workers, respectively. [6471/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding given to services to run dual diagnosis programmes by community healthcare organisation, CHO, or task force in tabular form. [6481/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average salary of a mental health worker employed by the HSE. [6482/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a gambling prevalence survey. [6487/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health where the location a full copy of questions asked as part of the current drug and alcohol survey can be found. [6488/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions that will be taken to ensure that patients with a prescription for products produced by a company (details supplied) can still access the products. [7125/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if all patients that were receiving reimbursement of their prescription costs for medicinal cannabis prior to 21 January 2021 will continue to receive this reimbursement. [7126/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when permissible products under the medicinal cannabis access programme, MCAP, will be extended to include a variety of cannabis flower. [7127/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a review has been commissioned on the qualifying conditions under medicinal cannabis access programme, MCAP; if so, the timeline for the review; if not, his plans for such a review; if flexibility will exist on the current list of qualifying conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7128/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 788 of 3 February 2021, if his attention has been drawn to page 88 of the national development plan which, under Acute Hospital Development, specifically mentions a new hospital for Cork; and if, in view of this information, he will provide a timeline for and update on the promised acute hospital in Cork. [7135/21]
• 2021-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to commissioning a trauma awareness video for the HSE similar to that commissioned and made publicly available for child protection and suicide awareness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6079/21]
• 2021-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of times the working group on dual diagnosis has met; when it last met; and the next arranged meeting. [6083/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the sanctions available to gardaí to regulate employers who are in breach of the Covid-19 guidelines. [5224/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the sanctions available to gardaí to regulate employers who are in breach of the Covid-19 guidelines but have no premises, for example those in construction. [5225/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason for the refusal to fund programmes specific to gambling addiction, given that the latest published data show that 8% of persons here suffer with problem gambling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5041/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when the various sections of the national survey on drug and alcohol use in Ireland conducted by the Health Research Board will be published; the reason for the delay; and if he has received a draft copy of the survey to date. [5042/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the promised elective hospital for Cork; and if this will include an accident and emergency department. [5203/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to support the HSE to reopen SouthDoc Blackpool and Listowel. [5204/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if further Covid-19 funding will be provided to local and regional drug and alcohol taskforces. [5213/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the services funded to support those with alcohol-related brain injury. [5214/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if an application has been made for the participation of a company (details supplied) in the cannabis access programme, CAP, scheme; if so, the status of the application; and if not, if an indication has been given that an application will be made in future. [5576/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status and timeline for the construction of an acute hospital in Cork as promised in the national development plan. [5592/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if the ambulatory elective hospital intended for Cork and promised in the national development plan will include an emergency department; and if an updated timeline on delivery of the hospital will be provided. [5593/21]
• 2021-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of patients seen by SouthDoc in Cork city in 2019 and 2020, respectively. [4665/21]
• 2021-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average time from triage call to a doctors’ visit in SouthDoc, Cork city in December 2019 and December 2020, respectively. [4666/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reasoning behind utilising agency staff in the healthcare sector when others are waiting recruitment on panels having passed the initial recruitment process. [3549/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons contacting the HSE in response to a call for healthcare assistants, HCAs, and nurses are being offered unpaid volunteer positions. [3550/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the promised supply scheme for medical cannabis. [4081/21]
• 2021-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of SouthDoc Blackpool. [2417/21]
• 2021-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the previously mentioned gambling addiction support services funded by the HSE; the funding streams they are supported under; and the way in which similar services can apply for this funding. [2784/21]
• 2021-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) is facing imminent closure without support; if consideration will be given to supporting this vital service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2787/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of licensing and reimbursement of Jorveza used to treat eosinophilic oesophagitis. [44769/20]
• 2020-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding streams available to support the work of a project (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the extraordinary work it does; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44230/20]
• 2020-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding provided in budget 2021 to support those addressing gambling addiction, education programmes surrounding the dangers of gambling and the importance of accessing support for harmful gambling. [44233/20]
• 2020-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of patients admitted to the Keltoi centre for isolation purposes, including the location they were referred from and the reason they could not make use of the facility in Citywest, Dublin 24. [44257/20]
• 2020-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the name and location of rehabilitation detoxification services that have been closed and used as isolation facilities due to Covid-19. [44439/20]
• 2020-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which persons who are required to access preoperative Covid-19 testing are forced to travel to the hospital or a sister hospital and cannot avail of this through the centralised testing system, particularly in circumstances in which this is a significant distance from their home address and in view of Crumlin children’s hospital's agreement with a private hospital to reduce the backlog. [43659/20]
• 2020-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the stage in the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out at which those in active addiction will be vaccinated given previous assertions that these groups and those in recovery are at high risk of Covid-19. [43748/20]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no age limit regulating the sale of vape products; and his plans to rectify the situation. [43374/20]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the duties home helps can perform; and if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which persons are being informed home helps will now only perform personal care duties. [42990/20]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason for the continued closure of bowling alleys. [43116/20]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the schemes available to persons who need to avail of medical expertise not available in this jurisdiction but available in the UK; the processes through which a patient can apply for these schemes if the tests and procedures required are available here but expertise for interpretation are not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43428/20]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason medicinal cannabis must be sourced from the Hague; if other exporters are available; and if consideration has been given to sourcing the product from other sources. [43430/20]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he has contacted his counterparts in the UK and Northern Ireland to discuss their arrangements for the importation of medicinal cannabis. [43431/20]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to permanently extending the temporary delivery arrangement for cannabidiol oil and tetrahydrocannabinol oil given the undue stress the travel has on families and individuals and the recent commitment that this matter would be resolved as a priority. [42357/20]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will consider making the HPV vaccine available to girls who did not avail of it in first year given the recent upswing in uptake of the vaccine due to relevant campaigns, the ability to offset the cost against savings made in the years these girls did not avail of the vaccine and the substantial cost of availing of the vaccine privately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42356/20]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide mental health support to children suffering as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic given the waiting lists for CAMHS. [40756/20]
• 2020-12-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners that were registered in Cork in 2015; and the number currently registered. [42283/20]
• 2020-12-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the assessment for approval process of dupilumab; when this will be completed; if he will consider prioritisation of completion of this assessment given the impact this could potentially have on the lives of persons with eczema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42471/20]
• 2020-12-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to engaging retired healthcare professionals in the vaccine rollout programme. [42491/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health his plans to support section 39 workers. [41747/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health his engagements regarding section 39 workers. [41748/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the annual funding given to local and regional drug and alcohol taskforces from 2008 to date by taskforce in tabular form. [41397/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the minutes of his last three bi-weekly meetings with the Minister of State with responsibility for public health, well-being and the national drugs strategy [41733/20]
• 2020-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to permanently extending the temporary delivery arrangement for cannabidiol oil and tetrahydrocannabinol oil. [40826/20]
• 2020-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants who can currently grant a licence for cannabidiol oil and tetrahydrocannabinol oil. [40827/20]
• 2020-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the provision of cannabidiol oil and tetrahydrocannabinol oil in Ireland without patients having to source themselves. [40828/20]
• 2020-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to SouthDoc by facility under the GMS scheme from 2016 to date, in tabular form. [40831/20]
• 2020-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to SouthDoc by facility from 2016 to date, in tabular form [40832/20]
• 2020-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when the 2018-2019 gambling prevalence survey will be published [40560/20]
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses who have been redeployed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, by county, in tabular form. [39540/20]
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses who were employed by county in February 2020, in tabular form. [39541/20]
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason developmental checks on babies have been postponed due to Covid-19. [39542/20]
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints received by the HSE regarding SouthDoc in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [39679/20]
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the overall funding provided to SouthDoc in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [39680/20]
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of funding provided to SouthDoc by category of funding in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [39681/20]
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the remit of responsibility for investigation of complaints made to the HSE regarding SouthDoc. [39682/20]
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the agenda for his last three biweekly meetings with the Minister of State for public health, well-being and national drugs strategy. [40228/20]
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the timeline for reopening of the Keltoi facility in the Phoenix park. [40447/20]
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of publicly run rehabilitation treatment beds that were open in January 2020; and the number currently open. [40448/20]
• 2020-11-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of waiving the assessment fees for rehabilitative and detox treatment programmes. [37331/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reform the pay scale for students working on placements in the public service, particularly those in the healthcare sector. [36587/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons diverted after arrest for possession for personal use through the health diversion approach. [36225/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 cases that have arisen from attendance at religious sermons. [36195/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if developmental checks on babies by public health nurses are proceeding under current Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36455/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the date of publication of the elective hospital oversight board group report on the elective hospital in Cork; where this report can be found; if there has been a delay in the publication of the report, the reason for same; and when the report will be published. [36749/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the groups, stakeholders and expert bodies on the elective hospital oversight board group, specifically in respect of the hospital in Cork. [36750/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when the elective hospital oversight board group was established; and the functions and reporting responsibilities of same. [36751/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if the catchment area analysis conducted by the elective hospital oversight board group in respect of the elective hospital in Cork will be provided. [36752/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the high-level facilities spatial brief currently being conducted by the elective hospital oversight board group in respect of the elective hospital in Cork. [36753/20]
• 2020-11-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of SouthDoc reopening in Blackpool, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35828/20]
• 2020-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for residential addiction treatment services from November 2019 to date, by month in tabular form. [34796/20]
• 2020-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for residential medical detox treatment services from November 2019 to date by month in tabular form. [34797/20]
• 2020-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of funding for addiction services announced by Minister of State with responsibility for public health, well-being and the national drugs strategy on 10 September 2020. [35250/20]
• 2020-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints made to SouthDoc in counties Cork and Kerry in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, by year. [34077/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if persons working in a company (details supplied) are considered essential workers [32348/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a child and teen physiotherapist can continue on a one-to-one basis for children with disabilities such as muscle dyspraxia and Asperger's syndrome under level 5 Covid-19 restrictions. [32455/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if recovery support programme meetings are to be allowed continue under current level 5 committees. [32536/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if dog day care centres can remain open under current level 5 guidelines. [32686/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the way in which the R number is calculated; and if this is in line with international best practice for the validation of computer systems [32723/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if two-parent households can avail of casual childminding services, that is, grandparents minding in their own home or the household’s home under new restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32773/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if painters and decorators are allowed to enter homes to carry out their work under new level 5 restrictions. [32832/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if weight consultation and weight loss support groups are an essential service (details supplied). [33484/20]
• 2020-10-23
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages

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

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

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 93–43
• 2020-10-22
  VOTE
  Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3 · 2 divisions

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

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will consider a case on compassionate grounds of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting an assessment of needs as they are require intervention and supports [31845/20]
• 2020-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the allocation to the national drugs strategy in budget 2020; the actual spend on the national drugs strategy; and the full allocation to the strategy in budget 2021. [31493/20]
• 2020-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the allocation from budget 2021 for delivery of community action on alcohol; and when this funding will be made available [31494/20]
• 2020-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 18 September 2020, the status of same. [31495/20]
• 2020-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the length of stay per residential treatment episode under the allocation of 150 residential treatment episodes in budget 2021 [31496/20]
• 2020-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the allocation given to addressing problem gambling in budget 2021. [31497/20]
• 2020-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the way in which the €15 million allocation for homeless persons and those in active addiction during Covid-19 will be allocated. [31498/20]
• 2020-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if inclusion health refers to a pilot programme in St. James’s Hospital; and if the intention is for a national roll-out of this programme. [31499/20]
• 2020-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the full allocation to inclusion health; and the proportion of this from the €10 million additional funding announced for the national drugs strategy. [31500/20]
• 2020-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if the reference to the €1 million for task forces in budget 2021 is funding allocated from the three-year strategic health initiatives that are already under way or if this is a new and separate allocation. [31549/20]
• 2020-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a delay in supposed weekly Covid-19 testing in meat plants in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30767/20]
• 2020-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 tests carried out in meat plants for the past two months by week and county in tabular form. [30768/20]
• 2020-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the publication of the report by the implementation, monitoring and evaluation group established to examine the need for legislative change, the operational details and the phasing of the implementation in relation to a health diversion approach to personal drug possession. [29597/20]
• 2020-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of the health diversion approach to personal drug use possession due to commence in the third quarter of 2020. [29598/20]
• 2020-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if documentation is required to prove that a person is travelling across county lines to provide an essential care service; and if so, the documentation required. [29815/20]
• 2020-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if provision can be made on compassionate grounds for one visitor in full PPE to a care home under level 3 restrictions if the resident is suffering with mental health issues as a result of visiting restrictions. [30054/20]
• 2020-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health his plans to add Cariban to the approved drug list under the drug payment scheme; and the medicines available under the drug payment scheme to treat hyperemesis gravidarum. [29270/20]
• 2020-10-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which businesses on the Old Mallow Road, Cork, have approached the HSE requesting additional signage for the Covid-19 testing as persons travelling for tests are entering their premises seeking directions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28992/20]
• 2020-10-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the essential services that are required to close under level 3 restrictions. [29055/20]
• 2020-10-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 930 of 29 September 2020, when additional funding to support the resumption of drug and alcohol services will be made available; the way in which services will be able to access the funding; when task forces will be made aware of the funding; the amount of funding that will be made available; and if services that have already reopened and purchased additional equipment, PPE and so on will be able to utilise the funding to reimburse their annual budgets. [29056/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of staff in counties Cork and Kerry that have been redeployed to testing and tracing; and the locations in which staff have been redeployed from in tabular form. [28344/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment process for 60 new staff to be assigned to testing and tracing in counties Cork and Kerry; and the way in which the figure of 60 was deemed to be sufficient. [28345/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when the staff that have been redeployed to testing and tracing in Cork will be returned to their original posts. [28346/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 929 of 29 September 2020, if there is an addiction or recovery policy unit in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28630/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason SouthDoc in Blackpool, Cork, is closed; and if a timeline can be given for the reopening of this facility. [28739/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when the specific guidance will be published for those aged over 70 years of age under Covid-19 level 2 restrictions. [26362/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if officials from the drugs policy unit of his Department have met with which addiction recovery support meeting event organisers and stakeholders regarding the reopening of addiction recovery support meetings and if so, if he will provide details of the meetings [27003/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on engagement between event organisers and stakeholders and the national drugs policy unit on the reopening of addiction recovery support meetings [27004/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the safe solutions being developed by the drugs policy unit in his Department [27005/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if there is an addiction or recovery policy unit in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27006/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the development of a framework for the restoration of drug and alcohol services; the estimated publication date of same and if other addictions such as gambling will be included under this framework [27007/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of times the working group involving drug and alcohol task forces and providers meet; when it was established; if they will be publishing a report and if so, if he will provide a date for publication [27008/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to an assessment of needs on compassionate grounds for a child (details supplied). [27147/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason the flu vaccine has been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27288/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the engagements he undertook with alternative suppliers when it became apparent that the flu vaccine was delayed. [27289/20]
• 2020-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the services providing a healthcare or public health function that have been closed or prevented from operating due to the current level 3 restrictions in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26155/20]
• 2020-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason the delivery of flu vaccinations has been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26211/20]
• 2020-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to assist recovery support groups to find alternative facilities for their meetings in cases in which usual meeting places are not suitable in view of Covid-19 restrictions [24783/20]
• 2020-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health his plans to support the mental health of residents in nursing homes [24930/20]
• 2020-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health his plans to support nursing homes in resuming activities such as art classes [24931/20]
• 2020-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if communication was made between him or his office, with the Minister of State Minister of State with responsibility for Public Health, Well Being and National Drugs Strategy on the topic of 12 Steps and other recovery support meetings prior to 1 September 2020 [24220/20]
• 2020-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when a decision was taken to regard addiction recovery support meetings as an essential service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24221/20]
• 2020-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a publication date for the 2019 end of year review of Supporting Recovery, Reducing Harm has been published [24222/20]
• 2020-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the mid-term review of Supporting Recovery, Reducing Harm [24223/20]
• 2020-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the progress made on the National Drugs Strategy 2017-2025 in 2019 [24382/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of his intervention to prevent the closure of a nursing home (details supplied) in County Cork. [23672/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when a commencement order will be given for the Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020. [23671/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health his plans to reduce waiting times for an assessment of needs in County Cork. [22375/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if services (details supplied) are considered as serving a public health function similar to 12 steps and SMART recovery meetings. [23929/20]
• 2020-09-10
  VOTE
  Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion failed · 15–125
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if updated guidelines will be issued for front-line workers who are deemed very high risk to facilitate their return to work in view of the economic impact of their continued isolation. [22549/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if the case of persons (details supplied) will be addressed [19820/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if deaths of homeless persons are collated nationally; if so, the body or agency that collates same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19227/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if deaths of homeless persons are collated in County Cork, specifically, by a body or agency similar to the Dublin Region Homeless Executive; and if so, the details of the body or agency. [19228/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of homeless persons who have passed away in Cork city in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [19229/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in Cork city; the average waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19465/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the orthodontic waiting lists in Cork city; the average waiting times for appointments; the number waiting more than six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19466/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on the CAMHS waiting list in Cork city; the average waiting time; the number waiting more than six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19467/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that are waiting for homecare support in Cork city; the number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in Cork city; the average number of hours granted to each successful applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19468/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a colonoscopy in the Mercy Hospital; the number waiting up to 30 days, 30 to 60 days, 60 to 90 days and more than 90 days, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19469/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an endoscopy in the Mercy Hospital; the number waiting up to 30 days, 30 to 60 days, 60 to 90 days and more than 90 days, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19470/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies at the Mercy 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. [19471/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment in the Mercy Hospital; the number waiting less than three months, three months to six months, six months to 12 months and more than 12 months, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19472/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a speech and language appointment in CHO4; the number waiting less than three months, three months to six months, six months to 12 months and more than 12 months, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19473/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an occupational therapy appointment in CHO4; the number waiting less than three months, three months to six months, six months to 12 months and more than 12 months, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19474/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided to families in north central areas of County Cork 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. [19476/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of day-care centres in north central areas of County Cork 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. [19477/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of day care centres for persons with intellectual disabilities in north central areas of County Cork 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. [19478/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in north central areas of County Cork; the average waiting time for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19479/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in north central areas of County Cork who are waiting for an appointment for early intervention by therapy; the number who are waiting less than six months, six months to 12 months and more than 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19480/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of detoxification and rehabilitation treatment beds by region in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [19507/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a drugs-monitoring scheme for distribution of prescribed medicines has been implemented. [19508/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding available to prevent gambling addiction; the amount available to treat gambling addiction; and the number of publicly funded treatment places for those specifically suffering from a gambling addiction. [19509/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of publicly funded residential care homes for the elderly in Cork city in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [19510/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a replacement service in the community will be opened due to the closure of dental clinics (details supplied). [19511/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) for the treatment abroad scheme for referral to the NHS for treatment of sarcoidosis will be reviewed and expedited on compassionate grounds. [19515/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Culture

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will liaise with the Minister for Health and NPHET when reassessing the risk of attendance at outdoor sports events in large venues in view of the impact this social outlet has on the mental health and wellbeing of many persons. [18288/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the case of a person (details supplied). [17997/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of drug and alcohol detoxification and rehabilitation beds by region, in tabular form. [18102/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the pending closure of a nursing home (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the impact the move will have on vulnerable residents and in further view of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18154/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the closure of dental clinics (details supplied) which provided free dental checks to children in approximately 16 schools and are a significant loss to north eastern areas of Cork. [18269/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 772 of 21 July 2020, the four of the 50 actions for delivery between 2017 to 2020 in the National Drugs Strategy, Supporting Recovery Reducing Harm, that have been completed. [18438/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 772 of 21 July 2020, the 35 of the 50 actions for delivery between 2017 to 2020 in the National Drugs Strategy, Supporting Recovery Reducing Harm, which are in progress. [18439/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the date for the publication of the 2019 end-of-year report on the National Drugs Strategy; and the status of the 50-point action plan 2017-2020. [18886/20]
• 2020-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the strategic action plan for the period 2017 to 2020 included in the Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery national drugs strategy 2017-25, with date completed or date expected to be completed included in tabular form. [17435/20]
• 2020-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the situation of a person (details supplied) who has experienced delays in receiving a repeat prescription; and if Cork University Hospital will be contacted to ensure that further prescriptions are issued in a timely manner. [16273/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide Covid-19 testing to persons returning from international travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14684/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the guidelines for travel within the common travel area; if quarantining is to be enforced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14685/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if increased funding has been provided to drug and alcohol treatment centres in view of the fact that their bed capacity has been significantly reduced in line with public health guidance as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. [16018/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if increased funding has been provided to non-HSE drug and alcohol treatment centres in view of the fact that their bed capacity has been significantly reduced in line with public health guidance as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. [16019/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if additional bed capacity in drug and alcohol treatment centres will be provided as a result of an increase in alcohol and drug addiction issues due to the lockdown resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. [16020/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a strategic plan will be put in place to assist persons who have developed drug or alcohol addictions or those that have had their drug or alcohol addictions increased due to the Covid-19 pandemic. [16021/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a pay agreement has been reached between the HSE and an organisation (details supplied) to continue providing financial support for the supply of PPE to the private homecare sector in view of the fact that the initial agreement expired on 31 May 2020. [14261/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to utilising the Sarsfield Court Hospital site in Glanmire, County Cork, for the new acute hospital in Cork included in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 [14268/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to utilising the Our Lady’s Hospital, Guarranabraher, site for the new acute hospital in Cork included in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 [14269/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for elective surgery with addresses in north central areas of Cork. [14270/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for elective surgery in each hospital in County Cork. [14271/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for elective surgery in Cork University Hospital. [14272/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for elective surgery in the Bon Secours public hospital, Cork. [14273/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for elective surgery nationally. [14274/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if the proposed bed capacity of the elective hospital in County Cork included in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 has been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14275/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if community groups will be engaged with in consultation prior to a decision on the location of the proposed acute hospital in County Cork included in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 [14276/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if community groups will be engaged with in consultation prior to a decision on the location of the proposed elective hospital in County Cork included in the National Development Plan 2018-2027. [14277/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the planned emergency department bed capacity for the new proposed acute hospital in County Cork included in the National Development Plan 2018-2027. [14278/20]
• 2020-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns of residents in respect of travel restrictions and social distancing measures in a number of short-term lettings (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10635/20]
• 2020-06-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding the current public health nurse sponsorship programme by 200 nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8789/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason haemochromatosis was removed from the long-term illness scheme (details supplied). [4152/20]