Questions asked 79 total

• Health 64 questions

  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if GPs can avail of a maternity leave subsidy scheme from their employers; if this formed part of the GP agreement between his Department and the HSE; when this scheme came into effect and if GP’s who are on maternity leave since the scheme was introduced are entitled to benefit from this subsidy scheme (details supplied); if this is backdated, to outline the process for applying for this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31045/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the reason clinical nurse specialists in infection prevention and control in CHI at Crumlin are not included in the recommendation by the expert review body on nursing and midwifery that the CNM2 salary scale would be extended by the addition of one further scale point and the introduction of a long service increment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31577/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if funding will be approved for the recruitment of an additional WTE advanced nurse practitioner in paediatric diabetes and an additional WTE advanced nurse practitioner in gestational diabetes for Letterkenny University Hospital. [31761/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE advanced paramedics based in Co Wexford in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be increased further this year. [31762/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of persons aged under 18 currently waiting on audiometry tests in CHO9. [31763/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dental nurses, hygienists and dentists based at the dental clinic at St. Conal's Hospital, Letterkenny in 2023 and to date in 2024; and if this number will be further increased before the end of this year. [31764/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in Clonakilty Community Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31765/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior medical scientists in molecular microbiology at St. Vincent's University in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31766/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors in each of the North East Doctor on Call treatment centres in 2022 and 2024, in tabular form. [31767/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the average patient waiting time for arrival at the emergency department at Kerry General Hospital to admission for the first six months of 2024 for the cohort over 75 years in age. [31768/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO3 that have a mental health day centre onsite; and the capacity of each of these day centres, in tabular form. [31769/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE maternity sonographers working in Cavan General Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31770/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of people employed through HSE in cognitive behavioural therapy in Tipperary. [31771/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists working in Meath primary care services in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31772/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant radiologists based at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31773/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant cardiothoracic surgeons at the Mater Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31774/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant anaesthesiologists based at University Hospital Limerick in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31775/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE accident and emergency department nurses based at Portiuncula University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31776/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff grade medical scientists in blood transfusion at St. James's Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31777/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of hoists currently in use within the radiology department of Beaumont Hospital. [31778/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of hoists currently in use within the radiology department of Beaumont Hospital. [31779/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for Jigsaw in CHO7. [31780/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the additional resources and personnel that will be provided to Wexford General Hospital in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [31781/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of funding allocated to drug addiction services in County Roscommon in 2023, in tabular form. [31782/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a CT scan and MRI scan at Naas General Hospital. [31783/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant endocrinologists based at Tallaght University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31784/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of day centres for older persons in County Leitrim funded by the HSE in 2023 and to date in 2024; and the capacity of each of these day centres, in tabular form. [31785/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of family planning centres in Limerick city contracted to provide State-funded services only in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31786/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the budget allocation for Louth County Hospital in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [31787/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric cardiology registrars based at CHI Crumlin in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31788/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of children in Wicklow currently awaiting an appointment for ophthalmology, by waiting times, in tabular form. [31789/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of ultrasound machines at Sligo University Hospital in 2020 and 2024, in tabular form. [31790/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 620 of 8 May 2024, the number of adverse events there have been per year in the national gender service, broken down by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31806/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 620 of 8 May 2024, the number of assessment appointments the national gender service needs on average to complete assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31807/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 621 of 8 May 2024, if the national gender service still requires meeting with a consultant psychiatrist as part of the assessment pathway, as is currently indicated on its website (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31808/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 26 June 2024, to specify the GPs with vasectomy contracts to provide services to medical card patients in CHO4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32089/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to raise the age for mammograms above 69 years, as part of the BreastCheck programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32475/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the projected cost of providing additional funding to Section 39 organisations to provide pay increases in line with the current public service pay deal; the breakdown, by organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32866/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on agency staff in 2023 and 2024 to date across the health service, broken down by staffing type, and to whom the payments were made; the breakdown for the amount spent on nursing agency staff to date in 2024; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32867/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold to €50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32868/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the projected full year costs of expanding the free contraception scheme to all women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32869/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2025 of reducing prescription charges to €1 per item with a cap of €10 for all, or to 50 cent per item with a cap of €5 for all; the estimated overall cost of abolishing the charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32870/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing in 2025 medical cards to all those diagnosed with cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32871/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing in 2025 discretionary medical cards to all those with a confirmed disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32872/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing medical card income limits by 5%, 10% or 20%, and in each case the projected additional number of cards that would be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32873/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the funding provided for the Home Support Service in 2024; the number of home care packages funded; the projected additional cost of providing a home care package to every identified case in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32874/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of home care and home help hours funded in 2023, and 2024 respectively, and the amount not utilised due to staffing shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32875/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the cost of the flu vaccine programme in 2023 and 2024 respectively; the number of doses that are expected to be provided in 2024 and 2025; the number of doses the State ordered; the estimated cost to provide the flu vaccine free to all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32877/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free GP care to all children under 18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32878/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing the HPV vaccine for free to adults who have not received it but want to access it through their GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32879/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the projected cost of providing two doses of the chicken pox varicella vaccine free to all children through the primary or school child immunisation programme; the estimated annual cost of providing this in 2025; the estimated five year cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32880/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of adding asthma to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32882/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the additional funding provided for mental health in each of the last two budgets; the detailed breakdown of the status of each of the measures announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32883/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the projected costs of fully funding the safe staffing framework; the projected costs of growing the nursing and midwifery workforce by 2,000 WTEs annually for the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32884/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of unfilled nurses and midwives positions respectively that currently remain unfilled for each hospital; the current staffing levels in each; the additional recruitment into each in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32885/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of unfilled consultant positions respectively that currently remain unfilled for each hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32886/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the projected costs of settling the medical laboratory scientists pay claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32887/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of additional hospital beds have been delivered in each of 2023 and 2024 to date; the breakdown by type of bed that is, acute, step down and so on; the expected end of year delivery; his plans for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32888/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the projected cost of delivering 1,500 additional acute beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32889/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the projected cost of introducing screening for lung, prostate and gastric cancers, respectively; his plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33318/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the status of the national strategy for accelerating genetic and genomic medicine in Ireland; the additional resources he has committed to this; the plans in place to ensure timely access to genetic evaluation, counselling, testing and risk reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33319/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for diagnostic tests; his plans to meet Sláintecare objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33320/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the additional funding he has committed to the national cancer strategy in each year since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33321/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of medical oncologists; how many are currently in place; how many vacancies there are; what the annual training capacity is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33322/24]
• Housing 9 questions

  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a matter (details supplied). [31451/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a matter (details supplied). [31452/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a matter (details supplied). [31453/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a matter (details supplied). [31454/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a matter (details supplied). [31455/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31457/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31458/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31459/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31460/24]
• Children 3 questions

  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason beneficiaries of temporary protection fleeing the war in Ukraine were moved from a facility (details supplied); if consideration was given to children who were attending local schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30972/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can revise the decision to relocate a family (details supplied) who have settled in an area and started a local business, which would be directly impacted by such a relocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31956/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of personal assistant hours funded in 2023 and 2024; how many people are currently supported; how many have applied but not yet been granted support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32876/24]
• Social 2 questions

  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the actions being taken on behalf of workers at an organisation (details supplied) to ensure they receive a pay agreement recommended by the Labour Court; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32096/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has received a reduced payment on an illness benefit claim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32242/24]
• Transport 1 question

  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport to outline how a person can obtain an SPSV licence; if persons with a criminal conviction are able to obtain an SPSV licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31795/24]