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Wed, 29 May 2024
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Medicinal Products
Robert Troy
164. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of drug reimbursement recommendations contained within a report published in March 2023 (details supplied); the reason the recommendations contained have not been implemented to date, resulting in substantial financial pressure being placed on families, in particular the sanctioning of fenfluramine for the treatment of Dravet syndrome as per this report. [24159/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Medicinal Products
Robert Troy
166. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently expedite the approval of fenfluramine for the treatment of Dravet syndrome (details supplied). [24161/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Medicinal Products
Robert Troy
167. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will approve the funding of a specific drug for a child, on compassionate grounds (details supplied). [24162/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
416. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be called for an outpatient physiotherapy appointment at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [23538/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Primary Care Services
Robert Troy
427. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a primary care appointment for a child (details supplied). [23644/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Primary Care Services
Robert Troy
428. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a primary care appointment for a child (details supplied). [23654/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Dental Services
Robert Troy
433. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the dental practices within Westmeath which now accept medical card patients. [23660/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
Robert Troy
453. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide additional funding to an organisation (details supplied) to help protect its essential and hugely important heart and stroke support services to ensure they continue to operate. [23760/24]
Wed, 22 May 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
159. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) at Galway University Hospital.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23108/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
565. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a scope for a person (details supplied). [22444/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Mental Health Services
Robert Troy
594. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the reason a service user (details supplied) has been discharged from mental health services locally following a request to bring forward their next visit as they felt they urgently required it. [22603/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Pharmacy Services
Robert Troy
642. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he can share the submission Ireland made to the EU Commission in relation to the proposed new EU pharmaceutical legislation. [22962/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Robert Troy
646. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 564 of 14 May 2024, to outline any financial assistance available to patients dependant on oxygen tanks, especially towards the purchase of the cylinders of oxygen. [23001/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Robert Troy
564. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if there is any financial assistance towards the cost of oxygen cylinders for people dependent on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21306/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Departmental Properties
Robert Troy
634. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health to clarify plans for a disused HSE clinic (details supplied). [21756/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
534. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a hernia operation in Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [20338/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Pharmacy Services
Robert Troy
568. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify whether there is currently an issue regarding delivery drivers delivering medication and prescriptions to patients in cases where prescriptions have been filled by a qualified pharmacist; and to clarify the efforts being made to resolve this issue. [20487/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Mental Health Services
Robert Troy
591. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health to explain how to establish a Jigsaw individual service in County Westmeath. [20634/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Disability Services
Robert Troy
607. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health what State support for speech and language are available to a child with Down's Syndrome (details supplied). [20709/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Mental Health Services
Robert Troy
636. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be called for an ADHD assessment through CAMHS in the primary care centre, Mullingar. [20845/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Robert Troy
23. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will approve the appointment of staff to operate the MRI scanner at the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [19837/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Health Strategies
Robert Troy
35. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when the National Palliative Care Strategy will be published. [19838/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Nursing Homes
Robert Troy
626. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a nursing home place is made available for a person (details supplied). [18760/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Home Help Service
Robert Troy
295. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if additional home help hours have been allocated to a person (details supplied). [18430/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Nursing Homes
Robert Troy
308. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently address a situation whereby elderly patients of nursing homes are faced with exorbitant fees to avail of private ambulance services to attend medical/hospital appointments; and if he will review this issue and put in place a more sustainable system of medical transport in such cases. [18529/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Robert Troy
161. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the resources available to people suffering from long-Covid. [18159/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Departmental Contracts
Robert Troy
188. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health has at any time engaged the services of a company (details supplied) or allocated the company funding or support in any capacity; if he or his officials have engaged with personnel from the company; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18371/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Hospital Services
Robert Troy
189. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite blood test results for a person (details supplied). [18371/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
579. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for surgery (details supplied). [17333/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Patient Transport
Robert Troy
611. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if measures can be put in place to assist nursing home patients to attend hospital appointments where they can only be transported by ambulance as currently families are being faced with costs of up to €1,000 to engage an ambulance in such cases. [17578/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Medicinal Products
Robert Troy
673. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the approval of fenfluramine for the treatment of dravet syndrome (details supplied). [17972/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Medicinal Products
Robert Troy
680. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will approve the funding of a fenfluramine for a child (details supplied) on compassionate grounds. [17985/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Health Service Executive
Robert Troy
689. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health to arrange for a proper boundary wall to be erected between Lakepoint housing estate and the HSE building in Lakepoint, Mullingar, as there is currently a timber fence at this location but a proper wall needs to be built to discourage people climbing over the timber fence. [18047/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
130. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an outpatient physiotherapy appointment at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [16781/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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State Properties
Robert Troy
139. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the future plans the HSE has for the old GP building on the Galway Road, Kinnegad (details supplied). [16818/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Home Help Service
Robert Troy
730. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if the home help hours of a person (details supplied) will be increased. [16518/24]
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
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State Properties
Robert Troy
202. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will outline plans within his Department for the future use of the St. Vincent's Hospital site in Athlone. [15813/24]
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
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Ambulance Service
Robert Troy
203. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will outline plans by his Department for an ambulance base in Athlone. [15814/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Health Services Staff
Robert Troy
1303. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the posts which are sanctioned and remain vacant currently in CHO8. [14000/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Health Services Staff
Robert Troy
1304. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the posts that are vacant and awaiting sanction. [14001/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Robert Troy
1305. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the numbers on the waiting lists across each discipline under their remit; and the actions that are being taken to address these lists. [14002/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Health Services Staff
Robert Troy
1306. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health what measures are being taken to recruit staff to vacant posts; if international recruitment campaigns have commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14003/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
1354. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the case of a planned surgery, which did not go ahead, and ensure a new appointment is issued to the person (details supplied) as soon as possible.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14285/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
1372. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a surgery appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [14389/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Robert Troy
1481. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently re-examine the transfer of the physiotherapy/occupational therapy service to Longford for parts of Westmeath who previously attended Clonbrusk in Athlone (details supplied); and if these services must remain in Longford if his Department will discuss the provision of transport links with the Department of Transport as a matter of urgency. [14771/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Public Procurement Contracts
Robert Troy
1504. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he is confident that all contracts put to tender are awarded to companies who meet the tender criteria; and if it was to be identified where one clearly did not meet the stated criteria in the tender specs, what the recourse would be. [14868/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Robert Troy
1402. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when teletherapy to treat patients with Parkinson's disease will be rolled out in other hospitals and clinics following the successful trial in Regional Hospital Tullamore in 2023. [12480/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Departmental Funding
Robert Troy
1455. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will publish a list of the NGOs funded by his Department; and the level the funding each NGO received in the past three years, in tabular form. [12722/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
1518. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an ADHD assessment. [13110/24]
Wed, 6 Mar 2024
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Pension Provisions
Robert Troy
205. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently address an anomaly in the retirement system, whereby a retiree from the HSE must apply for jobseekers for a nine-month period prior to receiving a suitable pension. [10933/24]