Written Answers Nos. 557-571
557. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the location in which a child who has been waiting for dental services for four years but who is now over 17 years of age can receive dental treatment; if such a patient could receive HSE-funded dental treatment due to the delays in providing such treatment prior to their turning 17 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61761/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
558. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE has not published a performance assurance report since its June 2022 publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61766/22]
View answerAs the publication of its quarterly performance reports is a matter for the Health Service Executive, I have asked the Executive to respond to the Deputy directly as soon as possible.
559. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason that ambulance response times per county or CHO are not deemed a key performance indicator for HIQA, the HSE or the NAS; if consideration is to be given to changing this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61767/22]
View answerAs the Deputy may be aware, in line with both international best practice and recommendations made in a 2014 review by HIQA into prehospital emergency care services, the NAS does not operate a station-based deployment system, but instead uses “dynamic deployment” on a national basis. Dynamic deployment allows staff in the HSE’s National Emergency Operations Centre to see all available resources and match them with service demand requirements in real time. Using the dynamic deployment model does, however, mean that at particularly busy periods non-serious or non-life-threatening calls will sometimes experience a longer wait for an ambulance.
I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy with any further information they may have in relation to the Deputy's specific questions.
560. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 17 November 2022, the number and details of private providers with whom the HSE has service arrangements that are not on the tender framework, in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the total value of payments made to such providers by service type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61774/22]
View answerAs this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
561. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and details of private providers with whom the HSE have service arrangements who are not on the tender framework for all units in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the total value of payments made to such providers for each service type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61775/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.
562. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the reason that HSE disability services have refused to fund a person (details supplied) for access to sheltered accommodation; the criteria that the disability services look for when accessing such requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61797/22]
View answerAs this relates to a service matter, I am referring it to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
563. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the rights of persons to appeal or seek a review of a decision by HSE disability services to refuse to fund an application for sheltered accommodation as in the case of a person (details supplied); if an appeal is possible for such decisions; if so, the criteria used in deciding such appeals; if such decisions are reviewed prior to any appeal; if such decisions can be referred to any third party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61798/22]
View answerAs this relates to a service matter, I am referring it to the HSE for a direct reply to the Deputy.
564. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has had any discussions, formal or informal with a developer or other potential investor or State agency regarding the future use of the site or premises of a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61806/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
565. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 484 of 16 November 2021, 1715 of 19 January 2022, 169 of 9 February 2022, 186 of 23 March 2022, 720 of 17 May 2022 and 1903 of 14 June 2022, in recognition of the fact that removing the majority of 24-hour staffed placements from east Cork will entail that service need being met in other parts of Cork where those placements continue to be funded; if the clinical directors of the west Cork, north Cork and south Lee HSE mental health catchment areas have agreed with CHO4 HSE senior management to accept out of area respite or long-stay referrals from east Cork into community residences under their clinical governance in the event that a centre (details supplied) is closed; if so, if he will provide dates for when any such agreements may have been made; the context in which such agreements were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61807/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
566. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason that residential care cannot be considered for a person (details supplied). [61808/22]
View answerAs this relates to a service matter, I am referring it to the HSE for a direct reply to the Deputy.
567. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will reconsider an application by a person (details supplied) for residential care. [61809/22]
View answerAs this relates to a service matter, I am referring it to the HSE for a direct reply to the Deputy.
568. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61813/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly.
569. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who having been first referred to University Hospital Limerick six years ago for cataract surgery has yet to receive an appointment date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61820/22]
View answerUnder the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
570. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the total rent currently paid by the Health Service Executive per month and per year in Ennis, County Clare; if he will list all properties rented by the HSE in Ennis, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61826/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.
571. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the status of the transfer of the Central Mental Hospital to Portrane; when this will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61827/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
