Martin Browne
Question:302. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time psychiatrists allocated to CAMHS in each CHO; and the number of vacancies that exist in these positions in each CHO. [5175/23]
View answerWritten Answers Nos. 302-321
302. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time psychiatrists allocated to CAMHS in each CHO; and the number of vacancies that exist in these positions in each CHO. [5175/23]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
303. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all CAMHS teams that are operational on a seven-days-a-week basis; and the availability of staff in each discipline. [5176/23]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
304. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health his views on the suitability of the environments provided to cater for crisis mental health presentations to the emergency department at Tipperary University Hospital; if it provides the privacy needed to cater for multiple patients at one time; if he has plans to invest in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5177/23]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
305. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the national clinical programme for dual diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5180/23]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
306. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions that occurred through the University of Limerick Hospitals Group accident and emergency or the acute medical assessment units due to hypoglycaemia in each of the years 2017 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5230/23]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
307. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions that occurred through the University of Limerick Hospitals Group accident and emergency or the acute medical assessment units due to hypoglycaemia in each of the years 2017 to 2022, in the age ranges of 18-24 years, 25-34 years, 35-44 years, 45-54 years, 55-64 years, and over 65 years of age, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5231/23]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
308. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions that occurred through the University of Limerick Hospitals Group accident and emergency or the acute medical assessment units due to diabetic ketoacidosis in each of the years 2017 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5232/23]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
309. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions that occurred through the University of Limerick Hospitals Group accident and emergency or the acute medical assessment units due to diabetic ketoacidosis in each of the years 2017 to 2022 in the age ranges of 18-24 years, 25-34 years, 35-44 years, 45-54 years, 55-64 years, and over 65 years of age, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5233/23]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
310. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the dedicated whole-time equivalents of consultant endocrinologists, dietitians, advanced nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, staff nurses and administrative support posts currently dedicated to the outpatient adult diabetes clinic in each of the hospitals under the University of Limerick Hospitals Group; the dedicated whole-time equivalents of consultant endocrinologists, dietitians, advanced nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, staff nurses and administrative support posts currently in place in the paediatric diabetes and endocrinology service at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5234/23]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible
311. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions that the adult diabetes outpatient clinic was cancelled at University Hospital Limerick during the years 2021 and 2022; the number of patients that were scheduled to attend each date that was cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5235/23]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
312. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the status of a review into the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5236/23]
View answerA Primary Medical Certificate is a requirement for the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Scheme, which comes under the remit of the Department of Finance and is operated by the Revenue Commissioners.
The criteria for a Primary Medical Certificate are set out in the Finance Acts and relevant Department of Finance Regulations. Accordingly the Department of Health has no function in amending the criteria for a Primary Medical Certificate.
313. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the aggressive recruitment strategy that his Department will engage in, with respect to significant vacancies in CAMHS mid-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5237/23]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
314. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the population that each community healthcare team serves in CH03, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5240/23]
View answerAs the Health Service Executive (HSE) holds responsibility for the day-to-day provision of services, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy as soon as possible.
315. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he has received the open letter from 87 consultants working out of University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5243/23]
View answerI would like to acknowledge the open letter from the 87 Consultants from the University of Limerick Hospital Group.
I share concerns at the significant challenges being experienced in Limerick and the Midwest, and the impact this has on patients and their families in the region.
I have engaged extensively with the Hospital Group and the HSE regarding the pressures being experienced at UHLG. I chaired a meeting earlier this month involving An Taoiseach, Mid-West Oireachtas Members, and senior management from the Hospital Group to discuss current issues at the Group.
There has been, and continues to be, substantial investment in ULHG, with almost €94m being provided since 2020 for a range of capital projects across the Group. Last October, I broke ground on a new 96-bed inpatient block project at UHL. This project will deliver a 4-storey, 96 single bed acute inpatient ward block and will go some way toward addressing capacity issues in the region. This is on top of other modular and rapid-build projects at UHL in recent years. We have also invested elsewhere across the Hospital Group, including the new Injury Unit at Ennis Hospital, and the state-of-the-art ward complex at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital, both of which opened in 2021.
Separate to these initiatives, the HSE plans to develop five “Surgical Hubs” across the country, including one in Limerick. These Hubs will have an impact on waiting times. They will be modelled on the successful Reeves Centre at Tallaght University Hospital with its 4 fully operational day surgery theatres. The Centre has significantly reduced waiting times for certain day-care procedures.
The development of Surgical Hubs will support efforts to consider the necessary reforms and enablers needed to separate unscheduled and scheduled care pathways that will be required by the longer-term provision of the national Elective Care programme.
The Surgical Hubs will, therefore, complement the larger Elective Hospitals, which will help to tackle waiting times on a national basis. These hospitals will provide significant additional capacity and will change the way in which day cases, scheduled procedures, surgeries, scans, and outpatient services are arranged across the country. Elective Hospitals will benefit the whole population, for example, it is envisaged that the new Cork and Galway facilities combined will cater for up to 350,000 patients/procedures annually, which will include many patients from the Midwest Region.
In relation to the delivery of the Surgical Hub for Limerick, planning is at an early stage. However, I have asked the HSE to expedite their development so that they are operational as soon as possible.
The HSE Winter Plan for 2022-23 was published on the 11th of October. The Plan is supporting acute and community services this winter to respond to anticipated high levels of emergency attendances and admissions across the acute sector, long waiting times in EDs and high occupancy rates across acute hospital settings.
In addition to the national Winter Plan, there are bespoke site-level plans, including for Limerick. The local plans focus on local needs and build on integration between the community and acute hospital services. Measures in UHL include:
- the recruitment of extra staff including, two WTE Emergency Medicine consultants, both of whom have already started, and discharge co-ordinators to target patient flow;
- funding and opening the new Geriatric Emergency Medicine (GEM) unit at UHL, which has enhanced ED admission-avoidance for over-75s.
- the OPTIMEND service, which provides multidisciplinary assessment and intervention to the 75 years and older patient cohort in the ED, will be expanded initially by 25 additional staff this winter.
- improving access to diagnostics for both urgent and emergency attendances in the ED, and for GPs, and the enhancement of GP Out of Hours (OOH) supports; and
- the recruitment of admin staff and the creation of the Performance Management Office to drive the ongoing service improvements in ULHG.
I would like to assure the Deputy that my department continues to work closely with the HSE to ensure that the UL Hospital Group and the Midwest region is fully supported.
316. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent by his Department on online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form; if he will provide details in relation to this spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4845/23]
View answerThe Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine provides public information about the Department's wide range of schemes, services and policies. Online advertising is one of the channels used to communicate this information.
Outlined below in a table is a breakdown of expenditure on online advertising, including on social media, by year for the period requested. This includes expenditure related to farm safety awareness campaigns in 2021 and 2022 and an information campaign in 2022 regarding the new Unfair Trading Practices in the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Regulations.
Year |
Amount |
2013 |
Nil |
2014 |
€430.50 |
2015 |
Nil |
2016 |
Nil |
2017 |
€7,257.00 |
2018 |
€14,084.00 |
2019 |
€10,910.33 |
2020 |
€9,107.09 |
2021 |
€107,585.94 |
2022 |
€104,482.80 |
To date in 2023 |
Nil |
317. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to any instances where the public relations unit and or press office of his Department undertook to create social media accounts under false names, which were operated in order to further the messaging or communications of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4863/23]
View answerI advise the Deputy that my attention has not been drawn to any such instance in my Department, and I am advised that no such accounts exist.
318. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the implications of a proposed acquisition (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4883/23]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware, both enterprises mentioned are private companies and as such this is a commercial matter in which neither I, nor my Department, have any role.
It is important that there is competition in the market to ensure that farmers have various routes to markets for the top-class produce made on their farms.
319. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of all farm payments in euro paid out to farmers in each county, in tabular form, since the formation of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4901/23]
View answerThe table below sets out the total amount of farmer scheme payments made on a per county basis for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022.
County |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Total |
CARLOW |
36,403,149 |
33,908,932 |
38,629,634 |
108,941,714 |
CAVAN |
63,614,938 |
61,344,986 |
67,847,211 |
192,807,135 |
CLARE |
91,976,491 |
88,998,189 |
94,597,629 |
275,572,308 |
CORK |
230,640,953 |
219,233,711 |
232,946,605 |
682,821,269 |
DONEGAL |
110,117,609 |
106,945,098 |
113,619,763 |
330,682,469 |
DUBLIN |
18,752,448 |
18,762,248 |
20,780,369 |
58,295,066 |
GALWAY |
161,142,413 |
157,731,680 |
167,229,343 |
486,103,436 |
KERRY |
122,855,163 |
118,910,986 |
125,897,222 |
367,663,371 |
KILDARE |
40,708,815 |
36,898,158 |
40,806,472 |
118,413,446 |
KILKENNY |
68,037,323 |
64,488,737 |
68,056,193 |
200,582,253 |
LAOIS |
47,330,913 |
44,115,635 |
46,864,627 |
138,311,175 |
LEITRIM |
45,953,181 |
46,381,916 |
48,623,214 |
140,958,311 |
LIMERICK |
80,098,882 |
76,701,212 |
82,043,125 |
238,843,219 |
LONGFORD |
35,540,579 |
35,044,545 |
37,299,535 |
107,884,659 |
LOUTH |
25,564,256 |
24,160,446 |
25,550,556 |
75,275,257 |
MAYO |
138,970,119 |
133,050,335 |
139,039,086 |
411,059,539 |
MEATH |
63,600,046 |
61,194,411 |
66,120,897 |
190,915,354 |
MONAGHAN |
46,540,693 |
43,342,556 |
47,107,192 |
136,990,441 |
OFFALY |
48,884,372 |
46,052,257 |
48,403,309 |
143,339,938 |
ROSCOMMON |
71,985,584 |
69,210,552 |
76,062,166 |
217,258,302 |
SLIGO |
49,138,606 |
47,691,017 |
51,821,246 |
148,650,869 |
TIPPERARY |
134,873,228 |
128,774,028 |
137,539,759 |
401,187,015 |
WATERFORD |
48,597,287 |
46,601,227 |
49,275,443 |
144,473,957 |
WESTMEATH |
55,282,071 |
51,881,024 |
55,307,010 |
162,470,105 |
WEXFORD |
80,421,864 |
76,107,417 |
81,579,409 |
238,108,691 |
WICKLOW |
42,171,501 |
40,408,236 |
43,679,559 |
126,259,296 |
320. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers paid under the basic payment scheme; the total amount of payments in euro paid out under this scheme by county, in tabular form since the formation of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4902/23]
View answerThe table below sets the total amount of farmer scheme payments made under the Basic Payment Scheme on a per county basis for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022.
|
|
2020 |
|
2021 |
|
2022 |
County |
Number of Payees |
Amount |
Number of Payees |
Amount |
Number of Payees |
Amount |
CARLOW |
1,830 |
24,308,198 |
1,849 |
23,974,745 |
1,829 |
24,398,929 |
CAVAN |
4,695 |
33,517,419 |
4,722 |
33,382,856 |
4,701 |
33,747,793 |
CLARE |
6,009 |
46,680,505 |
6,028 |
45,834,829 |
5,986 |
46,394,443 |
CORK |
13,091 |
151,089,765 |
13,135 |
148,830,535 |
12,938 |
149,966,705 |
DONEGAL |
8,266 |
59,699,379 |
8,393 |
58,703,868 |
8,392 |
60,273,594 |
DUBLIN |
834 |
10,925,806 |
853 |
10,807,311 |
822 |
10,917,858 |
GALWAY |
12,023 |
86,657,631 |
12,030 |
86,377,263 |
11,925 |
86,625,797 |
KERRY |
7,691 |
69,397,507 |
7,721 |
68,081,636 |
7,641 |
69,832,897 |
KILDARE |
2,189 |
29,666,311 |
2,201 |
28,757,321 |
2,167 |
29,925,539 |
KILKENNY |
3,292 |
45,829,882 |
3,291 |
46,248,668 |
3,257 |
46,922,184 |
LAOIS |
2,625 |
31,741,431 |
2,614 |
31,240,282 |
2,596 |
31,831,736 |
LEITRIM |
3,507 |
22,483,786 |
3,556 |
22,598,553 |
3,511 |
22,467,478 |
LIMERICK |
5,100 |
49,148,491 |
5,101 |
48,589,876 |
5,012 |
48,833,083 |
LONGFORD |
2,386 |
19,040,977 |
2,450 |
18,977,562 |
2,429 |
19,087,517 |
LOUTH |
1,551 |
18,772,284 |
1,539 |
18,112,729 |
1,536 |
18,134,416 |
MAYO |
11,113 |
74,373,099 |
11,191 |
71,856,751 |
11,080 |
72,697,180 |
MEATH |
3,617 |
46,555,443 |
3,647 |
45,945,279 |
3,617 |
46,510,322 |
MONAGHAN |
3,919 |
26,408,546 |
3,914 |
25,906,432 |
3,847 |
26,184,894 |
OFFALY |
2,714 |
30,235,732 |
2,746 |
30,098,676 |
2,733 |
29,738,901 |
ROSCOMMON |
5,341 |
37,401,938 |
5,390 |
37,212,548 |
5,363 |
37,619,470 |
SLIGO |
3,912 |
25,593,870 |
3,916 |
25,204,578 |
3,898 |
25,625,730 |
TIPPERARY |
6,975 |
90,143,429 |
6,975 |
89,109,260 |
6,929 |
90,547,372 |
WATERFORD |
2,312 |
34,229,802 |
2,314 |
33,934,706 |
2,272 |
34,478,037 |
WESTMEATH |
3,256 |
32,814,003 |
3,278 |
32,148,377 |
3,236 |
32,527,672 |
WEXFORD |
4,200 |
56,076,024 |
4,231 |
55,120,599 |
4,218 |
55,600,871 |
WICKLOW |
2,047 |
26,088,443 |
2,055 |
25,893,972 |
2,042 |
26,399,535 |
321. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers paid under the areas of natural constraint; the total amount of payments in euro paid out under this scheme by county, in tabular form, since the formation of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4903/23]
View answerThe table below sets the total amount of farmer scheme payments made under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme on a per county basis for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022.
|
|
2020 |
|
2021 |
|
2022 |
County |
Number of Payees |
Amount |
Number of Payees |
Amount |
Number of Payees |
Amount |
CARLOW |
928 |
2,313,763 |
938 |
2,364,227 |
933 |
2,303,642 |
CAVAN |
4,387 |
10,260,092 |
4,368 |
10,273,185 |
4,388 |
10,252,424 |
CLARE |
5,642 |
14,616,870 |
5,623 |
14,570,149 |
5,626 |
14,610,316 |
CORK |
7,111 |
19,319,294 |
7,135 |
19,183,696 |
7,120 |
19,244,238 |
DONEGAL |
7,864 |
23,036,927 |
7,947 |
22,949,469 |
7,919 |
23,113,512 |
DUBLIN |
232 |
574,851 |
237 |
603,612 |
239 |
614,992 |
GALWAY |
10,933 |
27,240,913 |
10,926 |
27,335,596 |
10,885 |
27,183,161 |
KERRY |
7,110 |
20,596,134 |
7,087 |
20,535,736 |
7,024 |
20,407,532 |
KILDARE |
617 |
1,305,927 |
620 |
1,284,841 |
627 |
1,339,960 |
KILKENNY |
1,723 |
4,110,883 |
1,730 |
4,152,001 |
1,710 |
4,133,838 |
LAOIS |
1,549 |
3,513,992 |
1,533 |
3,453,440 |
1,528 |
3,508,372 |
LEITRIM |
3,296 |
8,892,598 |
3,329 |
8,955,442 |
3,283 |
8,800,139 |
LIMERICK |
4,154 |
9,423,428 |
4,200 |
9,482,644 |
4,162 |
9,405,373 |
LONGFORD |
2,253 |
5,290,834 |
2,271 |
5,298,200 |
2,243 |
5,266,300 |
LOUTH |
843 |
1,711,984 |
836 |
1,635,634 |
832 |
1,644,411 |
MAYO |
10,204 |
26,583,486 |
10,176 |
26,366,485 |
10,128 |
26,434,698 |
MEATH |
1,375 |
2,826,999 |
1,385 |
2,842,253 |
1,398 |
2,835,551 |
MONAGHAN |
3,628 |
7,775,658 |
3,647 |
7,836,002 |
3,620 |
7,740,597 |
OFFALY |
2,127 |
4,714,121 |
2,138 |
4,705,935 |
2,150 |
4,729,177 |
ROSCOMMON |
5,015 |
11,958,177 |
5,038 |
11,911,813 |
5,021 |
11,964,864 |
SLIGO |
3,681 |
9,205,502 |
3,653 |
9,202,020 |
3,670 |
9,272,817 |
TIPPERARY |
4,592 |
11,169,967 |
4,602 |
11,151,737 |
4,586 |
11,135,736 |
WATERFORD |
1,338 |
3,341,538 |
1,329 |
3,347,923 |
1,310 |
3,307,176 |
WESTMEATH |
2,864 |
6,245,421 |
2,853 |
6,194,366 |
2,879 |
6,214,959 |
WEXFORD |
1,711 |
3,448,564 |
1,718 |
3,456,470 |
1,688 |
3,394,415 |
WICKLOW |
1,672 |
4,723,658 |
1,666 |
4,651,025 |
1,654 |
4,707,585 |