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Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Hospital Services
Matt Shanahan
1436. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline when the capital funding program the money is being allocated for the development neuro-rehabilitation service centre at University Hospital Waterford (details supplied); the timelines for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13478/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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EU Funding
Matt Shanahan
1439. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 8 March 2023, the specific funding amount that he is referring to in the response; if he will define the quantum of funding approved; the amount that is being grant-aided by EU funds; if any funds are being provided through the Exchequer or State funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13510/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Matt Shanahan
1440. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if the Government intends to set up a public enquiry into the handling of the Covid pandemic in nursing homes; when the enquiry will get underway; how long it will take; who will conduct the enquiry; if the enquiry will be independent; what will be its terms of reference; what will be the scope of the enquiry; if service users will be involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13518/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Matt Shanahan
1443. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if the Government intends to set up a public enquiry into the reason Covid-19-related deaths in Irish nursing home settings were among the highest in the world; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13523/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Matt Shanahan
1449. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if the Government intends to set up a public enquiry to investigate the respective roles of Government policy, HSE and acute hospitals' transferral of patients to nursing homes without proper screening at admission and without adequate isolation accommodation on arrival; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13532/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Matt Shanahan
1450. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if the Government intends to set up a public inquiry to investigate the causal relationship between enduring managerial weaknesses in nursing homes, public and private, as reported on by HIQA, and the tragic and disproportionate impact of Covid-19 in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13537/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Nursing Homes
Matt Shanahan
1454. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health when the recommendations of the Expert Panel report, now two and a half years old, will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13552/23]
Wed, 8 Mar 2023
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Hospital Staff
Matt Shanahan
251. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the number of dedicated whole-time equivalents of consultant endocrinologists, dietitians, advanced nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, staff nurses, podiatrists and administrative support posts currently dedicated to the outpatient adult diabetes clinic in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11942/23]
Wed, 8 Mar 2023
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Hospital Staff
Matt Shanahan
252. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the number of dedicated whole-time equivalents of consultant endocrinologists, dietitians, advanced nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, staff nurses, podiatrists and administrative support posts currently in place in the paediatric diabetes and endocrinology service at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11943/23]
Wed, 8 Mar 2023
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EU Funding
Matt Shanahan
253. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has made a submission indicating Ireland's interest in participating in the EU4Health Joint Action for Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD); if he is aware that Ireland could have had access to part of the €53 million of funding that is available for these policy areas through this programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11944/23]
Wed, 8 Mar 2023
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Matt Shanahan
254. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who are awaiting a first appointment to the adult outpatient's diabetes clinic in University Hospital Waterford; the duration of their time on the list since first referral/diagnosis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11945/23]
Wed, 8 Mar 2023
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Hospital Services
Matt Shanahan
255. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if he could please confirm in tabular form the number of Adult Patients attending University Hospital Waterford for Type 1 Diabetes care in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11946/23]
Wed, 8 Mar 2023
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Hospital Services
Matt Shanahan
256. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric patients attending University Hospital Waterford for type 1 diabetes care in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11947/23]
Wed, 8 Mar 2023
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Hospital Services
Matt Shanahan
257. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients attending University Hospital Waterford for type 2 diabetes care in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11948/23]
Wed, 8 Mar 2023
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Hospital Services
Matt Shanahan
258. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with type 1 diabetes who have attended DAFNE carb counting and insulin adjustments in University Hospital Waterford since it began in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11949/23]
Wed, 8 Mar 2023
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Hospital Admissions
Matt Shanahan
259. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients presenting through the University Hospital Waterford emergency department or due to diabetic ketoacidosis; how many of these presenting patients were admitted; whether these patients presenting and admissions were adult or paediatric in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11950/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Tax Code
Matt Shanahan
59. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Finance the plans of his Department with regard to new taxation policies to stem the exodus of private landlords from the private rental sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11590/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Cost of Living Issues
Matt Shanahan
223. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Finance how long the Government expects to be in a position to maintain some level of cost-of-living supports; to what level he envisages inflation rates would need to be reduced to before these supports will no longer be necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11666/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Fiscal Policy
Matt Shanahan
224. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Finance the strategy and timeline his Department has in relation to reducing Ireland’s national debt given that, according to the Department’s own report on public finances, it currently has one of the highest per capita debt burdens in the world, being noted as €226 billion at the end of quarter 4, 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11668/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Tax Reliefs
Matt Shanahan
225. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Finance if his Department is currently considering measures to reintroduce mortgage interest relief, given the sharp compounded rises in mortgage interest rates that many families are facing at the moment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11669/23]