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Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
1491. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal to wait almost two months for further cancer treatment in Letterkenny University Hospital for an aggressive, terminal cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12930/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Peter Fitzpatrick
1492. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Health for his assistance with regard to a fair deal scheme issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12936/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Róisín Shortall
1493. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 429 of 3 February 2022 and 1647 of 26 April 2022, the status of discussions at Department level in relation to the placement of persons in specialist eating disorder units outside the State (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12937/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Róisín Shortall
1494. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that children with a rare condition have access to surgery and specialised treatment, given the absence of a suitably qualified consultant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12938/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Matt Shanahan
1495. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 31 January 2024, the reason no electroencephalographic machine is available in University Hospital Waterford; what plans are in place or under discussion to provide such a machine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12948/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Paul Donnelly
1496. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at St. James’s Hospital. [12969/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Paul Donnelly
1497. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in use at Clontarf Orthopaedic Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if these numbers will be further increased. [12970/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Paul Donnelly
1498. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of MRI, X-RAY and CT scanners the Mater Hospital has in-situ. [12971/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Paul Donnelly
1499. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of adults aged over 70 years currently on a waiting list for a cataract operation; and the hospitals that carry out this procedure, in tabular form. [12972/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Paul Donnelly
1500. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant vascular surgeon in Beaumont Hospital. [12973/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
1501. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of women who died in each maternity hospital in Ireland for each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12989/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Martin Browne
1502. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the nature of the plans being considered to use the new community nursing unit in Nenagh to act as a step-down facility for certain patients at University Hospital Limerick; the engagement that the HSE has had with management and staff at St. Conlon’s community nursing unit in relation to the impact this will have upon them; the projected impacts this decision will have for the availability and number of community nursing unit beds in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13011/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Medical Cards
Éamon Ó Cuív
1503. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health what efforts are being made to ensure that adequate dentists participate in the scheme to provide dental services to medical card patients as the current dentists are at capacity and cannot meet the demand for the service thus leaving people on low incomes without a vital health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13035/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services Staff
Richard Bruton
1504. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health whether his Department, where it mistakenly placed an employee on too high a PRSI deduction for a lengthy period, will repay the over-deduction over the full period; if not if the refund will only apply to the four year period for which the Department of Social Protection will make repayments. [13036/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Charles Flanagan
1505. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if early arrangements can be made for the appointment of a neurology consultant in Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13038/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Departmental Strategies
Mark Ward
1506. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on the Connecting for Life Implementation Plan 2023-2024; for an update on the status of the seven goals in the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13040/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Departmental Strategies
Mark Ward
1507. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to comment on the aims of goal seven in the Connecting for Life Implementation Plan 2023-2024 in relation to better quality data on suicide mortality across the entire population; for an update on what data is to be collected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13041/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Brendan Howlin
1508. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health if he will arrange for an early assessment for ADHD and ASD for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13050/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
David Stanton
1509. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a CAMHS appointment, an ASD assessment and relevant supports are provided to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13055/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Departmental Data
Alan Farrell
1510. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if he can provide a breakdown of the number of children waiting on a CAMHS appointment in CH08 and a breakdown for each county within that CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13067/24]