Róisín Shortall
Question:645. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for ophthalmology by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [41314/24]
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
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Róisín Shortall
Question:646. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for audiology by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [41315/24]
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
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Róisín Shortall
Question:647. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for podiatry by CHO, and age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [41316/24]
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible
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Róisín Shortall
Question:648. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [41317/24]
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly as soon as possible.
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Róisín Shortall
Question:649. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for counselling services by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [41318/24]
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly as soon as possible.
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Róisín Shortall
Question:650. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [41319/24]
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly as soon as possible.
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Róisín Shortall
Question:651. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for dietetics by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [41321/24]
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
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Róisín Shortall
Question:652. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges, by category and hospital, in tabular form. [41322/24]
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As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
Home Care Packages
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Róisín Shortall
Question:653. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for homecare packages; the number of persons experiencing delayed discharge from hospital due to a delay accessing homecare; and the waiting lists for homecare packages, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [41323/24]
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As these are operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
Health Services
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Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
Question:654. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when there will be an injury clinic for Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41329/24]
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the deputy directly.
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Jim O'Callaghan
Question:655. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre device which is currently available to type 1 diabetics will be made available to people with type 2 diabetes who are insulin dependent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41330/24]
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Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on the pricing and reimbursement of medicines and devices; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
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Seán Canney
Question:656. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of a continuous glucose monitor to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41334/24]
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Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on the pricing and reimbursement of medicines and devices; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
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Seán Canney
Question:657. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the criteria for continuous glucose monitors as currently, people with type 2 diabetes who have very poor vision and require another person to perform the finger prick test are being refused monitors as are people who were diagnosed with type 2 and then type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41339/24]
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Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on the pricing and reimbursement of medicines and devices; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
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Michael Moynihan
Question:658. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if a glucose monitor (details supplied) is approved under the GMS or long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41348/24]
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Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on the pricing and reimbursement of medicines and devices; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
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Michael Moynihan
Question:659. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if a glucose monitor (details supplied) is approved under the GMS or long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41349/24]
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Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on the pricing and reimbursement of medicines and devices; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
Hospital Services
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Michael Moynihan
Question:660. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the action that has been taken to provide a multidisciplinary specialist functional neurological disorder clinic in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41356/24]
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Awaiting reply from the Department.
Hospital Facilities
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Imelda Munster
Question:661. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the details of the bed capacity on the ground floor east of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda prior to renovation works carried out in 2022; the current capacity of the ground floor east; the number of beds the renovation works on ground floor west planned to deliver; the cost of this project; the value for money assessments or reports that may have been carried out; the name of the primary contractor for these works; his views on whether best practice and all health and safety regulations were followed during the works; if all building regulations and permits were issued and filed with the appropriate authorities prior to the commencement of the works; the details of what structural surveys were carried out prior to the commencement of the works; his views on whether the project delivered the number of beds promised; if additional inspections and surveys were carried out during and after the process; if so, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41367/24]
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
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Ivana Bacik
Question:662. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the reasons why the aims of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015, including the right to identity of donor-conceived children, cannot be achieved by facilitating the signing of the relevant consent forms, the signing of a statutory declaration confirming compliance with the requirements established by S.I. No. 158/2006, the recording of the relevant information on the donor conceived persons register and the obtaining of the relevant counselling outside of a DAHR Facility, and with the assistance of legal counsel; whether, if the Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2023 included a requirement for the donor to sign a statutory declaration confirming compliance with the 2006 Regulations, he would accept that the oversight of a DAHR facility was not required to ensure compliance with the 2006 Regulations; if there is no alternative means of achieving the aims of the 2015 Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41385/24]
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Question:663. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if he considers that, because there may be a genetic condition, it is reasonable and proportionate to deny a child the need to have their parentage legally recognised, notwithstanding the fact that not all genetic conditions are tested and it is not possible to oblige someone to disclose a genetic condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41386/24]
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 662 and 663 together.
The Children and Family Relationships Act 2015, which commenced in May 2020, protects the right to identity of donor conceived children and provides legal certainty as regards their parentage. The approach as set out in the Act further ensures the safety of donor assisted human reproduction, or DAHR, procedures, while also providing important protections for donors.
Under the Act, all DAHR procedures must be carried out in a DAHR facility, who are prohibited under the 2015 Act from using anonymous donor gametes. In addition to protecting the right to identity of donor conceived children and providing for certainty as regards parentage, this approach ensures the safety of procedures.
DAHR facilities must comply with the requirements established by S.I. No. 158/2006 – European Communities (Quality and Safety of Human Tissues and Cells) Regulations 2006, and all donated gametes used in DAHR procedures must be screened to ensure they meet the safety standards of the 2006 Regulation. The 2006 Regulation further places a number of other obligations on DAHR facilities, which ensure the clinical safety of DAHR procedures.
Regarding the parentage of donor conceived children, the Act requires that intending parents and donors must sign Statutory Instruments, providing consent to parentage and the inclusion of their information on the National Donor Conceived Person Register, in advance of a DAHR procedure taking place. The legislation allows for consent to be withdrawn by any party at different stages up to the DAHR procedure taking place.
The right to identity of each donor conceived child is protected by the inclusion of information on their genetic heritage on the National Donor Conceived Persons Register. The Act places a legal requirement on DAHR facilities to report details of each DAHR procedures and resulting live births, including the relevant details of the intending parents and donor, which can be accessed by the donor conceived child when they turn 18. This age is to be lowered to 16 under the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024.
The approach as set out in the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 ensures a high level of protection and certainty for donor conceived children, based on the involvement of DAHR facilities.
The Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 contains additional safeguards in respect of DAHR procedures which are similarly based on the involvement and regulation of DAHR facilities in donor assisted human reproduction, including, for example, limitations on the number of times that gametes from the same donor can be used.
It is therefore my view that the required level of protection for donor conceived children, including with respect to their right to identity, certainty as regards parentage, and safety of DAHR procedures, can only be achieved by ensuring that DAHR procedures continue to take place in DAHR facilities, as per the approach in the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015.
Question No. 663 answered with Question No. 662.
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Jennifer Whitmore
Question:664. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the plans for the investment and restructure of the model of care for adults with ADHD while the waiting list is closed; what progress has been made to date on the restructure; what measures are in place for adults locked out of the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41397/24]
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly as soon as possible.
Departmental Funding
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Róisín Shortall
Question:665. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the resource allocation and spending to date by his Department on social inclusion groups, including allocation by care group area, outlining where that spend is directed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41398/24]
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As this refers to the funding of services by area, I have referred to the HSE for direct response.