Parliamentary questions

1205. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to standardise protocols for medicolegal autopsies under the Coroners Act 1962, to ensure consistency nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10418/26]

1206. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the way in which the overload of medicolegal autopsies is impacting hospital resources; the collaborations in place with the health sector to mitigate this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10419/26]

1207. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to review and update the fees payable to pathologists for coroner-directed autopsies and inquest attendance (unchanged since 2009), to better reflect actual costs and time involved and to encourage continued participation by hospital pathologists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10421/26]

1208. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists currently employed by the HSE in Longford, by WTE, the locations to which they are assigned, in tabular form. [10423/26]

1209. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) and expedite surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10424/26]

1210. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure alternative treatment arrangements are put in place for an elderly patient (details supplied). [10432/26]

1211. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of active rural medical dispensaries that are owned and operated by the HSE according to the most recent data available; and the amount of active rural medical dispensaries owned and operated by the HSE 20 years ago, or to the closest data available at that time. [10435/26]

1212. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE owned buildings that have been leased out in the past five years. [10436/26]

1213. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if vacant buildings owned by the HSE are still equipped with the medical equipment necessary to be reopened with minimal renovations. [10437/26]

1214. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the consideration that has been given towards reopening vacant rural medical dispensaries; and whether her Department has estimated the cost of reopening vacant medical dispensaries owned by the HSE. [10438/26]

1215. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to establishing mobile health clinics to serve rural communities who struggle to access primary care in a timely fashion. [10439/26]

1216. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health to consider and respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding their experience attempting to access mental health care in recent months; and the actions that can be taken to ensure services are available to the individual at the earliest opportunity.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10440/26]

1217. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide details of the options available to an individual who has been denied home care support but requires community support (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10443/26]

1218. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses are employed full-time in Dublin south central. [10471/26]

1219. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the number of children which have not received developmental checks by public health nurses in Dublin south central. [10472/26]

1220. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health her plans to recruit more public health nurses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10473/26]

1221. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts for public health nurses which exist in Dublin south central. [10474/26]

1222. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health her plans to address the burn out of public health nurses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10475/26]

1223. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts which exist for public health nurses, by county, in tabular form. [10476/26]

1224. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Health the measures which are in place to ensure continuity of supports for children with disabilities at key transition points, including early years to primary education and primary to post-primary education; whether the lack of alignment between health and education assessment models has been identified as a risk factor for service gaps at these s…

1225. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Health the formal policy or operational frameworks which currently exist, or are planned, to align the needs-based assessment model used by Children's Disability Network Teams (CDNTs) with the diagnosis-based access criteria used by the education system; whether her Department has assessed, or plans to assess, the impact of this misalignment on acces…

1226. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Health whether a formal framework exists between her Department and the Department of Education & Youth to support joint assessment, information-sharing, and integrated planning for children with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10490/26]

1227. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether the Mental Health Commission analyses or publishes comparative data on the regional use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in approved centres; whether significant variation has been identified between centres or regions in recent years; the number of ECT treatments administered in each approved centre in each of the past five years. […

1228. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if the Mental Health Commission receives details on instances of "enduring mechanical restraint" in mental health settings under its regulatory remit, such as the duration of restraint and the rationale, in each instance, and if these details will be published. [10496/26]

1229. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if complaints have been made to the Mental Health Commission, the HSE, or her Department concerning a hospital (details supplied) in the past five years; the number and nature of those complaints; and the outcomes. [10497/26]