David Cullinane — Watch Them Work

2026-04-15

VOTE

Organisation of Working Time (Leave for Health Screening Purposes) Bill 2025

A bill to provide for a period of paid leave in order to enable employees to participate in health screening programmes; for that purpose to amend the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997; to extend the protection against unfair dismissals conferred by the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015; to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other Acts; and to provide for related matters.

✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 65–83

2026-04-14

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the barriers currently faced by patients in Ireland living with lipoedema (details supplied); the steps her Department and the HSE are taking to address these issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24297/26]

2026-04-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE working group established in 2023 to develop a national care pathway for lipoedema has completed its work; when the pathway is expected to be published; and whether patient advocacy organisations, including an organisation (details supplied) will be included in the development and implementation of this pathway. [24298/26]

2026-04-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if her Department intends to review the operation of private health insurers in relation to coverage for medically indicated liposuction procedures for lipoedema patients, in light of concerns regarding inconsistent decision-making, the use of criteria designed for lymphoedema rather than lipoedema, and practices that may result in patients being forced to rely on the Cross-Border Directive for treatment. [24299/26]

2026-04-13

LOBBY

Creative Retail Distribution Limited Health

The Reduced Risk Products Association issued written communications to Sinn Féin TDs and Senators outlining evidence on the role of vaping as a smoking cessation tool for adult smokers, and highlighting potential implications of proposed flavour restrictions for individuals who use vaping to quit or reduce smoking.

2026-04-02

LOBBY

Medical Emergency Response Education and Training

Medical Emergency Response Ireland (MER) provided written communications to members of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health in advance of a meeting on health services for allergies. The communication introduced the organisation and its objectives, and shared findings from a report on emergency preparedness in schools, including access to emergency medicines, training, and identified gaps in resources.

2026-03-24

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason Irish Sign Language (ISL) interpretation services are not currently available at University Hospital Waterford (UHW), given that ISL access is mandatory in public hospitals; the steps the HSE has taken to ensure compliance with the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 in this regard; when ISL interpretation services will be fully available for Deaf patients attending UHW; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21675/26]

2026-03-24

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed by the HSE or by HSE-funded agencies who are qualified to carry out assistive technology assessments; the number qualified to set up assistive technology devices for clients; whether her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is currently only one person in the Central Remedial Clinic carrying out both of these functions; the steps being taken to increase capacity in this area; if she will provide dedicated funding to train more occupational therapists in assistive technology in order to reduce waiting times and improve access for people who depend on these technologies on a daily basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21676/26]

2026-03-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the plans that have been established to address the lack of psychological support for stroke patients, as highlighted in the National Stroke Strategy 2022–2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18434/26]

2026-03-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cardiac rehabilitation centres that have access to psychological support for heart patients; the measures being taken to increase access to the service for this specific patient cohort; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18435/26]

2026-03-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason the arrangement under which validation of entry-to-practice qualifications for clinical measurement physiologists was undertaken by a body (details supplied), which has carried out this function for approximately 20 years, was ended; the basis for this decision and the details of any review, evaluation or due diligence which informed that decision; the assessment that was undertaken regarding the potential impact on patient safety and minimum standards of this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18748/26]

2026-03-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the person or body currently responsible for the validation of entry-to-practice qualifications for clinical measurement physiologists in Ireland; the formal process, criteria, governance and oversight mechanisms that are now in place; whether this system applies consistently across the public, voluntary and private health sectors; and the assurances that can be provided that the validation process is independent and not subject to employer influence or conflicts of interest. [18749/26]

2026-03-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the assessment which has been undertaken regarding the potential impact of the change in qualification validation arrangements on national consistency of standards, international recognition of clinical measurement physiology qualifications, and existing accreditation relationships with external bodies. [18750/26]

2026-03-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1120 of 17 February 2026, the reason cancellations are not recorded centrally; if it is possible to collect this data; if not, the reason; if so, the reason it is not collected; if she will request an assessment of this data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19518/26]

2026-03-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1120 of 17 February 2026, the way in which health system planning can be properly informed without reference to data on the reason for hospital-initiated appointment cancellations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19519/26]

2026-03-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive, or any public hospital within the State, has funded or paid tuition fees for students enrolled on a graduate programme in clinical measurement physiology at a university (details supplied); if so, the number of students whose tuition fees have been funded by the HSE or individual public hospitals; the hospitals involved; the total value of such funding; whether any such students were offered or guaranteed employment within the Health Service Executive or a public hospital following completion of the programme; whether any agreements, arrangements or understandings, whether formal or informal, exist between the HSE, public hospitals and the University in relation to the funding of student places or the recruitment of graduates; whether any similar funding arrangements or employment guarantees have been put in place with any other university in the State offering a programme in clinical measurement physiology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19974/26]

2026-03-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 25 February 2026, when an assessment will be conducted to justify or amend the current application of the non-clinical requirement "from the outset" in the reimbursement of continuous glucose monitoring sensors; if she will authorise funding for the extension of reimbursement to all people who need these sensors in line with clinical best practice as sought by the clinicians who are prescribing these products for seriously ill patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20012/26]

2026-03-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE internal audit function is being, or has been, restructured following the move to regional health areas; if there are plans to move the function from a staffed internal service to one outsourced to external providers; how this service will be configured going forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20940/26]

2026-03-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of senior executive officer posts that have been allocated to the HSE operational audit unit in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [20941/26]

2026-03-18

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the special projects and investigations audit team within the HSE. [20942/26]

2026-03-11

LOBBY

Health Research Charities Ireland Health

Support for the asks contained in the HRCI Position Paper 2026

2026-03-05

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her current policy on the colocation of the Rotunda Hospital; the amount spent to date on colocation planning, including any preliminary stages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17627/26]

2026-03-05

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to bring forward legislation to enhance the powers of the Dental Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17628/26]

2026-03-05

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans for a new cancer strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17629/26]

2026-03-05

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she will bring forward comprehensive adult safeguarding legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17632/26]

2026-03-05

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to enhance care for people, particularly immunotherapy for children, with allergies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17631/26]

2026-03-05

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to enhance care for people with early onset Parkinson’s disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17630/26]

2026-03-05

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to improve the ambulance service; if she has examined implementing physician-staffed helicopter emergency medical services in this State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17634/26]

2026-03-05

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to end reliance on unregistered consultants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17633/26]

2026-03-04

LOBBY

Vape Business Ireland Health

Legislation on vaping

2026-03-03

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors working for Children’s Health Ireland at consultant level who are not registered on the Medical Council’s specialist division register, by specialty, in tabular form. [16352/26]

2026-03-03

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors working for Children’s Health Ireland at consultant level who are not registered on the Medical Council’s specialist division register, by location, in tabular form. [16353/26]

2026-03-03

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors working for HSE statutory hospitals at consultant level who are not registered on the Medical Council’s specialist division register, by specialty, in tabular form. [16354/26]

2026-03-03

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors working for public voluntary hospitals, to be requested from each, at consultant level who are not registered on the Medical Council’s specialist division register, by specialty, in tabular form. [16355/26]

2026-03-03

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health following the findings of an audit (details supplied), the steps she is taking to ensure that all consultants practicing across the HSE, voluntary groups, and Children’s Health Ireland are appropriately registered with the Irish Medical Council; if she will conduct an audit of the unaudited Health Regions, and of Children’s Health Ireland, for compliance with legal, regulatory, and governance standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16359/26]

2026-02-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the Government changed the policy on the co-location of the Rotunda Maternity Hospital with the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; if she now recognises the current location as the long-term location of the Rotunda in effective co-location with the Mater; if she is now ruling out re-location to the Rotunda to the Temple Street site or any other site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15682/26]

2026-02-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health following the dissolution of the CervicalCheck Tribunal, the full costs of the Tribunal from inception to dissolution, by cost type by year; the number of eligible claims; the number of claims made; the number of decisions made; the number of settlements or awards made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15683/26]

2026-02-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the plans which have been established to fund the implementation of the National Review of Cardiac Services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15692/26]

2026-02-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding which has been made available for the national stroke strategy; what the funding is being used for; the actions being implemented in 2026 and 2027 as part of the national stroke strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15693/26]

2026-02-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the costs of ensuring adequate national capacity to deliver cardiac rehabilitation to all patients for whom it is recommended, ensuring that staffing and resources are protected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15694/26]

2026-02-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the plans which have been established to fund the implementation of the new cardiac rehabilitation model of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15695/26]

2026-02-26

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the expansion of cardiac rehabilitation services for HSE West and North-west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15696/26]

2026-02-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the work of the non-statutory inquiry into the licensing and use of sodium valproate in women of child-bearing potential in the State; the details of the stages of the inquiry; the remaining timeline for the inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15728/26]

2026-02-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the health and social care professional training or degree programmes which are reviewed, validated, recognised or otherwise regulated, standardised, or certified by the HSE; the date on which the HSE assumed such roles relative to each profession and each course; the professions covered by this; the reason the HSE has assumed the role in each case rather than adhering to standard practice of independent professional regulators; her intentions regarding the establishment of independence in the regulation of each profession for which the HSE assumes responsibility; her views on the HSE’s rationale of exercising its role as an employer as a reason to take charge of the regulation of a profession and whether she considers this an appropriate exercise of the HSE’s authority in relation to the directions she has given the HSE in statute and otherwise regarding professional independence in regulation and development, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15758/26]

2026-02-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of capital projects submitted to the HSE estates for Waterford city and county from acute, primary, community, mental health and other services over the past ten years; the status of each project; whether they are at appraisal, design, planning or construction or any other phase codified by HSE estates; the current status of each project, by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16111/26]

2026-02-26

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staffing positions working in the cardiac services at UHW; the number assigned to each of the cath labs; the breakdown of the staff, by clinical grade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16118/26]

2026-02-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of additional WTE positions required to deliver 24/7 PPCI services at UHW, broken down by clinical grade; the timeline for delivering same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16119/26]

2026-02-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of new acute inpatient hospital beds delivered at UHW over the past ten years, broken down by year and location of beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16120/26]

2026-02-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of new acute inpatient hospital beds to be delivered at UHW over the next five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16121/26]

2026-02-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of capital projects submitted to the HSE Estates from acute, primary, community, mental health and other services over the past ten years, the status of each project, whether they are at appraisal, design, planning or construction or any other phase codified by HSE estates, the breakdown by year and the current status of each project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16122/26]

2026-02-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total capital funding allocated to health projects to each hospital over the past ten years, broken down by year, by hospital and the total amount, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16123/26]

2026-02-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total funding allocated to developing a new adult mental health unit at UHW; what the development will consist of; when plans for a new unit were first presented to the HSE; the current status of the project and the projected timeline for delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16124/26]

2026-02-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if any plans to build a multi-storey car park at UHW have been submitted to her Department or the HSE; if so, the nature of any plans; the current status of any application; the timeline for delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16125/26]

2026-02-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1072 of 21 January 2026, the number of incidents reported against service users by level of reported harm by year 2021-2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [16142/26]

2026-02-26

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1072 of 21 January 2026, the number of incidents reported against staff, by level of reported harm by year 2021-2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [16143/26]

2026-02-25

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason the non-clinical qualifier 'from the outset' is applied to reimbursement applications for continuous glucose monitoring systems; if she will remove this requirement as it is not indicated in the HIQA HTA; if she will extend reimbursement for CGM systems to all patients with diabetes who require such devices; if she recognises the direct health cost benefits and wider economic and social benefits of CGM systems in terms of employment and health system avoidance; and if not, the basis on which she refutes this and the analysis which has been conducted which says that the opportunity cost and downstream cost to the health service of not extending access to less than cost of extending reimbursement; the reason CGM reimbursement is not available on the basis of clinical need on foot of a consultant prescription, in the absence of any research which states that this should not be the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15323/26]

2026-02-25

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent to which plans for elective capacity in the HSE West and North West have changed; if she will ensure delivery of the elective hospital as originally promised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15393/26]

2026-02-25

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether there have been changes to the plans for additional elective capacity in Cork ; if the plans for the elective hospital are still the same as the original business case which was submitted, and if not, the difference in the current proposals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15394/26]

2026-02-25

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether there have been changes to the plans for additional elective capacity at two sites in Dublin ; if the plans for the elective hospital are still the same as the original business case which was submitted, and if not, the difference in the current proposals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15395/26]

2026-02-25

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant psychiatrists working in each CAMHS team; the number of whole time equivalent; the headcount; the number of consultant psychiatrists working full-time, in tabular form [15396/26]

2026-02-25

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and proportion of CAMHS consultations which are conducted in person and remotely, by CAMHS team; the extent of telemedicine across each CAMHS team, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15397/26]

2026-02-25

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and proportion of hospital outpatient consultations which are conducted in person and remotely, by hospital and by specialty; the extent of telemedicine across each health region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15398/26]

2026-02-25

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the opportunity cost of delayed transfers of care and of a bed day lost, that is the additional cost of a person remaining in hospital when they could be cared for in a lower cost environment in the community or at home; if her Department or the Health Service has analysed the cost of inefficiencies caused by delayed transfers of care and bed days lost; and if so, the output of such analysis; if such figures are not available, the reason why; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15405/26]

2026-02-25

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care and bed days lost in total in 2024 and in 2025, by hospital, in tabular form [15409/26]

2026-02-25

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of referrals covered under the treatment abroad scheme or cross-border directive to countries outside of Ireland for mesh implant procedures which are not currently permitted in the State; if she considers that this is an appropriate use of taxpayers money considering that access to surgeries domestically are paused due to medical advice received by previous Ministers; if there is adequate oversight of payment for such surgeries with taxpayers money considering the limits on such surgeries in this State; if she is aware of any other procedures which are not permitted in this State which the taxpayer is paying private consultants in overseas hospitals to deliver; if she considers that it would be appropriate for a consultant to refer a person to an overseas hospital to receive a surgery from that same consultant for a procedure which is not permitted in this State and for that procedure to be paid for by the taxpayer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15416/26]

2026-02-25

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the Health Products Regulatory Authority’s consideration of over-the-counter codeine sales; when this is expected to conclude; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15417/26]

2026-02-25

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she considers a restriction of over-the-counter low-dosage codeine-containing products to a prescription-only model to run contrary to the principles of the new pharmacy agreement and common conditions scheme; if she considers that new eprescribing and other pharmacy IT systems combined with the rollout of patient identifiers could serve as a control for access to codeine-containing products without the need to include GPs in low-to-moderate pain management beyond the role which they already serve; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15418/26]

2026-02-24

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Asked Taoiseach

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [9924/26]

2026-02-24

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for deep brain stimulation; the number of locations providing services; the equipment needs of the existing deep brain stimulation service to provide sufficient capacity to reduce waiting lists; the capacity which has been requested for this service in each of the past five years; the details of business cases submitted by the service; the number of staff working in this area, the number of filled unapproved posts, the number of unfilled approved posts; the number of posts needed for a full service, by wait times, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14184/26]

2026-02-24

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether she has examined the potential for developing a brain bank in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14185/26]

2026-02-24

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capacity which exists for robot-assisted deep brain stimulation; whether additional capacity has been sought and considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14186/26]

2026-02-24

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the model of care for early onset Parkinson’s disease; the manner in which care is provided proactively; the manner in which it is different to Parkinson’s; if she considers a new EOPD model of care to be necessary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14187/26]

2026-02-24

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she received the phase 1 nayagam review report; if she will publish it and if not, the reason; the reason she has not yet published it; whether she has sought legal advice on publishing it; if she will provide the reference code for relevant high court proceedings which relate to restrictions on the publication of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14188/26]

2026-02-24

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children in the care of Children's Health Ireland who were assessed for, offered and received spinal treatment abroad in 2024 and in 2025. [14696/26]

2026-02-24

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health there is a model of care for allergies; if one will be developed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14965/26]

2026-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital initiated cancellations in January 2026, in tabular form. [15188/26]

2026-02-19

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she will consider and publish the review of the physician assistant or associate role in the health service; if she will sanction the grade and role; the steps she is taking to ensure robust governance; the steps she is taking to ensure that other professions which could or do perform some of the roles proposed for physician associates are supported to practice at the top of their licence in order to provide a clear niche for this role, if it is deemed necessary; the steps she is taking to engage with professional groups on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13804/26]

2026-02-17

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of new oral health patients in target groups attending for scheduled assessment in each full year, 2022 to 2025, inclusive, by local office and region, in tabular form. [11658/26]

2026-02-17

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of orthodontic patients on waiting lists to commence treatment at the end of each year 2022 – 2025, inclusive, by wait time band, local office, and region in tabular form. [11659/26]

2026-02-17

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of orthodontic patients on waiting lists for an assessment at the end of each year 2022 – 2025, inclusive, by wait time band, local office, and region, in tabular form. [11660/26]

2026-02-17

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on waiting lists for access to dental treatment under sedation at the end of 2024 and 2025, by sedation type, by patient type, by wait time band, for each health area by region, in tabular form. [11661/26]

2026-02-17

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of requests received in 2024 and in 2025 for assistance with assignment to a GP or a dentist for medical card holders, free GP card holders, or by people without such qualification, in tabular form. [11662/26]

2026-02-17

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for diagnostic tests at the end of 2025, in tabular form. [11666/26]

2026-02-17

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of claims received by the State Claims Agency under the clinical indemnity scheme in each year 2005-2025 inclusive; the cost of the scheme in each year by cost type; the number of claims resolved in each year; the number of claims in which an award was paid in each year, in tabular form. [11733/26]

2026-02-17

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of claims received by the State Claims Agency under the clinical indemnity scheme in each year 2005-2025, inclusive, disaggregated for each relevant State authority, hospital, CHO, or similar as appropriate; the cost of the scheme in each year by cost type; the number of claims resolved in each year; the number of claims in which an award was paid in each year, in tabular form. [11734/26]

2026-02-17

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of claims received by the State Claims Agency under the clinical indemnity scheme in 2024 and 2025, inclusive, disaggregated for each HSE health region; the cost of the scheme in each year by cost type; the number of claims resolved in each year; the number of claims in which an award was paid in each year, in tabular form. [11735/26]

2026-02-17

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of all public and voluntary hospitals; the number of days full capacity protocols were in operation in model 3 and model 4 hospitals, for each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [11884/26]

2026-02-17

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1069 of 27 January 2026, if she collects data on the reason for each cancellation; if so, the number and the reason; if she collects data on the rescheduling time for each cancellation; if so, the average rescheduling time for appointment type, by hospital, in tabular form. [12099/26]

2026-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total stock of acute hospital inpatient beds in the public hospital system at the end of each year 2016-2025, by hospital, in tabular form. [12140/26]

2026-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total stock of acute hospital inpatient beds in the public hospital system, at the end 2024 and 2025, by hospital; the number which were fully funded and fully staffed at the end of each year; the number which were either not fully funded, not funded or approved, or which were not fully staffed but open at the end of each year; the average number which were closed, disaggregated by reason, for each month of 2024 and 2025 and the annual averages; and the average number blocked by a delayed discharge at the end of each month and across each year, by location, in tabular form. [12141/26]

2026-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1070 of 27 January 2026, if she collects data on the reasons for each delayed transfer of care; if so, the breakdown by the reason; if not, to explain the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12142/26]

2026-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the theatre utilisation statistics which she collects; the product of the analysis of this data; and the extent of underutilisation and the potential throughput capacity which this equates to, by location, in tabular form. [12143/26]

2026-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent on agency staffing in 2024 and 2025 broken down for each region, service division, and relevant site or facility, in tabular form. [12144/26]

2026-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent on overtime in 2024 and 2025 for each staff grade for each region, service division, and relevant site or facility, in tabular form. [12145/26]

2026-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance callouts which were responded to in 2024 and 2025 where the person was deceased by the time of ambulance arrival on scene; the response time of the ambulances concerned; the number of investigations conducted into late arrivals of ambulances where a person was deceased by the time the ambulance arrived at a scene, by region in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12146/26]

2026-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance callouts which were responded to in 2024 and 2025 where the person was deceased by the time the ambulance had reached the hospital, by region; the response time of the ambulances concerned; the number of investigations conducted into late arrivals of ambulances where a person was deceased by the time the ambulance arrived at a hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12147/26]

2026-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance callouts to road traffic accidents which were responded to in 2024 and 2025, by region; the number where the person was deceased at arrival to the scene; the number where a person concerned was deceased by arrival at a hospital; the response times of ambulances concerned; the average response time to road traffic accidents; the number of callouts which did not arrive to a road traffic accident within the target timeframe; and the number of investigations conducted where an ambulance arrived late to a road traffic accident, arrived where the person concerned was deceased at arrival to scene, or where the person concerned was deceased by the time of arrival to a hospital, in tabular form. [12148/26]

2026-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when screening for spinal muscular atrophy, a rare genetic condition affecting approximately six babies born in Ireland each year, will be included in the national newborn bloodspot screening programme; if SMA screening will be implemented before the end of March 2026, as cited by a leading paediatric clinician in recent media coverage; the preparations currently underway to ensure this timeline is met, given that more than two years have elapsed since the decision was taken to include SMA in the heelprick test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12188/26]

2026-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent to which a company’s systems (details supplied) are used by the HSE; where such systems are used to process and or store patient data.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11324/26]

2026-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11326/26]

2026-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if these beds will be retendered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11330/26]

2026-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if the bexcero vaccine has been examined and will be made available through such clinics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11338/26]

2026-02-11

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to rectify delays in post mortems for coroner inquests in the south-east; if he has engaged with the Minister for Health or the HSE regarding short staffing in pathology at UHW which is causing this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10722/26]

2026-02-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the data collected by her Department and the HSE relating to disabled drivers and primary medical certificates. [10728/26]

2026-02-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expenditure at hospitals (details supplied) on taxis and private transport services for patient transfer, file transfer and other services identified as appropriate, for each of the years from 2021 to 2025 inclusive, in tabular form. [10710/26]

2026-02-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the longest wait time recorded for an ambulance in each ambulance region in each year 2022-2025, in tabular form. [10719/26]

2026-02-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the longest turnaround time recorded for an ambulance at each hospital in each year 2022-2025, in tabular form. [10720/26]

2026-02-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of instances where an ambulance did not reach a high priority callout within the target timeframe; the number which did not reach such a callout within an hour; and the number of instances where an ambulance never arrived at a high priority callout. [10721/26]

2026-02-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and the details of medications and medical products approved for reimbursement, but which received a recommendation to not consider the product for recommendation from an agency (details supplied), in tabular form. [10723/26]

2026-02-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason pluvicto was not approved for reimbursement but luthathera received approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10724/26]

2026-02-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of sanctioned pathologist posts at University Hospital Waterford; the number of vacant posts; the details of recruitment timelines for unfilled posts; the details of staffing levels and additional posts sought in each of the years since 2020 to-date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10725/26]

2026-02-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to restore full operational capacity of pathology at University Hospital Waterford (UHW); if she or the HSE or UHW has been engaged by the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration regarding the inability of UHW to provide post-mortems for coroner inquests. [10726/26]

2026-02-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the data collected by her Department and the HSE relating to primary medical certificates. [10727/26]

2026-02-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of applications received for the disabled drivers scheme and a primary medical certificate, by county in each of the years 2021 to 2025; the number accepted and rejected, in tabular form. [11207/26]

2026-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of funding provided to the national treatment purchase fund in 2026, by funding purpose; if there is a stay on funding for outsourcing or any other service provided, or organised by, or through the national treatment purchase fund in general, or for any specific institutions, clinics, or provider otherwise, in tabular form; if so, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10145/26]

2026-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason funding is not available to Tallaght University Hospital for outsourcing inpatient procedures through the National Treatment Purchase Fund; whether this is due to funding not been sanctioned for the year; if there is a reason the hospital is prevented from accessing such funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10146/26]

2026-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of approved, funded, filled, and vacant posts at University Hospital Waterford associated with emergency PPCI as of 8 April 2025; the level of current funding associated with the service; and the approved but unspent capital funding, if any, allocated for the service at that date. [10205/26]

2026-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional capital investment allocated to emergency PPCI at University Hospital Waterford since 8 April 2025; and the additional amount allocated since that date to progress 24/7 PPCI. [10206/26]

2026-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional current funding allocated to delivering 24/7 PPCI at University Hospital Waterford since 8 April 2025; the purpose of same; and the timeframe to deliver the necessary amount to open 24/7 PPCI. [10207/26]

2026-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional staffing posts required, sought, sanctioned, funded, and vacant or filled to deliver 24/7 PPCI at University Hospital Waterford since 8 April 2025; the total inclusive of existing posts pre-8 April 2025, in tabular form; and the timeframe to deliver the full complement and open 24/7 PPCI. [10208/26]

2026-02-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the work of the Covid-19 evaluation panel; the timeframe for completion; the costs to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7614/26]

2026-01-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the contingency plan and guidance in place and issued by the HSE in response to the shortages of certain salbutamol products; the list of salbutamol products which are approved for reimbursement; whether each of these is in stock; the availability of substitute products for which a reimbursement price has not been agreed but which have been identified as an approved substitute during a shortage of reimbursable products; if during shortages, there is a mechanism for patients to access products outside of the list of reimbursable products where they have a clinical and economic need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6711/26]

2026-01-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at University Hospital Waterford; the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of patients currently awaiting first consultations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6807/26]

2026-01-27

PQ

Asked Taoiseach

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health will next meet. [4025/26]

2026-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for diagnostic tests at the end of quarter 4, 2025, in tabular form. [6227/26]

2026-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend by the HSE and section 38 hospitals on agency staffing and recruitment service in each of the years 2019 to 2025, in tabular form. [6228/26]

2026-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of medical negligence litigation, including settlements, awards, and legal fees, in each of the years 2014 to 2025, in tabular form. [6229/26]

2026-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average time to admission, waiting-time distribution, and the number leaving without being seen via emergency departments, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, statewide and by hospital, with separate figures for all patients and patients aged 75 years and over, in tabular form. [6230/26]

2026-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, by hospital and appointment/procedure type, broken down by adult and child, in tabular form. [6231/26]

2026-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care, delayed discharges as a percentage of total discharges, and bed days lost as a percentage of total bed days, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, by hospital, in tabular form. [6232/26]

2026-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of all public and voluntary hospitals; the number of days full capacity protocols were in operation in Model 3 and Model 4 hospitals, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, in tabular form. [6233/26]

2026-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients and staff in HSE facilities, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, in tabular form. [6234/26]

2026-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the ambulance response performance for clinical status 1 incidents, including response times, proportions met, and incident volumes by clinical status, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, nationally and, by region, in tabular form. [6235/26]

2026-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews available to respond within 20 minutes of ED handover, by hospital, quarterly 2023–2025, in tabular form. [6236/26]

2026-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community services waiting lists, by service, age, and length of wait at end December 2022-2025. in tabular form. [6237/26]

2026-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home support, and those receiving less than their allocated hours, at December 2022-2025 or latest other comparable date, in tabular form. [6238/26]

2026-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS and Jigsaw waiting lists, by CHO and length of wait, at December 2025, in tabular form. [6239/26]

2026-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she has given consideration to providing drug payment scheme cover for GLP-1 receptor agonists and similar for metabolic management for PCOS and similar endocrine conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6250/26]

2026-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the measures she will take in 2026 to reverse the trend of increasing hospital and emergency department overcrowding and hospital waiting lists; the additional acute beds, step-down beds and home-care capacity added in 2025 and planned for 2026; the steps she will take to expedite elective centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5082/26]

2026-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will remove charges for blister packs for those with a clinician-determined need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5083/26]

2026-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps she will take to address the major shortfalls in school dental screening and extreme waiting times for orthodontic care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5084/26]

2026-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of vacant posts across the health service, by staff group; whether she accepts that recruitment and employment ceilings are undermining safe staffing and service delivery; the outcome she is pursuing in the WRC process with health unions; and when she will publish a time-bound plan to fill vacancies and expand staffing in frontline areas. [5077/26]

2026-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to examining mental health crisis centres as an alternative to emergency departments; the funding required, capital and current, to open mental health assessment rooms in every existing emergency department, to fully fund the liaison psychiatry and self-harm and suicide related ideation models of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5076/26]

2026-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the facilitator to scope the statutory public inquiry into spina bifida and complex scoliosis services will be appointed; when draft terms of reference will be brought to Government and published; the interim actions being taken now to ensure no child is left waiting years for spinal care while the inquiry is established; the way in which families and advocacy groups are being engaged with now and will be formally engaged throughout the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5075/26]

2026-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the latest expected completion date and opening date for the new Children’s Hospital; the number of claims in dispute before the Courts; and whether she will commit to publishing a monthly public progress report detailing the schedule, risks, costs and claims until opening. [5074/26]

2026-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will invest in new equipment to radically increase access to deep brain stimulation for preventive and routine treatment of neurological conditions, such as early onset Parkinson's; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5073/26]

2026-01-21

LOBBY

Irish Council for Psychotherapy Health

ICP concerns & recommendations re: the proposed CORU Standards of Proficiency & Criteria for Education & Training Programmes for Psychotherapists.

2026-01-21

LOBBY

Vulcan Consulting Limited Health

Rare Disease Policy in Ireland

2026-01-21

LOBBY

Insurance Ireland Banking and Financial Institutions

On behalf of members, to raise awareness of issues pertinent to the Irish health insurance industry

2026-01-21

LOBBY

The Irish Hospice Foundation Health

Written request to Chair and members of Oireachtas Committee on Health seeking opportunity to present findings from a report on the end of life experiences of older people to the Committee.

2026-01-21

LOBBY

Irish Cancer Society 3 returns Health

Oireachtas Committee on Health
Radiation therapy and radiography services
Oireachtas Cross-Party Group on Cancer

2026-01-21

LOBBY

Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - IACP Health

Raised concerns about the Publication of the Standards and Criteria for Counsellors and Psychotherapists by the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board of CORU

2026-01-21

LOBBY

Alcohol Forum Ireland Health

To ensure meaningful inclusion of alcohol as a policy priority within the new National Drug Strategy.

2026-01-21

LOBBY

Pender & Associates Ltd 2 returns Health

Letter seeking engagement on oral health policy
Engagement relating to the needs of oral healthcare

2026-01-21

LOBBY

Rehab Group Public Expenditure and Reform

Rehab's Pre Budget Submission

2026-01-21

LOBBY

National Centre for Youth Mental Health Health

Letter to the Oireachtas regarding subcommittee on mental health.

2026-01-21

LOBBY

Pinnacle Public Affairs Ltd Health

Cardiovascular Health Policy in Ireland and the EU

2026-01-21

LOBBY

Takeda Products Ireland Health

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) awareness and care pathways in Ireland

2026-01-21

LOBBY

The Asthma Society of Ireland Health

AV Room Briefing for World Lung Day

2026-01-21

LOBBY

LGBT Support and Advocacy Network Ireland CLG 2 returns Budgetary mattersHealth

LGBT Ireland Pre-Budget Submission
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health Report on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) (Amendment) Bill

2026-01-21

LOBBY

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Ireland) DAC Health

Alexion - Joint Committee on Health session on the treatment of rare diseases

2026-01-20

LOBBY

Croi - The West of ireland Cardiac Foundation Limited Health

Croi held health checks inHealth checks in Leinster House to highlight the need for a National Cardiovascular Health Strategy and Cardiovascular policy in general - held 19 November.

2026-01-20

LOBBY

GSK 2 returns Health

Shingles Immunisation policy
Immunisation against RSV

2026-01-20

LOBBY

Rockwood Consulting ULC Health

Sought meetings to brief DPOs on Veonet's service offering and the development of a national eyecare strategy

2026-01-20

LOBBY

The Psychological Society of Ireland Health

Sent PSI press release to multiple TDs, highlighting key pre-budget priorities including increasing the mental health budget, extending CAMHS eligibility to age 25, culturally competent services, and zero restraint/seclusion with statutory advocacy.

2026-01-20

LOBBY

Pfizer Health

Expansion of the National Immunisation Programme to include RSV vaccination for older adults

2026-01-20

LOBBY

Mental Health Reform Health

Waterford Showcase Event for members

2026-01-20

LOBBY

Irish Family Planning Association Health

National and international policy on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)

2026-01-20

LOBBY

Irish Cancer Society 2 returns Health

Expansion of QUIT services
Nicotine product regulation

2026-01-20

LOBBY

Sandoz Health

Correspondence to political representatives regarding the Biosimilar medicines industry, and the challenges and opportunities that exist.

2026-01-20

LOBBY

Hanover Media Strategy Limited 3 returns Health

AV Room Briefing Event to discuss a Proposal for an Early Access Programme for Innovative Oncology Medicines
Information on a Proposal for an Early Access Programme for Innovative Oncology Medicines
Meeting request to discuss protection for over 65s in winter flu season

2026-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims relating to the development of the new children's hospital which have been referred to the courts, by court; the date of referral; the disputed value of each claim as per the contractor; and the summary details of each claim, in tabular form. [3969/26]

2026-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the waiting lists and average waiting times for each type of cancer treatment, by cancer centre; and the compliance rate with key performance indictors and standards in this area, in tabular form. [3970/26]

2026-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for patients with suspected cancer for access to diagnostic tests; and the compliance rate with key performance indicators and standards in this area. [3971/26]

2026-01-19

LOBBY

Teiripe Pobail Éireann CLG 2 returns Health

Coru - Publication of the Standards and Criteria for Counsellors and Psychotherapists by the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board
Community Therapy Ireland Clinical Governance Badge of Excellence

2026-01-19

LOBBY

Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association Health

Moving Codeine containing OTC medicines from pharmacy only to prescription.

2026-01-19

LOBBY

BioMarin International Limited Health

Rare disease policy in Ireland and the EU

2026-01-19

LOBBY

Alcohol Action Ireland Health

Youth drinking

2026-01-19

LOBBY

Irish Medical Organisation Health

Digitalisation of the Health Services

2026-01-19

LOBBY

Healthy Homes Ireland Housing

To secure meetings and engage with elected/designated officials in order to communicate the findings of Healthy Homes Ireland's report; 'Our place: Towards Healthier Greener Homes'. Hosted a breakfast forum event to discuss to how Ireland balances the need to build affordable homes at pace with delivering homes that are high quality, focusing on upcoming EU housing policy developments including the recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and the European Affordable Housing Plan.

2026-01-16

LOBBY

Fórsa trade union Health

Seeking changes to hiring practices in the HSE. Specifically backfilling maternity leave roles

2026-01-16

LOBBY

Irish Heart Foundation 3 returns Health

Tobacco policy
Statements on the use of vapes and nicotine products by young people and adolescents
Tobacco Tax

2026-01-16

LOBBY

Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Health

Issues related to health policy

2026-01-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant, non-consultant hospital doctor, nursing and health and social care professional posts approved, filled and vacant in emergency departments in each acute public hospital at the end of each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3154/26]

2026-01-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on agency and locum staffing in emergency departments in each acute public hospital, by staff category, for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3155/26]

2026-01-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the proportion of emergency department clinical hours delivered by agency or locum staff, by staff category, in each acute public hospital, for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3156/26]

2026-01-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department consultant posts vacant for more than six months and more than twelve months in each acute public hospital at the end of each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3157/26]

2026-01-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average and median staffing levels per emergency department shift, by staff category, in each acute public hospital; and the way in which these compare with recommended staffing levels, for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3158/26]

2026-01-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on agency and locum staffing in intensive care units in each acute public hospital, broken down by staff category, for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3159/26]

2026-01-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the proportion of ICU nursing and medical shifts covered by agency or locum staff in each acute public hospital, for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3160/26]

2026-01-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of intensive care beds that could not be opened or were temporarily closed due to staffing shortages in each acute public hospital, for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3161/26]

2026-01-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staffing ratios (staff per bed and staff per attendance where applicable) for emergency departments, trauma services and intensive care units in each acute public hospital; and the national average for each service, for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3162/26]

2026-01-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on permanent staffing and on temporary staffing (excluding agency), and on agency staffing for each hospital, and for each emergency department or trauma service, by region, by hospital, in tabular form. [3163/26]

2026-01-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of premises inspected pursuant to the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002, as amended, and under S.I. No. 271/2016, in each year since commencement, by type of premises inspected, in tabular form. [2717/26]

2026-01-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of inspections of vape shops and other retail outlets which sell vaping products in each year 2021 to 2025, by type of premises inspected, in tabular form. [2718/26]

2026-01-13

LOBBY

Muscular Dystrophy Society of Ireland GLC Health

Written statement in response to the Joint Committee on Health’s call for evidence on issues relating to rare diseases, including access to and reimbursement for medicines.

2026-01-13

LOBBY

Reduced Risk Products Association Company Limited Health

The Reduced Risk Products Association issued written communications to Sinn Féin TDs and Senators outlining evidence on the role of vaping as a smoking cessation tool for adult smokers, and highlighting potential implications of proposed flavour restrictions for individuals who use vaping to quit or reduce smoking.

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 165 and 166 of 3 July 2025, the status of her considerations on policy since; if she will conduct a retrospective audit to discern the level of harm which has occurred due to vaginal mesh implants before considering the lifting of any pause on the use of such products; and if she will follow up with individuals who have previously received mesh implants to check on their clinical wellness as part of such an audit, to inform any decision on the future use of such implants. [73905/25]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of SMA newborn screening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73923/25]

2026-01-07

LOBBY

Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation 2 returns Health

Formally classifying COVID-19 as an occupational disease in Ireland
INMO Issued letters on 24th November 2025 to 26 TDs and Ministers regarding Caredoc Out of Hours GP Services and their failure to pay WRC agreement 2023, a total of 8 percent pay increases to nurses. Also informing TDs and Ministers of INMO's intention to serve notice of industrial action within Caredoc Services.

2026-01-06

LOBBY

Irish Voluntary Healthcare Association CLG (formerly Voluntary Healthcare Forum CLG) Health

To discuss implementation of new financial technology in voluntary hospitals

2026-01-05

LOBBY

Chime Health

To advocate for a National Hearing Care Plan

2026-01-05

LOBBY

Parkinson's Ireland Health

Wrote to the Deputy to ask them to raise a Parliamentary Question to the Minister for our section 39 funding application

2026-01-05

LOBBY

Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) Budgetary matters

Contacted Deputy Cullinane to ask for a PQ to be put to the Minister for Health to ask that they reverse the decision to stop funding pharamcies to supply blister packs

2026-01-04

LOBBY

David Curtin & Co Ltd Health

Invite public representatives to a briefing on new research relating to the impact of a ban on all vape flavours on adults currently using vapes to stop smoking

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Waterford awaiting HSE public dental services, including special needs dentistry, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and to provide waiting times and staffing levels. [73824/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average time to admission, waiting-time distribution, and the number leaving without being seen via emergency departments, for each of the years from 2022 to date in 2025, statewide and by hospital, with separate figures for all patients and patients aged 75 and over, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73600/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations for each of the years from 2022 to date in 2025,, by hospital and appointment/procedure type, with adult/child breakdowns, in tabular form. [73601/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care, delayed discharges as a percentage of total discharges, and bed days lost as a percentage of total bed days, for each of the years from 2022 to date in 2025, by hospital, in tabular form. [73602/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of all public and voluntary hospitals, and the number of days full capacity protocols were in operation in model three and model four hospitals, for each of the years from 2022 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [73603/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients and staff in HSE facilities for each of the years from 2022 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [73604/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the ambulance response performance for clinical status one incidents, including response times, proportions met, and incident volumes by clinical status, for each of the years from 2022 to date in 2025, nationally and by region, in tabular form. [73605/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews available to respond within 20 minutes of ED handover, by hospital, quarterly from 2023 to 2025, in tabular form. [73606/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of outsourcing for children’s spinal surgery and paediatric orthopaedics; the details of participating hospitals, including international hospitals; and the number of children treated or seen at clinics at each hospital, for each year from 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form [73607/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community services waiting lists, by service, age, and length of wait from December 2022-2025 (or latest other comparable date), in tabular form. [73623/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home support, and those receiving less than their allocated hours, from December 2022-2025 (or latest other comparable date), in tabular form. [73624/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS and Jigsaw waiting lists, by CHO and length of wait, quarterly from 2012–2025, in tabular form. [73625/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for diagnostic tests at the latest available data point, in tabular form. [73626/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the dental service capacity and access, including DTSS participation, claims activity and waiting lists for dental, orthodontic, and dental surgery services, by area, quarterly for 2025 and for quarter four of 2024, in tabular form. [73627/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs and GPs providing GMS services, by local health area and per 10,000 population, from 1 December 2020–2025, in tabular form. [73628/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend by the HSE and section 38 hospitals on agency staffing and recruitment services annually from 2019-2025, in tabular form. [73629/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the management consultancy and external professional services spend by the HSE, by firm and service type, annually from 2019–2025, in tabular form. [73630/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the management consultancy and external professional services spend by each section 38 organisation, by firm and service type, annually from 2019–2025, in tabular form. [73631/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reporting requirements in place for spend on management consultancy and external professional services spend by section 39 organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73632/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of medical negligence litigation, including settlements, awards, and legal fees, annually from 2014–2025, in tabular form. [73633/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people in County Waterford waiting for home support at December 2022–2025 (or latest comparable date), in tabular form; and the number of people receiving less than their allocated hours. [73698/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people in County Waterford waiting for CAMHS, broken down by length of wait, on a quarterly basis for 2022–2025, in tabular form. [73699/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people in County Waterford waiting for Jigsaw, broken down by length of wait, on a quarterly basis for 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [73700/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people in County Waterford waiting for diagnostic tests, including MRI, CT, ultrasound and endoscopy, at the latest available data point, in tabular form. [73701/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capacity and access to public dental services in County Waterford, including DTSS participation, claims activity, and waiting lists for dental, orthodontic, and dental surgery services, for quarter 4 2024 and quarterly in 2025, in tabular form. [73702/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of GPs, and the number of GPs providing GMS services, in County Waterford, by local health area and per 10,000 population, at 1 December for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [73703/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average time to admission, the waiting-time distribution, and the number of patients leaving without being seen via the emergency department at University Hospital Waterford, for year-to-date 2022–2025, with separate figures for all patients and patients aged 75 and over, in tabular form. [73705/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations at University Hospital Waterford, for year-to-date 2022–2025, broken down by appointment or procedure type and by adult/child, in tabular form. [73706/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care, delayed discharges as a percentage of total discharges, and bed days lost as a percentage of total bed days at University Hospital Waterford, for year-to-date 2022–2025, in tabular form. [73707/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates at University Hospital Waterford, and the number of days full-capacity protocols were in operation at the hospital, for year-to-date 2022–2025, in tabular form. [73708/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients and staff at University Hospital Waterford and other HSE facilities in County Waterford, for year-to-date 2022–2025, in tabular form. [73709/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the ambulance response performance for Clinical Status 1 incidents in the south east region, including response times, proportions met, and incident volumes by clinical status, for year-to-date 2022–2025, in tabular form. [73710/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews available to respond within 20 minutes of emergency department handover at University Hospital Waterford and each hospital in the south east, by location, on a quarterly basis for 2023–2025, in tabular form. [73711/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients in County Waterford on primary care and community services waiting lists, broken down by service type, age group, and length of wait, at December 2022–2025 (or latest comparable date), in tabular form. [73712/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people resident in County Waterford waiting for a first outpatient appointment at University Hospital Waterford in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, broken down by specialty; and to provide the median and longest waiting times. [73818/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting orthopaedic outpatient appointments and orthopaedic procedures via University Hospital Waterford in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and to provide waiting times by urgency category where available. [73819/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting ear, nose and throat outpatient appointments via University Hospital Waterford in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including median and longest waits. [73820/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting cardiology outpatient appointments and diagnostics in the University Hospital Waterford catchment in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and the waiting times involved. [73821/25]

2025-12-17

VOTE

Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Fox Hunting) Bill 2025

A bill to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to ban the hunting of a fox or foxes; and to provide for related matters.

✗ voted against the motion motion failed · 24–124

2025-12-17

VOTE

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Restoration to Order Paper (Resumed)

✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 71–73

2025-12-17

VOTE

Health (Waiting Lists) Bill 2024

A bill to amend and extend the Health Act 2004 and for that purpose to provide for the conferral of additional functions on the Minister for Health in relation to setting of priorities and performance targets by that Minister in relation to maximum waiting times for health and personal social services; to amend the National Treatment Purchase Fund Board (Establishment) Order 2004 to provide for additional reporting, revised corporate governance and accountability arrangements; and to provide for related matters.

✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 66–80

2025-12-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the position regarding Report 42 by the Review Body on Higher Remuneration regarding HSE staff and subsequent decisions of the Labour Court; her plans regarding outstanding commitments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72522/25]

2025-12-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on diagnostic scan waiting lists at the end of Quarter 3 2025. [67268/25]

2025-12-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.185 of 9 July 2025, the costs of electricity and gas for the same period for each hospital, in tabular form. [67486/25]

2025-12-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether she intends to progress legislation to provide for assisted dying in line with the Report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Assisted Dying; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67990/25]

2025-11-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently review the decision to remove State reimbursement for blister pack medication services; if she is aware that this change will allow pharmacies to introduce private fees of up to €50 per person per month; if she will outline the measures the Department is taking to prevent adverse impacts on patients who rely on blister packs for medication safety, adherence, and accuracy, particularly people with disabilities, older people and those with complex medication regimes; if she has considered the fact that the proposed change could result in increased risk of medication errors due to loss of structured packaging supports, reduced medication adherence arising from unaffordable private fees, additional financial burden on service users already facing high healthcare costs, and increased pressure on community care, residential, and clinical support teams to ensure safe medication administration; if she will address the steps she is taking to address each of these consequences; if she will confirm whether this policy was subject to a risk assessment, and if not, whether she will suspend implementation of this particular policy change pending a full impact review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66620/25]

2025-11-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of new funding to be made available for the national cancer strategy; if she will implement multi-annual funding frameworks in 2026; when a review of the strategy will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64612/25]

2025-11-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to reduce waiting lists for diagnostic scans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64613/25]

2025-11-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps she will take to improve access to community psychology services. [64616/25]

2025-11-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand regional specialist FGM services beyond a single national clinic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64617/25]

2025-11-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans for legislative changes to advance regulation of AHSCP in line with the requirements of CORU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64615/25]

2025-11-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps she will take to improve access to GP and dentistry services. [64614/25]

2025-11-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the most recent statistics on mental health outcomes among the Travelling community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64618/25]

2025-11-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1088 of 12 November 2025, the number of such procedures completed from 2023 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; the average wait time for patients at point of treatment; the number of patients in each time band to date in 2025 before treatment and removal from waiting lists. [64123/25]

2025-11-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of whole time equivalent grades providing hernia surgical services at University Hospital Waterford, in tabular form; if there are vacant or otherwise unfilled or absent posts; whether a request has been made for additional posts, the details of that request; and the number of clinic hours provided to date in 2025. [64124/25]

2025-11-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the grant allowance for a person with non-cancer related hair loss, who is in possession of a valid medical card and GP referral; and the level of support available, by county, in tabular form. [63276/25]

2025-11-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the specific types of hair loss which are covered by HSE grants, by county, in tabular form; if the grant amount varies by region, and if so, the reason; if this will be standardised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63277/25]

2025-11-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the standard operating procedure and timeframe for the issuance of a purchase order for a wig from receipt of a quotation for an appliance from a provider; the standard operating procedure and timeframe to vendor reimbursement from when a person submits an invoice for a wig grant; the options available to a supplier where a supplier has not received payment from the HSE in a reasonable timeframe and is not receiving a response from an address (details supplied). [63278/25]

2025-11-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1948 of 4 November 2025, if she will ensure the issuance of a reminder to practitioners of the terms of the scheme and ensure that women who have been wrongfully charged for services are, insofar as possible, made aware of this and reimbursed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63678/25]

2025-11-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when a medical product (details supplied) will be available for reimbursement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63710/25]

2025-11-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the plans regarding special leave with pay for Covid-19; and the number of people who will lose this payment at the end of the year and transition to the public sector sick leave scheme. [62413/25]

2025-11-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to maintain special leave with pay for healthcare workers injured on the frontline during the pandemic; if not, if she still plans to end this arrangement at the end of 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61672/25]

2025-11-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for cataract surgery at University Hospital Waterford, by time band, in tabular form. [61911/25]

2025-11-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for hernia surgery at University Hospital Waterford, by timeframe, in tabular form. [61912/25]

2025-11-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of pain management as they wait for procedures at University Hospital Waterford, by the specialty on procedural waiting lists, in tabular form. [61913/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current circular which governs eligibility for the allowance for advanced paramedics; the details of this circular and eligibility conditions; the details of all circulars which have governed this allowance; and the difference between them for eligibility. [58183/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to HSE HR Circular 011/2009 of 30 March 2009, the step-down process, and the criteria of same, which are in place today. [58186/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there is GP discretion in charging a fee for an initial consultation for an expectant mother to apply for the maternity and infant care scheme; if a GP is obliged under the terms of the scheme to provide such an appointment under the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59328/25]

2025-11-03

LOBBY

Drury Health

Request for meeting to discuss the role of insourcing in reducing waiting lists in the health service.

2025-10-28

LOBBY

Age Action Health

Failures in care of older people in long term residential care

2025-10-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE issued a formal S53 Notice to the LDA regarding the Baggot Street Hospital Site in Dublin; if any relevant State bodies formally declined in writing or in any other way to take the property for housing; if there is a public record by way of emails, minutes, memos, written or electronic correspondence of discussions between the HSE, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the LDA on this site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57579/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of all measures contained in new funding in Budget 2026, in tabular form. [56607/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total existing levels of service provision in Budget 2026. [56608/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of expansion of services funding in Budget 2026 by subhead, separating existing levels of service funding from new measures funding, in tabular form. [56609/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the detail of all new measures of funding in Budget 2026, broken down by line item, excluding any existing levels of service funding. [56610/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the Nayagam risk assessment and review; if she will commit to its full publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56613/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels at the neurosurgery department at Beaumont Hospital, by grade; the current vacancies which exist in this service, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57006/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current number of patients awaiting neurosurgery at the neurosurgery department at Beaumont Hospital; the types of surgeries being awaited and the number of patients that are awaiting these individual surgeries; the current wait times for patients to receive neurosurgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57007/25]

2025-10-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the components of the remuneration packages which are given to senior public servants at the National Ambulance Service (details supplied). [55630/25]

2025-10-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of expenditure on services from the association of ambulance chief executives, by the National Ambulance Service and the HSE, for 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [54975/25]

2025-10-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people who are in receipt of the allowance for advanced paramedics, broken down by grades director, assistant director, other senior management and other grades, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55280/25]

2025-10-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people who are in receipt of the allowance for advanced paramedics but who are not practicing advanced paramedics, broken down by grades director, assistant director, other senior management, and other grades, in tabular form. [55281/25]

2025-10-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have sought but not received the allowance for advance paramedics to date in 2025 [55282/25]

2025-10-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will consider an independent public inquiry into scandals at Children’s Health Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52528/25]

2025-10-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she is confident that sufficient capital funding has been provided for in the national development plan to deliver elective centres, 3,000 additional acute inpatient beds, digital transformation, and the entirety of health infrastructure commitments made by the Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52529/25]

2025-10-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the handover date for the new children’s hospital; if there is a compliant programme of works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52531/25]

2025-10-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her intentions regarding the provision of comprehensive endometriosis services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52532/25]

2025-10-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps she will take to reduce premature mortality among men; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52533/25]

2025-10-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she has ensured a permanent solution to the helicopter emergency medical services crewing model safety concerns raised by paramedics who resigned from the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52534/25]

2025-10-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she will extend public immunisation schemes to provide free RSV and shingles cover; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52530/25]

2025-10-01

LOBBY

Childhood Cancer Foundation Health

To ask TDs to submit a parliamentary question on the lack of paediatric bone marrow transplant currently available in Ireland

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of assessments of need conducted from 2023 to date in 2025, for each local health area or community healthcare network, in tabular form; the number conducted in the first nine months of each year; and the number and percentage of assessments in each year provided publicly, privately, and the number insourced. [52585/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons overdue for assessment of need at the end of September in each year 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and the number for each local health area or community healthcare network or children’s disability network team. [52586/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost due to delayed transfer of care, for each location, to end of September for each of the years 2023 to 2025, in tabular form [52519/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of extreme and major incidents reported to the national quality and patient safety directorate in the first nine months of each year 2023 to 2025, by location, in tabular form; and the percentage of category one incidents out of the total number of incidents reported. [52520/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the weighted average wait time for persons first access to outpatient departments as of 30 September for each year from 2023 to 2025, in tabular form. [52521/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the weighted average wait time for persons for an elective procedure as of 30 September for each year from 2023 to 2025, in tabular form. [52522/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting more than four weeks for access to an urgent colonoscopy as of 30 September for each year 2023 to 2025, in tabular form. [52523/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the rate of new cases of hospital acquired infections, by infection type, by location, as of 30 September for each year 2023 to 2025, in tabular form [52524/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the rate of medication incidents as reported to NIMS by 1,000 beds, by location, as of 30 September, for each year 2023 to 2025, in tabular form [52525/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of each patient safety review commissioned regarding Portiuncula Hospital maternity and neonatal services, in tabular form; the responsible person for each review; and the completion date of each review or timeline for completion, where not completed. [52526/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists, by community healthcare network and length of wait at the end of quarter 3 for each year 2023 to 2025, in tabular form. [52543/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of quarter three for each year 2022 to 2025, in tabular form [52544/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of quarter three for each year 2023 to 2025, by LHO, in tabular form; the number of dentists who submitted claims; and the total number of claims in the first half of each year. [52545/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of quarter three for each year 2023 to 2025, by standard waiting times, and by area, in tabular form. [52546/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of special care patients, adult and children, who are on dental surgery waiting lists according to data held by local offices at the end of quarter three for each year 2013 to 2025, by waiting time band and by local health office, in tabular form; the number on waiting lists for dental surgery under general anaesthesia; and the median waiting time for each. [52547/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on agency staffing by each statutory and section 38 hospital from 2021 to date in 2025; the total figure in each year and the figure for the first 9 months of each year, in tabular form. [52568/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on insourcing by each statutory and section 38 hospital from 2021 to date in 2025; the total figure in each year and the figure for the first 9 months of each year, in tabular form. [52569/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend on insourcing from 2021 to date in 2025, by service provider, in tabular form. [52570/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of medical negligence litigation against the HSE and her Department from 2014 to date in 2025; to include awards made in the courts; settlements made out of court to resolve disputes, and legal costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52571/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health acute inpatient units in 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [52597/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the median wait time for screening or assessment by counselling in primary care services in 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025. [52598/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department presentations and admissions in the first nine months of each year 2019 to 2025, by hospital, in tabular form; and the percentage and number of those admitted within six hours, nine hours, and 24 hours [52602/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department presentations who left before been admitted or discharged in the first nine months of each year 2019 to 2025, by hospital, in tabular form. [52603/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status one ECHO incidents responded to within 19 minutes in the first nine months of each year 2019 to 2025, by region, in tabular form. [52604/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status one DELTA incidents responded to within 19 minutes in the first nine months of each year 2019 to 2025, by region, in tabular form. [52605/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance response time to all incidents in the first nine months of each year 2019 to 2025, by region, in tabular form. [52606/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of symptomatic breast cancer attendances in 2024 and to date in 2025 whose referrals were triaged as urgent and which did not adhere to the national standard of 2 weeks for urgent referrals. [52607/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of lung cancer rapid access clinic attendances in 2024 and to date in 2025 who were offered an appointment within ten working days. [52608/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of prostate cancer rapid access clinic attendances in 2024 and to date in 2025 who were offered an appointment within 20 working days. [52609/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients undergoing radical radiotherapy treatment who commenced treatment within 15 working days of being deemed ready to treat, by location, for the period 2024 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [52610/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of new patients attending rapid access breast, lung and prostate clinics within recommended timeframes for 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [52611/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department, for all patients nationwide for the first nine months of each year 2023 to 2025, for each location, in tabular form; and the average for all patients and for patients aged 75 or older. [52612/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for the first nine months of each year 2022 to 2025, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form [52613/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care for the first nine months of each year 2023 to 2025, by each location, in tabular form; the number of delayed discharges and the number as a percentage of all discharges; and the number of bed days lost and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period. [52614/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for the first nine months of each year 2023 to 2025, in tabular form; the national average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52615/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of days on which full capacity protocols were active for each statutory and section 38 hospital for the first nine months of each year 2023 to 2025, in tabular form. [52616/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for the first nine months of each year 2023 to 2025, in tabular form. [52617/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities for the first nine months of each year 2023 to 2025, in tabular form. [52618/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews who are ready and mobile to receive another call within 20 minutes of patient handover for each emergency department, and each hospital for the first nine months of each year 2023 to 2025, in tabular form. [52619/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, at the end of the first nine months of each year 2023 to 2025, by length of wait and by age, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52620/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for a carer at the end of the first nine months of each year 2023 to 2025, by length of wait, in tabular form; and the number of persons who are receiving less than their full allocation of home support hours. [52621/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the HIQA review of Midwest urgent and emergency care. [49584/25]

2025-09-22

LOBBY

Epilepsy Ireland 2 returns Health

Seeking Deputies submit parliamentary questions on the status of epilepsy services in their local hospitals.
Seeking Deputies submit parliamentary questions related to Ireland's Neurosurgery service

2025-09-21

LOBBY

Vulcan Consulting Limited Health

Rare Disease Policy in Ireland

2025-09-21

LOBBY

Irish Medical Organisation Health

Mental Health Bill

2025-09-21

LOBBY

Affordable Medicines Ireland Company CLG Health

Representation to the Dept. of Health and public representatives on EU Pharmaceutical package.

2025-09-20

LOBBY

Rare Diseases Ireland Health

Request to prioritise rare diseases for discussion at Health Committee meetings

2025-09-20

LOBBY

National Infertility Support and Information Group Health

NISIG emailed members of the Oireachtas our 2026 pre-budget submission. Key asks in the pre-budget submission included funding our NISIG Helpline, a request for a wider and more sufficiently funded public funded IVF scheme. Also, that eligibility and criteria be broad, equitable, inclusive and reflective of those who seek infertility treatment. Also, that donor conception must be ready to roll out in conjunction with the establishment of the new Regulatory Authority

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Chime Health

To advocate for a National Hearing Care Plan

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Transgender Equality Network Ireland 2 returns Justice and Equality

TENI advocates for equal rights and access to healthcare for trans people.
TENI advocates for equal rights and access to healthcare for trans people.

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Health

Engagement with Oireachtas members on health policy issues

2025-09-19

LOBBY

LGBT Support and Advocacy Network Ireland CLG 2 returns HealthJustice and Equality

Joint LGBTQ+ Parenting Alliance Submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health regarding the Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Amendment Bill 2025
A meeting to discuss trans healthcare, incitement to hatred legislation, and LGBTQ+ community engagement as part of a delegation of representatives from LGBTQ+ organisations.

2025-09-19

LOBBY

ALLIANCE OF MEDICINES FOR IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE Health

Correspondence to David Cullinane TD regarding the implications of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Irish Cancer Society 7 returns HealthPublic Expenditure and Reform

Cancer-related capital programmes
Cancer-related capital programmes
Cancer care pathway
Colonoscopy services
Radiation therapy services
Oireachtas Cross-Party Group on Cancer
Nicotine products

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association 2 returns Health

Future Framework Agreement - issues concerning timely reimbursement of medicines in Ireland.
Future Framework Agreement - issues concerning timely reimbursement of medicines in Ireland.

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Stratagem (NI) Ltd Health

Provision of audiology services and eye care services

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - IACP Health

IACP Pre-Budget Submission 2026

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Vape Business Ireland Health

Regulation of vaping

2025-09-19

LOBBY

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Ireland) DAC Health

Sharing a Proposal for an Early Access Programme for Innovative Oncology Medicines Budget 2026

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Outhouse CLG Health

Healthcare for Trans People

2025-09-19

LOBBY

GSK Health

Vaccination policy

2025-09-19

LOBBY

The Wheel Community

The Wheel hosted launch event for our Pre-Budget Submission 2026. It comprised a panel discussion with speakers from community and voluntary organisations and an overview of The Wheel's priorities for Budget 2026. We invited Ministers, TDs and Senators from the most relevant departments and joint Oireachtas committees and several attended in person.

2025-09-19

LOBBY

National Youth Council of Ireland Health

National Drugs Strategy

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Mental Health Reform Health

PBS Campaign

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Drury Health

Request for meetings with DPOs to discuss the role of insourcing in reducing waiting lists in the health service

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Neurological Alliance of Ireland Health

Call for Investment in Budget 2026 to begin to implement the commitments to the development of neurorehabilitation services within the current Programme for Government

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Pinnacle Public Affairs Ltd 2 returns Health

To engage with key stakeholders on funding for oral health prevention schemes in Budget 2026
Cardiovascular Health Policy in Ireland and the EU

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Padraig McKeon Health

Organising a briefing in Leinster House on June 18, 2025 for Oireachtas members on behalf of 221+ Patient Support Group outlining requests for continued support for those impacted by the past missteps of CervicalCheck

2025-09-18

LOBBY

Mental Health Reform 3 returns Health

The Mental Health Bill
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: MHR submission and Presentation on observations on the Mental Health Bill
Mental Health Bill 2024 & mental health party political view points

2025-09-18

LOBBY

Pender & Associates Ltd 2 returns Health

Pre-Budget 2026 engagement relating to the needs of oral healthcare
Engagement on dental policy

2025-09-18

LOBBY

Hanover Media Strategy Limited 2 returns Health

Meeting request to discuss protection for over 65s in winter flu season
IBD treatment in Ireland

2025-09-18

LOBBY

221+ Patient Suport Group Health

Update to members of Oireachtas on 221+ work

2025-09-18

LOBBY

RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) Health

Advocacy for recognition of physician associates

2025-09-18

LOBBY

Multiple Sclerosis Ireland 2 returns Health

MS Ireland launched Pre-Budget submission
Courtesy communications sent to members

2025-09-18

LOBBY

National Women's Council of Ireland Health

Improvements to Abortion Provisions

2025-09-18

LOBBY

Home and Community Care Ireland Health

Engagement with Oireachtas Members on home care issues

2025-09-18

LOBBY

The Asthma Society of Ireland 2 returns Health

Submitting PQs
Pre-Budget briefings

2025-09-17

LOBBY

Spinal Injuries Ireland Health

Disability Allowance withdrawn because household income is too high

2025-09-17

LOBBY

BeLonG To Youth Services Ltd. Children and Youth Affairs

A meeting to discuss trans healthcare, incitement to hatred legislation, and LGBTQ+ community engagement as part of a delegation of representatives from LGBTQ+ organisations.

2025-09-17

LOBBY

Genseq diagnostics Ltd 2 returns Health

Conducted an Oireachtas briefing session
Inclusion of commercial laboratory operators in Public Information Notices

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the expert group on the next suicide reduction strategy will consider the matter of mental health emergency departments or emergency rooms; if the group will consider wider sets of proposals from the public and bereaved families known as Adam's Protocols; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48687/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of appointments offered and children seen following the audit into pelvic osteotomies at Children's Health Ireland; whether any surgeries have been determined as unnecessary; whether any effort has been made to determine whether any surgeries were necessary or unnecessary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49001/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of a review (details supplied); the dates on which interim reports were or are due; the timeframe for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49002/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to list all of the handover dates for the new children’s hospital, in chronological order, from the original target date, in tabular form. [49003/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to confirm if the consultant working in a clinic (details supplied) has retired; if the vacancy has been filled; if children waiting to be seen need to be seen by a consultant; if a vacancy is causing delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49024/25]

2025-09-16

LOBBY

ARI Health

ARI policy recommendations as included in the pre-budget submission to the Department of Health, including medical card, Dental Treatment Scheme, prescription charges, shingles vaccination, cancer screening, hospital waiting times, homecare. Whole of government strategies for positive aging, combatting ageism and establishment of an Independent Commissioner for Ageing and Older People.

2025-09-16

LOBBY

Irish Association of Social Workers Health

Opening Statement by the Irish Association of Social Workers (IASW) to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health

2025-09-16

LOBBY

Healthy Homes Ireland Housing

To secure meetings and engage with elected/ designated officials in order to communicate the findings of Healthy Homes Ireland's report; 'Our place: Towards Healthier Greener Homes'.

2025-09-16

LOBBY

Merchants QuayIreland Ltd Community

Proposals re drug treatment, homelessness, mental health and related matters

2025-09-15

LOBBY

Rosetta Care Ltd Health

Increased funding supports to independent nursing home operators, legislative changes review, budget submission

2025-09-15

LOBBY

Dexcom Health

Diabetes Policy in Ireland

2025-09-12

LOBBY

Creative Retail Distribution Limited Taxation

Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug

2025-09-12

LOBBY

Respect Vapers Health

Seek meeting with the Deputy to inform him of the negative impact of banning favours.

2025-09-12

LOBBY

Kathleen O'Meara Public Affairs Consultant Health

Lobbying by the Irish Lung Fibrosis Association for the establishment of a Clinical Care Programme for patients with lung fibrosis and the additional services needed.

2025-09-11

LOBBY

Inclusion Ireland Budgetary matters

We contacted Deputies Ó Murchú, O'Reilly, O'Rourke, Doherty, and Cullinane, in their respective capacities as Sinn Féin's disability, social protection, finance, education, and health spokespeople, to invite them to a briefing of Inclusion Ireland's Pre-Budget Submission's priorities, along with a fully copy of the document for their consideration.

2025-09-11

LOBBY

Endometriosis Association of Ireland Health

National Endometriosis framework

2025-09-11

LOBBY

The Psychological Society of Ireland 2 returns Health

Communication with David Cullinane TD on Statutory Regulation of Psychology and PSI Concerns about Public Safety and Unregulated Practice
Email sent to opposition party TDs circulating the PSI’s Press Release advocating for a Shared Governance Leadership Model in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

2025-09-09

LOBBY

Alcohol Action Ireland Health

Costs of alcohol harm

2025-09-09

LOBBY

Parkinson's Ireland Health

Wrote to the representative to advocate for our pre-budget requests to be included in their parties alternative budget.

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she will bring proposals to cabinet regarding a vaccine damage scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44605/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether she has considered routine CA-125 testing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44638/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the upgrade of the emergency department of Galway university hospital; when the project will move to the next stage; the estimated cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44640/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of public ophthalmologists available for children across the south east, south, and south-west, WTE and headcount, by catchment area, in each year 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [44667/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of ophthalmologist vacancies in the south east; and her plans to fill them. [44668/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there is a method for accessing ophthalmology care for children on waiting lists in cases where there is no ophthalmologist currently employed. [44669/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans regarding special leave with pay for Covid19 after 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44680/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason allogeneic transplant for paediatric cancer patients is not currently available at CHI at Crumlin, under the National Children’s Cancer Service; when this service will be restored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44688/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure return to full capacity of deep brain stimulation for people with Parkinson's in the south-east both in terms of staffing and access to theatre; when recruitment into necessary posts will be completed; the number of WTE required, by grade; if any additional posts are required to be sanctioned above existing approved staffing limits; whether robotic equipment will be deployed to improve efficiency of the procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44718/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to invest in step-down capacity, as distinct from nursing homes, in the south-east for people under 65 as a transitional care option. [44719/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the extension of the accident and emergency department for Portlaoise Hospital; if recruitment has begun for additional staffing needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44741/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists in Laois who will now take on new clients under the dental treatment service scheme; and the list of practices that do so. [44742/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her views on the inclusion of doctors in the prehospital crewing model of the Helicopter Emergency Medical Services in Ireland; if there have been any studies or pilots conducted to examine the matter, or if any are ongoing; the details of such studies or pilots, including methodology and parameters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44861/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of people using omnipod insulin pumps in each county from 2020 to 2025, inclusive. [44945/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the rollout of omnipod insulin pumps across HSE services. [44946/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether she has considered alternative pathways for professional recognition for section 91 applicants with CORU registration boards where an employer does not provide adequate evidence for the applicant, or where an employer does not engage with the process, but the applicant can otherwise demonstrate their employment and professional credentials; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44999/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on agency staffing in each region, by service division in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [45222/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1108 of 13 May and No. 217 of 9 July 2025, the total number of adults and the total number of children on these waiting lists, clarifying the total number for each and by the location at which they are waiting, in tabular form; the underlying data which was used to determine the average wait times in Parliamentary Question No. 1108, including the total number of patients waiting and the time bands within which they are waiting. [45310/25]

2025-09-05

LOBBY

Diabetes Ireland Health

To seek sustained investment in supporting people living with diabetes and promote a more strategic approach to addressing long term improvements making huge government cost savings, increase Oireachtas members awareness about the scale and severity of diabetes and its impact on society and to work together to seek ongoing government commitment to a long-term innovative strategic framework for managing diabetes with committed annual funding.

2025-09-03

LOBBY

BioMarin International Limited Health

Rare disease policy in Ireland and the EU

2025-09-02

LOBBY

Sensational Kids CLG Health

Emails to seek support for funding to complete the construction of the National Child Development Centre

2025-09-01

LOBBY

Acquired Brain Injury Ireland Health

Implementation of the neuro-rehabilitation strategy/Implementation Framework

2025-09-01

LOBBY

Irish Lung Fibrosis Association Health

Kathleen O'Meara, Public Affairs Consultant and ILFA members made representations to John Lahart who supported the launch of the prospectus report in Leinster House AV Room on the 11th June 2025

2025-08-27

LOBBY

Health Research Charities Ireland Health

Support for the asks contained in the HRCI Position Paper 2025

2025-08-22

LOBBY

Polio Survivors Ireland 2 returns Health

Parliamentary Questions
Wrote to the Joint Committee on Health

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she has engaged with her counterpart in the North to explore the potential for maximising access to new medicines while ensuring value for money through joint arrangements, such as for gavinostat for which there is a pricing arrangement in the North, but not in this State, but a lack of capacity to issue the treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41088/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capital projects which are at appraisal stage, by region and service division, in tabular form; the year in which each business case was submitted; and the estimated funding requirement for the project. [41261/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of prosecutions brought under the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014 by section.. [43324/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her intentions regarding the regulation or banning of sunbeds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43325/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of engagements she had with the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation and the Minister for Finance regarding the revised National Development Plan; the dates of meetings; the subject discussed; the attendees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43354/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that €9.2 billion in capital funding will be sufficient to deliver the new maternity hospital, four elective hospitals, 3,000 hospital beds, and extensive digitalisation in addition to maintenance and minor projects; the basis on which €9.2 billion was chosen for health; the division of that €9.2 billion across programmes; how she intends to ensure equitable regional distribution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43355/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount that has been provided for elective hospitals as part of revised NDP allocations. [43757/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount provided for the acute inpatient bed plan as part of revised NDP allocations; and the total current and capital cost of the bed plan. [43758/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount provided for outstanding contractual commitments, by project, at July 2025 including the new children's and maternity hospitals as part of revised NDP allocations. [43759/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount provided for regulatory and patient safety standards including risk management, HIQA compliance, maintenance works, and equipment replacement as part of revised NDP allocations.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43760/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount provided for digital transformation as part of revised NDP allocations. [43761/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount provided for climate action as part of revised NDP allocations. [43762/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount provided for surgical hubs as part of revised NDP allocations. [43763/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount provided for upgrading trauma centres as part of revised NDP allocations. [43764/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount provided for major projects, by project, as part of revised NDP allocations. [43765/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she expects to receive the Nayagam review or an interim report; and when it will be published. [43845/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she expects to receive the urgent and emergency care review from HIQA; and when it will be published. [43846/25]

2025-07-29

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of screening laboratory inspections which have taken place since 1 January 2018, by individual laboratory, in tabular form; the location of each laboratory; the dates of each inspection; the details of each inspection report; and the current standard operating procedure for slide screening used by each of the currently contracted laboratories. [43933/25]

2025-07-29

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of visits, if any, by the HSE, National Screening Service, or her Department to any laboratory or parent company thereof, which is contracted for screening services, whether for clinical or corporate purposes; the number of participants, by role and organisation; the destination; the duration; the breakdown of costs; the services rendered by those laboratories which were visited, if any; and the number of slides processed, in tabular form. [43934/25]

2025-07-29

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current staffing complement of the National Cervical Screening Laboratory, by discipline and grade, in tabular form; and the required staffing to fully repatriate screening services. [43935/25]

2025-07-29

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current and planned processing capacity of the National Cervical Screening Laboratory for HPV testing and for cytological slide screening; and the cost to screen a sample in the NCSL. [43936/25]

2025-07-29

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current plan and timeline for scaling up domestic cervical screening through the National Cervical Screening Laboratory and other State laboratories. [43937/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current cost to screen a sample through cytology under the existing contracts; and the equivalent cost per slide in 2018. [43938/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a woman can request a review from CervicalCheck where they later develop cancer pursuant to Part 5 of the Patient Safety Act 2023. [43939/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if official guidelines have been issued or published regarding Part 5 reviews under the Patient Safety Act 2023. [43940/25]

2025-07-29

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there are any restrictions on which smears reported under the National Screening Programme can be reviewed under the terms of Part 5 of the Patient Safety Act 2023. [43941/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason her diaries have not been published for any dates since September 2022; and if she will publish the remaining diaries to date. [43980/25]

2025-07-29

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason her diaries from 2019, 2020 and 2021 held by her Department were lost due to a cyber-attack which impacted the Health Service Executive in May 2021. [43981/25]

2025-07-17

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of appointments offered and children seen following the audit into pelvic osteotomies at Children's Health Ireland; whether any surgeries have been determined as unnecessary; whether any effort has been made to determine whether any surgeries were necessary or unnecessary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40590/25]

2025-07-15

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people accessing products via the medical cannabis access programme, for each product, by condition, by year, in tabular form. [39582/25]

2025-07-15

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people accessing products under the ministerial licence for cannabis products, for each product, by condition, by year, in tabular form. [39583/25]

2025-07-15

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of all products which are, or were, available under the medical cannabis access programme, in tabular form; the year a product was added to the scheme; the year a product was removed from the scheme; the year a product became available in Ireland; whether any products which are on the scheme remain unavailable in the State; if so, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39584/25]

2025-07-15

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average processing time for access to medical cannabis products under the access programme and under Ministerial licence, in tabular form. [39585/25]

2025-07-15

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of equipment and machinery, such as for diagnostic scans, that have reached their end of life, across each statutory and section 38 hospital; the date at which the equipment reached end of life; the breakdown rate of these machines; the productive hours lost as a result of those breakdowns; the number of days where each machine was non-operational due to breakdown; the cost of maintenance to date per machine as a result of breakdowns and as a result of vendors not covering maintenance due to machinery being no longer under warranty, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39593/25]

2025-07-15

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health in relation to equipment and machine for diagnostic scans, the number and details of machines which are idle or underutilised due to staffing and the WTE requirement to ensure they are operational at full capacity, in tabular form. [39594/25]

2025-07-10

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total public funding allocated to companies (details supplied), broken down by year, by hospital, by other healthcare setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38465/25]

2025-07-10

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if it has been established if any former or current members of the HSE are employees, directors or shareholders of companies (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38466/25]

2025-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the risk assessment that was carried out when providing public funds to companies (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38467/25]

2025-07-10

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of health care procedures or appointments carried out by securing the services of companies (details supplied) broken down by year, by hospital or other healthcare setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38468/25]

2025-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of health care procedures or appointments carried out by securing the services of companies (details supplied) broken down by year, by hospital or other healthcare setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38468/25]

2025-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the likely premium cost associated with securing the services of companies (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38469/25]

2025-07-10

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the processes in place to mitigate any potential conflicts of interest when securing the services of companies (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38470/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of assessments of need conducted in each local health area or community healthcare network in 2023 and 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the number conducted in the first six months of each year; and the number and percentage of assessments in each year provided publicly, privately, and the number insourced. [38129/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people overdue for assessment of need at the end of June in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and the number for each local health area or community healthcare network or children’s disability network team. [38130/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress to date and timeline for implementing the recommendations of the review of radiation therapy, in tabular form. [37942/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the unit cost per fraction of treatment utilising a linear accelerator in the public system. [37943/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of units of treatment delivered utilising each linear accelerator which were delivered through core activity in each statutory and section 38 hospitals in 2024, in tabular form. [37944/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of units of treatment delivered utilising a linear accelerator which were delivered through insourcing in 2024, for each statutory and section 38 hospital, in tabular form. [37945/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of units of treatment delivered utilising a linear accelerator which were delivered through outsourcing in 2024, for each provider, in tabular form; and the details of total payments made to each provider for that period for such services. [37946/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of radiation therapists which are on panels awaiting a job offer, in tabular form. [37947/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if her Department will fund a PET scanner for Letterkenny; and whether there is any service agreement with Altnagelvin Hospital for such services to avoid patients travelling long distances to Dublin or Galway. [37948/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to future proof nicotine product legislation and regulation in forthcoming legislation on such products to ensure that amendment bills are not required each time industry creates a novel product; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37949/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all reports, reviews, and other publications containing policy measures or recommendations which were published by the Minister for Health or her Department since 2015, in tabular form; if she will provide a link for each publication [37950/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of Saturday activity occurring due to insourcing arrangements across each specialty for each statutory and section 38 hospital, by health region, in 2024 and to date in 2025. [37954/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of Saturday activity occurring due to the public-only consultant contract across each specialty for each statutory and section 38 hospital, by health region, in 2024 and to date in 2025. [37955/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether she will conduct a retrospective audit to discern the level of harm which has occurred due to vaginal mesh implants before considering the lifting of any pause on the use of such products; and whether she will follow up with individuals who have previously received mesh implants to check on their clinical wellness as part of such an audit to inform any decision on the future use of such implants. [37969/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that all alternative options to vaginal mesh implants are available, such as tissue slings, before considering the recommencement of mesh implant services; and if she will ensure that processes to achieve full informed consent, including awareness of the level of harm which has occurred, will be in place ahead of any recommencement of mesh implant services. [37970/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the rate of persons who have received mesh implants who have reported suffering harm as a result of such implants as a proportion of all those who have received mesh implants for the period 2010 to 2018 ; and whether she has sought such information to inform decision-making on the future use of mesh implants. [37971/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the data sought and collected to inform decision making on the future use of mesh implants. [37972/25]

2025-07-09

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of alternative surgeries or other interventions conducted as an alternative to mesh implants during the period 2010 to 2018 until the pause, and during the period 2018 since the pause to date, in tabular form. [37973/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the range of services available to mesh-injured persons; the reason full removal services are not available in the State; and whether her Department will fund access to treatment abroad for mesh-injured persons. [37974/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the report of the national vaginal mesh implant oversight group; the reason no mesh-injured persons have been included in the process of compiling the report; and the engagement the group has had with mesh-injured persons since inception, by year, in tabular form. [37975/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and details of international clinical quality registries, quality improvement registries, or quality assessment registries, or any other similar registries which provide for comparisons of standard and quality of care and outcomes, in which the HSE requires hospital participation, in tabular form. [38026/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and details of international clinical quality registries, quality improvement registries, or quality assessment registries, or any other similar registries which provide for comparisons of standard and quality of care and outcomes, in which each statutory and section-38 hospitals are participating, by hospital, in tabular form. [38027/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she considers that hospitals should have to participate in and report to her on their standing within international clinical quality registries, quality improvement registries, or quality assessment registries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38028/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the energy consumption of each statutory and section 38 acute hospital for each year in the period 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; the display energy certificate (DEC) number for each hospital; the total thermal energy consumption kWh/year; the electrical energy consumption kWh/year; the DEC rating for building and consumption in terms of kWh/m2/yr and DEC point scale; and the CO2 emissions emitted by the building in terms of kgCO2/m2/yr and DEC point scale. [38048/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department presentations and admissions in the first six months of each year from 2019 to 2025, by hospital, in tabular form; and of those admitted, the percentage and number admitted within six hours, nine hours, and 24 hours. [38109/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department presentations who left before they were admitted or discharged in the first six months of each year from 2019 to 2025, by hospital, in tabular form. [38110/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to within 19 minutes in the first six months of each year from 2019 to 2025, by region, in tabular form. [38111/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to within 19 minutes in the first six months of each year from 2019 to 2025, by region, in tabular form. [38112/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance response time to all incidents in the first six months of each year from 2019 to 2025, by region, in tabular form. [38113/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of symptomatic breast cancer attendances in 2024 and to date in 2025 whose referrals were triaged as urgent and which did not adhere to the national standard of two weeks for urgent referrals. [38114/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of lung cancer rapid-access clinic attendances in 2024 and to date in 2025 who were offered an appointment within ten working days. [38115/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of prostate cancer rapid access clinic attendances in 2024 and to date in 2025 who were offered an appointment within 20 working days. [38116/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients undergoing radical radiotherapy treatment who commenced treatment within 15 working days of being deemed ready to treat, by location, for the period 2024 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [38117/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of new patients attending rapid access breast, lung, and prostate clinics within recommended timeframes for 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [38118/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether and how the health service is measuring and comparing productivity of consultants during core activity hours in comparison to insourcing clinics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38135/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether it is her view as a matter of standard policy and governance that where a concern arises regarding a potential misuse of funds, that such a matter should be referred to An Garda Síochána or whether it is appropriate for a hospital to decide for itself that such a matter does not warrant a Garda investigation. [38136/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason a medication (details supplied) is administered in Letterkenny Hospital rather than in a community setting where its efficacy has been demonstrated through continued use for a patient, despite guidance from the manufacturer which states it is suitable for administration in the home; if she will consider a pilot scheme for community-based administration of medicines to provide access to care closer to home using such a medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38137/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on agency staffing by each statutory and section 38 hospital in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the total figure in each year and the figure for the first half of each year. [38138/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on insourcing by each statutory and section 38 hospital in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the total figure in each year; and the figure for the first half of each year. [38139/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend on agency staffing in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the amount paid to each provider for each year of the relevant period. [38140/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend on insourcing in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the amount paid to each provider for each year of the relevant period. [38141/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend on management consultancy and external professional services in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the amount paid to each provider for each year of the relevant period. [38142/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of medical negligence litigation against the HSE and her Department in each of the years 2014 to 2024 and to date in 2025, including awards made in the courts, settlements made out of court to resolve disputes, and legal costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38143/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of accepted referrals and re-referrals offered an appointment and seen within 12 weeks by general adult community mental health teams in 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025 by team and the total, in tabular form. [38144/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of accepted referrals and re-referrals offered an appointment and seen within 12 weeks by child and adolescent mental health teams in 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025 by team and the total, in tabular form. [38145/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health acute inpatient units in 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [38146/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the median wait time for screening or assessment by counselling in primary care services in 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025. [38147/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of children aged 24 months who received the MMR vaccine at year end 2023, 2024, and at the end of June 2025, in tabular form. [38148/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists by community healthcare network and length of wait at the end of quarter 2 of each year from 2023 to 2025, in tabular form. [38171/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of quarter 2 of 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [38172/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of quarter 2 for each year from 2023 to 2025 by local health office in tabular form; the number of dentists who submitted claims, and the total number of claims in the first half of each year. [38173/25]

2025-07-09

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of quarter 2 for each year from 2023 to 2025, broken down by standard waiting times, by area, in tabular form. [38174/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of special care patients including both adult and children, who are on dental surgery waiting lists according to data held by local health offices at the end of quarter 2 for each year from 2013 to 2025 in tabular form; the breakdown by waiting time band and by local health office; the number on waiting lists for dental surgery under general anaesthesia; and the median waiting time for each. [38175/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for the first 6 months of each year 2023-2025, inclusive, statewide and for each location in tabular form; and to include the average for all patients and for patients aged 75 or older. [38180/25]

2025-07-09

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Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for each quarter of each year 2022-2025, inclusive by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form. [38181/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care for the first six months of each year 2023-2025, inclusive, at each location, in tabular form; the number of delayed discharges and the number as a percentage of all discharges; the number of bed days lost and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period. [38182/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for the first 6 months of each year 2023-2025, inclusive, in tabular form; the national average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38183/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of days on which full capacity protocols were active for each statutory and section 38 hospital for the first 6 months of each year 2023-2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [38184/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for the first 6 months of each year 2023-2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [38185/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities for the first 6 months of each year 2023-2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [38186/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews who are ready and mobile to receive another call within 20 minutes of patient handover for each emergency department and each hospital the first 6 months of each year 2023-2025, inclusive in tabular form. [38187/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, at the end of the first 6 months of each year 2023-2025, inclusive in tabular form; the breakdown, by length of wait and by age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38188/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for a carer at the end of the first 6 months of each year 2023-2025, inclusive in tabular form, including the breakdown by length of wait. [38189/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people who are receiving less than their full allocation of home support hours at the end of the first 6 months of each year 2023-2025, inclusive. [38190/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of extreme and major incidents reported to the national quality and patient safety directorate in the first six months of each year 2023-2025, by location, in tabular form; and the percentage of category 1 incidents out of the total number of incidents reported. [38193/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the weighted average wait time for a person’s first access to outpatient departments at the end of June 2023-2025, in tabular form. [38194/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the weighted average wait time for people for an elective procedure at the end of June 2023-2025, in tabular form. [38195/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting more than four weeks for access to an urgent colonoscopy at the end of June 2023-2025, in tabular form. [38196/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the rate of new cases of hospital acquired infections, by infection type by location, at the end of June 2023-2025, in tabular form. [38197/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the rate of medication incidents as reported to the national incident management system per 1,000 beds, by location, at the end of June 2023-2025, in tabular form. [38198/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of acute hospitals that have not completed and published monthly hospital patient safety indicator reports for 2025 to date, in tabular form. [38199/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of maternity units or hospital which are not deemed to be in full implementation of the Irish maternity early-warning system. [38200/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of each patient safety review commissioned regarding Portiuncula Hospital maternity and neonatal services, in tabular form; the responsible person for each review; and the completion date of each review or timeline for completion where not completed. [38201/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who were not seen by a forensic clinical examiner within three hours of a request to a sexual assault treatment unit for a forensic clinical examination. [38202/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost due to delayed transfer of care for each location for the year to the end of June 2023-2025, in tabular form. [38208/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of children aged 24 months who received the complete course of six-in-one vaccine at year-end 2023, 2024, and at the end of June 2025, in tabular form. [38209/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of women in the eligible population who have had a complete mammogram at the end of June 2023-2025, in tabular form. [38210/25]

2025-07-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of women offered hospital admission for treatment in BreastCheck host hospital within three weeks of diagnosis of breast cancer at the end of June 2023-2025, in tabular form. [38211/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of eligible women with at least one satisfactory cervical screening test in a five year period at the end of June 2023-2025, in tabular form. [38212/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of children reaching 12 months within the reporting period who have had their 9–11 month public health nurse child health and development assessment on time or before reaching 12 months of age at the end of June 2023-2025, in tabular form. [38213/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of infants visited by a public health nurse within 72 hours of discharge from maternity services, for each year 2023-2025 to date, in tabular form. [38214/25]

2025-07-09

VOTE

Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages · 3 divisions

✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 86–69
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 67–86
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–86

2025-07-08

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will approve funding for the South East Technological University's health, pharmacy, veterinary and apprenticeship buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37403/25]

2025-07-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the new rare disease strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37134/25]

2025-07-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason the mini-TT 380 copper coil is not included in the free contraceptive scheme; if this coil has not been included as a reimbursable items due to a clinical concern or due to the lack of an application from the supplier or for another reason; if so the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37758/25]

2025-07-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will meet a group representing parents (details supplied) affected by the hip dysplasia scandal at Children’s Health Ireland; if she will issue a detailed response to their correspondence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37902/25]

2025-07-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people covered by medical cards in each year 2011 to 2025, in tabular form. [37931/25]

2025-07-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people covered by GP visit cards in each year 2011 to 2025, in tabular form. [37932/25]

2025-07-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure the use of the Crumlin Hospital site for key worker housing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37934/25]

2025-07-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of equipment and machinery, such as CT and MRI scanners and linear accelerator machines, which have reached their end of life, across each statutory and section 38 hospital, in tabular form; to be requested from each hospital as required; the date at which they reached end of life; the breakdown rate of these machines; the productive hours lost as a result of breakdowns; the number of days where each machine was non-operational due to breakdown; the cost of maintenance to date per machine as a result of breakdowns and as a result of vendors not covering maintenance due to machinery being no longer under warranty; the number and details of machines which are idle or underutilised due to staffing and the WTE requirement to ensure they are operational at full capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37935/25]

2025-07-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the main CT scanner for radiation oncology at St. Luke’s is within or beyond its end of life; if there is a concern whether this machine will not be operational if it is turned off, and as such if it is left turned on 24 hours a day; her plans for replacing all equipment at St. Luke’s which is beyond or nearing end of life; the budgetary requirements for same and the sanctioned budget for replacements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37936/25]

2025-07-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent and cost of radiation therapy outsourcing to private providers, by hospital, in tabular form; and the details of total payments to private providers per instance of service provided. [37937/25]

2025-07-08

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of approval for the SETU one health building; when the preliminary business case was received; when a decision will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37179/25]

2025-07-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1495 of 10 June 2025, the breakdown of weekly and weekend activity, by ordinary rostered hours compared to extra-contractual hours funded via NTPF or other insourcing funding streams, in tabular form. [36726/25]

2025-07-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of all acute hospital-related NTPF spending for the period 2020 to 2025, inclusive, by spending type by hospital, and by year, in tabular form. [36731/25]

2025-07-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details and dates of correspondence received from the HSE or Children’s Health Ireland regarding a report (details supplied); and if she will provide Dáil Éireann or the Committee on Health with a copy of the report. [35198/25]

2025-07-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of a report (details supplied); whether she has sought or received this report from Children’s Health Ireland; and if she will provide Dáil Éireann or the Committee on Health with a copy of the report. [35199/25]

2025-07-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the supports she has put in place for the hundreds of patients who were negatively impacted by the closure of a practice (details supplied); if she has ensured they will receive treatment; if she has ensured that they will receive repayment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35348/25]

2025-07-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of 1 million home support hours. [35355/25]

2025-07-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capital and current cost of 10 community nursing unit beds. [35356/25]

2025-07-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients receiving injections for macular degeneration at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital each month for the period January 2024 to end June 2025; the number waiting for an appointment for an injection, by wait timeband; the level of delay between appointments; if this is in line with optimal treatment practice; the level of resources sought or otherwise required to ensure that people receive their appointments on time and that clinics are properly staffed, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35557/25]

2025-07-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the drafting of underpinning legislation for the non-statutory inquiry into sodium valproate; when this is expected to be completed; and when the public-facing elements of the inquiry will commence. [35573/25]

2025-07-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will assess the current allocation of funds for aids and appliances for vision impairment; if she is aware of the inequity of the current arrangement whereby certain parts of the country are allocated no funding or extremely limited funding for said aids; if she will consider introducing a system where access to said aids is consistent regardless of geographic location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35600/25]

2025-07-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Government approval in September 2024 for Ireland to evacuate a number of sick children from Gaza for treatment and care, following an appeal from the World Health Organization to address the current health needs of people from Gaza, the number of children from Gaza received and treated to date in 2025; and the number which remain outstanding at this time, in tabular form. [35941/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps she has taken to ensure that Health Service Executive and National Treatment Purchase Fund spending on insourcing initiatives is transparent and accountable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34742/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps she has taken to improve governance and accountability at Children's Health Ireland, CHI; if she will publish the unpublished review of a department at CHI at Crumlin; the steps she has taken to address issues highlighted in that report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34743/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she will commence sections of the (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 to give effect to retrospective recognition of parentage for children who are already resident in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34748/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of workforce preparedness for opening the new children's hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34745/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the resourcing requirements and timeframe for 24/7 urgent and emergency cardiac care at University Hospital Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34746/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps she has taken to expedite regulation of psychologists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34744/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps she has taken to increase investment in public nursing homes and improve regulation of the nursing home sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34747/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the strategic review of general practice; the steps concluded thus far; the steps remaining; the timeline for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35073/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to the report of the expert taskforce to support the expansion of the role of pharmacy, the cost of a common conditions scheme; if her policy on this scheme has changed from her predecessor; if her Department has completed the work referred to in response to Parliamentary Question No. 366 of 10 July 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35074/25]

2025-06-25

LOBBY

Irish Platform for Patients' Organisations, Science and Industry Health

Implementation of the National Rare Disease Plan

2025-06-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 29 February 2024, and given the continuing prevalence of the large, colourful and attention-grabbing tobacco price lists used in shops to highlight certain tobacco products, if she will examine providing for such amendment in the Bill to further regulate nicotine inhaling products, which is currently being drafted; if not, if she will consider amending current regulations in order to assist with enforcement efforts regarding the use in certain retail outlets of these text only, large, colourful and attention-grabbing posters which are used to highlight certain tobacco products for sale; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34686/25]

2025-06-25

VOTE

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022

A bill to require pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment suppliers and their servants or agents, to declare payments, gifts, donations or other transfers of values provided to healthcare professionals or health care organisations on an annual basis.

✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 85–67

2025-06-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and details of reports, by report type, procured by Children’s Health Ireland from a company (details supplied) in the period 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and the substance or subject area to which the reports relate. [34003/25]

2025-06-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by each public hospital, including Section 38 organisations where it must be requested, on private ambulances in each of the years 2015 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [34328/25]

2025-06-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she expects to receive and to publish the review of urgent and emergency care in the midwest; the resources and WTE staff committed to the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34378/25]

2025-06-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of incidents referred to An Garda Síochána by the Health Information and Quality Authority relating to nursing homes, by incident type and by registered provider for each year 2015-2025, in tabular form. [34399/25]

2025-06-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures received by the Health Information and Quality Authority relating to nursing homes for each year 2015-2025; the action taken in each case; the time-lapse between receipt of disclosure and action taken in each case; the number which resulted in a referral to the Gardaí; and the number which resulted in prosecution, in tabular form. [34400/25]

2025-06-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of compliance notices issued by the Health Information and Quality Authority relating to nursing homes, for each nursing home, for each year 2015-2025, in tabular form. [34401/25]

2025-06-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of closure notices issued by the Health Information and Quality Authority relating to nursing homes, for each nursing home, for each year 2015-2025, in tabular form. [34402/25]

2025-06-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times restrictions were applied on the admission of new residents to nursing homes by the Health Information and Quality Authority, for each nursing home, for each year 2015-2025, in tabular form. [34403/25]

2025-06-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of prosecutions brought by the Health Information and Quality Authority relating to nursing homes, broken down by the relevant charges being prosecuted and the sections of Acts to which these relate, for each year 2015-2025, in tabular form. [34404/25]

2025-06-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 527, 528, 529, 530 and 531 of 12 June 2025, if she can confirm that she is not aware of the matters raised in these questions and that the lack of response from her directly can be assumed to mean that her attention was not drawn to the subject matter in question; if this is not the case, the reason why the questions were not answered; and if this is the case, the steps she has taken to rectify the matter. [34440/25]

2025-06-18

VOTE

Mental Health Bill 2024 · 3 divisions

A bill to provide for the admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres, of adult persons in certain circumstances and, for the involuntary admission of adult persons who meet the criteria for involuntary admission to such centres; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of adult persons to registered acute mental health centres; and, for those purposes, to provide for the establishment of mental health review boards; to provide for the care and treatment of adult persons in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to adult persons without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of adult persons who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the admission to and discharge from registered acute mental health centres of children on a voluntary basis and with parental consent; to provide for the involuntary admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres of children who meet the criteria for involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres by way of application to the District Court; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the treatment of children in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to children without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of children who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for applications to be made to court to provide for the entitlements of persons admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the continuation in being of the Mental Health Commission and the Inspector of Mental Health Services; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register of acute mental health centres, a register of community mental health centres and a register of community mental health services for such centres and services registered under and in accordance with this Act; to provide for the regulation of mental health services including registered acute mental health centres, registered community mental health centres and registered community mental health services; to provide for the monitoring and enforcement of compliance with the provisions of this Act by the Mental Health Commission; to repeal the Mental Health Act 2001 and certain other enactments; to provide for the amendment of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.

✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–82
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–86
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–86

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for confirmation that the legal instructions issued by her predecessor and contained in a letter titled ‘Directions from Minister of Health to the Executive under section 10 of the Health Act 2004’, which issued in January 2025, were carried out in full; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31837/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether she has received any update from the HSE Board on its response to the legal instructions that issued from her predecessor in January 2025, and were contained in a letter titled ‘Directions from Minister of Health to the Executive under section 10 of the Health Act 2004’; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31838/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of the 54 children who were waiting longer than four months for their paediatric spinal surgery at the end of December 2024 that were offered the opportunity to get their spinal surgery abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31839/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of children who have travelled abroad for spinal surgery since her appointment in January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31840/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of paediatric orthopaedic surgeons who carry out spinal procedures and are employed across CHI since 2020 to date, by year, by hospital and by total CHI number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31841/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of spinal surgeries performed by each orthopaedic surgeon who performs spinal surgery, to date this year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31842/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the total number of outpatient clinics across all areas of paediatric orthopaedics provided by each of paediatric spinal surgeon, to date this year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31843/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to confirm the total number of paediatric surgeries carried out in CHI to date this year versus the same period in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31844/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists working in primary care in Waterford; the number on leave; if cover has been provided (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31917/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if all public information notices are published and based on open competition to give all eligible competent suppliers, public and commercial, a transparent and fair opportunity to compete, in line with the standards set out in the National Public Procurement Framework, and the HSE’s own procurement commitments, including the principles of openness, transparency, value for money, and equal access for all competent suppliers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32065/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline all public laboratory capacity available in the State, broken down by location, laboratory type; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32066/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline all private laboratory capacity utilised by the HSE from 2010 to date broken down by year, by laboratory type, and by location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32067/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline all laboratory work carried out or utilised outside the state since 2010 broken down by year, by laboratory type, by cost and, by location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32068/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of diagnostic scan activity, public and private, since 2010, broken down by year, by public or private and, by location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32069/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of PET scans in public hospitals broken down by location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32070/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline all scopes carried out in public hospitals from 2010 to date, broken down by year, scope type, location and whether they were carried out on a weekday that is, Monday to Friday or weekend; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32071/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of elective only hospitals planned, the location for each, the most recent estimated cost of each, the stage each plan is at; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32072/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of completion dates offered to the NPHDB by the main contractor regarding the NCH, to outline each date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32073/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether an application for reimbursement has been received for a medicine (details supplied); the status of the application; if funding is available to make this medicine available to patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32416/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 25 May 2025, the number of deadlines set and missed. [32417/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims which were made to the CervicalCheck Tribunal, by year; the number of claims resolved positively by the tribunal; the number of claims rejected by the tribunal; the timeframe of the tribunal's work; the cost of the tribunal to date, by cost type, including awards made, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32424/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the operational status of the National Cervical Screening Laboratory; the timeframe from commencement to completion and opening; the cost of the development to date; the cost of operations to date; the full capacity staffing requirements for the laboratory and the unmet staffing need; the level of activity through the laboratory, by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32425/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer screening samples, by type, which have been processed domestically by public health services, domestically by private services, and which have been outsourced internationally, by location or service, in tabular form. [32426/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mechanisms by which the National Treatment Purchase Fund are accountable to the Minister and to the Oireachtas; if she intends to ensure that the National Treatment Purchase Fund is directly accountable to the Oireachtas and Oireachtas Committees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32437/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she was made aware of any reports which cited concerns regarding sub-optimal care for children with spina bifida at CHI Crumlin; if she will name the report; if she will ensure that the children are identified and parents notified of the findings of such a report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32580/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a CHI oncology risk assessment completed on 27 August 2021 identified concerns in the oncology general surgery service at CHI; the risk score outlined in the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32581/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if any insourcing agreement with the NTPF and urology clinics at CHI did not adhere to a memorandum of understanding as set out by the NTPF; the dates of the clinics and the number of patients seen at each clinic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32582/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she was provided with any reports which cited a toxic and siloed culture at CHI; the date she received such a report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32583/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the NTPF suspending all insourcing work with a public hospital since 11 April 2025; the name of the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32618/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the Access to Care fund from 2021 to date, broken down by year, by hospital, by amount allocated to each hospital, public and private each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31457/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants paid in bands (details supplied) on an annual basis from the access to care fund from 2021 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31458/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the work and remit of the HSE Access Programme team; the number of staff employed in the team, the total salary cost of the team since its inception, broken down by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31459/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a framework is in place regarding contractual and pricing agreements on funding programmes under the Access to Care funds; if she will publish any such frameworks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31460/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date and the mechanism by which she received a report from CHI into concerns regarding NTPF funding at CHI hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31461/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will outline plans to reduce dependency on insourcing and outsourcing care to reduce waiting lists; if a multi-annual plan exists to achieve same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31462/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps she has taken to manage conflicts of interest in relation to the insourcing of care at public hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31463/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps the CEO of the HSE has taken to manage conflicts of interest in relation to the insourcing of care at public hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31464/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she has identified any potential perverse incentives in relation to the insourcing and outsourcing of care to manage waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31465/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the head of the HSE has identified any potential perverse incentives in relation to the insourcing and outsourcing of care to manage waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31466/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline any meetings she has held with the CEO of the HSE, the CEO of CHI and the Secretary General of her Department on the HIQA report into the use of non-medical grade springs on children attending CHI hospitals, on the audit into osteotomies on children attending CHI and on any reports into the use of NTPF funding at CHI; the dates of the meetings and minutes arising from any such meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31467/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to any CHI oncology risk assessments carried out at CHI; if she is taking any action following these risk assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31472/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to of concerns regarding post surgical complications on children in oncology services at CHI; if she was made aware of instances of prolonged recoveries for children following complications; the numbers of children involved; if she is aware if the families of those children were notified of the reasons for the complications and prolonged recoveries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31473/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to paediatric oncology patients at CHI having a poor experience or being harmed, due to the inability of CHI to deliver international best practice standards of paediatric surgical oncology provision; if so, the action she has taken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31474/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a term called “orphan children” contained in any CHI report she has received; if she was identified the number of children this involves; if they are children with spina bifida; if these children were left without appropriate care; if she has asked CHI to notify the parents of these children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31475/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm whether a report into paediatric urology services in Ireland, with particular reference to spina bifida and neuropathic bladder, commonly known as the Dickson Report exists within CHI; if she has requested a copy; if she received a copy; if families of children referred to in the report have been notified of the contents of the report; if she will ensure families and advocates receive a copy of the report; if she will publish the report in the public interest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31476/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for a list of recognised asthma centres that specialise in severe asthma that have and do not have a leading Advanced Nurse Practitioner in post. [31588/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of ensuring an advanced nurse practitioner post at each recognised asthma centre that specialises in severe asthma. [31589/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at Sligo University Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [31590/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Wexford General Hospital in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [31591/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists, by grade, working at Portiuncula University Hospital in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [31592/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE occupational therapists currently working within CHO 6 older persons services in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [31593/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE social workers working in HSE adult safeguarding team in the north west region in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [31594/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE ambulances and incident response vehicles based in Kerry in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [31595/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurologist based at St. Vincent's University Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [31596/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychiatry of later life teams based within CHO 3 in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [31597/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants working in CHI not available to provide on-call hours since 2019, broken down by year, by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31001/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants working in public hospitals not available to provide on-call hours since 2019, broken down by year, by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31002/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the contingency plans in place at CHI hospitals in the event that a consultant is not in a position to provide on-call hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31003/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the contingency plans in place in public hospitals in the event a consultant is not in a position to provide on-call hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31004/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the options she is considering regarding the future board and governance arrangements at CHI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31005/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the cost of providing locum cover at CHI hospitals in the event consultants cannot provide on-call hours since 2019, broken down by year and by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31006/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of providing locum cover at all public hospitals in the event consultants cannot provide on-call hours since 2019, broken down by year and by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31007/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HR reports, investigations or reviews carried out at CHI hospitals into the use of NTPF-funded waiting list initiatives since 2019; to outline the date they commenced and were completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31008/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of companies used by CHI to provide consultant weekend cover and-or waiting list initiatives since 2019; to list the names of the companies and the funds provided to the companies, broken down by year and by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31009/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of companies used by public hospitals to provide consultant weekend cover and-or waiting list initiatives since 2015; to list the names of the companies and the funds provided to the companies, broken down by year and by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31010/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants at CHI hospital that are on paid leave since 2020; the longest length of time a consultant has been on paid leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31023/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the children mentioned in an article (details supplied) as orphan patients at CHI are in fact children with scoliosis and spina bifida; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31024/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on urology waiting lists at CHI since 2019; the length of time they are waiting in the following bands: 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-9 months, 9 months to a year, 1 year to 2 years and greater than 2 years, further broken down by month, by year and by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31025/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the governance and reporting arrangement regarding the NTPF; how it reports to the Minister; if the NTPF is accountable to the Oireachtas, including Oireachtas committees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31026/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend of all money by the NTPF since 2020, broken down by salaries, by insourcing and outsourcing of care and any other incurred expenditure, further broken down by year and by allocation to each hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31027/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of reviews, investigations, HR investigations or reports carried out by the NTPF into insourcing of care at public hospitals since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31028/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of reviews, investigations, HR investigations or reports carried out by the public hospitals into insourcing of care at public hospitals that the NTPF is aware of since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31029/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HR investigations carried out in relation to the work of consultants at CHI since 2019, broken down by year and by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31030/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reporting mechanisms in place at CHI in the event of a HR investigation, including reporting to the CEO, the Board, the Head of the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31031/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if an internal HR investigation carried out by CHI mentioned in an article (details supplied) was brought before the Board; when the Board was made aware of investigation; when the Board received a copy of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31032/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the Board of CHI first became aware of issues in relation to the carrying out of osteotomies at CHI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31033/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if non-consultant doctors were seeing children with suspected hip dysplasia since 2019; the role such doctors had; if non-consultant doctors at any point diagnosed children with hip dysplasia; if concerns were raised by consultants in relation to the use of non-consultant doctors regarding children with hip dysplasia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31034/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if four consultants at CHI raised concerns in 2020 in relation to the treatment of children with suspected hip dysplasia; if these concerns were raised with the then site CEO in Temple Street and the clinical director; if concerns were raised regarding a lack of supervision, non-adherence to guidelines, and issues involving screening; if such concerns were received in writing and minuted in meetings; the date and nature of such meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31035/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if any risk assessment was carried out in the oncology general surgery service at CHI since 2020 to date, if a high red risk was identified in any assessment carried out; the nature of the risk identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31120/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants working in the oncology general surgery service at CHI from 2020 to date, broken down by year and by hospital; if the lack of consultants in this service has been identified as a risk within the same time period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31121/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if surgeries carried out in the oncology general surgery service at CHI led to complications for children and prolonged recoveries due to dysfunctional relationships within the service; the number of children involved; if the parents of the children were notified of the reasoning behind the complications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31122/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if concerns have been identified within CHI between the general surgery and urology case mix; if this led to challenges within the service; to detail concerns identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31123/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if any reviews into postgraduate surgical training at CHI identified problems; if training was ever ceased or suspended in this area; if the Royal College of Surgeons made recommendations regarding a ceasing or suspension of training within the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31124/25]

2025-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical nurse specialists working in the urodynamics department at CHI Crumlin since 2019, broken down by year; if any issues have been identified within the department that led to nurses leaving their positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31125/25]

2025-06-11

VOTE

Mental Health Bill 2024 · 2 divisions

A bill to provide for the admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres, of adult persons in certain circumstances and, for the involuntary admission of adult persons who meet the criteria for involuntary admission to such centres; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of adult persons to registered acute mental health centres; and, for those purposes, to provide for the establishment of mental health review boards; to provide for the care and treatment of adult persons in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to adult persons without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of adult persons who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the admission to and discharge from registered acute mental health centres of children on a voluntary basis and with parental consent; to provide for the involuntary admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres of children who meet the criteria for involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres by way of application to the District Court; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the treatment of children in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to children without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of children who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for applications to be made to court to provide for the entitlements of persons admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the continuation in being of the Mental Health Commission and the Inspector of Mental Health Services; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register of acute mental health centres, a register of community mental health centres and a register of community mental health services for such centres and services registered under and in accordance with this Act; to provide for the regulation of mental health services including registered acute mental health centres, registered community mental health centres and registered community mental health services; to provide for the monitoring and enforcement of compliance with the provisions of this Act by the Mental Health Commission; to repeal the Mental Health Act 2001 and certain other enactments; to provide for the amendment of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.

✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–85
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–85

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount of money spent in 2022, 2023 and 2024 in public hospitals on hospital waiting list initiatives, broken down by year and by hospital, the number of consultants paid through such initiatives, if the money came from the NTPF or other sources; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29700/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of procedures carried out as a result of a blitz or insourcing of services at weekends as part of waiting lists initiatives in public hospitals in 2022, 2023 and 2024, broken down by hospital and by day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29701/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the process and criteria used by public hospitals in selecting consultants to carry out insourcing of care at weekends, blitzes, or other waiting list initiatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29702/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of a shortage of a skin cancer drug efudix through pharmacies; the action being taken by her Department in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29703/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the health Acts as passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas where sections of the Acts have not yet commenced since 2005, broken down by year, by Act, by section and a brief explanation as to the reason the section has not yet been commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29921/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of osteotomies carried out on children from 2010 to date, broken down by year and, by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29922/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of osteotomies carried out on children on a Saturday in Temple Street, Crumlin and Cappagh, from the years 2010 to date, broken down by the number of surgeries, by day and, by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29923/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital appointments including surgeries and procedures carried out in CHI hospitals on a Saturday from 2015 to date, broken down by appointment or procedure, by month and, by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29924/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total payment made to consultants for carrying out appointments, procedures or surgeries on weekends as part of waiting list initiatives at CHI from 2010 to date, broken down by year, by hospital and by amount earned, by consultants in each year in bands (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29925/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount of money earned by public consultants worrying at weekends on waiting list initiatives including ones funded by the NTPF from 2010 to date, broken down by year, by hospital, by speciality and by amounts earned in each year in bands (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29926/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total capital funding allocated to each Model 4 Hospital from 2011 to date, broken down by hospital, by each capital allocation amount, by year and the total allocation cumulatively over the time period covered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29927/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total money spent on in-sourcing of health care in public hospitals to reduce waiting lists from 2015 to date, broken down by year, by hospital, and whether the funding came from a hospital directly or from the NTPF; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29946/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total money spent on waiting list initiatives since 2015 broken down by year, by hospital and by funding source; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29947/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will outline all reports or correspondence she has received in relation to concerns about NTPF funding since she came into her post; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29948/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she has received a copy of an internal investigation into the use of NTFP funding at CHI as reported in a newspaper (details supplied); if she will publish the report, if she will ensure that the Oireachtas Committee on Health receives a copy, if not, the reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29949/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the current model of care in place for individuals with a dual diagnosis of mental illness and addiction; the number of individuals with a dual diagnosis who accessed integrated mental health and addiction services in the past year; the number of individuals who were not accepted for treatment by community mental health teams due to an active addiction, and vice versa by addiction services due to the presence of a mental illness; the availability of dedicated dual diagnosis teams in each CHO; the steps being taken to implement the commitments in Sharing the Vision and Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery in relation to dual diagnosis care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30669/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of 1 million addition home care hours. [28729/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of 10,000 dementia-specific home care hours. [28731/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to advise on a matter raised in correspondence in relation to a grant allowance (details supplied). [28749/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her views on comments made by an individual of note (details supplied) on using smaller hospitals to provide urgent mental health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28586/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of standardising under-8s eye care schemes at the highest level. [28651/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the training and net additional pay costs of increasing the percentage of advanced nurse practitioners to 2%, 3%, 4%, and 5% of the nursing workforce; and the number of nurses this corresponds to. [28653/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE counsellors with the national counselling service; the number of other grade posts required to support this expansion on a pro rata basis; and the cost of these posts. [28654/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of one hospital consultant. [28655/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost to increase recovery education funding by 10%. [28656/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of implementing the dual diagnosis model of care. [28657/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated all-in cost of full implementation of Sharing the Vision, by measure, in tabular form; the number of teams of each type required for the population; and the number of new teams required to meet this. [28658/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional cost of fully staffing all existing CAMHS teams; and the breakdown by staff grade and WTE. [28659/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of doubling paramedic training places; the number of places this would create; and the current number of places. [28660/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE public health nurses. [28661/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE clinical nurse specialists. [28662/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE advanced nurse practitioners. [28663/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE dental surgeons. [28664/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE dental nurses. [28665/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE psychologists. [28666/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a minor ailment scheme. [28667/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost to increase provision of adult safeguarding teams by 10%; and the number of WTE positions this would create. [28668/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost, capital and current, of implementing the acute bed capacity plan; the amount by year; the number of beds currently funded in existing NDP ceilings; the number of beds which will require new funding; and the amount. [28669/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost, capital and current, of implementing the digital health framework; the amount by year; the amount currently funded in existing NDP ceilings; and the amount of new funding required. [28670/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of one additional WTE senior staff nurse, per local and regional DATF. [28671/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing funding for patient advocacy by 10%. [28672/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of fully implementing the cancer strategy; and the amount allocated to the strategy to date. [28674/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of fully implementing the stroke strategy; and the amount allocated to the strategy to date. [28675/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of fully implementing the maternity strategy; and the amount allocated to the strategy to date. [28676/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing funding for dementia specific day care by 10%. [28677/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the existing funding for community sector older person services, by service type, excluding home support. [28678/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of returning funding for local and regional drug and alcohol taskforce to 2010 levels; and the cost to increase funding by 1% of these levels. [28679/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the existing provision and cost of residential recovery, medical detoxification, and related step-down capacity, in tabular form; and the cost to increase this by 10%. [28680/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost to waive assessment fees for addiction services. [28681/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of an additional community development worker in each DATF area. [28682/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of an additional family support worker in each DATF area. [28683/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the net additional cost to fully implement the safe staffing framework. [28684/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing clinical, counselling, and educational psychologist training posts by 10% and the number of posts this would create; and the cost of funding and paying counselling and educational psychologist trainees at the same level of trainee clinical psychologists. [28685/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the net cost of a 1% shift in favour of advanced nurse practitioners within the nursing workforce; the training cost; and the number of nurses this would relate to. [28686/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual expenditure on HIQA since 2020, in tabular form. [28687/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated net additional cost of providing two rounds of publicly funded IVF. [28688/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current budget provision for IVF. [28689/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding requirements for full implementation of the national cancer strategy. [28690/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the net additional cost of providing full emergency cardiac services at University Hospital Waterford. [28691/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing the new National Rare Disease strategy. [28692/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of implementing the new national adult palliative care policy. [28693/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of implementing the HSE Climate Action Strategy. [28694/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of fully funding the Traveller Health Action Plan. [28695/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of fully funding all existing national strategies and such policies, in tabular form; and the funding allocated to date for each strategy or policy, by year. [28696/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of 100 older person day service places. [28697/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated revenue and capital cost associated with the set-up of a new Jigsaw centre, in tabular form; and the whole-time equivalent staffing requirements. [28698/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of an additional community CAMHS team, CAMHS-ID team, and early intervention in psychosis team, in tabular form; and the WTE staffing required. [28699/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current and capital cost of ten eating disorder inpatient beds, in tabular form. [28700/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost, revenue and capital, and staffing requirements for implementing the eating disorder services model of care in full. [28701/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the full rollout of the self-harm and suicide reduction programme, by measure, in tabular form; and the cost of the full and appropriate provision of SCAN nurses at each emergency department and the number of existing and required nurses, by location. [28702/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of full implementation of the ADHD in Adult National Clinical Programme. [28703/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of funding two WTE consultant liaison psychiatrists, net of existing whole-time equivalents, in every emergency department (ED), in tabular form; and the number of existing WTE at each ED. [28704/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of full delivery of the all-island mother and baby perinatal mental health unit at St. Vincent’s Hospital. [28705/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual expenditure on the school dental screening programme; the number of children screened; the estimated number of children who are eligible for a screening who do not receive a screening; and the estimated expenditure should every eligible child receive a screening and the typical level of care provided on average. [28706/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of providing 1,000 publicly funded rounds of IVF. [28707/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing National Ambulance Service staffing by 10; the number of new posts this would create; and the unit cost, by grade. [28708/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the National Ambulance Service fleet by 10%; and the number of vehicles this would involve, by type. [28709/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the net additional cost of doubling the paramedic workforce on 2023 levels. [28710/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of implementing the National Ambulance Service’s strategic plan and workforce plan. [28711/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of fully implementing the neuro-rehabilitation implementation framework, by measure, in tabular form. [28712/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing the national stroke strategy in full. [28714/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on private community optometry services for children; the details of existing schemes; and the cost to standardise such schemes and payments across all health areas. [28715/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of 1,000 scans (MRI, CT, Ultrasound, PET, and any other), by scan type. [28716/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of delivering universal counselling in primary care; and the number of WTE counsellors required. [28717/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of community practicing therapists, by profession, for each grade and speciality. [28718/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of 100 NCHDs at each grade, in tabular form. [28719/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of 100 WTE public health nurses. [28720/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of 100 community practicing nurses, by grade, in tabular form. [28721/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing GP trainee places by 10%; and the number of places this would create. [28722/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing hospital intern, basic specialist, and higher specialist training places by 10%; and the number of places this would create, in tabular form. [28723/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing additional funding to rural GPs by 10%. [28724/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing staffing subsidies to GPs by 10%. [28725/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of ending pay disparities between section 39 organisations and the HSE. [28726/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing pharmacy fees by 10%; and the cost of reversing all FEMPI cuts to pharmacy fees. [28727/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of removing all private healthcare from public hospitals and substituting this income for hospitals with public money for public healthcare. [28728/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in revenue and capital cost of each type of care bed, including, but not limited to, short-stay community beds, long-stay residential care beds, acute inpatient beds, intensive care beds, CAMHS inpatient places, rehabilitation bed at the National Rehabilitation hospital, and social inclusion beds, and any other classification of bed used by the HSE, in tabular form. [28732/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of 100 virtual ward beds. [28733/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing funding for Healthy Ireland by 10%. [28734/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing funding for healthy-age-friendly homes by 10%. [28735/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a whole-time equivalent GP. [28736/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of a community-practicing nurse, for each grade and speciality. [28737/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of equalising medical card thresholds with GP card thresholds, in tabular form; and the number of people this would relate to in each category. [28738/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing medical card threshold to the median income, for each household type, in tabular form; and the number of newly eligible households this would create.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28739/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the medical card basic threshold by €5,000, €10,000, €15,000, €20,000, €25,000 and €30,000 per annum, in tabular form; and the estimated number of newly eligible people and households. [28740/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing medical card thresholds on par with GP visit card thresholds. [28741/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing injury unit charges to €50. [28742/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drug payment scheme threshold in increments of €5 to €0, in tabular form. [28743/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing prescription charges in increments of €0.50 to €0 for each cohort, in tabular form. [28744/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of removing hospital car parking charges; the revenue raised by each HSE and section 38 hospital, for each hospital, to be requested from each hospital individually and collated in a single response, in tabular form. [28745/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding the free contraception scheme to cover all women. [28746/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full list of schemes and options available for patients in the south to receive medical treatment in the North; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28751/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the full list of schemes and options available for patients in the North to receive medical treatment in the South; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28752/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of employees at University Hospital Waterford who are trained to conduct sign language; if hospitals are required to have this service; if this service is not available, the reason; when it will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28753/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a care home (details supplied) is covered under the terms of the latest pay agreement for section 39 workers. [28754/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of an inquiry into sodium valproate. [28755/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the cost of increasing new entrant undergraduate places for medicine, dental studies, nursing and midwifery, and all health and social care professions by 10%, providing the unit cost for each, the number of existing places for each, and the number of additional places for each, in tabular form [28614/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of year-one student enrolments in medical, dental, nursing, and health and social care professions, for each intake year for 2022-2024, in tabular form; the number of CAO places; and the cost of each place. [28615/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of student enrolments across all years in medical, dental, nursing, and health and social care professions, for each intake year for 2022-2024, in tabular form; the number of CAO places; and the cost of each place. [28616/25]

2025-05-28

VOTE

Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Fox Hunting) Bill 2025

A bill to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to ban the hunting of a fox or foxes; and to provide for related matters.

✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 113–49

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees on special leave with pay, by grade, in tabular form; her intentions regarding the scheme going forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26919/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on any form of long term sick leave, by grade, in tabular form. [26920/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the latest handover date for the new children's hospital; the completion date; the reason for the most recent delay in the timeline for handover; whether she has met with the development board on this matter; whether she has met with the contractor or a related party on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26921/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of each ongoing clinical investigation regarding maternity services at Portiuncula Hospital, in tabular form; the person(s) responsible; the subject of the investigation; the commencement date of the investigation; the completion date of the investigation; the current status of the investigation; whether she is concerned regarding the volume of ongoing investigations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26922/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of each ongoing investigation regarding patient safety incidents at Portiuncula Hospital; the department or service division to which the investigation relates; the person(s) responsible; the subject of the investigation; the commencement date of the investigation; the completion date of the investigation; and the current status of the investigation, in tabular form. [26923/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of each ongoing investigation regarding patient safety incidents in the west and north-west health area; the department or service division to which the investigation relates; the person(s) responsible; the subject of the investigation; the commencement date of the investigation; the completion date of the investigation; the current status of the investigation, by location, in tabular form. [26924/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of each ongoing investigation regarding patient safety incidents in each health area; the department or service division to which the investigation relates; the person(s) responsible; the subject of the investigation; the commencement date of the investigation; the completion date of the investigation; the current status of the investigation, by location, in tabular form. [26925/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current uptake and utilisation metrics of the HSE app; the total number of unique users; the total number of MyGovID users; the number of new unique users by month; the number of new MyGovID users by month; the key performance indicators for 2025; progress to date against these indicators; the planned expansions to the app in 2025; the expenditure on development, maintenance, and marketing of the app to date, by year; the budget for development, maintenance, and marketing in 2025; whether there will be integration with NAS, and if so, when; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26928/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average time from application to final decision for the nursing home support scheme; the number of applications made in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number of decisions made in 2024 and to date in 2025. [26931/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2061 of 29 April 2025, the status of each piece of required supporting legislation, guidelines, and relevant codes of practice; when each piece will be prepared and in place; when the act will be commenced; in particular, when statutory guidelines will be in place for the management, retention, and disposal of human tissues; if she is concerned that the lack of statutory guidelines means that, despite having passed the legislation, the Government is failing to deliver on its commitments to parents of children whose organs were sent abroad for incineration or otherwise mishandled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27000/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether she will establish standalone or emergency department adjacent urgent mental health care services; the number and details of any such existing facilities; if she has examined a potential model, such as the model which previously operated at St. Brendan's Hospital; if she accepts that often chaotic emergency departments are not an appropriate place for a person experiencing a mental health issue, such as a psychosis related episode or suicidal ideation, to be left waiting unattended and without immediate attention and care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27001/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress to date on recommendation 22 of Sharing the Vision to establish appropriate environments for emergency mental health services; the services established to date; the planned services; the details of emergency departments with and without such services; the details of those services for each emergency department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27003/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average turnaround time from application to registration for registration with CORU by profession, both in total and separated for domestic and international applications, for each year 2019-2025 to date, in tabular form. [27240/25]

2025-05-22

LOBBY

ShoutOut Community

Meeting with Sinn Féin officials on issues of importance for the LGBTQI+ community, notably trans healthcare and hate crime.

2025-05-21

LOBBY

Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association Health

Issues concerning the timely reimbursement of medicines in Ireland.

2025-05-21

LOBBY

Pfizer 2 returns Health

Ireland's medicine reimbursement system and funding for access to new medicines and vaccines
Expansion of the National Immunisation Programme to include RSV protection for infants and older adults

2025-05-21

LOBBY

Affordable Medicines Ireland Company CLG Health

Introducing Affordable Medicines Ireland and parallel importation of medicines and the role it plays in the supply chain for medicines in Ireland.

2025-05-21

LOBBY

The Psychological Society of Ireland 2 returns Health

Email circulating the PSI's Press Release on Calling for Suicide-Specific, Evidence-Informed Care in Next National Suicide Reduction Policy to opposition party spokespeople on health and mental health
Email circulating PSI's Press Release on Welcoming the Publication of the Sharing the Vision Implementation Plan 2025–2027 to opposition party spokespeople on health and mental health

2025-05-21

LOBBY

Irish Cancer Society 2 returns Health

Daffodil Day 2025
Cancer care pathway

2025-05-21

LOBBY

Rockwood Consulting ULC Health

Sought a discussion with the Deputy to discuss genetic testing in Ireland

2025-05-21

LOBBY

Irish Medical Organisation Health

Invitation to attend the IMO AGM 2025 educational sessions

2025-05-21

LOBBY

Fórsa trade union Health

Emails, letters, including letters to two Ministers, phone calls and an online meeting was organised with the aim of seeking more funding for the healthcare system, and to support unions in being consulted regarding the pay and numbers strategy in the Health Service Executive. There were discussions in relation to the then impending Pay & Numbers dispute including possible solutions with some TDs.

2025-05-21

LOBBY

GSK Health

Immunisation policy

2025-05-21

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the health service has contracted companies (details supplied), or otherwise engaged commercially with these companies for the provision of assessments of needs`. [26248/25]

2025-05-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of PET machines and PET/CT machines at University Hospital Waterford; the number of operational machines; and the throughput of each machine from 2022 to date in 2025. [26118/25]

2025-05-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of PET scans outsourced from University Hospital Waterford from 2022 to date in 2025, by outsourced provider whether private or public, in tabular form. [26119/25]

2025-05-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of PET scans outsourced from University Hospital Waterford to a hospital (details supplied), from 2022 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [26120/25]

2025-05-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether an application has been made and whether funding will be granted for a new PET machine in University Hospital Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26121/25]

2025-05-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of regulation of psychologists and the protection of the title psychologist; and the timeframe for registration. [26122/25]

2025-05-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of deadlines set and missed on the establishment of a register of psychologists with CORU. [26123/25]

2025-05-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she is concerned that psychologists are still not regulated with CORU, given the level of outsourcing to private psychologists. [26124/25]

2025-05-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the quality controls which are in place for the acceptance of assessments conducted by private psychologists for use in access to public services; and the metric by which certain psychologists are accepted and others are not. [26125/25]

2025-05-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assessments conducted by private psychologists, which were presented for access to public services, which were rejected on quality grounds. [26126/25]

2025-05-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that a company (details supplied) is claiming that they are CORU compliant; and whether such compliance exists. [26247/25]

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Vulcan Consulting Limited 2 returns Health

Rare Disease Policy
Rare Disease Policy in Ireland

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Alcohol Action Ireland 4 returns Health

Health information labelling of alcohol products
Alcohol advertising in sporting events
Zero alcohol product advertising
Alcohol policy development

2025-05-20

LOBBY

College of Psychiatrists of Ireland Health

Mental Health Bill 2024 and concerns re inability to provide treatment to all who will be involuntarily hospitalised due to current iteration.To provide descriptions using video recordings of people who had benefited from treatment under the current Mental Health Act explaining their illnesses and the necessary treatment provided in a timely manner.

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Healthy Homes Ireland Housing

To secure meetings and engage with elected/ designated officials in order to communicate the findings of Healthy Homes Ireland's report; 'Our place: Towards Healthier Greener Homes'.

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Psychiatric Nurses Association Health

As you are aware the HSE imposed an embargo on recruitment in November 2023 which remained in place until July 2024. Some services were exempt from the embargo, for example disability services and several departments in the general services. The PNA strongly urged the HSE to exempt mental health services from the embargo taking into consideration the magnitude of the staffing crisis in the services and the impact on patients, families, and the wider community.

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Outhouse CLG Health

Healthcare for Trans People

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Epilepsy Ireland 2 returns Health

Seeking that the deputy submit questions seeking information on the number of epilepsy surgeries performed at a hospital and the waiting times for the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit.
Seeking support for Epilepsy Ireland's campaign to have epilepsy added to the Chronic Disease Management Programme (CDMP)

2025-05-20

LOBBY

The Sunbed Association Health

Public policy and legislation concerning sunbeds in Ireland

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Home and Community Care Ireland Health

Meetings and briefings on general home care issues & HCCI updates

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Transgender Equality Network Ireland 2 returns Justice and Equality

TENI advocates for equal rights and access to healthcare for trans people.
TENI advocates for equal rights and access to healthcare for trans people.

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Irish Heart Foundation Health

Irish Heart Foundation blood and pulse level check in Leinster House

2025-05-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of community pharmacies that have signed up to the upcoming HRT programme proposed by her Department, by county of those who have done so. [25303/25]

2025-05-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if osteotomies conducted on children at locations other than Temple Street, Crumlin, and Cappagh hospitals will be considered in any further review of cases and surgical practice following the clinical audit at the aforementioned hospitals; if not, whether an audit will be conducted across other departments or hospitals to ascertain whether they should be included; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25816/25]

2025-05-19

LOBBY

Irish Heart Foundation Health

Tobacco and e-cigarette policy

2025-05-19

LOBBY

BioMarin International Limited Health

Rare disease policy in Ireland and the EU.

2025-05-19

LOBBY

ALLIANCE OF MEDICINES FOR IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE 2 returns Health

Correspondence to Deputy Cullinane regarding role of generic and biosimilar medicines in generating savings for the State.
Correspondence to relevant stakeholders regarding the implications of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.

2025-05-19

LOBBY

Nursing Homes Ireland 2 returns Health

NHI wrote to the Deputies and Senators regarding the urgent need for Government to honour its Programme for Government commitment to publish the NHSS (Fair Deal) Review of Pricing in early 2025.
NHI corresponded with TD's and Ministers as a follow up regarding the negotiations for the Programme for Government and requirement to ensure express commitments onpolicy on care of the older person.

2025-05-15

LOBBY

Rare Diseases Ireland Health

Re-launch All Party Group on Rare Diseases. Update on the need for a new National Strategy for Rare Diseases, including background data on rare diseases in Ireland and the challenges that people living with rare diseases face.

2025-05-15

LOBBY

Multiple Sclerosis Ireland Health

Reached out to former Health and Disability Committee members to invite to AV room briefing

2025-05-13

LOBBY

Polio Survivors Ireland Health

Emailed TDs

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to reduce children's orthopaedic waiting lists; when the independent clinical review of spinal services at Temple Street is likely to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24428/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she will introduce comprehensive adult safeguarding legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24429/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will fund a centre (details supplied) for the south-east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24147/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the development of a new gender identity services model of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24149/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of pharmacists participating in the free HRT scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24146/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she will publish terms of reference for the review of the physician associate grade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24150/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure safe staffing in the helicopter emergency medical service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24148/25]

2025-05-12

LOBBY

Irish Lung Fibrosis Association Health

Lobbying for a clinical care programme for patients living with a life limiting disease (in Ireland) 'pulmonary fibrosis' and the unmet needs of those patients.

2025-05-08

LOBBY

Children in Hospital Ireland Health

Meeting with regards to Children in Hospital Ireland's Pre-Budget Submission 2025

2025-05-08

LOBBY

Spinal Injuries Ireland Health

Disability Allowance withdrawn because household income is too high

2025-05-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she or any of her Department officials are aware of letters sent to parents in response to an audit into osteotomies or procedures carried out on children with hip dysplasia at CHI; her knowledge or that of her officials in her Department of the number of letters sent; the earliest year to which the letters relate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22557/25]

2025-05-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current number of referrals received to date by the supra-regional endometriosis clinics. [22646/25]

2025-05-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown for the number of referrals received to date by the supra-regional endometriosis clinics, by county. [22647/25]

2025-05-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of those awaiting an appointment at the supra-regional endometriosis clinics, by waiting time, in tabular form. [22648/25]

2025-05-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of those treated for endometriosis abroad under the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive from 2018 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [22649/25]

2025-05-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of those treated abroad for endometriosis with excision surgery under the Cross Border Healthcare Directive, from 2018 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [22650/25]

2025-05-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of the members of the women's health taskforce. [22651/25]

2025-05-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide a timeline on the publication of the endometriosis framework, and her views on the current delay in publication. [22652/25]

2025-05-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether younger-onset dementia is recognised within care standards as distinct to dementia in people over the age of 65; whether there is funding allocated specifically for age-appropriate dementia services for this cohort of people; if there are specific in-home and respite care supports for families where a person under 65 has dementia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22732/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she intends to index medical card income thresholds to annual social welfare increases to prevent the loss of medical card access for low-income individuals with disabilities. [21418/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for each March of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, nationwide and for each location, in tabular form; and the average for all patients and for patients aged 75 or older. [21510/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who were waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours for admission an emergency department for each March of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, nationwide and, by location, in tabular form; and the number and percentage for all patients and patients aged over 75. [21511/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen for each March of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, by hospital, in tabular form. [21512/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for Quarter 1 of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, nationwide and for each location, in tabular form; and the average for all patients and for patients aged 75 or older. [21513/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who were waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours for admission an emergency department for Quarter 1 of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, nationwide and, by location, in tabular form; and the number and percentage for all patients and patients aged over 75. [21514/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen for Quarter 1 of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, by hospital, in tabular form. [21515/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for each March of each year 2022-2024, inclusive by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form. [21516/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for Quarter 1 of each year 2022-2024, inclusive, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form. [21517/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care for each March for each year 2019-2024, inclusive, at each location, in tabular form; the number of delayed discharges and the number as a percentage of all discharges; and the number of bed days lost and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period. [21518/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care for quarter 1 for each year 2019 to 2024, inclusive, at each location, in tabular form; the number of delayed discharges and the number as a percentage of all discharges; the number of bed days lost; and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period. [21519/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less for each March for each year 2019 to 2024, inclusive, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21520/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less for quarter 1 for each year 2019 to 2024, inclusive, nationally and by ambulance region in a direct comparison, in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21521/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews who are ready and mobile to receive another call within 20 minutes of patient handover for each emergency department and each hospital for each month in 2024 and in 2025 to date, in tabular form. [21522/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, for March of each year 2019, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21523/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, for quarter 1 of each year 2019, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21524/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for a carer for quarter 1 of each year 2019, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and the breakdown by length of wait. [21525/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people who are receiving less than their full allocation of home support hours at the end of quarter 1 of each year 2019, 2024 and 2025. [21526/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for a carer for March of each year 2019, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and the breakdown by length of wait. [21527/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each March for each year 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the national average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21552/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for each model 3 and model 4 hospital, the number of days that full capacity protocols have been active, for each March for each year 2019 to 2024 to date, inclusive, in tabular form. [21553/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for quarter 1 for each year 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the national average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21554/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for each model 3 and model 4 hospital, the number of days that full capacity protocols have been active, for quarter 1 for each year 2019 to 2024 to date, inclusive, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21555/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for each March for each year 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [21556/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities for each March for each year 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [21557/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for quarter 1 for each year 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [21558/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities for quarter 1 for each year 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [21559/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists, by CHO and length of wait, at the end of March each year 2019, 2024 and 2025, in a direct comparison, in tabular form. [21560/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for Jigsaw, by CHO and length of wait, at the end of March each year 2019, 2024 and 2025, in a direct comparison, in tabular form. [21561/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists, by CHO and length of wait, at the end of quarter 1 of each year 2019, 2024 and 2025, in a direct comparison, in tabular form. [21563/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for Jigsaw by CHO and length of wait at the end of quarter 1 of each year 2019, 2024, and 2025, in a direct comparison, in tabular form. [21564/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of quarter 1 for each year 2022-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21562/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of quarter 1 for each year 2019-2024, by LHO, in tabular form; the number of dentists who submitted claims and the total number of claims in quarter 1 of each year and each full year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21572/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of quarter 1 for each year 2019-2024, broken down by standard waiting times, by area, in tabular form. [21573/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children, and separately the number of special care patients, adult and children, who are on dental surgery waiting lists at the end of March 2019, 2023, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form; the breakdown by waiting timeband and by county; the number on waiting lists for dental surgery under general anaesthesia; and the median waiting time for each. [21577/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the HSE on agency staffing and on private recruitment firms for quarter 1 of each year, 2019-2025, both nationally/statewide and broken down for each HSE location, by direct comparison, in tabular form. [21578/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the HSE, both nationally/statewide and broken down for each HSE location, on agency staffing and on private recruitment firms paid to each individual firm and the time period for payments to each firm, for quarter 1 of each year, 2019-2025, by direct comparison, in tabular form. [21579/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the HSE on management consultants and external professional services, by type, for quarter 1 of each year, 2019-2025, in direct comparison, in tabular form; the amount paid to each individual firm; and the time period for payments to each firm. [21580/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the each of the section 38 voluntary hospitals on agency staffing and on private recruitment firms for quarter 1 of each year, 2019-2025, by direct comparison, in tabular form (details supplied). [21581/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the each of the section 38 voluntary hospitals on agency staffing and on private recruitment firms paid to each individual firm and the time period for payments to each firm, for quarter 1 of each year, 2019-2025, by direct comparison, in tabular form (details supplied). [21582/25]

2025-04-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by each of the section 38 voluntary hospitals on management consultants and external professional services, by type, for quarter 1 of each year, 2019-2025, by direct comparison in tabular form; the amount paid to each individual firm and the time period for payments to each firm (details supplied). [21583/25]

2025-04-30

VOTE

Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland

✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 85–68

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education if she has concerns regarding the quality consistency of the school meals programme with regard to the Healthy Ireland framework, the principles of Sláintecare, and concerns raised by clinicians and parents regarding nutritional value; if he has considered a review of the scheme from a health perspective; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19695/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Social

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has concerns regarding the quality consistency of the school meals programme with regard to the Healthy Ireland framework, the principles of Sláintecare, and concerns raised by clinicians and parents regarding nutritional value; if he has considered a review of the scheme from a health perspective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19696/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she and her Department received the completed national review of cardiac services; the reason the review has still not been published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18689/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure access to care for medical card holders who have an entitlement to dental treatment as provided for under the dental treatment services scheme; if there are plans to improve or replace the scheme to ensure access for patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18690/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason the sections of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024, which provide for retrospective declaration of parentage through a parental order, have not yet been commenced; if she will commence these sections before July 2025; if not, the reasons therefor; if she accepts that any delay in commencing these sections of the 2024 Act is traumatic for parents seeking parental orders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18691/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she accepts that the delay in delivering free HRT to women is unacceptable; the steps she has taken to deliver on commitments given; if she further accepts that failure in this areas does not rest with pharmacists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18692/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she will commence the human tissue Act 2024 in full; the status of each section; if it has been commenced; if regulations have been prepared, as necessary; when she will commence sections relating to retention and disposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19043/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to continue and extend the Laura Brennan HPV vaccine catch-up programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19164/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the delivery of 24/7 interventional cardiology services at University Hospital Waterford; the additional WTE requirement for same; the existing WTE and headcount, and the basis on which the positions are filled whether permanent, temporary, contract, or vacant, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19396/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she has any concerns regarding the quality consistency of the school meals programme with regard to the Healthy Ireland framework, the principles of Sláintecare, and concerns raised by clinicians and parents regarding nutritional value; if she has or will have any discussions with the Minister for Social Protection on the matter; if she will seek a review of the scheme from a health perspective; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19693/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at Tullamore Regional Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20262/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the number of dentists working in the school dental scheme in County Roscommon in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20263/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children that presented to the emergency department of Sligo University Hospital in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025 in tabular form. [20264/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE ear, nose and throat registrars at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20265/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health If she will outline the recent capital investment made in Roscommon University Hospital; the planned investment in the next two years, covering both buildings and additional equipment for diagnostics and treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20266/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation bays in the emergency department of Tallaght University Hospital. [20267/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when public IVF services will be available for same-sex couples; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20743/25]

2025-04-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the publication date of the national endometriosis framework, the working group established to feed into the framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18317/25]

2025-04-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the rollout of supra-regional centres specific to the disease, the treatment options they provide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18318/25]

2025-04-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if surgical excision of endometriosis is currently being offered as a management treatment to patients by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18319/25]

2025-04-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of robot-assisted gynaecological surgeries that took place using the Da Vinci surgical system located in Cork University Maternity Hospital annually between 2017 and 2024, in tabular form. [18320/25]

2025-04-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 390 of 6 March 2025, if she will specify the current stage of the recruitment process concerned; the expected timeframe for said post to be filled; the specific interim measures put in place to enable a resumption in services locally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18321/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the earliest date on which she was made aware of protected disclosures regarding unnecessary pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for developmental dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals; the action taken on being informed. [17552/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the earliest date on which her Department was made aware of protected disclosures regarding unnecessary pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for developmental dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals; and the action taken on being informed. [17553/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the earliest date on which she was made aware of an audit into pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for developmental dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals; and the action he took on being informed. [17554/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the earliest date on which her Department was made aware of an audit into developmental dysplasia of the hip surgeries at several Dublin hospitals; and the actions taken if made aware. [17555/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the earliest date on which she received a copy of the draft audit into pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for developmental dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals; the action she took; and if she discussed it with the Tánaiste. [17556/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the action she took on learning that the contents of the draft audit into pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for development dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals had been published by The Ditch media outlet; if she sought to confirm the contents of the report; and if so, with who and when. [17557/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the action her Department took on learning that the contents of the draft audit into pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for development dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals had been published by The Ditch media outlet; if her Department sought to confirm the contents of the report; and if so, with who and when. [17558/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if vertebral body tethering (VBT) surgery is formally approved for funding by the HSE; if not, the funding mechanisms under which any previous VBT procedures have been covered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16522/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if vertebral body tethering (VBT) surgeries are being reimbursed under broader categories such as spinal fusion or spinal instrumentation despite being a distinct, motion-preserving procedure; and if she will provide details of any plans to establish a dedicated funding stream for VBT. [16523/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vertebral body tethering surgeries that have been performed in Children’s Health Ireland hospitals to date. [16524/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has outsourced any vertebral body tethering procedures to private facilities (details supplied); and if so, the number of cases that have been handled through these arrangements. [16525/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if any vertebral body tethering (VBT) procedures have been funded through the treatment abroad scheme; and if so, the number of Irish children that have received VBT overseas. [16526/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a charity (details supplied) has facilitated or performed any vertebral body tethering surgeries to date. [16527/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if any research on vertebral body tethering is being conducted or has been completed in Children’s Health Ireland; if so, the scope of this research; and whether any findings have been published. [16528/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason CHI has removed the spine register, which previously served as an early warning system for new techniques such as vertebral body tethering; and the alternative measures in place to monitor scoliosis surgery outcomes. [16529/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health how the HSE ensures that outcomes from vertebral body tethering surgeries are accurately tracked and monitored in the absence of a spine register. [16530/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health how the HSE is tracking and collecting safety and performance data for vertebral body tethering surgeries, given that there is no specific ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS code for this procedure. [16531/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the lack of a distinct coding system for vertebral body tethering is affecting the ability to audit and assess patient outcomes; and the steps being taken to introduce an appropriate classification system. [16532/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the tethering devices used in vertebral body tethering procedures comply with EU Medical Device Regulations and relevant Irish safety standards. [16533/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health how the HSE tracks and monitors the use of vertebral body tethering-specific medical devices in the absence of a dedicated procedure code. [16534/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health how the procurement process for vertebral body tethering devices and associated implants has been managed; the suppliers that have been contracted to provide these devices; and whether procurement has followed HSE and EU Medical Device Regulations. [16535/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if HIQA has been made aware if any vertebral body tethering procedures have been performed in CHI despite not being formally approved for use by the HSE; and if any regulatory concerns have been raised in this regard. [16536/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps HIQA and the HSE are taking to ensure oversight, patient safety, and regulatory compliance regarding the use of vertebral body tethering in Ireland. [16537/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeline, and staging posts, for delivering a national policy on adult safeguarding for the health and social care sector; when she hopes to bring policy proposals to Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16550/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she was made aware of an audit into pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for developmental dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals; who she was informed by; the action taken on being informed; if she informed the Taoiseach or the Tánaiste; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17561/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when her predecessor was made aware of an audit into unnecessary or inappropriate pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for developmental dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals; who he was informed by; the action taken on being informed; if he informed the Taoiseach or the Tánaiste; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17562/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when her Department was made aware of an audit of pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for developmental dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals; who the Department was informed by; the action taken on being informed; if the Department informed the Department of the Taoiseach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17563/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when her Department first received a copy of the draft audit of pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for developmental dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals; the action taken; if the Minister was informed and if so, when; if the Department informed the Department of the Taoiseach; if the Minister informed the Taoiseach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17564/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the earliest date on which she was made aware of protected disclosures regarding unnecessary pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for developmental dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals; who she was informed by; the action taken on being informed; if she informed the Taoiseach or the Tánaiste; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17565/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the earliest date on which her predecessor was made aware of protected disclosures regarding unnecessary pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for developmental dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals; who he was informed by; the action taken on being informed; if he informed the Taoiseach or the Tánaiste; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17566/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the earliest date on which her Department was made aware of protected disclosures regarding unnecessary pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for developmental dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals; who the Department was informed by; the action taken on being informed; if the Department informed the Department of the Taoiseach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17567/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the action she took on learning that the contents of the draft audit into pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for development dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals had been published by a media outlet (details supplied); if she sought to confirm the contents of the report and if so, with who and when; if she contacted the Taoiseach; if she contacted the Health Service Executive or Children’s Health Ireland and if so, who; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17568/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the action her Department took on learning that the contents of the draft audit into pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for development dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals had been published by a media outlet (details supplied); if her Department sought to confirm the contents of the report and if so, with who and when; if her Department contacted the Health Service Executive or Children’s Health Ireland and if so, who; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17569/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason it took until March 2025 to notify parents of serious concerns at Children’s Health Ireland and National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh regarding pelvic osteotomies when the Department was aware of a protected disclosure as early as 9 May 2024; and the reason surgeries were continuing in 2025 if they were not suspended. [17570/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if parents and guardians were informed of the clinical audit or protected disclosure relating to pelvic osteotomies at Children’s Health Ireland prior to March 2025. [17571/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the dates on which parents/guardians of children who had pelvic osteotomies at Children’s Health Ireland were contacted regarding the draft audit of pelvic osteotomies which had been conducted; the number of children who were informed and the number of letters issued; the earliest year to which a relevant surgery relates; and the number of surgeries involved, by year in tabular form. [17572/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the dates on which parents/guardians of children who had pelvic osteotomies at the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh were contacted regarding the draft audit of pelvic osteotomies which had been conducted; the number of children who were informed and the number of letters issues; the earliest year to which a relevant surgery relates; the number of surgeries involved, by year, in tabular form. [17573/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for development dysplasia of the hip at Children’s Health Ireland by location in each year 2014-2024 in tabular form; the number conducted to date in 2025; and the total number conducted in each year by consultant. [17574/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for development dysplasia of the hip at National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh in each year 2014-2024 in tabular form; the number conducted to date in 2025; and the total number conducted in each year by consultant. [17575/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if pelvic osteotomies were suspended at Children’s Health Ireland in 2023, 2024, or 2025; if so, the locations if so, when and the reason ; if it affected multiple consultants; the reason which affected patients were informed of; the manner in which they were informed; the date on which they were informed; if such surgeries were ever suspended due to a protected disclosure or a clinical audit; and if so, when. [17576/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if pelvic osteotomies were suspended at National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh in 2023, 2024, or 2025 ; if so, when and the reason; if it affected multiple consultants; the reason which affected patients were informed of; the manner in which they were informed; the date on which they were informed; if such surgeries were ever suspended due to a protected disclosure or a clinical audit; and if so, when. [17577/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of pelvic osteotomies relating to children with developmental dysplasia of the hip which were suspended or cancelled at Children’s Health Ireland by location due to a second opinion from an internal committee or another internal or external consultant or expert in the period 2018-2025 to date, in tabular form; and the total number in each year by consultant. [17578/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of pelvic osteotomies relating to children with developmental dysplasia of the hip which were suspended or cancelled at National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh due to a second opinion from an internal committee or another internal or external consultant or expert in the period 2018-2025 to date, in tabular form; and the total number in each year by consultant. [17579/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a protected disclosure was received by Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) regarding pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for development dysplasia of the hip; the actions taken on receiving the protected disclosure and the people and organisations informed; if CHI informed its Board, the Health Service Executive, the Department of Health, the Minister for Health or Minister’s Office; and if so who and when. [17585/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health who decided that there should be a clinical audit of pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for development dysplasia of the hip across Children’s Health Ireland and National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh for cases in 2021 to 2023; when this decision was made; and whether it was communicated to the Department or the Minister. [17586/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when it was decided that Children’s Health Ireland would permit an audit of pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for development dysplasia of the hip and who made this decision; if CHI informed the HSE, the Department of Health, the Minister for Health or Minister’s Office; and if so who and when. [17587/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when it was decided that National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh would permit an audit of pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for development dysplasia of the hip and who made this decision; if NOHC informed the HSE, the Department of Health, the Minister for Health or Minister’s Office; and if so who and when. [17588/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which the audit of pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for development dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals commenced; the timeframe of work; and the date on which the draft report was first shared for review. [17589/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the potential number of children impacted by the requirements to conduct a look-back review or follow-up on their care given the early recommendations of the draft clinical audit report on pelvic osteotomies conducted on children with development dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals; the maximum number of surgeries to which this may relate; and the number of surgeries of concern, by year. [17596/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a decision was made, and if so by whom, to contact parents-guardians of children who had pelvic osteotomies under the care of Children’s Health Ireland or National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh beyond the years 2021-2023; either way for parents-guardians contacted, the years concerned, the number of children concerned, and the number of surgeries of concern by year, in tabular form. [17597/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to widen or conduct a further clinical examination of pelvic osteotomies conducted on children with development dysplasia of the hip at Children’s Health Ireland and National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh beyond the years 2021-2023; if so, the years concerned, the number of children concerned, and the number of surgeries by year of surgery, in tabular form. [17598/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the year of the earliest case of concern following the early recommendations of the clinical audit into pelvic osteotomies at several Dublin hospitals; the number of cases of concern; and the number of surgeries of concern to which they relate, by year of first surgery, in tabular form. [17599/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health 1159. how many physicians associates are currently employed in public and private hospitals across the State. [14068/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health how many physicians associates were employed in public and private hospitals annually since 2019. [14069/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health how many HSE scholarships / bursaries were granted to students to undertake a physicians associate studies programme annually since 2017. [14070/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE recruitment embargo applies to the recruitment of physicians associates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14071/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the independent assessment of the physicians associate role, as referred to in the HSE National Service Plan 2025, has commenced; if the independent assessor has been appointed; who the independent assessor is if they have been appointed; how long she anticipates the review to take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14072/25]

2025-03-24

LOBBY

Endometriosis Association of Ireland 2 returns Health

Status of National Framework
Email Invitation to Annual Conference

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children’s disability networks teams, by health area and wait timeband, in a direct tabular comparison for the end of February of each year 2019, 2023, 2024 and 2025, inclusive; the average length of wait; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10943/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to address a matter reported in a media outlet (details supplied); if this report exists; if this report will be published; if the findings, as reported, are accurate; the steps which have been taken by Children’s Health Ireland on the matter; the steps she has taken on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10874/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paramedics recruited into the ambulance service from July 2024 to year end 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [10897/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of applicants for paramedic posts that are on panels since June 2024 without a job offer. [10898/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of approved headcount and whole-time equivalent posts and new posts allocated to the National Ambulance Service in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [10899/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average time from advertisement to job offer in the National Ambulance Service. [10900/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 3 October 2024, to provide a breakdown of the €16 million additional expenditure allocation announced for the National Ambulance Service; the purpose of the allocation; the details of intended spend by line item, in tabular form; if it was the intention that funding would be allocated for advanced paramedic training as distinct from community specialist paramedic training; if she is satisfied with the fact that there is no provision in the HSE service plan for 2025 for students to commence on the MSc in Specialist Paramedic Practice (Advanced) in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10901/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff across each service division of the HSE currently suspended with pay; and the number on administrative leave, by the year the suspension or leave started, in tabular form. [10912/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each January for each year from 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the national average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10913/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the HSE on agency staffing and on private recruitment firms for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the amount paid to each individual firm; and the time period for payments to each firm. [10914/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by each of the section 39 voluntary hospitals on agency staffing and on private recruitment firms for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the amount paid to each individual firm; and the time period for payments to each firm. [10915/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the HSE on management consultants and external professional services, by type, for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the amount paid to each individual firm; and the time period for payments to each firm. [10916/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by each of the section 39 voluntary hospitals on management consultants and external professional services, by type, for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the amount paid to each individual firm; and the time period for payments to each firm. [10917/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of days that full capacity protocols have been active for each model 3 and model 4 hospital, each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [10918/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [10919/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [10920/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of Clinical Status 1 ECHO and Clinical Status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less in a direct tabular comparison for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form; the average length of such response times, nationally and by region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10921/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of incidents responded to by the ambulance service, by clinical status and substatus, for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [10922/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews ready and mobile to receive another call within 20 minutes of patient handover, for each emergency department and for each hospital for each quarter in 2023 and 2024 and each month to date in 2025, tabular form. [10923/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department, Statewide and for each location, in each of the years 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and the average for all patients and for patients aged 75 or older, in tabular form. [10924/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours for admission an emergency department, Statewide and by location, in each of the years 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number and percentage for all patients and patients aged over 75, in tabular form. [10925/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen, by hospital, in each of the years 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [10926/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, hospital group and hospital, in each of the years 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [10927/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, at the end of February for the years 2019, 2023, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10936/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for a carer at the end of February for the years 2019, 2023, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form; and the breakdown by length of wait. [10937/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people who are receiving less than their full allocation of home support hours at the end of February in the years 2019, 2023, 2024, and 2025. [10938/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists by health area and wait timeband for the end of February of each year 2019, 2023, 2024, and 2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [10939/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for Jigsaw, by health area and wait timeband, at the end of February for each of the years 2019, 2023, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form. [10940/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children, and separately, the number of special-care patients, adult and children, who are on dental surgery waiting lists at the end of February 2019, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; the breakdown, by waiting timeband and by county; the number on waiting lists for dental surgery under general anaesthesia; and the median waiting time for each. [10946/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the treatment purchase scheme provides coverage for endometriosis treatment; and to provide an annual breakdown of endometriosis treatment provided under the scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2024. [11718/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current position regarding the vacancy since 5 October 2024 of an ophthalmologist for Tipperary south; the current stage of the recruitment process concerned; the expected timeframe for said post to be filled; the measures put in place in the interim to enable a resumption in services locally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11719/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for epilepsy neurosurgery at a clinical site (details supplied); the number of patients who are currently awaiting epilepsy surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11872/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who have received epilepsy surgery at a hospital (details supplied) in each of the past five years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11873/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current wait times for appointments at the epilepsy monitoring unit at a hospital (details supplied); the number of patients currently awaiting appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11874/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who have been seen at the epilepsy monitoring unit at a hospital (details supplied) in each of the past five years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11875/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the progress of the HSE oxygen contract changeover originally due to be completed in November 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12624/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide a current estimate of the number of patients in receipt of oxygen through the public system; if costs related to the provision of oxygen for that population have been accounted for in full in Budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12625/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has plans to move away from a reimbursement system for oxygen provision to direct payment to oxygen companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12626/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she will publish the review of specialist cardiac services; when she will publish a comprehensive cardiovascular health strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10077/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she has ensured that plans are in place to safely and appropriately staff the new children’s hospital to ensure there are no delays following handover from the contractor and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10078/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she will implement paramedic specialist grades for the National Ambulance Service; to provide an update on the review of roles and responsibilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10083/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will deliver a genuinely free hormone replacement therapy scheme similar to the universal contraception scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10082/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of adult safeguarding legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10086/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will fund the expansion of Jigsaw services to ensure that no county is without a Jigsaw primary mental health care service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10085/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to deliver a seven-day health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10084/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 17 October 2024, if he will provide an update on the replacement of an ophthalmologist and the current status of services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10253/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on each of the following HSE campaigns (details supplied) in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [10384/25]

2025-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the funded HRT scheme announced in Budget 2025; what discussions her officials have had with the Irish Pharmacy Union in relation to the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9853/25]

2025-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on whether injectable semaglutide medicines will be made available to obesity patients on the drugs payment scheme before the end of the year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9854/25]

2025-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the ongoing shortage of prescription packs (60 tablets) of soluble Solpadine, not to be confused with the over-the-counter packs available without prescription available in 12 and 24 tablets; if officials from her Department have discussed the shortage with the HPRA or manufacturer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9855/25]

2025-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the timeline for the introduction of pharmacist prescribing; what recommendations from the expert taskforce have been achieved so far; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9857/25]

2025-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of disciplinary procedures taken against staff of National Ambulance Service for contacting managers out-of-hours and the policy as it relates to contacting management out of hours. [10044/25]

2025-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of National Ambulance Service roster polices as it relates to local rosters and regional rosters; the service’s plans as it relates to regional rosters [10045/25]

2025-03-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children, and separately, the number of special care patients, adult and children, who are on dental surgery waiting lists, in tabular form; the breakdown by waiting timeband and by county; the number on waiting lists for dental surgery under general anaesthesia; and the median waiting time for each. [9553/25]

2025-03-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of public dentists who can provide public dental services for public dental waiting lists by location, in tabular form; the number and details of each location which provides services; and the staffing composition of each service. [9554/25]

2025-03-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there is an avenue for people on public dental waiting lists to be provided with access to community or private providers. [9555/25]

2025-03-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of intensive care and high-dependency unit beds across the State, by hospital; the number of beds sanctioned per hospital; the number of additional beds planned per hospital; and the timeframe for delivery in each case, in tabular form. [9557/25]

2025-03-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of days in 2024 on which ICU occupancy exceeded 90%, 95%, and 100%, at each relevant public hospital, including statutory and voluntary, across the State, in tabular form. [9558/25]

2025-03-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists, consultants in dentistry, dental surgeons, orthodontists and other dental care workers who were employed by the HSE, at the end of each year from 2004 to 2024, in tabular form. [9562/25]

2025-03-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the targets set for each year by the National Ambulance Service for implementation of its workforce and capacity review, in tabular form; and the progress against such targets for each year since the commencement of the strategy. [9563/25]

2025-03-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the review of gender healthcare and the development of an updated clinical model for services; the timeframe for completion of this work; and the staging posts remaining in completing this work. [9564/25]

2025-02-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the health (amendment) Bill, heads of which were approved in 2021; when the Bill will be published; when she expects to bring the Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8715/25]

2025-02-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the regulated professions (health and social care) (amendment) Bill; when the Bill will be published; when she expects to bring the Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8717/25]

2025-02-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the health (amendment) (licensing of professional home support providers) Bill; when the Bill will be published; when she expects to bring the Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8718/25]

2025-02-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the Public Health (Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill; when the Bill will be published; when she expects to bring the Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8719/25]

2025-02-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill; when the Bill will be published; when she expects to bring the Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8720/25]

2025-02-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the Protection of Liberty Safeguards Bill; when the Bill will be published; when she expects to bring the Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8721/25]

2025-02-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the Northern Ireland (Planned Healthcare Scheme) Bill; when the Bill will be published; when she expects to bring the Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8722/25]

2025-02-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the Dentists (Amendment) Bill; when the Bill will be published; when she expects to bring the Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8723/25]

2025-02-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the National Research Ethics Committees (NREC) Bill; when the Bill will be published; when she expects to bring the Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8724/25]

2025-02-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the Health (Adult Safeguarding) Bill; when the Bill will be published; when she expects to bring the Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8725/25]

2025-02-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the Health (Pharmacy and Prescribing) Bill; when the Bill will be published; when she expects to bring the Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8726/25]

2025-02-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding and staff allocated to National Ambulance Service emerging threat units; the number of units which were recommended to be established; the number in place; the plans for expanding these teams in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7559/25]

2025-02-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paramedics who were paid the advanced paramedic allowance in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; the number of intended recipients in 2025; and the number of new recipients in 2024 and 2025. [7560/25]

2025-02-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paramedics who qualify for the advanced paramedic allowance who are currently employed by the National Ambulance Service but who are not in receipt of the allowance; if there are paramedics qualified to receive the allowance but are not in receipt of the allowance, the reason why; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7561/25]

2025-02-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will mandate the National Ambulance Service (NAS) to engage with unions and workers on resolving a dispute relating to the application of benefit-in-kind on the use of NAS vehicles off-roster, such as for voluntary first response; if she will ensure that where paramedics are using NAS vehicles in their own time to respond, following a request from the NAS, to local incidents as first responders, that such paramedics are not penalised financially for volunteering to save lives because of their use of NAS vehicles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7562/25]

2025-02-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting longer than four months for an appointment date (active list) for surgery on the CHI spinal surgery waiting lists at the end of 2024. [7707/25]

2025-02-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason the target of no more than 20 children waiting longer than four months for an appointment date with CHI spinal surgery was not achieved at the end of 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7708/25]

2025-02-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews who are ready and mobile to receive another call within 20 minutes of patient handover, for each emergency department and each hospital, for each quarter in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [8017/25]

2025-02-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current number of adult inpatient hospital beds, excluding paediatric and/or day-case beds, in Model 3 and Model 4 Hospitals only, on a population basis in each of the six HSE health regions; and the projected number of adult inpatient hospital beds (excluding paediatric and/or day-case beds) on a population basis in model 3 and model 4 hospitals only in each of the six HSE Regions in 2031, assuming all promised additional adult inpatient beds committed to in the Acute Hospital Inpatient Bed Capacity Expansion Plan 2024-2031 are delivered, to include reference to the population figures used for each health region in 2024 and 2031 (details supplied). [6876/25]

2025-02-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts that have been approved by the HSE consultant applications advisory committee (CAAC) for model 3 and model 4 hospitals in each of the six HSE health regions in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of consultant posts that are currently awaiting formal approval by the HSE CAAC, broken down by HSE health region; and the reason so few consultant posts have been approved for hospitals in the HSE mid west region over these periods. [6877/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at the National Ambulance Service suspended with pay, by the year the suspension started, in tabular form; and the number suspended with pay where the length of suspension was longer than six months, one year, and two years. [5987/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the total annual medicines budget for each year from 2020 to 2024. [6304/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the breakdown of actual spending within the medicines budget from 2020 to 2024, distinguishing between off-patent medicines, including generic and biosimilar medicines and new or originator medicines; and to provide an estimate of the total savings generated for the State by the off-patent medicines industry during the same period, specifically those resulting from the launch of generic or biosimilar medicines following the expiration of originator patents. [6305/25]

2025-02-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of agency blitz days carried out in 2024 and the date by each hospital, in tabular form; the number of sessions involved; the number of staff involved; the throughput per session, by activity type; the cost per activity type and the total costs by activity type and by hospital; and the associated accommodation, travel, and subsistence costs and the number of nights and staff to which these relate. [4680/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for a carer for December of each year 2019, 2023, and 2024 and for January 2025, in tabular form; and the breakdown by length of wait. [3506/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons receiving less than their full allocation of home support hours for December of each year 2019, 2023, and 2024 and for January 2025. [3507/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dual diagnosis teams across the State; the number that are operational; the catchment areas they serve; the number that are fully staffed; and the number of vacancies otherwise, in tabular form. [2845/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for each quarter of each of the years 2019 to 2024, Statewide and for each location, in tabular form; and the average for all patients and for patients aged 75 years or older. [3448/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who were waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours for admission to an emergency department for each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, Statewide and by location, in tabular form; and the number and percentage for all patients and patients aged over 75 years. [3449/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen for each quarter of each of the years 2019 to 2024, by hospital, in tabular form. [3450/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for each December and January of each of the years 2019 to 2025, Statewide and for each location, in tabular form; and the average for all patients and for patients aged 75 or older. [3451/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who were waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours for admission an emergency department for each December and January of each of the years 2019 to 2025, Statewide and by location, in tabular form; and the number and percentage for all patients and patients aged over 75 years. [3452/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen for each December and January of each of the years 2019 to 2025, by hospital, in tabular form. [3453/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for each quarter of each of the years 2022 to 2024, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form. [3454/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures which were cancelled for each quarter in each of the years 2022 to 2024, by hospital, for adults and for children, in tabular form. [3455/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for each January and December in each of the years 2022 to 2025, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form. [3456/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures which were cancelled for each January and December in each of the years 2022 to 2025, by hospital, for adults and for children, in tabular form. [3457/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for each quarter for each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form. [3487/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities for each quarter for each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form. [3488/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for each January and December for each of the years 2019 to 2025, in tabular form. [3489/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities for each January and December for each of the years 2019 to 2025, in tabular form. [3490/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for a comparison of the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less for each quarter for each year 2019-2024, inclusive, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3495/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for a comparison of the number and percentage of incidents responded to by the ambulance service by clinical status and sub status for each quarter for each year 2019-2024, inclusive. [3496/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for a comparison of the average ambulance turnaround time at each emergency department for each quarter in 2023 and 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [3497/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care for each quarter of 2019 to 2024; the number of delayed discharges and the number as a percentage of all discharges; and the number of bed days lost and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period, at each location, in tabular form. [3499/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each quarter of 2019 to 2024, and the national average, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3500/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for each model 3 and model 4 hospital, the number of days that full capacity protocols have been active, for each quarter of 2019 to 2024, in tabular form. [3501/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care for each December and January for each year from 2019 to 2025; the number of delayed discharges and the number as a percentage of all discharges; and the number of bed days lost and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period, at each location in tabular form. [3502/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each December and January for each year from 2019 to 2025; and the national average, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3503/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for each model 3 and model 4 hospital, the number of days that full capacity protocols have been active, for each December and January for each year 2019-2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [3504/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, for December of each year 2019, 2023, and 2024 and for January 2025, in tabular form; the breakdown, by length of wait and by age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3505/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists, by CHO and length of wait, at the end of each quarter of each year 2019 to 2024, in tabular form. [3508/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists, by CHO and length of wait, at the end of December and January of each year 2019 to 2025, in tabular form. [3509/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of each quarter of 2022 to 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3521/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of each quarter for each year 2019-2024 and at end January 2025 by LHO in tabular form; the number of dentists who submitted claims and the total number of claims in quarter one of each year and each full year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3522/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of each quarter for each year 2019 to 2024 and at end January 2025, broken down by standard waiting times, by area, in tabular form. [3523/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the HSE on agency staffing and on private recruitment firms for each year, 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; the amount paid to each individual firm; and the time period for payments to each firm. [3524/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by each of the section 39 voluntary hospitals on agency staffing and on private recruitment firms for each year, 2019-2024, in tabular form; and the amount paid to each individual firm and the time period for payments to each firm. [3525/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the HSE on management consultants and external professional services, by type, for each year, 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; the amount paid to each individual firm; and the time period for payments to each firm. [3526/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by each of the section 39 voluntary hospitals on management consultants and external professional services, by type, for each year, 2019-2024, in tabular form; and the amount paid to each individual firm and the time period for payments to each firm. [3527/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of medical negligence litigation against the HSE and her Department in each of the years from 2014 to 2024, including awards made in the Courts, settlements made out of court to resolve disputes, and legal costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3529/25]

2025-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address the policies underpinning a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46589/24]

2025-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff accommodation units currently provided by Children’s Health Ireland, by location; the number once the new Children’s Hospital is opened and other sites are vacated; and if Children’s Health Ireland has any plans for providing staff accommodation. [46590/24]

2025-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to allegations of potential data regulation breaches at a location (details supplied) due to certain remote work arrangements; and if he has sought or received any information regarding this from the institution concerned. [46662/24]

2025-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels and vacancies for relevant child and adolescent mental health teams covering County Waterford. [46668/24]

2025-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the resource allocation and spending to date by his Department on implementation of the National Traveller Health Action plan launched in 2022; where that spend is directed; and if the spend is once-off or recurring, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46741/24]

2025-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has considered funding access for children with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma to a trial (details supplied); if he is aware of any other EU Member States which facilitate or do not facilitate this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46758/24]

2025-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current and planned future arrangements for healthcare workers with long covid. [46900/24]

2025-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times the National Ambulance Service issued a NASCAP Level 2, 3, and 4 notice, for each relevant day for the period 2022 to 2024, inclusive. [46904/24]

2025-01-21

LOBBY

Irish Heart Foundation 3 returns Health

Secure support tobacco control measures
Sinn Fein's healthcare plan
Tobacco legislation

2025-01-21

LOBBY

Diageo Ireland Health

To provide a briefing on the emerging trends and growth opportunities for non alc.

2025-01-21

LOBBY

Pender & Associates Ltd 3 returns Health

Meeting to discuss parties position on the future of Oral healthcare
Issues facing the Oral Healthcare sector
Sharing views on issues of concern to home care sector

2025-01-21

LOBBY

Irish Council for Civil Liberties Health

Mental Health Bill (2024)

2025-01-21

LOBBY

Irish Council for Psychotherapy Health

A Pre-Budget Submission to Government was sent to Ministers for Finance, Health/Mental Health & Education on 31/07/2024. The submission focused on key ICP issues in health/mental health, education & finance (VAT). A General Election Manifesto Submission was sent to 6 political party leaders & copied to the health, education & finance spokespersons on 31/07/2024. The parties concerned were Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, Green Party, Labour Party, Sinn Féin & Social Democrats https://tinyurl.com/mr42u8xn

2025-01-21

LOBBY

Irish Cancer Society 5 returns Health

General Election campaign
Pre-Budget policy priorities
Health manifesto launch attendance
Oireachtas Cross-Party Group on Cancer
Radiation therapy services

2025-01-21

LOBBY

Hanover Media Strategy Limited 2 returns Health

Life Sciences Strategy for Ireland
Invite to Leinster House briefing on the burden of influenza in Ireland

2025-01-21

LOBBY

Vulcan Consulting Limited 3 returns Health

Strategic Operations in Ireland & Healthcare Priorities
Rare Disease Policy in Ireland
Rare Disease Policy

2025-01-21

LOBBY

National Infertility Support and Information Group Health

As part of European Fertility week 2024, NISIG wanted to highlight Ireland’s improvement in its ranking in Fertility Europe’s policy survey. We want to see Ireland increase its standing and strengthen supports regarding policy related to fertility treatment, including commencement of the health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024), widening criteria for publicly funded treatment, workplace support. This will need to be fully funded.

2025-01-21

LOBBY

Home and Community Care Ireland Health

Home care providers received a notification that the HSE would cease issuing additional home care hours for older people on the waiting list for home support in HSE Community Health Office 1.

2025-01-21

LOBBY

The Psychological Society of Ireland Health

Press release reiterating Calls for Greater Investment in Mental Health as Budget 2025 Falls Short of Addressing Growing and Urgent Needs

2025-01-21

LOBBY

Reduced Risk Products Association Company Limited Health

The Reduced Risk Products Association conducted analysis of Census 2022 and the results of the Healthy Ireland Survey 2024 to examine the likely implications of proposed restrictions on flavoured vapes for adult vapers including smokers who rely on vapes to quit or reduce their smoking returning to smoking, with consequent impacts on deaths from smoking. This analysis was prepared on a Dail constituency basis and sent to all members of Dáil Eireann.

2025-01-21

LOBBY

JKS Communications Health

manifesto and pfg

2025-01-21

LOBBY

Roche Health

Patient access to new medicines

2025-01-21

LOBBY

Danone Ireland Health

Letter to Sinn Fein spokesperson for Health, David Cullinane seeking a meeting to provide an overview of Danone Specialised Nutrition and discuss the role of medical nutrition in delivering positive health outcomes for patients and benefits to the health system.

2025-01-21

LOBBY

Pfizer 2 returns Health

Access to an antiviral medication for the treatment of COVID-19
Ireland's medicine reimbursement system and funding for access to new medicines and vaccines

2025-01-21

LOBBY

National Centre for Youth Mental Health Children and Youth Affairs

Invitation to Sinn Fein Health Manifesto Launch

2025-01-20

LOBBY

The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Agriculture

Development of Vaccine for TB - IFA Submission to all Political Parties and Dáil Éireann Candidates for the 2024 General Election

2025-01-20

LOBBY

The Irish Hospice Foundation Health

Highlighting issues that Irish Hospice Foundation would like to have included in the next Programme for Government. These included implementation of the National Adult Palliative Care Policy and development of a register for Advance Healthcare Directives.

2025-01-20

LOBBY

Avista Health

Sinn Féin Manifesto for Health Launch

2025-01-20

LOBBY

GSK Health

Vaccination policy

2025-01-20

LOBBY

Veterinary Ireland Agriculture

Communications with Taoiseach, Tanaiste, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Minister for Health, Chief Veterinary Officer, and other DPOs, regarding Veterinary Ireland concerns on the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023, and associated Statutory Instrument.

2025-01-20

LOBBY

Instinctif Partners Public Affairs Ireland Health

Correspondence to political stakeholders regarding MFI's General Election Manifesto.

2025-01-20

LOBBY

Alcohol Action Ireland Health

Alcohol policy development in relation to a new strategy for alcohol and the establishment of an Alcohol Office

2025-01-20

LOBBY

Inclusion Ireland Health

Manifesto

2025-01-20

LOBBY

Stratagem (NI) Ltd Health

Provision of audiology services and eye care services

2025-01-20

LOBBY

Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association 2 returns Health

IPHA General Election Manifesto asks - (i) Faster Access to new Medicines and (ii) Increased number of Clinical Trials.
Issues concerning the timely reimbursement of medicines in Ireland.

2025-01-20

LOBBY

Novartis Ireland Limited Health

Life Sciences strategy for Ireland

2025-01-20

LOBBY

Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation Health

INMO Pre-Budget Submission for 2025 Budget

2025-01-18

LOBBY

The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Agriculture

Soil Monitoring and Resilience

2025-01-17

LOBBY

Fórsa trade union Health

Linda Kelly, Fórsa National Secretary, met with Mr David Cullinane, TD, Sinn Fein spokesperson on Health regarding the restructuring of the HSE to six Health Regions and the proposed exclusion of a Regional Director of Health and Social Care Professionals in the new structures.

2025-01-17

LOBBY

Gilead Sciences Ireland UC Health

Sent email to DPO's to consider, in election manifestos, a plan of action to reach 2030 HIV healthcare policy goals

2025-01-17

LOBBY

Dexcom Health

Diabetes Policy in Ireland

2025-01-17

LOBBY

Mental Health Reform Budgetary matters

MHR's event in Leinster House on 18th September; 'Meet&Greet'

2025-01-17

LOBBY

Youth Advocate Programmes Ireland CLG Health

Mental Health Reform hosted meet and greet in Leinster House

2025-01-17

LOBBY

Chronic Pain Ireland Health

General Election to pledge support to add chronic pain key asks to the programme for government

2025-01-16

LOBBY

Fórsa trade union Health

This communication related to Fórsa not been provided with the opportunity to attend the Joint Oireachtas Committee on health hearing on the 2nd October 2024 alongside SIPTU & INMO. We request support to attend and an invite. This was not possible, but the committee wrote and acknowledged the oversight and Fórsa were offered the opportunity to attend on the 25th October 2024.

2025-01-16

LOBBY

Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre Health

Funding for the National Traveller Health Action Plan

2025-01-16

LOBBY

LauraLynn Ireland's Children's Hospice Health

Seeking the inclusion of specific commitments on children's palliative care in Programme for Government 2025.

2025-01-16

LOBBY

The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Finance

VAT & Taxation on Farm Inputs

2025-01-16

LOBBY

BeLonG To Youth Services Ltd. Health

Request to meet to discuss the research 'Trans Healthcare in Ireland from Belong To and UCD.

2025-01-16

LOBBY

Cuala Senior Care Limited Health

Sharing views on issues of concern to home care sector

2025-01-15

LOBBY

The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 4 returns HealthEnvironmentSports and Recreation

Fair Deal & Support for Older People
Health - Primary Care Services - Rural Ireland
Water
Recreational Routes

2025-01-15

LOBBY

Multiple Sclerosis Ireland Health

General Election manifesto provided to all members

2025-01-13

LOBBY

Climate and Health Alliance Environment

Climate and Health Alliance Programme for Government

2025-01-10

LOBBY

Neurological Alliance of Ireland Health

Implementation of the National Neurorehabilitation Strategy and Investment in Services for People with Neurological Conditions

2025-01-09

LOBBY

Respect Vapers Health

Submission of the Respect Vapers Pre-Budget request to avoid increasng taxes on flavoured vapes.

2025-01-09

LOBBY

Sage Advocacy Health

Sinn Féin manifesto for Health

2025-01-08

LOBBY

Acquired Brain Injury Ireland Health

Implementation of the neuro-rehabilitation strategy/Implementation Framework

2025-01-02

LOBBY

MSD Health

Health Policy Development for New Programme for Government

2024-12-17

LOBBY

Roche Diagnostics Ltd Health

Informed 5 TDs about Point of care IVD testing and its impact on community Healthcare by email

2024-11-25

LOBBY

Psychiatric Nurses Association Health

concerns for the future of mental health services in Ireland and the issues that will require the urgent and committed attention for any incoming government.

2024-11-06

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that a child (details supplied) is supported to avail of the two years of early childhood care and education; if he will grant an overage exemption; if he can stand over the exclusion of this child from the scheme given their physical condition which did not permit the use of the scheme in the normal way; and the way he squares exclusion of children with disabilities from reasonable accommodations in the scheme on health grounds with his remit as the Minister responsible for equality and disability. [45476/24]

2024-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [45493/24]

2024-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that adults have access through the health service to burosumab for treatment for hypophosphataemia (details supplied). [45496/24]

2024-11-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional responsibilities and roles taken on or assigned to consultants in public health following the creation of this grade; the number of doctors that have moved into this grade, and the additional responsibilities which came with this new role; the impact of this new post in real terms on work practices; if any analysis has been conducted on the difference which these posts have made, as judged against the initial rationale for introducing these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44343/24]

2024-10-23

VOTE

Public Health Service Staffing · 2 divisions

✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 70–59
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 70–59

2024-10-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has received any business case to improve car parking capacity at University Hospital Waterford. [43000/24]

2024-10-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of reserved parking spaces at University Hospital Waterford for elderly, disabled people and-or families, by parking space type, in tabular form; if he is satisfied that there are sufficient reserved spaces for these groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43001/24]

2024-10-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in part-time employment in Waterford and the south east, for each year 2020-24, in tabular form. [43201/24]

2024-10-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, Statewide and for each location; and the average for all patients and for patients aged 75 or older, in tabular form. [39650/24]

2024-10-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who and percentage who were waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours for admission to an emergency department for each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, Statewide and by location; and the number and percentage for all patients and patients aged over 75, in tabular form. [39651/24]

2024-10-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen for each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, by hospital, in tabular form. [39652/24]

2024-10-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for each quarter of each year 2022-2024, inclusive, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form. [39653/24]

2024-10-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures which were cancelled for each quarter for each year 2022-2024, inclusive, by hospital, for adults and for children, in tabular form. [39654/24]

2024-10-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care for each quarter at each location, for each of the years 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the number of delayed discharges and the number as a percentage of all discharges; the number of bed days lost; and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period. [39655/24]

2024-10-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed-occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each quarter for each of the years 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39656/24]

2024-10-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of days that full capacity protocols have been active for each model 3 and model 4 hospital, for each quarter for each of the years 2019 to 2024 to date, inclusive, in tabular form. [39657/24]

2024-10-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for each quarter for each of the years 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [39658/24]

2024-10-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities for each quarter for each of the years 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [39659/24]

2024-10-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less for each quarter for each year 2019-2024, inclusive, nationally and by ambulance region; the average length of such response times nationally and by region, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39660/24]

2024-10-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of incidents responded to by the ambulance service by clinical status and sub status for each quarter for each year 2019-2024, inclusive. [39661/24]

2024-10-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance turnaround time at each emergency department for each quarter in 2023 and 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [39662/24]

2024-10-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, for each quarter of each year 2019, 2023, and 2024; the breakdown, by length of wait and by age, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39663/24]

2024-10-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists, by CHO and length of wait, at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2024, in tabular form. [39672/24]

2024-10-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for Jigsaw, by CHO and length of wait, at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2024, in tabular form. [39673/24]

2024-10-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of each quarter of 2022-2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39674/24]

2024-10-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of each quarter for each year 2019-2024, by LHO; the number of dentists who submitted claims and the total number of claims in quarter 1 of each year and each full year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39675/24]

2024-10-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of each quarter for each year 2019-2024, broken down by standard waiting times, by area, in tabular form. [39676/24]

2024-10-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of publicly employed dentists, orthodontists, dental surgeons, dental nurses, and other dental/orthodontic staff by staff grade employed by the public services for each year 2017-2022, to date, by LHO/CHO/region, in tabular form. [39677/24]

2024-10-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the HSE spend on recruitment agencies for recruitment functions for each quarter for each year 2019-2024 to date, in tabular form; the campaigns to which the expenditure relates; the agencies to which payments were made. [39717/24]

2024-10-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the HSE spend on agency staffing for each quarter for each year 2019-2024 to date, in tabular form; the services to which the expenditure relates; and the agencies to which payments were made. [39718/24]

2024-10-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish the national review of specialist cardiac services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39373/24]

2024-10-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health how he will ensure that the new children’s hospital opens as quickly as possible following handover from the contractor; if he will publish the transition plan for the move to the new hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39374/24]

2024-10-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with complex orthopaedic conditions on waiting lists with Children's Health Ireland; his plans for making treatment abroad accessible for these children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39368/24]

2024-10-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he can guarantee when inpatient residential dual diagnosis services will resume in Keltoi; what has caused the delay in reopening these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39372/24]

2024-10-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will increase the severe restrictions on recruitment in the health service under the pay and numbers strategy; if he will reverse the loss of pre-existing vacancies; if he is aware of the complications his budget has caused for people returning from leave or career breaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39371/24]

2024-10-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the composition of regional executive management teams; if this will include a chief health and social care professional; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39369/24]

2024-10-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress made to date by the productivity and savings task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39370/24]

2024-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total funding allocated and spent in each CHO for each year from 2022 to date in 2024, on intensive home care packages and dementia-specific packages; the number of hours sought, approved, and delivered, in tabular form. [38724/24]

2024-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current status of the consultant psychiatrist position at Dungarvan, County Waterford; the length of time to date the position has remained vacant; when the position is expected to be filled; and what arrangements have been put in place for affected patients. [38728/24]

2024-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of suicide crisis assessment nurse positions in Waterford city and county; the number of these positions that are vacant; the periods during which positions have been vacant; and when it is expected that all positions in the area will be filled. [38729/24]

2024-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of current vacancies in child and adolescent mental health services in community health area 5, detailing the location and duration of each vacancy, in tabular form. [38730/24]

2024-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the application for funding to develop a Jigsaw youth mental health service in Waterford; to provide a timeline for delivery of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38731/24]

2024-09-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has considered the inclusion of ozempic in the drug payment scheme for purposes other than management of type 2 diabetes; if he has considered this in the context of its application in managing patients with insulin resistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37877/24]

2024-09-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if semaglutide is licensed and approved for use for insulin resistance, weight management or any other purpose in the State; if it is approved or under consideration for reimbursement in any context other than type 2 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37878/24]

2024-09-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current position regarding the development of National Standards for Home Support Services; the expected timeframe of the public consultation on these standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37167/24]

2024-09-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of his visits in 2024 to the United States of America regarding treatment abroad for children; the details of his flights, accommodation, and other expenses; the names and roles of those who travelled; the accommodation at which he and his officials stayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37192/24]

2024-09-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of flying medical specialists from the United States of America to Dublin for a clinic on 6 September in Crumlin Children's Hospital regarding treatment abroad for children; the details of these flights, accommodation, and other expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37193/24]

2024-09-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for an update on plans to relocate the national genetics laboratory from Crumlin Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33785/24]

2024-09-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the report entitled ‘NAS Organisational Redesign’ from December 2022. [33787/24]

2024-09-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the business case with the hospital group/health region for 24/7 primary percutaneous coronary intervention at University Hospital Waterford; the estimated cost of the project; and the WTE staffing requirements. [33839/24]

2024-09-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there is a specialist intestinal failure centre; if not, the reason; his views on whether there is a need for such a centre; the number of hospitals which have submitted business cases to develop such centres; the years in which they were submitted; the status of each business case; and the final decision in each case, in tabular form. [34027/24]

2024-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of equalising medical card thresholds with GP card thresholds, in tabular form; and the number of people to which this would relate, in each category. [31216/24]

2024-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to introduce a long-service increment to the salary scale of clinical nurse specialists who have had their salaries linked to the clinical nurse manager 2 scale, following the publication of the Expert Review Body on Nursing and Midwifery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31248/24]

2024-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 624 of 16 April 2024, if he or his officials have met with a group (details supplied); if so, the outcome of that meeting; the commitments given at that meeting; and if he will meet or has met the group. [32101/24]

2024-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the neonatal mortality rate and number of deaths for each year 2014-2024, nationwide and for each region and each hospital, in tabular form. [32102/24]

2024-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason for a reduction of the reimbursement amount for cataract removal surgery from €1,928 to €863 despite no change in the cost of such a surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32234/24]

2024-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents or equipment failures relating to national ambulance service defibrillators in the south-east in each of the past three years. [33350/24]

2024-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents or equipment failures relating to national ambulance service defibrillators in each ambulance region in each of the last three years. [33351/24]

2024-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost and development timeframes of each acute bed block development identified as ‘delivered 2021-March 2024’ in appendix 1 of the acute hospital inpatient bed capacity expansion plan 2024-2031, across each location, in tabular form; the number and type of beds in each development; the all-in average unit cost by bed type; and the average timeframe for delivery. [30592/24]

2024-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of year one paramedicine enrolments at each institute at undergraduate and graduate level for each year 2022-2024, in tabular form; the cost of each place ; and the number of CAO places. [30708/24]

2024-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paramedicine enrolments across all years at each institute at undergraduate and graduate level for each year 2022-2024, in tabular form; the cost of each place ; and the number of CAO places. [30709/24]

2024-07-11

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of year one student enrolments in medical, dental, nursing and health and social care professions, for each year 2022-2024. in tabular form; the number of CAO places; and the cost of each place. [30672/24]

2024-07-11

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of student enrolments across all years in medical, dental, nursing, and health and social care professions, for each year 2022-2024. in tabular form; the number of CAO places; and the cost of each place. [30673/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on agency staff in 2023 and to date in 2024, by month, in tabular form. [30309/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on recruitment firms in 2023 and to date in 2024, by month, in tabular form. [30310/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on management consultants in 2023 and to date in 2024, by month, in tabular form. [30311/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on private ambulance services in 2023 and to date in 2024, by month, in tabular form. [30312/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on private diagnostic services in 2023 and to date in 2024, by month, in tabular form. [30313/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital cancellations, by hospital and type, in 2023 and to date in 2024, by month, in tabular form. [30314/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of 999 calls received nationally, and by division, where the patient was deceased by the time an ambulance reached the scene, in each of the past ten years including to date in 2024, in tabular form. [30315/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance response time per region, per year, for each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [30316/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have retired from the national ambulance service in each of the past five years, by staff grade; and the number of new persons employed by the national ambulance service in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [30317/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of medical negligence litigation against the HSE and Department of Health in each year from 2010 to date, including awards made in the courts, settlements made out of court to resolve disputes, and legal costs, in tabular form [30318/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who attended an emergency department, State-wide and by location, for each quarter in each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; and the number and percentage of patients who were admitted via an emergency department. [30319/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients, State-wide and by location, for each quarter in each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; and the average time for all patients and for patients aged 75 years or older. [30320/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who attended an emergency department who were waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours, State-wide and by location, for each quarter in each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; and the number and percentage for all patients and patients aged over 75 years. [30321/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen, by hospital, for each quarter in each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form. [30322/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital cancellations, by appointment type, hospital group and hospital, for each month of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [30323/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care, at each location, for each quarter for each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; the number of delayed discharges; the number as a percentage of all discharges; the number of bed days lost; and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period. [30324/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates, State-wide and for each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each month of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30325/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for each model 3 and model 4 hospital, the number of days that full capacity protocols have been active, for each month of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [30326/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less, by clinical status nationally and by ambulance region, for each quarter of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [30327/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average length of ambulance response times nationally and by region for each quarter of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [30328/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health average ambulance turnaround time at each emergency department for each quarter in 2023 and 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [30329/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service and for each health area, to date in 2024; the breakdown by length of wait and by age, in tabular form. [30330/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists at the latest available data point for 2024; the number waiting on approval and for funding, in tabular form. [30331/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on intensive home care package waiting lists at the latest available data point for 2024; the number waiting on approval and for funding, in tabular form. [30332/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people who are receiving less than their full allocation of home support hours at the end of each quarter of 2023 and 2024 to date, in tabular form. [30333/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists by CHO and length of wait at the end of each quarter of 2023, and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [30334/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of each quarter of 2022 to 2024, for each location, in tabular form. [30335/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of each quarter of 2022 to 2024 by LHO, in tabular form. [30336/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists who submitted DTSS claims and the total number of claims in each quarter of 2022 to 2024, in tabular form. [30337/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of each quarter for each year 2022 to 2024, broken down by standard waiting times and by area, in tabular form. [30338/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees whose total employee benefits (details supplied) are at €50,001 or above; the number at €50,000 and below, in tabular form. [30341/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost, capital and current, of implementing the acute bed capacity plan; the amount by year; the number of beds currently funded in existing NDP ceilings; the number of beds which will require new funding and the amount, in tabular form. [30342/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost, capital and current, of implementing the digital health framework; the amount by year; the amount currently funded in existing NDP ceilings; the amount of new funding required, in tabular form. [30343/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the report of the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services; if he has received it, when it was received; when he intends to publish it; if he has not received it, when has he sought to receive it. [30344/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current number of studies, reviews and research commissioned, undertaken, or received by him since he took office in tabular form; the status of each item; when each item is scheduled to be completed; the date of publication, if any. [30345/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in revenue cost of one WTE family support worker. [30351/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in revenue cost of one WTE community development worker. [30352/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of an additional one WTE senior staff nurse per local and regional DATF. [30353/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure ahead of profile at the end of quarter 1 and quarter 2 2024. [30354/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of expanding the contraception scheme to be universal in coverage. [30355/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing funding for HSE safeguarding teams by 10%. [30356/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing funding for patient advocacy by 10%. [30357/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of implementing the HSE’s climate action strategy and achieving climate, energy, and emissions targets. [30358/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of fully implementing the cancer strategy; the amount allocated to the strategy to date. [30360/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of fully implementing the stroke strategy; the amount allocated to the strategy to date. [30361/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of fully implementing the maternity strategy; the amount allocated to the strategy to date. [30362/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing funding for dementia specific day care by 10%. [30363/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of delivering universal counselling; and the number of WTE required, by grade. [30364/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 400 WTE counsellors with the national counselling service; the number of other grade posts required to support this expansion on a pro rata basis; and the cost of these posts. [30365/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to fully fund the national clinical programme for eating disorders; and the number of community and acute teams and posts required. [30366/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of one consultant psychiatrist. [30367/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering and staffing the mother and baby perinatal mental health unit at St. Vincent’s. [30368/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of a crisis resolution team; and the WTE requirement, by grade. [30369/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of funding trainee counselling and educational psychology posts on the same basis as trainee clinical psychologists. [30370/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost to increase recovery education funding by 10%. [30371/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of implementing the dual diagnosis model of care. [30372/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of delivering full 24/7 PPCI at University Hospital Waterford. [30373/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE psychologists. [30374/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE physiotherapists. [30375/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a minor ailment scheme. [30376/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of standardising under-8s eye care schemes at the highest level. [30377/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of fully funding all community neuro-rehabilitation teams; and the number of WTE required, by grade. [30378/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing medical intern places by 50%; and the number of places this would create. [30379/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing medical specialist places by 50%; and the number of places this would create. [30380/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing GP trainee places by 50%; and the number of places this would create. [30381/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing trainee clinical, counselling, and education psychology places by 50%; and the number of places this would create. [30382/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the training and net additional pay costs of increasing the percentage of advanced nurse practitioners to 2%, 3%, 4%, and 5% of the nursing workforce; and the number of nurses this corresponds to. [30383/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in capital cost of a new operating theatre. [30384/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of implementing the National Ambulance Service’s strategic plan and workforce plan. [30385/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of doubling paramedic training places; the number of places this would create; and the current number of places. [30386/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in revenue and new build capital cost for each type of health service bed, based on recent projects, that is, acute inpatient, community transitional care, palliative care, community nursing unit, CAMHS, social inclusion and rehabilitation beds, in tabular form. [30387/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of funding provided to and through Healthy Ireland in each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form. [30388/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE public health nurses. [30389/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE clinical nurse specialists. [30390/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE advanced nurse practitioners. [30391/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE dental surgeons. [30392/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE dental nurses. [30393/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the medical card basic threshold by €10,000, €15,000, €20,000, €25,000 and €30,000 per annum, in tabular form; and the estimated number of newly eligible people and households. [30394/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing medical card thresholds on par with GP visit card thresholds. [30395/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drug payment scheme threshold to €5, €10, €15, €20, €40, €60 and €80, in tabular form. [30396/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of reducing prescription charges to €0 in increments of €0.50 for people aged under 70 years and people aged 70 years and older. [30397/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing injury unit charges to €50. [30398/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of removing car parking charges for patients. [30399/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full cost of delivering each of the acute bed units completed in 2023 and to date in 2024; the number of acute beds delivered in each project; the full disaggregated cost, by cost type; and the cost per annum for each project. [30400/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual all-in cost of an acute inpatient bed. [30401/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of 10,000 diagnostic scans, by scan type. [30402/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of each type of CAMHS team in line with Sharing the Vision; the breakdown, by staff grade and WTE; the number of teams required for the population; and the number of new teams required to meet this. [30403/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional cost of fully staffing all existing CAMHS teams; and the breakdown, by staff grade and WTE. [30404/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capital and revenue cost of a new CAMHS inpatient bed unit; the WTE requirement; and the cost per ten beds. [30405/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of ten additional early intervention in psychosis teams. [30406/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of 1,000,000 home support hours. [30407/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of 100 intensive home care packages. [30408/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of achieving the living wage for home support workers and home care workers; the cost of full compensation for mileage and travel and any associated costs. [30409/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing funding for healthy age friendly homes by 10%. [30410/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of returning local and regional drug and alcohol task force funding to 2010 levels; the cost of a further 10% increase. [30411/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current cost of a 10% expenditure increase in rehabilitation and detoxification residential treatment; the number of sessions this relates to, and the number of spaces required; the current cost of 100 additional places and the number of sessions this would provide, for each; and any associated capital costs. [30412/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of medicine pricing applications submitted to the primary care reimbursement service of the HSE to date in 2024, in tabular form; the submission date of each application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30413/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of medicine pricing applications in total currently under consideration by the primary care reimbursement service of the HSE, in tabular form; the submission date of each application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30414/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of medicine pricing applications submitted to the primary care reimbursement service of the HSE in 2023, in tabular form; the submission date of each application; the status of each application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30415/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if, given the ongoing issue of medicine shortages, he has concerns as to the period of time it is taking from application to outcome for medicine pricing applications to be adjudicated; if he is giving consideration to making operational and/or resourcing enhancements to reduce the waiting time duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30416/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE posts allocated to cancer services as per his letter of determination to the HSE outlining his funding priorities following Budget 2024; the overall number of WTE posts allocated to health services for 2024; and the number of WTE posts allocated to each of safe staffing, critical care, urgent and emergency care, cancer services and HIQA, in tabular form. [30417/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for an update on the medical cannabis access programme; the number of approved products under the scheme; the number of actively supplied products under the scheme which are available in the state; the number of individuals availing of the scheme; and the number of individuals approved for the scheme who cannot access a product on the scheme. [30418/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is considering any products or conditions for addition to the medical cannabis access programme. [30419/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Ministerial licenses currently in use for medical cannabis. [30420/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if skyclarys (omaveloxalone) has been considered for reimbursement for Friedrich's ataxia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30423/24]

2024-07-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will deliver a specialist intestinal failure centre; if funding has been sought for such a centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30428/24]

2024-07-10

VOTE

Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024

A bill to prohibit the sale by retail of tobacco products to persons under the age of 21 years; and for those and other related purposes, to amend the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002 and the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023; and to provide for related matters.

✗ voted to block the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 93–45

2024-07-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if all podiatry services previously at local health clinics across Sligo have been relocated to a central hub in Sligo town; if so, the reason; if this will be a permanent arrangement; the extent of staffing vacancies in this service; the number of approved posts which are unfilled; the number of posts subject to the recruitment moratorium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29415/24]

2024-07-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason for the closure of the pain management service at Sligo University Hospital; the number of approved consultant posts in this field working across the Saolta Hospital Group and Health Region West and North West; the number of filled posts, permanent and temporary, in tabular form; the steps he will take to re-open the pain services in the west and north west and ensure local access to pain services in line with Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29416/24]

2024-07-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a pause on the roll-out of dementia-specific intensive home care packages in Waterford/CHO5, citing a need for clarity on a standard operating procedure; the reason it is requiring political intervention to get packages approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29577/24]

2024-06-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of authorised officers currently available for assisted admissions within the health service in Waterford city and county; if he considers this an adequate number; the steps he will take to ensure there is an adequate number of authorised numbers available in Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24901/24]

2024-06-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of authorised officers for the purposes of assisted/involuntary admissions under the Mental Health Act 2001 currently within the health service, by county and by CHO, in tabular form. [24902/24]

2024-05-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of expenditure on the National Treatment Purchase Fund’s commissioning of diagnostic testing to date, by month, since commencement, in tabular form; the level of expenditure per scan type; his intentions regarding current and future funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24209/24]

2024-05-28

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of funding provided to community drug and alcohol and rehabilitation services in Waterford in 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [23966/24]

2024-05-28

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of psychiatry staffing in each emergency department; the number of existing posts, by staff grade; the number of vacancies; and the number of consultant psychiatrists who should be in place in each emergency department, in tabular form. [23981/24]

2024-05-28

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to providing access to the medical cannabis access programme for cerebral palsy; if so, the outcome of that consideration; the list of conditions that were or are being considered for addition; the status of those considerations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23983/24]

2024-05-28

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on progress in tackling the backlog at University Hospital Waterford histopathology laboratory (details supplied); the current number of patients waiting for test results; and the average length of wait. [23984/24]

2024-05-28

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if new patients are being accepted at the STI clinic in University Hospital Waterford; if not, the reason; the extent of waiting lists, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24029/24]

2024-05-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the data which will be reported through the health performance visualisation platform, in tabular form; the relevant metrics and indicators which will be measured and monitored; and the regularity of reporting. [22499/24]

2024-05-08

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average time spent waiting by a patient who was admitted on a trolley between a bed being allocated for them and that bed becoming available for the patient and the patient moved into that bed, by hospital, in tabular form. [20233/24]

2024-05-08

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average time spent waiting by a patient at St. James’s University Hospital who was admitted on a trolley between a bed being allocated for them and that bed becoming available for the patient and the patient moved into that bed, in tabular form. [20234/24]

2024-05-08

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average time spent waiting by a patient at St. Vincent’s University Hospital who was admitted on a trolley between a bed being allocated for them and that bed becoming available for the patient and the patient moved into that bed, in tabular form. [20235/24]

2024-05-08

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average time spent waiting by a patient at Mater Misericordiae University Hospital who was admitted on a trolley between a bed being allocated for them and that bed becoming available for the patient and the patient moved into that bed, in tabular form. [20236/24]

2024-05-08

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the appointment of a new CEO of Children’s Health Ireland; the steps and stages involved in the process; the anticipated timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20378/24]

2024-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made following a tender process to external non-medical consultants, by firm, by the Health Service Executive, in 2016 to 2023 and to date in 2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [20817/24]

2024-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made without a tender process to external non-medical consultants, by firm, by the Health Service Executive, in 2016 to 2023 and to date in 2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [20818/24]

2024-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made following a tender process to external non-medical consultants, by firm, by his Department in 2016 to 2023 and to date in 2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [20819/24]

2024-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made without a tender process to external non-medical consultants, by firm, by his Department in 2016 to 2023 and to date in 2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [20820/24]

2024-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline, in tabular form, all HSE expenditure on outside firms, including outsourcing of care, assessments, recruitment, diagnostics, legal, professional and consultancy fees and any other service delivered for the HSE by a non-HSE organisation (not including Section 38 organisations) for the years 2016 to 2023 and to date in 2024. [20821/24]

2024-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline, in tabular form, all expenditure by each Section 38 organisation on outside firms, including outsourcing of care, assessments, recruitment, diagnostics, legal, professional and consultancy fees and any other service delivered for that organisation by a non-public organisation for the years 2016 to 2023 and to date in 2024. [20822/24]

2024-05-02

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will end the health service recruitment embargo; when the HSE will publish its pay and numbers strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19772/24]

2024-05-02

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will commit funding to 288 additional acute inpatient beds at University Hospital Limerick, UHL; the timeline for the full implementation of the coroner's recommendations following an inquest (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19773/24]

2024-05-02

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to achieve a maximum of four months waiting time for paediatric spinal surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19774/24]

2024-05-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand public dentistry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19778/24]

2024-05-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has developed a framework for multi-annual funding of national strategies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19777/24]

2024-05-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress in implementing the recommendations of the termination of pregnancy review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19776/24]

2024-05-02

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current vacancy rates amongst health and social care professions across primary, community, and acute sectors, including relevant Section 38 and 39 organisations; the number of vacancies by profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19779/24]

2024-05-02

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish a new palliative care policy for adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19775/24]

2024-04-30

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether implementing the recommendations of the independent termination of pregnancy review is a priority for him. [18633/24]

2024-04-30

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will finalise its pay and numbers strategy for 2024. [18754/24]

2024-04-30

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he plans to make access to Mehta growth guidance casting for infantile idiopathic scoliosis available for children in the State, whether through access to care in the State or through access to care abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18755/24]

2024-04-30

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason public funding of CAR-T immunotherapy for leukaemia patients is limited to under 26 years of age; if consideration has been given to extending the age for funding of treatment option to beyond the age of 26 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19441/24]

2024-04-25

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the termination of pregnancy review with respect to recommendations concerning legislative amendments, including the criminalisation of health care providers, the mandatory three-day wait, and the ambiguity for clinicians interpreting section 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18634/24]

2024-04-25

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for a response to the calls from healthcare providers to address the gaps in training and data collection by recruiting a Primary Care Lead for Termination of Pregnancy, in light of the fact more than 90% of abortions take place within primary care settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18635/24]

2024-04-23

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason reimbursement support for Ozempic® (Semaglutide) is only available to those with eligibility under the general medical services scheme or the long-term illness scheme, and is not available on the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17966/24]

2024-04-18

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of child psychologists working in County Wexford; if he is aware of a pending staff departure; and if there is a candidate lined up to replace the outgoing clinician. [17175/24]

2024-04-16

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if officials have met with a group (details supplied) following his request that they do so; if so, the outcome of that meeting; the commitments given at that meeting; and if he will or has met the group. [15982/24]

2024-04-16

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the national diabetes paediatric clinical audit. [16453/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which the CEO of Children's Health Ireland went on an extended period of leave; the reason given for this extended period of leave; the salary and remuneration terms applicable for such a duration of leave; the expected return date of the CEO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15795/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated population catchment of HSE Dublin and North East, in tabular form; the number of hospital beds, for each hospital in the region, by hospital model; and the number of sub-acute stepdown, recovery, and rehabilitation beds in any other location, by location. [15820/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE primary care centres in HSE Dublin and North East, in tabular form. [15821/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of active GMS contract holders in HSE Dublin and North East, in tabular form. [15822/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of active DTSS contract holders in HSE Dublin and North East, in tabular form. [15823/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of public and Fair Deal nursing home beds in HSE Dublin and North East, in tabular form. [15824/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated population catchment of HSE Dublin and the Midlands, in tabular form; the number of hospital beds, for each hospital in the region, by hospital model; and the number of sub-acute stepdown, recovery, and rehabilitation beds in any other location, by location. [15825/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE primary care centres in HSE Dublin and the Midlands, in tabular form. [15826/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of active GMS contract holders in HSE Dublin and the Midlands, in tabular form. [15827/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of active DTSS contract holders in HSE Dublin and the Midlands, in tabular form. [15828/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of public and Fair Deal nursing home beds in HSE Dublin and the Midlands, in tabular form. [15829/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated population catchment of HSE Midwest; the number of hospital beds, for each hospital in the region, by hospital model; and the number of sub-acute stepdown, recovery, and rehabilitation beds in any other location, by location, in tabular form. [15830/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE primary care centres in HSE Midwest, in tabular form. [15831/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of active GMS contract holders in HSE Midwest, in tabular form. [15832/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of active DTSS contract holders in HSE Midwest, in tabular form. [15833/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of public and Fair Deal nursing home beds in HSE Midwest, in tabular form. [15834/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated population catchment of HSE Dublin and South East, in tabular form; the number of hospital beds for each hospital in the region, by hospital model; and the number of sub-acute stepdown, recovery, and rehabilitation beds in any other location, by location. [15835/24]

2024-04-11

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE primary care centres in HSE Dublin and South East, in tabular form. [15836/24]

2024-04-11

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of active GMS contract holders in HSE Dublin and South East, in tabular form. [15837/24]

2024-04-11

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of active DTSS contract holders in HSE Dublin and South East, in tabular form. [15838/24]

2024-04-11

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of public and fair deal nursing home beds in HSE Dublin and South East, in tabular form. [15839/24]

2024-04-11

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated population catchment of HSE South West, in tabular form; the number of hospital beds for each bed type in each acute hospital in the region, and by hospital model; the number of operating theatres for same; and the number of sub-acute stepdown, recovery, and rehabilitation beds in any other location, by location. [15840/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE primary care centres in HSE South West, in tabular form. [15841/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of active GMS contract holders in HSE South West, in tabular form. [15842/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of active DTSS contract holders in HSE South West, in tabular form. [15843/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of public and fair deal nursing home beds in HSE South West, in tabular form. [15844/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service teams in HSE Dublin and North East, in tabular form. [15845/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service inpatient beds in HSE Dublin and North East, by location, in tabular form. [15846/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service teams in HSE Dublin and Midlands, in tabular form. [15847/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service inpatient beds in HSE Dublin and Midlands, by location, in tabular form. [15848/24]

2024-04-11

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service teams in HSE Midwest, in tabular form. [15849/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service inpatient beds in HSE Midwest, by location, in tabular form. [15850/24]

2024-04-11

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service teams in HSE Dublin and South East, in tabular form. [15851/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service inpatient beds in HSE Dublin and South East, by location, in tabular form. [15852/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service teams in HSE South West, in tabular form. [15853/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service inpatient beds in HSE South West, by location, in tabular form. [15854/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated population catchment of each HSE health region, in tabular form. [15855/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of diagnostic waiting lists by HSE health region, in tabular form. [15856/24]

2024-04-11

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated population catchment of HSE West and North West; the number of hospital beds, for each hospital in the region, by hospital model; the number of sub-acute stepdown, recovery, and rehabilitation beds in any other location, by location, in tabular form. [15857/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE primary care centres in HSE West and North West, in tabular form. [15858/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of active GMS contract holders in HSE West and North West, in tabular form. [15859/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of active DTSS contract holders in HSE West and North West, in tabular form. [15860/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of public and Fair Deal nursing home beds in HSE West and North West, in tabular form. [15861/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service teams in HSE West and North West, in tabular form. [15862/24]

2024-04-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service inpatient beds in HSE West and North West, by location, in tabular form. [15863/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline his engagement with trade unions regarding the cessation of the special scheme for healthcare workers with long-Covid, including any meetings, correspondence received, and correspondence issued; if his representatives have attended any related Labour Court sessions or meetings with other Departments regarding same; if he will make any further provision for those who were injured on the frontline during the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15375/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care for each quarter for each year 2019-2024, inclusive, at each location, in tabular form; the number of delayed discharges and the number as a percentage of all discharges; the number of bed days lost and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period. [15420/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each quarter for each year 2019-2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15421/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for each model 3 and model 4 hospital, the number of days that full capacity protocols have been active, for each quarter for each year 2019-2024 to date, inclusive, in tabular form. [15422/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for each quarter for each year 2019-2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [15423/24]

2024-04-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities for each quarter for each year 2019-2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [15424/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, Statewide and for each location, in tabular form; and the average for all patients and for patients aged 75 or older. [15425/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who attended an emergency department for each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, Statewide and by location, in tabular form; the number and percentage of patients who were admitted via an emergency department; the number and percentage who were waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours; and the number and percentage for all patients and patients aged over 75. [15426/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen for each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, by hospital, in tabular form. [15427/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for each quarter of each year 2022-2024, inclusive, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form. [15428/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures which were cancelled for each quarter for each year 2022-2024, inclusive, by hospital, for adults and for children, in tabular form. [15429/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on Children’s Health Ireland waiting lists at each location, including suspensions, waiting for spina bifida and/or scoliosis-related procedures at the end of each quarter 2016-2024, by wait type for active waiters, planned procedures, and suspensions, and totalled in tabular form; and the number of children waiting longer than Sláintecare wait times. [15430/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, at the end of each year 2019-2024, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; the numbers waiting for initial assessment, initial therapy/intervention, and follow up therapy/intervention for each specialty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15431/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for a carer at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive in tabular form; and the breakdown, by length of wait. [15432/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people who are receiving less than their full allocation of home support hours at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2024. [15433/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists by CHO and length of wait at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2024, in tabular form. [15437/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for the Jigsaw service by CHO and length of wait at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2024, in tabular form. [15438/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of each quarter of 2022-2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15439/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of each quarter for each year 2019-2024 by local health office, LHO, in tabular form; the number of dentists who submitted claims and the total number of claims in quarter 1 of each year and each full year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15440/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on the HSE's dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of each quarter for each year 2019-2024, broken down by standard waiting times, by area, in tabular form. [15441/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average number of fully and permanently funded inpatient beds open at each acute hospital in May 2016; and the number of open beds which were only temporarily or otherwise not fully funded at that time. [15443/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average number of fully and permanently funded inpatient beds open at each acute hospital in March 2020; and the number of open beds which were only temporarily or otherwise not fully funded at that time. [15444/24]

2024-04-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average number of fully and permanently funded inpatient beds open on at each acute hospital in June 2020; and the number of open beds which were only temporarily or otherwise not fully funded at that time. [15445/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of staff, by grade, employed by the Health Service in May 2016, in tabular form; and the change and new level to March 2020; the change and new level to June 2020. [15446/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the original Health Service Executive's current and capital budget set in each year 2016-2020, inclusive, in tabular form; and the actual outturn for each year, and the difference between outturn and original budget. [15447/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres available in May 2016, by hospital group, in tabular form; the change and new level to March 2020; and the change and new level to June 2020. [15448/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of public community beds, by type, available in May 2016, by community health organisation in tabular form; the change and new level to March 2020; and the change and new level to June 2020. [15449/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on agency staffing in each quarter of 2016-2020, inclusive, in tabular form. [15450/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by hospitals on the outsourcing of procedures to private practice in public hospitals and private hospitals in each quarter of 2016-2020, inclusive, in tabular form. [15451/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by hospitals on the outsourcing of diagnostics in each quarter of 2016-2020, inclusive, in tabular form. [15452/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the national treatment purchase fund on the outsourcing of appointments and procedures to private practice in public hospitals and private hospitals in each quarter of 2016-2020, inclusive, in tabular form. [15453/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on hospital inpatient, day case and outpatient waiting lists in the categories of active waiter, suspension and planned in May 2016, in tabular form; and the number waiting 0-6, 6-12, 12-18 and 18+ months. [15454/24]

2024-04-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on hospital inpatient, day case, and outpatient waiting lists, by active waiter, suspension, and planned, in March 2020, in tabular form; and the number waiting 0-6, 6-12, 12-18, and 18+ months. [15455/24]

2024-04-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on hospital inpatient, day case, and outpatient waiting lists, by active waiter, suspension, and planned, in June 2020, in tabular form; and the number waiting 0-6, 6-12, 12-18, and 18+ months. [15456/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on community waiting lists by service in May 2016, in tabular form; and the number waiting 0-6, 6-12, 12-18, and 18+ months. [15457/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on community waiting lists by service in March 2020, in tabular form; and the number waiting 0-6, 6-12, 12-18, and 18+ months. [15458/24]

2024-04-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on community waiting lists by service in June 2020, in tabular form; and the number waiting 0-6, 6-12, 12-18, and 18+ months. [15459/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the Health Service Executive on private recruitment firms in each quarter of 2016-2020, inclusive, in tabular form; and the breakdown by recipient. [15462/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by each independent hospital contracted by the Health Service Executive on agency staffing and private recruitment firms in each quarter of 2016-2020, inclusive, in tabular form; and the breakdown, by recipient. [15463/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made following a tender process to external non-medical consultants, by firm, by the Health Service Executive, for each of the years 2016-2020, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [15464/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made following a tender process to external non-medical consultants, by firm, by each independent hospital funded by the Health Service Executive, for each of the years 2016-2020, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [15465/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on debt collectors by the Health Service Executive in each year from 2016-2020; the number of occasions on which debt collectors were used; and the level of charges recovered by debt collectors. [15466/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on debt collectors by the Health Service Executive in each year 2021-2024, by quarter; the number of occasions on which debt collectors were used; and the level of charges recovered by debt collectors. [15467/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the Health Service Executive on agency staffing and private recruitment firms in each quarter of 2023-2024, inclusive, in tabular form; and the breakdown by recipient. [15468/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by each independent hospital contracted by the Health Service Executive on agency staffing and private recruitment firms in each quarter of 2023-2024, inclusive, in tabular form; and he breakdown by recipient. [15469/24]

2024-04-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made following a tender process to external non-medical consultants, by firm, by the Health Service Executive, in 2023 and 2024 to date, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [15470/24]

2024-04-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made following a tender process to external non-medical consultants, by firm, by each independent hospital funded by the Health Service Executive, in 2023 and 2024 to date, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [15471/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made which did not follow a tender process to external non-medical consultants, by firm, by the Health Service Executive, in 2023 and 2024 to date, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [15472/24]

2024-04-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made which did not follow a tender process to external non-medical consultants, by firm, by each independent hospital funded by the Health Service Executive, in 2023 and 2024 to date, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [15473/24]

2024-04-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made which did not follow a tender process to external non-medical consultants, by firm, by the Health Service Executive, for each of the years 2016-2020, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [15474/24]

2024-04-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made which did not follow a tender process to external non-medical consultants, by firm, by each independent hospital funded by the Health Service Executive, for each of the years 2016-2020, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [15475/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health relating to former directors of the National Ambulance Service, the length of time each director served and the grounds on which their term ceased (that is, whether they retired early, reached the end of their contract, or were otherwise requested to leave); if they received a severance or redundancy payment or similar exit payment on leaving the NAS; if so, the value and terms of the payment; if they received a lump sum payment, if so, the value of the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15505/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there are any rules governing the period from which an official at a high level leaves the National Ambulance Service before they can take up employment at a private ambulance operator; and if this would be in contravention of HSE and public service policy on taking up employment with companies affiliated with the HSE or National Ambulance Service. [15506/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason, following reports (details supplied), there are two control centres still operating in the Dublin area, despite one report finding that “We should be clear that the current arrangements in Dublin are sub-optimal and potentially place patients at risk; this has now been recognised repeatedly over many years. The control arrangements in particular cannot be allowed continue in their present configuration”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15507/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the governance arrangements in place within the HSE to ensure that the monies given to Dublin City Council for the provision of emergency ambulance services are fully accountable and transparent on an annual basis; if he is satisfied with this approach. [15508/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of monies outstanding or owed to Dublin City Council for the provision of emergency ambulance services. [15509/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at the National Ambulance Service who have received premia payments who did not meet eligibility criteria further to a Labour Court Determination (details supplied) in each of the years 2019-2024, by payment type, by staff grade, in tabular form; the total value of overpayments; the highest value overpaid to any one individual; the number of staff in receipt of overpayments in bands of €1,000; the number of ineligible staff in receipt of such payments for three or more years and five or more years; and the value of overpayments over the past 15 years. [15510/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of National Ambulance Service staff who were absent due to long-term sick leave or suspension during the period 2019-2024 who were still in receipt of payment as per their roster; the number of staff in receipt of such payments for three or more years and five or more years; and the value of overpayments over the past 15 years. [15511/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times shift allowance was authorised for staff in the National Ambulance Service who were redeployed during the pandemic; and if these payments were sanctioned by national financial regulations or other senior officials in the HSE. [15512/24]

2024-04-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if, in relation to a Labour Court determination (details supplied), all National Ambulance Service staff who received payments for which they were inevitable have been informed of these overpayments; if the NAS has begun the process of recuperating overpayments or otherwise addressing incorrect payments; if the payment of such premia payments to ineligible staff has ceased; if so, the date on which it ceased; if not, if a date has been set for the cessation of such payments; the accountable officer for this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15513/24]

2024-03-05

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline in tabular form the name of organisations providing addiction and recovery services in Waterford; the nature of the services they provide; and the funding they were provided in 2023 including primary, secondary and community services. [9983/24]

2024-03-05

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his Department retains responsibility for policy issues concerning Parkinson’s; the amount which has been allocated by the HSE to support an organisation (details supplied); the section responsible for funding this organisation; if he has reviewed and made a determination on the funding application for the freephone nurse specialist helpline which was submitted to the HSE in October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10148/24]

2024-03-05

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland who were requested to sign non disclosure agreements/confidentiality agreements prior to their departure for the period 2016 to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10691/24]

2024-03-05

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland who were given exit packages from the organisation from 2016 to date in 2024, in tabular form; the total amount paid per year from 2016 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10692/24]

2024-03-05

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of payments to legal firms by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland relating to High Court action taken by former employees from 2016 to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10693/24]

2024-03-05

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the hospitals which have implemented the health performance visibility platform system, in tabular form; the hospitals which have not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10712/24]

2024-03-05

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will seek to require use of the health performance visibility platform at locations where work is contracted for public patients, such as through the national treatment purchase fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10713/24]

2024-03-05

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to report on the progression of a new emergency department for Beaumont Hospital; the timeline for delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10714/24]

2024-03-05

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to report on the development of supports for healthcare workers who have developed long-Covid or similar conditions or syndromes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10735/24]

2024-03-05

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to report on the development of the model of care for long-Covid and similar conditions or syndromes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10736/24]

2024-03-05

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline in tabular form the number of GMS panels that are currently vacant without a GP; the location of each panel; the length of time it is vacant; the number of patients on each panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10769/24]

2024-03-05

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health how much of the €5 million investment from Budget 2023 to target backlogs in dental services for children and adult medical card holders has been spent in the way that it was intended; if the remainder of this money is still ringfenced to target dental waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10776/24]

2024-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists contracted to the DTSS for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form. [10777/24]

2024-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on the DTSS for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form. [10778/24]

2024-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated for the DTSS for each year from 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form. [10779/24]

2024-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of medical card patients seen by dentists on the DTSS for each year from 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form. [10780/24]

2024-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists contracted to the DTSS per CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10781/24]

2024-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when his officials will next meet an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10782/24]

2024-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dentists contracted to the school dental screening service for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form. [10783/24]

2024-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the allocated budget to the school dental screening service for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form. [10784/24]

2024-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on the school dental screening service for the years 2012 to date inclusive in tabular form. [10785/24]

2024-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children seen by dentists on the school dental screening service for the years 2012 to date inclusive in tabular form. [10786/24]

2024-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists WTEs contracted to the school screening service per CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10787/24]

2024-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of dentists or WTEs contracted to the public dental service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10788/24]

2024-02-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to report on his plans for tackling the length of waiting lists for access to children's health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9678/24]

2024-02-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to report on the status of the Health Service Executive recruitment freeze; the cap on net additional approved posts for 2024; his plans if the Health Service Executive cannot remain within this cap; if he will seek additional posts for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9679/24]

2024-02-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the use in certain retail outlets of text only, large, colourful and attention-grabbing posters which are used to highlight a select number of tobacco products for sale; if he has examined whether such posters are contrary to regulations and standards; if he has sought an update on enforcement where this is the case; if he will address through regulation this issue which allows for the use of these attention-grabbing price lists for tobacco products in retail stores; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9683/24]

2024-02-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will report on reviews into serious patient safety incidents at University Hospital Limerick's emergency department; the number of such incidents; his plans to deliver safe capacity at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9682/24]

2024-02-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for an update on the 49 recommendations made by the Mental Health Commission in their report on CAMHS, and how many of these recommendations have been addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9684/24]

2024-02-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant orthopaedic surgeons in the State and on the island who are sufficiently qualified and skilled to undertake kyphectomies; if he has examined treatment abroad options for children requiring kyphectomies; his plans to address service deficits in this area; if he has sought for the Health Service Executive or Children's Health Ireland to undertake an international search to recruit an additional consultant capable of delivering such a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9681/24]

2024-02-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase access to rural GP and local health care services; to report on his engagements with his Department and Health Service Executive officials and an organisation (details supplied) regarding the development of a directly employed GP contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9680/24]

2024-02-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to report on his engagements with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board since 1 January 2023; the number of engagements; the types of engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9419/24]

2024-02-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to report on his engagements with the chair of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board since 1 January 2023; the number of engagements; the types of engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9420/24]

2024-02-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to report on his engagements with Children’s Health Ireland since 1 January 2023; the number of engagements; the types of engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9421/24]

2024-02-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to report on his engagements with the chair of the Board of Children’s Health Ireland since 1 January 2023; the number of engagements; the types of engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9422/24]

2024-02-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to report on his engagements with the chief executive officer of Children’s Health Ireland since 1 January 2023; the number of engagements; the types of engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9423/24]

2024-02-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to report on his engagements with the chair of the Board of the Health Service Executive in relation to children’s health services since 1 January 2023; the number of engagements; the types of engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9424/24]

2024-02-28

VOTE

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023

A bill to amend the Mental Health Act 2001.

✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion _ · 72–60

2024-02-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of critical care beds, by type, at each Children’s Health Ireland location in each January in each of the years 2012 to ]2024, in tabular form. [8705/24]

2024-02-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of approved posts attached to each critical care bed at each location within Children’s Health Ireland in each January in each of the years 2012 to 2024, by staff grade, in tabular form; and the number of vacancies at each point. [8706/24]

2024-02-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of naming the new children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8707/24]

2024-02-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients removed from hospital waiting lists through validation processes for each year 2019 to 2023, by reason for removal, in tabular form. [8822/24]

2024-02-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of standardising post-mastectomy supports; if any areas will see a decrease in supports; the reason why the HSE does not directly provide post-mastectomy support from approved vendors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9278/24]

2024-02-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 662 to 664, inclusive, of 15 February 2022, 378 of 10 March 2022 and 796 of 22 March 2022, the number of vacant, derelict or otherwise unused properties owned by the HSE, in tabular form; the number of vacant assets under review; the number of vacant assets in disposal; the number of retained vacant assets and the reason for retention; the name and location of each site; the purpose or former purpose of each site; the care services division of the HSE under which the site is registered; the previous use of the site and the year in which the site became disused; the year in which the site came into the HSE’s possession and the HSE’s interest in the site whether freehold, leasehold, and if leasehold, the type of and length of lease; and the value of the site, where applicable. [8291/24]

2024-02-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the operational and planned primary care centres, by county; the stage at which each planned centre is at and the timeframe for delivery. [8292/24]

2024-02-21

VOTE

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities

✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 70–60

2024-02-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns raised regarding the health centre in Collooney (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7473/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, at the end of January in each of the years 2019-2024; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; the number waiting for initial assessment, initial therapy/intervention and follow up therapy/intervention for each speciality, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7265/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for a carer at the end of January of each year 2019-2024, inclusive; and the breakdown by length of wait, in tabular form. [7266/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who are receiving less than their full allocation of home support hours at the end of January of each year 2019-2024. [7267/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists by CHO; and length of wait at the end of January of each year 2019-2024, in tabular form. [7268/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of January of each year 2019-2024, broken down by standard waiting times, by area, in tabular form. [7269/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures which were cancelled for January for each year 2022-2024, inclusive, by hospital, for adults and for children, in tabular form. [7270/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care for January for each year 2019-2024, inclusive, at each location; the number of delayed discharges and the number as a percentage of all discharges; the number of bed days lost and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period, in tabular form. [7271/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for January for each year 2019-2024, inclusive; the national average, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7272/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of days that full capacity protocols have been active, for each model 3 and model 4 hospital, for January for each year 2019-2024 to date, inclusive, in tabular form. [7273/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for January for each year 2019-2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [7274/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities for January for each year 2019-2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [7275/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for January of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, statewide and for each location in tabular form; the average for all patients; the average for patients aged under 75 years and the average for patients aged 75 years or older. [7276/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who attended an emergency department for January of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, statewide and by location in tabular form; the number and percentage of patients who were admitted via an emergency department; the number and percentage who were waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours; the number for all patients; the number and percentage for patients aged under 75 years and the number and percentage for patients aged over 75 years. [7277/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the maximum patient experience time to admission registered at each emergency department for January of each year 2019-2024, inclusive in tabular form. [7278/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen in the month for January of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, by hospital, in tabular form. [7279/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for January of each year 2022-2024, inclusive by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form. [7280/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of Clinical Status 1 ECHO and Clinical Status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less for January for each year 2019-2024, inclusive, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7281/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of incidents responded to by the ambulance service by clinical status and sub-status for January for each year 2019-2024, inclusive. [7282/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance turnaround time at each emergency department for January 2023 and 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [7283/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on Children’s Health Ireland waiting lists at each location, including suspensions, waiting for spina bifida and/or scoliosis-related procedures at the end of January 2019-2024, in tabular form; the number of patients waiting greater than the Sláintecare target times; the number waiting 0-6 months, 6-12 month, 12-18 months, and 18+ months. [7284/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion and other paediatric orthopaedic procedures carried out by Children’s Health Ireland in January 2019-2024 at each location, in tabular form; the number which have been outsourced and the location at which they were conducted. [7285/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for each quarter of each year 2019-2023, inclusive, Statewide and for each location; the average for all patients; the average for patients aged under 75; and the average for patients aged 75 or older, in tabular form. [7286/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who attended an emergency department for each quarter of each year 2019-2023, inclusive, Statewide and by location; the number and percentage of patients who were admitted via an emergency department; the number and percentage who were waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours; the number for all patients, the number and percentage for patients aged under 75, the number and percentage for patients aged over 75 years, in tabular form. [7287/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the maximum patient experience time to admission registered at each emergency department for each quarter of each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [7288/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen in the month for each quarter of each year 2019-2023, inclusive, by hospital, in tabular form. [7289/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for each quarter of each year 2022-2023, inclusive, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form. [7290/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures which were cancelled for each quarter for each year 2022-2023, inclusive, by hospital, for adults and for children, in tabular form. [7291/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care for each quarter for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, at each location in tabular form; the number of delayed discharges and the number as a percentage of all discharges; the number of bed days lost and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period. [7292/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each quarter for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7293/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for each model 3 and model 4 hospital, the number of days that full capacity protocols have been active, for each quarter for each year 2019-2023 to date, inclusive, in tabular form. [7294/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for each quarter for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [7295/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities for each quarter for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [7296/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of Clinical Status 1 ECHO and Clinical Status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less for each quarter for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, nationally and by ambulance region in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7297/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of incidents responded to by the ambulance service by clinical status and sub status for each quarter for each year 2019-2023, inclusive. [7298/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health average ambulance turnaround time at each emergency department for each quarter in 2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [7299/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on Children's Health Ireland waiting lists at each location, including suspensions, waiting for spina bifida and/or scoliosis-related procedures at the end of each year 2019-2023, in tabular form; the number of patients waiting greater than the Sláintecare target times; and the number waiting 0-6 months, 6-12 month, 12-18 months, and 18+ months. [7300/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion and other paediatric orthopaedic procedures carried out by Children's Health Ireland in each year 2019-2023 by month at each location in tabular form; the number which have been outsourced and the location at which they were conducted. [7301/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, at the end of each year 2019-2023; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; the numbers waiting for initial assessment, initial therapy/intervention, and follow up therapy/intervention for each specialty, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7302/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for a carer at the end of each month of each year 2019-2023, inclusive; the breakdown by length of wait, in tabular form. [7303/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people who are receiving less than their full allocation of home support hours at the end of each month of each year 2019-2023. [7304/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists by CHO and length of wait at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2023, in tabular form. [7305/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for Jigsaw by CHO and length of wait at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2023, in tabular form. [7306/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of each quarter of 2022-2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7307/24]

2024-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2023, broken down by standard waiting times, by area, in tabular form. [7308/24]

2024-01-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for an update regarding the establishment of the sodium valproate inquiry; the current status of the appointments to the inquiry; when the inquiry will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4063/24]

2024-01-24

VOTE

Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021 [Seanad]

✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 74–54

2024-01-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds in the hospital system; the number of beds he will add this year; and if he has secured funding for the needed and promised 1,500 beds. [2054/24]

2024-01-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated elective cancellations in 2023; and the number of elective procedures outsourced to private medicine in public hospitals or private hospitals in the same period. [2055/24]

2024-01-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of posts available to the health service in 2024; the number of posts required for full implementation of the safe staffing framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2058/24]

2024-01-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to respond to ESRI reports which have identified significant deficits and imbalances in critical healthcare infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2059/24]

2024-01-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will comment on recent reports that suggest almost 107,000 adverse incidents reported within the health service and the significant rise in such incidents over the past five years; the steps or measures he has taken in view of these incidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2057/24]

2024-01-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the completion of the independent review relating to the spina bifida programme at Temple St Hospital; if the review will include an analysis of the particular surgeon's practice at National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh as well as complex paediatric orthopaedic surgeries and the performance of relevant specialists across Children's Health Ireland sites to provide comparable data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2056/24]

2024-01-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the cardiac services review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2060/24]

2024-01-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children who had presented at Children's Health Ireland emergency departments in 2023, by hospital, who were subsequently discharged to no fixed address, in tabular form. [1472/24]

2024-01-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of the National Ambulance Service fleet for the period 2019-2024, inclusive, in tabular form; and the number of vehicles, by type. [1611/24]

2024-01-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of the National Ambulance Service staff for the period 2019-204, inclusive, by grade, in tabular form. [1612/24]

2023-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of the new adaptation programme offered to overseas applicants by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54265/23]

2023-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on concerns expressed in relation to assessment processes undertaken by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54266/23]

2023-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of applications received by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland from non-EU applicants, by country of training and in tabular for each year from 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54267/23]

2023-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of decision letters issued by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland to non-EU applicants, by country of training and in tabular form for each year from 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54268/23]

2023-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of non-EU applicants who were registered by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland by country of training and in tabular form, for each year 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54269/23]

2023-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has examined reclassifying large section 39 organisations, which are core service providers in partnership with the HSE, as section 38 organisations; if he has examined the potential cost of such a measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51377/23]

2023-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to list in full all health national strategies, policies, clinical programmes and action plans, in tabular form. [51378/23]

2023-11-22

VOTE

Health Service Recruitment Freeze · 2 divisions

✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 74–58
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 74–59

2023-11-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for each care group, further broken down by service location; the number of headcount posts; the WTE to which these relate; the number which were new posts; and the number which were replacement posts or vacant posts and the number which were related to absence-leave cover, in tabular form (details supplied). [50761/23]

2023-11-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for each model 2, model 3 and model 4 acute hospital; the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate; the number which were new posts and the number which were replacement posts or vacant posts; and the number which were related to absence/leave cover, in tabular form (details supplied). [50762/23]

2023-11-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for each CHO; the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate; the number which were new posts and the number which were replacement posts or vacant posts; and the number which were related to absence/leave cover, in tabular form (details supplied). [50763/23]

2023-11-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for each care group, further broken down by service location; the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate, in tabular form (details supplied). [50764/23]

2023-11-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for each model 2, model 3 and model 4 acute hospital; and the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate, in tabular form (details supplied). [50765/23]

2023-11-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for each CHO; and the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate, in tabular form (details supplied). [50766/23]

2023-11-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for University Hospital Waterford; the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate; the number which were new posts and the number which were replacement posts or vacant posts; and the number which were related to absence-leave cover, in tabular form (details supplied). [50767/23]

2023-11-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for the South/Southwest Hospital Group by service location; the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate; the number which were new posts; and the number which were replacement posts or vacant posts; and the number which were related to absence-leave cover, in tabular form (details supplied). [50768/23]

2023-11-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023 by grade for CHO5; the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate; the number which were new posts and the number which were replacement posts or vacant posts; and the number which were related to absence-leave cover, in tabular form (details supplied). [50769/23]

2023-11-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for University Hospital Waterford; and the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate, in tabular form (details supplied). [50770/23]

2023-11-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for the South/Southwest Hospital Group by service location; and the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate, in tabular form (details supplied). [50771/23]

2023-11-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of the memorandums CEO ref 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for CHO5; the number of headcount ; and the WTE to which these relate, in tabular form (details supplied). [50772/23]

2023-11-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he or his Department had communicated to the Department of Public Expenditure; National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the make-up of the deficit for 2023, and his commentary in Dáil Éireann that two-thirds of it was made up of high health inflation and increased demand; to outline the nature of that communication; if this was done by way of email, letter, in-person meeting; if not, the manner of the communication; and the date or dates on which this was communicated. [51112/23]

2023-11-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he or his Department had communicated to the Department of Public Expenditure; National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the element of the deficit for 2023 which is recurring and could not be saved by cost controls; the extent of that element of the deficit; to outline the nature of that communication; if this was done by way of email, letter, in person meeting; if not, the manner of the communication; and the date or dates on which this was communicated. [51113/23]

2023-11-15

VOTE

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages · 3 divisions

✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 117–10
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 49–81
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–81

2023-11-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for October for each year 2018-2023 inclusive, Statewide, and for each location, in tabular form; and the average for all patients, the average for patients aged under 75 years, and the average for patients aged 75 or older. [49731/23]

2023-11-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who attended an emergency department for October for each year 2019-2023 inclusive, State-wide and by location, in tabular form; the number and percentage of patients who were admitted via an emergency department; the number and percentage who were waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours; and the number for all patients, the number and percentage for patients aged under 75 years, the number and percentage for patients aged over 75 years. [49732/23]

2023-11-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the maximum patient experience time to admission registered at each emergency department for October for each year 2019-2023 inclusive, in tabular form. [49733/23]

2023-11-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen in the month for October for each year 2019-2023 inclusive, by hospital, in tabular form. [49734/23]

2023-11-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for October for each year 2022-2023 inclusive, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form. [49735/23]

2023-11-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures which were cancelled for October for each year 2022-2023 inclusive, by hospital, for adults and for children, in tabular form. [49736/23]

2023-11-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds, by bed type, available at each acute hospital for October for each year 2019-2023, inclusive; and the number of bed days provided. [49737/23]

2023-11-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care for October for each year 2019-2023 inclusive, at each location, in tabular form; the number of delayed discharges and the number as a percentage of all discharges; the number of bed days lost; and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period. [49738/23]

2023-11-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for October for each year 2019 to 2023 to date, inclusive, in tabular form; the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49739/23]

2023-11-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health in relation to each model 3 and model 4 hospital, the number of days that full capacity protocols have been active, for October for each year 2019 to 2023 to date, inclusive, in tabular form. [49740/23]

2023-11-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for October for each year 2019 to 2023 to date, inclusive, in tabular form. [49741/23]

2023-11-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities for October for each year 2019 to 2023 to date, inclusive, in tabular form [49742/23]

2023-11-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less for October for each year 2019 to 2023 to date, inclusive, nationally and by ambulance region in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49743/23]

2023-11-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of incidents responded to by the ambulance service by clinical status and sub-status for October for each year 2019 to 2023 to date, inclusive. [49744/23]

2023-11-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance turnaround time at each emergency department for each month in 2023 to date, inclusive, in tabular form. [49745/23]

2023-11-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, for October 2019-2023, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; the numbers waiting for initial assessment, initial therapy/intervention, and follow-up therapy/intervention for each specialty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49749/23]

2023-11-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for October 2019-2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and the breakdown by length of wait. [49750/23]

2023-11-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists, by CHO and length of wait, for October 2019-2023 inclusive, in tabular form. [49751/23]

2023-11-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for Jigsaw, by CHO and length of wait, for October 2019-2023 inclusive, in tabular form. [49752/23]

2023-11-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his position on the draft World Health Organisation Pandemic Preparedness Treaty; if he agrees with an assessment (details supplied) that the treaty is insufficiently human-rights based; if the Irish delegation will seek to enhance the human-rights basis of the treaty; if he will support or propose amendments to ensure that intellectual property rights are appropriately balanced against public investment in scientific advancement and do not constitute a barrier to the right to health and the right to benefit from scientific progress; the process he will follow when seeking to ratify the treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49791/23]

2023-11-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to list the maternity units currently providing abortion services under Section 12 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, in tabular form; to list the units expected to begin this service by the end of 2023; when the remaining maternity units will commence this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50017/23]

2023-11-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to list the maternity units who currently offer choice of method to women accessing abortion care under Section 12 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50018/23]

2023-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carry-over and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has been allocated to specialist cardiovascular services and the new stroke strategy for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48895/23]

2023-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carry-over and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has been allocated to the national maternity strategy for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48899/23]

2023-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has been allocated to the national sepsis programme for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48901/23]

2023-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has been allocated to primary and community care reform programmes for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48902/23]

2023-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has been allocated to the National Cancer Strategy for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48898/23]

2023-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has been allocated to deliver the promised 1,500 rapid-build hospital beds for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49087/23]

2023-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has been allocated to developing home support services for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48900/23]

2023-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health what health facilities are available in the State for a person (details supplied) living with cerebral palsy who requires an MRI scan to be carried out under sedation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48870/23]

2023-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will get an appointment for orthodontic treatment; their current place on the treatment waiting list; if there are other options available to expedite the treatment required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48876/23]

2023-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if any patient representatives have been included in the working group on health claims costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48905/23]

2023-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of medical negligence cases currently being managed by the State Claims Agency; the value of such claims; the value of awards made in each of the past three years and the number of cases these related to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48906/23]

2023-11-08

VOTE

Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages

✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 49–67

2023-10-25

VOTE

Health Service Funding · 2 divisions

✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 75–59
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 73–58

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients each quarter and for September for each year 2018-2023 to date, inclusive, Statewide and for each location, in tabular form; and the average for all patients, the average for patients aged under 75 years; and the average for patients aged 75 years or older. [45840/23]

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who attended an emergency department for each quarter and for September for each year 2019-2023 to date, inclusive, Statewide and by location in tabular form; the number and percentage of patients who were admitted via an emergency department; and the number and percentage who were waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours; the number for all patients, the number and percentage for patients aged under 75 years; and the number and percentage for patients aged over 75 years. [45841/23]

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the maximum patient experience time to admission registered at each emergency department for each quarter and for September for each year 2019-2023 to date, inclusive, in tabular form. [45842/23]

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen in the month for each quarter and for September for each year 2019-2023 to date, inclusive, by hospital, in tabular form. [45843/23]

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for each quarter and for September for each year 2022-2023 to date, inclusive by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form. [45844/23]

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures that were cancelled for each quarter and for September for each year 2022-2023 to date, inclusive, by hospital, for adults and for children, in tabular form. [45845/23]

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds, by bed type, available at each acute hospital for each quarter and for September for each year 2019-2023 to date, inclusive; and the number of bed days provided. [45846/23]

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care for each quarter and for September for each year 2019-2023 to date, inclusive, at each location, in tabular form; the number of delayed discharges and the number as a percentage of all discharges; the number of bed days lost; and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period. [45847/23]

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis and the number of children with spina bifida on waiting lists at the end of September for 2019-2023, inclusive, by specialty, including the number of suspended cases, in tabular form; and the number waiting 0-6 months, 6-12 month, 12-18 months, and 18+ months. [45850/23]

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on paediatric orthopaedic waiting lists for at the end of each quarter and September for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, including the number of suspended cases, by specialty and by location, in tabular form; the number waiting 0-6 months, 6-12 month, 12-18 months, and 18+ months; and the average waiting time of all relevant patients on each list. [45851/23]

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims before the CervicalCheck Tribunal; the number of claims resolved by the Tribunal; the timeframe for completion of the Tribunal's work; the cost of the Tribunal to date, by cost type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45852/23]

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of September for each year 2019-2023 by LHO in tabular form; the number of dentists who submitted claims and the total number of claims in quarter 1 of each year and each full year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45853/23]

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of September of each year 2019-2023, broken down by standard waiting times, by area, in tabular form. [45854/23]

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each quarter and for September for each year 2019-2023 to date, inclusive, in tabular form; the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45855/23]

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for each model 3 and model 4 hospital, the number of days that full capacity protocols have been active, for each quarter and for September for each year 2019-2023 to date, inclusive, in tabular form. [45856/23]

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for each quarter and for September for each year 2019-2023 to date, inclusive, in tabular form. [45857/23]

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less for each quarter and for September for each year 2019-2023 to date, inclusive, nationally and by ambulance region in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45859/23]

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of incidents responded to by the ambulance service by clinical status and sub-status for each quarter and for September for each year 2019-2023 to date, inclusive. [45860/23]

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health average ambulance turnaround time at each emergency department for each month in 2023 to date, inclusive, in tabular form. [45861/23]

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, at the end of each quarter and September 2019-2023 in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; the numbers waiting for initial assessment, initial therapy/intervention, and follow up therapy/intervention for each specialty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45866/23]

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists at the end of each quarter and September 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and the breakdown by length of wait. [45867/23]

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists by CHO and length of wait at the end of each quarter and September 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [45868/23]

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for Jigsaw by CHO and length of wait at the end of each quarter and September 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [45869/23]

2023-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of each quarter of 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45870/23]

2023-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the revised capital ceilings under the National Development Plan for his Department given the transfer of specialist disability services to the Department of Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth, in tabular form. [45651/23]

2023-10-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an itemised breakdown of new developments funding announced in budget 2024, in tabular form. [44884/23]

2023-10-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an itemised breakdown of the non-core current allocation announced in budget 2024, in tabular form. [44885/23]

2023-10-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on legislating for folic acid fortification of certain staple food products to aid the prevention of certain brain and spinal conditions and neural tube defects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43774/23]

2023-10-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has had any engagement with the Minister for Finance or the Revenue Commissioners regarding plans to prohibit GMS income being mandated to partnerships or employers, meaning that any GMS income will need to be declared as income by the individual GMS list holder in their tax return from January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44076/23]

2023-10-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason that he has agreed to limit the ability of the HSE to assign patients to GP GMS lists; the date on which this policy commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42737/23]

2023-10-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline, in full, the details of the new GMS GP deal agreed over the summer of 2023; and the full extent of changes made to the GMS contract as a result of this deal, in tabular form. [42740/23]

2023-09-27

VOTE

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Referral to Select Committee

✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 113–10

2023-09-27

VOTE

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023

A bill to prohibit persons from engaging in certain conduct in safe access zones, that is to say, in certain areas in and adjacent to certain healthcare premises; to make provision for enforcement in respect of engaging in conduct prohibited in such safe access zones, and to provide for offences in relation to such prohibited conduct; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

✓ voted to progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 111–10

2023-09-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a handover and substantial completion date on the new Children’s Hospital has been agreed between the Development Board and the developer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40785/23]

2023-09-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish a multi-annual investment plan to address the capacity deficit in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40790/23]

2023-09-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent of the estimated health budget overrun in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40788/23]

2023-09-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will legislate for safe staffing levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40789/23]

2023-09-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will review dental practice regulations, in line with calls from the Dental Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40787/23]

2023-09-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the plans he has in place to prevent a serious hospital crisis in the coming winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40791/23]

2023-09-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to amend the Dental Act 1985; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40829/23]

2023-09-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to give powers of investigation and sanction to the Dental Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40830/23]

2023-09-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the numbers of patients who have been treated under the dental treatment service scheme for the years 2014, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40831/23]

2023-09-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend under the dental treatment service scheme for the years 2014, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40832/23]

2023-09-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health what communications his Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) to date regarding reform of the Dental Act 1985; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40833/23]

2023-09-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to reform the dental treatment service scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40834/23]

2023-09-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists registered to the dental treatment service scheme for the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40835/23]

2023-09-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to recruit more dentists into the HSE public dental service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40836/23]

2023-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he explored extending the flu programme to the 50-64-year-old group first, rather than examining the benefits of an enhanced flu vaccine for the 65+ cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40096/23]

2023-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has explored the use of the heel prick test for spinal muscular atrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40097/23]

2023-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if, in light of HPSC data on excess mortalities seen last winter, he will outline the new measures which he is bringing in for this coming winter to protect the over-65s population of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40098/23]

2023-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health following the vacancy in May 2023 of the director of midwifery post in the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, the steps taken to advertise the now vacant post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40099/23]

2023-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if someone has been appointed or recruited to the role of the director of midwifery post in the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; if so, when this took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40100/23]

2023-09-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the terms of the recent pay agreement for catering and general support staff between the HSE and SIPTU; the reason certain workers received significant lump sums and others did not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37962/23]

2023-07-25

PQ

Asked Social

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection whether she will recognise Covid-19 as an occupational illness for healthcare workers following the recommendation of the European Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35750/23]

2023-07-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 788 of 2019, the companies, organisations and individuals engaged on a contractual basis by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) from June 2019 to date, in tabular form; the purpose of each engagement; the length of each engagement; the cost incurred to the NMBI for the relevant period of engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36508/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Enterprise

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of establishing and fully resourcing the health and social care advisory committee within the Health and Safety Authority; the additional staffing and inspection requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35137/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs contracted by the HSE under the GMS scheme for the years 2018 to date, broken down by year and by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35034/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs not contracted under the GMS scheme but who are registered to provide other services including: the primary childhood immunisation scheme, the Health (Amendment) Act, 1996, heartwatch, the methadone treatment scheme, the national cancer screening service or any other service for the years 2018 to date, broken down by year, by county and by the service they deliver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35035/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of GPs on the specialist division of the register in general practice for the years 2018 to date, broken down by year and by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35036/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the nature of State funding by way of subsidy to GPs; the total cost of such subsidies for the years 2018 to 2022, broken down by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35037/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of GPs providing an out-of-hours care service for the years 2018 to date, broken down by year and by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35038/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the total health budget allocated to section 38 and section 39 organisations for the years 2018 to 2023, broken down by total Section 38 cost and Section 39 cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35039/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the portion of HSE spend on section 38 and section 39 organisations that covers pay; the total HSE spending on funding such organisations in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35040/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline what modelling has been done to cost equalising pay for workers who work for the HSE with those who work for section 38 and section 39 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35041/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of HSE-employed staff or contracted staff providing a service for the HSE who earn less than the living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35043/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the impact on waiting lists and waiting times for children with scoliosis and spina bifida for the period where arrangements and a scheme were in place to treat children abroad in hospitals in England, Germany and France; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35050/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline if the Houses of the Oireachtas legislated to deliver free GP care for all children up to 12 years of age; if this is still a commitment from Government; to further outline a timetable to deliver on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35051/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline, in tabular form, the number of children with scoliosis who had surgery carried out from 2018 to date, broken down by month, by hospital and by wait time in the following categories: 0 to 4 months, 4 to 6 months, 6 to 9 months, 9 months to a year, over a year, over 2 years, over 3 years, over 4 years and over 5 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35052/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline in tabular form the number of children with spina bifida who had surgery carried out from 2018 to date, broken down by month and by wait time in the following categories: 0 to 4 months, 4 to 6 months, 6 to 9 months, 9 months to a year, over a year, over 2 years, over 3 years, over 4 years and over 5 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35053/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis waiting for surgery from 1 June 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, in tabular form, broken down by overall number on waiting list; the length of time they are waiting as in 0 to 4 months, 4 to 6 months, 6 to 9 months, 9 months to a year, over a year, over 2 years, over 3 years, over 4 years and over 5 years, and further broken down by those waiting for spinal fusion, and numbers waiting for other spinal procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35054/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital appointments or procedures for children cancelled by a hospital for the years 2018 to 2022, broken down by year, by hospital and by procedure type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35055/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis and spina bifida who had surgeries cancelled from 2018 to date, broken down by month, by year, by hospital and by procedure, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35056/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis and spina bifida who had procedures carried out by the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, in hospitals in Germany and France for the years 2017 to date, the cost to the HSE, broken down by month, by year, by hospital, by country; to outline if such arrangements are still in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35057/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if children with scoliosis are currently offered the option of having treatment and surgery abroad as part of arrangements agreed with hospitals in England, Germany and France in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35058/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline what actions he and the HSE have taken and will take following the publication of a report from the Office of the Ombudsman for Children titled scoliosis treatment for Ivy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35059/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he, his Department or the HSE met with or corresponded with the Children's Ombudsman following the publication of a report from the Office of the Ombudsman for Children titled scoliosis treatment for Ivy; the nature of any meetings or correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35060/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for the period of January to May for each year 2018 to date in 2023, inclusive, statewide and for each location, in tabular form; the average for all patients, the average for patients aged under 75; and the average for patients aged 75 or older. [35061/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for the period of January to June for each year 2018 to date in 2023, inclusive, statewide and for each location, in tabular form; the average for all patients, the average for patients aged under 75; and the average for patients aged 75 or older. [35062/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who attended an emergency department for the period of January to May for each year 2018 to date in 2023, inclusive, statewide and by location, in tabular form; the number and percentage of patients who were admitted via an emergency department; the number and percentage who were waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours; the number for all patients, the number and percentage for patients aged under 75; and the number and percentage for patients aged over 75. [35063/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who attended an emergency department for the period of January to June for each year 2018 to date in 2023, inclusive, statewide and by location, in tabular form; the number and percentage of patients who were admitted via an emergency department; the number and percentage who were waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours; the number for all patients, the number and percentage for patients aged under 75; and the number and percentage for patients aged over 75. [35064/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the maximum patient experience time to admission registered at each emergency department for the period of January to May for each year 2018 to date in 2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [35065/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the maximum patient experience time to admission registered at each emergency department for the period of January to June for each year 2018 to date in 2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [35066/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen in the month for the period of January to May, by month, for each year 2018 to date in 2023, inclusive, by hospital, in tabular form. [35067/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen in the month for the period of January to June, by month, for each year 2018-2023 to date, inclusive, by hospital in tabular form. [35068/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for each month for each year 2022-2023 to date, inclusive by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form. [35069/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures which were cancelled for each month for each year 2022-2023 to date, inclusive, by hospital, for adults and for children, in tabular form. [35070/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care for each month for each year 2018-2023 to date, inclusive, at each location, in tabular form; the number of delayed discharges and the number as a percentage of all discharges; the number of bed days lost; and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period. [35071/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each month for each year 2018-2023 to date, inclusive, in tabular form; the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35072/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for the period January to June or May, whichever is the latest available, each year 2018-2023 to date, inclusive, in tabular form. [35073/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities for the period January to June or May, whichever is the latest available, each year 2018-2023 to date, inclusive, in tabular form. [35074/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less for each month for each year 2018-2023 to date, inclusive, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35076/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of incidents responded to by the ambulance service by clinical status and substatus for each month for each year 2018-2023 to date, inclusive. [35077/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance turnaround time at each emergency department for each month in 2023 to date, inclusive, in tabular form. [35078/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, at the end of May and June 2018-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and the breakdown by length of wait and by age. [35079/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people aged over 65 and over 75 years on NTPF-reported waiting lists by specialty by location for each month for each year 2019-2023 to date, inclusive, in tabular form. [35080/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists at the end of May and June 2018-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and the breakdown by length of wait. [35081/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists, by CHO and length of wait at the end of May and June 2018 to 2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [35085/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for Jigsaw, by CHO and length of wait at the end of May and June 2018 to 2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [35086/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of quarter 2 of 2023; the number for each quarter of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35087/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims before the CervicalCheck Tribunal; the number of claims resolved by the tribunal; the timeframe for completion of the tribunal's work; the cost of the tribunal to date, by cost type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35088/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of May and June for each year 2019 to 2023, by LHO, in tabular form; the number of dentists who submitted claims and the total number of claims in quarter 1 of each year and each full year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35089/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of May and June of each year 2019 to 2023, broken down by standard waiting times, by area in tabular form. [35090/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the value of all claims made against the HSE or hospitals funded by the HSE which incurred a cost, broken down by the cost of the claim and legal costs for the years 2018 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35091/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of staff working in the HSE and his Department whose income exceeded €100,000 a year in 2022, broken down by the following income brackets: €100,000 to €150,000, €150,001 to €200,000, €200,001 to €300,000, €300,001 to €400,000, €400,001 to €500,000, €500,001 to €600,000, €600001 to €700,000, €700,001 to €800,000, €800,001 to €900,000, €900,001 to €1,000,000, and greater than €1,000,001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35092/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the total agency and consultancy spend by his Department and the HSE for the years 2018 to 2022, broken down by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35093/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the total agency and consultancy spend by his Department and the HSE for the months of January to June for years 2018 to 2023, broken down, by month and by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35094/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline all legal costs incurred by his Department and the HSE for the years 2018 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35095/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline, in tabular form, all Department of Health and HSE expenditure on non-HSE organisations, including outsourcing of care, assessments, recruitment, diagnostics, legal, professional and consultancy fees and any other service delivered for the HSE or his Department by a non-HSE organisation for the years 2018 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35096/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline, in tabular form, the number of people employed on a contract for service by his Department and the HSE for the years 2018 to date, broken down by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35097/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the cost of providing hospitality by his Department and the HSE for the years 2018 to date, further broken down by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35098/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the value of goods and services procured by the HSE where the procurement was non-compliant with procurement rules and guidelines for the years 2018 to 2022, further broken down by year, by goods or service type and by amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35099/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the projected budget overspend in health for 2023; if a financial control framework is in place for 2023, the nature of the framework; if cost-containment plans have been drawn up by his Department or the HSE; if he will list the areas or sections of the HSE in which cost-containment plans have been drawn up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35100/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in revenue and new build capital cost for each type of health service bed, based on recent projects, that is acute inpatient, community transitional care, community nursing unit, CAMHS, palliative care, social inclusion, and rehabilitation beds, in tabular form. [35150/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full revenue and capital cost of implementing the National Ambulance Service’s workforce and strategic plan out to 2031 [35151/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of a 10% increase in clinical training places for medical interns, initial specialist training, higher specialist training, GP training, clinical psychology, advanced nurse/midwife practitioners, advanced practice physiotherapy, in tabular form; and the number of places this would result in. [35152/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold in increments of €10 to €0, additive, in tabular form. [35153/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of abolishing prescription charges, by age cohort and total. [35154/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total revenue generated by car parking charges and the estimated total cost of abolishing car parking fees, including any potential buyouts or other arrangements. [35155/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the fully burdened cost of employing additional (details supplied) inclusive of employers’ PRSI, in tabular form. [35157/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of a standardised eye care scheme for under 8s with consistent subsidies across all CHOs, costed by standardising the top end benefits across all CHOs [35158/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full revenue and capital cost of implementing the HSE’s climate action plan by measure and year. [35159/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost the waive assessment fees for addiction residential, rehabilitation and detox services. [35160/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of returning funding to drug and alcohol taskforces to 2010 levels. [35161/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of a consistent standardised needle exchange programme rolled out across all taskforces. [35162/23]

2023-07-13

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of expanding health and social care undergraduate places by 10%; and the number of course places this would generate, by course, in tabular form. [35124/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

Asked Public Expenditure

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 22 June 2023, in which the Minister for Health could not answer for information in relation to medical card entitlements from Departments other than his own, if he will provide a full list of all health and non-health entitlements associated with medical cards, in tabular form; the total cost of each entitlement, by vote; the average secondary cost of a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33880/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) can expect to have an MRI conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33535/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide a capital and revenue cost for an intermediate care bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33621/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of each recommendation of the nursing home expert panel review, in tabular form. [33761/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of intensive homecare packages delivered in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, by CHO, in tabular form; the number of hours sought; the number of hours funded; and the funding allocated and spent in each year. [33841/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of homecare packages delivered in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, by CHO, in tabular form; the number of hours sought; the number of hours funded; and the funding allocated and spent in each year. [33842/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently in receipt of the maximum hours of intensive homecare; the number of people in receipt of their full allocation; and the number of people not in receipt of their full allocation. [33843/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the manner by which a person may apply for an intensive homecare package; and the maximum number of hours that may be allocated to a single individual. [33844/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeline for extension of the free contraception scheme to girls aged 16; the timeframe for further extensions; what consultation his Department has undertaken to progress this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33881/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full details of the GP visit card expansion agreement announced on 4 July 2023, in tabular form; the categories and timelines for implementation; the first- and full-year cost of measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33889/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full details of additional supports agreed for GPs, in tabular form; the timeframe for implementation by measure; the first- and full-year cost of measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33890/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline, in tabular form, the cost of increasing the medical card income threshold by €5,000, €10,000, €15,000 and €20,000; to further breakdown the cost by income thresholds and the number of additional people covered by increasing each threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33899/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of cutting private activity in public hospitals by 10%, 20% and 30%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33900/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing external professional fees in public healthcare by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33901/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing external consultancy fees or spend in the healthcare system by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33902/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing agency spend in the public healthcare system by 5%, 10% and 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33903/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated weekly, monthly and annual cost of contracting a bed in a private nursing home for short-stay use by public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33904/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering the use of electronic patient records across the public healthcare system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33905/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing capital spend on the National Ambulance Service by 10% above the 2022 and 2023 spend or allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33906/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of capping public hospital car parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33907/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing car parking charges in public hospitals by 10% and 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33908/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering a living wage to all staff in non-HSE organisations delivering care to public patients on behalf of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33909/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people availing of the temporary scheme of paid leave for public health service employees unfit for work post-Covid-19 infection; the ongoing cost of the scheme; the cost of the scheme to date; the total number of people who have availed of it; if he will put in place a permanent solution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33924/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the jury in the inquest into the deaths of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34117/23]

2023-07-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for an update on the current number of epilepsy nurse specialists, neurologists and associated team members currently attached to epilepsy adult and paediatric services across the country; the hospitals/hospital group to which they are attached; the number of vacancies currently within each of these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34118/23]

2023-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of additional funding provided for nursing homes in Budget 2023 under new measures and the amount provided to/via the NTPF, the nursing home support scheme, and the amount provided otherwise, in tabular form; the level under existing levels of service; the amount provided otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32967/23]

2023-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults currently waiting on a spinal surgery in Tallaght University Hospital; the length of waits endured thus far; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32018/23]

2023-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of completed spinal surgeries in the years 2020, 2022, 2023 in Tallaght University Hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32019/23]

2023-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if spinal surgeries will continue to be carried out in Tallaght University Hospital going forward; how many surgeons are currently undertaking spinal fusions and spinal surgery in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32020/23]

2023-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the current adult services available for spinal patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32021/23]

2023-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults waiting on spinal fusion in this State and the time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32022/23]

2023-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline what clinical pathways are available for those transitioning from children spinal service to adult spinal services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32023/23]

2023-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the current organisational structure of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; the number and grade of staff in each directorate, including permanent, contract, agency or other staff, in tabular form; the number of external staff supports contracted to provide services to each Directorate, for example, project management staff, educational assessors, call centre staff, registration external overseas file reviewers and others; and the overall whole-time equivalent staff numbers for each of the years 2016 to 2022 and to date in 2023. [32302/23]

2023-07-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the implementation status of each of the recommendations of the Short-Term Review of Clinical Placement Allowances for Student Nurses and Midwives and the Longer-Term Review: Matters relating to Student Nurses and Midwives, in tabular form. [32321/23]

2023-07-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the €500 subsistence grant for supernumerary student nurses and midwives in years 1 to 3, backdated to the start of the 2022-2023 academic year, will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32326/23]

2023-06-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has or will conduct a review of pharmacy dispensing fees and the extent of service provision by community pharmacists; if he has or will engage with an organisation (details supplied) on the matter; the dates on which he has or will engage with the organisation; if he will establish a review which encompasses the scope of services provided or which could be provided by community pharmacy; and if he will include scoping of a minor ailments or minor illness scheme in community pharmacy in the terms of reference of the review. [31193/23]

2023-06-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase fees paid to pharmacists for dispensing medicines to a flat fee of €5, €5.50, €6 and €6.50 per item, in tabular form. [31273/23]

2023-06-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated first year and full cost of implementing a minor ailments and illness scheme in community pharmacy. [31274/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the total capital spend at each level 4 hospital from 2016 to 2022, broken down by year and by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30325/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline all capital projects to be either partially or fully funded by the HSE for primary, community and acute health services for Waterford into the future, as in plans submitted; what stage the project is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30326/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes operating in this State, broken down by publicly run HSE facilities, community nursing units, not-for-profit organisations and private providers, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30328/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes operating in this State as of 1 May 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, broken down by publicly run HSE facilities, community nursing units, not-for-profit organisations and private providers, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30329/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of registered nursing home beds in this State in 2019 and to date, further broken down by categories, that is, publicly run HSE facilities, community nursing units, not-for-profit organisations and private providers, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30330/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing NTPF funding to private nursing homes under the fair deal and nursing home support scheme by 10%, by 20% and by 30%, excluding any increase in contributions by residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30331/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated completion date and cost estimate for the national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30334/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline all meetings attended by him in 2022 and 2023 relating to the NCH, listing each meeting, the location and the date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30335/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline all meetings attended by the assistant secretary responsible for health infrastructure in his Department in 2022 and 2023 relating to the NCH, listing each meeting, the location and the date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30336/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of design changes made to the national children's hospital since the original design; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30337/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm if talks on settling claims arising from the NCH between the contractor and a company (details supplied) ended without agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30338/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the nature of works carried out by a company (details supplied) for the NPHDB; the cost of such works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30339/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the nature of works carried out by a company (details supplied) for CHI on the NCH; the cost of such works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30340/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the nature of the works carried out by a company (details supplied) regarding the NCH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30341/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of change orders given to a company (details supplied) regarding the NCH; to outline the nature of the change order, where the instruction came from and the date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30342/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if any element of the NCH was found not to be in compliance with HTM standards; if so, the nature of the failure in standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30343/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline how many directions were issued to BAM under clause 4.4.1 -1(a); the nature of the direction; the date the direction was issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30344/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the nature of the work carried out by architects (details supplied) regarding the NCH; the cost of such works to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30345/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the nature of the work carried out by HAON re the NCH; the cost of such works to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30346/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the nature of the work carried out by Mercury re the NCH; the cost of such works to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30347/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the nature of the work carried out by a company (details supplied) re the NCH; the cost of such works to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30348/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the details of any correspondence between a company (details supplied) and BAM representatives in December 2022; the nature of the correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30349/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of meetings held by the NPHDP from 2022 to date; the time and location of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30350/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of meetings of the Design Sub Committee (DSC) of the NPHDP from 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30351/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of meetings of the Design Sub Committee (DSC) of the NPHDP where reports from STS were discussed; the time, date and location of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30352/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of meetings of the Design Sub Committee (DSC) of the NPHDP where directions issued to BAM under clause 4.4.1 -1(a) were discussed; the time, date and location of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30353/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of claims made by BAM on behalf of other contractors employed by the board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30354/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the current estimated capital investment requirement for the NPH project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30355/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the current cost savings not achieved regarding the NCH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30356/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the current design team fees for the NCH; to further outline who the fees are payable to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30357/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of design engineers employed or contracted for the NCH; the names of the design engineers, as in the company; the amount paid to date to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30358/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline all conditions attached to the guaranteed maximum price agreed between the NPHDB and BAM; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30359/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of quantity surveyors employed or contracted for the NCH; the names of the companies involved; the amount paid to date to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30360/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline all costs as a consequence of underestimation re the NCH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30361/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline all provisional sums made re the NCH; the total provisional sum amount, broken down individually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30362/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of claims made re the NCH that relate to schedule adherence or slippage against the agreed schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30363/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline if a project assurance strategy exists re the NCH; when it was put in place; the scope of the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30364/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline any review made regarding the scope and responsibilities of the advisory firms that constitute the design team of the NCH; the nature of the reviews; the dates the reviews were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30365/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the full revenue and capital cost of the last community nursing unit built and completed; the date it was opened, the number of beds, the number of staff employed in the unit; the length of time it took from design to completion; the revenue and capital funding allocated each year to the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30366/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average weekly cost of contracting a community step-down or recovery bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30367/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the different types of community beds contracted by the HSE, broken down by bed type, the number of beds contracted by bed type, the average weekly cost by type, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30368/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is considering a centralised referral system for patients referred into acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30369/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis waiting for surgery on 1 May 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30370/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with spina bifida waiting for surgery on 1 May 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30371/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will consider hiring directly employed GPs, the work that has been carried out in his Department to progress this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30372/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of salaried or directly hired GPs working for the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30373/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of salaried or directly hired GPs hired by the HSE from 2014 to date, broken down by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30374/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline what additional funds were made available to GPs in budget 2023 to assist in delivering additional GP-only cards; how that money was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30375/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the promised extension of GP-only cards, as announced in budget 2023, will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30376/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline any cost-saving measures identified in health in budgets from 2016 to date; the amount of money saved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30377/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline all secondary non-health benefits associated with having a full medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30378/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline, in tabular form, the cost of increasing funding to the NTPF to ensure a 10%, 20% and 30% increase in the fair deal and nursing home support scheme above current funding, broken down by public, private and voluntary providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30379/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline how the pricing mechanism works to determine the fair deal rate for nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30380/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline, in tabular form, the average weekly cost of care in HSE nursing homes; the average weekly cost of care in private or voluntary nursing homes; the percentage differential between the average weekly cost of public versus private-voluntary homes, further broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30381/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of public, private or voluntary nursing homes that have closed since 2016; the number of beds per home lost, further broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30382/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health who is responsible for tracking availability of medicines, issuing warnings if there are shortages and monitoring supply of medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30384/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health who reports to him regarding medicine shortages; what reports of shortages he received in 2022 and to date in 2023; to outline the nature and date of the reporting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30385/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is considering the introduction of a serious shortage protocol regarding medicine supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30386/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is considering increasing fees for pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30387/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is considering a new contract for optometrists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30388/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will develop a population-wide strategy for ear and hearing care in the Irish population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30389/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health in tabular form, the capital funding allocated to each level 3 and level 4 hospital from 2016 to date, broken down by year, by hospital, and by hospital group; if he will itemise each capital allocation provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30390/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the changes that have been introduced to speed up delivery of capital projects in healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30391/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide, in tabular form, the amounts spent by the HSE and-or each individual hospital and his Department and management consultancy for the years 2016 to date, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30392/23]

2023-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline, in tabular form, all health strategies in place; the total funding provided to each strategy from 2016 to date, broken down by each strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30393/23]

2023-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the regulation of athletic therapists with CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29954/23]

2023-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-term equivalent tracheotomy nurses in paediatric orthopaedics in Cork University Hospital; and the number of tracheotomy nurses available in CUH. [29955/23]

2023-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average response time for an ambulance from each base in County Sligo in 2022 and for the first four months of 2023, in tabular form. [29957/23]

2023-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a home support waiting list for funding and for a carer in CHO 6, in tabular form. [29958/23]

2023-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented at the emergency department at Mercy University Hospital in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29959/23]

2023-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation suites in the emergency department of Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29960/23]

2023-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when day care services will resume in west Sligo and at the day care centre in Easkey; if there are plans to resume a five-day service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29964/23]

2023-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE respiratory nurses working in Galway University Hospital in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29965/23]

2023-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists and occupational therapists working out of University Hospital Kerry in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29966/23]

2023-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ENT surgeons at Tullamore regional hospital in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29967/23]

2023-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons and orthopaedic registrars working in Roscommon University Hospital in the years 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29968/23]

2023-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has explored the possibility of recognising a product (details supplied) as medical treatment under the drugs payment scheme, instead of a food supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29969/23]

2023-06-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has not published a Performance Profile or Management Data Report since its September 2022 publications; if he can provide both the Performance Profile and Management Data Report for the most recently available quarterly and monthly periods respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27482/23]

2023-06-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and details of all approved consultant posts by discipline, speciality, and clinical site grouped and totalled by Hospital Group/CHO respectively providing the numbers filled listed on each of the following basis as permanent, temporary, locum or agency basis; the total number of vacant consultant posts (including those vacant and newly created and currently under recruitment) similarly grouped as above, in tabular form; the length of time the vacant posts have remained vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27483/23]

2023-06-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of delivering a living wage for home care workers; and the estimated cost of providing for mileage expenses. [27690/23]

2023-06-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied) has submitted a claim for its employees providing cleaning and support services at University Hospital Waterford, as the employees are unable to get a definitive reply from the employer. [27717/23]

2023-06-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress made to establish if a vaccine compensation scheme will be established in view of the urgent recommendations made in the Expert Group Report to Review the Law of Torts and the Current Systems for the Management of Clinical Negligence Claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28089/23]

2023-06-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to enable seven-day rostering across the health service; his plans to address the workforce requirements to enable this while achieving safe staffing levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26968/23]

2023-06-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish a multi-annual plan to resolve the crisis in emergency departments; when he will publish full details of all elective centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26973/23]

2023-06-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a national hearing strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26720/23]

2023-06-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the commencement of services at the new National Children's Hospital; the estimated costs and target completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26721/23]

2023-06-01

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when CORU will complete the regulation of allied health and social care professions, such as, but not limited to, psychologists, in line with its statutory obligations. [26722/23]

2023-06-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to bring forward new professional regulations for the dental profession in line with the requests of their representative body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26719/23]

2023-05-31

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Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023 · 2 divisions

A bill to amend the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 to provide for abortion on request prior to foetal viability; to abolish the 3 day waiting period for abortion on request; to allow for abortion on grounds of fatal foetal abnormality that are likely to lead to the death of the foetus either before or within a year of birth; to allow for abortion where there is a risk to the life, or of serious harm to the health, of the pregnant woman; and to decriminalise the provision of abortion.

✓ voted to progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 67–64
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 61–74

2023-05-25

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current status of his plans to expedite the construction and opening of the proposed additional 1,500 rapid build of hospital beds; the number of construction companies which have provided expressions of interest in tendering for the construction of the capacity in the period proposed; the identity of the sites the Health Service Executive has identified as suitable to build the 1,500 hospital beds on, in tabular form; the timelines for the design, planning, tendering, completion of each of the building developments and the opening with appropriate staffing of the 1,500 beds on a site by site basis, in tabular form; when the Government will commit the funding for the additional 1,500 rapid build of hospital beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25353/23]

2023-05-25

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to expedite the provision of additional step-down care and rehabilitation beds to reduce the number of delayed transfers of care patients, which consistently total approximately 600, in order to ensure the efficient use of hospital beds; the number of additional step-down care and rehabilitation beds funded and opened in each year since the start of 2020, in tabular form; the number of additional step-down care and rehabilitation beds planned to open in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25354/23]

2023-05-23

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of days for each model 3 and model 4 hospital to date in 2023 that full capacity protocols have been active, in tabular form. [24968/23]

2023-05-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational health reviews which have taken place in relation to long-Covid or similar indication, in tabular form; the number of workers who sought leave on the basis of long-Covid; the number of workers asked to return despite claims of long-Covid; the number of workers granted leave, by length of leave in timebands; the number of workers who sought additional leave beyond initially sanctioned leave; and the number of workers granted long-term leave. [23638/23]

2023-05-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in final capital cost of developing the new Waterford residential care centre; the number of beds; the all-in revenue cost of staffing and servicing the facility; and the whole-time equivalent requirements. [23727/23]

2023-05-16

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to deliver a living wage for home support workers and healthcare assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22647/23]

2023-05-16

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has conducted any analysis of the cost of ensuring a living wage for health care assistants who are providing services in nursing homes to people whose care is funded under the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22763/23]

2023-05-16

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of ensuring a living wage for healthcare assistants and home support workers who are providing publicly contracted home support hours, whether they work for the HSE or another provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22764/23]

2023-05-16

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the hourly cost of the HSE directly providing home care services; the cost per hour; the equivalent cost for a whole-time equivalent worker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22765/23]

2023-05-16

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional revenue cost of staffing and servicing the additional acute inpatient beds added to the health service in each of the years 2019 to 2022. [23012/23]

2023-05-16

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 785 of 13 January 2021, the status of the licensing and reimbursement of jorveza, used to treat eosinophilic oesophagitis, on the drug payment scheme. [23105/23]

2023-05-10

VOTE

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 50–63

2023-05-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a claim relating to an employment (details supplied) has been submitted for the pandemic bonus; if the claim is eligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21268/23]

2023-05-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the payment and subvention rates for private nursing homes via the NTPF; the total amount spent in each of the past five years; and the range and average of rates across the State, by county. [21269/23]

2023-05-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the manner by which a payment for a nursing home bed is calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21270/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for quarter 1 and by month for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, statewide and for each location in tabular form; the average for all patients, the average for patients aged under 75 years; and the average for patients aged 75 years or older. [20865/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who attended an emergency department in quarter 1 and by month for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, statewide and by location in tabular form; the number and percentage of patients who were admitted via an emergency department; the number and percentage who were waiting 0-6, 0-9, 9-24, and 24+ hours; the number for all patients; the number and percentage for patients aged under 75 years; and the number and percentage for patients aged over 75 years. [20866/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the maximum patient experience time to admission registered at each emergency department in quarter 1 and by month for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [20867/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen in each month of quarter 1 and by month for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, by hospital, in tabular form. [20868/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, in quarter 1 and by month for 2023 by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form; and the number for April 2022 and April 2023. [20869/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures which were cancelled in quarter 1 and by month for 2023, by hospital, for adults and for children, in tabular form. [20870/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds available at the end of February 2020 and at the end of February 2023, by location, in tabular form. [20871/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1176 of 21 March 2023, the planned number of acute inpatient beds to be added; the number delivered in 2022; the total number at the start and end of 2022; the planned total by year-end 2023; and the number of funded beds remaining to be delivered. [20872/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care in quarter 1 for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, at each location in tabular form; the number of delayed discharges and the number as a percentage of all discharges; the number of bed days lost and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period. [20873/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for quarter 1 in each of the years 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20883/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities in quarter 1 in each of the years 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form [20884/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities in quarter 1 in each of the years 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [20885/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less in quarter 1 and by month in each of the years 2019-2023, nationally and by ambulance region in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20886/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of incidents responded to by the ambulance service by clinical status and sub status in January and February in each of the years 2019-2023, inclusive. [20887/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance turnaround time at each emergency department in quarter 1 and by month in 2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [20888/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum wait time on NTPF reported waiting lists by speciality by location for quarter 1 and by month in each of the years 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [20889/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on NTPF reported waiting lists by specialty by location for quarter 1 and by month in each of the years 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and the mean, median, and maximum wait time. [20890/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people aged over 65 and over 75 years on NTPF-reported waiting lists by specialty by location for quarter 1 and by month in each of the years 2019-2023, in tabular form; and the mean, median, and maximum wait time. [20891/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, at the end of quarter 1 2019-2023, inclusive in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; the number waiting for initial assessment, initial therapy/intervention, and follow up therapy/ intervention for each specialty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20892/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists at the end of quarter 1 2019-2023, inclusive in tabular form; and the breakdown by length of wait. [20894/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need at the end of quarter 1 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the number overdue for completion; and the average length of wait. [20897/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists by CHO and length of wait at the end of quarter 1 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [20898/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for Jigsaw by CHO and length of wait at the end of quarter 1 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [20899/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of quarter 1 2023; the number for each quarter of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20900/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis and the number of children with spina bifida on waiting lists at the end of quarter 1 for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, by specialty, including the number of suspended cases, in tabular form; and the number waiting 0-6, 6-12, 12-18 and 18+ months. [20902/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on paediatric orthopaedic waiting lists for at the end of quarter 1 for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, including the number of suspended cases, by specialty and by location in tabular form; the number waiting 0-6, 6-12, 12-18 and 18+ months; and the average waiting time of all relevant patients on each list. [20903/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion and other paediatric orthopaedic procedures carried out by Children’s Health Ireland in each year 2017-2023 by month at each location in tabular form; the number which have been outsourced; and the location at which they were conducted. [20904/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children removed from paediatric orthopaedic waiting lists in November and December 2022 and January and February 2023, by reason for removal; and the number removed without having a procedure and the reason why. [20905/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims before the CervicalCheck Tribunal; the number of claims resolved by the Tribunal; the timeframe for completion of the Tribunal’s work; the cost of the Tribunal to date, by cost type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20906/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of quarter 1 of each year 2019-2023 by LHO in tabular form; the number of dentists who submitted claims, the total number of claims in quarter 1 of each year and each full year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20907/23]

2023-05-04

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of quarter 1 of each year 2019-2023, broken down by standard waiting times and by area, in tabular form. [20908/23]

2023-05-03

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to make the new mortuary at UHW available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20423/23]

2023-04-25

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide a cost on replacing 10% of acute hospital beds in multi-bed wards with single isolation room units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19051/23]

2023-04-25

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the replacement of multi-bed wards with single isolation rooms over the coming years, in tabular form; the number of single isolation units; the number of beds in multi-unit wards; the cost of and budget for the replacement programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19052/23]

2023-04-25

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of applications made for medicine price increases in each quarter of 2022 and in the first quarter of 2023, in tabular form; the number sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19600/23]

2023-04-20

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish a plan for achieving universal GP care; when he will publish the details of the free GP expansion promised in the budget for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17404/23]

2023-04-20

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish a multi-annual capacity expansion plan for the health service and for hospitals in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17405/23]

2023-04-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the health and social care professions whose regulation is under the remit of CORU, in tabular form; the status of regulation or the development stage of regulation; and the timeframe for completion or year of completion for each profession. [16448/23]

2023-04-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17199/23]

2023-04-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average processing time for HSE pension commencements from claim to final approval by division, in tabular form; the target time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17257/23]

2023-04-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric orthopaedic appointments, by appointment type, cancelled in January and February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17478/23]

2023-04-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for diagnostic scan services at CHI Crumlin, by type, by wait length time band, and by adult/child, in tabular form. [17645/23]

2023-04-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the latest guidelines and regulations which govern the sale and supply of codeine containing products by retail pharmacy businesses; when these were last reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18269/23]

2023-04-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by the Pharmaceutical Society, by grade, in tabular form; the number of staff employed for inspections of retail pharmacy businesses and the wider number involved in assessing compliance of retail pharmacy businesses; and the number of staff involved in enforcement actions or actions otherwise taken to address poor practice, behaviour, or performance taken against retail pharmacy businesses. [18270/23]

2023-04-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of inspections of retail pharmacy businesses conducted by the Pharmaceutical Society in each year since establishment, by purpose, in tabular form. [18271/23]

2023-04-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of enforcement actions, or actions otherwise taken to correct or address poor practice, behaviour, or performance by pharmacists or by pharmacies, taken by the Pharmaceutical Society against retail pharmacy businesses in each year since establishment, by action type and grounds, in tabular form. [18272/23]

2023-04-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of inspections conducted by the Pharmaceutical Society to ascertain compliance with guidelines for the safe dispensing of non-prescription products containing codeine by retail pharmacy businesses in each year since establishment, by purpose, in tabular form. [18273/23]

2023-04-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of enforcement actions, or actions otherwise taken to correct or address poor practice, behaviour, or performance by pharmacists or by pharmacies, taken by the Pharmaceutical Society to address compliance with guidelines for the safe dispensing of non-prescription products containing codeine by retail pharmacy businesses in each year since establishment, by action type and grounds, in tabular form. [18274/23]

2023-04-18

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of compliance with the 2010 Pharmaceutical Society guidelines on the safe dispensing of non-prescription products containing codeine by retail pharmacy businesses. [18275/23]

2023-03-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for January, February, and March for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, state-wide and for each location, in tabular form; the average for all patients; the average for patients aged under 75 years; the average for patients aged 75 years or older; the number and percentage of patients waiting less than the average; and the number and percentage of patients waiting longer than the average. [15926/23]

2023-03-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the maximum patient experience time to admission registered at each emergency department for each week in January, February, and March for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [15928/23]

2023-03-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen in the month of January, February, and March for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, by hospital, in tabular form. [15929/23]

2023-03-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each week of January, February and March for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15936/23]

2023-03-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities in January, February and March for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form [15937/23]

2023-03-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities in January, February and March for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [15938/23]

2023-03-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of Clinical Status 1 ECHO and Clinical Status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less in January, February and March for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15939/23]

2023-03-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of incidents responded to by the ambulance service by clinical status and sub status in January, February and March for each year 2019-2023, inclusive. [15940/23]

2023-03-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, in each month of 2022 and in January, February, and March 2023; by hospital group and hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15941/23]

2023-03-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures which were cancelled in January, February, and March 2023, by hospital, for adults and for children, in tabular form. [15942/23]

2023-03-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds, by bed type, available at each acute hospital for January, February and March for each year 2019-2023, inclusive; and the number of bed days provided. [15943/23]

2023-03-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, for January, February, and March 2019-2023, inclusive in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; the numbers waiting for initial assessment, initial therapy/intervention, and follow-up therapy/intervention for each specialty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15946/23]

2023-03-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for January, February, and March 2019-2023, inclusive in tabular form; and the breakdown by length of wait. [15947/23]

2023-03-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists by CHO and length of wait for January, February and March 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [15952/23]

2023-03-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for Jigsaw by CHO and length of wait for January, February, and March 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [15953/23]

2023-03-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of quarter 1 2023; the number for each quarter of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15954/23]

2023-03-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of each month of 2023 to date by LHO, in tabular form; the number at the end of each year 2017-2022; the number of dentists who submitted claims or were otherwise paid under the scheme in each full year; the number of claims made in each full year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15956/23]

2023-03-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of January, February, and March 2019-2023 to date, broken down by standard waiting times, by area, in tabular form. [15957/23]

2023-03-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis and the number of children with spina bifida on waiting lists at the end of March 2019-2023, inclusive, and at the end of June, September, and December 2019-2022, by waiting list, including the number of suspended cases, by specialty and by location, in tabular form; the number waiting 0-6 months, 6-12 month, 12-18 months, and 18+ months; and the average waiting time of all relevant patients on each list. [15964/23]

2023-03-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on paediatric orthopaedic waiting lists for March 2019-2023, inclusive, and at the end of June, September, and December 2019-2022, by waiting list, including the number of suspended cases, by specialty and by location, in tabular form; the number waiting 0-6 months, 6-12 month, 12-18 months, and 18+ months; and the average waiting time of all relevant patients on each list. [15965/23]

2023-03-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric orthopaedic appointments, by appointment type, cancelled in January, February, and March 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15966/23]

2023-03-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children removed from paediatric orthopaedic waiting lists in January, February, and March 2023, by the reason for removal; the number removed without having a procedure carried out; and the reason. [15967/23]

2023-03-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 1 February 2023, the awards made following a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm and by his Department, excluding aegis bodies and the Health Service Executive, in each of the years 2018 to date in 2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [15975/23]

2023-03-29

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of outstanding inpatient charges owed to the health service and the number of patients this relates to; if there will be debt forgiveness for this following the abolition of inpatient charges; if he will continue to employ the use of debt collectors against these patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15592/23]

2023-03-28

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of home care hours delivered, by CHO, by month, in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, in tabular form. [14811/23]

2023-03-28

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of home care hours provided directly by the HSE in 2019-2022, by CHO by year; the number provided by voluntary providers on behalf of the HSE; and the number provided by private providers on behalf of the HSE. [14812/23]

2023-03-28

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of surgical hubs which will be established; the number of surgical hubs already established; the cost, staffing requirements and capacity of surgical hubs already established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14813/23]

2023-03-28

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum wait time on NTPF-reported waiting lists, by speciality and by location for February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [14814/23]

2023-03-28

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on NTPF-reported waiting lists, by specialty and by location for February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and the mean, median, and maximum wait time. [14815/23]

2023-03-28

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people aged over 65 and over 75 years on NTPF-reported waiting lists, by specialty and by location for February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and the mean, median, and maximum wait time. [14816/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent of expenditure on ventilators during the pandemic, in tabular form; the number procured; the procurement process followed by batch; whether exemptions or derogations were applied on a purchase, for each; the spend and volume by vendor; the number purchased via a wholesaler and the number direct from a manufacturer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12243/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for January and February for each year from 2019 to 2023, inclusive, statewide and for each location, in tabular form; the average for all patients, the average for patients aged under 75 years; the average for patients aged 75 years or older; the number and percentage of patients waiting less than the average; and the number and percentage of patients waiting longer than the average. [12373/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who attended an emergency department in January and February for each year from 2019 to 2023, inclusive, statewide and by location, in tabular form; the number and percentage of patients who were admitted via an emergency department; the number and percentage who were waiting for 0-6, 0-9 and 9-24 hours and for 24+ hours; the number for all patients, the number and percentage for patients aged under 75 years; and the number and percentage for patients aged over 75 years. [12374/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the maximum patient experience time to admission registered at each emergency department for each year from 2019 to 2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [12375/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen in the months of January and February for each year from 2019 to 2023, inclusive, by hospital, in tabular form. [12376/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care in January and February for each year from 2019 to 2023, inclusive, by location in tabular form; the number of delayed discharges and the number as a percentage of all discharges; the number of bed days lost; and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period. [12378/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, in each month of 2022 and in January and February 2023, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12379/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures which were cancelled in January and February 2023, by hospital, for adults and for children, in tabular form. [12380/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less in January and February in each of the years from 2019 to 2022 and to date in 2023, inclusive, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12383/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of incidents responded to by the ambulance service by clinical status and sub status in January and February in each of the years from 2019 to 2022 and to date in 2023, inclusive. [12384/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities in January and February for each year from 2019 to 2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [12386/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities in January and February for each year from 2019 to 20233, inclusive, in tabular form. [12387/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each year from 2019 to 2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12388/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum wait times on NTPF reported waiting lists, by speciality and by location, for January 2019 to 2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [12390/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the numbers of children on NTPF reported waiting lists, by specialty and location, for each year from January 2019 to January 2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and the mean, median and maximum wait times. [12391/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people aged over 65 and over 75 years on NTPF reported waiting lists by specialty by location for the years from January 2019 to January 2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and the mean, median and maximum wait times. [12392/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the numbers of acute inpatient beds available at the end of February 2020 and at the end of February 2023, by location, in tabular form. [12394/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1575 of 14 June 2022, the planned number of acute inpatient beds to be added; the planned total by year-end 2023; and the number of funded beds remaining to be delivered. [12395/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims before the CervicalCheck tribunal; the number of claims resolved by the tribunal; the timeframe for completion of the tribunal's work; the cost of the tribunal to date, by cost type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12396/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, for January and February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; the numbers waiting for initial assessment, initial therapy/intervention, and follow up therapy/intervention for each specialty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12408/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAHMS waiting lists by CHO and length of wait for January and February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [12412/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for Jigsaw by CHO and length of wait for January and February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [12413/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric orthopaedic appointments, by appointment type, cancelled in January and February 2019-2022, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12415/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis and the number of children with spina bifida on waiting lists for December 2022 and January and February 2019-2023, inclusive, by waiting list; the number of suspended cases, by specialty and by location, in tabular form; the number waiting 0-6, 6-12, 12-18, and 18+ months; and the average waiting time of all relevant patients on each list. [12418/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on paediatric orthopaedic waiting lists for December 2022 and January and February 2019-2023, inclusive, by waiting list; the number of suspended cases, by specialty and by location, in tabular form; the number waiting 0-6, 6-12, 12-18, and 18+ months; and the average waiting time of all relevant patients on each list. [12419/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion and other paediatric orthopaedic procedures carried out by Children's Health Ireland in each of the years 2017-2023, by month at each location, in tabular form; the number which have been outsourced; and the location at which they were conducted. [12420/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children removed from paediatric orthopaedic waiting lists in November and December 2022 and January and February 2023, by reason for removal; the number removed without having a procedure; and the reason why. [12421/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for January and February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and the breakdown by length of wait. [12422/23]

2023-03-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the Health (Regulation of the Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; when the final reports will be published; if he has received all reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12674/23]

2023-03-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will retain remote consultations for abortion services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12675/23]

2023-03-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the absolute number of people who started radiation therapy for cancer treatment, and if they started within the recommended timeframe, for each month between 1 January 2019 to date, in tabular form. [12819/23]

2023-03-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of appointment slots available per month for people to receive radical radiotherapy between 1 January 2016 to date, in tabular form. [12820/23]

2023-03-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent radiation therapists required to ensure people with cancer start radiation therapy within the required timeframe. [12821/23]

2023-03-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent radiation therapists working in the public health system to provide radiation therapy to cancer patients at the end of each of the years 2016 to 2022. [12822/23]

2023-03-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent radiation therapists working in each of the public hospitals at the end of each of the years 2013 to 2023. [12823/23]

2023-03-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount paid to the private healthcare sector to provide radiation therapy to cancer patients from the public health system via the National Treatment Purchase Fund or other payment mechanisms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12824/23]

2023-03-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people who started radiation therapy for cancer treatment within the recommended timeframe, on a monthly basis, between 1 January 2019 to date, in tabular form. [12825/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people with skin cancer who started radiation therapy within the recommended timeframe, on a monthly basis, between 1 January 2019 to date, in tabular form. [12826/23]

2023-03-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people with breast cancer who started radiation therapy within the recommended timeframe to start radiation therapy, on a monthly basis, between 1 January 2019 to date, in tabular form. [12827/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people with prostate cancer who started radiation therapy within the recommended timeframe to start radiation therapy, on a monthly basis, between 1 January 2019 to date, in tabular form. [12828/23]

2023-03-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people with cervical cancer who started radiation therapy within the recommended timeframe to start radiation therapy, on a monthly basis, between 1 January 2019 to date, in tabular form. [12829/23]

2023-03-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people with head and neck cancer who started radiation therapy within the recommended timeframe to start radiation therapy, on a monthly basis, between 1 January 2019 to date, in tabular form. [12830/23]

2023-03-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the process by which Resource Allocation Group applications in CHO5 are received, assessed and decided by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13008/23]

2023-03-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the process by which applications for funding for assistive technology for people with disabilities are assessed; which State body is responsible for assessing applications; the makeup of persons within the appointed body that make decisions; the current waiting times for decisions on assessments to be reached; what appeal options may be available following refusal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13009/23]

2023-03-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given an appropriate place for their care in the State; if not, if their care will be outsourced; if they will be transferred out of the State; and the estimated cost of outsourcing or transferring their care abroad. [13267/23]

2023-03-07

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent of the backlog in urgent and routine cancer test processing at University Hospital Waterford; the number of tests outstanding; the average length of time it is taking the laboratory to process such tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11258/23]

2023-03-07

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there has been a request for additional resources to tackle a backlog of cancer screening tests at University Hospital Waterford; the number of additional staff required, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11259/23]

2023-02-28

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason for the removal of walk-in services from Children’s Health Ireland urgent care services; if these services will be returned; the resources required to return these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10039/23]

2023-02-28

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of paramedics trained by the National Ambulance Service in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, in tabular form; the planned number which will be trained in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10143/23]

2023-02-28

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent staffing composition of the National Ambulance Service at 1 January 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, in tabular form; the level of staff turnover and new entrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10144/23]

2023-02-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 339 and 340 of 19 January 2023, the average length of time a patient waited before leaving an emergency department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8456/23]

2023-02-16

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will put in place a redress scheme for residents of long-term residential disability services who were wrongfully charged for their care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7552/23]

2023-02-16

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will publish a multi-annual capacity and wait time reduction plan to tackle overcrowding, cancellations, extreme patient experience times in emergency departments and hospital waiting lists; if he will include measures to expand primary and community care in such a plan to aid admission avoidance and rapid discharge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7553/23]

2023-02-16

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish an implementation plan for the disability capacity review; when he intends to transfer functions for specialist disability services to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7557/23]

2023-02-16

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advance an inquiry into sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7556/23]

2023-02-16

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advance an inquiry into nursing homes during the pandemic to address significant and particular shortcomings across that sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7555/23]

2023-02-16

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will appoint chief executive officers for regional health area authorities in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7558/23]

2023-02-16

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will develop a specific population-based health capacity plan for the mid-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7559/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and details of compensation or redress schemes put in place by his Department since 1998, in tabular form; the number of claims made; the total cost of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6464/23]

2023-02-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings which have taken place between Ministers of his Department and the Attorney General relating to long-stay charges litigation since 1 January 2000. [6824/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings which have taken place between officials at his Department at principal officer grade and above and the Office of the Attorney General or the Office of the Chief State Solicitor relating to long-stay charges litigation since 1 January 2000. [6825/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by Beaumont Hospital on agency staffing and private recruitment firms in each of the years 2018 to 2022, by firm, in tabular form. [7031/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by Children’s Health Ireland, at each location, on agency staffing and private recruitment firms in each of the years 2018 to 2022, by firm, in tabular form. [7032/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the Mater Misericordiae Hospital on agency staffing and private recruitment firms in each of the years 2018 to 2022, by firm, in tabular form. [7033/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the Mercy University Hospital, Cork on agency staffing and private recruitment firms in each of the years 2018 to 2022, by firm, in tabular form. [7034/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital on agency staffing and private recruitment firms in each of the years 2018 to 2022, by firm, in tabular form. [7035/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by St. James’s Hospital on agency staffing and private recruitment firms in each of the years 2018 to 2022, by firm, in tabular form. [7036/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by St. Vincent’s University Hospital on agency staffing and private recruitment firms in each of the years 2018 to 2022, by firm, in tabular form. [7037/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by Tallaght University Hospital on agency staffing and private recruitment firms in each of the years 2018 to 2022, by firm, in tabular form. [7038/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by Coombe Hospital on agency staffing and private recruitment firms for each year 2018 to 2022, by firm, in tabular form. [7041/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by National Maternity Hospital on agency staffing and private recruitment firms for each year 2018 to 2022, by firm, in tabular form. [7042/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by Rotunda Hospital on agency staffing and private recruitment firms for each year 2018 to 2022, by firm, in tabular form. [7043/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on access to private diagnostics, whether for acute, hospital services, community services, or GPs, for each of the year 2018 to 2022, inclusive, by firm, in tabular form. [7044/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by Beaumont Hospital on access to private diagnostics in each of the years 2018 to 2022, inclusive, by firm, in tabular form. [7045/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 623 of 5 July 2022, the spend by the HSE on agency staffing and private recruitment firms in each of the years 2018 to 2022, by firm, in tabular form. [7052/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on private healthcare for public patients via the access to care fund for each year since inception, by firm, private hospital, or other private provider in tabular form. [7064/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on private community healthcare services for public patients for each year 2013 to 2022, by provider and service type, in tabular form. [7065/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by HSE hospitals on private medical and other healthcare services for public patients for each year 2013 to 2022, by provider or consultant for each hospital by service type, in tabular form. [7066/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by Children’s Health Ireland, at each location, on private medical and other healthcare services for public patients for each year 2013 to 2022, by provider or consultant for each hospital by service type, in tabular form. [7067/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by Mater Misericordiae Hospital on private medical and other healthcare services for public patients for each year 2013 to 2022, by provider or consultant for each hospital by service type, in tabular form. [7068/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by Mercy University Hospital on private medical and other healthcare services for public patients for each year 2013 to 2022, by provider or consultant for each hospital by service type, in tabular form. [7069/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital on private medical and other healthcare services for public patients for each year 2013 to 2022, by provider or consultant for each hospital by service type, in tabular form. [7070/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by St James’ Hospital on private medical and other healthcare services for public patients for each year 2013 to 2022, by provider or consultant for each hospital by service type, in tabular form. [7071/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by St Vincent’s University Hospital on private medical and other healthcare services for public patients for each year 2013 to 2022, by provider or consultant for each hospital by service type, in tabular form. [7072/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by Tallaght University Hospital on private medical and other healthcare services for public patients for each year 2013 to 2022, by provider/consultant for each hospital by service type, in tabular form. [7073/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by Rotunda Hospital on private medical and other healthcare services for public patients for each year 2013 to 2022, by provider/consultant for each hospital by service type, in tabular form. [7074/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by National Maternity Hospital on private medical and other healthcare services for public patients for each year 2013 to 2022, by provider/consultant for each hospital by service type, in tabular form. [7075/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by Coombe Hospital on private medical and other healthcare services for public patients for each year 2013 to 2022, by provider/consultant for each hospital by service type, in tabular form. [7076/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount spent on private healthcare for public patients via the national treatment purchase fund for each year 2013 to 2022, inclusive, by firm, private hospital, or other private provider, by specialty and by procedure groupings within specialties, in tabular form. [7080/23]

2023-02-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount spent on contracting private hospital and community beds for each year 2013 to 2022, by bed type and by provider in tabular form. [7081/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the volume and throughput of private patients in each public hospital for each year 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the number of patients seen; and the number of procedures conducted. [7082/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by Beaumont Hospital on private medical and other healthcare services for public patients for each year 2013 to 2022, by provider or consultant for each hospital by service type, in tabular form. [7084/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the revenue generated by car parking charges for each HSE hospital (details supplied) in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form. [7087/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients, statewide and for each location for January 2023, in tabular form; the average for patients aged under 75 and 75 plus, statewide and for each location; the number of patients who attended and were admitted below the average; the number waiting longer than the average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7167/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients, statewide and for each location for January 2019, in tabular form; the average for patients aged under 75 and 75 plus, statewide and for each location; the number of patients who attended and were admitted below the average and the number waiting longer than the average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7168/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the maximum patient experience time toadmission registered at each emergency department for each week in January 2023, in tabular form. [7169/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the maximum patient experience time to admission registered at each emergency department for each week in January 2019, in tabular form. [7170/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department post-registration but pre-admission in the month of January 2023, by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7171/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department post-registration but pre-admission in the month of January 2019, by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7172/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who waited 0-6, 6-9, 0-9, and 9-24 and 24+ hours for admission via an emergency department for each emergency department in January 2023, in tabular form; the numbers for all patients and for patients aged over 60 and for those over 75 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7173/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who waited 0-6, 6-9, 0-9, and 9-24 and 24+ hours for admission via an emergency department for each emergency department in January 2019, in tabular form; the numbers for all patients and for patients aged over 60 and for those over 75 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7174/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of presentations, registrations, and admissions at each emergency department; the statewide total for January 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7175/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of presentations, registrations, and admissions at each emergency department; the statewide total for January 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7176/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who waited longer than 24 hours for admission via an emergency department in January 2023, by location, in tabular form. [7177/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who waited longer than 24 hours for admission via an emergency department in January 2019, by location, in tabular form. [7178/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, in January 2023, by hospital group and hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7179/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, in January 2019, by hospital group and hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7180/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, in January 2023 for children, by hospital group and hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7181/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, in January 2019 for children, by hospital group and hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7182/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures which were cancelled in January 2023, by hospital including both HSE and voluntary hospitals, for adults and for children, in tabular form. [7183/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in January 2023 by location, in tabular form.. [7187/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost due to delayed discharges in January 2023 by location, in tabular form. [7188/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time from admission to discharge in January 2023 by location, in tabular form. [7189/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in January 2019 by location, in tabular form.. [7190/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost due to delayed discharges in in January 2019 by location, in tabular form. [7191/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time from admission to discharge in January 2019 by location, in tabular form. [7192/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, in January 2023, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7202/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, in January 2019, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7203/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for children in January 2023, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7204/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for children in January 2019, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7205/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures which were cancelled in January 2023, by hospital, including both HSE and voluntary hospitals, for adults and for children, in tabular form. [7206/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care in January 2023 by location, in tabular form.. [7218/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost due to delayed transfers of care in in January 2023 by location, in tabular form. [7219/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care in January 2019 by location, in tabular form.. [7221/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost due to delayed transfers of care in January 2019 by location, in tabular form. [7222/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less in January 2023, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7234/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less in January 2019, nationally and by ambulance region in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7235/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities in January 2023, in tabular form. [7243/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities in January 2023, in tabular form. [7244/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities in January 2019, in tabular form. [7245/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities in January 2019, in tabular form. [7246/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the revenue generated by car parking charges for each HSE Hospital for each year 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form. [7247/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the revenue generated by car parking charges for each Beaumont Hospital for each year 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form. [7248/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the revenue generated by car parking charges for each Children’s Health Ireland at each location for each year 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form. [7249/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the revenue generated by car parking charges for each Mater Misericordiae Hospital for each year 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form. [7250/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the revenue generated by car parking charges for each Mercy University Hospital for each year 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form. [7251/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the revenue generated by car parking charges for each South Infirmary/Victoria University Hospital for each year 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form. [7252/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the revenue generated by car parking charges for each St. James’s Hospital for each year 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form. [7253/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the revenue generated by car parking charges for each St. Vincent’s University Hospital for each year 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form. [7254/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the revenue generated by car parking charges for each Tallaght University Hospital for each year 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form. [7255/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the revenue generated by car parking charges for each Rotunda Hospital for each year 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form. [7256/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the revenue generated by car parking charges for each National Maternity Hospital for each year 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form. [7257/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the revenue generated by car parking charges for each Coombe Hospital for each year 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form. [7258/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each day in January 2023, in tabular form; the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7261/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each day in January 2019, in tabular form; the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7262/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by Children’s Health Ireland, at each location on access to private diagnostics in each of the years 2018 to 2022, inclusive, by firm, in tabular form. [7315/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by Mater Misericordiae Hospital on access to private diagnostics in each of the years 2018 to 2022, inclusive, by firm, in tabular form. [7316/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by Mercy University Hospital on access to private diagnostics in each of the years 2018 to 2022, inclusive, by firm, in tabular form. [7317/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by South Infirmary/Victoria University Hospital on access to private diagnostics in each of the years 2018 to 2022, inclusive, by firm, in tabular form. [7318/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by St James’ Hospital on access to private diagnostics in each of the years 2018 to 2022, inclusive, by firm, in tabular form. [7319/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by St Vincent’s University Hospital on access to private diagnostics in each of the years 2018 to 2022, inclusive, by firm, in tabular form. [7320/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by Tallaght University Hospital on access to private diagnostics in each of the years 2018 to 2022, inclusive, by firm, in tabular form. [7321/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by Rotunda Hospital on access to private diagnostics in each of the years 2018 to 2022, inclusive, by firm, in tabular form. [7322/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by National Maternity Hospital on access to private diagnostics in each of the years 2018 to 2022, inclusive, by firm, in tabular form. [7323/23]

2023-02-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by Coombe Hospital on access to private diagnostics in each of the years 2018 to 2022, inclusive, by firm, in tabular form. [7324/23]

2023-02-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of outstanding cases, both active and dormant, which were not otherwise resolved by settlement or withdrawal and relate to long-stay charges litigation; the date of the earliest outstanding case; and the date of the latest outstanding case. [6290/23]

2023-02-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of outstanding cases, both active and dormant, which were not otherwise resolved by settlement or withdrawal, in relation to DPMA litigation; the date of the earliest outstanding case; and the date of the latest outstanding case. [6291/23]

2023-02-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults transferred to inpatient mental health facilities in Britain and Northern Ireland from 2014 to date in 2023, in tabular form; the number and location of such facilities; and the amount that has been spent on this care for each facility. [6295/23]

2023-02-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults who have been transferred to inpatient mental health facilities in other countries due to a lack of capacity in the State from 2014 to date in 2023, in tabular form; the number and location of such facilities; and the amount which has been spent on this care for each facility. [6296/23]

2023-02-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children’s disability networks teams, by CHO/CDNT for January 2022, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5267/23]

2023-02-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on disability service waiting lists for specialist disability services, by CHO and CDNT for December 2021, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5268/23]

2023-02-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on disability service waiting lists for specialist disability services, by CHO/CDNT for January 2021, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5269/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds at University Hospital Limerick at the start of each year from 2000 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4824/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of beds at University Hospital Limerick, by bed classification, at the start of each year from 2000 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4825/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, by staff grade, employed to work in the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick at the start of each year from 2000 to 2023, in tabular form. [4826/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the plans that University Hospital Limerick has to expand capacity in the coming years; the number of beds with capital project approval; the number of applications or other such submissions made for further capacity by the hospital and hospital group; the stage at which each application is at; and the level of capacity they would add, in tabular form. [4827/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts by location and by specialty; the number which are consultant appointment advisory committee-approved; the number which are not; the number which are vacant; the number which are filled on a permanent basis; the number which are filled on a temporary, agency, or locum basis; the number which have previously been filled but which are now vacant or filled on a non-permanent basis; and the number which are new posts, in tabular form. [4913/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at Beaumont Hospital for each month of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in January 2023, in tabular form. [4917/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff, by staff category, at Beaumont Hospital for each month of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in January 2023, in tabular form. [4918/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at Children’s Health Ireland hospitals for each month of the years 2019 to 2022, and in January 2023, in tabular form. [4920/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff, by staff category, at Children’s Health Ireland hospitals for each month of 2019 to 2022, and in January 2023, in tabular form. [4921/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of wholetime equivalent specialist neurology nurses employed at University Hospital Waterford; if there are plans to recruit additional neurology nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4922/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities for each month of 2019 to 2022, and in January 2023, in tabular form. [4923/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff, by staff category, at HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities for each month of 2019 to 2022, and in January 2023, in tabular form. [4924/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at the Mater Hospital and facilities for each month of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and January 2023, in tabular form. [4925/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff, by staff category, at the Mater hospitals and facilities for each month of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and January 2023, in tabular form. [4926/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at South Infirmary, Victoria University Hospital for each month of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and in January 2023, in tabular form. [4927/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff, by staff category, at South Infirmary, Victoria University Hospital for each month of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and in January 2023, in tabular form. [4928/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at Mercy Hospital, Cork for each month of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and January 2023, in tabular form. [4929/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff, by staff category, at Mercy Hospital, Cork for each month of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and January 2023, in tabular form. [4930/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at St. James’s Hospital for each month of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and January 2023, in tabular form. [4932/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff, by staff category, at St. James’s Hospital for each month of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and January 2023, in tabular form. [4933/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at St. Vincent’s Hospital for each month of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and January 2023, in tabular form. [4941/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff, by staff category, at St. Vincent’s Hospital for each month of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and January 2023, in tabular form. [4942/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at Tallaght Hospital for each month of 2019 to 2022, and in January 2023, in tabular form. [4953/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff, by staff category, at Tallaght Hospital for each month of 2019 to 2022, and in January 2023, in tabular form. [4954/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish the report into the secondment of a doctor (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4956/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of beds, by bed category, funded for each hospital for 2019 and for 2022, in tabular form; and the number available on average for each month of 2019 and 2022. [4965/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he expects the ongoing medicine shortages problem to end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4991/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he expects the medicine shortages problem and record levels of out-of-stock medicines to end after the winter flu season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4992/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if, given research showing medicine manufacturers in Ireland are getting paid up to four times as much for their products in the UK and seven other EU member states, he accepts that price is one of the factors contributing to the ongoing high level of medicine shortages. [4993/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if, in light of comments from the executive director of the European Medicines Agency stating that the very low price of generic medicines threatens the sustainability of supply of medicines, he will now move to initiate a full review of the 2019 medicines pricing agreements. [4994/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if, further to a public statement by his Departmental spokesperson indicating that the HSE completed a comprehensive review of the published HPRA shortages list on 16 January 2023, he will publish this review in full. [4995/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual spend under the health vote on ingredient cost elements, excluding fees, of exempt medicinal products in each of the years 2020 to 2022. [4996/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made following a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by his Department and aegis bodies, excluding the Health Service Executive, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5070/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made without a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by his Department and aegis bodies, excluding the Health Service Executive, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5071/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made following a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by the Health Service Executive, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5072/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made without a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by the Health Service Executive, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5073/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made following a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by Beaumont Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5074/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made without a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by Beaumont Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5075/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made following a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by Children's Health Ireland, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5076/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made without a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by Children's Health Ireland, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5077/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made following a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5078/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made without a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5079/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made following a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by the Mercy University Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5080/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made without a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by the Mercy University Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5081/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made following a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by the South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5082/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made without a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by the South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5083/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made following a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by St James's Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5084/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made without a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by St James's Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5085/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made following a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by St Vincent's Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5086/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made without a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by St Vincent's Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5087/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made following a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by Tallaght Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5088/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made without a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by Tallaght Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5089/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made following a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5090/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made without a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5091/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made following a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by the National Rehabilitation Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5092/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made without a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by the National Rehabilitation Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5093/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made following a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by St John's Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5094/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made without a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by St John's Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5095/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made following a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by the National Maternity Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5096/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made without a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by the National Maternity Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5097/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made following a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by Coombe Women's Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5098/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made without a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by Coombe Women's Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5099/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made following a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by the Rotunda Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5100/23]

2023-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made without a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm, by the Rotunda Hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [5101/23]

2023-01-31

PQ

Asked Enterprise

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of occasions on which the Health and Safety Authority has prosecuted or sought prosecution of an employer for workplace bullying in each of the years 2019 to 2022. [4551/23]

2023-01-31

PQ

Asked Enterprise

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of occasions on which the Health and Safety Authority have prosecuted or sought prosecution of a public sector body or employer or employee for workplace bullying in each of the years 2019 to 2022. [4552/23]

2023-01-31

PQ

Asked Enterprise

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of occasions on which cases have been referred to the Health and Safety Authority relating to workplace bullying within the health service in each of the years 2019 to 2022. [4555/23]

2023-01-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will reconsider issuing European health insurance cards to Irish citizens who are resident in the North; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4329/23]

2023-01-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times that the Health Service Executive sanctioned, suspended, terminated, or otherwise reprimanded a manager, employing body, or member of staff for workplace bullying in each of the years 2019 to 2022. [4553/23]

2023-01-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times that the Health Service Executive referred any cases of workplace bullying to the Health and Safety Authority in each of the years 2019 to 2022. [4554/23]

2023-01-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 808 of 5 April 2022, the reason a buy-and-leaseback arrangement is preferred rather than the HSE retaining full ownership of the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3683/23]

2023-01-25

VOTE

Capacity in the Health Services · 2 divisions

✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 68–59
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 68–58

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on community healthcare waiting lists for each care service for December 2022, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2692/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on community healthcare waiting lists for each care service for December 2019, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2693/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children’s disability networks teams by CHO-CDNT for December 2022, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2694/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on disability service waiting lists for each service type, excluding children’s disability network teams, for December 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2695/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists, by CHO, and by age and length of wait for December 2022, in tabular form. [2696/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need; the number overdue for completion; and the average length of wait. [2697/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of October 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2698/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances which waited longer than standard procedure would dictate outside of a hospital to decant a patient, in the full year of 2022 by month, by hospital and length of wait in tabular form; the number that waited longer than 30 minutes, one hour, two hours or other measurements as appropriate dependent on the manner in which data is collected; if this data is not collected, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2829/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances which waited longer than standard procedure would dictate outside of a hospital to decant a patient, in January 2023 to date by hospital and length of wait in tabular form; the number that waited longer than 30 minutes, one hour, two hours, or other measurements as appropriate dependent on the manner in which data is collected; if this data is not collected, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2830/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2892/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients, state-wide and for each location for the full year of 2020 and for each month in tabular form; the average for patients aged under 75 years and 75 plus, state-wide and for each location; the number of patients who attended and were admitted below the average; the number waiting longer than the average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2893/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients, state-wide and for each location for the full year of 2021 and for each month in tabular form; the average for patients aged under 75 years and 75 plus, state-wide and for each location; the number of patients who attended and were admitted below the average; the number waiting longer than the average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2894/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department post-registration but pre-admission in the full year of 2020 and for each month, by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2895/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department post-registration but pre-admission in the full year of 2021 and for each month, by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2896/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who waited 0-6, 6-9, 0-9, 9-24 and 24+ hours for admission via an emergency department for each emergency department in the full year of 2020 and for each month in tabular form; the number for all patients and for patients aged over 60 years and for those over 75 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2897/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who waited 0-6, 6-9, 0-9, 9-24 and 24+ hours for admission via an emergency department for each emergency department in the full year of 2021 and for each month, in tabular form; the number for all patients and for patients aged over 60 years and for those over 75 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2898/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of presentations, registrations and admissions at each emergency department and the state-wide total for the full year of 2020 and for each month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2899/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of presentations, registrations and admissions at each emergency department and the state wide total for the full year of 2021, and for each month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2900/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for the full year of 2021, and for each month, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2901/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for the full year of 2020, and for each month, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2902/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations for children, by appointment type, hospital group and hospital, for each month of 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2903/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations for children, by appointment type, hospital group and hospital, for each month of 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2904/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges by location in each month of 2021, in tabular form. [2905/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges by location in each month of 2020, in tabular form. [2906/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost by location in each month of 2021, in tabular form. [2907/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost by location in each month of 2020, in tabular form. [2908/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less by month, nationally and by ambulance region, in 2020, in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2909/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less by month, nationally and by ambulance region, in 2021, in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2910/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities in each month of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2911/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities in each month of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2912/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims before the CervicalCheck Tribunal; the number of claims resolved by the tribunal; the timeframe for completion of the tribunal’s work; the cost of the tribunal to date, by cost type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2916/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of each of the years 2017 to 2022, by LHO, in tabular form; the number of dentists who submitted claims or were otherwise paid under the scheme in each full year; the number of claims that were made in each full year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2917/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the difference between a model 2 and model 2s hospital; the measures required to upgrade a standard model 2 to model 2s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2918/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has considered upgrading Ennis or Nenagh hospital to a model 2s hospital in order to bolster elective capacity in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2919/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has considered upgrading a hospital in the mid-west region to a model 3 hospital in order to bolster elective and emergency care capacity in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2920/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time emergency department staff, by grade and profession, employed at hospitals (details supplied) in each of the years 2017 to 2022 at year end, in tabular form; the number of funded WTE emergency staff; the number of actual WTE emergency staff and the headcount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2922/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures cancelled in each month of 2022, by hospital, including both HSE and voluntary hospitals, in tabular form. [2924/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of 2022, broken down by standard waiting times, by area, in tabular form. [2925/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of 2021, broken down by standard waiting times, by area, in tabular form. [2926/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of 2020, broken down by standard waiting times, by area, in tabular form. [2927/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of 2019, broken down by standard waiting times, by area, in tabular form. [2928/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of 2018, broken down by standard waiting times, by area, in tabular form. [2929/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of 2017, broken down by standard waiting times, by area, in tabular form. [2930/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the maximum patient experience time to admission registered at each emergency department for each week in December 2022 and to date in January 2023, in tabular form. [2936/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum waiting time across National Treatment Purchase Fund-reported waiting lists, by speciality and hospital, for December 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2937/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients aged over 75 years on National Treatment Purchase Fund-reported waiting lists, by speciality and hospital, for December 2022, in tabular form; the mean, median, and maximum waiting times across such lists for this population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2938/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients aged under 18 years on National Treatment Purchase Fund-reported waiting lists, by speciality and hospital, for December 2022, in tabular form; the mean, median, and maximum waiting time across such lists for this population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2939/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, for December 2022, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; the number waiting for initial assessment, initial therapy, intervention and follow up therapy and intervention for each specialty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2940/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, for December 2021, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; the number waiting for initial assessment, initial therapy, intervention and follow up therapy and intervention for each specialty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2941/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, for December 2020, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; the numbers waiting for initial assessment, initial therapy, intervention and follow up therapy and intervention for each specialty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2942/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, for December 2019, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; the numbers waiting for initial assessment, initial therapy, intervention and follow up therapy and intervention for each specialty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2943/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, for December 2018, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; the numbers waiting for initial assessment, initial therapy, intervention and follow up therapy and intervention for each specialty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2944/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 417 of 24 February 2022, the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each quarter in each of the years 2017 to 2022, in tabular form; the national average for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2956/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed-occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each day in December 2022 in tabular form; the national average for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2957/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed-occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each day in January 2023 in tabular form; the national average for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2958/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 521 of 15 November 2022, the length of time 'it takes an assessor to complete an overseas completed application from India and the Philippines; the average length that it takes an assessor paid a daily and half daily rate of €250 and €125; the length of time that it takes the new cohort of assessors who are paid €8,30 per file assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3158/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress made to fill the vacant consultant neurologist post at University Hospital Waterford; and when the selected candidate is expected to be in position. [3183/23]

2023-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current repair times in place for wheelchair users when repairs are required to their wheelchairs in the Waterford city area; the recommended and average timeframe for repairs to take place at present; if an alternative is available should there be a backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3184/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients, State-wide and for each location for December 2022; the average for patients aged under 75 and 75-plus, State-wide and for each location; the number of patients who attended and were admitted below the average; the number waiting longer than the average, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2598/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients, State-wide and for each location for December 2019; the average for patients aged under 75 and 75-plus, State-wide and for each location; the number of patients who attended and were admitted below the average; the number waiting longer than the average, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2599/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients, State-wide and for each location for January 2023 to date; the average for patients aged under 75 and 75-plus, State-wide and for each location; the number of patients who attended and were admitted below the average; the number waiting longer than the average, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2600/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients, State-wide and for each location for the full year of 2022 and for each month; the average for patients aged under 75 and 75-plus, State-wide and for each location; the number of patients who attended and were admitted below the average; the number waiting longer than the average, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2601/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients, State-wide and for each location for the full year of 2019 and for each month; the average for patients aged under 75 and 75-plus, State-wide and for each location; the number of patients who attended and were admitted below the average; the number waiting longer than the average, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2602/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department post-registration but pre-admission in the month of December 2022, by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2603/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department post-registration but pre-admission in the month of December 2019, by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2604/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department post-registration but pre-admission in the month of January 2023 to date, by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2605/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department post-registration but pre-admission in the month of the full year of 2022 and for each month, by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2606/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department post-registration but pre-admission in the month of the full year of 2019 and for each month, by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2607/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who waited 0-6, 6-9, 0-9, and 9-24 and 24+ hours for admission via an emergency department for each emergency department in December 2022, in tabular form; the numbers for all patients and for patients aged over 60 years and for those over 75 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2609/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who waited 0-6, 6-9, 0-9, and 9-24 and 24+ hours for admission via an emergency department for each emergency department in December 2019, in tabular form; the number for all patients and for patients aged over 60 years and for those over 75 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2610/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who waited 0-6, 6-9, 0-9, and 9-24 and 24+ hours for admission via an emergency department for each emergency department in January 2023, to date in tabular form; the number for all patients and for patients aged over 60 years and for those over 75 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2611/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who waited 0-6, 6-9, 0-9, and 9-24 and 24+ hours for admission via an emergency department for each emergency department in the full year of 2022, and for each month in tabular form; the number for all patients and for patients aged over 60 years and for those over 75 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2612/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who waited 0-6, 6-9, 0-9, and 9-24 and 24+ hours for admission via an emergency department for each emergency department in the full year of 2019, and for each month in tabular form; the number for all patients and for patients aged over 60 years and for those over 75 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2613/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of presentations, registrations and admissions at each emergency department and the State-wide total for December 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2615/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of presentations, registrations and admissions at each emergency department and the State-wide total for December 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2616/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of presentations, registrations and admissions at each emergency department and the State-wide total for January 2023 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2617/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of presentations, registrations and admissions at each emergency department and the State-wide total for the full year of 2022 and for each month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2618/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of presentations, registrations and admissions at each emergency department and the State-wide total for the full year of 2019 and for each month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2619/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1066 of 8 November 2022, the number of patients who waited more than 24 hours for admission via an emergency department for each month in each of the years 2017 to 2022, inclusive, by location, in tabular form. [2620/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations in December 2022, by hospital group, hospital and by appointment type, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2629/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations in December 2019, by hospital group, hospital and by appointment type, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2630/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations in January 2023 to date, by hospital group, hospital and by appointment type, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2631/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations in December 2022, for children by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2632/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type in December 2019 for children by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2633/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type in January 2023 to date for children by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2634/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type for the full year of 2022 and for each month, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2635/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for the full year of 2019 and for each month, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2636/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for children for the full year of 2022 and for each month, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2637/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for children for the full year of 2019 and for each month, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2638/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in January 2023 to date by location, in tabular form. [2645/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost in January 2023 to date by location, in tabular form. [2646/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time from admission to discharge in January 2023 to date, by location, in tabular form. [2647/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges for the full year of 2022, by location and by month, in tabular form. [2648/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost in the full year of 2022, by location and by month, in tabular form. [2649/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time from admission to discharge for the full year of 2022, by location and by month, in tabular form. [2650/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges for the full year of 2019, by location and by month, in tabular form. [2651/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost in the full year of 2019, by location and by month, in tabular form. [2652/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time from admission to discharge for the full year of 2019, by location and by month, in tabular form. [2653/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less for the full year of 2022 by month, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2656/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less for the full year of 2019 by month, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2657/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less for January 2023 to date, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2658/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities by each month in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2689/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities to date in January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2690/23]

2023-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities by each month in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2691/23]

2023-01-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will conduct an independent review of the national gender service and of related healthcare capacity in the State to unwind the reliance on outsourcing to gender health services in Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63466/22]

2022-12-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the services currently available to those diagnosed with Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder; the way families can access these services within their communities following a diagnosis; if he will provide an update on discussions between the HSE and his Department to improve access to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62385/22]

2022-12-14

VOTE

Current Issues Affecting the Health Services · 2 divisions

✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 72–53
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 72–53

2022-12-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the consultant psychiatrist post for the south east in CHO 5 has been filled; the basis and tenure on which it has been filled; the length of time that the post was vacant; the number of times that the post was advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61634/22]

2022-12-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 17 November 2022, the number and details of private providers with whom the HSE has service arrangements that are not on the tender framework, in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the total value of payments made to such providers by service type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61774/22]

2022-12-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and details of private providers with whom the HSE have service arrangements who are not on the tender framework for all units in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the total value of payments made to such providers for each service type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61775/22]

2022-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish a multi-annual capacity plan and waiting list strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61487/22]

2022-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason for delays in implementing agreed pay rises for healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61488/22]

2022-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will implement a public-only consultant contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61589/22]

2022-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will appoint a new CEO for the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61590/22]

2022-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish the report into Cork University Maternity Hospital’s organ retention and disposal practices; when he will publish the human tissues Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61591/22]

2022-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will implement the European Commission recommendation that member states recognise Covid-19 as an occupational disease if contracted by healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61592/22]

2022-12-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a community neuro-rehabilitation team will be provided in CHO5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60152/22]

2022-12-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in establishing dedicated community neuro-rehabilitation teams for each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60153/22]

2022-12-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the Health Insurance Authority makes comparisons between valid, existing, to be discontinued policies and other policies available on its website where currently it only presents comparisons between policies which may be purchased for the year ahead but does not provide a comparison tool against a customer's existing policy where that policy has been discontinued in the next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60094/22]

2022-12-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the considerations that have been given to the establishment of a long-Covid clinic in the Southeast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59991/22]

2022-12-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of a long-Covid clinic for Cork University Hospital; the staffing resources and vacancies for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59992/22]

2022-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the regulation of psychologists with CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59647/22]

2022-11-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he plans to take any measures to increase awareness of developmental co-ordination disorder, commonly known as dyspraxia, among medical and nursing staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58744/22]

2022-11-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to increase awareness of developmental co-ordination disorder, commonly known as dyspraxia, and to fund research in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58745/22]

2022-11-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the services and or supports that are available to children with developmental co-ordination disorder, commonly known as dyspraxia; if there are plans to increase current supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58746/22]

2022-11-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of persons who are waiting to be seen in the national gender service by CHO, LHO and age group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58840/22]

2022-11-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason that the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland has yet to publish its annual report and financial statements for 2021 as required by the Code of Practice for Government and State Bodies (Business and Financial Reporting Requirements); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58495/22]

2022-11-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58554/22]

2022-11-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the proposed national office for home support; the way that this will align with regional health areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58555/22]

2022-11-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when saxenda will be approved for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58612/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff recruited to children’s disability network teams in the past 12 months, in tabular form by CHO and CDNT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57586/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1497 of 26 April 2022, if he will provide an update on the project delivery for each item; the timeframe for delivery of outstanding projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57587/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims before the CervicalCheck Tribunal; the number of claims resolved by the Tribunal; the timeframe for completion of the Tribunal’s work; the cost of the Tribunal to date, by cost type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57588/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the development of the National Cervical Screening Laboratory; the timeframe for delivery of the project; the cost of the project to date; the unmet staffing requirements for the laboratory; the estimated final cost of the project; the estimated annual running cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57589/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer screenings conducted by the HSE by type, by location for each month to date in 2022, in tabular form; the number of screenings which have been outsourced by type, indicating for domestic and abroad; the number of samples which have been analysed by HSE services; the number of samples outsourced for analysis by provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57590/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to cancer screening services to date in 2022. [57591/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for cancer screening services; the average length of wait from referral to screening by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57592/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients, State-wide and for each location for October 2022; the average for patients aged under 75 and 75 plus, State-wide and for each location; the number of patients who attended and were admitted below the average and the number waiting longer than the average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57597/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients, State-wide and for each location for October 2019; the average for patients aged under 75 and 75 plus, State-wide and for each location; the number of patients who attended and were admitted below the average and the number waiting longer than the average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57598/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department post-registration but pre-admission in October 2022, by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57599/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department post-registration but pre-admission in October 2019, by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57600/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who waited 0-6, 6-9, 0-9, 6-24 and 9-24 and 24+ hours for admission via an emergency department for each emergency department in October 2022, in tabular form; the number for all patients and for patients aged over 60 years and for those over 75 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57601/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who waited 0-6, 6-9, 0-9, 6-24, and 9-24 and 24+ hours for admission via an emergency department for each emergency department in October 2019, in tabular form; the numbers for all patients and for patients aged over 60 years and for those over 75 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57602/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of presentations, registrations, and admissions at each emergency department and the State-wide total for October 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57603/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of presentations, registrations, and admissions at each emergency department and the State-wide total for October 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57604/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1066 of 8 November 2022, the number of patients who waited greater than 24 hours for admission via an emergency department for each month in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to the end of October 2022, by location in tabular form;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57605/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on public dental and orthodontic waiting lists in October 2022 by county, region and CHO, in tabular form; the numbers by wait timebands; the average length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57606/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on public dental and orthodontic waiting lists in October 2019 by county, region and CHO, in tabular form; the numbers by wait timebands; the average length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57607/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on community healthcare waiting lists for each care service for October 2022, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57608/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on community healthcare waiting lists for each care service for October 2019, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57609/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis on waiting lists for procedures, including those on suspension or other lists, at the end of October 2022, by location in tabular form; the total number; and the number waiting 0-6, 6-12, 12-18 and 18+ months. [57769/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis on waiting lists for procedures, including those on suspension or other lists, at the end of each quarter in 2021 and to date in 2022, by location in tabular form; the total number; and the number waiting 0-6, 6-12, 12-18 and 18+ months. [57770/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis removed from waiting lists in each month of 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the number by reason for removal. [57771/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis removed from waiting lists without having a procedure in each month of 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [57772/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion and other procedures carried out by Children’s Health Ireland for children with scoliosis in each year 2016 to date in 2022, by month at each location in tabular form; the number which have been outsourced; and the location at which they were conducted. [57773/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of scoliosis-related procedures which were cancelled in each month in 2022 to date, by location in tabular form. [57774/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 114 of 21 September 2022, the number of children on waiting lists for scoliosis and spina bifida-related procedures and consultations by specialty for each month in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57775/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with spina bifida on waiting lists for procedures, including those on suspension or other lists, at the end of October 2022, by location in tabular form; the total number; the number waiting 0-6 months, 6-12 months, 12-18 months. and 18+ months. [57776/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with spina bifida on waiting lists for procedures, including those on suspension or other lists, at the end of October 2022, by location in tabular form; the total number; the number waiting 0-6 months, 6-12 months, 12-18 months and 18+ months. [57777/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with spina bifida removed from waiting lists in each month of 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the number by reason for removal. [57778/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with spina bifida removed from waiting lists without having a procedure in each month of 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [57779/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion and other procedures carried out by Children’s Health Ireland for children with spina bifida in each year 2018 to date in 2022, by month at each location in tabular form; the number which have been outsourced; and the location at which they were conducted. [57780/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of spina bifida-related procedures which were cancelled in each month to date in 2022, by location in tabular form. [57781/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children’s disability networks teams, by CHO/CDNT in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57782/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on disability service waiting lists for each service type, excluding children’s disability network teams for October 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57783/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists, by CHO, and by age; and the length of wait in tabular form. [57784/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to a company (details supplied) regarding gastrointestinal scopes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57785/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the volume of outsourcing provided to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57786/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the sum of payments made to a company (details supplied) in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57787/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the services provided by a company (details supplied) to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57788/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of October 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57789/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type by hospital group and hospital in October 2022 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57790/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by speciality and appointment type by hospital group and hospital, in October 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57791/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations by appointment type by hospital group and hospital in October 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57792/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by speciality and appointment type, in October 2019, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57793/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the ambulance response times relative to key performance indicators for ECHO and DELTA callouts for October 2022, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form. [57794/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the ambulance response times relative to key performance indicators for ECHO and DELTA callouts for October 2019, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form. [57795/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities in October 2022; the number for the year to the end of October 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57796/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities for each month of 2019 and the total number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57797/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists who submitted claims under the DTSS for each month to date in 2022, by CHO and LHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57798/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges by location and by month to date in 2022, in tabular form. [57829/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of lost bed days by location and by month to date in 2022, in tabular form. [57830/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time from admission to discharge by location and by month to date in 2022, in tabular form. [57831/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who could not be discharged on time due to a lack of home care by location and by month to date in 2022, in tabular form. [57832/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who could not be discharged on time due to a lack of suitable arrangements by reported reason type and by location by month to date in 2022, in tabular form. [57833/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges by location and by month in 2019 in tabular form. [57834/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of lost bed days, by location and by month in 2019, in tabular form. [57835/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time from admission to discharge, by location and by month in 2019 in tabular form. [57836/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who could not be discharged on time due to a lack of homecare by location and by month in 2019, in tabular form. [57837/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who could not be discharged on time due to a lack of suitable arrangements, by reported reason type, by location and by month in 2019, in tabular form. [57838/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57979/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been brought to the waiting times in pain management clinic in Sligo University Hospital; if there are plans to address the capacity crisis and recruit additional staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58146/22]

2022-11-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for the pain management clinic at Sligo University Hospital in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58147/22]

2022-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the list of approved home support providers supplied is incomplete (details supplied); if he will provide an up to date list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57046/22]

2022-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if Children's Health Ireland has contacted Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital regarding the cessation of funding for paediatric procedures relating to rehabilitation care; if he will provide a copy of the relevant correspondence relating to paediatric orthopaedics, rehabilitative care and similar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57068/22]

2022-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if telemedicine consultations will continue or be curtailed for persons seeking access to medical termination of pregnancy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57094/22]

2022-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland sought the use of medical students to work in emergency departments during the October 2022 bank holiday weekend at any of its location; if so, if this is standard practice; the number of occasions on which medical students have been sought for work in emergency departments outside of normal educational practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57146/22]

2022-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on the matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if the matter will be brought to attention of Rotunda Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57169/22]

2022-11-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made to a firm (details supplied) by his Department and each of its aegis bodies in each of the years 2016 to 2021, inclusive, and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the purpose of the award; the value of the award; the timeline or timeframe of the contract; and the desired or completed output. [56238/22]

2022-11-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the awards made to a firm (details supplied) by the HSE in each of the years 2016 to 2021, inclusive, and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the purpose of the award; the value of the award; the timeline or timeframe of the contract; and the desired or completed output. [56239/22]

2022-11-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of overseas application files that were assessed by each educational assessor for each month from January 2021 to September 2022 in the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56248/22]

2022-11-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 650 of 25 October 2022, his further views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56249/22]

2022-11-09

VOTE

Mental Health (Capacity to Consent to Treatment) Bill 2021

A bill to amend the Mental Health Act 2001 and for that purpose to provide for the right of minors over the age of 16 to consent to mental health treatment and to provide for related matters.

✓ voted to progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion failed · 60–75

2022-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the plans to address difficulties in accessing clonazepam; if he will provide an update on work to ensure that there is a consistent supply of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54180/22]

2022-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 623 of 5 July 2022, the spend on agencies and private recruitment firms for each quarter of 2022, in tabular form; the total sum in each of the years 2019 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54433/22]

2022-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on a waiting list for an assessment of need, by CHO; the number overdue for completion for each month in the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54638/22]

2022-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons who presented or attended at an emergency department, by emergency department, for each month for the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the number admitted; the number not admitted; the number who registered and left before a decision on admission was made; the performance against key performance indicators for each month for admitted and non-admitted patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54764/22]

2022-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which an emergency department recorded a patient experience time to admission greater than 72 hours, by emergency department for each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [54765/22]

2022-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which an emergency department recorded a maximum patient experience time to admission greater than 72 hours, by emergency department for each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [54766/22]

2022-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the waiting lists for eye care with the HSE, by age cohort and length of wait, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55082/22]

2022-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the out-of-hours GP services which are contracted or in operation; the number of GPs with contracts; the number of GPs actively making claims, by month to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55088/22]

2022-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has received the independent evaluation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2015, commissioned by a university (details supplied); if he will publish this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55089/22]

2022-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on home support waiting lists for funding and for a carer by CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55090/22]

2022-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who are in receipt of home support or a carer but who are not in full receipt of their hours, by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55091/22]

2022-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent of the data collected and collated on home support at national level. [55092/22]

2022-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent of the data collected and collated on home support at CHO level. [55093/22]

2022-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent of the data collected and collated on home support at LHO level. [55094/22]

2022-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason that day-care services in Loughrea are provided at the purpose-built facility on the St. Brendan's campus only one day each week with the service provided at a local hotel on other days; the progress being made towards reinstating the service to the St. Brendan's campus on a full-time basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55222/22]

2022-10-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on screening and diagnostic waiting lists for cancer-related appointments, by location and by gender in tabular form; the number as of 10 October 2010, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52712/22]

2022-10-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median and maximum wait time on screening and diagnostic waiting lists for cancer-related appointments, by location and by gender in tabular form; the number as of 1 October 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52713/22]

2022-10-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on radiation, surgical, and medical oncology waiting lists by appointment type, by location, and by gender, in tabular form; the number as of 1 October 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52714/22]

2022-10-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum wait time for radiation, surgical, and medical oncology by appointment type, by location, and by gender in tabular form; the number as of 1 October 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52715/22]

2022-10-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment campaign to replace the outgoing CEO of the HSE; the process and timeframe for appointing a replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52933/22]

2022-10-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover rate in the HSE for 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, by grade and by hospital group and CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53009/22]

2022-10-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average length of time that it took to fill a consultant vacancy in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, from the initial application for the post by a hospital to the role being offered to the successful candidate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53015/22]

2022-10-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the length of time for which each pre-existing and newly-created vacant consultant post which are currently unfilled have been vacant, in tabular form; the date on which each post was sought, approved and first advertised; the date on which the posts were re-advertised, where applicable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53016/22]

2022-10-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which a consultant post was re-advertised due to an inability to fill the post in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the number of occasions on which they were re-advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53017/22]

2022-10-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts requested, approved, advertised, and filled in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the date on which the relevant posts were sought, approved, advertised and filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53018/22]

2022-10-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 374 of 11 November 2021, the average length of time that it took to recruit and fill a consultant post in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53020/22]

2022-10-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 580 of 4 October 2022, if he will provide details, in tabular form, relating to the panel of education assessors engaged by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53148/22]

2022-10-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if details will be provided on the turnover of permanent, contract, agency and other staff (details supplied) in the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland from January 2021 to September 2022 by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53161/22]

2022-10-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 12 October 2022, the breakdown of the allocations totalling €107.1 million bundled in line one cost-of-living by item in tabular form. [53498/22]

2022-10-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccinations for children under five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53529/22]

2022-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will outline his strategy for addressing the collapse of general practice and primary care out-of-hours services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52298/22]

2022-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish a multiannual waiting list strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52299/22]

2022-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for the full roll-out of early intervention in psychosis services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52302/22]

2022-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for electronic health records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52303/22]

2022-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he intends to publish an action plan for implementation of the Disability Capacity Review recommendations relevant to the specialist services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50434/22]

2022-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the independent review into the radiation therapy profession following agreement at the Workplace Relations Commission last year between an organisation (details supplied) the HSE and the Department of Health; the timeline for completion of this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52300/22]

2022-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for dental services for public patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52301/22]

2022-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 690 of 4 October 2022, if he will provide rates provided to each CHO; if procedures can be outlined that qualify for access to the fund; and if there are an operational guidelines/protocol in place for the PCERS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52063/22]

2022-10-18

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of additional medical, nursing, midwifery, and health and social care undergraduate places across further and higher education courses which will be added across higher education institutes State-wide in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51639/22]

2022-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if NDT thyroid tablets have been removed from the reimbursement list for the drugs payment scheme and medical card; is so, the reason for same; if they will be replaced on this list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51107/22]

2022-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time nurses in St. Joseph's Hospital, Dublin 5 in each of the years of 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [51404/22]

2022-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average waiting times for radiology reporting across all hospitals in the Saolta University Hospital care group for September 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [51405/22]

2022-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts by speciality currently at Mayo University Hospital; and when these vacancies will be filled in tabular form. [51406/22]

2022-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the amount of theatre time available in public hospitals by hospital group and hospital in tabular form. [51407/22]

2022-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of children on waiting lists for grommet insertions in CHO6 by wait times (details supplied). [51408/22]

2022-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there are plans for a new chronic disease clinic in Sligo-Leitrim. [51409/22]

2022-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time advanced nurse practitioners in urology oncology services in Beaumont Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased [51410/22]

2022-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time clinical pharmacists working in University Hospital Kerry in each of the years of 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [51411/22]

2022-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant neonatologists attached to Limerick Maternity Hospital in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [51412/22]

2022-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff members that are currently employed and working in children's disability network teams in County Laois by role and by team in tabular form; and the number of unfilled posts. [51413/22]

2022-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant plastic surgeons working in Tallaght University Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [51414/22]

2022-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Irish sign language interpreters currently available to assist deaf or hard-of-hearing patients attending Wexford General Hospital. [51415/22]

2022-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time psychologist posts in Donegal CAMHS teams in 2021 and to date in 2022. [51416/22]

2022-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current and capital funding required for a second cataract theatre at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital. [51417/22]

2022-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time autism therapists and autism support workers in the Finglas children's disability network team in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [51418/22]

2022-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hours provided at each of the locations in north Dublin in which D-Doc services operate in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [51419/22]

2022-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of international recruitment fairs where staff from Letterkenny University Hospital were in attendance in the years of 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the number of jobs offered in each recruitment fair. [51420/22]

2022-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1575 of 14 June 2022, if he will provide an update on the delivery of beds and planned for delivery under the given headers, including any additional beds planned under the winter plan 2022/2023 or funded in Budget 2023, in tabular form; the timeframe for delivery of outstanding beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51445/22]

2022-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise which State body, if any. monitors the residential service providers to ensure if they are implementing the family forum guidelines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51913/22]

2022-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE intends to downgrade the services in Bantry Hospital centre for mental healthcare and recovery from an 18-bed unit to 12 beds; if resources have been made available to rectify the situation; his views on whether this will have a detrimental impact on the community and the ability in future for the unit to provide acute care; the locations in which the displaced patients will be sent instead; his views on whether this will increase pressure on other frontline services in the area; if he will direct the HSE to implement the recommended changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52034/22]

2022-10-13

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the transfer of functions for specialist disability services from the Minister for Health will be entirely completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50433/22]

2022-10-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children who are on public dental and orthodontic waiting lists for each month of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by county, region and CHO in tabular form. [50408/22]

2022-10-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims that were made under the dental treatment services scheme; and the number of dentists making claims for each month of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by LHO, CHO and region in tabular form. [50409/22]

2022-10-12

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of publicly-employed dentists, orthodontists, dental surgeons, dental nurses, and other dental orthodontic staff by staff grade for each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by LHO, CHO and region in tabular form. [50410/22]

2022-10-12

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the review into mortuary services at University Hospital Waterford is complete; if so, when will it be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50642/22]

2022-10-12

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings that he and his Departmental officials had with organisations (details supplied) and other representative bodies in 2022; the dates of such meetings; the topics discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50643/22]

2022-10-12

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings that he and his Departmental officials had with organisations (details supplied) and other representative bodies in 2022 in which the issue of expanding GP care beyond children up to eight years was discussed; the dates of such meetings; the topics discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50644/22]

2022-10-12

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings that he and his Departmental officials had with organisations (details supplied) and other representative bodies in 2022 in which the issue of expanding GP visit cards to more of the population was discussed; the dates of such meetings; the topics discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50645/22]

2022-10-12

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional funding excluding funding for existing levels of service as in pay, demographics and carryover measures for funding the Disability Capacity Review in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50646/22]

2022-10-12

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the additional funding excluding funding for existing levels of service as in pay, demographics and carryover measures for funding Sharing the Vision in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50647/22]

2022-10-12

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of additional staff funded in Budget 2023 excluding from previously-funded posts and staff not yet delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50648/22]

2022-10-12

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the core additional spend for new measures excluding one-off measures for emergency department hospital services in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50649/22]

2022-10-12

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the core additional spend for new measures excluding one-off measures for the National Ambulance Service in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50650/22]

2022-10-12

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the core additional spend for new measures excluding one-off measures for primary health care services in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50651/22]

2022-10-12

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the core additional spend for new measures excluding one-off measures for community healthcare services in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50652/22]

2022-10-12

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the core additional spend for new measures excluding one-off measures for acute hospital services in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50653/22]

2022-10-12

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of additional acute inpatient beds funded in Budget 2023, excluding beds previously-funded and not yet delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50654/22]

2022-10-12

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of additional critical care beds funded in Budget 2023, excluding beds previously-funded and not yet delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50655/22]

2022-10-12

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of additional mental health beds funded in budget 2023, excluding beds previously funded and not yet delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50656/22]

2022-10-12

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of additional community beds funded in Budget 2023, excluding beds previously-funded and not yet delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50657/22]

2022-10-12

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a line-item breakdown, beyond the summary of measures, of the €254.4 million in new measures funding allocated to his Department, detailing the cost estimate and implementation timelines for each measure to which new measures funding was allocated in Budget 2023, in tabular form. [50658/22]

2022-10-12

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the conversion of multitask assistant and household domestic staff and catering grades to healthcare assistant grades at Dungarvan Community Hospital; the number of posts which have been converted; the number of outstanding posts; the number of domestic grade posts which have been converted; the number of outstanding claims from domestic grade posts; the manner in which claims from domestic grade posts is being handled; if domestic-grade post workers who are performing HCA work and hold the requisite FETAC level 5 qualification will be upgraded to HCA posts; the number of meetings held with trade unions regarding this; the outcome of said meetings; the number of occasions on which Dungarvan Community Hospital management has requested upgraded posts for domestic-grade workers; the number of occasions on which these were refused, and by whom they were refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50659/22]

2022-10-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities to date for July, August and September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49852/22]

2022-10-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists who submitted claims under the dental treatment services scheme for each month in 2022 to date, by CHO and LHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49853/22]

2022-10-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on community healthcare waiting lists for each primary care service for July, August and September 2022 in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49854/22]

2022-10-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on disability service waiting lists by CHO; and the length of time they have been waiting, in tabular form. [49855/22]

2022-10-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting list by CHO and by length of wait, in tabular form. [49856/22]

2022-10-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that have been removed from National Treatment Purchase Fund waiting lists as a result of validation for the months of January to October 2022, by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49873/22]

2022-10-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of scheduled care cancellations by appointment type, in the months of July, August, and September 2022 by hospital group and hospital in tabular form; the cause of cancellations that is, hospital initiated, patient initiated and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49874/22]

2022-10-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum patient experience time to admission for all patients for emergency department admissions and broken down for those under 75 and 75 plus years of age, for each emergency department, for each statutory HSE and public voluntary hospital by hospital group in July, August, and September 2022 totalled for each category and group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49875/22]

2022-10-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who waited 0-6, 6-12, 12-24, 24-36, 36-48, and 48 plus hours for admission via an emergency department or whichever time bands are available to the HSE, for each emergency department, in July, August, and September 2022, in tabular form; the number of patients aged over 60 and over 75; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49876/22]

2022-10-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the State wide mean, median, and maximum time to admission via an emergency department for all patients under 75, and 75 plus years of age for July, August, and September 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49877/22]

2022-10-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of quarter 3 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49878/22]

2022-10-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis waiting for a procedure at the end of August and at the end of September 2022; the number waiting greater than six months and 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49879/22]

2022-10-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with spina bifida waiting for an orthopaedic or urology procedure at the end of August and at the end of September 2022; the number waiting greater than six months and 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49880/22]

2022-10-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer related appointment by appointment type cancelled in July, August and September 2022, for each hospital in tabular form; if he will request the information from each hospital as required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49881/22]

2022-10-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric orthopaedic appointments by appointment type, cancelled in July, August and September 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49882/22]

2022-10-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department post-registration but pre-admission in the month of July, August and September 2022, by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49883/22]

2022-10-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people under 18 years and the number of persons over 65 years on national T-recorded hospital waiting lists, by inpatient and outpatient lists for each recorded timeband in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49884/22]

2022-10-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when guidelines (details supplied) were rolled out by the HSE; if any service provider has adapted them and set up family forums since in their community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50038/22]

2022-10-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the Government will support the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2021; if he will support this Bill through the remaining legislative stages; if he intends to bring forward amendments to this Bill at committee stage; if he intends to seek Government business time to facilitate this bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50148/22]

2022-10-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the ambulance response times relative to key performance indicators for ECHO and DELTA callouts for the months of July, August, and September 2022 nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form. [50193/22]

2022-10-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47964/22]

2022-10-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he can provide details of the current staffing cohort in the NMBI Registration Department broken down into IE section, EU section, Non-EU section and numbers of ancillary staff supporting the overall registration department to include numbers of education assessors, consultants, and external staff providers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47965/22]

2022-10-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he can provide further information regarding the NMBI's summer series events held in June 2022 in UCC, TUS Athlone Campus, St Angela's College Sligo and ATU Letterkenny campus (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47966/22]

2022-10-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to address staff shortages of radiation therapists; if there are plans to review recruitment and retention policies regarding radiation therapists, including staffing levels and service capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48046/22]

2022-10-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an up-to-date list of approved home support providers across all counties in tabular form; the level of home service supports provided directly by the HSE, separate to those provided by third-party providers on behalf of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48267/22]

2022-10-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to approved home support providers by the HSE in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48268/22]

2022-10-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the financial supports that are available to parents of children with vision impairments who require strong prescription glasses; if these supports vary depending on CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48462/22]

2022-09-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the availability of the provision of evusheld to immunocompromised patients in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46754/22]

2022-09-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address the matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the drugs payment scheme card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46982/22]

2022-09-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason that a child (details supplied) who was assessed by an agency over the summer and whose parents were verbally informed that they meet the criteria for an autism diagnosis have not yet received the written report despite repeated requests by them and the children's disability network team; and if he will take steps to ensure that they receive a diagnosis without further delay given that same is required this September in order to make applications for a suitable place in secondary school. [46987/22]

2022-09-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of scoliosis and spina bifida related orthopaedic procedures carried out for children in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46111/22]

2022-09-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for scoliosis and spina bifida related orthopaedic procedures and consultations for each month in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46112/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if further details will be published regarding the announcement of 136 new therapist appointments; if those details will be communicated to families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44375/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting three additional whole-time equivalent radiographer sonographers for Louth County Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44425/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of additional full-time consultant obstetrician gynaecologists with a special interest in urogynaecology for Cork University Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44426/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capital works currently ongoing at the Mater Hospital; when each of the capital works will be completed in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44427/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting four additional whole-time equivalent advanced nurse practitioners in movement disorders for Tallaght University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44428/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant paediatric nephrologists attached to CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44429/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way that the €2.7 million allocation in 2022 to support the development of Cork University Hospital as a major trauma hospital was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44430/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount that was spent on older persons services in CHO9 in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44431/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the availability of ambulance services in the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal on a 24/7 basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44432/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time HSE employed dentists working in County Carlow as of 1 September 2021 and 1 September 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44433/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time trained emergency department nurses employed at University Hospital Kerry in each of the past three years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44434/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time optometrists and orthoptists employed by the HSE in CHO6 in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44435/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time theatre nurses working in Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44436/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the ongoing infrastructure improvements works to the neo-natal intensive care facilities at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44437/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time dieticians working in Coolock primary care centres in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44438/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the management structure by grade and organisational chart for speech and language therapists working in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44439/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of liaison psychiatrists for children in CHO4; the number of liaison psychiatrists for children at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44440/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent specialist periodontists and implant dentists employed by the HSE in CHO2 in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44441/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time staff nurses in critical care working in Beaumont Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44442/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing one additional HSE air ambulance on a 24/7/365 basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44443/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding that was made available to the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital to upgrade its four operating theatres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44444/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting two additional full-time chiropodists and two additional full-time senior chiropodists for CHO7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44445/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount that has been spent on medical agency staffing in 2019, 2021 and to date in 2022. [44472/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of permanent approved consultant positions that are not filled on a permanent basis and are either vacant or filled on a temporary, agency or other basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44490/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients in outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy referral list at Cork University Hospital who are waiting for treatment; the number of staff working in the OPAT team at CUH in tabular form; if there are plans to recruit additional staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44491/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement pricing negotiations for the cystic fibrosis medication kaftrio for children aged six to 11 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44492/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been previously diagnosed with breast cancer who are currently recommended to undergo regular follow-up mammograms; the number of persons currently waiting for a follow-up mammogram appointment by each waiting time period in each of the designated cancer centres in tabular form. [44493/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been previously diagnosed with bowel cancer who are currently recommended to undergo regular follow-up colonoscopies; the number and proportion of this group of persons that are currently waiting for a follow-up colonoscopy appointment by each waiting time period in each of the designated cancer centres in tabular form. [44494/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who received a diagnostic test deemed as urgent at a symptomatic breast disease clinic in each of the years 2010 to 2021; and the percentage of these patients who received a diagnosis of cancer in tabular form. [44495/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who received a diagnostic test deemed as non-urgent at a symptomatic breast disease clinic in each of the years 2010 to 2021; and the percentage of these patients who received a diagnosis of cancer following their diagnostic test in tabular form. [44496/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who received a diagnostic test at a lung rapid access clinic in each of the years 2010 to 2021; and the percentage of these patients who received a diagnosis of cancer following their diagnostic test in tabular form. [44497/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who received a diagnostic test at a prostate rapid access clinic in each of the years 2010 to 2021; and the percentage of these patients who received a diagnosis of cancer following their diagnostic test in tabular form. [44498/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide funding in budget 2023 to fund the provision of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44499/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will ring-fence some of the anticipated 2021 cost savings from the recent HSE medicines management programme, MMP, preferred blood glucose strips for adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes evaluation to fund the provision of the Freestyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44500/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for FreeStyle Libre that were submitted by individual hospitals for persons with diabetes over 21 years of age; the number that were approved; the number that were refused in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; if there are plans to remove the age restriction on FreeStyle Libre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44501/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on initial and further waiting lists in County Tipperary by speciality in tabular form; the number of children by wait length; the number of children that are waiting for the first contact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44502/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the availability of sexually transmitted infection testing kits in each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44504/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of sexually transmitted infection clinics by CHO nationally; the staffing numbers and vacancy numbers at each; the length of time that the vacancies have existed; the active recruitment campaigns, if any, for the vacancies in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44505/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a sexually transmitted infection clinic in Waterford; the availability of STI testing kits in Waterford; his plans to expand STI screening service in Waterford; the steps that his Department is taking to fund and resource this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44506/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the inclusion of the drug Praluent for reimbursement in the drug payment scheme; if he will provide an update on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44507/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if will provide an update on the day care services in north Sligo, Cliffoney and Mougherow; when those services will resume to meet the demand in the area; the interim measures that are being considered by the HSE to provide off-site services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44508/22]

2022-09-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when day care services will resume in west Sligo and at the day care centre in Easkey; if there are plans to resume a five-day service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44509/22]

2022-09-08

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities to date for each month in 2021 and to date in 2022, by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41941/22]

2022-09-08

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42047/22]

2022-09-08

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a child who has received an assessment report under the Disability Act 2005 is entitled to a review of that assessment on an annual basis. [42145/22]

2022-09-08

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to colon cancer detection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42167/22]

2022-09-08

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to work with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to address the discrepancy between training for educational psychologists and clinical psychologists with the latter receiving a substantial payment of college fees by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42174/22]

2022-09-08

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if Irish front-line healthcare workers who contracted Covid-19 in their workplace, particularly those suffering from long-Covid, will be considered to have contracted a prescribed occupational disease in view of the opinion of the European Union Advisory Committee on Health and Safety at Work that Covid-19 caused by work in disease prevention, health and social care contexts should be included in the European schedule of occupational diseases annexed to Commission Recommendation 2003/670/EC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42195/22]

2022-09-08

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals operating the Da Vinci surgical system; if there are plans to expand the robotics programme in hospitals; if funding will be provided by his Department to implement same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42420/22]

2022-09-08

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); his plans to review the current staffing levels and standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42422/22]

2022-09-08

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for insulin pumps by hospital in tabular form; the number waiting for funding or waiting otherwise; the number under 18 and over 65 years; the number waiting by timeband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42448/22]

2022-09-08

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diabetes-related waiting lists by community healthcare organisation, CHO, in tabular form; the number waiting for outpatient, inpatient, and day case appointments; the number on equipment or supplies waiting lists by list; the number of persons aged under 18 and over 65 years on each list; the number waiting by timeband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42449/22]

2022-09-08

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diabetes-related waiting lists by hospital in tabular form; the number waiting for outpatient, inpatient, and day case appointments; the number on equipment or supplies waiting lists by list; the number of persons under 18 and over 65 years on each list; the number waiting by timeband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42450/22]

2022-09-08

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expenditure of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan funding of €75m for e-health and ICT by programme to date in tabular form; the amount remaining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42614/22]

2022-09-08

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1629 of 26 July 2022, if there are no avenues for a dispenser-supplier, outside of the prescribed manufacturer-suppliers set in Schedule 3 of the HSE-IPHA Framework Agreement (2021) to apply or otherwise petition for the inclusion of a medicine or appliance on the long-term illness scheme; the reason there are any means by which a medical doctor, pharmacist, or other licensed prescriber may petition for the inclusion of a product on such schemes and reimbursement lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42670/22]

2022-09-08

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if teleconsultations are permitted within the free contraception scheme; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42686/22]

2022-09-08

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 599, 602 and 603 of 5 July 2022, the value of fines issued to each hospital for each relevant period in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42718/22]

2022-09-08

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full cost of all services, assessments or interventions to children provided by non-HSE organisations through primary care services in each of the years from 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42881/22]

2022-09-08

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount that the health service would save if the State applied a zero rate of VAT to non-oral medicines by service in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42887/22]

2022-09-08

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paramedics in training with the National Ambulance Service by year of training and cohort in tabular form; the intake number in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the numbers graduating in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43021/22]

2022-09-08

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of overtime hours worked by HSE staff by staff category to date by month in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43022/22]

2022-09-08

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of overtime hours worked by HSE staff by staff category by month in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43023/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 29 June 2022, if it is his preference for an elective centre to be established in partnership with a private company or for an existing model 2 hospital to be upgraded to a an elective centre or a model 3 hospital, as per the recommendations and responses of the University Limerick Hospitals Group to the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, report on the accident and emergency department at University Hospital Limerick, UHL; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39572/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 29 June 2022, the capital requirements to fund an expansion of 120 beds with theatre capacity at St. John’s Hospital in Limerick; the associated whole-time equivalent requirement and revenue funding levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39573/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 29 June 2022, his views, not those of the Hospital Group, on the proposals outlined in the HSE response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39574/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the meaning of the term, "supplier of an item", which is applied by the HSE with regard to section 18(1) of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013; if, with regard to the long-term illness scheme or any other scheme, the term is inclusive of the dispenser of relevant medicines and appliances or if it refers solely to the patent holder or manufacturer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39603/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vascular consultants working in the South/South West Hospital Group, broken down by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39604/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vascular procedures carried out in the South/South West Hospital Group from 2016 to date in 2022, broken down by hospital, year and procedure type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39605/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a review of vascular services was carried out State-wide or in the South/South West Hospital Group from 2016 to date in 2022; if any such review was completed or is still in process; if any recommendations to reconfigure services at University Hospital Waterford, UHW, has been made since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39606/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the provision of services by the National Ambulance Service in Waterford and the south east; the number of ambulances currently in operation in Waterford; the target response times; the average waiting time in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39612/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent cardiologists and associated staff, by grade, needed to extend primary percutaneous coronary intervention services at University Hospital Waterford to 24/7 cover when the second catheterisation laboratory is open and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39661/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the position in relation to the reimbursement of internationalised normalised ratio test strips and machines for persons who require long-term oral anticoagulant therapy with warfarin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39783/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the Primary Care Reimbursement Service Annual Report for 2021 will be published. [39873/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he had any contact with a person (details supplied) in advance of a vote of confidence in the Government on cardiac services in Sligo; if so, the nature of the contact; if any commitments on service provision were given; if so, the details of commitments that were given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40057/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he had any contact with hospital management or cardiologists at Sligo University Hospital following discussions with a person (details supplied) in advance of a vote of confidence in the Government on cardiac services in Sligo; if so, the nature of the contact; if any commitments on service provision were given; if so, the details of commitments that were given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40058/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of the range of cardiac services available at Sligo University Hospital; the number of cardiologists who work in the hospital; and the plans to extend cardiac care at the hospital. [40059/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the mobile catheterisation laboratory or cath lab at Sligo University Hospital will return; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40060/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he had any contact with Independent Deputies in advance of a vote of confidence in the Government on healthcare services; if so, the nature of the contact; if any commitments on service provision were given; if so, the details of any commitments that were given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40061/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when plans for a centralised cardiology department at Sligo University Hospital were first proposed; the development timeline to date, including business cases or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40062/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent cardiologists at Sligo University Hospital; when plans to increase the number to three were agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40063/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when Sligo University Hospital made a submission requesting a new coronary CT angio scanner; when he received the application; when the application was approved; when the funding was approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40064/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address the matter raised in correspondence regarding a campaign by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40118/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount that the HSE has spent on European Union cross-Border directive healthcare provision in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the name of the hospital; and the name of any other agency to which related payments were made in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40628/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1631 of 14 June 2022, the estimated number of staff by grade required to expand HSE safeguarding and protection teams by 10%; the whole-time equivalent staffing requirements; the pay and non-pay costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40713/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1625 of 14 June 2022, the estimated cost of trebling the National Counselling Service whole-time equivalent workforce to reach the staffing levels required in the assumptions regarding universal coverage; the current and projected WTE staffing requirements by grade to achieve this; the current WTE staffing by grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40722/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on community healthcare waiting lists by each care group by adults and by children; the breakdown by length of time waiting and age for June 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41001/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure access to gina 10 microgram vaginal tablets for postmenopausal women from their local pharmacies without requiring a prescription in Ireland; if training material and a checklist will be available for pharmacists that will enable them to provide proper advice to women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41010/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities to date for each month in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41190/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for disability services by service type and CHO; the number for each month of 2021 and for each month to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41234/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for primary care, by service type and by CHO; the number for each month of 2021 and for each month to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41235/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on CHO waiting lists for speech and language therapy for initial assessment, initial therapy and intervention and further therapy and intervention lists, by CHO, in tabular form; the number by wait length; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41236/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on CHO waiting lists for occupational therapy for initial assessment, initial therapy and intervention and further therapy and intervention lists, by CHO, in tabular form; the number by wait length; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41237/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on CHO waiting lists for physiotherapy on initial assessment, initial therapy and intervention and further therapy and intervention lists, by CHO, in tabular form; the number by wait length; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41238/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on CHO waiting lists for psychology on initial assessment, initial therapy and intervention and further therapy and intervention lists, by CHO, in tabular form; the number by wait length; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41239/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on CHO waiting lists for social care on initial and further waiting lists, by CHO, in tabular form; the number by wait length; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41240/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on CHO waiting lists for social work on initial and further waiting lists, by CHO, in tabular form; the number by wait length; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41241/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on CHO waiting lists for home support or intensive home support on funding and waiting for carer lists, by CHO, in tabular form; the number by wait length; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41242/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on respite care waiting lists, by CHO, in tabular form; the number by wait length; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41243/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on day service waiting lists, by CHO, in tabular form; the number by wait length; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41244/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on CHO waiting lists for CAMHS on initial assessment, initial therapy intervention and further therapy intervention lists, by CHO, in tabular form; the number by wait length; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41245/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on CHO waiting lists for mental health services on initial assessment, initial therapy intervention and further therapy intervention lists, by service type and by CHO, in tabular form; the number by wait length; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41246/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on mental health service waiting lists who have a disability, in tabular form, by CHO; if these data are not collected, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41247/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the standard procedure for ensuring the needs of children with disabilities are met by HSE mental health services where there are overlaps in care and care needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41248/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on CHO waiting lists for counselling and psychotherapy on initial assessment, initial therapy intervention and further therapy intervention lists, by CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41249/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if security staff who worked in hospitals throughout the pandemic will be entitled to the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41301/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a commitment was given for a centralised cardiology department at Sligo University Hospital to a Deputy in meetings held between 29 June and 5 July; the nature and extent of the commitment; the detail of the commitment; the timeframe of the commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41467/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a commitment was given to provide a coronary CT angio scanner and associated support in radiography, radiology and administration at Sligo University Hospital to a Deputy in meetings held between 29 June and 5 July; the nature and extent of the commitment; the detail of the commitment; the timeframe of the commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41468/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a commitment was given regarding provision of resources to increase the number of whole-time equivalent cardiologists to three at Sligo University Hospital to a Deputy in meetings held between 29 June and 5 July; the nature and extent of the commitment; the detail of the commitment; the timeframe of the commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41469/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a decision was made to provide for a centralised cardiology department at Sligo University Hospital; when this decision was made; the person who made this decision; if and when a business case was submitted or considered; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41470/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a decision was made to provide a coronary CT angio scanner and associated support in radiography, radiology and administration at Sligo University Hospital; when this decision was made; the person who made the decision; if and when a business case was submitted or considered; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41471/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a decision was made to provide for an increase in the number of whole-time equivalent cardiologists at Sligo University Hospital to three; when this decision was made; the person who made this decision; if and when a business case was submitted or considered; the timeline of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41472/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 606 of 5 July 2022, the number of staff who worked in excess of 24 hours at each HSE statutory hospital (details supplied) in answering the question in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41594/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 612 of 5 July 2022, the reason that the HSE does not have a mechanism to detail the costs associated with the extension in use of certain drugs to new indications, new uses by way of comparison of diagnostic information data with its reimbursement systems. [41618/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 580 of 5 July, the number of percutaneous coronary intervention procedures carried out in 2021 and to date in 2022, by hospital (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41718/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 624 of 5 July, the targeted domestic recruitment campaigns that are in place to hire staff for children's disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41767/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 625 of 5 July, the targeted international recruitment campaigns that are in place to hire staff for children's disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41768/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 626 of 5 July 2022, if he is considering introducing a sponsorship programme for children's disability network teams; the way that such a programme would work; the estimated cost of rolling out such a programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41769/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.628 of 5 July 2022, if he is considering the use of a relocation allowance to support any international recruitment campaigns aimed at filling vacant posts for children’s disability network teams; the estimated cost of providing such an allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41770/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 623 of 5 July 2022, if he will outline the nature of services outsourced to or otherwise provided by each organisation to which a payment was made in 2019, 2020, and 2021, as per the original parliamentary question reply and further information provided (details supplied) in each of the years 2019, 2020, and 2021, in tabular form; whether these payments were made under one or more service agreements or other contractual arrangements and the services provided under each arrangement, for each provider relative to the payments made in each year 2019, 2020, and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41878/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the National Ambulance Service will publish its workforce plan for 2022 to 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41906/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the baseline whole-time equivalent staff required by the National Ambulance Service in each year from 2022 to 2026, in tabular form; the predicted turnover and retirement rates; the gross and net additional staff by grade required to meet these targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41907/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional capacity requirements needed to meet 2026 workforce requirements in terms of locations, fleet and equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41908/22]

2022-07-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to train and recruit the requisite number of paramedics to meet the needs of the National Ambulance Service by 2026; if he has identified the number of graduates required in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41909/22]

2022-07-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of calls that the National Ambulance Service responded to in 2021 and to the end of June 2022 broken down by call type as in echo, delta, charlie, bravo, alpha and omega in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39347/22]

2022-07-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average amount of overtime worked by ambulance paramedics in 2021 and to the end of June 2022 broken down by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39348/22]

2022-07-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average response time of National Ambulance Service category 1 echo calls in 2021 and to the end of June 2022; the average call wait time as a percentage of the key results indicators for an echo call broken down by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39349/22]

2022-07-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average response time of National Ambulance Service category 1 delta calls in 2021 and to the end of June 2022; the average call wait time as a percentage of the key results indicators for a delta call broken down by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39350/22]

2022-07-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average response time of National Ambulance Service category 2 charlie calls in 2021 and to the end of June 2022; the average call wait time as a percentage of the key results indicators for a charlie call broken down by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39351/22]

2022-07-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average response time of National Ambulance Service category 2 bravo calls in 2021 and to the end of June 2022; the average call wait time as a percentage of the key results indicators for a bravo call broken down by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39352/22]

2022-07-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average response time of National Ambulance Service category 2 alpha calls in 2021 and to the end of June 2022; the average call wait time as a percentage of the key results indicators for an alpha call broken down by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39353/22]

2022-07-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average response time of National Ambulance Service category 2 omega calls in 2021 and to the end of June 2022; the average call wait time as a percentage of the key results indicators for an omega call broken down by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39354/22]

2022-07-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he received correspondence from clinicians at Our Lady’s Hospital Navan on the status of the Emergency Department at Navan Hospital in 2022, if so, the number of clinicians who signed any correspondence; the date that the correspondence was received; the form of correspondence; the nature of the correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39355/22]

2022-07-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he received correspondence from clinicians at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda on the status of the Emergency Department at Navan Hospital in 2022, if so, the number of clinicians who signed any correspondence; the date that the correspondence was received; the form of correspondence; the nature of the correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39356/22]

2022-07-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has met the National Ambulance Service specifically in respect of the proposed closure of the Emergency Department in Navan; the date that the meeting took place; the matters that were discussed and or agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39357/22]

2022-07-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the specific additional capacity that he has sought from the HSE as part of reconfiguring Emergency Department services at Navan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39358/22]

2022-07-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings he held with managers of hospitals in 2021 and to date in 2022; the date and nature of each meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39359/22]

2022-07-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he received correspondence from the CEO of the HSE on the status of the emergency department at Navan Hospital in 2022; if so, the date that the correspondence was received; the form of correspondence; the nature of the correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39386/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from the National Clinical Director of the HSE on the status of the emergency department at Navan Hospital to date in 2022; the date that the correspondence was received; the form of correspondence; the nature of the correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39387/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he received correspondence from the Clinical Director of the RCSI Hospital Group on the status of the emergency department at Navan Hospital in 2022; if so, the date that the correspondence was received; the form of correspondence; the nature of the correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39388/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he received correspondence from the manager of Our Lady’s Hospital Navan on the status of the emergency department at Navan Hospital in 2022; if so, the date that the correspondence was received; the form of correspondence; the nature of the correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39389/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he received correspondence from the manager of Our Lady’s Hospital Navan on the status of the emergency department at Navan Hospital in 2022; the date that the correspondence was received; the form of correspondence; the nature of the correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39390/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he received correspondence from the manager of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda on the status of the emergency department at Navan Hospital in 2022; if so, the date that the correspondence was received; the form of correspondence; the nature of the correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39391/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hours of therapy carried out by children’s disability network teams in 2021 and to the end of June 2022, broken down by therapy and by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39392/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assessments of need carried out by the HSE on children with disabilities in 2020, 2021 and to the end of June 2022, broken down by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39393/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current number of funded but vacant posts in children’s disability network teams by team and by post category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39394/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of community healthcare networks in place; the total number of funded whole-time equivalent staff positions assigned to community healthcare networks in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39395/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of funded but vacant positions in community healthcare networks broken down by each network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39396/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an assessment of need in 2021 and to the end of June 2022, broken down by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39397/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded clinical posts in CAMHS, broken down by CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39398/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent public health nurse positions which are funded; the number of funded WTE posts vacant that is not filled by direct employment, agency, overtime, secondment or any other means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39399/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant positions which are funded; the number of funded WTE posts vacant that is not filled by direct employment, agency, overtime, secondment or any other means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39400/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent radiographer positions which are funded; the number of funded WTE posts vacant that is not filled by direct employment, agency, overtime, secondment or any other means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39401/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent positions which are funded across primary, community and acute care, broken down by position type; the number of funded WTE posts vacant across primary, community and acute care that is not filled by direct employment, agency, overtime, secondment or any other means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39402/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of CAMHS staffing numbers in place against the number recommended by vision for change and broken down by CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39403/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount of funding allocated to community paramedicine for 2022; the breakdown of the allocation of such funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39404/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of chronic disease management teams in place; the level of funding allocated to this area in 2022 broken down by team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39405/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hours of home helps or homecare funded in Budget 2022 and delivered to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39406/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded positions for chronic disease management teams; the number of posts currently vacant and broken down by team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39407/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 60-74 and 75+ on acute hospital waiting lists by hospital and speciality as of May 2022, in tabular form; and the number waiting 0-6 months, 6-12 months, 12-18 months and 18+ months. [39410/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients aged under 18 on acute hospital waiting lists by hospital and speciality as of May 2022, in tabular form; and the number waiting 0-6 months, 6-12 months, 12-18 months and 18+ months. [39411/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum waiting time across National Treatment Purchase Fund-reported waiting lists by speciality and hospital for May 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39412/22]

2022-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients removed from National Treatment Purchase Fund waiting lists as a result of validation for each month to date in 2022, in tabular form; the numbers by reason for removal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39413/22]

2022-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38185/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the pandemic bonus payment and special leave with pay for frontline healthcare workers with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37351/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the crisis in emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37352/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will invest in additional home care, outreach care and mental health supports for persons with epidermolysis bullosa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37356/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the Cardiac Services Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37354/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has a comprehensive plan to address the severe capacity deficiencies in healthcare in the mid-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37353/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement pricing negotiations for the cystic fibrosis medication kaftrio for children aged 6 to 11 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37355/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish a multi-annual waiting list strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37357/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish the Action Plan for the Disability Capacity Review; his annualised implementation plan along the timeframe outlined in the Disability Capacity Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37992/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the National Ambulance response times for omega, delta and echo callouts for May and June 2022 relative to relevant HIQA standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37022/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of employees who have left the National Ambulance Service in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37024/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of new disability residential places which were funded and provided in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37057/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated shortfall of disability residential places, taking into account investment since the disability capacity review; the progress made towards the deficit of 2,300; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37058/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the HSE emergency, urgent and non-urgent disability residential care waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37059/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of disability residential places which would be required to meet the disability capacity review’s pre-recession scenario target of 3,900 additional places; the estimated cost of providing these places; the wholetime equivalent staffing requirement of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37060/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of additional disability adult day service places which were provided for and funded in Budget 2022; the number of places that are still required to meet the disability capacity review target of 7,400; the cost of same; the wholetime equivalent staffing requirement of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37061/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of home support, homecare, and personal assistant hours for persons with disabilities which are currently provided; the number required to meet unmet need at present and by 2032; the cost of same; the wholetime equivalent staffing requirement of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37062/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities on homecare, home support and personal assistant waiting lists for funding and for a carer or personal assistant in tabular form by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37063/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of respite hours and respite houses required to meet unmet need as per the disability capacity review; the number outstanding required by 2032; the estimated cost of same; the wholetime equivalent staffing requirement of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37064/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 10,000 additional respite care hours; the wholetime equivalent requirement of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37065/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on respite care waiting lists; the estimated unmet need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37066/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of attendees who were admitted within six hours of registration at the emergency department of the UL Hospitals Group in April, May and June 2022; the overall mortality rate within the department for the past three months in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37070/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the health promotion activities that are planned in the context of the free contraception scheme to address myths and misinformation regarding different forms of contraception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37137/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on the 2021 abortion statistics for England and Wales which show that 206 women, girls and pregnant people gave Irish addresses when accessing abortion care; his views on the requirement for persons who travel abroad for essential healthcare if they fall outside the criteria set out in the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37138/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultant posts which are filled, unfilled and filled on a temporary basis and by speciality and by hospital and hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37383/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital appointments and procedures that were carried out from 2016 to date broken down by appointment and procedure speciality and by hospital and hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37384/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of additional staff, physical capacity and funding required to increase the number of outpatient hospital appointments carried out by 5%, 10% and by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37385/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of additional staff, physical capacity and funding required to increase the number of outpatient hospital appointments carried out by 5%, 10% and by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37386/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of additional staff, physical capacity and funding required to increase the number of inpatient hospital appointments and procedures carried out by 5%, 10% and by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37387/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent posts working in emergency departments broken down by post type, hospital and hospital group and if he will make a statement on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37388/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of days of elective or planned procedures that were cancelled in hospitals from 2018 to date, broken down by month, hospital and procedure type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37389/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with Covid in hospitals from January to date in 2022, broken down by week, month and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37390/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to manage any outbreak of the flu in 2022, including the use of flu vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37391/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for the roll-out of the Covid vaccine for the remainder of 2022 and into 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37392/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the plans that he, his Department and the HSE are making to equip hospitals to manage the winter months in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37393/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient and inpatient hospital appointments, and procedures, carried out from 2018 to date in 2022, broken down by hospital, hospital group, speciality and year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37394/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of hospital appointments and procedures carried out in hospitals from 2018 to date in 2022, broken down by hospital, hospital group, speciality, and year and year to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37395/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses, healthcare assistants, consultants, non-consultant hospital doctors and radiographers who left the HSE to work in the private sector or abroad from 2016 to date, and further broken down by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37396/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend services and supports to patients with epidermolysis bullosa in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37397/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend services and supports to patients with epidermolysis bullosa such as ring-fenced funding for home nursing care for those with severe EB, provision of an EB outreach nurse to support adults living with EB and increase mental health supports for people living with EB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37398/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free general practitioner care to all children under 12 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37399/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of extending the general practitioner visit card only to an additional 50,000 persons, 100,000 persons and 250,000 persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37400/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who, as part of a review process, did not have their medical card or general practitioner-only card extended for the years 2018 to date, broken down by year and month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37401/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is committed to an inquiry into the handling of Covid-19 in nursing homes; the form that such an inquiry will take; the timeframe for such an inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37402/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is committed to an inquiry into the State's handling of Covid-19; the form that such an inquiry will take; the timeframe for such an inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37403/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to a Dáil Éireann debate on 1 July 2022, on the estimated cost of delivering free general practitioners care to all citizens and the estimated cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37404/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the work that has been carried out to establish the cost of delivering free general practitioner care to all citizens, including on demographics, increased demand, required general practitioner capacity, changes to the general practitioner contract that may be required and any other scoping work; the person in the HSE or in his Department who is tasked with such scoping work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37405/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients removed from National Treatment Purchase Fund waiting lists as a result of validation for the months of January to May 2022, broken down by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37406/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated total cost incurred by the HSE, his Department and the National Treatment Purchase Fund in validating health waiting lists, the cost incurred in 2021 and from January to May 2022 by the National Treatment Purchase Fund on validation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37407/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of staff employed by the Department and the National Treatment Purchase Fund, HSE or his Department who are involved in validating health waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37408/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints or queries received by the HSE as a result of patients being removed from a health waiting list due to validation in 2021 and to the end of May 2022; the number that were reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37410/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time for admitted patients from emergency departments for the months of January, February, March, April, May and June 2022, by month, by hospital and by average PET time in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37411/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of attendees at emergency departments in the months of January to June 2022 who left before completion of treatment or who are classified as did not wait by month and by hospital and the overall figure in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37412/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital appointments or procedures cancelled for the months of January to June 2022, broken by month and by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37413/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a full breakdown of the number of people who availed of a service due to the €22,828,060 provided to resilience healthcare via the disability and primary care sectors broken down by the number of people who received a service through CDNT’s, primary care, CAMHS or any other area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37414/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way that the HSE ensures that contracted providers such as organisations, TTM Healthcare, and others are appropriately qualified and that any assessments or interventions are provided in line with the appropriate standards; the person in the HSE who is responsible for checking qualification and standards; the number of checks regarding qualification and standards were carried out since services were first contracted broken down by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37415/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of all agency companies which have received HSE funding broken down by agency, the funding allocated and by year from 2010 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37416/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full list of companies providing staff that make up children’s disability network teams broken down by company, the number of staff that each company provides to the teams, the funding allocated to each company other than the HSE to provide such staff, the cost per HSE employee and further broken down by each team and staff type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37417/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full cost of all services, assessments or interventions to children with disabilities provided by non-HSE organisations through children’s disability network teams, broken down by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37418/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full cost of all services, assessments or interventions to children with disabilities provided by non-HSE organisations through primary care services from 2016 to date, broken down by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37419/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full-cost of service arrangements with an organisation (details supplied) for the provision of health services since arrangements were first put in place, broken down by the service arrangement, the number of contracts or arrangements; the full-cost of all arrangements of services broken down by year and by arrangement type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37420/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the arrangements that it has in place with any subsidiary of an organisation (details supplied), broken down by arrangement, the nature of the service provided, the length of the contract and the cost and by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37421/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 403 of 23 June 2022, the reason that it is not possible to extract information regarding the number of children with disabilities who have been referred to and assessed by staff from a company (details supplied); if records are held by the HSE regarding such referrals; the system that is used to refer children to record referrals to monitor the quality of such referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37422/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average cost of a referral of a child with a disability to a service (details supplied) to be assessed or to receive an intervention broken down by average cost of assessment or intervention and by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37423/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants who switched from type B to type C contracts from 2013 to date, broken down by month and by year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37424/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the process involved for allowing consultants to switch from type B to type C contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37425/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for sign off by the CEO/Director General of the HSE for consultants to switch from type B to type C contracts once a recommendation was made to him from 2013 to date broken down by year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37426/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full cost of all services, assessments or interventions to children with disabilities provided by non-HSE organisations through CAMHS from 2016 to date, broken down by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37428/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full range of health and social care services for children with disabilities outsourced by the HSE through children’s disability network teams broken down by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37429/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full range of health and social care services for children with disabilities outsourced by the HSE through primary care services from 2016 to date, broken down by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37430/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full range of health and social care services for children with disabilities outsourced by the HSE through CAMHS from 2016 to date, broken down by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37431/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a full breakdown of the €22,828,060 provided to an organisation (details supplied) via the disability and primary care sectors broken down by funding to children’s disability network teams, primary care, CAHMS or any other area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37432/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, in the month of June, by hospital group and hospital in tabular form; the cause of cancellations that is, hospital initiated, patient initiated et cetera; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37433/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median and maximum patient experience time to admission for all patients for emergency department admissions and broken down for those under 75 and 75+ years of age, for each emergency department in each statutory HSE and public voluntary hospital by hospital group in June 2022 totalled for each category and group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37434/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum patient experience time to admission for all patients and for those under 75 and 75+ years of age for emergency department admissions, for each emergency department, for each statutory HSE and public voluntary hospital by hospital group for each month in 2022 to date totalled for each category and group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37435/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who waited 0-6, 6-12, 12-24, 24-36, 36-48, and 48+ hours for admission via an emergency department, for each emergency department, in June 2022, in tabular form; the number of patients aged over 60 and over 75 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37436/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of Quarter 2 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37438/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities to date for June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37439/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists who submitted claims under the dental treatment services scheme for each month in 2022 to date, by CHO and LHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37440/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 60-74 and 75+ years on community healthcare waiting lists, by care group, for June 2022, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37441/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on community healthcare waiting lists, by care group, for June 2022, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37442/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis waiting for a procedure; the number waiting greater than 6 months and 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37444/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with spina bifida waiting for an orthopaedic or urology procedure; the number waiting greater than 6 months and 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37445/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments, by appointment type, cancelled in June 2022, for each hospital in tabular form; if he will request the information from each hospital as required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37446/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric orthopaedic appointments, by appointment type cancelled in June 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37447/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department post-registration but pre-admission in the month of June 2022 by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37448/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant applications advisory committee approved consultant posts as per the doctors' integrated management e-system; the total number of posts filled on a permanent, temporary, agency, and locum basis in tabular form; the number of vacant posts, broken down by hospital group; the number of newly created posts which are vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37451/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of additional patient care hours which would be provided if all vacant consultant posts were filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37452/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts filled and the number which became vacant in June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37453/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of medical intern posts made available for 2022/2023; the number of posts filled; the number of posts unfilled; his plans to fill any outstanding unfilled posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37682/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of considerations for the introduction of salaried general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37791/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner claims made for additional visits under the HSE maternity and infant care scheme in 2020, 2021, and to date in 2022; the number and percentage of claims rejected; the number by code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37803/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people with diabetes who required in-hospital treatment for foot complications and lower limb amputations in University Hospital Waterford over the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37981/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people with diabetes who required in-hospital treatment for foot complications and lower limb amputations in Wexford General Hospital over the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37982/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people with diabetes who required in-hospital treatment for foot complications and lower limb amputations in St Luke’s General Hospital over the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37983/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people with diabetes who required in-hospital treatment for foot complications and lower limb amputations in South Tipperary Hospital over the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37984/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish an action plan for the disability capacity review; his annualised implementation plan along the timeframe outlined in the disability capacity review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38001/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure accessibility in the announcement Budget 2023 measures to enhance residential supports, day places and respite supports; if the measures will be presented in terms of existing and new units to provide clarity to observers and potential recipients of these services; if he will present these figures in relation to the needs outlined in the capacity review to provide transparency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38002/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding medical card eligibility by increasing the weekly income limit by €25, €50, €75, €100, €125, €150, €175 and €200, by category in tabular form; the existing threshold and the new threshold for each; the estimated number of newly eligible persons and households for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38003/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding medical card eligibility by increasing the weekly income limit by 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45% and 50% by category in tabular form; the existing threshold and the new threshold for each; the estimated number of newly eligible individuals and households for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38004/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding general practitioner visit card eligibility by increasing the weekly income limit by €25, €50, €75, €100, €125, €150, €175 and €200, by category in tabular form; the existing threshold and the new threshold for each; the estimated number of newly eligible individuals and households for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38005/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding general practitioner visit card eligibility by increasing the weekly income limit by 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45% and 50% by category in tabular form; the existing threshold and the new threshold for each; the estimated number of newly eligible individuals and households for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38006/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 718 of 5 July 2022, the reason that the HSE does not report on the number of patients waiting more than 24, 48, 72, 96 and more than 120 hours in an emergency department in 2021 and to the end of May 2022, in tabular form broken down by month, by hospital and by those under 65 and over 65 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38010/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the format and coding that is used for the reporting of emergency department wait times; the system that is used to record wait times; the reporting mechanism from hospitals to acute operations; the information that is sought by HSE acute operations from hospitals to enable reporting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38011/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve on the reporting of the average wait times for patients in emergency times beyond 24 hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38012/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting more than 24 hours in an emergency department in 2021 and to the end of May 2022 in tabular form broken down by month, by hospital and by those under 65 and over 65 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38013/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting more than 48 hours in an emergency department in 2021 and to the end of May 2022 in tabular form broken down by month, by hospital and by those under 65 and over 65 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38014/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting more than 72 hours in an emergency department in 2021 and to the end of May 2022 in tabular form broken down by month, by hospital and by those under 65 and over 65 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38015/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting more than 96 hours in an emergency department in 2021 and to the end of May 2022 in tabular form broken down by month, by hospital and by those under 65 and over 65 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38016/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting more than 120 hours in an emergency department in 2021 and to the end of May 2022 in tabular form broken down by month, by hospital and by those under 65 and over 65 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38017/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of rolling out two cycles of publicly funded IVF treatment per person or family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38074/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of rolling out three cycles of publicly funded IVF treatment per person or family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38075/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of rolling out four cycles of publicly funded IVF treatment per person or family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38076/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he plans introduce publicly funded IVF treatment; if so, the timeframe for the introduction of same; the criteria that will be used to determine eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38077/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the weekly gross income limit for a single person or persons who are married, cohabiting or in a civil partnership for the over-70s medical card by €50 a week, by €100 a week and by €150 a week; the estimated number of additional cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38078/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the weekly income limit for a single person aged under 66 years to qualify for a medical card by €25, by €50, by €75 and by €100 a week; the estimated number of additional cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38079/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the weekly income limit for a single person aged over 66 years to qualify for a medical card by €25, by €50, by €75 and by €100 a week; the estimated number of additional cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38080/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the weekly income limit for a single person living with family aged under 66 years to qualify for a medical card by €25, by €50, by €75 and by €100 a week; the estimated number of additional cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38081/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the weekly income limit for a single person living with family aged over 66 to qualify for a medical card by €25, by €50, by €75 and by €100 a week; the estimated number of additional cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38082/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the weekly income limit for a couple, married, cohabiting, civil partners or single parent with dependent children for persons aged under 66 years to qualify for a medical card by €25, by €50, by €75 and by €100 a week; the estimated number of additional cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38083/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the weekly income limit for a couple, married, cohabiting, civil partners or single parent with dependent children for persons aged over 66 years to qualify for a medical card by €25, by €50, by €75 and by €100 a week; the estimated number of additional cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38084/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the weekly income limit by extending the allowance for each of the first two children aged under 16 years by €38 a week for persons aged under 66 and over 66 years to qualify for a medical card; the estimated number of additional cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38085/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the weekly income limit by extending the allowance for the third and each subsequent child aged under 16 years by €41 a week for persons aged under 66 and over 66 years to qualify for a medical card; the estimated number of additional cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38086/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the weekly income limit by extending the allowance for each of the first two children aged over 16 years with no income by €39 a week for persons aged under 66 and over 66 years to qualify for a medical card; the estimated number of additional cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38087/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the weekly income limit by extending the allowance for the third and each subsequent child aged over 16 years with no income by €42.50 a week for persons aged under 66 and over 66 years to qualify for a medical card; the estimated number of additional cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38088/22]

2022-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the weekly income limit by extending the allowance for each dependent over 16 years in full-time third-level education who is not grant aided by €78 a week for persons aged under 66 and over 66 years to qualify for a medical card; the estimated number of additional cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38089/22]

2022-07-07

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to increase undergraduate and graduate entry places for medical, nursing, health, social care and well-being further and higher education places in 2022 and 2023; the number of places he will add; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34615/22]

2022-07-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); the steps that he is taking to improve the National Ambulance Service recruitment service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36808/22]

2022-07-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36885/22]

2022-07-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of surgical terminations of pregnancy provided at each location which should be providing the service in tabular form; if he will request this information from each of the service providers where it is not collated centrally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36886/22]

2022-07-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding drawn down by the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the amount of funding in each year spent on procuring services from private healthcare providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36887/22]

2022-07-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of ensuring all hormone replacement therapy products are covered under the drug payments scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36889/22]

2022-07-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a child who has received an assessment report under the Disability Act 2005 is entitled to a review of that assessment on an annual basis. [36921/22]

2022-07-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse positions funded and filled broken down by CHO for the years 2016 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36362/22]

2022-07-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded but vacant public health nurse positions broken down by CHO from 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36363/22]

2022-07-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses carrying out developmental checks broken down by month and by CHO for 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36364/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of interventional cardiologists working in acute hospitals, broken down by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35298/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of diagnostic cardiac procedures carried out in 2021 and to date, broken down by month and by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35299/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of percutaneous coronary intervention procedures carried out in 2021 and to date, broken down by month and by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35300/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction procedures carried out in 2021 and to date, broken down by month and by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35301/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual revenue cost for each catheterisation laboratory in each of the years 2016 to date, broken down by year and by laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35302/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of private outpatient and inpatient hospital appointments and all private procedures carried out in public hospitals from 2016 to date, broken down by hospital, by month and by year, and by appointment and procedure type, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35303/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients transferred from the southeast region for percutaneous coronary intervention procedures to a hospital in Cork or Dublin in each of the years 2013 to date, broken down by year and by county from which the patient was transferred, further broken down by the average travel time to the hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35304/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients transferred from the south-east region for a primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction procedure to a hospital in Cork or Dublin in each of the years 2013 to date, broken down by year and by county from which the patient was transferred and further broken down by the average travel time to the hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35305/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a 10% increase in placements if the number of undergraduate new entrants in nursing and midwifery increased by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35306/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a 10% increase in placements if the number of undergraduate new entrants in medicine increased by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35307/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a 10% increase in placements if the number of undergraduate new entrants in social work and counselling increased by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35308/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a 10% increase in placements if the number of undergraduate new entrants in therapy and rehabilitation increased by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35309/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a 10% increase in placements if the number of undergraduate new entrants in medical diagnostic and treatment technology increased by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35310/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a 10% increase in placements if the number of undergraduate new entrants in pharmacy increased by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35311/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals with catheterisation laboratories; their opening hours; the hospitals in which they are located; the services they provide; and if they are temporary or permanent, broken down by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35313/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals that provide percutaneous coronary intervention, broken down by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35314/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals that provide cardiac services, broken down by hospital and by service type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35315/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals providing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction; the names of the hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35316/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cardiologists working in acute hospitals, broken down by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35317/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the compliance rate of the European working time directive agreement for non-consultant hospital doctors in percentage terms from 2014 to date, broken down by month, hospital and hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35318/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of recorded times the HSE found a failure by a hospital to comply with the European working time directive agreement through the performance and accountability framework, broken down by month, year and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35319/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if any inaccuracies in reporting of hours worked by non-consultant hospital doctors in compliance with the European working time directive, EWTD, agreement were found by the EWTD verification group, broken down by month, hospital and year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35320/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average number of hours worked by non-consultant hospital doctors for the years 2018 to 2021 and this year to date, broken down by month, hospital and hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35321/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times that a non-consultant hospital doctor worked more than 48 hours a week on-site on-call, averaged over 12 months or less, for the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35322/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of acute hospitals that have failed to implement rosters for non-consultant hospital doctors in line with the European working time directive in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, broken down by year and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35323/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if any hospital has been fined for breaching the European working time directive in respect of non-consultant hospital doctors; if so, the year and the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35324/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the system used to record the number of hours worked by non-consultant hospital doctors; if the system varies across hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35325/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of hours worked by non-consultant hospital doctors in cases in which they have not been paid in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35326/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times that a healthcare professional has worked more than 24 hours continuously in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date, broken down by health grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35327/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the examination of cardiac services carried out by a person (details supplied); when the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35328/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the services provided by the mobile catheterisation laboratory at Sligo; the length of time the laboratory was in Sligo; the number of procedures carried out, broken down by month and by procedure type; the number of staff working at the laboratory, broken down by staff type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35329/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of staff working in cardiac services at Sligo University Hospital, broken down by staff type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35330/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capital and additional revenue cost of providing a permanent catheterisation laboratory at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35331/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend by the HSE on the reimbursement of medicines, and by each medicine, in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35332/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of new medicines added to the reimbursement scheme from 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, broken down by year and the cost for each new medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35333/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the formal processes in place which govern applications for the pricing and reimbursement of medicines and new uses of existing medicines to be funded and-or reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35334/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he or his Department has carried out any review of the processes in place which govern applications for the pricing and reimbursement of medicines and new uses of existing medicines to be funded and-or reimbursed since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35335/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of rapid review dossiers submitted to the HSE from 2016 to date, broken down by the number of dossiers presented that were successful and unsuccessful in the medicines contained in the dossiers being added to the reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35336/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the role of the HSE corporate pharmaceutical unit and the National Centre for Pharmaeconomics; the number of whole-time equivalent staff assigned to the unit and centre respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35337/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the role and composition of the HSE drugs group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35338/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the composition of the HSE executive management team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35339/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of all waiting lists for access to mental health services for children and adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35340/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a full breakdown of all waiting lists for all health care services, including primary care, community care, acute care, mental health, dental and orthodontic or any other area; the total cumulative number of patients on any form of health waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35341/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the range of waiting lists held by the HSE or any other body; the full range of waiting list categories across all health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35342/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of contracts the HSE has with a company (details supplied), broken down by contract type, the nature of the contract, the service the contract provides and all HSE funding provided to the company, broken down by year to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35343/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount the HSE spent on agency staff in each of the years 2018, 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022 and by the name of the agency, by each year spend, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35344/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the targeted domestic recruitment campaigns that are in place to hire staff for children's disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35345/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the targeted international recruitment campaigns that are in place to hire staff for children's disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35346/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is considering introducing a sponsorship programme for children's disability network teams; the way that such a programme would work; the estimated cost of rolling out such a programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35347/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is considering introducing an apprentice programme for therapy grades; the way that such a programme would work; the estimated cost of such a programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35348/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is considering the use of a relocation allowance to support any international recruitment campaigns aimed at filling vacant posts for children’s disability network teams; the estimated cost of providing such an allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35349/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing graduates as therapy assistants while they await CORU registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35350/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of therapy assistant posts required if he were to approve such posts to graduates while they await CORU registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35351/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand the number of therapy assistants in the system with HSE-supporting individuals to return to education to qualify as therapists; the supports that would need to be put in place to facilitate such training and education; the estimated number of persons targeted to avail of such education; the estimated costs associated with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35352/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost to the HSE of general practitioners providing Covid-19 testing to patients for 2021 and up to May 2022, by month and by the number of general practitioners or practices who received amounts greater than €10,000, €20,000, €50,000, €100,000 or €250,000, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35353/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all Covid-19 assessments carried out by general practitioners by telephone in each of the years 2020, 2021 and up to May 2022, by month and by the number of general practitioners or practices who received amounts greater than €10,000, €20,000, €50,000, €100,000 and €250,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35354/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccines administered by general practitioners in the year 2021 and up to May 2022, by month and by the number of general practitioners or practices who received amounts greater than €10,000, €20,000, €50,000, €100,000 and €250,000, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35355/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to set out a timeframe for the implementation and delivery of the statutory home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35356/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline when a heads of Bill will be completed to enable the introduction of the statutory home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35357/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the work of the pilots rolled out on home support schemes as part of the preparation for a statutory scheme; if the pilots have been extended; if so, the duration of the extension; the cost of rolling out the pilots to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35358/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the national home support office will be established; the cost of establishing the office; if this cost is already provided for in baseline funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35359/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if any work has been done to hire InterRAI assessors in the context of preparing for the statutory home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35360/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the progress of the tensor for the home care sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35361/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of healthcare staff eligible for the pandemic bonus payment; the number of staff paid to date; the expected timeframe for completion of all payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35362/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of directly-employed HSE staff who are eligible for the pandemic bonus payment; the number of staff paid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35363/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of agency staff who are eligible for the pandemic bonus payment; the number paid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35364/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of contract staff who are eligible for the pandemic bonus payment; the number paid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35365/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff in healthcare who do bank hours and are eligible for the pandemic bonus payment; the number paid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35366/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the method being used to pay directly employed HSE staff the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35367/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the method being used to pay agency staff the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35368/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the method being used to pay contract staff the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35369/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to expand capacity at hospitals in Ennis and Nenagh to take pressure away from the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35370/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason for the removal of the mobile catheterisation laboratory from Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35371/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide a catheterisation laboratory in Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35372/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of home care and home help hours funded in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35374/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of home care and home help hours delivered in 2021, broken down by provider and by home help category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35375/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of home care and home help hours funded in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35376/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded home care and home help hours not delivered in 2021 due to staff shortages or for other reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35377/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of home care and home help hours that will not be provided in 2022 due to staff shortages or for other reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35378/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of home care and home help hours currently funded by the HSE and the delivery of home help hours for January to May 2022, broken down by month, provider and home help category, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35379/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of home care and home help hours delivered to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35380/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the various types of home care or home help packages or services provided by the HSE; the full list of organisations which provide home care or home help packages or services; the pathway to receiving such packages or services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35381/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient hospital beds funded and open in public hospitals from the year 2000 to date, broken down by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35382/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost to date for all children referred to an organisation (details supplied) for an assessment, broken down by month and the number of children referred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35383/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of any contracts in place between the HSE and a company (details supplied); the nature and scope of any contract; the terms associated with each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35393/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has agreed terms with a company (details supplied) for outsourcing assessments of need per child; if so, the costs per child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35394/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average cost of an assessment of need for a child with a disability carried out by the HSE; the average cost of an assessment carried out by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35395/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the methodology used by a company (details supplied) in carrying out assessments of need on children outsourced by the HSE; if there is any difference between the operating procedure carried out by the company in comparison with the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35396/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the quality assurances or checks that are in place to ensure compliance with agreements which may be in place between the HSE and a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35397/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reporting mechanism in place between the HSE and an organisation (details supplied) to ensure that assessments of need outsourced to the organisation are carried out in a timely fashion. [35398/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount allocated by the HSE to provide direct general practitioner-referred access to diagnostics for 2021 and to the end of May 2022, broken down by diagnostic provider and diagnostic categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35399/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the use of unique patient identifiers in the healthcare system; his plans to increase and expand the use of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35400/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve electronic or digitised patient record systems and greater sharing of such records between primary, community and acute healthcare providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35401/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of acute inpatient beds occupied in public hospitals in each of the months to date in 2022, by hospital group and by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35579/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE fully funded vacant whole-time equivalent posts across primary, community, acute services and all other HSE-funded services, broken down by service and by post type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35593/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE fully funded whole-time equivalent posts not filled on a permanent basis, broken down by service and by post type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35594/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts which are fully-funded but vacant by consultant type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35595/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts that are fully funded but not filled on a permanent basis, by consultant type, broken down by vacant post or post filled by agency staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35596/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of beds and bed type in each hospital; the number of staff employed in each level 4 hospital by staff grade; the total HSE revenue funding allocated to each hospital for 2021 and 2022; the number of hospital procedures and appointments carried out in each hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of cancellations of appointments and procedures in each hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35597/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of beds and bed type, the number of staff by staff grade employed in each level 3 hospital, broken down by hospital; the total HSE revenue funding allocated to each hospital for 2021 and 2022; the number of hospital procedures and appointments carried out in each hospital in 2021 and to date; the number of cancellations of appointments and procedures in each hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35598/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of beds and bed type, the number of staff and by staff grade employed in each level 1 and 2 hospital, broken down by hospital; the total HSE revenue funding allocated to each hospital for 2021 and 2022; the number of hospital procedures and appointments carried out in each hospital in 2021 and to date; the number of cancellations of appointments and procedures in each hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35599/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department presentations to each level 3 and 4 hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022 , broken down by month and by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35600/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of presentations to local and minor injury units in each level 1 and level 2 hospital for 2021 and to date in 2022, broken down by month and by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35601/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the functions of an acute medical unit, the nature of the work carried out in such a unit; the hospitals which have an acute medical unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35602/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the functions of an acute medical assessment unit; the nature of the work carried out in such a unit; the hospitals which have an AMAU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35603/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the functions of a medical assessment unit, MAU; the nature of the work carried out in such a unit; the hospitals that have an MAU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35604/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the functions of a medical short-stay unit; the nature of the work carried out in such a unit; the hospitals that have one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35605/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the functions of an acute surgical assessment unit; the nature of the work carried out in such a unit; the hospitals which have an MAU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35606/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients assessed in each acute medical unit, broken down by each unit for 2021 and up to the end of May 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35607/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff in each acute medical unit, acute medical assessment unit, medical assessment unit, medical short-stay unit and acute surgical assessment unit, broken down by unit and by staff type, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35608/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the use of speciality wards in hospitals; if they are being used to increase patient flow and take pressure away from emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35609/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to reduce overcrowding at emergency departments and to reduce wait times; the further actions that are being considered by the HSE to reduce ED wait times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35610/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting more than 24 hours, 48 hours, 72 hours, 96 hours and more than 120 hours in an emergency department in 2021 and to the end of May 2022, in tabular form, broken down by month and by hospital and by patients under 65 years and over 65 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35611/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average wait time in local and minor injury units in 2021 and to the end of May 2022, broken down by unit and by patients under 65 years and over 65 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35612/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients assessed in each acute medical assessment unit for 2021 and up to the end of May 2022, broken down by each unit, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35613/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients assessed in each medical assessment unit for 2021 and up to the end of May 2022, broken down by each unit, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35614/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients assessed in each medical short-stay unit for 2021 and up to the end of May 2022, broken down by each unit, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35615/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients assessed in each acute surgical assessment unit for 2021 and up to the end of May 2022, broken down by each unit, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35616/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in each acute medical unit, acute medical assessment unit, medical assessment unit, medical short-stay unit and acute surgical assessment unit, broken down by unit, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35617/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering additional capacity to provide an additional 10,000 X-ray scans in the public system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35628/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering additional capacity to provide an additional 10,000 computerised tomography scans in the public system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35629/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering additional capacity to provide an additional 10,000 MRI scans in the public system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35630/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering additional capacity to provide an additional 10,000 DEXA scans in the public system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35631/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients waiting in emergency departments longer than six hours for January, February, March, April, May and June 2022, broken down by emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35632/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dietitian and psychologist vacancies across children’s disability network teams following the CDNT census and the additional posts to which funding was allocated under budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35645/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current wait time and length of wait to see a dietitian in a children’s disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35646/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current wait time to see a psychologist in a children’s disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35647/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on scoliosis waiting lists, by list and location in January 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35730/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on scoliosis waiting lists, by list and location in June 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35731/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 7 April 2022, the number of doctors who completed internship in Ireland in each year from 2015 to date in 2022; the number of interns who graduated and since left Ireland in each year for at least one, two, three, four, and five or more years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35963/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding the medical assessment unit at Monaghan Hospital to 12/7; the whole-time equivalent requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36047/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if social care workers who worked in Covid-19 isolation centres and homelessness services during the pandemic will receive the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36190/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if nurses working in prisons managing Covid outbreaks and patients during the pandemic will receive the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36191/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if public health specialists working in the community during the pandemic will receive the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36192/22]

2022-07-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if general practitioner registrars will receive the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36193/22]

2022-06-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the medical card threshold by €100, €200, €300 and €400 per week for persons over and for under 70 years by category in tabular form; the level that this would rise to; the number of additional households which would likely qualify for eligibility; the estimated total cost assuming 100% uptake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35125/22]

2022-06-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of expanding full medical card entitlement to 50% and 75% of the population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35126/22]

2022-06-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the general practitioner visit threshold by €100, €200, €300 and €400 per week for persons under 70 tears by category in tabular form; the level that this would rise to; the number of additional households which would likely qualify for eligibility; the estimated total cost assuming 100% uptake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35127/22]

2022-06-30

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of expanding general practitioner visit card entitlement to 50% and 75% of the population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35128/22]

2022-06-30

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare workers in receipt of special leave with pay; the number who have received it for longer than a week or the period of isolation; the number diagnosed with long-Covid, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35255/22]

2022-06-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on plans for UL Hospital Group to partner with a company (details supplied) in developing an elective centre in Limerick; if he supports this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34788/22]

2022-06-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details and funding requirements of the elective centre in Limerick proposed to be developed by UL Hospital Group in partnership with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34789/22]

2022-06-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of scheduled care cancellations for the month of May 2022, by hospital and hospital group, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34790/22]

2022-06-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of scheduled care cancellations for the month of May 2022, by hospital and hospital group, for each week and each day, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34791/22]

2022-06-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the patient experience time for admission and for discharge for the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital on 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21 June 2022 , in tabular, totalled and broken down by age cohorts; the number of emergency department attendances; the number and percentage of ED attendances admitted within 0-6, 6-9, 9-12, 12-24 and 24 plus hours; the number and percentage of ED attendances discharged within 0-6, 6-9, 9-12, 12-24 and 24 plus hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34792/22]

2022-06-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to add hypothyroidism to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33562/22]

2022-06-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the Young Patients Family Fund that was launched by the Scottish government in July 2021; if he will give consideration to developing a similar scheme to support parents with children in hospital in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33603/22]

2022-06-28

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the National Review of Hospital Parking Charges, announced in 2018, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33604/22]

2022-06-28

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the engagement that his Department has had with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to progress development of a third level hospital play specialist course, as committed to in the 2004 Ready, Steady, Play: A National Play Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33605/22]

2022-06-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare workers who have been paid the pandemic bonus; the status of payments to non-HSE workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33823/22]

2022-06-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the supports that are available to persons affected with long-Covid in County Waterford; if consideration is being given to expanding the level of service available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34019/22]

2022-06-28

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand primary and community supports for long-Covid; if there will be expanded training modules on long-Covid for general practitioners and practice nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34020/22]

2022-06-23

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1814 of 14 June 2022, the breakdown of validation figures by month and by category; the processes used in and process of validation; the categorisations used for recording purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33335/22]

2022-06-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with autism and special needs who have been referred to an organisation (details supplied) for an assessment for the years 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33336/22]

2022-06-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with autism and special needs who have been referred to an organisation (details supplied) for an assessment for the years 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of children for whom an assessment has been initiated; the number of children for whom an assessment has been concluded, broken down by CHO and children's disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33337/22]

2022-06-23

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) for the carrying out of assessments and for the provision of other services to children with disabilities on children's disability network team waiting lists in each CHO for the years 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33338/22]

2022-06-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of community pharmacists employed in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33339/22]

2022-06-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to work with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to increase third level places for pharmacists; if he agrees that there is a shortage of community pharmacists; the action that he is taking to address such shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33340/22]

2022-06-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he supports the inclusion of community pharmacists on the critical skills occupations list; if he has engaged with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33341/22]

2022-06-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he supports the inclusion of home-help workers on the critical skills occupations list; if he has engaged with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33342/22]

2022-06-23

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he supports the inclusion of speech and language and occupational therapists, child psychologist and physiotherapist positions on the critical skills occupations list; if he has engaged with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33343/22]

2022-06-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to change prescribing rules to better empower community pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33344/22]

2022-06-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will allow pharmacists to substitute hormone replacement therapy products without a prescription and without having to resort to a general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33345/22]

2022-06-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to allow pharmacists to be able to supply additional drugs and medications without a prescription and without having to resort to a general practitioner; if so, the name of the drug and the medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33346/22]

2022-06-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will develop a scheme to enable women access contraception directly from their community pharmacist without prescription and without charge, regardless of eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33347/22]

2022-06-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend the role of pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33348/22]

2022-06-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will halt plans to close the emergency department at Navan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33349/22]

2022-06-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings attended by him on the subject of Navan Hospital; the date of such meetings; the title and role of those attending the meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33350/22]

2022-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis who were waiting for more than four months for a procedure, by month in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33051/22]

2022-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent radiation oncology professionals currently in post in the public system per 100,000 people in the population of Ireland; the number of full-time equivalent radiation oncology professionals that are required in order to meet the current and projected demands on the radiation oncology service to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33157/22]

2022-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the training, recruitment and retention plans that are in place to ensure that a sufficient number of radiation oncology professionals are in post to meet current and projected demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33158/22]

2022-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent medical oncology nurses currently in-post in the public system per 100,000 in the population of Ireland; the number of medical oncology nurses in-post who are required in order to meet the current and projected demands of nursing in oncology to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33159/22]

2022-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the training, recruitment and retention plans that are in place to ensure that a sufficient number of medical oncology nurses are in-post to meet current and projected demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33160/22]

2022-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of colonoscopy capacity per hospital group used by the Bowel Screen programme, the estimated level of colonoscopy capacity per hospital group in order to meet the Programme for Government commitment to extend the Bowel Screen programme to all persons aged 55-75 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33161/22]

2022-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason that the BreastCheck mobile unit has moved from the Cork Road, Waterford to Dungarvan; if it is to be permanently relocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31827/22]

2022-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of attendees at emergency departments in May and June 2022 who were discharged or referred onwards to another service within 6 hours of registration, by emergency department by code in tabular form; the number within 9, 12 and 18 hours; the number waiting 24 hours or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32390/22]

2022-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of attendees aged 75 years or older at emergency departments in May and June 2022 who were discharged or referred onwards to another service within 6 hours of registration, by emergency department by code in tabular form; the number within 9, 12 and 18 hours; the number waiting 24 hours or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32391/22]

2022-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of attendees at emergency departments in May and June 2022 who were admitted within 6 hours of registration, by emergency department by code in tabular form; the number within 9, 12 and 18 hours; the number waiting 24 hours or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32392/22]

2022-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of attendees aged 75 years or older at emergency departments in May and June 2022 who were admitted within 6 hours of registration, by emergency department by code in tabular form; the number within 9, 12 and 18 hours; the number waiting 24 hours or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32393/22]

2022-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of all attendees at emergency departments in May and June 2022 who were waiting more than 24 hours, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32394/22]

2022-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of attendees at emergency departments in May and June 2022 who left before completion of treatment, by emergency department in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32395/22]

2022-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum TrolleyGAR count at each emergency department for each week of May and June to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32396/22]

2022-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the report on the Covid-19 response at St. Mary's Nursing Home in the Phoenix Park; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32488/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the modular endoscopy unit in University Hospital Waterford was installed; the cost of installation; if the unit is owned outright; the ongoing incidental costs; the number of endoscopy procedures carried out at the unit to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31455/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent staffing composition for the modular endoscopy unit at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31456/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 60-74 and 75+ years on acute hospital waiting lists as of May 2022, by hospital and speciality in tabular form; and the number waiting 0-6, 6-12, 12-18 and 18+ months. [31516/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients aged under 18 years of age on acute hospital waiting lists as of May 2022, by hospital and speciality in tabular form; the number waiting 0-6, 6-12, 12-18 and 18+ months.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31517/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median and maximum waiting time across National Treatment Purchase Fund reported waiting lists for May 2022, by speciality and hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31518/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Consultant Applications Advisory Committee approved consultant posts as per Doctors Integrated. Management E-System by location, speciality, the basis on which they are filled and by tenure in tabular form; the number of posts filled and vacancies arising in May 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31525/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims that have been lodged in respect of hospital acquired infections from 2019 to date, broken down by month, by hospital and by infection type for example, Covid, MRSA, CPE and so on, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31658/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims that have been lodged by hospital staff in respect of hospital acquired infections from 2019 to date, broken down by month, by hospital and by infection type for example, Covid, MRSA, CPE and so on, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31659/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims that have been lodged by hospital patients in respect of hospital acquired infections from 2019 to date, broken down by month, by hospital and by infection type for example, Covid, MRSA, CPE and so on in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31660/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims that have been lodged by hospital visitors in respect of hospital acquired infections from 2019 to date, broken down by month, by hospital and by infection type for example, Covid, MRSA, CPE and so on in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31661/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims that have been lodged that resulted in a payout in respect of hospital acquired infections from 2019 to date, the total amount paid out, by month, by hospital and by infection type for example Covid, MRSA, CPE and so on in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31662/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims that have been lodged that resulted in a payout in respect of hospital acquired infections to hospital staff from 2019 to date, the total amount paid out, broken down by month, by hospital and by infection type for example Covid, MRSA, CPE and so on in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31663/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims that have been lodged that resulted in a payout in respect of hospital acquired infections to hospital patients from 2019 to date, the total amount paid out, broken down by month, by hospital and by infection type for example Covid, MRSA, CPE and so on in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31664/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims that have been lodged that resulted in a payout in respect of hospital acquired infections to hospital visitors from 2019 to date, the total amount paid out, further broken down by month, by hospital and by infection type for example Covid, MRSA, CPE and so on in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31665/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total legal costs incurred by the HSE in respect of claims lodged as a result of hospital acquired infections from 2019 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31666/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount paid out in claims by the HSE in respect of hospital acquired infections from 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31667/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the policy and process involved in managing hospital acquired infections; the policy and process for each hospital acquired infection, for example, Covid, MRSA, CPE; the circulars and guidelines issued by the HSE to hospitals on the way to manage hospital acquired infections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31668/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the policy and process involved in relation to managing claims arising from hospital acquired infections; if the policy or process differs depending on the hospital acquired infection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31669/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff working with the national healthcare associated infection and anti-microbial resistance team since its establishment in 2017 to date broken down by year and staff type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31670/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a patient has a right to request an MRSA swab upon admission to hospital or prior to a surgical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31671/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if any patient or health care worker had a successful claim against the HSE since its inception for contracting a hospital acquired infection as a result of a health care professional not wearing appropriate personal protective equipment such as gloves; if so, the number of such claims; the amount awarded; the legal costs associated with such cases; the years involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31672/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if any contraction of a hospital acquired infection was confirmed as a result of a reusable invasive medical device; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31673/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare-associated infection incidents identified, reported, managed and investigated from 2019 to date broken down by month, by year, by hospital, by hospital group and by infection type in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31674/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of reviews of healthcare-associated infection incidents published since 2016, broken down by month and review type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31675/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who contracted a hospital acquired infection as a result of being in a hospital ward from 2019 to date, broken down by month, by hospital, by hospital group and by infection type for example, Covid, MRSA, CPE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31676/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who contracted a hospital acquired infection as a result in being in a single isolation room bed from 2019 to date, broken down by month, by hospital, by hospital group and by infection type for example, Covid, MRSA, CPE and so on, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31677/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds that were funded and open in each month from 2019 to date, broken down by bed type as in acute, sub-acute, intensive care unit bed, high dependency unit bed, a bed in a ward, single isolation room bed and by hospital and hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31679/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who contracted a hospital acquired infection as a result of being in an intensive care unit bed from 2019 to date broken down by month, by hospital, by hospital group and by infection type for example, Covid, MRSA, CPE and so on, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31680/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital acquired infections that have been recorded from 2019 to date; the number of patients infected and transferred from a bed in a ward to a single isolation room bed; the number of patients infected who remained in a hospital ward, broken down by month, by hospital, by hospital group, and by infection type for example, Covid, MRSA, CPE and so on, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31681/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on an in-patient waiting list in January, February, March, April and May 2022, broken down by month; the number waiting longer than 12 weeks, the percentage of patients waiting longer than 12 weeks in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31682/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on an hospital out-patient waiting list in January, February, March, April and May 2022, broken down by month; the number waiting longer than ten weeks, the percentage of patients waiting longer than ten weeks in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31683/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on a CHO or community care waiting list in January, February, March, April and May 2022, broken down by month; the number waiting longer than ten weeks, the percentage of patients waiting longer than ten weeks in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31687/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on a waiting list for a diagnostic test in January, February, March, April and May 2022, broken down by month and by the number waiting longer than ten days, the percentage of patients waiting longer than ten days in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31688/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting in emergency departments in January, February, March, April and May 2022, broken down by month, by the number of patients waiting longer than four hours; the percentage of patients waiting longer than four hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31689/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital cancellations for January, February, March, April and May 2022, broken down by month and by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31691/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of community care cancellations in January, February, March, April and May 2022, broken down by month and by CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31692/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of diagnostic test cancellations in January, February, March, April and May 2022, broken down by month and by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31695/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who presented to an emergency department and were either not seen or who were referred elsewhere for care in January, February, March, April and May 2022, broken down by month and by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31696/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals that provide emergency department services broken down by the catchment area that each emergency department serves; the number of patients seen in each emergency department in each of the years 2016 to 2021; the average patient wait time for each year by emergency department; the number of patients recorded as on a trolley in each emergency department for each year; the number of in-patient beds funded and open in each hospital with an emergency department for each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31699/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the hospitals that provide local injury units, urgent care centres or rapid injury clinics broken down by the catchment area each unit serves; the number of patients seen in each unit in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31700/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of warnings issued by hospitals advising patients with non-emergency conditions to seek assistance from other parts of the health service and to not attend their emergency department in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31701/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to undertake a full and Independent clinical review of operations at University Hospital Limerick; if such a review will evaluate the pressures on the hospital, the performance of the hospital, the levels of emergency department overcrowding at the hospital and capacity issues at the hospital; the status of the levels of service and capacity levels provided by other hospitals in the catchment area that the Hospital serves; the capacity in general practitioner and community care in the same region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31702/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital acquired infections recorded in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022 by hospital, hospital group and infection type for example Covid, MRSA, CPE and so on, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31703/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital acquired infections recorded from 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by month, hospital, hospital group and by infection type Covid, MRSA, CPE and so on, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31704/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital staff who contracted a hospital acquired infection from 2019 to 2021 and date in 2022, by month, hospital, hospital group and by infection type Covid, MRSA, CPE and so on in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31705/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital patients who contracted a hospital inquired infection from 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by month, hospital, hospital group and by infection type Covid, MRSA, CPE and so on, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31706/22]

2022-06-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital visitors who contracted a hospital inquired infection from 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022 by month, hospital, hospital group and by infection type Covid, MRSA, CPE and so on, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31707/22]

2022-06-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 616 of 3 February 2021, the number of cancer patients who saw a consultant in 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31049/22]

2022-06-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancellations of cancer-related appointments in 2018, 2020 and 2021; the number for each month to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31050/22]

2022-06-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of a statutory right to homecare as outlined in the Programme for Government; the proposed timetable for the introduction of statutory homecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31069/22]

2022-06-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE’s process of tendering for homecare support providers will be updated; if this will take into account the commitments in the Programme for Government towards a statutory entitlement to home care and the ongoing implementation of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31070/22]

2022-06-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the Department of Health and the HSE have sufficient resources to meet an increased demand for home care alongside Sláintecare; if plans are being put in place to address future need in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31071/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of medical, dental, nursing and all health and social care training and undergraduate places across all courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29086/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of a 10% increase in all medical or health related undergraduate courses for Irish/European Union students in tabular form; the number of places that this would create; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29087/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing QQI FETAC level 5 major award in healthcare support or pre-nursing studies places by 10%; and the number of places that this would create for healthcare assistants. [29925/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of undergraduate places across medical, dental, nursing, midwifery and all health and social care disciplines that will be available in 2020, 2021 and 2022 intake years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29926/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital cancellations from 1 January 2022 to the end of May 2022, by month, broken down by hospital and hospital group and cancellation type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29057/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients over 75 years of age on a community or CHO waiting list, broken down by the length of time they are waiting, namely for zero to three months, three to six months, six months to one year, greater than one year and greater than two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29058/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients over 75 years of age on an acute hospital waiting list, broken down by the length of time they are waiting, namely for zero to three months, three to six months, six months to one year, greater than one year and greater than two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29059/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients over 75 years of age on a diagnostic waiting list, broken down by the length of time they are waiting, namely for zero to three months, three to six months, six months to one year, greater than one year and greater than two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29060/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients under 18 years of age on a community or CHO waiting list broken down by the length of time they are waiting, namely for zero to three months, three to six months, six months to one year, greater than one year and greater than two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29061/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients under 18 years of age on an acute hospital waiting list, broken down by the length of time they are waiting, namely for zero to three months, three to six months, six months to one year, greater than one year and greater than two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29062/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of preliminary team assessments carried out on children with disabilities in 2021 and until the end of May 2022, broken down by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29063/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total Covid-19 expenditure allocated for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29064/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total Covid-19-related expenditure in 2022 until the end of May; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29065/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to put in place a new contract for non-consultant hospital doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29066/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to address unsafe and illegal hours worked by non-consultant hospital doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29067/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times that the HSE has been in breach of the European Working Time Directive from 2020 until the end of May 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29068/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to carry out a root-and-branch reform of the dental treatment service scheme; his plans to put in place a new contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29070/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to put in place a new public-only consultant contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29071/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to put in place a new contract for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29072/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding for training and education of general practice nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29073/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide an outline of the career pathway of general practice nurses and the ways in which they are supported to progress in their careers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29074/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to put in place a new contract for pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29075/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to put in place a new contract for optometrists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29076/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he intends to hire salaried general practitioners to work within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29077/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists working for the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29078/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to hire more dentists to work for the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29079/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for fully removing private healthcare from public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29080/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the cost of healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29081/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeframe to deliver full universal and free general practitioner-care to all citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29082/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of patients on the general practitioner visit-only card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29083/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his timeframe to deliver full universal and free primary healthcare to all citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29084/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1310 of 26 April 2022, the number of acute inpatient and critical care beds planned for 2022-2023; the number of beds delivered to date; the number of beds outstanding; the number of beds expected to be delivered in 2022; the number of beds expected to be delivered in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29300/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of community beds that have been opened under funding for 1,250 community beds in Budget 2021, in tabular form; the additional number which received funding since; the number of open and funded beds on 1 January 2020, 1 January 2021 and 1 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29312/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of community beds for which funding was allocated but which have not been opened at the latest data point; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29313/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 195 and 196 of 1 June 2022, the range of services for which a medical card provides a discount but does not cover fully, such as but not limited to diagnostic services to which a patient is referred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29417/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29429/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress in implementing social prescribing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29469/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will implement a self-referral system for social prescribing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29470/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will implement a digital solution for social prescribing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29471/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there is a registry of individuals with Addison’s disease; if not, if he plans to develop one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29486/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he plans to add Addison’s disease to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29487/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he plans to take any measures to increase awareness of Addison’s disease among medical and nursing staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29488/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the pathway to diagnosis for Addison’s disease. [29489/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there are consultant endocrinologists who are specialised in dealing with patients with Addison’s disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29490/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address the matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the provision of mammogram service in Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29627/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis who are waiting for a procedure; the number waiting greater than six and 12 months in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29674/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with spina bifida who are waiting for an orthopaedic or urology procedure; the number waiting greater than six and 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29675/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments by appointment type cancelled in May 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29676/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric orthopaedic appointments by appointment type cancelled in May 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29677/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who have experienced one to two, two to three, three to four and more than four cancellations in the previous 24 months to May 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29678/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of May 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29679/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities to date for May 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29680/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists who submitted claims under the dental treatment services scheme for January, February, March, April, and May 2022, by CHO and LHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29681/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 60 to 74 years and 75+ years on community healthcare waiting lists, by care group, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29682/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on community healthcare waiting lists, by care group in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29683/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type in the month of May, by hospital group and hospital in tabular form; the cause of cancellations that is hospital initiated, patient initiated and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29684/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median and maximum patient experience time to admission for all patients for emergency department admissions and broken down for those under 75 and 75+ years of age for each emergency department for each statutory HSE and public voluntary hospital by hospital group in May 2022 totalled for each category and group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29685/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum patient experience time to admission for all patients and for those under 75 and 75-plus years of age for emergency department admissions for each emergency department, for each statutory HSE and public voluntary hospital by hospital group for each month in 2022 to date totalled for each category and group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29686/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who waited zero to six, six to 12, 12 to 24, 24 to 36, 36 to 48 and 48-plus hours for admission via an emergency department for each emergency department in May 2022 in tabular form; the number of patients aged over 60 and over 75 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29687/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the State-wide mean, median, and maximum time to admission via an emergency department for all patients, under 75, and 75-plus years of age for January, February, March, April and May 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29688/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the allocation that has been made for the access to care fund; the amount that has been spent to date; the programme lines or equivalent; the amount allocated to and spent on community services; the amount spent by service type in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29735/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps that his Department and HSE are taking to strengthen the pipeline and increase the number of community therapists, further to comments made by the CEO of the HSE at the Joint Oireachtas Committee session of the Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth, and Disability Matters on 2 June 2022; the manner and various measures by which this will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29736/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the vacancies across childrens disability network teams following the census of the children's network disability teams and the additional posts to which funding was allocated under Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29737/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in full-year revenue cost of an acute inpatient bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29805/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated all-in capital cost including fittings and equipment of an additional 10 and 50 acute inpatient bed units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29806/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average number of open and funded acute inpatient beds in the public health system in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29807/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the planned number of acute inpatient beds to be added and total by year-end 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29808/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in full-year revenue cost of a critical care bed for each level in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29809/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated all-in capital cost including fittings and equipment of an additional 1, 10 and 50 critical care bed units for each level in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29810/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average number of open and funded critical care beds in the public health system in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29811/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the planned number of critical care beds to be added and the total number of critical care beds by year-end 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29812/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated all-in revenue cost of an additional 1, 10 and 50 neuro-rehabilitation bed units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29813/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated all-in capital cost including fittings and equipment of an additional 1, 10 and 50 neuro-rehabilitation bed units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29814/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average number of open and funded neuro-rehabilitation beds in the public health system in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29815/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the planned number of neuro-rehabilitation beds to be added and total by year-end 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29816/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated all-in revenue cost of an additional one, ten and 50 national rehabilitation hospital bed units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29817/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated all-in capital cost including fittings and equipment of an additional one, ten and 50 national rehabilitation hospital bed units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29818/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average number of open and funded National Rehabilitation Hospital inpatient beds in the public health system in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29819/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the planned number of National Rehabilitation Hospital inpatient beds to be added by year-end 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29820/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated all-in revenue cost of an additional one, ten and 50 mental health inpatient places by type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29821/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated all-in capital cost including fittings and equipment of an additional 1, 10 and 50 mental health inpatient places by type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29822/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average number of open and funded mental health inpatient places by type in the public health system in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29823/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the planned number of mental health inpatient places by type to be added and total by year-end 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29824/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated all-in revenue cost of an additional 1, 10 and 50 palliative care beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29826/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated all-in capital cost including fittings and equipment of an additional 1, 10 and 50 palliative care beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29827/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average number of open and funded palliative care beds in the public health system in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29828/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the planned number of palliative care beds to be added and the total number of beds by year-end 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29829/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated all-in revenue cost of an additional one, ten and 50 addiction recovery-rehabilitation places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29830/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated all-in capital cost including fittings and equipment of an additional 1, 10 and 50 addiction recovery-rehabilitation places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29831/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average number of open and funded addiction recovery-rehabilitation places in the public health system in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29832/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the planned number of addiction recovery-rehabilitation places to be added and the total number by year-end 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29833/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated all-in revenue cost of an additional one, ten and 50 medical detoxification places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29834/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated all-in capital cost including fittings and equipment of an additional one, ten and 50 medical detoxification places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29835/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average number of open and funded medical detoxification places in the public health system in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29836/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the planned number of medical detoxification places to be added and total number of places by year-end 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29837/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated all-in revenue and capital cost of an additional one, ten and 50 public nursing home beds; and the average number of beds open to date in 2022. [29838/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated all-in revenue and capital cost of an additional one, ten and 50 public community step-down beds; and the average number of beds open in 2022 to date.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29839/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated all-in revenue and capital cost of an additional one, ten and 50 public community transitional care beds; and the average number of beds open in 2022 to date. [29840/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated all-in revenue and capital cost of an additional 1, 10 and 50 public community recovery-rehabilitation beds; and the average number of beds open in 2022 to date. [29841/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of community beds funded in budget 2021 and 2022 which have been delivered to date; the number that are outstanding; and the level of funding and corresponding number of beds, projected to unspent. [29842/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost for the full implementation of the framework for safe staffing and skills mix; the initial estimates; the additional funding allocated towards the framework to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29843/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals and wards which are compliant with the framework for safe staffing and skills mix and the number of hospitals and wards which are not in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29844/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of whole-time equivalent staff that are required to fulfil the framework for safe staffing and skills mix by profession; the estimated cost of hiring the additional staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29845/22]

2022-06-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated net full-year cost of restoring all consultants to 2012 pay scales and ensuring equalisation and pay parity within contract types by contract type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29846/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free general practitioner care to children under eight years of age. [29847/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free general practitioner care to children under ten years of age. [29848/22]

2022-06-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free general practitioner care to children under 12 years of age. [29849/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of all consultants on type A contracts moving to the new Sláintecare contract. [29850/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of all consultants on type B contracts moving to the new Sláintecare contract. [29851/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of removing private practice from public hospitals. [29852/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of removing all private healthcare from public hospitals. [29853/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of removing the private health insurance advantage from public hospitals. [29854/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost and applicable salary scale of a publicly employed dentist equivalent to estimated private earnings of a partner and associate dentist. [29855/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the desirable staffing ratios in public dental practice between dentists, dental nurses, hygienists, technicians and administrative supports. [29856/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of an additional adult eating disorder team; and the number of adult eating disorder teams in operation. [29857/22]

2022-06-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of an additional managed clinical rehabilitation network team; the number of such teams currently in operation; and the CHOs served and not served. [29858/22]

2022-06-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated workforce whole-time equivalent requirements for universal counselling. [29859/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of permanently reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold from €100 to €60 in increments of €5. [29860/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing prescription charges by 50 cents for persons over 70 years of age with a corresponding reduction in the monthly maximum; and the estimated cost of reducing same by €1. [29861/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing prescription charges by 50 cents for persons under 70 years of age with a corresponding reduction in the monthly maximum; the estimated cost of reducing same by €1; and the estimated cost of reducing same by €1.50. [29862/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing hospital inpatient charges; and the estimated cost of abolishing same for children only. [29863/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing hospital car parking charges for HSE hospitals and voluntary hospitals. [29864/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing safeguarding team staffing levels by 10% including employer’s PRSI. [29865/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of extending free contraception to women aged 25-55 years at 50%, 75% and 100% uptake in age bands of five years. [29866/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the HPV vaccine catch-up campaign for all eligible women up to 45 years of age. [29867/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the outstanding cost for full implementation of the framework for safe staffing and skills mix for each stage. [29868/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expenditure in 2021 for HSE-employed nurses advanced practice in terms of further education and training; the cost and extent of training courses covered by the HSE; the number of nurses to which this applied; and the cost of leave cover to facilitate training days. [29869/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of doubling the staff subsidy component of the general medical services contract. [29870/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing medical intern places by 10% and the number of places that this would create; the additional staffing requirements to facilitate such an expansion and the estimated cost of same. [29871/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing basic specialist training places by 10% and the number of places that this would create; the additional staffing requirements to facilitate such an expansion and the estimated cost of same. [29872/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing higher specialist training places by 10% and the number of places that this would create; the additional staffing requirements to facilitate such an expansion and the estimated cost of same. [29873/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing general practitioner trainee places by 10%; the number of places that this would create and the estimated cost of same. [29874/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing training places for advanced practice nurses, nurse prescribers and clinical nurse specialists by 10%; and the number of places that this would create. [29875/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing public IVF services. [29876/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost for training and additional salary costs to increase the percentage of advanced nurse practitioners in the HSE workforce by 1%; and the estimated cost to increase same to 5%. [29877/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of restoring dental screening and treatment in schools. [29878/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding newborn screening to the European Union average. [29879/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of developing a structured care programme for general practice. [29880/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of developing a structured care programme for general practice in women's health. [29881/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there will be additional budgetary implications in 2023 to implement pay restoration for workers in section 39 organisations. [29882/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funded trainee clinical psychologist places by 50; and the estimated salary cost of 50 additional trainees, including employers' PRSI. [29883/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a 10% expansion in stepdown beds; and the estimated number of units that this would generate. [29884/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of providing stepdown beds equivalent to 10% of existing capacity; and the estimated number of units that this would generate. [29885/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated revenue and capital cost of 100 additional leased stepdown beds. [29886/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of funding allocated to the development of alternative care pathways in 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; the amount spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29887/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of funding allocated to pathfinder and other National Ambulance Service reform programmes in 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; the amount spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29888/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of retaining additional allocations for the dental treatment services scheme made in 2022. [29889/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of one national counselling service counsellor, including employers' PRSI. [29890/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of one senior dental surgeon and senior administrator, including employers' PRSI. [29891/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of one principal dental surgeon principal, including employers' PRSI. [29892/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of one dental nurse, including employers' PRSI. [29893/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of one speech and language therapist, including employers' PRSI. [29895/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of one national director of mental health, including employers' PRSI. [29896/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of an additional adult eating disorder team including employer’s PRSI. [29897/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of one management clinical rehabilitation network team including employer’s PRSI. [29898/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost to baseline funding allocated to unfunded new or additional measures in 2022. [29899/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost to baseline additional funding given to Cappagh and CHI for paediatric orthopaedics, if any. [29900/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 100,000 personal assistance hours. [29901/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated revenue and capital cost of an additional respite centre in each CHO. [29902/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 250 intensive home care packages. [29903/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated revenue and capital cost to move 100 persons out of congregated settings. [29904/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated revenue and capital cost of moving 100 persons under the age of 65 years out of nursing homes into assisted community homes. [29905/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing 1,000 additional day service places for school leavers and graduates of rehabilitative training. [29906/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of an additional community specialist hub for older people. [29908/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to home help hours; the underspend in 2021; the additional allocation for 2022; and the expected underspend in 2022. [29909/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on emergency department activity at University Hospital Limerick in 2022; the number of presentations and admissions; the average patient experience time to admission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30107/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand capacity to manage the high volume of unscheduled care at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30108/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has considered or plans to provide additional emergency department capacity at any hospitals in the UL group to take pressure off of University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30109/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full range of corporate governance responsibilities including but not inclusive of recruitment, finance, and procurement regional health areas will have once established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30111/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full range of corporate governance responsibilities including but not inclusive of recruitment, finance, and procurement the HSE centre will retain once regional health areas are established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30112/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE centre will have a board once the regional health areas are established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30113/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE centre will be a legal entity once the regional health areas are established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30114/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of net additional staff employed by the HSE as part of the target of 10,000 additional staff posts funded in Budget 2022, in tabular form; if he will provide a breakdown of the 10,000 funded posts by health area and speciality; the number of additional staff employed to date broken down by health area and speciality and further broken down by hospital, hospital group and CHO area and HSE centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30115/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children who are currently waiting for an assessment of need in tabular form; the length of wait in three-month time bands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30123/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children who are currently waiting for occupational therapy in tabular form; the length of wait in three-month time bands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30124/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children who are currently waiting for speech and language therapy in tabular form; the length of wait in three-month time bands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30125/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children who are currently waiting for physiotherapy in tabular form; the length of wait in three-month time bands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30126/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults who are currently waiting for occupational therapy in tabular form; the length of wait in three-month time bands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30127/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults who are currently waiting for speech and language therapy in tabular form; the length of wait in three-month time bands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30128/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults who are currently waiting for physiotherapy therapy in tabular form; the length of wait in three-month time bands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30129/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults who are currently waiting for occupational therapy in tabular form; the length of wait in three-month time bands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30130/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children who are currently waiting for psychology assessment in tabular form; the length of wait in three-month time bands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30131/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults who are currently waiting for psychology assessment in tabular form; the length of wait in three-month time bands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30132/22]

2022-06-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies which currently exist in occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and psychology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30133/22]

2022-06-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand respite care provision; the number of adult respite and emergency respite beds across the State in tabular form; the number of persons currently on waiting lists for respite services; the length of wait in three-month time bands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30134/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE funded posts which are currently funded across acute, community and primary care broken down by post type and speciality; the number of vacant or unfilled funded posts; and the percentage of vacant or unfilled posts by hospital, hospital group and by CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30164/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the model of regional health areas that were signed off by Cabinet; the timeframe for establishing and operationalising same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30165/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if regional health areas will have a board once established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30166/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if regional health areas will be legal entities once established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30167/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of the proposed management structure for regional health areas; the plans to integrate local hospital and CHO management layers; if this will result in a single management layer for acute and community services at local level; the way that this will be geographically managed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30168/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if regional health areas will be the employer of staff in their geographical area of responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30169/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of additional therapy hours which would be provided if all vacant whole-time equivalent positions in children's disability network teams were filled, broken down by CHO and by therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30170/22]

2022-06-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of additional therapy hours that would be provided with a 20% increase in whole-time equivalent therapy positions to children's disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30171/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing pay parity for therapists working within children's disability network teams across all 18 employers if employees are paid the same as those directly employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30172/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of net additional speech and language therapist whole-time positions funded by the HSE in each of the years 2017 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30173/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of net additional occupational therapist whole-time equivalent positions funded by the HSE in each of the years 2017 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30174/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of net additional psychologist whole-time equivalent positions funded by the HSE in each of the years 2017 to 2022; the areas the additional psychologists were assigned to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30175/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of net additional physiotherapist whole-time equivalent positions funded by the HSE in each of the years 2017 to 2022; the areas the additional physiotherapists were assigned to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30176/22]

2022-06-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of net additional social worker whole-time equivalent positions funded by the HSE in each of the years 2017 to 2022; the areas that the additional physiotherapists were assigned to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30177/22]

2022-06-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a second paediatric diabetes nurse at University Hospital Waterford (details supplied); when the position is expected to be filled; if there is a starting date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30387/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults who were removed from and added to the in-patient hospital waiting lists in 2021 to date by month and by hospital and further broken down by whether the removal from the waiting list was as a result of a patient seen for treatment or as a result of validating the waiting lists, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30462/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children who were removed from and added to the in-patient hospital waiting lists in 2021 to date, by month and by hospital, and further broken down by whether the removal from the waiting list was as a result of a patient seen for treatment or as a result of validating the waiting lists, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30463/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults who were removed from and added to the out-patient hospital waiting lists in 2021 and to date, by month and by hospital, and further broken down by whether the removal from the waiting list was as a result of a patient seen for an appointment or as a result of validating the waiting lists, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30464/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who were removed from and added to diagnostic waiting lists in 2021 and to date, by month and by hospital, and further broken down by whether the removal from the waiting list was as a result of a patient seen for an appointment or as a result of validating the waiting lists, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30465/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who were removed from acute hospital waiting lists as a result of validating the lists in 2021 and to date, by year and by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30466/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who were removed from CHO waiting lists as a result of validating the lists in 2021 and to date, by year and by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30467/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who were removed from diagnostic waiting lists as a result of validating the lists in 2021 and to date by year and by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30468/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time clinic liaison officer positions in ophthalmology clinics outside Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30663/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a day service for persons with acquired brain injury will be established in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30664/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of one additional whole-time equivalent clinical psychology for paediatric diabetes for Children's Health Ireland, Tallaght; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30665/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current status for the provision of a new accident and emergency department at Beaumont Hospital; when this project will move to the next stage; the amount that has been spent on this project to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30666/22]

2022-06-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant paediatric dermatologist attached to Children's Health Ireland, Crumlin in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30667/22]

2022-06-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of public health nurses operating in the relevant areas of CHO area 9, in tabular form; the locations in which there are vacancies at present; when these vacancies will be filled in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30668/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time speech and language therapists working in Kilbarrack health centre in the years of 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30669/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies currently within HSE orthodontic services in County Donegal; when these vacancies will be filled in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30670/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who have visited the gastroenterology liver clinic at Tallaght University Hospital in each of the years of 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30671/22]

2022-06-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres in each hospital that is part of the Ireland East Hospital Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30672/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting two additional whole-time clinical nurse specialists in neurology and two additional whole-time advanced nurse practitioners in neurology for Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30673/22]

2022-06-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent nurses per patient in each ward at Bantry General Hospital in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the way that these numbers compare to be considered safe ratios of nurses to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30674/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of CHO area 7 funding by local team level for disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30675/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time staff by job title working in each eating disorder teams; the number of vacancies by job title currently in each eating disorder teams; when each of these vacancies will be filled in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30676/22]

2022-06-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost full year cost of recruiting 11 additional full-time nurses for Lifford Community Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30677/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of knee joint replacement surgeries carried out at Roscommon University Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30678/22]

2022-06-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional services that will be delivered to St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30679/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the key performance indicators used to monitor improvements and deterioration in the performance of emergency departments; the targets in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30978/22]

2022-06-14

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the key performance indicators used to monitor the implementation and effectiveness of community healthcare networks; the targets in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30979/22]

2022-06-02

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will re-categorise intermediate care operators from general support staff to ambulance staff or a more appropriate category which reflects the changing nature and responsibilities of the role and enhanced skills this requires, in view of the increasingly enhanced role which intermediate care operators perform within the National Ambulance Service and the increasing frequency of ICOs being dispatched to emergency calls rather than patient transportation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28602/22]

2022-06-02

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is concerned by the increasing use of modified intermediary care vehicles (details supplied) as makeshift ambulances by the National Ambulance Service; if the use of such vehicles as ambulances is consistent with national policy, safety standards or Road Safety Authority standards in relation to medication policy and emergency lights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28603/22]

2022-06-02

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has signed the agreements with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the relocation of the National Maternity Hospital; if not, the expected timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28608/22]

2022-06-02

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the National Maternity Hospital Board of Governors has approved the agreements to facilitate the relocation of the National Maternity Hospital to another campus (details supplied) and the creation of the NMH at a location; if not, the expected timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28609/22]

2022-06-02

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the final business case for the new National Maternity Hospital; the expected timeframe for completion; when he expects the next stage to begin; the expected timeframe for the project to go to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28610/22]

2022-06-02

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts across Children’s Disability Network Teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28265/22]

2022-06-02

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress being made in updating the IT systems for assessments of need and children’s disability services; if a new assessment of need system has been procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28266/22]

2022-06-02

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of the authorisation of insulin pumps in CHO 5 to those under and over 21 years of age in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28703/22]

2022-06-02

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health Health the details of the authorisation of insulin pumps by CHO and LHO in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28704/22]

2022-06-02

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 60-74 and 75+ on hospital waiting lists for 0-6 months, 6-9 months, 9-12 months, 12-18 months and 18+ months by hospital and by speciality in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28815/22]

2022-06-01

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission for all patients for emergency department admissions broken down for those under 75 and 75+ years of age, for each emergency department, for each statutory HSE and public voluntary hospital by hospital group in May 2022 totalled for each category and group, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28192/22]

2022-06-01

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission for all patients and for those under 75 and 75+ years of age for emergency department admissions, for each emergency department, for each statutory HSE and public voluntary hospital by hospital group for each month to date in 2022 totalled for each category and group, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28193/22]

2022-06-01

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average time to admission for all patients nationwide under 75 and 75+ years of age by each month in each of the years 2015 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28194/22]

2022-06-01

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients admitted with a PET of 6 or less hours, 6 to 9, 9 to 12 and 12 or more hours, for each hospital by hospital group with averages for each, for each month to date in 2022; the average figure for to date in 2022, in tabular form; the nationwide figures for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28195/22]

2022-06-01

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons aged over 75 years on hospital waiting lists according to the latest National Treatment Purchase Fund data by wait time band and total, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28196/22]

2022-06-01

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of appointments by type cancelled across each hospital due to the hospital being unable to provide the service, as opposed to patient initiated cancellations, due to unscheduled care and other reasons to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28197/22]

2022-06-01

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that have experienced a cancellation in the last 6 months for an outpatient, inpatient, or diagnostic appointment; the number of patients where the number of cancellations was greater than 2, 3, 4, and 5 for each, for that appointment, across the relevant time period where greater than a 6 month period in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28198/22]

2022-06-01

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the healthcare services which a medical card does not cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28199/22]

2022-06-01

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the healthcare services which a medical card does not cover in full but provides an entitlement to a discount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28200/22]

2022-06-01

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the intermediate care operator within National Ambulance Service (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28245/22]

2022-06-01

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to intermediate care operative vehicles for the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28250/22]

2022-06-01

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the Health Research Board is conducting a scoping review for his Department on advanced practice physiotherapy grades and physiotherapists as referrers for the purposes of x-rays and imaging; if such a review is being conducted; the terms of reference for the review; the estimated timeline for the completion of the review; the details of the consultative process that will follow; if he will include an organisation (details supplied) in the consultative process once the review has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28280/22]

2022-05-31

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his intentions regarding the proposed amendments to the international health regulations at the World Health Assembly this year; if the State intends to accept and adopt or oppose amendments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27479/22]

2022-05-31

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the availability of Evusheld to immunocompromised patients in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27583/22]

2022-05-31

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount in the capital budget as set out in table 11 of the Stability Programme Update 2022 that is designated for infrastructure to support community healthcare networks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27932/22]

2022-05-31

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing 20 additional dedicated children’s beds for psychiatric care to cease the practice of using beds in adult psychiatric services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27933/22]

2022-05-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to tackle emergency department overcrowding and long waiting times; the number of scheduled patient care appointments that were cancelled due to complications with unscheduled care in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26375/22]

2022-05-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the sodium valproate inquiry and the provision of community-based care to patients and families affected by foetal valproate syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26376/22]

2022-05-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for arresting the collapse of the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26379/22]

2022-05-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to establish and resource dedicated clinical pathways which address the healthcare needs of intersex persons, including the specific physical and mental health needs of intersex persons in Ireland as distinct from transgender persons; if he will develop a strategy in this regard built on engagement with intersex persons and representative organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26382/22]

2022-05-26

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of healthcare services and entitlements, medications, and surgical interventions for persons that contracted hepatitis C through the administration of contaminated blood or blood products within the State; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26378/22]

2022-05-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand awareness, access and affordability of menopause supports and treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26381/22]

2022-05-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for securing a reliable supply of hormone replacement therapeutics; if he will appoint a designated official responsible for ensuring adequate supply of HRT in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26380/22]

2022-05-25

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the interdepartmental working groups established under his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26730/22]

2022-05-25

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the interdepartmental working groups in which his Department participates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26731/22]

2022-05-25

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the interdepartmental working groups in which the HSE participates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26732/22]

2022-05-25

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the senior official groups in which his Department participates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26733/22]

2022-05-25

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the senior official groups in which the HSE participates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26734/22]

2022-05-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 18 May 2022, if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26787/22]

2022-05-24

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25666/22]

2022-05-24

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if advice will be provided in relation to a matter raised in correspondence regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25701/22]

2022-05-24

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to a licence for a product ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25742/22]

2022-05-24

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount of funding allocated for the Cork and Kerry region to date; the amount allocated to hospitals and CHOs inclusive of section 38 and 39 organisations in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25939/22]

2022-05-24

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the HSE reviews of the disposal of perinatal organs which were due to be received by his Department in November 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26289/22]

2022-05-24

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive to extend arrangements for the provision of access to healthcare services in the State for residents of Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26356/22]

2022-05-24

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which HSE employees have been docked pay for being late; the number that were late by less than 30 minutes; the number by less than 15 minutes; the number by less than 5 minutes, for each month of 2020 and 2021 and 2022 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26386/22]

2022-05-24

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds in the public healthcare system per 1,000; the total number; the way in which this compares with other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and European Union states, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26461/22]

2022-05-24

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of critical care beds in the public healthcare system per 100,000; the total number; the way in which this compares with other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and European Union states in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26462/22]

2022-05-24

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of subacute inpatient beds in the public healthcare system per 1,000; the total number; the way in which this compares with other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and European Union Member States in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26464/22]

2022-05-24

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of subacute community beds in the public healthcare system per 1,000; the total number; the way in which this compares with other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and European Union in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26465/22]

2022-05-19

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of diagnostic waiting lists by hospital for the latest available date, in tabular form; the comparison with figures at the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25520/22]

2022-05-19

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum waiting time across National Treatment Purchase Fund-reported waiting lists for April 2022 that were published on 13 May 2022, by speciality and hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25521/22]

2022-05-19

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent and sub-heads of funding which will be transferred from the Department of Health to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the transfer of functions to the latter Minister under the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 and other instruments, in tabular form in each of the years 2020-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25522/22]

2022-05-19

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons aged over 75 years of age who are on acute hospital waiting lists by speciality by hospital in April 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25523/22]

2022-05-18

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24981/22]

2022-05-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will publish its annual report 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24148/22]

2022-05-17

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total revenue and net revenue generated by each hospital car park for each hospital in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24149/22]

2022-05-17

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to add Osteoarthritis to the list of illnesses covered by the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24247/22]

2022-05-17

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); if he will acknowledge receipt of correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24468/22]

2022-05-17

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the value of refunds by the HSE for blood tests for which patients were charged by general practitioners in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24474/22]

2022-05-17

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to include Addison’s disease to the medical card and the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24640/22]

2022-05-12

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the availability, eligibility and access to kaftrio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23922/22]

2022-05-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Irish and European Union, and the number of non-European Union doctors, who were awarded intern posts in each of the years 2016 to 2022, in tabular form; the number of intern posts available in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23511/22]

2022-05-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities to date for each month in 2022 and for October, November and December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23512/22]

2022-05-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for the Holles Street hospital site once the National Maternity Hospital has relocated; if it will be repurposed within the HSE; if not, if it will be sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23704/22]

2022-05-11

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the position in respect of the reimbursement of the FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitoring system for those with type 1 diabetes; if consideration has been given adding FreeStyle Libre to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23774/22]

2022-05-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant ophthalmologists who have been recruited per community healthcare organisation, CHO, in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22575/22]

2022-05-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of personal assistance for persons with vision impairment, by age range; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22576/22]

2022-05-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of applications that have been made for the blind welfare allowance for the past five years; the number that have been rejected; the number of appeals that have been made; and the number of those appeals that have led to a decision being overturned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22577/22]

2022-05-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancellations at each acute hospital for January, February, March and April in 2022; the number, by quarter, for 2019 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22595/22]

2022-05-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints that were made to HSE local health offices regarding charges for phlebotomy services; the number of complaints upheld; the number of complaints otherwise dismissed; the number of complaints pending investigation; the number of refunds issued; the value of same; the total value of refunds issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22696/22]

2022-05-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the currently operating statutory basis for the National Treatment Purchase Fund and the National Treatment Purchase Fund board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22699/22]

2022-05-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if prison nurses who are not directly employed by the HSE will receive a Covid-19 pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22708/22]

2022-05-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of a programme for women’s health in epilepsy within the regional epilepsy centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23125/22]

2022-05-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of women in adult psychiatric units by CHO area since January 2021 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23291/22]

2022-05-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staffing composition of each children's disability network team and the number of vacancies in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23336/22]

2022-05-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons aged over 75 years of age who are on acute hospital waiting lists by speciality by hospital in April 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23337/22]

2022-05-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons and the number of persons aged over 75 years of age, respectively who presented at an emergency department who spent less than 4 hours waiting for admission by hospital and hospital group in April 2022, in tabular form; the number waiting 4 or more hours but less than 6 hours; the number waiting greater than or equal to 6 hours but less than 12 hours; the number waiting 12 hours or more but less than 24 hours; the numbers waiting greater than or equal to 36 hours and 48 hours; the comparable figures for the same period in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23338/22]

2022-05-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission for those under 75 and 75+years of age for emergency department attendances for each emergency department for each statutory HSE and public voluntary hospital by hospital group in April 2022, in tabular form; the number of attendances and presentations; the percentage admission rates; the number and percentage of patients admitted with a PET of 6 or less hours, 6-9 hours, 9-12, and 12 or more hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23339/22]

2022-05-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average length of stay for patients admitted for longer than one day via an emergency department or otherwise for each statutory HSE and public voluntary hospital by hospital group in April 2022, in tabular form; the number that stayed longer than 5, 10, and 31 days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23340/22]

2022-05-10

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for the range of CHO-provided or overseen services, by CHO and by speciality and service by each service waiting list by age cohort breakdowns and time on the waiting list within cohorts at the end of April 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23341/22]

2022-05-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23342/22]

2022-05-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if non-EU citizens of the United Kingdom whether from Northern Ireland or Great Britain, who train in an Irish medical school and complete to a sufficient standard are entitled to an internship on the same basis as an Irish EU citizen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22429/22]

2022-05-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22462/22]

2022-05-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 6 April 2022, if a breakdown of the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals in each of the hospital and hospital groups in 2021 and to date in 2022 will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22491/22]

2022-05-05

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 359 and 360 of 2 April 2019, the current value and income of each car park, for each hospital for each year since 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22501/22]

2022-05-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if medications (details supplied) will become available under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21705/22]

2022-05-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the National Treatment Purchase Fund inpatient and day case active by specialty waiting list by procedure type and procedure for each specialty by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21820/22]

2022-05-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be addressed; if this policy is in place; the extent to which the policy applies; the reason for the suspension of services; if services have not been suspended as claimed; if this relates to a decision of the High Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21821/22]

2022-05-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if any disability services for children have been suspended following the recent cases taken or decided in the courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21823/22]

2022-05-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount charged for parking at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the total revenue generated by parking charges; the net revenue generated for the hospital by parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21899/22]

2022-05-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount charged for parking at the Rotunda Hospital in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the total revenue generated by parking charges; the net revenue generated for the hospital by parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21900/22]

2022-05-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount charged for parking at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the total revenue generated by parking charges; the net revenue generated for the hospital by parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21901/22]

2022-05-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount charged for parking at Beaumont Hospital in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the total revenue generated by parking charges; the net revenue generated for the hospital by parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21902/22]

2022-05-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount charged for parking at Tallaght University Hospital in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the total revenue generated by parking charges; the net revenue generated for the hospital by parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21903/22]

2022-05-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount charged for parking at each HSE hospital in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the total revenue generated by parking charges; the net revenue generated for the hospital by parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21904/22]

2022-05-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount charged for parking at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the total revenue generated by parking charges; the net revenue generated for the hospital by parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21905/22]

2022-05-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount charged for parking at Children’s Health Ireland locations in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the total revenue generated by parking charges; the net revenue generated for the hospital by parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21906/22]

2022-05-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount charged for parking at the Mercy University Hospital in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the total revenue generated by parking charges; the net revenue generated for the hospital by parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21907/22]

2022-05-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount charged for parking at the National Maternity Hospital in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the total revenue generated by parking charges; the net revenue generated for the hospital by parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21908/22]

2022-05-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount charged for parking at St. Vincent’s University Hospital in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the total revenue generated by parking charges; the net revenue generated for the hospital by parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21909/22]

2022-05-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount charged for parking at St James’s Hospital in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the total revenue generated by parking charges; the net revenue generated for the hospital by parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21910/22]

2022-05-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount charged for parking at the South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the total revenue generated by parking charges; the net revenue generated for the hospital by parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21911/22]

2022-05-04

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the latest round of homecare tenders which were delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic; if there have been substantial changes to the tender since last initiated; the reason for adopting a volume-based approach; if there will be a minimum bid or costing of tender; if there will be no minimum; the manner in which workers rights will be safeguarded under offers which undercut rates required for the sustainability of existing community and voluntary providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22347/22]

2022-04-28

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated direct and indirect impact on mortality rate of patient experience times for emergency department admissions in excess of 12, 24 and 36 hours, in tabular form; the increased rate per 1,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21547/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of special leave with pay for healthcare workers; if there are plans to extend the scheme beyond the end of June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20198/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timescale for implementation of the national clinical programme for neurology and the care transformation programme in respect of strategy and planning; the breakdown of funding for same; if the strategy will address the needs of children and young persons with paediatric Huntington’s disease and juvenile-onset Huntington’s disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19209/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the national dementia strategy will include operational details to address the needs of persons with Huntington’s disease; if the detailed plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19210/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to establish a diagnostic and aftercare pathway for persons with Huntington’s disease; his plans to recruit a co-ordinated multidisciplinary team to provide symptom management, care planning and anticipatory care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19211/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with Huntington’s disease who were seen at memory assessment services and clinics in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the current waiting list for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19212/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken by the HSE and his Department to improve engagement with persons with Huntington’s disease, their families and support staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19213/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the implementation status of medical specialty wards for each model 3 and 4 hospital; the number of specialised wards, including the number of purposefully generalist wards and the number of non-specialised wards, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19293/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the pandemic recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19294/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staffing composition of each children's disability network team, CDNT; the number of vacancies, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19295/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of open cases by children's disability network teams, CDNTs; the number of individual family service plans issued to open cases by CDNT; the number of key contacts assigned by CDNT and the number of open cases without a key contact assigned in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19296/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of family forums established, by CDNT, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19297/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on dental and oral surgery waiting lists, by CHO and the length of wait, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19298/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the development and roll-out status of the acute floors information system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19299/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and locations of the emergency departments that operate a 24-7 model, in tabular form; the number that operate a 24-hour model but not on weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19301/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons over 75 years of age who are on acute hospital waiting lists, by speciality and by hospital, in March 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19302/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons and the number of persons aged over 75 years who presented at an emergency department who spent less than four hours waiting for admission by hospital and hospital group; the number waiting four or more hours but less than six hours; the number waiting greater than or equal to six hours but less than 12 hours; the number waiting 12 hours or more but less than 24 hours; the number waiting greater than or equal to 36 hours and 48 hours in March 2022, in tabular form; the comparable figures for the same period in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19303/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission for emergency department attendances in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and in Q1 2022 for each emergency department for each statutory HSE and public voluntary hospital by hospital group in tabular form; the number of attendances and presentations; the percentage admission rates; the number and percentage of patients admitted with a PET of 6 or less hours, 6-9 hours, 9-12 and 12 or more hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19304/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average length of stay for patients admitted for longer than one day via an emergency department or otherwise in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and in Q1 2022 for each statutory HSE and public voluntary hospital by hospital group in tabular form; the number that stayed longer than 5, 10, and 31 days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19305/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for the range of CHO-provided or overseen services by CHO and by speciality and service by each service waiting list, by age cohort breakdowns and the time spent on the waiting list within cohorts at the end of March 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19306/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of March 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19307/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have received an assessment of need but not a service statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19308/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the full details will be provided of the secondment of a person (details supplied); when this was first raised as a possibility; if the proposal came from the person; if not, the person or body that made the proposal; the reason for the secondment; the manner in which the post will be funded; the responsibilities of the new role; the number of teaching hours expected; the manner in which the candidate was chosen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19345/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of European working time directive compliance for each model 2, 3 and 4 hospital, by staff grade and category, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19346/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the process that was followed for the appointment of the Chief Medical Officer to a role as professor at Trinity College, Dublin; the reason that this post is funded by his Department; the number and details of similar posts appointed in this manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19391/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the manner in which a secondment from his Department to an outside public body which is not another Department or a body under the aegis of his Department may be arranged; the number of Department staff by staff grade who are on such approved secondments and the body to which they are seconded; the number of such staff on secondment with the option of returning to his Department; the number of which secondments that are open-ended and otherwise the date for the end of each secondment; the body which pays the salary of the individual who has been seconded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19409/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of secondments to an outside body of staff from his Department for which his Department pays the salary of the individual; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19410/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the manner in which a secondment may be arranged, whether sought or determined otherwise; the typical process for making such arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19411/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current acute inpatient and critical care bed capacity by bed type, for example, intensive care unit, high dependency unit, inpatient acute, sub-acute and any other, at each model 2, 3 and 4 hospital on 1 April 2022, including for each section 38 public voluntary hospital in which the information must be requested, in tabular form; the number at 1 January 2022, 1 January 2021, 1 January 2020 and 1 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19412/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the planned acute inpatient and critical care bed capacity by bed type, for example, intensive care unit, high dependency unit, inpatient acute, sub-acute and any other at each model 2, 3 and 4 hospital on 1 April 2022, including for each Section 38 public voluntary hospital in which the information must be requested, in tabular form; the number at 1 January 2022, 1 January 2021, 1 January 2020, and 1 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19413/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19414/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the salary to be set for Sláintecare public-only consultant contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19421/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of hiring one additional new entrant consultant on a type A contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19422/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of hiring one additional new entrant consultant on a type B contract; the additional cost assuming full pay restoration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19423/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the rate of pay applicable to locum consultant hospital doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19424/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent on locum consultant posts in the health service for each year from 2016 to date, in tabular form; the number of posts to which payments related to in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19425/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average length of a locum consultant post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19426/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on physician associates and the future role he envisages for them in the health service; the number of physician associates employed across statutory and public voluntary hospitals; the salary applicable to such posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19472/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on acute hospital waiting lists for cataract surgery on 1 January in each of the years 2016 to 2022 by hospital and hospital group, in tabular form; the number on 1 February, 1 March, and 1 April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19478/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on acute hospital waiting lists for laparoscopy on 1 January in each of the years 2016 to 2022 by hospital and hospital group, in tabular form; the number on 1 February, 1 March and 1 April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19479/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on acute hospital waiting lists for cystoscopies on 1 January in each of the years 2016 to 2022 by hospital and hospital group, in tabular form; the number on 1 February, 1 March and 1 April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19480/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on acute hospital waiting lists for hip replacements on 1 January in each of the years 2016 to 2022 by hospital and hospital group, in tabular form; the number on 1 February, 1 March and 1 April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19481/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on acute hospital waiting lists for knee replacements on 1 January in each of the years 2016 to 2022 by hospital and hospital group, in tabular form; the number on 1 February, 1 March and 1 April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19482/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on acute hospital waiting lists for skin lesion treatment on 1 January in each of the years 2016 to 2022 by hospital and hospital group, in tabular form; the number on 1 February, 1 March and 1 April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19483/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on acute hospital waiting lists for varicose veins treatment by hospital and hospital group on 1 January in each of the years 2016 to 2022, in tabular form; the number on 1 February, 1 March and 1 April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19484/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on acute hospital waiting lists for angiograms by hospital and hospital group on 1 January in each of the years 2016 to 2022, in tabular form; the number on 1 February, 1 March and 1 April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19485/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on acute hospital waiting lists for tonsillectomies by hospital and hospital group on 1 January in each of the years 2016 to 2022, in tabular form; the number on 1 February, 1 March and 1 April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19486/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on acute hospital waiting lists for laparoscopic cholecystectomy by hospital and hospital group on 1 January in each of the years 2016 to 2022, in tabular form; the number on 1 February, 1 March and 1 April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19487/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on acute hospital waiting lists for septoplasties on by hospital and hospital group on 1 January in each of the years 2016 to 2022, in tabular form; the number on 1 February, 1 March and 1 April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19488/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on acute hospital waiting lists for hysteroscopy by hospital and hospital group on 1 January in each of the years 2016 to 2022, in tabular form; the number on 1 February, 1 March and 1 April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19489/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 antiviral pills (details supplied) that have been purchased by the HSE; when they will become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19645/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the officer in his Department who is responsible for signing off on secondments; the highest level ranking officer who was aware of the details of the secondment of the Chief Medical Officer to Trinity College; when he/she was first informed that the Chief Medical Officer was leaving his post for Trinity College; when he/she was first informed that it would be a secondment of indefinite duration funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19727/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the ratio of clinical staff to managerial staff whole-time equivalents factoring in clinical staff time spent on managerial responsibilities across service divisions of the HSE for January in each of the years 2016 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19814/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children who have had magic rods implanted in Ireland to date; the number of children's magic rods that have been sent for analysis post explant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19844/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of notifications that have been made to the Health Products Regulatory Authority in regard to defective devices used by treating surgeons to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19845/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of notifications that have been made by parents to the Health Products Regulatory Authority with regard to defective devices to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19846/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if titanium and cobalt blood serum tests are offered to all children who have magic rods implanted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19847/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children who currently have magic rods implanted in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19848/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the plans in relation to the way that the allocated €19 million will be spent to ensure all children in Ireland will have timely access to scoliosis care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19849/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children who are currently waiting for scoliosis surgeries in all categories, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19850/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children who are currently waiting on their first appointment with an orthopaedic consultant in Children’s Health Ireland, Crumlin and Cappagh Hospital; the length of wait, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19851/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children who are currently waiting for an outpatient appointment with an orthopaedic consultant in HSE hospitals outside of Dublin; the length of time that they have been waiting, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19852/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current wait time and length of wait for an MRI in Children’s Health Ireland, Crumlin Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19853/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and nature of secondments currently in place from his Department to another body, in tabular form; the approved duration of these secondments; the relevant grade of staff on secondment in each instance and the body to which they have been seconded; if the parent organisation or the receiving organisation pays the secondee's salary or reimburses the Department for the relevant remuneration for each secondment; if the secondment was advertised, in each instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19965/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the classification criteria for hospital models; the list of hospitals currently classified for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19983/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps that he will take to develop dedicated and resourced clinical pathways for the healthcare needs of intersex persons in Ireland; if he will develop a strategy in this regard through engagement with intersex persons and representative organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20034/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand awareness and supports for intersex persons; the steps that he has taken since becoming Minister; his plans for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20035/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 786 of 29 March 2022, the circa 20 systems identified in which the original vendor is not in business anymore and circa 40 systems which do not receive enhancements, in tabular form; the last year they were updated, upgraded or the vendor ceased to provide updates or ceased to provide any services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20040/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the rate of HSE staff turnover in each of the years 2011 to 2021, by staff grade and category, in tabular form; the workforce level in January in each of the years 2011 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20138/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if front-line household staff in psychiatric HSE units will be eligible for the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20143/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent of long-Covid supports for HSE workers; the extent, length, rates of pay and variety of paid leave options; the options for secondment or transfer available to healthcare workers who have been injured by a Covid-19 infection and cannot return to their original employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20301/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 779, 780, 781, 782, 796, 797, 800 and 804 of 29 March 2022 and the response of the HSE (details supplied) the legal costs of the State Claims Agency involving claims over the HSE’s assessment of need obligations under the Disability Act 2005; the amount payable by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20305/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expected timeline for the publication of a national Traveller health action plan, as set out in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20358/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the manner in which Health Research Board funding is allocated and expended; the manner in which an individual may gain access to Health Research Board funding; the official or unit in the Department responsible for sanctioning or authorising such expenditure; if all appointments under health research board funding are subject to an open competition; the manual which lays out the operating standards for the health research board and awarding of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20375/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at grade level currently employed in each of the 91 children’s disability network teams; the number of posts assigned to each children’s disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20631/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of Vote 38, programme M, subhead 2; if he will list the breakdown of programmes contained within this subhead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20724/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current status and availability of kaftrio for cystic fibrosis patients under 12 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20797/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 75 years or older on hospital waiting lists, in tabular form, by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20847/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant paediatric rheumatologists attached to Galway University Hospital in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20892/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time podiatrists working in each primary care centre in CHO 9 in the years 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20893/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time vacancies by job title in both the cardiac rehabilitation unit and orthopaedic unit at St Columcille's Hospital, Dublin 18; when each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20894/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of level 3 ICU beds in each hospital part of the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group as of 1 March 2020 and 19 April 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20895/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant neurophysiologists attached to University Hospital Waterford in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20896/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time vacancies by job title at the renal dialysis unit in Mayo University Hospital; when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20897/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time Parkinson’s disease nurse specialists attached to Beaumont Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20898/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff by job title working in the eye clinic at University Hospital Limerick; the number of whole-time equivalent vacancies by job title currently in the eye clinic; when will these vacancies be filled, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20899/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time heart failure nurses working in Sligo University Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20900/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultants in otolaryngology with a special interest in voice, swallowing and airway disorders attached to Cavan General Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20901/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when was the last time an in-person external fire audit was carried out at each hospital in the Ireland East Hospital Group on behalf of the HSE; the frequency in which these external fire audits are carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20902/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff working in the radiology department of Naas General Hospital; the number of vacancies by job title within this Department; when will these vacancies be filled, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20903/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current staffing vacancies within the children's disability network teams in Kilbarrack, Coolock, Swords and Blanchardstown, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20904/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a new chronic disease management hub will be fully operational in County Wicklow; the staffing details that would be required for the hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20905/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to adding the glucoRX Aidex continuous glucose monitoring system to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21036/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the inquiry and terms of reference for the drug sodium valproate; his plans to provide the disability package for those affected by sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21053/22]

2022-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of a clinical review by the HSE Medicines Management Programme for cariban; if there is a timeline for a decision on the recommendation to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21123/22]

2022-04-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the all-Ireland procurement and transplantation service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18962/22]

2022-04-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 724 of 8 March 2022, if he will provide an itemised breakdown of the amount spent on vehicles purchased in 2020; the number and type of vehicles purchased; the details of each of the vehicles purchased and associated itemised costs in tabular form; the purpose of each purchase; the expected lifespan of the vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18999/22]

2022-04-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 724 of 8 March 2022, if he will provide an itemised breakdown of the amount spent on computers in 2020; the number and type of computers purchased; the details of each of the computers purchased and associated itemised costs in tabular form; the purpose of each purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19000/22]

2022-04-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 724 of 8 March 2022, if he will provide an itemised breakdown of the sum spent on maintenance in 2021, in tabular form; the purpose of each purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19001/22]

2022-04-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 724 of 8 March 2022, if he will provide an itemised breakdown of the sum spent on other medical equipment in 2020 including the number and types of equipment purchased; the details of the equipment purchased and associated itemised costs in tabular form; the purpose of each purchase; the expected lifespan of the product; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19002/22]

2022-04-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 724 of 8 March 2022, if he will provide an itemised breakdown of the amount spent on medical and surgical supplies; the number and type of supplies and equipment purchased; the details of each of the purchases and associated itemised costs in tabular form; the purpose of each purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19003/22]

2022-04-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on vehicles by the National Ambulance Service in each year since 2000, in tabular form; the source of funding for expenditure in each year; the Covid spending in 2020, 2021 and 2022; the number and type of vehicles to which the expenditure refers and the relevant amounts expended; the purpose of each purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19004/22]

2022-04-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vehicles disposed of by the National Ambulance Service in each year since 2000, in tabular form; the reason for each disposal; the revenue generated by each disposal; the cost of each disposal; the number and types of vehicles in each disposal; the reason for each disposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19005/22]

2022-04-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims submitted by dentists under the dental treatment services scheme in each of the years from 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of dentists who submitted less than 50, 50 to 100, 100 to 250, 250 to 500, 500 to 1000 and more than 1000 claims in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19006/22]

2022-04-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. no. 3 of 31 March 2022, the number of medical graduates who sought an internship in each year since 2011; the expected number in 2022; the number who were successful; the number who completed the internship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19007/22]

2022-04-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors who completed their internship with the HSE in each year since 2012; the number which subsequently took up employment with the HSE in each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19008/22]

2022-04-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address the matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to PLAB 1 examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19061/22]

2022-04-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals in the Mater Misericordiae Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18436/22]

2022-04-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals in the Mercy University Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18437/22]

2022-04-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals in the National Maternity Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18438/22]

2022-04-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals in the National Rehabilitation Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18439/22]

2022-04-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals in the Rotunda Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18440/22]

2022-04-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18441/22]

2022-04-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals in Beaumont Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18442/22]

2022-04-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals in CHI hospitals in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18443/22]

2022-04-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals in Cappagh Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18444/22]

2022-04-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals in the Coombe Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18445/22]

2022-04-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals in St. James’s Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18446/22]

2022-04-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals in St. Vincent’s Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18447/22]

2022-04-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals in Tallaght Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18448/22]

2022-04-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of maternity hospitals and maternity units which provide surgical termination of pregnancy; the number of surgical terminations of pregnancy carried out in each for each year since 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18580/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of undergraduate places to be available in 2022-2023 across health and social care disciplines, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17435/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the manner in which additional clinical training places are arranged and co-ordinated to create capacity for additional clinical placements in health and social care disciplines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17436/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times an assessment officer has requested an expert nominated by the National Council For Special Education to assist in the carrying out of an assessment of need under section 8(3) of the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17417/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the way in which patients are categorised for emergency department admissions; the way these are prioritised; the effect of this prioritisation in practice; the number of patients admitted under each category in 2019, by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17432/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of tenders that were delayed or withdrawn and reissued due to a significant change in expected costs in the past two years, in tabular form; the length of delay in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17433/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current training supports for clinical psychologists that are or which he intends to make available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17443/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the office or unit in the HSE and in his Department that is ultimately responsible for ensuring reports as required under section 13 of the Disability Act 2005 are completed, received by him and subsequently published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17445/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of requests made in written format or recorded in minutes or notes of meetings in relation to which he or any of his predecessors requested reports to be submitted to them under section 13 of the Disability Act 2005 from 2014 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17446/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total legal, consultancy and professional fees paid by the HSE in each of the years 2015 to 2021, by fee or cost type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17447/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total capital funding provided to each level 4 hospital between 2015 to 2021, by hospital and year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17448/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients over the age of 75 who have waited over 12 months on an outpatient waiting list from 2010 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17449/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients over the age of 75 who have waited over six months on an in-patient waiting list from 2010 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17450/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients over the age of 75 who have waited over six months on a diagnostic waiting list from 2010 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17451/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients over the age of 75 who have waited over six months on a community waiting list from 2010 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17452/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of beds funded by the HSE across acute and community care by category (details supplied) and bed type in tabular form; if they are public or private; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17453/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the full establishment and operation of regional health areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17454/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the six geographical areas identified and agreed regarding the establishment of regional health areas; if he expects those geographical boundaries to change; the hospitals which will fall into each geographically aligned area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17455/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in addressing difficulties with the dental treatment services scheme; the changes to the scheme that will be put in place; if this will involve more of a focus on preventative treatment for medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17456/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 75 plus and under 75 who were waiting greater than 24 hours at an emergency department for each year from 2010 to date by month; the total number of each; the sum of both for each month and for each year, in tabular form; the total number waiting greater than 24 hours for admission via an emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17457/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeframe envisaged for removing private healthcare from public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17458/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to underpin Sláintecare on a statutory basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17459/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has set waiting list reduction targets specifically for each hospital group and each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17460/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the detail of all income received or generated by each hospital from 2015 to date by hospital and income stream in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17461/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the detail of his plans to put Sláintecare maximum wait times on a statutory basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17462/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by his Department and-or the HSE whose earned income exceeds €100,000; the number who earned income in excess of amounts (details supplied) for each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17463/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the persons in the grade of the individual within the HSE who is responsible for submitting reports to him under section 13 of the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17465/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the preliminary team assessments carried out under the current standard operating procedure for assessments of need for children with a disability are currently lawful, if they are still in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17466/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of children who had a preliminary teams assessment following the introduction of the latest standard operating procedure for children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17467/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of children who had a preliminary teams assessment and in which a health need was identified following the introduction of the latest standard operating procedure for children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17468/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of children who had a preliminary teams assessment and in which an education need was identified following the introduction of the latest standard operating procedure for children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17469/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of children who had a preliminary teams assessment and in which the nature and extent of a disability was established following the introduction of the latest standard operating procedure for children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17470/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of staff employed by the HSE whose basic pay was in excess of amounts (details supplied) for each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17471/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of staff employed by the HSE to whom allowances were paid in excess of amounts (details supplied) for each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17472/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of staff employed by the HSE to whom overtime was paid in excess of amounts (details supplied) for each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17473/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of staff employed by the HSE to whom on-call payments were paid in excess of amounts (details supplied) for each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17474/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of overtime hours worked by HSE staff, by staff category, for example, medical and dental, and grade, for example, consultant, from 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022, on an annual basis, in tabular form; the number of persons to whom the overtime hours refer in each of the years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17516/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of overtime hours worked by staff in each of the hospitals in the RCSI Hospital Group by staff category, for example, medical and dental, and grade, for example, consultant, from 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022, on an annual basis, in tabular form; the number of persons to whom the overtime hours refer in each of the years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17517/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of overtime hours worked by staff in each of the hospitals in the Saolta Hospital Group by staff category, for example, medical and dental, and grade, for example, consultant, from 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022, on an annual basis, in tabular form; the number of persons to whom the overtime hours refer in each of the years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17518/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of overtime hours worked by staff in each of the hospitals in the Ireland East Hospital Group by staff category, for example, medical and dental, and grade, for example, consultant, from 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022, on an annual basis, in tabular form; the number of persons to whom the overtime hours refer in each of the years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17519/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of overtime hours worked by staff in each of the hospitals in the South/SouthWest Hospital Group by staff category, for example, medical and dental, and grade, for example, consultant, from 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022, on an annual basis, in tabular form; the number of persons to whom the overtime hours refer in each of the years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17520/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of overtime hours worked by staff in each of the hospitals in the UL Hospital Group by staff category, for example, medical and dental, and grade, for example, consultant, from 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022, on an annual basis, in tabular form; the number of persons to whom the overtime hours refer in each of the years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17521/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of overtime hours worked by staff in each of the hospitals in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group by staff category, for example, medical and dental, and grade, for example, consultant, from 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022, on an annual basis, in tabular form; the number of persons to whom the overtime hours refer in each of the years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17522/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of overtime hours worked by staff in each of the hospitals in Children’s Health Ireland by staff category, for example, medical and dental, and grade, for example, consultant, from 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022, on an annual basis, in tabular form; the number of persons to whom the overtime hours refer in each of the years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17523/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase basic specialist training posts by 1%; the number of posts this would result in; the additional workforce requirements incurred by same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17642/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase higher specialist training posts by 1%; the number of posts this would result in; the additional workforce requirements incurred by same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17643/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase general practice specialist training posts by 1%; the number of posts this would result in; the additional workforce requirements incurred by same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17644/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of registrars in situ who are undergoing higher specialist training; the number who are not, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17645/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of senior house officers in situ who are undergoing higher specialist training; the number who are not, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17646/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the purpose of the senior registrar post; the number of persons in this post who are undergoing or have undergone higher specialist training; the number of persons in this post who are ineligible for higher specialist training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17647/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the eligibility requirements to become a registrar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17648/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the eligibility requirements to become a specialist registrar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17649/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the eligibility requirements to become a senior registrar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17650/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the purpose and composition of the staff category, other medical; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17651/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a breakdown will be provided of the specialty and working locations of in situ consultants in dentistry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17652/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which the site for the health centre in Leap, County Cork was purchased; the value of HSE investment in the site, including construction costs, fitting and associated works, in tabular form; the total expenditure on this location, including legal and other fees since purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17674/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a leasehold on a building (details supplied) was secured; the value of the leasehold; the cost to the HSE; the cost of legal or site works associated with the site since the leasehold was secured, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17689/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); the cost to the HSE of securing the site; the uses of the site since it was initially procured; if it was procured as a freehold or a leasehold site, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date; the legal costs, site works and other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or the latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17690/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a site was purchased (details supplied); the value of the site at purchase; the latest valuation for the site; if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose for which; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works and associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17691/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a leasehold on a building (details supplied) was secured; the value and terms of the leasehold and cost to the HSE, including legal or site works costs associated with the site since the leasehold was secured; if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose for which; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works and associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17732/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a leasehold on a building (details supplied) was secured; the value and terms of the leasehold; cost to the HSE including legal or site works costs associated with the site since the leasehold was secured; if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose for which; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works and associated or ancillary costs, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17733/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a leasehold on a building (details supplied) was secured; the value and terms of the leasehold; cost to the HSE including legal or site works costs associated with the site since the leasehold was secured; if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose for which; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works and associated or ancillary costs, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17734/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a licence agreement on a building (details supplied) was secured; the value and terms of the leasehold and cost to the HSE including any legal or site works costs associated with the site since the leasehold was secured; if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works and any associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17735/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a licence agreement on a building (details supplied) was secured; the value and terms of the leasehold and cost to the HSE including any legal or site works costs associated with the site since the leasehold was secured; if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works and any associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17736/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a licence agreement on a building (details supplied) was secured; the value and terms of the leasehold and cost to the HSE including any legal or site works costs associated with the site since the leasehold was secured; if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works and any associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17737/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a licence agreement on a building (details supplied) was secured; the value and terms of the leasehold and cost to the HSE including any legal or site works costs associated with the site since the leasehold was secured; if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works and any associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17738/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a leasehold on a building (details supplied) was secured; the value and terms of the leasehold and cost to the HSE; the legal or site works costs associated with the site since the leasehold was secured; if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works and any associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17740/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a leasehold on a building (details supplied) was secured; the value and terms of the leasehold and cost to the HSE; the legal or site works costs associated with the site since the leasehold was secured; if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works and any associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17741/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a leasehold on a building (details supplied) was secured; the value and terms of the leasehold and cost to the HSE; the legal or site works costs associated with the site since the leasehold was secured; if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works and any associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17742/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a leasehold on a building (details supplied) was secured; the value and terms of the leasehold and cost to the HSE; the legal or site works costs associated with the site since the leasehold was secured; if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works and any associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17743/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a leasehold on a building (details supplied) was secured; the value and terms of the leasehold and cost to the HSE; the legal or site works costs associated with the site since the leasehold was secured; if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works and any associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17744/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site; the uses of the site since initially; if the site was freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or the latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17751/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site and the uses of the site since it was initially procured; if the site was freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date, including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17752/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site and the uses of the site since it was initially procured; if the site was freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date, including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17753/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site and the uses of the site since it was initially procured; if the site was freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date, including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17754/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site and the uses of the site since it was initially procured; if the site was freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date, including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17755/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site and the uses of the site since initially procured; if freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date, including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17756/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site and the uses of the site since initially procured; if freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date, including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17757/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site and the uses of the site since initially procured; if freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date, including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17758/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site and the uses of the site since initially procured; if freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date, including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17759/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site and the uses of the site since initially procured; if freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date, including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17760/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose for same; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site; the uses of the site since initially procured; if freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date , including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17762/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose for same; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site; the uses of the site since initially procured; if freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date , including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17763/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose for same; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site; the uses of the site since initially procured; if freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date , including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17764/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose for same; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site; the uses of the site since initially procured; if freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date , including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17765/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site; the uses of the site since it was initially procured; if freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date, including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17766/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site; the uses of the site since it was initially procured; if freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date, including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17767/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site; the uses of the site since it was initially procured; if freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date, including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17768/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site; the uses of the site since it was initially procured; if freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date, including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17769/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site; the uses of the site since it was initially procured; if freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date, including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17770/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site; the uses of the site since it was initially procured; if freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date, including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17771/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site; the uses of the site since it was initially procured; if freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date, including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17772/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site; the uses of the site since it was initially procured; if freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date, including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17773/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site; the uses of the site since it was initially procured; if freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date, including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17774/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site; the uses of the site since it was initially procured; if freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date, including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17775/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which freehold tenure was secured on a site (details supplied); if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the cost to the HSE of securing the site; the uses of the site since it was initially procured; if freehold or leasehold, if there was a period of leasehold preceding the freehold tenure; the associated costs with the site incurred by the HSE to date, including legal costs, site works and any other associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; the value of the site or latest valuation and cost at which it was procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17776/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a site was acquired by the HSE (details supplied); the cost of the site on acquisition; the latest valuation; if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works and any associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17778/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a site was acquired by the HSE (details supplied); the cost of the site on acquisition; the latest valuation; if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works and any associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17779/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a site was acquired by the HSE (details supplied); the cost of the site on acquisition; the latest valuation; if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works and any associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17780/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a site was acquired by the HSE (details supplied); the cost of the site on acquisition; the latest valuation; if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works and any associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17781/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a site was acquired by the HSE (details supplied); the cost of the site on acquisition; the latest valuation; if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works and any associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17782/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a site was acquired by the HSE (details supplied); the cost of the site on acquisition and latest valuation; if the HSE intends to develop the site and if so, when and the purpose; the purpose of retention; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works, and any associated or ancillary costs, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17783/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a leasehold on a building (details supplied) was secured; the value and terms of the leasehold and cost to the HSE including any legal or site works costs associated with the site since the leasehold was secured in tabular form; if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose for same; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works and any associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17789/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a leasehold on a building (details supplied) was secured; the value and terms of the leasehold and cost to the HSE including any legal or site works costs associated with the site since the leasehold was secured in tabular form; if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose for same; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works and any associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17790/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a leasehold on a building (details supplied) was secured; the value and terms of the leasehold and cost to the HSE including any legal or site works costs associated with the site since the leasehold was secured in tabular form; if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose for same; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works and any associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17791/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a leasehold on a building (details supplied) was secured; the value and terms of the leasehold and cost to the HSE including any legal or site works costs associated with the site since the leasehold was secured in tabular form; if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose for same; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works and any associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17792/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which a leasehold on a building (details supplied) was secured; the value and terms of the leasehold and cost to the HSE including any legal or site works costs associated with the site since the leasehold was secured in tabular form; if the HSE intends to develop the site; if so, when and the purpose for same; the purpose of retention; the length of vacancy; the costs incurred by the HSE to date related to the site including acquisition, legal fees, site works and any associated or ancillary costs in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17793/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 2013 to date on which there was no applicant for a hospital consultant post at a hospital in RCSI Hospital Group; the location and specialty of the post in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17798/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 2013 to date on which there was no applicant for a hospital consultant post at a hospital in Saolta Hospital Group; the location and specialty of the post in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17799/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 2013 to date on which there was no applicant for a hospital consultant post at a hospital in Ireland East Hospital Group; the location and specialty of the post in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17800/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 2013 to date on which there was no applicant for a hospital consultant post at a hospital in South/South West Hospital Group; the location and specialty of the post in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17801/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 2013 to date on which there was no applicant for a hospital consultant post at a hospital in UL Hospital Group; the location and specialty of the post in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17802/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 2013 to date on which there was no applicant for a hospital consultant post at a hospital in Dublin Midlands Hospital Group; the location and specialty of the post in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17803/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 2013 to date on which there was no applicant for a hospital consultant post at a hospital in Children’s Health Ireland; the location and specialty of the post in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17804/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 2013 to date on which there was no applicant for a hospital consultant post at a hospital in CHO1; the location and specialty of the post in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17809/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 2013 to date on which there was no applicant for a hospital consultant post at a hospital in CHO2; the location and specialty of the post in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17810/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 2013 to date on which there was no applicant for a hospital consultant post at a hospital in CHO3; the location and specialty of the post in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17811/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 2013 to date on which there was no applicant for a hospital consultant post at a hospital in CHO4; the location and specialty of the post in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17812/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 2013 to date on which there was no applicant for a hospital consultant post at a hospital in CHO5; the location and specialty of the post in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17813/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 2013 to date on which there was no applicant for a hospital consultant post at a hospital in CHO6; the location and specialty of the post in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17814/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 2013 to date on which there was no applicant for a hospital consultant post at a hospital in CHO7; the location and specialty of the post in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17815/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 2013 to date on which there was no applicant for a hospital consultant post at a hospital in CHO8; the location and specialty of the post in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17816/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 2013 to date on which there was no applicant for a hospital consultant post at a hospital in CHO9; the location and specialty of the post in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17817/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that in a case in which a Parliamentary Question is asked which seeks information across the public health service and which is then referred to the HSE, that the reply is wholly sufficient by providing information sought which is available at hospital, hospital group or CHO-level or otherwise held by a body such as a public voluntary hospital but not centrally reported, which is relevant to answering the question; if he will ensure that this information is sought by the HSE in preparing a response for the question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17819/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the pandemic recognition payment will be paid to frontline healthcare workers; the eligibility and other details and terms and conditions of the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17821/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 2013 to date on which there was no applicant for a hospital consultant post which was recruited via the Public Appointments Service; the location and specialty of the post, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17822/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the share of consultant posts filled via the Public Appointments Service recruitment compared to the share of consultant posts filled by local direct recruitment; the share otherwise filled; the method by which they were filled in each of the years since 2015 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17823/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which the panel announced in January 2022 related to the pandemic recognition payment have met; the dates on which they met; the membership of the panel; if the panel will address disputes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17829/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way he intends to manage disputes relating to the payment or non-payment of the pandemic recognition payment; the body or panel which will adjudicate on such matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17830/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for Baggot Street Hospital; if the HSE still intends to sell the site and lease it back for a primary care centre; if he will commit to retaining the site in public ownership and to the full utilisation of the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18000/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if, at any point prior to the commencement of the assessment of need standard operating procedure in 2020, he, the Secretary General or any assistant or deputy secretary in his Department approved or otherwise had sight of the HSE standard operating procedure for assessments of need; the office or officer in his Department with responsibility for clearing such a policy from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18001/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to develop a care pathway for persons diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; his plans to recruit specialists or specialist multidisciplinary teams to deal with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18061/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the types of contracts offered and taken up to consultants in public health medicine in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18067/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staff grade level breakdown of the additional 255 staff allocated to public health; the number of posts filled and remaining to be filled in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18068/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors that have registered with the Medical Council for the first time in each year since and including 2014, in tabular form; the number of doctors that qualified in Ireland; the number that qualified outside of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18069/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of new medical interns who were taken on in each year since and including 2014, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18070/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant hospital doctors by grade level who were recruited in each year since and including 2014, in tabular form; the number in each cohort who were undergoing basic or higher specialist training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18071/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants estimated to be required for a consultant provided health service by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18072/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the detail of the expert review bodies established by his Department since 2016; the name of the reports published by each body; the expert review bodies currently standing or planned to be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18073/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the postgraduate training post intake in general practice in each of the years 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18088/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners that successfully completed their postgraduate specialist training in each of the years 2011 to 2021; the number expected in 2022; the breakdown of the graduating cohorts by the year they commenced specialist training; the locations in which graduates took longer, for whatever reason, than four years to complete specialist training in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18089/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if in relation to planning for a cancer centre and radiology oncology units in County Galway for the west and north-west, the services currently provided and planned to be provided at Altnagelvin have been factored in; if the HSE intends to develop services in County Galway for the entire west and north-west including County Donegal; if it is envisaged that patients in County Donegal will continue to avail of appropriate services which are already available at Altnagelvin; the manner in which all-island planning is applied to this context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18215/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18216/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who successfully completed their postgraduate specialist training in each of the years 2011 to 2021, in tabular form; the number expected in 2022; the breakdown of the graduating cohorts by the year they commenced specialist training; the number of occasions on which graduates took longer than four years to complete specialist training or in which training was completed in three years through recognition of prior learning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18307/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve access to and the affordability of oestrogel; if supplies will be secured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18311/22]

2022-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on physician associates; his engagements with other Departments and stakeholders regarding training physician associates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18408/22]

2022-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the recommencement of reports by the HSE pursuant to section 13 of the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16792/22]

2022-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will offer a job guarantee to health and social care graduates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16793/22]

2022-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the supports and plans that his Department has put in place for supporting Ukrainian refugees in the short, medium and long-term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16799/22]

2022-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for arresting the collapse of the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16800/22]

2022-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of plans regarding the relocation of the national maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16801/22]

2022-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to tackle emergency department overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16797/22]

2022-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand awareness of, access to and affordability of menopause supports and treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16798/22]

2022-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 662 to 664, inclusive, of 15 February 2022, the financial use of retained assets, vacant under review and vacant in disposal buildings, whether for financing arrangements or otherwise, for each in tabular form; the valuation and terms of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17117/22]

2022-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to training and pay inequalities between educational psychologists and clinical psychologists; if his Department has engaged or will engage with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17260/22]

2022-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if additional funding will be made available for implementation of the Report of the National Psychology Project Team and in particular, a recommendation in relation to funding of counselling psychologists along the same lines as clinical psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17304/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Tullamore hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17052/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Wexford hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17053/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Beaumont Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17054/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Cork University Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17055/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Portiuncula Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17068/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Portlaoise hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17069/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Sligo University Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17070/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by South Tipperary Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17071/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17072/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Mayo University Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17075/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Mercy University Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17076/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Mullingar hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17077/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Naas General Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17078/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Navan hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17079/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges fro patients attending hospital groups managed by Cavan General Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17080/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Connolly Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17081/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Drogheda OLOL hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17082/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Kerry hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17083/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Letterkenny hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17084/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Limerick University Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17085/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Mater Misericordiae Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17086/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by St. James's University Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17087/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by St. Vincent's University Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17088/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Tallaght University Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17089/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by University Hospital Galway in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17090/22]

2022-03-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges on patients attending hospital groups managed by Waterford University Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17091/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the postgraduate training post intake in general practice in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15801/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who successfully completed their postgraduate specialist training in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and the number expected in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15802/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently enrolled in postgraduate specialist general practitioner training in their first, second, third and fourth year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15803/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant doctor training posts allocated to central practice trainee in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15804/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the core and once-off budget allocated to and the expenditure of the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the years 2016 to 2021, inclusive; the amount spend in the public system and the amount spent on private services by service-type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15987/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 762 of 1 March 2022, when the software company which provided maintenance and technical support for the assessment officers’ system database ceased to provide such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16034/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 762 of 1 March 2022, when it was first reported or flagged that the AOS database system was not for purpose and has not had the necessary upgrades or technical changes required; the years in which services were sought to upgrade the database; the number of times the database has been upgraded since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16035/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he plans to establish further cross-departmental strategic workforce advisory groups; if so, the number of groups and areas of focus that will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16042/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who are on a form of health waiting list including in primary care, community care, acute care, disabilities, mental health and other healthcare waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16487/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of capital projects in healthcare in which the timeframe from the original application for funding to the HSE or the submitting of a proposal or business case was made to the HSE estates and the completion of the project was greater than periods (details supplied) since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16488/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at grade level currently employed in each of the 91 children’s disability network teams; the number of posts assigned to each children’s disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16489/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at Cavan General Hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled on a temporary basis at staff grade level in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16490/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at Limerick University Hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled on a temporary, agency and locum basis at staff grade level in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16496/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at Mater Misericordiae Hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled on a temporary, agency and locum basis at staff grade level in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16497/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at St. James’s University Hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled on a temporary, agency and locum basis at staff grade level in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16498/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at St. Vincent’s University Hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled, on a temporary, agency and locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16499/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at Tallaght University Hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled on a temporary, agency and locum basis at staff grade level in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16500/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at Waterford University Hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled, on a temporary, agency and locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16501/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at University Hospital Galway that are vacant, unfilled or filled, on a temporary, agency and locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16502/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at Cavan General Hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled, on a temporary, agency and locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16503/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at Connolly Hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled, on a temporary, agency and locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16504/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda that are vacant, unfilled or filled, on a temporary, agency and locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16505/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at Kerry General Hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled, on a temporary, agency and locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16506/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at Letterkenny University Hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled, on a temporary, agency and locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16507/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at Mayo University Hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled, on a temporary, agency and locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16508/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at the Mercy University Hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled, on a temporary, agency and locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16509/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at Mullingar hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled, on a temporary, agency and locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16510/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at Naas General Hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled, on a temporary, agency and locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16511/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at Navan hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled on, a temporary, agency and locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16512/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at Tullamore hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled, on a temporary, agency and locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16513/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at Wexford General Hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled, on a temporary agency or locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16514/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at Beaumont Hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled, on a temporary agency or locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16515/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at Cork University Hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled, on a temporary agency or locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16516/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at Portiuncula University Hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled, on a temporary agency or locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16517/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at Portlaoise hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled, on a temporary agency or locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16518/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at Sligo University Hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled, on a temporary agency or locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16519/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at South Tipperary General Hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled, on a temporary agency or locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16520/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of positions at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny that are vacant, unfilled or filled, on a temporary agency or locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16521/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19-related antiviral medications purchased by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16522/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if Covid-19-related antiviral medications are being used in the healthcare system, the extent to which they are being used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16523/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when paxlovid will be available for use in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16524/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if sotrovimab is available for use in Ireland, the extent to which it is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16525/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of treatments of Covid-19-related monoclonal antibodies administered in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16526/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of separate court cases taken against the HSE in relation to the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16527/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of legal actions taken against the HSE under the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16528/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of legal cases settled by the HSE in respect of the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16529/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost to the State of all legal costs incurred in relation to cases taken against the HSE, heard in court or settled under the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16530/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in his Department and the HSE working in public relations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16531/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of any outsourcing carried out by the HSE to engage in public relations and-or assist in the launch of publications, strategies or plans from 2010 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16532/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by the National Ambulance Service, broken down by staff category, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16533/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of operating systems, software programmes or databases used by the HSE where the company providing the service cannot provide technical changes, support or upgrades; the nature of the systems; the areas of healthcare they operate in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16535/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the range of hospital equipment that may need to be replaced or upgraded to protect the health system from a cyberattack; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16536/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants employed on Sláintecare contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16537/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the different types of consultant contracts in place, a brief explanation of what each contract entails; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16538/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals he has visited since becoming Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16539/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for hip replacements, by wait times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16540/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for knee replacements by wait times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16541/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to publish diagnostic and community health waiting lists on a monthly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16542/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to create an office for health and social care professionals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16543/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE or computers used by his Department operating on outdated operating system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16544/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times the HSE has been found to be in breach of the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16545/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of court cases in which he or the HSE was cited in relation to the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16546/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his response to a recent High Court judgment in respect of preliminary team assessments under the standard operating procedure for disability assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16547/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with a disability who have received a preliminary team assessment but who now require a multidisciplinary assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16548/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total legal cost to the State of all court cases taken in relation to the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16549/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of legal firms that have received payments from the State in regard to health-related cases since 2010; the number of firms that have received sums greater than €100,000, €500,000, €1 million or €5 million, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16550/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to offer a job guarantee to health graduates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16551/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the targets that have been set for each individual hospital group and each individual hospital in relation to reducing acute waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16552/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times the HSE has sought and received legal advice in relation to its compliance with the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16553/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the position of the person who is responsible for clinical governance in each CAMHS unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16554/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of senior HSE clinician and non-clinician officials responsible for clinical governance who have faced sanction following disciplinary procedures from the HSE due to failures in clinical governance or clinical supervision since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16559/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of senior HSE clinicians responsible for clinical governance who have faced sanction following disciplinary procedures from the Medical Council due to failures in clinical governance or clinical supervision since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16560/22]

2022-03-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address the matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16662/22]

2022-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a children’s disability network team waiting lists, by age, by team and by discipline, specialty and assessment type; the number on assessment and on intervention treatment waiting lists in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15516/22]

2022-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a preliminary team assessment and for a subsequent multi-disciplinary assessment by age and by children’s disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15517/22]

2022-03-24

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of open cases by children’s disability network team; the number of open cases with an individual family service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15518/22]

2022-03-24

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of long Covid clinics; the number established and planned to be established; the funding allocated to each; the staffing resources and vacancies of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15521/22]

2022-03-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 457 of 21 February 2022, the breakdown of values across each of the years since 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15167/22]

2022-03-23

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to engage with a group (details supplied) to discuss future services and improvements for patients; if consideration has been given to proposals in the letter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15418/22]

2022-03-23

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when full particulars, eligibility and terms and conditions for the assessment panel in relation to the Covid recognition payment scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15421/22]

2022-03-23

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if section 39 and section 10 front-line homeless network staff who continue to operate Covid-19 specific infection prevention and control measures in congregated, clinical and healthcare settings will receive the Covid-19 recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15422/22]

2022-03-22

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of funding for a senior occupational therapist in the long Covid clinic at St. James’s Hospital; if there will be a reduction in such posts in 2022 on 2021 levels at this site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15520/22]

2022-03-22

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to dentists from the Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13810/22]

2022-03-22

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 662, 663 and 664 of 15 February 2022, the most recent valuation of each building and the date of the valuation; the date on which the asset was procured; the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13827/22]

2022-03-22

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 662, 663 and 664 of 15 February 2022, the BER rating of each building or most recent rating or estimate; the date on which it received this rating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13828/22]

2022-03-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the guidance note, circular, memo or document which sets out the approach for handling queries or applications for assessment of need or referrals to the children's disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14092/22]

2022-03-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when a new chairperson will be appointed to chair talks on a new consultant public only contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14175/22]

2022-03-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address two-tier pay and pay inequality issues for hospital consultants that had pay cut by up to 30% in austerity budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14176/22]

2022-03-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of advanced nurse practitioners working in the public system broken down by those working in primary, community and acute settings in tabular form; the number of such vacant posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14177/22]

2022-03-22

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of nurses that are advanced nurse practitioners working in the public system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14178/22]

2022-03-22

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the number of nurses that are advanced nurse practitioners by 1%; the increased number of nurses becoming an advanced nurse practitioner this would involve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14179/22]

2022-03-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 75 plus and under 75 who were waiting greater than 24 hours at an emergency department in February 2022 and to date in March 2022; the total number of each and the sum of both, in tabular form; the total number waiting greater than 24 hours for admission via an emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14700/22]

2022-03-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an outline of the proposed terms and conditions differences between the Sláintecare public-only contract and an existing type a consultant contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14752/22]

2022-03-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to make paxlovid available to high-risk patients including blood cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14899/22]

2022-03-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on the WHO proposal for an international treaty to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response; if there are plans to engage with INB on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14915/22]

2022-03-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his Department has completed the review of a report (details supplied) in respect of the drug reimbursement process; when this report and the key recommendations are expected to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15035/22]

2022-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of the authorisation of insulin pumps by CHO and LHO to those under and over 21 years of age in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13604/22]

2022-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of the authorisation of dexcom continuous glucose monitors by CHO and LHO to those under and over 21 years of age in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13605/22]

2022-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of the authorisation of medtronic continuous glucose monitors by CHO and LHO to those under and over 21 years of age in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13606/22]

2022-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details on the authorisation of FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitor by CHO and LHO to those under and over 21 years of age in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13607/22]

2022-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 16 February 2022, the requirements for increasing such training posts by one, across specialities in which there are differing requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13630/22]

2022-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 198 and 679 of 15 February 2022, the date on which each building that was for disposal, retention or vacant became vacant; the date on which each building came into HSE ownership; the previous use of the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13637/22]

2022-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding that was provided to tackle smoking in 2021; and the estimated amount that will be provided in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13706/22]

2022-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the ability of registered nurses in intellectual disability to practise across other clinical areas; the reason this is not permitted by NMBI registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13735/22]

2022-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 970 of 29 September 2020 and 553 of 5 April 2021, his position on the ability of University Hospital Waterford to provide insulin pump therapy locally for patients with type 1 diabetes; if insulin pump therapy will be included in the Waterford Thrive with Diabetes project; if funding will be available for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13740/22]

2022-03-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children under children’s disability network teams in circumstances in which the child or their family has not been assigned a key contact broken down by CHO and the length of time waiting for a key contact to be assigned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13154/22]

2022-03-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for general population Covid-19 booster vaccines and annual boosters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13258/22]

2022-03-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of current vacant posts in maternity departments in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022 by department and profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13275/22]

2022-03-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in Covid-19 testing and tracing for each month in 2021 and in January and February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13276/22]

2022-03-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of community health networks established; the current staffing compliment in each network; the number of vacancies in each network by network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13277/22]

2022-03-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical specialist teams for older persons that have been established; the current staffing complement for each team; the number of vacancies in each team by team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13278/22]

2022-03-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical specialist teams for chronic disease established; the current staffing complement for each team; the number of vacancies in each team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13279/22]

2022-03-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 2013 to date on which there was no applicant for a hospital consultant post; the location and specialty of the post, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13402/22]

2022-03-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant or temporarily, locum or agency filled consultant posts; the length of time since these posts were filled on a permanent basis or were created; the number of recruitment campaigns of which these posts were the subject; the number of applicants to these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13403/22]

2022-03-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of minor injury units in hospitals across the State; the hours each minor injuries unit operate; the number of patients treated in each unit in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13416/22]

2022-03-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount raised by charges in minor injury units in each of the yeas 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022 by unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13417/22]

2022-03-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing the charge for accessing minor injury units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13418/22]

2022-03-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the fee or cost for a patient accessing a minor injuries unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13419/22]

2022-03-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional funding allocated to implement the recommendations of the Framework for Safe Staffing and Skill Mix in General and Specialist Medical and Surgical Care settings in Adult Hospitals since 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13420/22]

2022-03-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if targets set or recommendations made under the Framework for Safe Staffing and Skill Mix in General and Specialist Medical and Surgical Care settings in Adult Hospitals since 2018 have been met; the number of wards or settings the framework applies to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13421/22]

2022-03-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there are general or specialist medical settings or surgical care settings in which the recommendations of the Framework for Safe Staffing and Skill Mix in General and Specialist Medical and Surgical Care settings in Adult Hospitals have not been met since 2018 to date by setting and by ward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13422/22]

2022-03-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of current vacant posts in emergency departments in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in by Department and by profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13423/22]

2022-03-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total value of payments made to agencies for agency nursing and healthcare assistant staff since 2016 separated into payment for fees, payment for pay costs and any other relevant category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13426/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the fifth theatre at Children's Health Ireland, Temple Street Children's University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12319/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the 24 additional beds and two additional high dependency unit beds provided for Children's Health Ireland in Budget 2021 are fully staffed and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12320/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the new Children's Health Ireland MRI and associated staffing, works and leasing arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12321/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will outline further details of a tender (details supplied) valued at €1.5 million which is part of his paediatric orthopaedics plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12323/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will outline further details of the radiology outsourcing valued at €0.64 million which is part of his paediatric orthopaedics plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12324/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 24 February 2022, if the waiting list fund funded measures in his paediatric orthopaedic plan were funded from 2021 or 2022 voted expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12325/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges on patients attending hospital groups managed by the HSE in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12326/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the community paediatric ophthalmology waiting list initiative at the Grangegorman primary care centre (details supplied) will be expanded to other CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12379/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on a recent report (details supplied) published by the World Health Organisation; if there are plans to implement the recommendations of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12645/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual cost of restoring dental screening services for children in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12689/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons over and under 75 years of age who presented at an emergency department who spent more than 24 hours waiting for a hospital bed in February 2022; the number waiting more than 4 or 6 hours but less than 24 hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12715/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons over 75 years of age on acute hospital inpatient and outpatient waiting lists by wait time band in February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12716/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims made to the CervicalCheck Tribunal to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12717/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for CHO services by speciality and service that is, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy and so on, at the end of February 2022, by CHO and by speciality and service by each service waiting list by age cohort breakdowns and time on the waiting list within cohorts in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12718/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12719/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the National Ambulance response times for DELTA and ECHO callouts relative to relevant HIQA standards for January and February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12720/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant posts and the basis on which they are filled by speciality and tenure as per the doctors' integrated management E-system; the number of vacancies which arose, posts advertised and positions filled in January and February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12721/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges and bed days lost in January and February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12722/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of school dental screening by service area; the extent to which services are behind schedule; the number of service areas which are operating a limited service for example special care patients only; the number of staffing vacancies per service area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12723/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis on health waiting lists for assessment, treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12732/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with spina bifida on health waiting lists for assessment, treatment and care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12733/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the available and funded theatre capacity and theatre time and beds at Crumlin, Temple Street and Cappagh Hospitals up to year end 2021, broken down by hospital, by the number of theatres, theatre time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12734/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the available and funded theatre capacity and theatre time and beds at Crumlin, Temple Street and Cappagh Hospitals that will be available up to year end 2022, broken down by hospital, by the number of theatres, theatre time and beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12735/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funded and available MRI capacity for paediatric orthopaedics up to the year end 2021 [12736/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funded and available or additional MRI capacity due to come on stream for paediatric orthopaedics up to the year end 2022 [12737/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way he intends to expand and reconfigure outpatient cases and additional active clinical triage for paediatric orthopaedics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12738/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount of paediatric orthopaedic theatre time and beds will be protected for children with scoliosis and spina bifida for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12739/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of all additional revenue funding made available for paediatric orthopaedic care for 2022, in tabular form by permanent or baseline funding or temporary one-off funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12740/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of all funded and available intensive care unit beds for paediatric orthopaedics up to the year end 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12741/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of all funded and currently available intensive care unit beds for paediatric orthopaedics and planned additional beds up to year end 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12742/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of all funded and currently available HDU beds for paediatric Orthopaedics and any planned additional beds up to year end 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12751/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of overtime in hours and amounts claimed in the health services across health and social care provided and funded by the HSE for the years 2017 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12752/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by the Department of Health and or the HSE whose earned income exceeds €100,000; the number who earn income in excess of amounts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12753/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend on agency staff across health and social care funded by the HSE in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12754/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of all services outsourced by the HSE to non-HSE hospitals or service providers across primary, community and acute care to provide healthcare services funded by the HSE in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12755/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of all diagnostic activity outsourced by the HSE or provided by private operators including costs in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12756/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of all non-medical consultancy work procured by his Department and the HSE by the number of contracts in excess of amounts (details supplied) vin each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12757/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the detail of the capacity reviews commissioned or put in place by the HSE since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12807/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the detail of the workforce planning strategies commissioned or put in place by the HSE since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12808/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of the full cost of travel and attendance at international conferences abroad attended by either the Minister, Department officials and staff or HSE officials and staff in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12809/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of fully funded acute hospital in-patient beds at the end of year 2005 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12810/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of beds available and fully funded in hospitals by bed type, hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12811/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of beds available and funding in the community by bed type and by publicly owned or contracted beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12812/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of children on waiting lists for grommet insertions by wait times 0-1, 1-3, 3-6, 6-9, 9-12 months over a year and two years by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12813/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the additional measures put in place or planned measures to be put in place by his Department and the HSE in relation to cyber security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12814/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of surgical theatres in public hospitals by hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12815/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the amount of theatre time available in public hospitals by hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12816/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of diagnostic tests and examinations carried out by the HSE in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12817/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number and full cost of diagnostic tests and examinations outsourced by the HSE in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12818/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of dentists working in the public system in each of the years 2005 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12819/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of orthodontists working in the public system in each of the years 2005 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12820/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists signed up to the dental treatment service scheme for the year end in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022 by the numbers signed up but who have not made any claim for payment in any given year and to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12821/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of whole-time equivalent surgeons employed in public hospitals by hospital group, hospital and speciality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12822/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total revenue and capital funding provided for each level 4 hospital in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by revenue and by capital funding in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12823/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting over 12 hours in an emergency department in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12824/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting over 24 hours in an emergency department in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12825/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting over 36 hours in an emergency department in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12826/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting over 48 hours in an emergency department in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12827/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of elective and non-elective procedures cancelled in acute hospitals in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12828/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of outpatient appointments cancelled in acute hospitals in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12829/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of elective and non-elective procedures cancelled in acute hospitals in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022 due to hospital overcrowding by hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12830/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total population each level 4 hospital serves broken down by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12831/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of inpatient and outpatient appointments and procedures carried out in each level 4 hospital in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022 and by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12832/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of staff employed at each level 4 hospital by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12833/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of acute inpatient beds occupied in public hospitals in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by hospital group and by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12834/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of acute hospital beds in public hospitals by single isolation room beds and beds in wards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12835/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of purchasing care for public patients in private hospitals in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by private hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12836/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of purchasing care for public patients abroad in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12837/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost to the State of providing private healthcare in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12838/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of removing private healthcare from public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12839/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons in 2021 eligible for free general practitioner care paid for by the State; the total cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12840/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons currently eligible for free general practitioner care paid for by the State; the total cost to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12841/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who do not currently qualify for free general practitioner care but would if general practitioner care was freely and universally available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12842/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the modelling his Department has carried out to deliver full universal and free general practitioner care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12843/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the full roll-out of universal and free general practitioner care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12844/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has considered the introduction of salaried general practitioners working for the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12845/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners that will be trained for the next six years by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12846/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner training places that were provided in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the number that went on to become general practitioners working in the State by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12847/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the terms of reference of the Cross Departmental Strategic Workforce Advisory Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12917/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of primary school dental services for each service area; the waiting times and availability of dentists visiting primary schools in the area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12923/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the waiting lists for dental checks for children at six, nine and 12 years of age for each service area in tabular form; if there are delays in children receiving these checks; the steps he is taking to ensure that these children receive checks in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12924/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if agency staff are excluded from eligibility for application to temporary HSE roles; if it is national policy that agency staff are not eligible for temporary HSE roles or at the discretion of local management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12925/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason that agency staff are not permitted flexitime and other practical workplace supports which are available to permanent HSE staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12926/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 700 of 1 March 2022, the revenue funding which is recurring and the funding which is one-off, respectively. [12934/22]

2022-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an itemised breakdown of all Covid-19 expenditure by the National Ambulance Service in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13100/22]

2022-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase specialist training places for primary care; if this will include endometriosis screening for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12187/22]

2022-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve access to gynaecology services; his plans to recruit additional endometriosis specialists; if the ambulatory clinics will offer same; the location of those clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12188/22]

2022-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to fund the endometriosis centres at Tallaght University Hospital and Cork University Maternity Hospital; if this will include infrastructure, staff, training; the funding for same in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12189/22]

2022-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in relation to safeguards necessary to protect pregnant workers and high-risk staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12190/22]

2022-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on physiotherapy waiting lists by CHO at the end of 2021 and at the latest available data point broken down age and by the length of waiting time by age in tabular form. [11867/22]

2022-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on occupational therapy waiting lists by CHO at the end of 2021 and at the latest available data point broken down age and by the length of waiting time by age in tabular form. [11868/22]

2022-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on speech and language therapy waiting lists by CHO at the end of 2021 and at the latest available data point broken down age and by the length of waiting time by age in tabular form. [11869/22]

2022-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on podiatry waiting lists by CHO at the end of 2021 and at the latest available data point broken down age and by the length of waiting time by age in tabular form. [11870/22]

2022-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on ophthalmology waiting lists by CHO at the end of 2021 and at the latest available data point broken down age and by the length of waiting time by age in tabular form. [11871/22]

2022-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on audiology waiting lists by CHO at the end of 2021 and at the latest available data point broken down age and by the length of waiting time by age in tabular form. [11872/22]

2022-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on dietetics waiting lists by CHO at the end of 2021 and at the latest available data point broken down age and by the length of waiting time by age in tabular form. [11873/22]

2022-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on psychology waiting lists by CHO at the end of 2021 and at the latest available data point broken down age and by the length of waiting time by age in tabular form. [11874/22]

2022-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists by CHO at the end of 2021 and at the latest available data point broken down age and by the length of waiting time by age in tabular form. [11875/22]

2022-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on counselling in primary care waiting lists by CHO at the end of 2021 and at the latest available data point broken down age and by the length of waiting time by age in tabular form. [11876/22]

2022-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on nursing homes support scheme waiting lists by CHO at the end of 2021 and at the latest available data point broken down age and by the length of waiting time by age in tabular form. [11877/22]

2022-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on home support for funding and for service provision waiting lists by CHO at the end of 2021 and at the latest available data point broken down age and by the length of waiting time by age in tabular form. [11878/22]

2022-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on dentistry waiting lists by CHO at the end of 2021 and at the latest available data point broken down age and by the length of waiting time by age in tabular form. [11879/22]

2022-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on orthodontics waiting lists by CHO at the end of 2021 and at the latest available data point broken down age and by the length of waiting time by age in tabular form. [11880/22]

2022-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on assessment of need waiting lists by CHO at the end of 2021 and at the latest available data point broken down age and by the length of waiting time by age in tabular form. [11881/22]

2022-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on further diagnostic assessment waiting lists by CHO at the end of 2021 and at the latest available data point broken down age and by the length of waiting time by age in tabular form. [11882/22]

2022-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists by CHO at the end of 2021 and at the latest available data point broken down age and by the length of waiting time by age in tabular form. [11883/22]

2022-03-02

VOTE

Healthcare Waiting Lists · 2 divisions

✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 76–57
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 75–57

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the commission on care; the terms of reference, expected membership and expected timelines; and if the commission will not delay the findings and implementation of recommendations by the Cross Departmental Strategic Workforce Advisory Group. [11588/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on assessment of needs waiting lists, by children's disability network team, including length of wait; the number of persons on subsequent diagnostic assessment, for example ASD assessment lists, by children's disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11129/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on ASD diagnosis waiting lists, by age and length of wait time. [11130/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons, by age and length of wait time, on speech and language therapy waiting lists for an assessment and treatment, by CHO. [11131/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons, by age and length of wait time, on physiotherapy waiting lists for an assessment and treatment, by CHO. [11132/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons, by age and length of wait time, on occupational therapy waiting lists for an assessment and treatment, by CHO [11133/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons, by age and length of wait time, on child psychology waiting lists for an assessment and treatment, by CHO. [11134/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children who have been recommended for further diagnostic assessment following the completion of an assessment of need, by community disability network team and by the length of wait for further assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11148/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of family forums established under each Children’s Disability Network or under each Children’s Disability Services Governance Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11165/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children's network disability teams which have been established; the staffing component of each, that is, vacancies and filled posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11166/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to expand services at Monasterevin daycare centre; the status of physical infrastructure expansion plans in the capital planning process; when funding will be released for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11180/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the €19 million package announced for paediatric orthopaedic services; if he will provide the specific new measures and relevant cost for each location they apply to (details supplied); the amount of funding which is recurring revenue or capital; the amount of funding which is one-off revenue or capital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11191/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total patient throughput across HSE acute services for outpatient, diagnostics, and inpatient appointments in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form. [11192/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of public patients who were treated privately outside a public hospital for outpatient, diagnostics and inpatient appointments in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form, relative to public hospital patient throughput; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11193/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if additional staff in the HSE will be made available to meet demand and deal with the current backlog of birth registrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11223/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the overall national radiology waiting lists by hospital and scan type, that is, ultrasounds, CT scans and MRIs; the breakdown to the level of waiting lists for brain scans, pelvic ultrasounds and so on by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11326/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of patients triaged as urgent who are offered an appointment within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11327/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of patients triaged as non-urgent who are offered an appointment within 12 weeks of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11328/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to review service statements compiled following assessments of need conducted pre-2021 following the Court of Appeal decision in C.M. v HSE [2021] IECA 283 (details supplied) to ensure that these service statements have adequately addressed the educational need of the child in view of findings that this section of service statements completed before this decision is unlikely to have been completed in line with the legislation and statutory entitlements of the child considering the position of the HSE prior to this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11555/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the last instance on which he was furnished with a report pursuant to section 13 of the Disability Act 2005; if any report has been compiled since 2009; if so, if these reports will be published as required under the Act; if he intends to ensure resumption of reporting under section 13 by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11557/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average length of time it took to complete an assessment of need before January 2020; and the way this has changed since the introduction of the standard operating procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11583/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to act on the decision and findings of (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11584/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assessment of need service statements which were reviewed after 12 months but within 24 months of being issued for each year since and including 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11585/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will detail each list to which a child may be referred or transferred following the completion of an assessment of need and the issuing of a service statement for further assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11586/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children who received an assessment of need in 2020 or 2021 who were referred for further assessment and subsequently diagnosed with ASD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11587/22]

2022-03-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way the 2023 HSE home support tender will impact the statutory home support scheme; and if the 2023 HSE home support tender will include a provision to accommodate the implementation of the statutory home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11590/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the nursing home support scheme with a view to expanding current supports under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10660/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting in emergency departments for more than 24 hours, broken down by day, hospital and by under 75 and over 75 years of age, respectively, in January 2022, in tabular form. [10671/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting in emergency departments for more than 36 hours, broken down by day, hospital and by under 75 and over 75 years of age, respectively, in January 2022, in tabular form. [10672/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the revenue generated in public hospitals by car parking charges in each of the years 2019 to 2021, by hospital, in tabular form. [10673/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who are on waiting lists for a hearing test, by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10674/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who are waiting for a hearing aid, by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10675/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who are waiting longer than a year for a hearing test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10676/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who are waiting longer than a year for a hearing aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10677/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients over 75 years of age who are on an outpatient or inpatient health waiting list, by wait times (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10678/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with a disability waiting for an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10679/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of home care packages that have been approved but which cannot be provided in full due to staff shortages or for other reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10680/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities who are waiting for a placement in full-time residential placements or settings, by county, by CHO and by wait times. [10681/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been approved for home help hours but who cannot receive them either partially or in full due to staff shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10682/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number, date and nature of meetings held by him, the Secretary General of his Department and the head of the HSE either individually with other staff or together on the issue of the establishment of regional health areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10683/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of applications that were made for an assessment of need for children made under the Disability Act 2005 in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10686/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of applications that were made for an assessment of need for children by a legal representative of that person under the Disability Act 2005 in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10687/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children who had an assessment of need carried out under the Disability Act 2005 to whom services identified in the assessment reports have not been provided and to break down by ages and categories of disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10688/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children who made an application for an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005 and in cases in which the commencement of the assessment was longer than three months broken down by periods longer than four, five and months, by a year or greater than a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10689/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children who made an application for an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005 and in case in which the completion of the assessment was longer than three months and further broken down by periods longer than four, five and six months, by a year or greater than a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10690/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children who made an application for an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005 and in cases in which the issuing of the service statement following the total completion of the assessment was greater than one month of the assessment and further broken down by periods longer than two, three, four, five and six months or by a year or greater than a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10691/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children’s disability network teams in place and the geographical area they represent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10705/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full staff complement and skills mix in each of the children’s disability network teams and the total number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10706/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of approved but vacant posts in each of the children’s disability network teams and the total number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10707/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the waiting lists for services provided by children’s disability network teams, broken down by network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10708/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with a disability who have had an assessment of need carried out and in which a service statement has been issued but no services have been provided, broken down in bands by month and by the year the service statement issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10709/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with a disability who had an assessment of need carried out and where the findings were appealed to a HSE complaint officer in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the timeframe for the complaints to be heard in 0 to 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 months and greater than a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10710/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with a disability who had an assessment of needs carried out and in which the findings were appealed to the office of the disability appeals officer in each of the years 2016 to 2021; the timeframe for the complaints to be heard by 0 to 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and greater than a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10711/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the Disability Act 2005 to put a focus on intervention and service provision as well as assessments of needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10712/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to implement recommendations made by the Ombudsman for Children to review the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10713/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of children who had an assessment of needs carried out under the Disability Act 2005 but such assessments were outside the statuary time-frame provided for in the Act in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10714/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost of all staffing subsidies provided to general practitioners as part of the GMS contract for the years 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10719/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the total cost to the HSE of general practitioners providing Covid-19 testing to patients for 2021 and January 2022, by month and by the number of general practitioners or practices who received amounts greater than €10,000, €20,000 and €50,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10720/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the total cost to the HSE of general practitioners administering Covid vaccines to patients for 2021 and January 2022, by month and by the number of general practitioners or practices who received amounts greater than €10,000, €20,000, €50,000 and €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10721/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all Covid-19 assessments carried out by general practitioners by telephone in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and in January 2022, by month and by the number of general practitioners or practices who received amounts greater than €10,000, €20,000 and €50,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10722/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the target of 300 additional staff working in mental health as set out in budget 2022 will be met in 2022; the number of additional staff recruited to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10723/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cash ceiling that applies to the HSE set by his Department or the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10724/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progression made on building the new national children’s hospital; the estimated completion date; the overall estimated cost of the project; the number of current outstanding claims or disputes between the contractor and the board; the number of disputes subject to legal action; if he will provide a brief explanation of each outstanding claim or dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10725/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost and timeframe for delivery of the three planned elective-only hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10726/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if any of the planned elective only hospitals will provide more complex elective surgeries that require recovery beds; the location of such hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10727/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the revenue generated by public hospitals for the carrying out of private healthcare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, by hospital and hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10728/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full extent of staffing subsidies given to general practitioners as part of the GMS contract; the nature of the subsidy; the terms and conditions that apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10729/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of plans by the HSE to make a prior-year adjustment to any of its accounts of the past five years; the value of such adjustments; the reason for the adjustment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10730/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to recruit staff into the HSE in 2020; the target number of additional staff to be recruited in 2020; the actual number of staff recruited in that year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10731/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to recruit staff into the HSE in 2021; the target number of additional staff to be recruited in 2021; the actual number of staff recruited in that year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10732/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to recruit staff into the HSE for 2022; the target number of additional staff to be recruited in 2022; his views on whether the higher target will be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10733/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will outline all of the additional funding that has been made available to Children’s Health Ireland and Cappagh Hospital for services in Crumlin Hospital, Connolly, Temple Street, Cappagh and Tallaght Hospitals for paediatric orthopaedics in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by year, hospital, by amount and the areas or items on which the additional funding is for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10734/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons on a public health-related waiting list across acute, primary and community care, including diagnostics, waits for assessments and all waiting lists for testing, therapies or health services provided for or on behalf of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10735/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons over 75 years of age on a public health-related waiting list across acute, primary and community care, including diagnostics, waits for assessments and all waiting lists for testing, therapies or health services provided by or on behalf of the HSE, broken down by wait times in bands of zero to three, three to six, six months to a year, greater than one, greater than two and greater than four years, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10736/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital for each quarter of 2019, 2020, and 2021, in tabular form; the number of days on which occupancy exceeded 100%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10739/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent to which private diagnostic services are covered or discounted by a medical card; the conditions which apply to those under 16 years of age; if he intends to amend the relevant legislation to remove private diagnostic charges for those under 16 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10741/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the range and average per-hour rate paid to agencies for nursing and healthcare assistant grades, by service division. [10743/22]

2022-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 680 of 1 February 2022, the amount and value of payments made by each acute hospital for damages, broken down by the location, claim type and payment type, that is, claim payout, legal costs and so on, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10833/22]

2022-02-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant applications advisory committee approved consultant posts on 1 January in each of the years 2016 to 2022. [9286/22]

2022-02-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of hormone replacement therapy in the Republic of Ireland; the steps he has taken to address the shortages; if he has engaged with his counterpart in Northern Ireland in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9305/22]

2022-02-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time diabetes podiatrists by county and hospital in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9386/22]

2022-02-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting four additional full-time diabetes podiatrists for each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9387/22]

2022-02-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the actions he will take to address the shortage of diabetes podiatrists; the status of the recruitment of additional diabetes podiatrists as has been recommended by the HSE Model of Care for the Diabetic Foot through the HSE chronic disease management community hubs; if he will provide an update on his plans for improving podiatry services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9388/22]

2022-02-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps that he has taken to develop care pathway for those with Huntington’s disease; if he has engaged with a group (details supplied) in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9427/22]

2022-02-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Consultant Applications Advisory Committee-approved consultant posts across each specialty by location; the basis on which they are filled as per the doctors integrated management E-system by discipline and tenure; the number on post-2012 pay rates; the number of each type of contract, that is, Sláintecare public-only, A, B and C across specialties filled and or allocated for all posts in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9652/22]

2022-02-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims which have been made to the CervicalCheck Tribunal; when the tribunal will cease to accept new claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9654/22]

2022-02-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions and dates on which the Sláintecare programme board has met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9780/22]

2022-02-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to regulation of resident and family forums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9813/22]

2022-02-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists with dental treatment services scheme contracts at the end of each quarter of 2019, 2020, 2021 and for the first of each month to date in 2022, by CHO in tabular form; and the number of dentists with active contracts, that is, the number of dentists who submitted claims for each of these months. [9900/22]

2022-02-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 26 January 2022, if his Department has finalised arrangements to give effect to the Government announcement concerning the pandemic recognition payment; the position regarding the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10100/22]

2022-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on assessment of needs waiting lists by CHO for each quarter since quarter 4 2018, in tabular form; the number of those waiting more than 12, 24 and 52 weeks, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8817/22]

2022-02-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the manner in which hospital-based training places across the medical profession are co-ordinated between the Department, the HSE and training bodies; his plans to improve upon this model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8550/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the waiting list plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7839/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the crisis in general practice and general practitioner out-of-hours services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7840/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will establish regional health areas; the form these will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7843/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish a new cardiovascular health strategy; if he will deliver 24/7 cardiac cover for the southeast area of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7844/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to improve menopause supports for women; if he will put in place a women’s health structured care programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7845/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase capacity across relevant paediatric specialties to deliver treatment for persons with scoliosis and spina bifida who have been waiting for a long time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7842/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will progress elective centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7846/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the recommendations of the Women's Health Taskforce for endometriosis patients; his plans for the implementation of those recommendations; the steps being taken to improve the diagnosis, management and treatment of endometriosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7427/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant, derelict or otherwise unused properties, that is, commercial, residential or other, owned by the HSE; and the name, location and size of site including separately the size of any grounds associated with the building or site in tabular form. [7531/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant or unused properties owned by the HSE; and the name, location and size of site including separately the size of any grounds associated with the building or site in tabular form. [7532/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent of underutilised, that is, low occupancy and or mostly unused, sites and buildings owned by the HSE; and the name, location and size of the site including separately the size of any grounds associated with the building or site in tabular form. [7533/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the HSE climate plan and decarbonisation strategy; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7534/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number, size and associated emissions and energy efficiency of buildings owned by the HSE and other public hospitals which have an energy rating of less than B; the name and location of each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7535/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists, by type and hospital, in tabular form. [7592/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason he has not sanctioned the implementation of the hospital pharmacy agreement between a union (details supplied) and the HSE; the reason his Department has instructed the HSE not to attend relevant Labour Court proceedings; his views on whether this agreement will not result in cost savings as contended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7595/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of the hospital pharmacy agreement which is subject to industrial action on 16 February 2022; if his Department and the HSE support the implementation of the agreement; the engagement which his Department and the HSE have had with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7596/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number, size, associated emissions and energy efficiency of buildings owned by each of the voluntary public hospitals which have an energy rating of less than B by name and location in tabular form. [7615/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a surgical procedure across each specialty in six-month intervals, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7620/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on musculoskeletal scans being read by radiographers as is the practice in Britain; if he is examining or plans to make these changes; the legislative changes required to make such a change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7852/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there will be a radiographer reporting pilot programme to trial the reading and reporting of ultrasound scans by radiographers in the HSE or the RCSI hospital group; the timeline for completion of this pilot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7853/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the Sláintecare consultant contract; the number of contracts issued to date; if the contract has been agreed with an organisation (details supplied); the status of negotiations with consultant representatives; if he expects any adjustments to the contract which the HSE has already sought to operationalise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7867/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to review recommendation on screening mammograms for women under 35 years of age; if there are plans to allow routine screening mammograms for women under 35 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8092/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans and the actions under way to restructure his Department; the measures that will be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8131/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans and the actions underway to restructure the HSE; the measures that will be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8132/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when regional health areas will be introduced. [8133/22]

2022-02-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will provide funding on a population basis via regional health areas. [8134/22]

2022-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the manner in which Cappagh kids ward and paediatrics at Cappagh Hospital, Dublin 11 are funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7191/22]

2022-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the treatment and establishment of the orthognathic and orthodontic service in St. James's Hospital; the alternatives he will put in place in view of the fact that orthodontic surgery at St. James's hospital has been significantly delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7268/22]

2022-02-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the CAR-T related expenditure by the HSE and public hospitals since 2015; the breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7085/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to assess medical, nursing and other healthcare profession places in higher education institutions to ensure sufficient graduates in these fields; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5549/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will consider issuing guidance advising medical practitioners that graded exercise therapy is no longer recommended for myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome patients given the recent findings by a body (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5840/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of intensive care and high dependency unit beds in Letterkenny University Hospital and Sligo University Hospital as of 24 January 2022, in tabular form. [6056/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that have visited the foot protection clinic at Tallaght University Hospital in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [6057/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent clinical nurse specialists in Down syndrome in both CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin in each the years of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [6058/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent vacant consultant paediatric neurologists at University Hospital Limerick; and when these vacancies will be filled on a permanent basis. [6059/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time child psychologists for CAMHS in County Leitrim in each of the past three years in tabular form [6060/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies by job title in the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital; the estimated cost of filling each of the vacancies; and when each of the vacancies will be filled on a permanent basis in tabular form. [6061/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for recruitment of two additional whole-time equivalent autism spectrum disorder therapist posts for the Sligo-South Donegal children's disability network team. [6062/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time senior dental surgeons for special needs in CHO area 9 in each of the past three years in tabular form. [6063/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time paediatric diabetic nurses based at Mullingar Regional Hospital in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [6064/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented at the eye emergency department at the Mater Hospital in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [6065/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that were admitted to the national burns unit at St. James's Hospital in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [6066/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant urologists attached to Bantry General Hospital in each of the past three years in tabular form. [6067/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cataract procedures carried out at Letterkenny University Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [6068/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time radiographers working in St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny in 2021. [6069/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE ambulances, rapid response vehicles and motorcycles allocated to County Wexford and available to attend emergency calls in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [6070/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeons employed by the HSE in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and the hospitals in which these consultants are located in tabular form. [6071/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the publication of the report by the independent chair of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6154/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the types of specialist nursing positions across the HSE acute and community services, for example, neurology nursing by discipline and the whole-time equivalent number of nurses currently employed, funded and recommended by model of care for each discipline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6293/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the remuneration grades applicable to specialist nursing in neurology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6294/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the climate action measures undertaken by his Department across its work and the bodies under his aegis; the further measures planned and targets for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6542/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the climate action measures undertaken by the HSE across its work; the further measures planned and targets for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6543/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the European Union funding which his Department has or could avail of; if there is a dedicated individual or office which ensures his Department is availing optimally of European Union funding for healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6544/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the European Union funding which the HSE has or could avail of; if there is a dedicated individual or office which ensures the HSE is availing optimally of European Union funding for healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6545/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff by staffing grade and management level required to fully staff the complex menopause clinic at the national maternity hospital; the number of staff by grade currently in place; the number recommended by the model of care; the estimated payroll and non-payroll cots in the first year and in subsequent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6570/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide specific funding to hire additional nurses and midwives across women's health and menopause care area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6571/22]

2022-02-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if NPHET assessed the risk to public health posed by vaccine inequity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6617/22]

2022-02-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to a severe adverse reaction to a vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5536/22]

2022-02-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has received the report on regulatory oversight of services in locations (details supplied) dated 23 July 2021 published by HIQA; when the report will be made publicly available for families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5546/22]

2022-02-02

VOTE

Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 54–76

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median and maximum waiting times in days for each waiting list by specialty and by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4248/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress to date in implementing each measure from the 2019 Labour Court recommendation on the terms and conditions of nurses and midwives; the amount spent each year on these measures; the estimated full cost for each measure in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4296/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the work which has been conducted in relation to general practice and primary care policy for implementation of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4361/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the strategic work which has been conducted to assess and plan for future staffing requirements, workload and demographic pressures in general practice and primary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4362/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the work which has been done on costing options for universal general practice care and public primary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4363/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the compensation options he has explored for incentivising holders of existing consultant contracts to adopt the new Sláintecare public only contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4367/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of specialist neurology nurses sought by site by the neurology clinical programme and clinical lead for 2021 and 2022; the number of neurology nurses who are currently working across the public health system; the number of posts sought and created; the training that has been provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4488/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of specialist neurology nursing posts provided for in 2021 and 2022; the budget provided for hiring and creating such posts in 2021 and 2022; the amount spent in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4489/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount and value of payments made by each acute hospital for preventable accidents in tabular form; the amount which relate to incidents of mortality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4503/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of specialist nursing positions that are advised by models of care and clinical programmes which are either unfunded or funded but unfilled in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4504/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims which have been made to the CervicalCheck Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4507/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded and open critical care beds; when the next critical care bed census will report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4513/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the National Service Plan 2022 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4514/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if either the drug xonvea or cariban will be reimbursed for pregnant women suffering nausea and hyperemesis which does not respond to conservative management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4516/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of unique patient identifiers; the number of identifiers in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4523/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the digital summary patient records system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4524/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of each major information and communications technology digital transformation and modernisation project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4525/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the year-on-year nominal change in headcount and whole-time equivalent for each staff grade in the public health service as of December in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form. [4526/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of additional consultant posts budgeted for in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [4527/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Consultant Applications Advisory Committee approved consultant posts filled and vacant, respectively; and the total for year end in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [4528/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres in operation by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4529/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres that opened in 2021, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4530/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of each existing primary care centre project and expected status by county, by the end of 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4531/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expected handover date of the National Children’s Hospital; the expected date by which it will be fitted-out and operational; the expected month for opening; if the hospital will open for some services before it is fully complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4532/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the elective centre proposals; when he will publish further material in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4533/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of capital projects currently being developed or underway; the number of wards and beds these will provide; if these are replacement or additional to total stock; the timeline for completion and the next major milestone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4538/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the agency spend for each quarter in 2020 and 2021. [4579/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges and bed days lost by hospital in each quarter for 2020 and 2021. [4572/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual spend on private ambulances from 2018 to 2021. [4555/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons over 75 years of age waiting over 24 hours in an emergency department for hospital beds. [4556/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of homecare waiting lists; the number of hours budgeted for compared to the hours that were provided in 2020 and 2021; the number budgeted for in 2022; the number of whole-time equivalents required to deliver the unspent hours from 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4557/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of speech and language therapy waiting lists for children; the number waiting more than three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4558/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of occupational therapy waiting lists for children; the number waiting more than three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4559/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of physiotherapy waiting lists for children; the number waiting more than three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4560/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of cataract waiting lists; the number waiting more than three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4561/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the elective throughput in each model 3 and 4 hospital in each month of 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [4582/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staffing entitlements made available through agreements to general practice; the basis on which entitlements are apportioned; if the entitlements of partnership practice are proportional to the number of general practitioners or a flat rate per practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4773/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the value of payments made specifically for staffing costs to general practitioners in 2019, 2020, and 2021; the number of practice secretaries, practice nurses and practice managers these payments are made for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4774/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the value of payments made to general practitioners in 2019, 2020, and 2021 for practice nurses. [4775/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the value of payments made to general practitioners in 2019, 2020 and 2021 for practice secretaries. [4776/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the value of payments made to general practitioners in 2019, 2020 and 2021 for practice managers. [4777/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of active medical card and free general practitioner cards and related general practitioner expenditure in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [4778/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners which are estimated to be required to meet current population need demands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4779/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners which are estimated to be required to meet current medical card and free general practitioner card demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4780/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has conducted a census of existing private sector primary care infrastructure particularly as it relates to general practices; and if this factors into planning for the development of new primary care centres. [4781/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the last time that the HSE reviewed the general practice out-of-hours service; the recommendations of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4782/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress made on implementing each enhanced community care reform in 2021. [4783/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress made on implementing community care pathways in 2021. [4784/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of active dentists on the dental treatment services scheme by county in each month in 2021. [4786/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the waiting lists for dental surgery and orthodontics by county at year end 2021. [4787/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total payments made to dentists on the dental treatment services scheme in each of the years 2018 to 2021. [4788/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of medical postgraduate intern training places across the State by specialty in tabular form. [4831/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of medical specialist trainee places across the State by specialty in tabular form. [4832/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has considered including cariban (details supplied) on the medical card and drug payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4833/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on diagnostics waiting lists; the number waiting more than three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5030/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of baseline acute inpatient beds open and funded including those which have been funded, opened and fully staffed but are closed for illness or infection prevention reasons at year end 2021. [5071/22]

2022-02-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to a previous Parliamentary Question, the number of the 688 acute inpatient beds which opened which were newly opened; and the number of existing beds that were funded on a temporary basis. [5073/22]

2022-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of overtime hours worked on a weekly basis by medical and nursing grade staff in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form. [3985/22]

2022-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Consultant Applications Advisory Committee-approved consultant posts across each speciality; the basis on which they are filled as per DIME by discipline and tenure including the number on post-2012 pay rates; the number of each type of contract, that is, A, B and C across specialities filled and or allocated for all posts; the number of posts budgeted for which have yet to be CAAC-approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4011/22]

2022-01-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the terms of reference and membership of the panel which is to be established to examine the categories of workers entitled to the pandemic recognition payment; when this panel will be established; the way and when this panel will report; the criteria on which this panel will determine eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3647/22]

2022-01-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the categories of workers entitled to the pandemic recognition payment; the way this has been or will be determined; the way the term clinical Covid exposed environment will be applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3648/22]

2022-01-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3660/22]

2022-01-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason that he sought Government approval to delegate product liability claims in relation to mesh implants to the State Claims Agency; the effect this will have on ongoing litigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3706/22]

2022-01-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional actions he plans to take to provide redress for mesh-injured persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3707/22]

2022-01-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated timeframe it will take to reduce waiting lists to a reasonable level and tackle the healthcare backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3711/22]

2022-01-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he plans to bring forward legislation to implement statutory waiting time targets as recommended in the Sláintecare report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3712/22]

2022-01-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount of blood which was imported in 2021 to support the Blood Transfusion Service; the states from which the supplies were procured; the manner in which the availability of these supplies was identified; the controls in place to ensure safety standards conformed to Irish standards; the body responsible for inspecting the quality of blood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3714/22]

2022-01-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of CervicalCheck samples sent abroad in 2021; the laboratories to which these were sent; the way that these services were procured; if these laboratories were inspected by a State body or otherwise certified for quality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3715/22]

2022-01-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to access to the recovery certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2954/22]

2022-01-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the report of the national review of specialist cardiac services; the unit or individual agent responsible for implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3021/22]

2022-01-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to deliver a 24-7 primary percutaneous coronary intervention service in Waterford; the way he plans to achieve same; the additional staff required to increase hours to 24/7 and other milestones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3022/22]

2022-01-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason medical graduates from the UK or Northern Ireland are no longer eligible to apply for internships with the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3129/22]

2022-01-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the ongoing attendance and visiting restrictions in hospitals; if the current HSE guidance will be reviewed to allow families and friends to visit their loved ones in hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3377/22]

2022-01-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of public and private healthcare workers he estimates will qualify for the pandemic recognition payment, by sector and staff grade; when this payment will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3407/22]

2022-01-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria for qualification to receive the pandemic recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3408/22]

2022-01-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way he plans to identify qualifying private sector workers for the pandemic recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3409/22]

2022-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to paediatric palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62960/21]

2022-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide paediatric palliative care for the south-east region; his plans to recruit a full-time paediatric palliative consultant in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62964/21]

2022-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to press releases from NPHET; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62989/21]

2022-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he plans to bring forward legislation to prohibit the practices of virginity testing or hymenoplasty given the potentially imminent ban across Britain and Northern Ireland to make it an offence to carry out same under the UK Health and Care Bill 2021. [1048/22]

2022-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of a women’s health action plan to tackle a wide range of issues impacting women’s health outcomes in Ireland as committed to under the current Programme for Government. [1049/22]

2022-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the existing agreements, service level or otherwise, for the treatment of patients from Northern Ireland in Ireland by the HSE or other public healthcare bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1227/22]

2022-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional measures he plans to implement in 2022 to expand general practitioner capacity and otherwise assist the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1431/22]

2022-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional measures he plans to implement in 2022 to expand public primary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1432/22]

2022-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he plans to publish the long-term waiting list reduction plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1433/22]

2022-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he plans to pay a pandemic bonus to healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1434/22]

2022-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his Department has examined changing non-consultant hospital doctor changeover and rotation requirements; if an analysis has been conducted on the effectiveness and comparative benefit of changeover and rotation; if so, the result of the analysis; if he has engaged with trainees or their union representatives to obtain their views; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1435/22]

2022-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has examined changing non-consultant hospital doctor changeover and rotation requirements; if an analysis has been conducted on the effectiveness and comparative benefit of changeover and rotation; if so, the result of that analysis; if the CEO of the HSE has engaged with trainees or their union representatives to get their views; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1436/22]

2022-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing the recommendations of the Independent Body Examining Additional Working Hours to reverse Haddington Road additional hours while maintaining current whole-time equivalent staffing levels in the HSE by staff grade in the wider public health service, his Department and in aegis bodies for each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1752/22]

2022-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the approximate whole-time equivalent reductions across the HSE by staff grade from the full implementation of the recommendations of the Independent Body Examining Additional Working Hours before hiring of replacement staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1753/22]

2022-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if and the way in which a section 39 organisation can become a section 38 organisation; the steps and changes required to accomplish this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1976/22]

2022-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time staff working 39 hours and part-time staff working 37 hours or less staff employed in the HSE by staff grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2100/22]

2022-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of contracts for and quantity of antigen tests procured to date or available to be further drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2147/22]

2022-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of existing contracts for procurement of medical and respirator N95, FFP2 and similar grade facemasks; the number of facemasks drawn down in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number for future drawdown which has been agreed; the forecast of future supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2148/22]

2021-12-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a policy of requiring patients presenting at some hospitals or HSE Covid-19 testing facilities to wear a surgical mask rather than higher grade masks such as FFP2 and N95, which they arrived with and the requirement to replace the latter with a surgical mask should a patient present with one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62679/21]

2021-12-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide adequate ventilation systems or air sanitisers for care home settings; his plans to provide funding for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62686/21]

2021-12-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 3 December 2021, if he is considering or will expand financial supports for persons and couples requiring IVF treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62867/21]

2021-12-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to the appointment of locum consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62099/21]

2021-12-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to put in place a medical exemption for those who have been advised against getting a Covid-19 vaccine for medical reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62234/21]

2021-12-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccines that have had to be disposed of due to the fact they were unused and went out of date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62235/21]

2021-12-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the planned relocations and co-locations of hospitals; the timelines and prioritisation for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62270/21]

2021-12-15

VOTE

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Foetal Pain Relief) Bill 2021 · 2 divisions

A bill to provide for pain relief for the foetus in certain cases of termination of pregnancy; and to provide for related matters.

✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 107–36
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 103–37

2021-12-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the unit or person who will have ownership of the implementation of the national cardiac services review when it is published; the lead responsible for cardiovascular policy; the way in which, aside from the HSE national heart programme, the recommendations will be advanced, monitored and evaluated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61172/21]

2021-12-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if dedicated technical support and a formalised decision-making process for a health technology review has been given to NIAC to address the deficiencies identified in the briefing he received upon entering office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61180/21]

2021-12-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the recommendations from the internal departmental review 2016, on the development of an immunisation policy to support the effective, transparent and accountable operation of NIAC, have been implemented to address the deficiencies identified in the briefing that he received upon entering office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61181/21]

2021-12-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if NIAC has been restructured since he took office as recommended in the briefing he received upon entering office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61182/21]

2021-12-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average length of time taken to recognise health qualifications by CORU; the number of applications and the approval response time for the past 24 months in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61304/21]

2021-12-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking in relation to the waiting lists for CORU; the steps he is taking to review the current CORU recognition process for approving UK registered healthcare professionals to have their credentials and work experience recognised for the purposes of joining the healthcare system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61305/21]

2021-12-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to data protection and antigen testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61520/21]

2021-12-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on agency staff from 2017 to date by year and location in tabular form. [61706/21]

2021-12-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent through the NTPF from 2017 to date by year; and the organisations to which such payments were made. [61707/21]

2021-12-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on outsourcing services to the private sector from 2017 to date by year and organisation in tabular form; and the services this spending related to. [61708/21]

2021-12-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on and by section 38 organisations from 2017 to date. [61709/21]

2021-12-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on and by section 39 organisations from 2017 to date. [61710/21]

2021-12-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount of public funding spent by public hospitals on private healthcare services within each hospital from 2017 to date, in tabular form. [61711/21]

2021-12-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount of public funding spent by public hospitals on private healthcare services from 2017 to date by hospital in tabular form. [61712/21]

2021-12-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount of public funding spent by his Department, the HSE and all other public healthcare providers on external consultancy work from 2017 to date by purchaser, in tabular form. [61713/21]

2021-12-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) in relation to home help services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61751/21]

2021-12-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the vacancies which exist within his Department; the length of these vacancies; when he expects these vacancies to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60913/21]

2021-12-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for reconfiguring the Sláintecare implementation office; the vacancies in this office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60914/21]

2021-12-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans regarding Lifford Community Hospital; the expected length of closure; if it will be reopened to provide long or short stay beds; his plans for replacing the long stay beds and addressing concerns raised by HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60916/21]

2021-12-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when a report into the Brandon case will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60917/21]

2021-12-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing and midwifery staff employed by the HSE which are paid on the enhanced pay scale; the number which are not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60950/21]

2021-12-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing and midwifery staff employed by the HSE which are working for the service or have experience totalling 18 plus months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60951/21]

2021-12-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing and midwifery staff employed by the HSE since 1 January 2021; the number paid on the enhanced scale; the number employed who had 18 plus months prior experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60952/21]

2021-12-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the disciplinary procedure for employees of the health service was last revised; the versions which apply to different providers; if the same version does not apply to all providers, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60953/21]

2021-12-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the median and mean length of the average and longest trip by a National Ambulance Service ambulance in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [60969/21]

2021-12-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances in the National Ambulance Service fleet by outpost location. [60970/21]

2021-12-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staffing components of the National Ambulance Service ambulance fleet. [60971/21]

2021-12-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of callouts reached by the National Ambulance Service within 20 minutes and over 20 minutes, by dispatch standard; and the average median and mean and maximum for same. [60972/21]

2021-12-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average median and mean distance travelled in a single day by a National Ambulance Service ambulance in 2020 and to date in 2021. [60973/21]

2021-12-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the largest number of times a National Ambulance Service ambulance was redirected in a single shift between seeing patients. [60974/21]

2021-12-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of National Ambulance Service shifts which went overtime by the number of hours of overtime in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form and as a percentage of all shifts. [60975/21]

2021-12-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of National Ambulance Service ambulance trips over 100km, 150km and 200km in tabular form and as a percentage of all trips. [60976/21]

2021-12-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of National Ambulance Service ambulance trips over one, two and three hours in tabular form and as a percentage of all trips. [60977/21]

2021-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds that are fully funded and open at the latest available validated data point; the net increase in beds factoring in ward beds which have been replaced and closed by location in each of the years since 1 January 2019 to date in tabular form; the number of new acute inpatient beds opened by additional and replacement by hospital in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60647/21]

2021-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeline for tri-location of the Coombe women’s and infants university hospital with the National Children’s Hospital and St. James’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60720/21]

2021-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of plans and timeline for the relocation of the Rotunda Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60721/21]

2021-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of plans and timeline for the relocation of the National Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60722/21]

2021-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median and maximum spend across medical cards and general practitioner visit cards in tabular form. [60739/21]

2021-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the medicines which are under consideration for addition to the long-term illness scheme. [60740/21]

2021-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of adding menopause medicine treatments by type to the drug payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60741/21]

2021-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if hospitals that cannot meet the final annual deadline at the end of March for coding of inpatient charges will receive a time concession; if not, the way he plans to ensure this does not negatively impact hospital budgets for the following year; the supports he will put in place to ensure on-time validating inpatient coding of charts, such as extra staff or time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60742/21]

2021-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of recruitment for the Children’s Health Ireland paediatric complex pain management service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60827/21]

2021-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to recruit the full-time paediatric pain consultant; if his attention has been drawn to the current waiting lists for children in chronic pain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60828/21]

2021-12-08

VOTE

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 87–48

2021-12-08

VOTE

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021

A bill to provide for the continuation in operation for a further period, which may be extended in certain circumstances, of certain provisions of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020, the Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020, the Health (Amendment) Act 2020 and the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021, in the public interest and having regard to the continuing manifest and grave risk to human life and public health posed by the spread of the disease known as Covid-19 (and variants of the virus that causes that disease) in order to mitigate, where practicable, the effects of the spread of that disease; and to provide for related matters.

✗ voted to block the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 87–44

2021-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will undertake a review of the dental treatment services scheme; the timeframe to complete the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59804/21]

2021-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the key performance indicators used to determine the success of the chronic disease management programme; if they are broken down by condition, age cohort, clinical outcomes, impact on mortality and other pertinent indicators; if there are specific key performance indicators for childhood asthma within the programme or other health strategies within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59835/21]

2021-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on a waiting list for an allergy diagnosis; the average waiting time from a general practitioner referral to first appointment with an allergist for adults; the average waiting time from general practitioner referral to first appointment with an allergist for children; the range of waiting times from general practitioner referral to first appointment with an allergist for adults and children, by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59836/21]

2021-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by person (details supplied) in relation to treatment at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59998/21]

2021-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to instances of mesh-injured women who availed of removal services abroad on the understanding they would be reimbursed; if these women will be reimbursed; if they will receive relevant aftercare; the steps he has taken to improve removal and aftercare services in this jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60056/21]

2021-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the PCR test results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60323/21]

2021-12-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for addressing the problems in paediatric orthopaedic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59111/21]

2021-12-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital appointments including but not limited to elective surgeries which have been cancelled due to capacity constraints and particularly the lack of critical care beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59112/21]

2021-12-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to advance mandatory open disclosure, mandatory reporting and adult safeguarding legislation; when he plans to seek committee stage for the patient safety Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59118/21]

2021-12-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the capacity review of the National Ambulance Service; his plans to increase resources for the service; his engagement with the Minister of State with special responsibility for Local Government and Planning regarding funding for Dublin City Council to fund the Dublin Fire Brigade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59116/21]

2021-12-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for addressing the crisis in general practice, generally and specifically in out-of-hours services; the impact of this on emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59114/21]

2021-12-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans regarding expanding access to in-vitro fertilisation and surrogacy services; his plans to expand supports, financial and otherwise, for accessing these services; his plans to advance the assisted human reproduction Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59117/21]

2021-12-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand access to antigen and PCR testing; the status of tracing capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59115/21]

2021-12-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address the matter raised in correspondence by person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59602/21]

2021-12-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his response to a submission by a group (details supplied); if legislation is planned to add physiotherapists to the list of persons permitted to refer a person for ionising radiation; if he is liaising with the HSE to introduce the proposed grade of advanced practice physiotherapist; the timeframe for delivering the proposals in the pre-Budget submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59633/21]

2021-12-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to vaccinations for persons over 50 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59634/21]

2021-12-02

VOTE

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages · 2 divisions

✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 48–60
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–63

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of emergency department attendances that are admitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58768/21]

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of emergency department admissions that are not immediately assigned a bed at each location; the average length of time people spend waiting to be assigned a bed at each location; the maximum wait time for a bed at each emergency department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58770/21]

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals from general practitioners to HSE services, by service, in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [58794/21]

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the enhanced community care programme; the measures implemented to date; the measures yet to be implemented and planned for the remainder of 2021, for 2022 and beyond 2022; the networks and teams in place, and to be put in place, and staff hired and further required; the funding allocated and spend incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58795/21]

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the share of the €200 million to tackle waiting lists allocated to the HSE that will be spent on procuring private services and the types of services, for example, diagnostics and so on it will be spent on, in tabular form. [58803/21]

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of emergency department admissions which are treated within 4, 8 and 12 hours, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58919/21]

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase bed capacity and address the overcrowding crisis in the Saolta Hospital Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58941/21]

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of capital funding requests submitted to his Department from each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group specifically to address the issue of bed capacity over the past three years; the amount requested; the amount provided by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58942/21]

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of new acute beds that have been provided to each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58943/21]

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical staff vacancies by staff grade currently for each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group; the length of time of each vacancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58944/21]

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of additional beds that will be made operational in hospitals under the Saolta Hospital Group under the winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58945/21]

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to recent data provided by the Irish College of General Practitioners that states that 60% of a survey of 900 general practitioners have stated that they are at capacity and not taking on new patients and that up to 700 will retire over the next five years; the measures he proposes to take to ensure sufficient general practitioner capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58946/21]

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of planned surgeries that have been cancelled in each hospital of the Saolta Hospital Group over each of the past six months as a result of bed capacity issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58947/21]

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual budget allocated to each hospital in the State over each of the past five years; if additional current funding has been requested for any individual hospital or hospital group; the reason for the additional funding request; the response of his Department to each request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58948/21]

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of home care hours applied for by CHO; the total number granted in tabular form over each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58949/21]

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the primary care plans for each CHO; the progress to date on each project; the timeframe for delivery of each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58950/21]

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for approval of a home care application; the level of delayed discharges from each hospital in the Saolta Group while waiting on a home care package or community bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58951/21]

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of community hospital beds in the Saolta Group counties available to patients on discharge from acute hospitals; if he plans to increase community bed capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58952/21]

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish the terms of reference of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; when he will announce the appointment of a lead independent expert; when each of the strands of the review will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58975/21]

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has or will adjust the recruitment process for permanent and locum doctors, nursing, health care assistants and other posts in the health service; if the HSE will or has devolved power to hospital management or group management or otherwise senior staff below a national level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58976/21]

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to issues regarding international recruitment into the health service regarding work permits; if his attention has been further drawn to issues regarding the recruitment of carers and healthcare assistants and disputes regarding constraints on critical skills employment permits; his plans to address the shortage of carers and healthcare assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58977/21]

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the severe overtime culture in the HSE; the average number of overtime hours worked on a weekly basis by grade within the medical, dental, nursing and midwifery and healthcare assistant professions in acute hospitals; his plans to ensure that promise overtime rates are applied in every hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58978/21]

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand menopause supports and awareness; the steps he has taken since becoming Minister; his plans for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58979/21]

2021-11-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has received a submission for a specialist centre for intestinal failure; if he plans to deliver a specialist centre at St James’s Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59123/21]

2021-11-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in Seanad Éireann on 10 November 2021 by persons (details supplied) regarding travel for the termination of pregnancy as an emergency medical service; if he has consulted with the relevant officials on the matter; if he will make changes to the relevant instruments with regard to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58135/21]

2021-11-24

VOTE

Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021

A bill to amend the Education Act 1998 and to provide for related matters.

✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 82–46

2021-11-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence regarding obtaining a vaccine certificate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56884/21]

2021-11-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when work on the delivery of 26 new ICU beds at St. James's Hospital will commence; the level of funding that has been allocated for this project; when these beds are expected to be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56909/21]

2021-11-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of residential service providers that have established family forums under the Terms of Reference for Family Forums 2018 (details supplied); the steps taken by his Department and the HSE to support the establishment of these forums; the effects the establishment of these forums had on the quality of life of residents, their families and service users in the designated centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56924/21]

2021-11-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of his Department’s spending on health and social care in each of the years 2017 to 2020, inclusive, and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57025/21]

2021-11-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of healthcare expenditure which was generated by private, voluntary and out-of-pocket contributions in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57026/21]

2021-11-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding drawn down by the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the years 2017 to 2020, inclusive, and to date in 2021, in tabular form; the amount of funding in each year spent on procuring services from private healthcare providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57027/21]

2021-11-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent number of bank or agency staff contracted to the HSE by staff group in each of the years 2017 to 2020, inclusive, and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57028/21]

2021-11-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average length of time it took to recruit and fill a post for each staff group grade group in the HSE in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [57488/21]

2021-11-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of advertised posts for recruitment for each staff group grade group in the HSE currently in tabular form. [57489/21]

2021-11-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way the €31 million announced in Budget 2022 for women’s health will be allocated; the sub-allocation to measures within the new measures grouping in tabular form; the amount remaining unallocated; the amount which relates to other new measures funding group commitments; if this is included as a whole or pro-rata; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57502/21]

2021-11-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way the €30 million announced in Budget 2022 for national strategies will be allocated; the sub-allocation to measures within this new measures grouping, in tabular form; the amount remaining unallocated; the amount which relates to other new measures funding group commitments; if this is included as a whole or pro-rata; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57503/21]

2021-11-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way the €10 million announced in budget 2022 for critical care will be allocated; the sub-allocation to measures within this new measures grouping in tabular form; the amount remaining unallocated; the amount which relates to other new measures funding group commitments; if this is included as a whole or pro rata; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57504/21]

2021-11-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way the €30 million announced in Budget 2022 for new drugs will be allocated; the sub-allocation to measures within this new measures grouping in tabular form; the amount remaining unallocated; the amount which relates to other new measures funding group commitments; if this is included as a whole or pro-rata; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57505/21]

2021-11-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way the €55 million announced in budget 2022 for disabilities will be allocated; the sub-allocation to measures within this new measures grouping, in tabular form; the amount remaining unallocated; the amount which relates to other new measures funding group commitments; if this is included as a whole or pro-rata; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57506/21]

2021-11-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way the €24 million announced in budget 2022 for mental health will be allocated; if this allocation relates to the reclassification of available historic development funding of €24 million or if these are separate; the sub-allocation to measures within this new measures grouping, in tabular form; the amount remaining unallocated; the amount which relates to other new measures funding group commitments; if this is included as a whole or pro-rata; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57507/21]

2021-11-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way the €45 million announced in Budget 2022 for affordability will be allocated; the sub-allocation to measures within this new measures grouping in tabular form; the amount remaining unallocated; the amount which relates to other new measures funding group commitments; if this is included as a whole or pro-rata; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57508/21]

2021-11-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way the €22 million announced in Budget 2022 for workforce measures will be allocated; the sub-allocation to measures within this new measures grouping in tabular form; the amount remaining unallocated; the amount which relates to other new measures funding group commitments; if this is included as a whole or pro-rata; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57509/21]

2021-11-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way the €30 million announced in budget 2022 for older persons will be allocated; the sub-allocation to measures within this new measures grouping in tabular form; the amount remaining unallocated; the amount which relates to other new measures funding group commitments; if this is included as a whole or pro-rata; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57510/21]

2021-11-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way the €8 million announced in budget 2022 for the national ambulance service will be allocated; the sub-allocation to measures within this new measures grouping in tabular form; the amount remaining unallocated; the amount which relates to other new measures funding group commitments; if this is included as a whole or pro-rata; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57511/21]

2021-11-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way the €6 million announced in budget 2022 for the national drugs strategy will be allocated; the sub-allocation to measures within this new measures grouping in tabular form; the amount remaining unallocated; the amount which relates to other new measures funding group commitments; if this is included as a whole or pro-rata; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57512/21]

2021-11-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way the €7 million announced in budget 2022 for other will be allocated; the sub-allocation to measures within this new measures grouping in tabular form; the amount remaining unallocated; the amount which relates to other new measures funding group commitments; if this is included as a whole or pro-rata; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57513/21]

2021-11-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way the €6 million announced in Budget 2022 for Healthy Ireland Sláintecare integration fund will be allocated; the sub-allocation to measures within this new measures grouping in tabular form; the amount remaining unallocated; the amount which relates to other new measures funding group commitments; if this is included as a whole or pro-rata; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57514/21]

2021-11-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way the remaining €7 million announced in Budget 2022 under additional resources for current expenditure which is not covered in the table of selected measures will be allocated in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57515/21]

2021-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on physiotherapy waiting lists by CHO for each quarter since quarter 4 2018, in tabular form; the number of those waiting more than 12, 24 and 52 weeks respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56224/21]

2021-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on occupational therapy waiting lists by CHO for each quarter since quarter 4 2018, in tabular form; the number of those waiting more than 12, 24 and 52 weeks respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56225/21]

2021-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on assessment of needs waiting lists by CHO for each quarter since quarter 4 2018, in tabular form; the number of those waiting more than 12, 24 and 52 weeks respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56226/21]

2021-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on speech and language therapy waiting lists by CHO for each quarter since quarter 4 2018, in tabular form; the number of those waiting more than 12, 24 and 52 weeks respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56227/21]

2021-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on podiatry waiting lists by CHO for each quarter since quarter 4 2018, in tabular form; the number of those waiting more than 12, 24 and 52 weeks respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56228/21]

2021-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on ophthalmology waiting lists by CHO for each quarter since quarter 4 2018, in tabular form; the number of those waiting more than 12, 24 and 52 weeks, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56229/21]

2021-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on audiology waiting lists by CHO for each quarter since quarter 4 2018, in tabular form; the number of those waiting more than 12, 24 and 52 weeks, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56230/21]

2021-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on dietetics waiting lists by CHO for each quarter since quarter 4 2018, in tabular form; the number of those waiting more than 12, 24 and 52 weeks, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56231/21]

2021-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on psychology waiting lists by CHO for each quarter since quarter 4 2018, in tabular form; the number of those waiting more than 12, 24 and 52 weeks, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56232/21]

2021-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on orthodontics waiting lists by CHO for each quarter since quarter 4 2018, in tabular form; the number of those waiting more than 12, 24 and 52 weeks, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56233/21]

2021-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on dental waiting lists by CHO for each quarter since quarter 4 2018, in tabular form; the number of those waiting more than 12, 24 and 52 weeks, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56234/21]

2021-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on counselling in primary care lists by CHO for each quarter since quarter 4 2018, in tabular form; the number of those waiting more than 12, 24 and 52 weeks, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56235/21]

2021-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on CAMHS waiting lists by CHO for each quarter since quarter 4 2018, in tabular form; the number of those waiting more than 12, 24 and 52 weeks, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56236/21]

2021-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons over and under 65 years of age on nursing home support scheme funding waiting lists by CHO in each quarter since quarter 4 2018, in tabular form; the number of those waiting more than 12, 24 and 52 weeks, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56237/21]

2021-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons over and under 65 years of age on home support assessment waiting lists by CHO in each quarter since quarter 4 2018, in tabular form; the number of those waiting more than 12, 24 and 52 weeks, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56238/21]

2021-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons over and under 65 years of age on home support waiting lists, that is, waiting on funding for home support, new and additional; the number waiting on a carer to be assigned, new and additional; the number waiting on equipment to be provided, new and additional by CHO in each quarter since quarter 4 2018, in tabular form; the number of those waiting more than 12, 24 and 52 weeks, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56239/21]

2021-11-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the support for Irish survivors of thalidomide Bill; when it will be available for pre-legislative scrutiny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55516/21]

2021-11-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of places for oral immunotherapy for children; the locations of each facility in which the treatment is dispensed; his plans to expand the number of places for children; the location in which treatment is dispensed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55768/21]

2021-11-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant ophthalmologist attached to St. James's Hospital in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55769/21]

2021-11-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided to families in CHO 9 in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55770/21]

2021-11-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that visited the gastroenterology outpatients clinic in Beaumont Hospital in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55771/21]

2021-11-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent oncological dieticians operating in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; the area of operation of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55772/21]

2021-11-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent clinical nurse specialist in paediatric neurodevelopment employed by the HSE in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; the hospitals in which these clinical nurse specialists are located; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55773/21]

2021-11-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels at the cardiac services division of Cork University Hospital in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55774/21]

2021-11-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capital expenditure projects planned for Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55775/21]

2021-11-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who availed of each antenatal and maternity clinic in County Leitrim in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55776/21]

2021-11-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full year cost of increasing the opening hours at the urgent care centre at Children’s Health Ireland. Connolly from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday to 8am to 9pm seven days per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55777/21]

2021-11-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full year cost of recruiting 12 additional full-time ICU nurses for St. Vincent's University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55778/21]

2021-11-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant rheumatologist attached to Our Lady's Hospital, Navan in each of the past three years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55779/21]

2021-11-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to see a consultant paediatric maxillofacial surgeon at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital; the average waiting times to see the consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55780/21]

2021-11-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies by job title in the children's disability network teams in CHO1; the estimated full year cost of filling each of the vacancies in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55781/21]

2021-11-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE dental surgeon positions in County Cavan; the number of vacancies in County Cavan for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55782/21]

2021-11-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent registrars in vascular surgery in Roscommon University Hospital in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55783/21]

2021-11-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with representatives of an association (details supplied) to address major concerns regarding the support for Irish survivors of thalidomide Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55809/21]

2021-11-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason fibromyalgia is not included in the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55933/21]

2021-11-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of instances of fraud which have been reported, found or otherwise that have come to the attention of his Department relating to the dental treatment services scheme, GMS and other such contracts in tabular form; the number of investigations into such; the number of repayments made following such investigations; the value of same; the number of prosecutions sought following such investigations or allegations; the number of cases which his Department decided not to pursue legal action; the reason for each instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55973/21]

2021-11-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals which have yet to institute the agreed overtime rate increase for NCHDs from 1 July 2021 and the agreed salary increase from 1 October 2021; the date on which each of these hospitals will implement these new rates; if delayed payments will be back paid; the reason for continued delays on these rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55975/21]

2021-11-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the standard HSE protocol on advice for persons who have been provided with a second PCR test after the first is deemed inconclusive, if the second test shows not detected; if precautions such as self-isolating or an additional test applies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55977/21]

2021-11-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the resumption of daycare services in north County Sligo; the arrangement his Department will put in place to deliver daycare services in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55267/21]

2021-11-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average length of time it took to recruit and fill a nursing post in hospitals in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [55359/21]

2021-11-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average length of time it took to recruit and fill a consultant post in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [55360/21]

2021-11-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average length of time it took to recruit and fill a new or vacant post in the HSE in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [55361/21]

2021-11-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner referrals by type of referral and service for each month of 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55362/21]

2021-11-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 538 of 12 October 2021, the location at which the 1,146 acute beds announced in budget 2021 have been or will be opened in 2021; the number at each location; the number opened in existing spaces; the number previously funded under one-off funding such as, but not limited to, the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and the number opened in new spaces, that is, new build by type of unit, for example, single occupancy, in tabular form. [54852/21]

2021-11-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will list each waiting list for services provided by the HSE, except for those provided by community services, which is not reported by the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [54924/21]

2021-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average number of staff by grade on duty or on call on night shifts in each model 3 or model 4 hospital for each month since January 2020 to October 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54046/21]

2021-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cross-Border service level agreements which exist between hospitals and hospital groups, trusts north and south in tabular form; the discipline services which are provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54482/21]

2021-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the length of time of the recruitment clearance and staff orientation processes for international and domestic recruitment campaigns across staff group or grades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54493/21]

2021-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the investments and costs required for upgrading the two major trauma centres; the expansions of services which will be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54516/21]

2021-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of active general medical services scheme contracts and other contracts for general practitioner services with the HSE for each year since 2011. [54518/21]

2021-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will establish a national link with Northern Ireland for cross-Border paediatric pathology services; if a service level agreement or another such agreement will be established or is being discussed or developed to ensure paediatric pathology services are available on the island in both jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54523/21]

2021-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times he or his officials have met or discussed the matter of cross-Border paediatric pathology services with their counterparts in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54524/21]

2021-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses and midwives who leave the HSE within one, five and five years of taking up employment. [54529/21]

2021-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors by level, that is, from trainee to consultant who leave the HSE within one, five and five years of taking up employment. [54530/21]

2021-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of overtime hours worked on a weekly basis by medical and nursing grade staff in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form. [54537/21]

2021-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of annual leave days forgone and unused by nursing, midwifery and medical staff in each of the years 2017 to 2020. [54539/21]

2021-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which a nursing and midwifery or medical grade staff were called back prematurely from a period of leave; and the number of staff affected, in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form. [54540/21]

2021-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of capital project applications which have been submitted by each hospital, by hospital group, for new bed units and wards and treatment capacity expansion, for example, theatres; the number sought; the stage at which each of these applications is at; the estimated cost of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54576/21]

2021-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies by staffing category and grade at each hospital, by hospital group; the length of time these vacancies have been open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54577/21]

2021-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average length of time it takes to recruit a replacement for a vacancy; the average length of time it takes to recruit into a new post across medical and nursing and midwifery staff grades for each hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54578/21]

2021-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average length of time each stage in the capital application process takes in the context of new build acute inpatient beds; the length of time of the application process, the funding approval process, the procurement process and the build process, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54587/21]

2021-11-03

VOTE

Extension of Health (Amendment) Act 2020

✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 82–43

2021-11-03

VOTE

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 · 2 divisions

✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 82–44
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 59–66

2021-11-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his Department’s plans to set up a system for medical exemption to the EU Digital COVID Certificate for persons who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons or in cases of an adverse reaction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52039/21]

2021-11-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list for each county; the average waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52139/21]

2021-11-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental treatment waiting list for each county; the average waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52140/21]

2021-11-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the orthodontic appointment waiting list for each county; the average waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52141/21]

2021-11-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the orthodontic treatment waiting list for each county; the average waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52142/21]

2021-11-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of active dental treatment services scheme contracts. [52143/21]

2021-11-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of active general medical services scheme contracts. [52144/21]

2021-11-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the latest number of approved and vacant consultant posts, by tenure, medical discipline or speciality including orthodontics and CHO or hospital group and location. [52145/21]

2021-11-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service will conduct home visits for homebound persons who are due to receive a Covid-19 booster shot or for persons with mobility constraints otherwise facing difficulty travelling to attend in-person clinics; if not, if general practitioners will be resourced to provide such a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52162/21]

2021-11-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of alleged abuse cases submitted by disability and older persons services for review by a HSE safeguarding and protection team which have yet to be examined by CHO in tabular form; the date on which the oldest of such cases was referred for review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52180/21]

2021-11-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of safeguarding plans which have yet to be reviewed by HSE safeguarding and protection teams by CHO in tabular form; the date on which the oldest of such plans was received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52181/21]

2021-11-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of residents in HSE disability or older persons services who are known to be abusive or potentially abusive, including but not limited to sexual abuse, who are still resident in community settings and not confined for the protection of residents, such as occurred in a case (details supplied); the protections in place for each setting by CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52182/21]

2021-11-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of surgical theatres across the HSE; the number which are closed due to equipment reasons, staffing reasons or other reasons in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52186/21]

2021-11-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on waiting lists for scoliosis treatment or spinal procedures, including fusion, by location; the median, mean and maximum waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52227/21]

2021-11-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults with scoliosis who received an outpatient appointment within 12 weeks of referral, a diagnostic scan within 10 days or an outpatient appointment within 10 weeks; the number which did not; the current waiting times for an outpatient, diagnostic or inpatient appointment for scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52229/21]

2021-11-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when a report (details supplied) will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52230/21]

2021-11-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the report of the national safeguarding committee will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52231/21]

2021-11-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when Covid-19 booster vaccines will be available for those with autoimmune conditions in particular type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52370/21]

2021-11-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 334 of 30 September 2021, the annual increases in the mental health expenditure separated by NSP development funding, Covid-19 related expenditure, pay restoration expenditure and any other relevant categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52730/21]

2021-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of paediatric critical care beds in 2022; the current capacity; the number of beds which will be added in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51745/21]

2021-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the occupancy rates of paediatric critical care beds averaged across each quarter for 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51746/21]

2021-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount of revenue raised in 2018, 2019 and 2020 through parking charges by each hospital in tabular form; the number of patients this was raised from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51767/21]

2021-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount of revenue raised in 2018, 2019 and 2020 through private charges by each hospital in tabular form; the number of patients this was raised from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51768/21]

2021-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount of revenue raised in 2018, 2019 and 2020 through public inpatient charges by each hospital in tabular form; the number of patients this was raised from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51769/21]

2021-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount of revenue raised in 2018, 2019 and 2020 through emergency department charges by each hospital in tabular form; the number of patients this was raised from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51770/21]

2021-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount of revenue raised in 2018, 2019 and 2020 through road traffic accident charges by each hospital in tabular form; the number of patients this was raised from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51771/21]

2021-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount of fees charged for the National Ambulance Service and Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance services in 2018, 2019 and 2020 by region, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51772/21]

2021-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount outstanding from patient debtors for private facilities in public hospitals; the reason for this sum; the amount which the HSE considers to be bad and or doubtful in terms of repayment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51773/21]

2021-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount outstanding to HSE creditors in August 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51774/21]

2021-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total value of consultancy costs for his Department and the HSE in the year to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51775/21]

2021-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason funding for the stroke strategy was not announced as part of the €50 million for clinical strategies in Budget 2022; when the plan and the implementation plan will be published; the level of funding that will be provided;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51880/21]

2021-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide definitive date for the implementation of a full 24/7 primary percutaneous coronary intervention service at the University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51908/21]

2021-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason funding for the stroke strategy was not announced as part of the €50 million for clinical strategies in Budget 2022; when the stroke strategy and implementation plan will be published; the level of funding which will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51962/21]

2021-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to recognise fibromyalgia as a disability; his plans to update the long-term illness scheme to include this condition; his plans to introduce necessary supports and services for persons with fibromyalgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51428/21]

2021-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on hospital waiting lists, including lists not reported by the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, such as diagnostic lists; his plans for tackling waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50782/21]

2021-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to prevent emergency department overflows from interrupting scheduled care this winter; if he will provide additional resources to the National Ambulance Service to boost emergency care in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50783/21]

2021-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase specialist training places in particular for general practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50780/21]

2021-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way in which he will fully implements the safe staffing framework; the full-year implementation cost; the number of nurses and midwives the health service will hire in 2022; if he will implement nurse patient staffing ratios; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50781/21]

2021-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason there are no transitional care services for adolescents using insulin pump therapy at University Hospital Waterford; his plans to provide this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50456/21]

2021-10-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will list each waiting list which exists for services provided by the HSE which is not reported by the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [50641/21]

2021-10-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to engage with the EU regarding Ireland’s participation in a joint procurement process related to potential Covid-19 treatments; if these potential treatments will be made available after the EMA approval; if Ireland will join in a European Commission-led process on the matter; if Ireland will seek to secure these treatments independently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50166/21]

2021-10-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels in the diabetes department at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50235/21]

2021-10-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to recruit additional diabetes nurse specialists at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50236/21]

2021-10-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the thrive with diabetes project at University Hospital Waterford and its deliverables to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50237/21]

2021-10-12

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions, fixed penalty notices or other sanctions that have been made under the Protection of Children’s Health (Tobacco Smoke in Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) Act 2014 each year since enactment by offence; the number of offences enforced by An Garda Síochána under the Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49704/21]

2021-10-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when a vaccine compensation scheme will be established in view of the urgent recommendations made in the Expert Group Report to Review the Law of Torts and the Current Systems for the Management of Clinical Negligence Claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49437/21]

2021-10-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the location at which the new acute inpatient beds of the circa 1,140 announced in budget 2021 have been or will be opened in 2021; the number at each location; the number opened in existing space; the number opened in new space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49460/21]

2021-10-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds that received direct capital funding to be opened in 2021 or 2022 as part of budget 2021 in new space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49461/21]

2021-10-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds staffed, funded and opened or will be opened by the end of 2021; the breakdown of these beds by multi-occupancy ward compared to single occupancy room; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49462/21]

2021-10-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to replace 5% of acute inpatient beds in multi-occupancy wards with single-occupancy rooms. [49463/21]

2021-10-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to replace 100 acute inpatient beds in multi-occupancy wards with single-occupancy rooms. [49464/21]

2021-10-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the planned additional hospital beds to be delivered between 2022 to 2026, by location and bed type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49507/21]

2021-10-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the locations in which there is an open primary care centre; the locations of planned additional primary care centres to be opened in 2021, 2022 and after; the number that will be operational by 2026 and 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49508/21]

2021-10-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the pilot waiting projects which have taken place in the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh, Our Lady's Hospital Navan and University Hospital Kerry; the terms of reference and findings of these pilots projects; the steps taken in each hospital; the results in each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49657/21]

2021-10-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of the pilot waiting list project taken by Beaumont Hospital; the measures taken; the results of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49658/21]

2021-10-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 6 October 2021, if he will provide further details on the contracts referred to, such as their purpose. [49792/21]

2021-10-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of private intermediate care beds funded, procured, used or leased in 2020 and to date in 2021, by service type. [49793/21]

2021-10-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of private intermediate care bed days purchased in 2020 and to date in 2021, by service type. [49794/21]

2021-10-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of private transitional care beds funded, procured, used or leased in 2020 and to date in 2021, by service type. [49795/21]

2021-10-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of private transitional care bed days purchased in 2020 and to date in 2021, by service type. [49796/21]

2021-10-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of public short stay beds available on 1 January 2020, 1 January 2021 and 1 October 2021 by service type; the average number available on any one day in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49797/21]

2021-10-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of persons that are waiting to be seen in the national gender service by CHO, LHO and age group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48789/21]

2021-10-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for audiology appointments in the CHO1 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48876/21]

2021-10-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for audiology appointments in the CHO2 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48877/21]

2021-10-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for audiology appointments in the CHO3 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48878/21]

2021-10-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for audiology appointments in the CHO4 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48879/21]

2021-10-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for audiology appointments in the CHO5 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48880/21]

2021-10-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for audiology appointments in the CHO6 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48881/21]

2021-10-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for audiology appointments in the CHO7 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48882/21]

2021-10-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for audiology appointments in the CHO8 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48883/21]

2021-10-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for audiology appointments in the CHO9 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48884/21]

2021-10-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to diabetes care at the University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48502/21]

2021-10-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of active contracts or tenders for health ICT or eHealth projects by software, hardware or similar typology; the length of contract and start date or year; the value of the contracts; the locations in which they are public knowledge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48714/21]

2021-10-06

VOTE

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021 · 2 divisions

✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 78–55
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 59–73

2021-10-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the health and social care career pathway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47869/21]

2021-10-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum wait time for children waiting on a MRI or CT scan by location [48038/21]

2021-10-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of MRI and CT scan machines; and the number that are operational, non-operational and broken, respectively. [48039/21]

2021-10-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres by location; and the number that are closed. [48040/21]

2021-10-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of surgeries for replacement joints which have been cancelled in the past three years due to a lack of replacement joints due to funding constraints. [48041/21]

2021-10-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff of the 14,700 announced in Budget 2022 which have been hired; the revised target for year end; the breakdown of onboarded staff by grade and section; the number recruited for Covid-19 test and trace services; the number hired on a permanent and indefinite basis; and the number hired on a temporary and fixed-term basis. [48042/21]

2021-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total budget allocation to his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47209/21]

2021-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of his Department’s spending on health and social care in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47210/21]

2021-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of his Departmental or HSE funding to section 39 organisations for each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47211/21]

2021-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total health expenditure per capita in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47212/21]

2021-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the hospitals with emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47213/21]

2021-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the hospitals with maternity departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47214/21]

2021-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of healthcare expenditure which was generated by private, voluntary and out-of-pocket contributions for each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47215/21]

2021-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding drawn down by the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; the amount of funding in each year spent on procuring services from private healthcare providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47216/21]

2021-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the maximum number of patients that can be registered with a general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47218/21]

2021-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance ECHO and DELTA calls which were not responded to within 18 minutes and 59 seconds in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47219/21]

2021-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent number of bank or agency staff contracted to the HSE by staff group in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47220/21]

2021-09-30

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of hospital beds in the State per 1,000 population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47221/21]

2021-09-30

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of intensive care hospital beds in the State per 1,000 population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47222/21]

2021-09-30

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the inpatient bed occupancy rate in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47223/21]

2021-09-30

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on waiting lists for inpatient and outpatient medical treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47224/21]

2021-09-30

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who were waiting in excess of one year for inpatient and outpatient medical treatment in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47225/21]

2021-09-30

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of medical graduates who emigrated in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47227/21]

2021-09-30

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of public and private nursing home beds in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47228/21]

2021-09-30

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided annually by the HSE in each of the years 2017 to 2020; the number of home help hours provided in these years by private companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47229/21]

2021-09-30

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend on mental health in each of the years 2017 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47230/21]

2021-09-30

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents currently accessing CAMHS; the number of children currently on the waiting list for initial assessment by CAMHS; the length of time they have been waiting for an initial assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47231/21]

2021-09-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine booster programme for vulnerable persons; the way appointments will be issued; the basis on which vulnerable patients are being decided; the criteria being used to determine the higher risk category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47234/21]

2021-09-30

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if cardiac patients will be contacted in the early stages of the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine booster programme for vulnerable persons; if heart failure patients will be considered as vulnerable patients given their high-risk category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47235/21]

2021-09-30

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timelines for the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine booster programme for all vulnerable persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47236/21]

2021-09-30

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total sum spent on, by or through or allocated to the National Treatment Purchase Fund since its inception by year to date; the number of procedures it facilitated in each year to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47439/21]

2021-09-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding that has been allocated or will be provided for the recruitment of staff in the second catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46873/21]

2021-09-29

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will give consideration to providing additional cardiologists for the second catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford; the number of additional cardiologists being sought; and the funding allocated for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46874/21]

2021-09-28

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46056/21]

2021-09-28

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of administration staff at the department of oncology at Tallaght University Hospital; if funding will be provided for the recruitment of additional administration staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46226/21]

2021-09-28

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a national lead in genomics by the HSE; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46262/21]

2021-09-28

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of Recommendation 17 of the National Cancer Strategy, appointment of a National Lead for Cancer Molecular Diagnostics; if progress can be made in this prior to the appointment of the national lead in genomics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46263/21]

2021-09-28

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of CAAC-approved consultant posts across each specialty; the basis on which they are filled as per DIME; and the number of each type of contract, that is, A, B and C across specialties filled and or allocated for all 3,613 posts. [46348/21]

2021-09-28

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of CAAC-approved consultant posts across each discipline and specialty; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary and agency, as per DIME; and the number of each type of contract, that is, A, B and C across disciplines filled and or allocated for all approved posts including the number on post-2012 pay rates. [46354/21]

2021-09-28

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to remove the necessity to undertake a hotel quarantine upon arrival in Ireland for Irish citizens living in Argentina that have been fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46578/21]

2021-09-28

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if advice will be provided regarding a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46598/21]

2021-09-23

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if this is in line with his Department’s workforce planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45755/21]

2021-09-22

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant haematologist at St. James's Hospital, Dublin; the average waiting times to see a consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45290/21]

2021-09-22

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant neonatologist and consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist working in the maternity unit at St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny in each of the years of 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45291/21]

2021-09-22

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capital investments that have been sought by the Ireland East Hospital Group for Our Lady's Hospital, Navan; the status of each application; the status of the planned capital development at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45292/21]

2021-09-22

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time head and neck oncology nurse specialists at the Mater Hospital in each of the years of 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45293/21]

2021-09-22

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time nurses working in Monaghan Hospital in 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of vacant nursing posts in the hospital; the steps being taken to fill the vacant nursing posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45294/21]

2021-09-22

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when works are due to commence on the new accident and emergency department at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45295/21]

2021-09-22

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time staff by job title working in the orthopaedic department of Tullamore Regional Hospital; the number of staff vacancies by job title within this department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45296/21]

2021-09-22

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting four additional full-time dental hygienists for both CHO 6 and 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45297/21]

2021-09-22

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff positions unfilled at Tallaght University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45298/21]

2021-09-22

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels in each department at University Hospital Kerry including the emergency department in February 2020; if he will provide figures for staffing levels as of September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45299/21]

2021-09-22

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of community-based neurorehabilitation teams in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45300/21]

2021-09-22

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric video fluoroscopy procedures that took place at CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45301/21]

2021-09-22

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time nutrition specialists working in Letterkenny University Hospital in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45302/21]

2021-09-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his Department has plans to introduce a programme (details supplied) at Waterford Institute of Technology free of charge for those patients who cannot afford the programme but who could significantly benefit from same; if additional supports will be made available to cover these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44449/21]

2021-09-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the plans to relocate the National Maternity Hospital from Holles Street; if alternative sites are being considered; the reason the board of the HSE rejected its proposed governance structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44541/21]

2021-09-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children and young adults currently attending University Hospital Waterford with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44573/21]

2021-09-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children and young adults attending University Hospital Waterford with type 1 diabetes using insulin pump therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44574/21]

2021-09-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who are waiting on a first appointment to the outpatients diabetes clinic in University Hospital Waterford; the number who are waiting over 12, 24 and 36 months, 4 and 5 years, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44575/21]

2021-09-21

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that required in-hospital treatment for diabetes related foot complications and lower limb loss in each of the years 2014 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form by CHO and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44576/21]

2021-09-21

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45236/21]

2021-09-16

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if Irish citizens can access public funding, either on a standard or exceptional basis for medical treatment outside of the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK; the authority that authorises same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44392/21]

2021-09-16

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his Department can identify the Irish surgeons who are available to fully and safely remove mesh implants; if the HSE will update its website accordingly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44393/21]

2021-09-15

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if steps will be taken to address the unacceptably long waiting list for the National Gender Service; his plans to revise the role of the National Gender Service in gatekeeping transgender healthcare to allow transgender persons access care in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43210/21]

2021-09-15

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts including posts filled on a temporary basis or by locum staff by hospital and by hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43289/21]

2021-09-15

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to fully remove private healthcare from public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43290/21]

2021-09-15

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering free general practitioner care to all children up to the age of 18 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43291/21]

2021-09-15

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand the long-term illness scheme or to broaden the eligibility criteria for the long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43312/21]

2021-09-15

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the Medical Council to ensure that PRES 3 candidates will be given an opportunity to sit their exams as soon as possible; his plans to allow PRES 3 candidates to obtain temporary registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43332/21]

2021-09-15

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he expects the new Sláintecare public-only consultant contract to be fully operationalised as the standard contract for new consultant appointments; the date from which this will occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43946/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) about the EU digital Covid-19 certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41539/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to extend the flash glucose FreeStyle Libre device to persons over 21 years of age. [41540/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to establish a diabetes register. [41541/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to establish a stroke register. [41542/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to establish a heart valve disease register. [41543/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to extend the type 2 diabetes cycle of care to all people with type 2 diabetes. [41544/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated total annual diabetes-related expenditure. [41545/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual expenditure change if provision of continuous glucose monitor, CGM, devices was replaced with flash glucose monitoring devices, for example, the FreeStyle Libre device. [41546/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41556/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when a second endocrinologist will be appointed to University Hospital Waterford; if he will provide details regarding the start date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41557/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the wait times for brachytherapy by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41559/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason brachytherapy is not available at the University Hospital Waterford; his plans to introduce brachytherapy for public patients at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41560/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an endoscopy at University Hospital Waterford; the number of persons who have been waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 to 90 and more than 90 days in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41577/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the services that will be provided in the second catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford; if services will include primary percutaneous coronary intervention procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41582/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of the additional interventional cardiologists and supporting staff to enable University Hospital Waterford to staff a 24/7 primary percutaneous coronary intervention service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41583/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the second catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford will be fully equipped to the same standard as the first laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41584/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current policy definition of fully vaccinated in the context of Covid-19; if immunocompetent persons under 50 years of age with a previous laboratory confirmed infection within nine months are considered fully vaccinated after one or two doses; the reason for this; if a second dose or booster shot will be required regardless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41653/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of universal general practitioner care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41663/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost to introduce universal general practitioner care for each annualised income bracket starting with €0 to €14,999 and building in increments of €5,000 to €100,000 plus, in tabular form, including the population size of each bracket. [41664/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of providing a general practitioner visit card for each annualised income bracket starting with €0 to €14,999 and building in increments of €5,000 to €100,000 plus, in tabular form, including the population size of each bracket. [41665/21]

2021-09-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if certification of ineligibility for vaccination where advised by a medical professional will be provided as part of the digital Covid certificate or other means; if a provision will be made for those unable to be vaccinated in the certification system relating to travel and domestic restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41702/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the ongoing attendance and visiting restrictions in hospitals; if the current HSE guidance will be reviewed to allow families and friends to visit their loved ones in hospitals; his position on the use of antigen testing to facilitate same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41716/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will review a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) relating to the vaccination of persons aged 16 and older; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41718/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated current and capital cost of 100 additional residential places for persons with a disability. [41739/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated costs of moving 360 persons a year out of congregated settings; and the ancillary costs for care. [41740/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 100,000 personal assistant hours. [41741/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to expand current HSE personalised budget demonstration project pilots for persons with disabilities to each CHO for 90 persons (details supplied). [41742/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of doubling existing respite hours; and the number of hours or days and nights that this would provide. [41743/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of an additional respite hour, day and night, respectively. [41746/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of an additional respite house; the estimated cost of running it and the staffing requirements; and the number of hours or days and nights that an additional house would provide. [41747/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to retain additional capacity for day services added for resumption of day services under Covid-19 restrictions and to fully staff this. [41748/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who avail on a 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 day-a-week basis of day services at peak since 1 January 2019, respectively. [41749/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to fully meet demand for day services on pre-pandemic levels. [41750/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of an additional dementia key worker. [41751/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of an additional dementia advisor. [41752/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting an additional dementia coordinator. [41753/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a 1% and 5% increase to the day care services current and capital budgets. [41754/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of refurbishing day care service centres in need of works. [41755/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a 1% and 10% increase to HSE expenditure on day services on pre-pandemic levels. [41756/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to move 100 adults with a disability aged under 65 from a nursing home to assisted living; and the breakdown of ancillary costs. [41757/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 150 additional therapists for children’s disability network teams. [41758/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 50 additional physiotherapist posts. [41759/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 50 additional occupational therapist posts. [41760/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 50 additional speech and language therapist posts. [41761/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 50 additional practice nurse posts. [41762/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 50 additional public health nurse posts. [41763/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 50 additional public-only general practitioners. [41764/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 30 additional dementia advisors and key workers. [41766/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated current and capital cost of five new palliative care beds and staffing. [41767/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of an additional psychologist for every CAMHS and primary care centre and number of posts. [41768/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 276 additional psychologists. [41769/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase investment in approved mental health centre capital works, site maintenance and upgrade works budget to €30 million. [41770/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to provide a consistent 7-day week outpatient child and adolescent mental health services model. [41771/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing a National Advocacy Service for mental health services users. [41773/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital and current cost of an additional disability services residential place. [41777/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital and current cost of an older persons services long-stay bed. [41778/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital and current cost of an older persons services short-stay bed. [41779/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital and current cost to replace all privately provided older persons services short-stay beds with public beds. [41780/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital and current cost of a mental health approved centre bed. [41781/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital and current cost of a mental health community residence bed. [41782/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital and current cost of a specialist palliative care bed. [41783/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital and current cost of a social inclusion bed. [41784/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital and current cost to return rehabilitation bed and detox bed levels to pre-pandemic level peak. [41785/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital and current cost of reopening 120 rehabilitation beds. [41786/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital and current cost of reopening 48 detox beds. [41787/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital and current cost of a new rehabilitation bed. [41788/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital and current cost of a new detox bed. [41789/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the work undertaken to reopen the GMHS; the progress made to date regarding the recruitment of permanent staff at St James's Hospital, Meath primary care centre, St. Vincent's Private Hospital and the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in order to resume new applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41811/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the indicative timeframe for when the GMHS will fully reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41812/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he plans to adjust the blood transfusion policy regarding men who have sex with men in line with evidence-based practice as has recently occurred in the North and in Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42019/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the 2019 and 2020 budget and staffing composition of the Office of the Chief Medical Officer. [42151/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the 2019 and 2020 budget and staffing composition of the Office of the Chief Nursing Office. [42152/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the 2019 and 2020 budget and staffing composition of HIQA. [42153/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of specific guidance on the treatment of long Covid; the criteria and strategies for the ongoing evaluation of patients; if research reports and data are or will be made publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42233/21]

2021-09-09

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to add emphysema and asthma to the long-term illness scheme or otherwise reimburse costs; the reason these conditions are not included on the long-term illness scheme; if he will reconsider same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42244/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists as inpatients and outpatients, respectively in all departments in University Hospital Waterford; the breakdown for the cardiology department including treatment and diagnoses; the number of persons on the waiting list for emergency cardiac care in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42250/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to deliver an additional 200 intensive support packages. [42421/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the delivery and full operationalisation of the single integrated financial and procurement management system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42422/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of developing a national strategies inclusive of such costs as public and sectoral consultations, consultant fees and other ancillary costs based on the latest three strategies which his Department has published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42631/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of and his plans regarding the statutory homecare bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42723/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of his Department’s review of and plans regarding the deferred private members’ professional homecare bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42724/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to specialist care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42833/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of each commission of investigation under the remit of his Department over the preceding decade. [42994/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of new early intervention teams that have been established since February 2020 in view of the programme for Government commitment to fully implement the access and inclusion model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43084/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE school age teams currently operating across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43085/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost to fund a school age team in its entirety, including a clinical psychologist, occupational therapist and speech and language therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43086/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of service providers by type of provider contracted by the HSE to provide rehabilitation services by community health organisation, CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43087/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold to €100; the estimated cost of reducing same in increments of €15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43088/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual spend on the dental treatment services scheme in each of the years 2000 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43089/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of community rehabilitation teams currently in operation for each community healthcare organisation, CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43090/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated first year and full-year cost of setting up a new community rehabilitation team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43091/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason the National Ambulance Service does not recognise intermediate care operatives as ambulance personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43092/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason the National Ambulance Service is asking intermediate care operatives to work on emergency ambulances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43093/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels of the National Ambulance Service by CHO; the current number of wholetime equivalent posts by occupation currently working; the recommended and budgeted number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43094/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if advice will be provided in relation to a matter raised in correspondence regarding vaccination (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43095/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the units by community healthcare organisation, CHO, or any smaller unit in which HSE dental services have been limited to emergency provision only for children and or adults for each month of 2020 and to date in 2021, as has occurred in County Kildare and west County Wicklow; if any other units are considering the confinement of services; the reason in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43096/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when routine and elective treatments including school dental checks and dental appointments for children and adults will resume in Kildare and west Wicklow; if any of these services have been suspended in any other CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43097/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if advice will be provided regarding a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43098/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants at Beaumont Hospital performing full removal of transobturator mesh implants; the number of surgeries performed in the past month; the outcomes of these surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43099/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there are or will be any special procedures including supervision by an immunologist of persons who are vaccine candidates but are likely to suffer from anaphylaxis or another reaction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43100/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing additional dedicated children’s beds for psychiatric care to stop the practice of using beds in adult psychiatric services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43101/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE early intervention teams presently in operation across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43102/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE school age teams in operation across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43103/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a new HSE school age team by individual category. [43104/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the net change in the number of and wholetime equivalent staffing of early intervention teams since February 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43105/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a new early intervention team by individual category. [43106/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his position in relation to the recent HSE commitment to recruit medical and nursing students as vaccinators; if these positions will be reimbursed; if the HSE can outline the eligibility criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43107/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when x-ray services will be reinstated in University Hospital Waterford; the number of persons awaiting an urgent general practitioner referral x-ray in the Hospital; the waiting time for such an x-ray; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43108/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken regarding the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of Lyme disease and to ensure that persons suffering with Lyme disease or chronic Lyme disease are being properly supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43109/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Consultant Applications Advisory Committee regularised approved consultant posts; the number of posts registered on the Doctors Integrated Management E-System as vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43110/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the supports and safeguards that have been provided for vaccinators who do not have professional indemnity insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43112/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details in relation to insurance for vaccinators; if nurses who have been recruited as vaccinators and are former members of the union will be covered by the union's professional scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43113/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he and the HSE have considered plans submitted by a society (details supplied) relating to a dedicated unit to treat and rehabilitate patients with intestinal failure; if he has made a decision on the proposal for such a unit at a location such as St. James’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43114/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assistant psychologists that are currently working in a voluntary capacity within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43115/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on the recruitment of assistant psychologists in an unpaid capacity; if the review has been carried out; if the results of the review will be made available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43116/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand the current national pilot assistant psychology programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43117/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds in the health service; the number of beds in wards; the number of beds in single room isolation; the estimated cost to replace 10% of beds in wards with single isolation; if he has plans or targets to replace beds over a fixed time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43118/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average revenue cost of a community bed by type of community bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43119/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists that have withdrawn from the dental service scheme in the period 31 May 2020 to 31 May 2021, by county and by CHO area in tabular form; the number of dentists that remain on the scheme by county and by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43120/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of providing at least one advanced nurse practitioner in each heart failure service unit. [43121/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of ten wholetime equivalent lactation consultants. [43122/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 50 new nursing posts. [43123/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of non-training NCHD posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43124/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE patients who have been facilitated for treatment in the United States for full or partial removal of transobturator mesh implants; if a patient could access public funding for such treatment in the US; if so, the person or body that authorises same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43125/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost to restore pay equality for consultants on type B contracts; the additional cost of any back pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43126/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of a 100% uptake each year of the HPV vaccine. [43127/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 50 new healthcare assistant posts. [43128/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address the immediate funding need for dementia-specific day care services provided by a society (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43129/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost for the school immunisation programme if uptake was to be 100% each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43130/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost for the school immunisation programme if those who did not get the HPV vaccine in their year of eligibility were to receive it during a subsequent school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43131/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the Minister for Education, the HSE and higher education institutes to ensure that students on clinical placements in hospitals who opt not to be vaccinated can complete their placements without failing or repeating the previous academic year; if allowing students to have regular Covid-19 testing privately will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43132/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and types of staff required to safely staff an adult critical care bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43133/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase the general practitioner trainee intake to 250; the number of places provided for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43134/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the supports and safeguards that have been provided for vaccinators that do not have a professional indemnity insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43135/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details in relation to insurance for vaccinators; if nurses who have been recruited as vaccinators and are former members of their union will be covered by the professional scheme of their union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43136/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken regarding the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of Lyme disease and to ensure that persons suffering with Lyme disease or chronic Lyme disease are being properly supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43137/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the occupancy rates of both inpatient acute and ICU beds for each hospital group on 1 July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43138/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing a permanent Covid-19 testing and tracing unit with the capacity to manage 500 cases a day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43139/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in revenue cost of an acute inpatient bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43140/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of delivering the new 26 critical care beds in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Tallaght University Hospital and University Hospital Limerick; the cost per stage and across cost types for each project; the length of time each project will take to fully complete for each stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43141/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated full additional cost of implementing the new stroke programme strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43142/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds funded in budget 2021 that have been delivered and that are expected to be delivered by year end. [43143/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies that currently exist in CHO5 across psychiatry, psychology, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, counselling and psychotherapy and mental health nursing by job title in tabular form; the number of positions across these disciplines that are currently fulfilled by locum or agency staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43144/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way consultancy firms utilised by the HSE strategy and planning will be managed in the future; the steps that are currently being undertaken by his Department to ensure that HSE staff are utilised in place of consultancy firms moving forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43145/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost to restore pay equality for consultants on type C contracts; the additional cost of any back pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43146/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of completing the repatriation of CervicalCheck screening services and diagnostics into a single public laboratory; the number of staff which need to be hired; the cost for same; the capital cost, if any; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43147/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of providing four whole-time-equivalent heart failure clinical nurse specialists per 150,000 persons; the estimated number of additional heart failure clinical nurse specialists this would require; the number of vacancies in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43148/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 50 new midwife posts. [43149/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of training NCHD posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43150/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing an additional 180 expand medical intern training places in 2022; the requirements for such an expansion in terms of supervising posts and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43151/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of providing BNP blood testing and echocardiography at primary care level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43152/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of providing a dedicated cardiac physiologist in each heart failure unit. [43153/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of an additional chronic disease management team; the staffing composition of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43154/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing community paramedicine resources by 5%; the staffing composition of current community paramedicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43155/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of making heart failure community integration teams available nationally and standardising their roles across all CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43156/21]

2021-09-09

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff brought on in the first half of 2021 and to be brought on in the second half of 2021 and in 2022 for community healthcare networks; the number of staff who will be reassigned from within the HSE in each of those periods; the staffing composition across grade and occupation in wholetime equivalent terms by community health network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43157/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of practitioners offering termination of pregnancy services by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33526/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has considered the addition of chronic pain to the medicinal cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33527/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims which have been made to the CervicalCheck tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33528/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of pregnancy terminations for each year since the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 was commenced by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33529/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of pregnancy terminations sought and their status for each year since the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 was commenced in tabular form; the number of terminations for which the patient had to seek services beyond their county by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33530/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the review of the National Rare Disease Plan 2014-2018 will be published; if a successor policy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33531/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the review of the HSE drug reimbursement process will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33532/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if access for nursing homes to the temporary assistance payment scheme will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33533/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of additional community beds delivered in 2021 of the 1,250 promised in budget 2021; the split between public and private; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33534/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average capital cost of a community bed by type of community bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33535/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average revenue cost of a community bed by type of community bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33536/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 29 April 2021, if any of the four products referenced as accepted for use in the MCAP no longer meet the definition of a specified controlled drug post-Brexit; if, this will have any bearing on their supply in this State given they have already been accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33537/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the sodium valproate inquiry and terms of reference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33538/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1789 of 24 March 2021, if the RCSI hospital group has followed up directly with the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33539/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the advice he received and the recommendations made regarding the location of the major trauma centre in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33540/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the investments and capital projects which must be made to upgrade the Mater Hospital to a major trauma centre; his plans for same over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33541/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will publish in full the report of the independent assessment panel and the scoring of the hospitals which bid for the major trauma centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33542/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will publish in full the recommendations of the HSE board regarding the location of major trauma centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33543/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost for the school immunisation programme if uptake was to be 100% every year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33544/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost for the school immunisation programme if those who did not get the HPV vaccine in their year of eligibility were to receive it during a subsequent school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33545/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the support services available from his Department for home support services for persons with autism; his plans to provide additional services and supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33546/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in relation to girls who have not received the HPV vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33547/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE early intervention teams presently operating across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33570/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of new early intervention teams that have been established since February 2020 in view of the Programme for Government commitment to fully implement the access and inclusion model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33571/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to fund an early intervention team in its entirety including an occupational therapist, psychologist and speech and language therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33572/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE school age teams currently operating across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33573/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost to fund a school age team in its entirety including a clinical psychologist, occupational therapist and speech and language therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33574/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists that have withdrawn from the dental service scheme in the period 31 May 2020 to 31 May 2021, by county and by CHO area in tabular form; the number of dentists that remain on the scheme by county and by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33581/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies that currently exist in CHO5 across psychiatry, psychology, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, counselling and psychotherapy and mental health nursing by job title in tabular form; the number of positions across these disciplines are currently fulfilled by locum or agency staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33582/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient psychiatry, psychology and psychotherapy appointments that have been cancelled in CHO5 due to staff unavailability in the period 1 December 2020 to 31 May 2021, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33583/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence in relation to vaccination issues (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33604/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for introducing the EU digital Covid certificate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33990/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for the Holles Street Hospital site once the national maternity hospital has relocated; if it will be repurposed within the HSE or sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34131/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annualised revenue and capital cost of implementing all of the remaining measures in the Health Service Breastfeeding Action Plan 2016-2021 in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34367/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if advice will be provided on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34478/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on consultancy firms (details supplied) in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; the projects associated with the firms; the amount spent and outcome of each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34493/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way consultancy firms utilised by the HSE strategy and planning will be managed in the future; the steps that are currently being undertaken by his Department to ensure that HSE staff are utilised in place of consultancy firms moving forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34494/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence in relation to the EU digital Covid certificate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34552/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the Minister for Education, the HSE and higher education institutes to ensure that students on clinical placements in hospitals who opt not to be vaccinated can complete their placements without failing or repeating the previous academic year; if allowing students to have regular Covid-19 testing privately will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34553/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of terminations provided at each maternity unit for each year since the commencement of services by county; the number of maternity units which do not or cannot provide termination services; when each unit is timelined to commence services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34882/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the drafting status of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill; when it will be advanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34883/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to making Covid-19 vaccination available for persons who must travel abroad for teaching or as part of their third-level education placement, Erasmus, studying abroad and so on and who must be vaccinated before they can take up such a post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34885/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the provisions that are being made for the allocation of unused Covid-19 vaccinations administrated by pharmacies; if consideration has been given to allowing under 50s who are willing to avail of the vaccine to receive unused vaccines in the pharmacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34983/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the outstanding measures in the National Cancer Strategy; the estimated additional funding this requires for full implementation; the basis on which this funding must be made available that is, one-off or recurring; the revenue and capital split of this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35462/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the outstanding measures in the National Maternity Strategy; the estimated additional funding this requires for full implementation; the basis on which this funding must be made available that is, one-off or recurring the revenue and capital split of this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35463/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the outstanding measures in the National Trauma Strategy; the estimated additional funding this requires for full implementation; the basis on which this funding must be made available that is, one-off or recurring; the revenue and capital split of this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35464/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the outstanding measures in the National Ambulance Service Strategic Plan; the estimated additional funding this requires for full implementation; the basis on which this funding must be made available that is, one-off or recurring; the revenue and capital split of this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35465/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the outstanding measures in the National Dementia Strategy; the estimated additional funding this requires for full implementation; the basis on which this funding must be made available that is, one-off or recurring; the revenue and capital split of this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35466/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the outstanding measures in the National Strategy and Policy for the Provision of Neuro-Rehabilitation Services; the estimated additional funding this requires for full implementation; the basis on which this funding must be made available that is, one-off or recurring; the revenue and capital split of this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35467/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the outstanding measures in the Breastfeeding Action Plan; the estimated additional funding this requires for full implementation; the basis on which this funding must be made available that is, one-off or recurring; the revenue and capital split of this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35468/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of providing universal palliative care; the measures required to achieve same; the basis on which this funding must be made available that is, one-off or recurring; the revenue and capital split of this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35469/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in revenue cost of an acute inpatient bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35470/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average all in capital cost of an acute inpatient bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35471/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of delivering the new 60-bed modular unit ward in University Hospital Limerick; the cost per stage and across cost types; the length of time the project will take to fully complete, for each stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35472/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all in cost of a critical bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35473/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average all in capital cost of a critical care bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35474/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of delivering the new 26 critical care beds in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Tallaght University Hospital and University Hospital Limerick; the cost per stage and across cost types for each project; the length of time each project will take to fully complete for each stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35475/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and types of staff required to safely staff an adult critical care bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35477/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and types of staff typically required to safely staff an inpatient ward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35478/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost to restore pay equality for consultants on type B contracts; the additional cost of any back pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35479/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost to restore pay equality for consultants on type C contracts; the additional cost of any back pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35480/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 100 new consultant posts on new Sláintecare public-only contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35481/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding newborn genetic screening services to expand the range of diseases which are screened for in line with the EU average of 20; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35483/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of completing the repatriation of CervicalCheck screening services and diagnostics into a single public laboratory; the number of staff which need to be hired; the cost for same; the capital cost, if any; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35484/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in annualised revenue cost for maintaining each type of public community bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35485/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in capital cost for delivering each type of public community bed on average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35486/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated all-in annualised revenue cost of an additional 50-neuro-rehabilitation beds; the estimated number of staff that would be needed to open 50 new beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35487/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated all-in capital cost of an additional 50-neuro-rehabilitation beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35488/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of an additional HSE adult safeguarding and protection team; the staffing composition of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35489/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of an additional community intervention team; the staffing composition of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35490/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of an additional chronic disease management team; the staffing composition of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35491/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully implementing the recommendations of the Nursing Home Expert Panel report by one-off costs and recurring costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35492/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated recruitment and revenue cost of hiring an additional 100 public dentists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35493/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual cost of restoring dental screening services for children in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35494/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated recruitment and revenue cost of hiring an additional 100 orthodontists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35495/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated recruitment and revenue cost of hiring an additional 100 dental technicians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35496/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated recruitment and revenue cost of hiring an additional 100 dental hygienists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35497/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the purpose of maintaining section 38 hospitals; the operational and governance differences between HSE hospitals and section 38 hospitals; if he envisages the creation of any new section 38 Hospitals; the typical ownership arrangements for assets used by section 38 hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35511/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing community paramedicine resources by 5%; the staffing composition of current community paramedicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35533/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of directly providing 1 million home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35534/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of providing 1 million home help hours through an agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35535/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of service providers by type of provider contracted by the HSE to provide home help services by community healthcare organisation, CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35536/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of service providers by type of provider contracted by the HSE to provide nursing home services by community healthcare organisation, CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35537/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of service providers by type of provider contracted by the HSE to provide rehabilitation services by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35538/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost required on top of budget 2021 commitments for the National Office for Home Support in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35539/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he plans to introduce spending measures related to ending direct provision; and the breakdown of the way they compare to existing spending for international protection applicants. [35542/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to restore pay for section 39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35545/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase the general practitioner trainee intake to 250; the number of places provided for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35546/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 100 community defibrillators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35547/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated first-year and full-year cost of introducing a universal contraception scheme for 17 to 25-year-old women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35548/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated first-year and full-year cost of introducing a universal sanitary products scheme for girls and women up to 25 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35549/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to reduce prescription charges by 50 cent and to abolish prescription charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35550/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to abolish hospital car parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35551/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold to €100; the estimated cost of reducing same in increments of €15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35552/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of a 100% uptake each year of the HPV vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35553/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing a permanent Covid-19 testing and tracing unit with the capacity to manage 500 cases a day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35554/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional revenue and capital cost for public health departments in 2022 of commitments made regarding consultant contracts and in the Sláintecare Implementation Strategy and Action Plan 2021-2023 for each item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35555/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35556/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing an additional 180 expand medical intern training places in 2022; the requirements for such an expansion in terms of supervising posts and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35563/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of setting up a new HSE security operation centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35564/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual spend on the dental treatment services scheme in 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35565/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual cost of each awareness campaign that has been run in each of the years since 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35566/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated full additional cost of implementing the new stroke programme strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35567/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of providing BNP blood testing and echocardiography at primary care level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35568/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of making heart failure community integration teams available nationally and standardising their roles across all CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35569/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of providing four whole-time-equivalent heart failure clinical nurse specialists per 150,000 persons; the estimated number of additional heart failure clinical nurse specialists this would require; the number of vacancies in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35570/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of providing at least one advanced nurse practitioner in each heart failure service unit. [35571/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of providing a dedicated cardiac physiologist in each heart failure unit. [35572/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of removing all inpatient charges for public hospital care. [35573/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of community rehabilitation teams currently in operation for each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35648/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the first year and full year cost of setting up a new community rehabilitation team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35649/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of ten whole time equivalent lactation consultants. [35650/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average cost of contracting a community bed from a private facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35651/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capital and revenue cost of a new step-down bed. [35652/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional funding allocated in Budget 2021 to the National Ambulance Service; and the areas in which and items it was spent on. [35653/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional funding allocated in budget 2021 to the women’s health taskforce; and the areas in which and items it was spent on. [35654/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional funding allocated in budget 2021 to palliative care strategy; and the areas in which and items it was spent on. [35655/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing a European health insurance card to all Irish citizens resident in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35656/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional funding allocated in budget 2021 to the Health Research Board; and the way in which it was spent. [35657/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional funding allocated in budget 2021 to the Institute of Public Health; and the way in which it was spent. [35658/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional funding allocated in Budget 2021 to community paramedicine; and the way in which it was spent. [35659/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional funding allocated in budget 2021 to Health Ireland; and the way in which it was spent. [35660/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional funding allocated in Budget 2021 to general practitioner diagnostics; and the way in which it was spent. [35661/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 50 new healthcare assistant posts. [35662/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 50 new consultant posts. [35663/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the digital modernisation programmes which the health service is currently rolling out; the progress of each; the additional cost for full implementation of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35664/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implanting unique patient identifiers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35665/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional funding allocated in budget 2021 to the healthy Ireland fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35666/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional funding provided in budget 2021 for the national maternity strategy. [35667/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional funding provided in Budget 2021 for the national trauma strategy; and the way in which it was used. [35668/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional funding provided in budget 2021 for the national dementia strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35669/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 50 new nursing posts. [35670/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 50 new midwife posts. [35671/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds funded in budget 2021 that have been delivered and that are expected to be delivered by year end. [35673/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of ICU beds funded in budget 2021 that have been delivered and are expected to be delivered by year end. [35674/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the revenue cost estimate for each bed type, that is, acute inpatient bed, ICU bed, sub-acute bed and community bed, by cost type. [35675/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional funding provided in Budget 2021 for the National Cancer Strategy; and the way in which it was used. [35676/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35677/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff brought on in the first half of 2021 and to be brought on in the second half of 2021 and in 2022 for community healthcare networks; the number of staff which will be reassigned from within the HSE in each of those periods; the staffing composition across grade and occupation in whole-time equivalent terms by community health network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35678/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of non-training NCHD posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35679/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of training NCHD posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35680/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the investments planned to upgrade the newly designated major trauma centres for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35681/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35709/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost for 2020, 2021 and 2022 of the student nurse and midwife pandemic placement payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35770/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of student nurse and midwife pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35771/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding his Department is seeking or will receive as part of the recovery and resilience loans and grants for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35772/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the approval of a vaccine (details supplied) for 12 to 15-year-olds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35778/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a list will be provided of the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of his Department or that receive funding from his Department; if he will provide email contact details for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35851/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36192/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the supports and safeguards that have been provided for vaccinators that do not have a professional indemnity insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36193/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details in relation to insurance for vaccinators; if nurses who have been recruited as vaccinators and are former members of their union will be covered by the union's professional scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36194/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if an implementation group has been established to oversee the design and roll-out of a State-funded contraception scheme; if relevant stakeholders have been invited to participate in such a group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36573/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence in relation to palliative care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36613/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken regarding the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of Lyme disease and to ensure that persons suffering with Lyme disease or chronic Lyme disease are being properly supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36947/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address the immediate funding need for dementia specific day care services provided by a society (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36969/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to those who cannot take second dose of a vaccine due to a health condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36998/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the occupancy rates of both inpatient acute and ICU beds for each hospital group at 01 July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37084/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the health vote actual budget outturn and drawdown for each subhead against allocation for same for Covid and non-Covid funding; the forecast and projected outturn by subhead for year-end; the projected year-end Covid spend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37085/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff recruited and onboarded in 2021 against Budget 2021 targets for the primary community sector and acute sector; the projections for year-end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37086/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the actual budget outturn per quarter for each health vote subhead in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [37087/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims submitted to the CervicalCheck tribunal; the number from the High Court; the number of new claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37200/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the HPV vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37445/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress made to develop elective-only hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28325/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if advice will be provided on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37556/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of different providers which are currently contracted to provide HSE home help; the number of service level agreements and providers for each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37790/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional supports and bonuses being considered for implementation in respect of nursing home healthcare staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38804/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if an EU Digital COVID Certificate will be issued to an person who had recovered from a Covid-19 infection prior to their first vaccine dose and a first, but not second, vaccine dose, who is under 50 years of age and does not have an underlying health condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39389/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his Department has consulted with other Departments or with the indoor leisure sector to proactively set guidelines for the safe reopening of the sector, for example, play centres once NPHET advises it is safe to resume these activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39633/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current supports available for nursing home residents to cover transportation costs for medical appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39644/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason the National Ambulance Service does not recognise intermediate care operatives as ambulance personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39656/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason the National Ambulance Service is asking intermediate care operatives to work on emergency ambulances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39657/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels of the National Ambulance Service by CHO; the current number of whole-time equivalent posts by occupation currently working; the recommended and budgeted number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39658/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for increasing National Ambulance Service whole-time equivalent staffing levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39659/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if advice can be provided in relation to a matter raised in correspondence regarding vaccination (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39660/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; if an independent expert has been appointed; if any of the strands have begun; if not, when each of the strands will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39662/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will outline by CHO or any smaller unit in which HSE dental services have been limited to emergency provision only for children and or adults for each month of 2020 and to date in 2021, as was done in Kildare/West Wicklow; if any other units are considering the confinement of services; the reason for each which has been confined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39663/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when routine and elective treatments including school dental checks and dental appointments for children and adults will resume in Kildare/West Wicklow; if any of these services have been suspended in any other CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39664/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if advice will be provided regarding a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39666/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants at Beaumont Hospital performing full removal of transobturator mesh implants; the number of surgeries performed in the past 12 months; the outcomes of these surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39673/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE patients who have been facilitated for treatment in the US for full or partial removal of transobturator mesh implants; if a patient could access public funding for such treatment in the US; if so, the person or body that authorises this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39674/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if provision will be made within the EU Digital COVID Certificate system to verify that a person cannot be vaccinated on medical grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39692/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there are or will be any special procedures including supervision by an immunologist of persons who are vaccine candidates but are likely to suffer from anaphylaxis or another reaction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39693/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount in the capital budget as set out in table 8 of the Stability Programme Update 2021 that is designated for infrastructure to support community healthcare networks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39696/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing additional dedicated children’s beds for psychiatric care to stop the practice of using beds in adult psychiatric services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39697/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE early intervention teams presently in operation across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39700/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the net change in the number of and WTE staffing of early intervention teams since February 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39701/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of a new early intervention team by individual category. [39702/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE school age teams in operation across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39703/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of a new HSE school age team by individual category. [39704/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled to be completed in tabular form. [39719/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him which concluded, were commissioned, or are ongoing since 1 January 2019; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled to be completed in tabular form. [39720/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if orthoptics will be a regulated profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39721/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the value for money review on nursing home care costs will be published. [39722/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if and when the palliative care evidence brief will be published. [39723/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if and when the literature review of international approaches to the regulation of health and social care professions will be published. [39724/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if and when the review of the governance arrangements and the resources currently in place to support the Health Service Executive reimbursement and pricing decision making process (details supplied) will be published. [39725/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the review by the expert review body on nursing and midwifery; and if the review will be published. [39726/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the sugar sweetened drinks tax evaluation; and if the evaluation will be published. [39727/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the research programme in healthcare reform; and if a review will be published. [39728/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the safe nurse staffing and skill mix review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39729/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has considered engaging with NIAC to examine the possibility of giving a booster shot of Covid-19 vaccine to vulnerable groups in the high risk and very high risk categories, for example, organ recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39745/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if advice will be provided on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39762/21]

2021-07-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the consideration that has been given to the EMA approval of Covid-19 vaccination for 12 to 15 year olds; if consideration has been given to medically vulnerable children in this age group; and if they will be included in cohorts 7 and 4 for the vaccine roll-out [39784/21]

2021-07-14

VOTE

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 74–68

2021-07-14

VOTE

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021

A bill to— A. make, on a temporary basis, exceptional provision, in the public interest and having regard to the manifest and grave risk to human life and public health posed by the spread of the disease known as Covid-19 and variants of that disease and in order to mitigate, where practicable, the effect of the spread of that disease; to amend the Health Act 1947 for that purpose; to provide for the lawful operation of certain indoor premises subject to certain conditions notwithstanding restrictions in place in relation to such premises under that Act; to provide, for those purposes, for a robust and enforceable system of verification of the health status of certain persons, including vaccination or recovery status; to confer a power on the Minister for Health to prescribe matters related to the foregoing; to provide for enforcement; and to provide for related matters; B. amend certain provisions relating to pre-travel requirements in respect of certain persons arriving in the State; to amend the period to be spent by a person in quarantine at a designated facility in certain circumstances; to make provision in relation to the power of the Minister for Health to make regulations in relation to tests that may be taken for the purpose of detecting Covid-19 in the context of the requirement to quarantine at a designated facility and to confer a power on that Minister to prescribe the purpose for which such a test may be taken; to provide that quarantine at a designated facility shall not be required for certain persons arriving in the State in certain circumstances and to confer a power on the Minister for Health to make regulations in relation to those circumstances; for those purposes, and for related purposes, to amend the Health Act 1947; and to provide for related matters.

✗ voted to block the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 72–66

2021-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of overcrowding in hospitals; his plans to expand hospital capacity in the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37545/21]

2021-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims made to the CervicalCheck Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28326/21]

2021-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28327/21]

2021-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the medical cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28328/21]

2021-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to modernise and integrate the IT infrastructure of the HSE and his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37544/21]

2021-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the crisis in the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28329/21]

2021-07-13

VOTE

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Waiver of Pre-legislative Scrutiny

✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 8–6

2021-07-08

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for increasing university places which feed into the health sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35502/21]

2021-07-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the nursing home temporary assistance payment scheme; his plans to continue the scheme and support nursing homes in acting to suppress and manage Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28839/21]

2021-07-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if advice will be provided on a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29108/21]

2021-06-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of each of the Changing Cardiovascular Health: National Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010-2019 recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26765/21]

2021-06-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his position in relation to the recent HSE commitment to recruit medical and nursing students as vaccinators; if these positions will be reimbursed; if the HSE can outline the eligibility criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27722/21]

2021-06-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the list of professions which are permitted to administer Covid-19 vaccinations will be expanded to include registered phlebotomists, healthcare assistants and social care workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27723/21]

2021-06-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when x-ray services will be reinstated in University Hospital Waterford; the number of persons awaiting an urgent general practitioner referral x-ray in the University Hospital Waterford; the waiting time for such an x-ray; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27726/21]

2021-06-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27775/21]

2021-06-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken regarding the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of Lyme disease and to ensure that persons suffering with Lyme disease or chronic Lyme disease are being properly supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28195/21]

2021-06-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if clarity will be provided in relation to the way fully vaccinated persons, in particular Irish citizens, who plan to travel to Ireland can prove their vaccination or to secure an exemption prior to arrival; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28197/21]

2021-06-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if clarity will be provided in relation to visiting restrictions in St James's Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28198/21]

2021-06-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28200/21]

2021-06-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the NIAC in order to consider the possibility of an mRNA vaccine as the second dose for the 60-69 age group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28245/21]

2021-06-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there will be a successor to the Changing Cardiovascular Health: National Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010-2019; when a review of its implementation will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26764/21]

2021-06-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the treatments which are no longer available and which are currently available, respectively under the dental treatment services scheme to patients; the change in coverage for treatments which are presently available but with reduced coverage; when treatments ceased to be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27077/21]

2021-06-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the report of the National Review of Cardiac Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26763/21]

2021-06-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Consultant Applications Advisory Committee regularised approved consultant posts; the number of posts registered on the DIME system as vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26767/21]

2021-06-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the documents which were collated in relation to the recommendations of Changing Cardiovascular Health: National Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010-2019 that are being used to inform the development of the report of the National Review of Cardiac Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26766/21]

2021-06-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27167/21]

2021-06-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the supports and safeguards that have been provided for vaccinators that do not have a professional indemnity insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27778/21]

2021-06-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details in relation to insurance for vaccinators; if nurses who have been recruited as vaccinators and are former members of the union will be covered by the union's professional scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27779/21]

2021-06-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the international evidence supporting the effectiveness, safety and acceptability of telemedicine abortion including a recent statement by an organisation (details supplied) endorsing the permanent adoption of telemedicine abortion services; his plans to retain remote consultation for early abortion care beyond the public health emergency in view of this evidence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26121/21]

2021-06-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to lifting the ongoing restrictions on the receipt of sacraments for sixth class pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26112/21]

2021-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25613/21]

2021-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has reviewed the administration of vaccines by clinics and vaccination centres to identify cases of vaccination unreasonably given outside of the sequencing order set out in the national strategy and secondary documents; if he has considered sanction in these instances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25616/21]

2021-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he and the HSE have considered plans submitted by a society (details supplied) relating to a dedicated unit to treat and rehabilitate patients with intestinal failure; if he has made a decision on the proposal for such a unit at a location such as St. James’ Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25617/21]

2021-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assistant psychologists that are currently working on a voluntary capacity within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25622/21]

2021-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on the recruitment of assistant psychologists in an unpaid capacity; if the review has been carried out; if the results of the review will be made available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25623/21]

2021-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand the current national pilot assistant psychology programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25624/21]

2021-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason the reopening of amusement parks (details supplied) is not permitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25666/21]

2021-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the new framework agreement on the supply and pricing of medicines; the steps he has taken to help reduce the cost of medicines to the HSE and to patients; the timeline for negotiations for this agreement given the existing agreement is due to expire in July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25677/21]

2021-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the organisations that he or his officials have met since July 2020 in relation to the process to agree a new framework agreement on the supply and pricing of medicines; his views on whether increased usage of generic medicines and biosimilars can help reduce the cost to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25678/21]

2021-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has examined the policy proposals by an organisation (details supplied) which if implemented could help free up €1 billion in expenditure over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25679/21]

2021-06-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds in the health service; the number of beds in wards; the number of beds in single room isolation; the estimated cost to replace 10% of beds in wards with single isolation; if he has plans or targets to replace beds over a fixed time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25715/21]

2021-06-02

VOTE

Health (Amendment) Act 2021

✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 90–50

2021-06-02

VOTE

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages

✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 73–68

2021-06-02

VOTE

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]

✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 77–51

2021-05-20

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to increase the number of places for health and social care professionals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26708/21]

2021-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the NIAC on the review of age limit for vaccination in particular the inclusion of children in the 12 to 15 age group who are in the very-high risk category for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25247/21]

2021-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding guidelines allowing pharmacies to participate in the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine enabling persons to be vaccinated by their local pharmacist; the way in which pharmacists will be used in the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25279/21]

2021-05-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of unregistered designated residential centres in the context of the Health Act 2007 which may have been used from by the HSE to facilitate emergency accommodation for persons with disabilities; the number of persons placed in each of these centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24839/21]

2021-05-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will publish legislation to amend the Health Act 2007 to provide for temporary registration of non-designated centres in emergency situations for accommodation for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24840/21]

2021-05-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which the HSE and his Department have been notified by HIQA of regulatory non-compliance in HSE or HSE-funded designated centres in the context of the Health Act 2007; the number of instances in which regulatory non-compliance was resolved; the number of instances in which regulatory non-compliance may be ongoing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24841/21]

2021-05-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of requests his Department or the HSE have received from designated centres in the context of the Health Act 2007 for funding to undertake capital works to address significant issues highlighted by HIQA in terms of regulatory non-compliance; the instances in which funding was given; the amount provided for HSE and non-HSE centres; the instances in which funding was not forthcoming for HSE and non-HSE centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24842/21]

2021-05-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities currently placed in unregistered designated centres in the context of the Health Act 2007 by age (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24843/21]

2021-05-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccines administered in each county to date by vaccination centre both nominal and per capita for both total county population and eligible county population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24844/21]

2021-05-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims made to the CervicalCheck Tribunal to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24845/21]

2021-05-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23671/21]

2021-05-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for the provision of a dedicated specialist intestinal rehabilitation unit to treat and rehabilitate patients with intestinal failure; his further plans for the establishment of a new national specialist centre in St. James’s Hospital; his plans to fund same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23774/21]

2021-05-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vaccines administered by cohort by county and for each vaccination centre as a percentage of the approximate target population per cohort which each centre is envisaged to service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23857/21]

2021-05-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2092 of 21 April 2021, his plans to appoint a specific reproductive immunologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24009/21]

2021-05-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of delivering an operating theatre; the estimated cost of equipment; and the estimated annual revenue cost. [24337/21]

2021-05-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence in relation to care in maternity units (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24385/21]

2021-05-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the relevant regulation which grants exemption from hotel quarantine for those travelling for surrogacy reasons; if the regulation applies to those travelling for IVF; if he has considered an exemption for IVF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24405/21]

2021-05-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of designated centres for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24541/21]

2021-05-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of regulatory non-compliance with conditions for registration in designated centres for older persons in past ten years; the number of regulatory breaches found; the number of breaches resolved and unresolved; the areas and nature of breaches by centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24542/21]

2021-05-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities currently placed in designated centres for older persons by age (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24543/21]

2021-05-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner whole-time equivalents in the public primary care system; the number of general practitioners issuing services under the GMS agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24544/21]

2021-05-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of practice nurse whole-time equivalents in the public primary care system; the number of practice nurse whole-time equivalents needed to reach the health service capacity review 2018 forecast for 2031; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24545/21]

2021-05-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse whole-time equivalents and vacancies by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24546/21]

2021-05-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists whole-time equivalents and vacancies by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24547/21]

2021-05-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists whole-time equivalents and vacancies by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24548/21]

2021-05-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of residential care short-term and long-term beds by area at the start of 2020 and 2021; the number estimated for year-end 2021, by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24549/21]

2021-05-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of homecare packages and intensive homecare packages delivered for each month in 2020 and to date in 2021; the target for monthly delivery by year-end 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24550/21]

2021-05-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours delivered in each month of 2020 and in each month to date in 2021; the target for monthly delivery by year-end 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24551/21]

2021-05-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of acute medical unit beds in the public system by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24552/21]

2021-05-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of day case beds in the public system by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24553/21]

2021-05-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds in the public system by location; the average level of occupancy for each month of 2020 and to date in 2021 by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24554/21]

2021-05-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adult critical care beds in the public system by location; the average level of occupancy for each month of 2020 and to date in 2021, by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24555/21]

2021-05-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in relation to palliative care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23307/21]

2021-05-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to advance a successor to the dental treatment services scheme considering the recent collapse in the number of dentists contracted on the scheme; if he has engaged with dentists regarding the reason for widespread withdrawal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23382/21]

2021-05-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he plans to engage with an association (details supplied) in collective bargaining as the representative group of dentists in the same way that he engages with other professional representative groups and trade unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23383/21]

2021-05-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence in relation to accessing a general practitioner (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22713/21]

2021-05-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 970 of 29 September 2020, the position on the inability of University Hospital Waterford to provide insulin pump therapy locally for patients with type 1 diabetes; when this service will become available for adults; if this will be included within its budget proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22795/21]

2021-05-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children that attended the paediatric diabetes clinic at the University Hospital Waterford who have been treated with insulin pump therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22796/21]

2021-05-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has considered recognising a vaccine (details supplied) for the purposes of exemption from hotel quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22822/21]

2021-05-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims lodged with the CervicalCheck Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22853/21]

2021-05-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults with type 1 diabetes who have been treated with insulin pump therapy by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23035/21]

2021-05-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when refurbishment works on Fermoy Community Hospital will be completed; the estimated cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23177/21]

2021-05-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels of each department in Roscommon University Hospital in each of the past four years; the patient numbers in each department in the hospital in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23178/21]

2021-05-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount provided to South Tipperary General Hospital under capital works in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23179/21]

2021-05-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of companies contracted to provide personal assistant care of behalf of the HSE in CHO8 in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23180/21]

2021-05-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the resources that are available in CHO7 for persons suffering from Parkinson's disease; his plans to expand services in this area in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23181/21]

2021-05-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on the maintenance and refurbishment of Killybegs Community Hospital, County Donegal in each of the years of 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23182/21]

2021-05-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of gall bladder removal operations that took place in each of the past five years; the hospitals in which this procedure is carried out in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23183/21]

2021-05-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies by job title in south Wexford CAMHS services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23184/21]

2021-05-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time paediatric diabetes clinical nurse specialists at CHI, Temple Street and Crumlin in each the years of 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23185/21]

2021-05-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time dental staff employed by the HSE in County Leitrim in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23186/21]

2021-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if an application has been received to add the PCBD110 product to the medical cannabis access programme; if so, when he expects a decision to be made on the addition of the product to the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22373/21]

2021-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the criteria which prospective products for the medical cannabis access programme must meet in order to be recommended for use in the programme; if trace-THC products may be considered for inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22374/21]

2021-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason none of the four products currently recommended for use in the medical cannabis access programme meet the criteria of less than 2% THC for use in the treatment of resistant epilepsy established in the clinical guidance on cannabis for medical use of his Department; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22375/21]

2021-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the medicinal cannabis access programme will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22376/21]

2021-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if Brexit has had or will have implications on the supply and use of products approved for use under the medical cannabis access programme considering that products approved for use on the programme must be sold or supplied for medical purposes by the relevant public or state body of a member state other than the state and must be currently supplied to patients in the member state as outlined in the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22377/21]

2021-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2152 of 21 April 2021, the exact matters which he has requested officials to examine; the barriers identified; the possible measures to rectify this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22378/21]

2021-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on easing visiting restrictions in hospitals for patients with dementia; if the guidance will be reviewed to allow at least one family member to visit those patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22389/21]

2021-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a primary carer or family member will be allowed in hospitals to take care of persons with dementia in addition to nurses and hospital carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22390/21]

2021-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of private dentists in each county and in each CHO area who accepted public patients under the DTSS on 1 January in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [22490/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when and the way in which housebound persons will be vaccinated; when housebound persons in County Waterford will be vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21160/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way in which persons aged 60 to 69 who would find it difficult to attend a mass vaccination centre such as a person with stage 4 COPD who must carry an oxygen tank will be vaccinated; if they will be vaccinated by a general practitioner or the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21161/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the arrangements in place or that have been considered for procuring second generation and booster Covid-19 vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21162/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staffing compositions of each public health department; the number of approved posts by grade, filled and vacant, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21163/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional staff hired for public health departments in 2020 and to date in 2021; the additional posts approved; the number of posts routinely filled by non-HSE hires in each public health department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21164/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional staff brought into public health departments in 2020 and to date in 2021, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic; the HSE, agency and secondment breakdown of such posts; the number of posts which will be retained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21165/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans in the event of a need for annual Covid-19 vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21166/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the new consultant public health medicine posts are additional posts in public health; if all existing posts will be retained and filled as consultant posts are filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21167/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the role which consultants in public health medicine might play in delivering Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21168/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with his counterpart in Northern Ireland on integrating public health on an all-island basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21169/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with his counterpart in Northern Ireland on developing all-island contingency planning to prepare for future island-wide epidemics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21170/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the role played by public health departments; the enhanced role he envisages they will play with the additional consultant public health medicine posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21171/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way in which public health departments are structured; if this will change with the additional consultant posts; if so, the way they will change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21172/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the prerequisites for adding products to the Medical Cannabis Access Programme; if products can only be added to the Programme if previously prescribed in another EU member state; if so, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21177/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his Department has undertaken an analysis of the overall spending on pharmaceuticals in the health service; if so, the conclusions of same; the recommendations for increasing value for money and for increasing access to innovative treatments or clinical trials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21178/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his Department has undertaken an analysis for minimising the delivery of low value care in the context of the entire health service; if so, the conclusions and recommendations of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21179/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21246/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the entitlements of persons with endometriosis to medical treatment here and abroad; the extent to which this is covered by the public system; the extent to which this is covered by private health insurance and rights to treatment under same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21390/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the acute hospitals that have been contacted for lists of heart failure patients with regard to the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21407/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if this practice of requiring training in the absence of a job offer is in line with the policy of his Department and the HSE; the reason agencies hiring on behalf of the HSE for vaccinator roles are requiring vaccinator training of candidates who have been successful in their application but without offering them a job or renumeration for this training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21456/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to recognising on the basis of currently existing evidence some as-of-yet non-approved Covid-19 vaccines which are being administered in other states for exemption from mandatory hotel quarantine or if the evidence does not support this; if the HPRA has analysed the evidence of the effectiveness of these vaccines not in the context of approval for use here but in the context of reducing transmission and in considering exemptions from hotel quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21478/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the list of conditions which details were requested on in relation to each of the acute hospitals which have been contacted for lists of patients with regard to the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21554/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cases in which patients of mental health services were prescribed excessive amounts of medication in the previous five years, by county; the types of medication which were excessively prescribed; if there have been incidents of harm as a result of this; if so, the number of cases and extent of harm; the safeguards in place to prevent this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21658/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22053/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if those in mandatory quarantine hotel facilities will be given personalised food menus considering special dietary needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22058/21]

2021-04-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22361/21]

2021-04-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20893/21]

2021-04-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has evaluated all available evidence for prioritisation of pregnant women on the vaccine priority list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20957/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has engaged with the Minister for Health, the HSE and or higher education institutes to ensure that students on clinical placements in hospitals who opt not to be vaccinated can complete their placements at a later date without failing or repeating the previous academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19919/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to events at a residential care facility (details supplied) as reported in the media; the steps he has taken to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18189/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason some children have not been contacted by psychologists directly (details supplied) under the children’s complex pain service at Children’s Health Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18257/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints made to HSE local health offices regarding charges for phlebotomy services; the number of complaints upheld; the number of complaints otherwise dismissed; the number of complaints pending investigation; the number of refunds issued; the value of same; the total value of refunds issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18261/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current funding available for the technical aids scheme by CHO in tabular form; the funding drawn down between 2016 to 2020; the eligibility criteria to access the funding; if the HSE will publish information on the application process on its website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18286/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will offer the HPV vaccine to all second-level students in 2022 who have not availed of it previously to ensure maximum take-up of the vaccine and that issues caused by Covid-19 do not result in long-term drop off in vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18578/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if preparations for a successor to the National Sexual Health Strategy are underway; if a successor strategy will be published; if the strategy will have a focus on HIV addressing the 90:90:90 ambition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18599/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the latest estimate of the number of patients living with hepatitis C in the State for each of the past five years; the progress made towards making hepatitis C a rare disease; the targets that must be met to reach the 2030 elimination target; his plans to reverse the trend in decreasing numbers availing for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18600/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is developing a hepatitis C treatment programme strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18601/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there will be a successor to the Healthy Ireland Breastfeeding Action Plan 2016 to 2021; when an evaluation of the action plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18602/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide temporary registration for those waiting for PRES 3 exams allowing those who qualified to work in hospitals until the exams are resumed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18626/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the new registration date for PRES 3 exams will be provided; if additional registration dates are being considered to allow more doctors who have been waiting for a long time to register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18627/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the various annual vaccination programmes; the level of uptake in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18737/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to catch up on missed standard vaccinations due to staff deployed to Covid-19 efforts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18738/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median and maximum waiting time for surgeries across each discipline, speciality and hospital; the change for each in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18764/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a local implementation board has been established in 2011 for Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda under the HSE obstetrics and gynaecology programme; the steps that have been taken to ensure implementation of recommendations of a report (details supplied); if these recommendations are currently being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18845/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the process established under the HSE to ensure that recommendations of a report (details supplied) published in 2011 are implemented; the level of oversight that exists in the event that a clinician and or hospital fails to implement recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18846/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the costs incurred to date by the CervicalCheck Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18859/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will issue more detailed guidance on the definition of essential travel; if he considers family reunification as essential travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18862/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve the IT system for the vaccination roll-out; if he will improve logistical communication and prevent scam messages for appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18948/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE or his Department has concluded its review into the mortuary services at University Hospital Waterford; the current status of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18970/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the costs to date of the setting up and operation of the CervicalCheck Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18971/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases for the months of February and March 2021, respectively; the number of these cases in which contact tracing was carried out; the number of cases in which the lookback and tracing was greater than 48 hours, five days and seven days, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18972/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the latest date in which he communicated with a group (details supplied) in relation to the setting up and operation of the CervicalCheck tribunal; the nature and type of communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18973/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his Department has received complaints relating to breaches of data protection in relation to the setting up or operation of the CervicalCheck tribunal; if so, the number of complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18974/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when front-line healthcare staff under sequence group 2 at a centre (details supplied) will be vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18997/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of front-line healthcare staff in direct patient contact who have still to receive the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine; when they will be called for vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18998/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised regarding quarantine regulations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19071/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation and the progress being made to amend the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 and the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill as recommended by the Special Rapporteur for Children to ensure that children born through assisted human reproduction have their rights and best interests legally protected in Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19086/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to consider a report (details supplied) and amend the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill and the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 in accordance with the proposed amendments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19095/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19116/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if tourist visits with the purpose of family reunification will be considered as essential travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19169/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting for a diagnostic scan less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months by hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19170/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months by LHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19171/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting for an audiology appointment in primary care less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months by LHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19172/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting for an ophthalmology appointment in primary care less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months by LHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19173/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting for a dietetic appointment in primary care less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months by LHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19174/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months by LHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19175/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting for a first assessment for speech and language therapy less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months by LHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19176/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting for a first assessment for occupational therapy less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months by LHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19177/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting on the inpatient day case active waiting list less than six, six to 12 and more than 12 months by hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19178/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in relation to essential travel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19300/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if merchant navy, seafarers and professionally trained maritime crew travelling abroad for work-related purposes fall within the grouping of essential international travel under the proposed Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19370/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will revise the listing of professions involved in international travel that are exempted from mandatory hotel quarantining during the Covid-19 pandemic; if he will consider merchant navy, seafarers and professionally trained maritime crew as an essential travel category that falls under exemption form mandatory hotel quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19371/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given for merchant navy, seafarers and professionally trained maritime crew to quarantine at home instead of hotel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19372/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when frontline staff at a facility (details supplied) in County Mayo will be vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19456/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if patients have a right to be informed of the risks of vaginal birth after caesarean; if a fully independent hospital wide review of vaginal birth after caesarean counselling will be carried out at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19495/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve vaginal birth after caesarean counselling in hospitals here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19496/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if postnatal mothers will be considered for priority vaccination given their vulnerability and necessity to protect themselves and their newborn babies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19649/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the safeguards in place to support women with postpartum depression; if additional supports will be provided considering escalation of stress and anxiety that these women are going through during the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19650/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims lodged with the CervicalCheck Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19660/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to develop a care pathway for those suffering from long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19667/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median and maximum wait time for surgeries by specialty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19691/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting surgery, by speciality, and length of time spent on a waiting list, by monthly periods, in each of the years 2018 to 2020, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19692/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of capital project funding applied for each year since 2015 inclusive, by hospital groups; the details and general summary of the project; the stage each project has reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19693/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of capital project funding applied for each year since 2015 inclusive, by hospital and hospital groups of the HSE estate; the details and general summary of the projects; the stage each project has reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19694/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the locations at which there are paediatric anaesthetists employed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19696/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the locations at which an MRI machine is available, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19697/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dietitian posts approved, filled and vacant for mental health services in the south east; the length of each vacancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19698/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if mental health service patients will have access to a dietitian at the primary care unit in Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19699/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent approved posts for consultant anaesthetists at each location; the number filled and vacant; the basis on which they are filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19719/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken in order to improve treatment options for women experiencing miscarriages; if additional funding will be available for research in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19801/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce more treatment options for women’s health during pregnancy or after pregnancy including immune investigations and evaluations by a reproductive immunologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19802/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if medications (details supplied) can be used for the treatment of miscarriages caused by immune issues under the drug payment scheme; if not, the available alternatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19803/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of prisoners that have been transferred to the Central Mental Hospital in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19835/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of prisoners currently awaiting transfer to the Central Mental Hospital; the length of time in days each of the prisoners has been awaiting transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19836/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with an institute (details supplied) regarding the addition of professionals in radiography and radiation therapy to those who can be trained to and administer Covid-19 vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19920/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided to resource additional eye clinic liaison officer posts in ophthalmology clinics that provide service outside Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19930/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of eye clinic liaison officer posts in ophthalmology clinics by county; if he will fund seven posts resourced through the HSE to provide the service outside Dublin as per the request by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19953/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cases of neglect in nursing homes reported by the HSE and HIQA in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19956/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints in relation to visiting restrictions in nursing homes received by HIQA and the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19957/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has received or sought legal advice from the Attorney General or otherwise on the legality of denying vaccinated residents of long-term residential care facilities the rights to family life, such as regular visits from family and general freedom of movement, for example, meeting family in a garden and making a trip with family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19973/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the latest advice received from NIAC regarding a Covid-19 vaccine (details supplied); the implications of this for those under 60 years of age who have received one dose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19983/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that medical cannabis accessed regularly and legitimately by patients and their family on their behalf from sources outside the State is paid for at source rather than imposing a burdensome cost on the patient or family which is reimbursed such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19987/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the operational status of each of the mass vaccination centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19990/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staffing composition for each of the mass vaccination centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19991/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost incurred for each mass vaccination centre to date by spend type; the spend on private contractors by service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19992/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he expects each of the mass vaccination centres to be fully operational, staffed and operating at capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19993/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the target of vaccine delivery in estimated numbers of doses per week for each of the mass vaccination centres for each month in April, May and June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19994/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the vaccination appointment portal will be available to the wider population for age cohorts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19995/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he expects mass vaccination centres to begin vaccinating age cohorts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19996/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he expects the medical conditions cohorts phase of the vaccine roll-out to be largely complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19997/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated population size of each of the vaccine cohorts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19998/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cohorts which will be vaccinated in mass vaccination centres, general practitioner clinics or other pathways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19999/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the costs incurred to date by the CervicalCheck Tribunal by cost type, for example, salaries, public relations, legal fees, rent and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20109/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccine doses delivered to and administered by general practitioners to date by county, local authority area and each clinic or general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20116/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if fully vaccinated persons will be allowed to visit mobile home parks within the allowable travel distance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20117/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual cost to the State of treatments and monitoring for persons with type 1 diabetes; the current cost of finger prick meters, lancets and glucose strips; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20254/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20255/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently approved for State-funded and reimbursed for FreeStyle Libre and dexcom; the cost of each; the average cost per person for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20256/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way in which staff within the National Ambulance Service are supported when diagnosed with PTSD; the policies and procedures in place to support them; the timeframe for same remaining in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20258/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the National Ambulance Service follow all recommendations set out by occupational health and doctors and consultants in relation to PTSD in employee policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20259/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the NAS retrain staff to different roles who can no longer continue in their substantial role due to employment-related PTSD; if the NAS support the retraining of and redeployment of staff within the NAS and HSE who can no longer fulfil original roles due to employment-related PTSD but could otherwise work within the NAS and HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20260/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if NAS staff are retrained to fill vacant substantial posts which can no longer be filled due to employment-related PTSD; if so, the policy for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20261/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the approximate vaccination and non-vaccination rates within each of the priority groups which have received or are currently receiving a Covid-19 vaccine with the rate expressed as a percentage of the estimated population within each group. [20288/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the health and social care occupation groups which must now dual register in Ireland and Northern Ireland in which they practice on both sides of the Border; if he has engaged with his counterpart in Northern Ireland to ensure that practitioners on one side of the Border are recognised on the other side; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20294/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the options he is considering for students returning from abroad for the summer or Irish citizens who are otherwise repatriating in relation to mandatory hotel quarantine; if they will be added to the list of essential travellers and permitted to self-quarantine; if the cost of hotel quarantine will be covered or subsidised by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20329/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the medication Epidiolex; when it will be approved for reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20340/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the medication PCBD-110; if it will be approved for addition to the medical cannabis access programme or otherwise approved for prescription and reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20341/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if, in view of Brexit, any products currently listed as to be available via the medical cannabis access programme will be available in June 2021; if he will bring forward amendments to the legislation which underpins the programme or has consulted the Minister for Justice to permit the addition of products which have not been produced and prescribed in another EU state to the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20342/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is considering amendments to legislation relating to the medical cannabis access programme or has consulted the Minister for Justice on such matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20343/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is considering adding any pure cannabidiol product with trace tetrahydrocannabinol content to the medical cannabis access programme considering that no products on the programme currently are suitable for treating epilepsy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20344/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there are barriers to adding pure cannabidiol products to the medical cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20345/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the terms of reference of the sodium valproate inquiry; when this inquiry will be established; the status of the planned inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20346/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he plans to commence section 11 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20428/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with his counterpart in Northern Ireland to implement common public health measures relating to the minimum unit pricing of alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20429/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is considering or has consulted with the Minister for Justice on amendments to the legislation underpinning current access to medical cannabis products to permit UK-prescribed cannabis-based medical products to be brought here in cases in which there are legitimate medical reasons for the use of this product lawfully prescribed in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20462/21]

2021-04-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting lists for PrEP treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20705/21]

2021-04-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when members of the Traveller community with underlying conditions will be vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17681/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Taoiseach

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Taoiseach the terms of reference for the all-island healthcare research study that he stated in the media (details supplied) he had commissioned from the ESRI. [17508/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice the number and value of fines by type or grounds issued in 2020 under the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 and Health (Amendment) Act 2020 and consequent regulations in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16393/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if administration, budgetary responsibilities or functions will be or have been transferred from him to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; and if administration or budgetary responsibilities or functions relating to the Disability Act 2005 have or will be transferred. [16330/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if funding delivered for and relating to disability services and matters under Vote 38 has or will be transferred to and administered by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; if there are plans for such a transfer; if these funds will be transferred to Vote 40 in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16332/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the service level agreements which the HSE is currently party to by organisation type, that is, private provider, section 39 organisation and so on; the annual cost of each agreement in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16391/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the agreements made to deliver mass vaccination centres; the details of the cost, timeframe of agreement and options and conditions for extensions for each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16392/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of his plans to implement a report issued by an organisation (details supplied) in October 2011 with a series of recommendations on vaginal birth after caesarean birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16495/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the implementation of a report issued by an organisation (details supplied) in October 2011 with a series of recommendations on vaginal birth after caesarean birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16496/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the safeguards in place to ensure timely implementation of a report issued by an organisation (details supplied) in October 2011 with a series of recommendations on vaginal birth after caesarean birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16497/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reasoning that led to the termination of the gender identity adolescent service in Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16525/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the engagement he has had and the plans he has considered to provide access to the gender identity adolescent service at Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16526/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation and the progress made to improve access to healthcare under the LGBTI+ national youth strategy, the national LGBTI+ inclusion strategy and the HSE Final Report of the Steering Committee on the Development of HSE Transgender Identity Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16527/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 818 of 3 February 2021, the estimated population size as per departmental and NIAC documentation of each of the provisional vaccine allocation groups (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16642/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16658/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the terms of agreements made with a group (details supplied) and any other agreements made under the provisions of the Health (Amendment) Act 2021; the cost of same per agreement or cost item; the maximum agreed cost; the terms of renewal; the terms of a break in contract; the length of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16673/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if medical information and utilisation data is kept on a central register in the context of the medical cannabis access programme; if clinical patient research is facilitated and recorded; if further amendments to primary legislation are required to further enable this process; if such legislation, if required, is being prepared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17218/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE maintains a register to facilitate the enrolment and recording of certain data, including patient identifiers prescribers enrolled in the programme and prescribed and supplied medicinal cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17219/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the medical cannabis access programme and other medical cannabis, including international studies data, is analysed currently and since the 2017 Health Products Regulatory Authority report; the findings made by the analysis to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17220/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his Department is actively seeking data for assessment by itself, the Health Products Regulatory Authority or any other body, from prospective suppliers of medical cannabis products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17221/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the Health Products Regulatory Authority is actively seeking data for assessment from prospective suppliers of medical cannabis products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17222/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is actively seeking data for assessment from prospective suppliers of medical cannabis products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17223/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of applications to positions in the HSE relating to the medical cannabis access programme due by the end of February 2021; the breakdown by position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17224/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is considering the addition of conditions to schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2017, SI No. 173 of 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17225/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of controlled drug licences currently issued for products specified in schedule 2 of SI No. 173 of 2017; if he is considering the addition of licences or the licensing of further products; the number of licences issued for import, supply and possession of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17226/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if in the context of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, service users will include persons who sought to access a termination but were refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17227/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the conclusions of the HSE investigation into a reported data breach in relation to the Covid-19 vaccine database; if this has been reported to the Data Protection Commissioner; the type of investigation carried out by the HSE; if a data protection impact assessment has been conducted since the breach; the steps taken to protect persons’ data and privacy in relation to the breach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17277/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that have access to the Covid-19 vaccination database; the roles of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17278/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has instructed or requested the NIAC to evaluate family carers with regard to the ethical principles for the vaccine roll-out considering their role as health and social care providers as per the national carers strategy and their place in the provisional allocation groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17279/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the GMHS based at the Meath primary care centre will fully resume; his plans for expanding this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17298/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will consider opening additional sexual health centres nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17299/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to resume the blood donation for gay and bisexual men who have sex with men; if the 12 months deferral period will be changed to an individual risk-based assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17300/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will consider a change to the one-year deferral policy on blood donations for gay and bisexual men who have sex with men; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17301/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of maternity restrictions in the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; his plans to allow birthing partners to attend scans and births; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17367/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to ease the restrictions in relation to maternity visitation including the appointments for a scan in which the mother can have a parent, partner or supporting visitor attend with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17368/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals in which visitors are not allowed to attend the 20-week pregnancy scan; and the number of hospitals in which visitors are allowed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17369/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of qualified surgeons with the competency to perform full and safe removal of mesh implants; the hospitals they are attached to; the types of mesh implants they can remove; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17395/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when a surgery (details supplied) is expected to receive a vaccine delivery; the reason for the delay; when this surgery will start vaccination of people over 70 years old; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17402/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of applicants for test and trace positions currently on a panel; the status of same on the panels in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17462/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed in Covid-19 testing and tracing by occupation; the number of dedicated staff in comparison to those who have been redeployed in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17463/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff ready to begin work in testing and tracing but who have yet to be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17464/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff who were taken on board for testing and for tracing but who have since left the job; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17465/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 11 March 2021, the status of the staffing composition proposed for each of the mass vaccination centres; the targets for each; the numbers hired for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17475/21]

2021-03-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the school immunisation programme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17485/21]

2021-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve the ambulance service in the Dublin area; the effect of the improvements to date on the waiting times for ambulances; his plans to locate an additional ambulance base in the Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16065/21]

2021-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average response time of ambulances in the Dublin area; the number of ambulances ordinarily based at each location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16066/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Social

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection if discretion is provided for the provision of supporting medical evidence in all social welfare applications which require same given the Covid-19 situation and the impact on the health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15282/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeline for and details of the scheduled review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; the way in which he plans to collect evidence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16269/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when an assessment date for a primary medical certificate will issue for a person (details supplied). [13887/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if advice will be provided on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13936/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the findings of the 2019 review on the governance structures in relation to the HSE drug reimbursement process by a company (details supplied); if he will publish the review in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13947/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a review of the terms of reference for the HSE rare diseases technology review committee is scheduled; if it will consider moving its process to earlier in the reimbursement pathway for medicines for rare diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13948/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the work of the national screening advisory committee regarding its consideration of expanding the national newborn bloodspot screening programme to test for more rare diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13949/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if responsibilities and functions for disability services remain under his remit; if not, if these have been transferred to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; if these services are to be transferred, when this will occur; if, for budget purposes, disability spending remains under the health vote; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14343/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the criteria for upcoming vaccine administration positions will be revised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14396/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons allocated home help and home care packages by county and or allocated as per each local health office; the amount of funding drawn down in each county for these packages in 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14510/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for a home help and or home care package; the average length of wait for these services respectively nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14511/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home help and or home care packages; the average length of time waiting across each local health office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14512/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the home first pilot schemes; the location of each; if the schemes are operational; if not, when they will be operational; the nature and operation of these pilot projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14513/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has discussed home first policy measures with other Departments such as the Departments of Justice, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and Enterprise, Trade and Employment on ways to increase and ensure that Ireland has a sufficient pool of qualified home carers to fulfil the home first policy in respect of home care in the years ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14514/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14886/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to employ a full-time pain consultant for children with chronic pain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14942/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients seen by multidisciplinary teams over the past three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14943/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to pay student nurses and midwives; when the second review of the first report on pandemic pay will be conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14987/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims lodged with the CervicalCheck tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15095/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of women currently involved in court cases, litigation and negotiation with the HSE regarding the alleged misreading of their smear tests from the CervicalCheck screening programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15096/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if antigen testing was included as a cost which could be reimbursed under the Covid-19 temporary assistance payment scheme for nursing homes; if these costs will be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15098/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 749 of 3 June 2020, the status of recruitment for the CHI paediatric complex pain management service; the current staffing composition of the service; the funded staffing composition of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15108/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who were reimbursed through the drug payment scheme for the leasing of a CPAP machine in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15157/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average amount per person that was reimbursed through the drug payment scheme for leasing a CPAP machine in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15158/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the name of the companies that currently supply the HSE with CPAP machines; the name of companies that supplied CPAP machines to the HSE previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15159/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent in each of the years 2018 to 2020 by the HSE in reimbursing persons who were leasing CPAP machines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15160/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current policy with regard to the reimbursement for purchase or rental of a CPAP machine; the cost of reimbursing a purchase; the annual average cost of reimbursing a rental; the average length of time a patient has been reimbursed for renting such a machine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15161/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 contacts to date that were passed to and received from the health protection teams in Northern Ireland, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15162/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the exchange visits since 2017 between mesh removal surgeons here and colleagues in other jurisdictions; the itinerary followed; the hosts and participants; the observations of mesh removal operations; the training provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15168/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the legal costs incurred to date in the defence of medical negligence claims relating to mesh implants in circumstances in which the case has been settled and remains open, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15169/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of medical negligence claims relating to the implantation of mesh implants in circumstances in which the HSE and-or its employees are named as defendants that have been received; the number of these claims that were settled; the settlement amounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15170/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has investigated whether the use of mesh implants in the healthcare system is underpinned by a form of indemnity insurance provided by the Government to the manufacturer or provided by the manufacturer to the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15171/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on the procurement of mesh implants by year since 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15172/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of women who were injured by mesh implantation and sent to a person (details supplied) to have complications treated. [15173/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of women who had mesh devices implanted and have had organs such as bladders and bowels removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15174/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of women who have been sent via referral systems to the University College London Hospital, NHS England for the full removal of transobturator mesh implants since 2017, by type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15175/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress regarding the full removal of mesh implants in Ireland; the progress regarding compensation for persons who have suffered as a result of mesh implants or partial and improper removal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15176/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual cost of i-ports for children with diabetes; if these costs are reimbursed; if not, if there are plans to add them to the long-term illness scheme or otherwise reimburse them; the estimated annual cost of reimbursing such products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15180/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if arrangements are in place to ensure that cross-Border workers who are resident here who require the Covid-19 vaccination to maintain employment in Northern Ireland are not penalised for the difference in speed of the roll-out between jurisdictions; the communication he has had with Government colleagues or the Executive in Northern Ireland on the matter; the Departments which would be responsible for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15182/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); the CervicalCheck screening process in this context; if HPV negative patients are examined or tested for abnormal cells; if not, the reason for this practice and the change in practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15189/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a primary medical certificate. [15224/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 720 of 17 February 2021, the breakdown of capital submissions received, approved, under evaluation and not approved from acute hospitals and hospital groups since 2018 by hospital; and if a brief description and valuation of each proposed project will be provided. [15271/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting to receive omalizumab in Tallaght University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15276/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if additional funding will be made available for Tallaght University Hospital in relation to omalizumab; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15277/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if advice will be provided in relation to a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding medical negligence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15278/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE national screening service will update its BreastCheck screening standard operating procedure guidelines to notify women regarding personal breast density to improve early cancer diagnosis and help prevent advanced disease through dissemination of information regarding this independent breast cancer risk factor; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15281/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when an assessment of need will be completed and the statutory obligations of the HSE met in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15295/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the treatment of Lyme disease patients; the actions carried out in relation to diagnosis and treatment facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15330/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the position regarding available services to patients with Lyme disease; the reason these services are not covered by the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15331/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of special schools whose staff have been vaccinated and their relationship with the HSE, HSE site or a group (details supplied) which is HSE funded; the reason staff at some special schools have been vaccinated but not others despite the staff facing the same behavioural challenges in students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15446/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if staff at special schools are considered as part of group 10 or group 11 for the purposes of the vaccine roll-out, given the particularly difficult challenges they face at work with an inability to maintain physical distancing and other protective measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15449/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is reviewing the Memorandum of Understanding with his colleague in the Northern Ireland Executive; the status of the performance of same; the extent to which information and data on testing, tracing and inbound travellers has been shared under the Memorandum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15479/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent of formal cross-Border healthcare provision, cooperation and integration; the services and locations in which this occurs, such as the paediatric congenital cardiac services in Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin or in the North-West Cancer Centre, County Derry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15531/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeline for implementing the progressing disability services programme; the changes this will result in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15607/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if children with disabilities will still be able to access disability services based on the location they go to school as opposed to their home address under the progressing disability services programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15608/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will consult with parents whose children are affected by the changes under the progressing disability services programme to ensure that changes to children’s disability services do not worsen accessibility or convenience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15609/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to each cross-Border health and social care service for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15621/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15622/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the policy regarding vaccination of persons resident in hospices; the visiting restrictions imposed on such facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15710/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the policy for vaccinating new residents of long-term residential care facilities who were not discharged from a clinical setting; the policy for vaccinating new residents of long-term residential care facilities who were discharged from a clinical setting; the timeline for vaccination; if they must be vaccinated ahead of residency at a long-term residential care facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15711/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if elderly persons having to travel distances to receive their vaccine will be eligible for reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15817/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on Covid-19 testing and tracing in 2020; the amount budgeted for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15843/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on Covid-19 testing and tracing in 2021 to date; the amount budgeted for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15844/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total Covid-19-related spend in 2020 by budget line item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15845/21]

2021-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent funded, filled and vacant positions in testing and tracing; the basis on which they are filled as a percentage of full-time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15847/21]

2021-03-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staffing composition proposed for each of the mass vaccination centres; the targets for each; the numbers hired for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13643/21]

2021-03-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current longest waiting time by number of days across each waiting list by each speciality by each hospital group and by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13647/21]

2021-03-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 18 February 2021, if his Department has conducted a workforce census of the entire public and private health and social care system (details supplied); the breakdown or estimates of workers across categories of service providers by profession and speciality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13691/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have contracted Covid-19 in nursing homes, other long-term residential care facilities, palliative care settings and in hospital; the mortalities for same, by patient and by worker, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12511/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the situation faced by Irish citizens who contracted Covid-19 abroad and have recovered from the virus yet are stranded abroad and unable to return here as they cannot produce a not detected PCR test result due to non-infectious viral remnant; if he has considered the way they may return here after having received confirmation from relevant medical officers that they are no longer infectious which may include a period of mandatory quarantine at their own expense in a designated facility upon return; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12589/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) with regard to vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12790/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the NTPF suspended outpatients list; the number of patients waiting; the length of the wait and speciality of consultant they are waiting to see; if children are included in this suspended outpatients list; the number of children currently on a suspended outpatients list; if all patients have been informed that they have been moved to a suspended outpatients list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12972/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting on a first outpatients appointment with a specialist consultant in the HSE, to include all hospitals not just children waiting to see a consultant in CHI; the length of the wait; the speciality they are waiting to see; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12973/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will establish child specific wait lists as per a recommendation of the Ombudsman for Children in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12974/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will establish target outpatient wait times for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12975/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for a first outpatient appointment with a specialist consultant by wait times (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12976/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the NTPF will broaden the length of waiting times reported to include periods (details supplied) taking into consideration that some patients wait many years to access a first appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12977/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children in respect of the long waiting times for MRIs in CHI who are currently waiting; the duration of their wait; the number of children who have been outsourced for a MRI during 2020-21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12978/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children who were outsourced for scoliosis surgery in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the hospital to which they were outsourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12979/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to outsource children for scoliosis surgery; his views on the wait times for scoliosis surgery; the number of children waiting; the plans to ensure children's safety and their right to access the best attainable healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12980/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently on a suspended inpatient list for scoliosis surgery across all hospitals; the time suspended; the number of children waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12981/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of newly qualified general practitioners that took up work in County Cavan in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13107/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent sonographers in St. Michael's Hospital, Dún Laoghaire in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13108/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults with intellectual disabilities in residential care in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13109/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dental hygienists in CHO 6 and 7 in each of the years of 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13110/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if bladder botox is carried out at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13111/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant ENT surgeons working in Mallow General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13112/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the overall staffing levels in the accident and emergency department of St. Vincent's University Hospital since 2018 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13113/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the approved positions and vacancies within CAMHS services in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13114/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the whole-term equivalent staff in County Monaghan employed under the Connecting for Life strategy; the staff vacancies that exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13115/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a recruitment campaign for additional full-time permanent nurses will commence shortly at Bantry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13116/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if all recruitment campaigns for vacant consultant posts within Dublin Midlands Hospital Group are advertised outside of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13117/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant oncologist at Mercy University Hospital; the number of persons on the waiting list for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13118/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a paediatric ophthalmology consultant at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13119/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant spinal neurosurgeon at the Mater Hospital Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13120/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant rheumatologist at Sligo University Hospital; the number of persons on the waiting list for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13121/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the priority group in which carers for children with cancer will be included for the vaccination against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13343/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when carers for children with cancer can expect to be vaccinated against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13344/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if persons aged 16 to 64 years of age with haematological cancers will be reprioritised within the Covid-19 vaccination strategy and moved to cohort 4 alongside others whose illness puts them at high risk of severe disease if they contract the virus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13345/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the recommendations regarding sodium valproate made by the Oireachtas Committee on Health of the 32nd Dáil (details supplied) have been fully implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13350/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a register is currently operational to record persons that are prescribed the drug sodium valproate during pregnancy; if a register is currently operational to record persons affected by foetal anticonvulsant syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13351/21]

2021-03-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the CHO areas in which attendees at day services are being charged for transport costs; the number of persons being charged; the estimated costs charged and revenue raised each month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13356/21]

2021-03-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter in relation to visits at care homes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12260/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Social

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has put in place measures to ensure that a person whose entitlement to illness benefit and similar has expired due to the lapsing of a time limit as a result of the pandemic-related suspension of health services continues to be entitled to receive the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11711/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the professions which are generally qualified or permitted to administer vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10993/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the professions which are permitted to administer Covid-19 vaccinations; the reason phlebotomists, healthcare assistants, social care workers, and others who could be trained to administer these vaccines are not included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10994/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccines delivered and the expected deliveries for the remaining of quarter 1 by basis of delivery, that is, weekly, fortnightly and so on and by producer, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11106/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will consider including ozempic (details supplied) in the drugs repayment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11172/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason the drug semaglutide (details supplied) was removed from the list of drugs included in the drugs repayment scheme; if he will consider including it in the drugs repayment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11236/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare assistant posts for each CHO; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant, respectively; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11388/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts for each CHO; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant, respectively; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11389/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of registrar posts for each CHO; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant, respectively; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11390/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of SHO and interns for each CHO; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant, respectively; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11391/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of medical, dental and other posts for each CHO; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant, respectively; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11392/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing and midwifery posts for each CHO; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant, respectively; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11393/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of health and social care posts for each CHO; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant, respectively; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11394/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of management and administrative posts for each CHO; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant, respectively; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11395/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of general support posts for each CHO; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant, respectively; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11396/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patient and client-care posts for each CHO; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant, respectively; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11397/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the HSE national service plan 2021 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11399/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for resolving the public health doctor pay dispute; if he will replace their temporary contract with a consultant contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11513/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the operational status of each cancer screening clinic at each location; the plan to resume full services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11703/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the operational status of the rapid access skin cancer clinic at University Hospital Waterford; the plan to resume full services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11704/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the operational status of the dermatology clinic at University Hospital Waterford for urgent cases; the plan to resume full services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11705/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the services in each hospital group by hospital and community healthcare organisation, and by departments that are currently closed due to the pandemic; the timeline for resumption of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11706/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when construction works on the new accident and emergency department at Mayo University Hospital will commence; the reason for the delay in commencement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11949/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of late, delayed or missed vaccine deliveries from the HSE to hospitals, general practitioner practices and other vaccination administration locations by county; the quantity of doses delayed; the length of delay for each occurrence in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11995/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of screenings conducted by each of the national screening programmes in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and in January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12042/21]

2021-03-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the policy for administering the Covid-19 vaccine to persons who are homebound and cannot attend a clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12047/21]

2021-02-25

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the categories and number of students by area of study and annual cohorts who undertake clinical or training placements in the health and social care services in each year, in tabular form; the number of placement hours in each year for each area of study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10641/21]

2021-02-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10638/21]

2021-02-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the categories and number of students by area of study and annual cohorts who undertake clinical or training placements in the health and social care services in each year in tabular form; the number of placement hours in each year for each area of study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10640/21]

2021-02-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding a vaccine for a vulnerable person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10642/21]

2021-02-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the supply and pricing agreement of medicines; the parties involved in these discussions; if he or his officials have engaged with an organisation (details supplied) on the matter; his views on whether greater reforms are possible to achieve more sustainable and affordable medicines here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10652/21]

2021-02-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the recommendations of the report by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health on evaluating orphan drugs have been implemented; if an impact assessment has been conducted on those which have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10674/21]

2021-02-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the process for the approval of new drugs; his plans to review or alter this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10675/21]

2021-02-25

VOTE

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021 · 3 divisions

Bill entitled an Act, to make exceptional provision, in the public interest and having regard to the manifest and grave risk to human life and public health posed by the spread of the disease known as Covid-19 and variants of that disease and in order to mitigate, where practicable, the effect of the spread of that disease; to amend the Health Act 1947 to make further and better provision for the enforcement of regulations under section 31A of that Act; to provide for the mandatory quarantine of persons coming into the State from certain areas from where there is known to be sustained human transmission of Covid-19 or any variant of concern, or from which there is a high risk of importation of infection or contamination with Covid-19 or any variant of concern by travel from that area; to provide for the designation of such areas by the Minister; to provide for the mandatory quarantine of persons coming into the State who fail to comply with certain requirements relating to testing for the disease; to provide for the designation of facilities for such quarantine; to provide for the conveying of persons to those facilities; to provide for the making of service agreements to facilitate such quarantine; to provide for alternatives to such quarantine for persons coming into the State where such persons indicate an intention to apply for international protection or where such persons are children who are not accompanied by an adult; and to provide for related matters.

✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 58–86
✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 125–5
✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 131–11

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the drugs approval process for Luxturna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9413/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the drugs under consideration for approval on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drugs scheme by the HSE in tabular form; the stage in the approval process and current and pending decision of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9415/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer diagnoses in 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9429/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer patients who saw a consultant in 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9430/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the adult critical care capacity census will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9444/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the national service plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9445/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1001 of 13 January 2021, when child-specific waiting lists will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9474/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeline for delivery of the second catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9515/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeline for expanding provision of primary percutaneous coronary intervention, PPCI, hours at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9516/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent cardiologists at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9517/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent interventional cardiologists at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9518/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the reimbursement of FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitoring system for persons with type 1 diabetes; if he has considered extending the availability to all persons over 21 years of age with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9563/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of extending the reimbursement scheme for the FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitoring system to all type 1 diabetics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9564/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current HSE staffing levels in comparison with the previous peak in April 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9567/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason he considers it not appropriate to repeat the same arrangements for student nurses and midwives currently on, or soon to commence, clinical placement regarding the provision of the report that points out that the Government always has the option to repeat the exercise from April 2020 should the need arise, given the current levels of positive cases of Covid-19 that the healthcare system is dealing with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9568/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason for not providing final year interns who are rostered members of staff, who are remunerated within an agreed salary with an increased salary equal to the rate that interns were offered in spring 2020 for the duration of their rostered internship, particularly given the significant increase in hospitalisations since that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9569/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the procurement process followed for the 37 mass vaccination centres; the budgeted cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9625/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the seven and 14 day rate of infection for Covid-19 in nursing homes in each week of January 2021; the number of nursing home residents who have contracted Covid-19 since 1 January 2021; the number of nursing home residents who have passed from Covid-19 since 1 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9627/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with a general practitioner visit card and a medical card, respectively, by age in five-year intervals and those aged over 70; the average cost of a general practitioner visit card and medical card, respectively, for each interval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9630/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to progress legislation on mandatory disclosure; the penalties for non-disclosure; the persons or bodies to which they will and will not apply, respectively; the reason for this disparity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9637/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for a refund of phlebotomy charges incurred by medical card patients; the status of such claims awarded, refused and pending, by county and community healthcare organisation, CHO, in tabular form; the grounds on which claims were accepted and refused; the value of claims awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9785/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons eligible each year for the human papillomavirus, HPV, vaccination programme in schools since 2015; the number who did not take this opportunity, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10051/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of administering the human papillomavirus, HPV vaccination programme in schools each year since 2015 by cost type, that is, administration, vaccine cost and so on; the average cost per person for those who availed of the vaccine; the estimated cost had there been 100% uptake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10052/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of persons in the State who have and have not received a human papillomavirus, HPV, vaccine, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10053/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the means of availing of a human papillomavirus, HPV, vaccine for free; his plans for expanding this access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10054/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded consultant posts by discipline and speciality for each hospital by hospital group; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10056/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded registrar posts by discipline and speciality for each hospital by hospital group; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10057/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded senior house officer, SHO, interns posts by discipline and speciality for each hospital by hospital group; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10058/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded medical dental posts by discipline and speciality for each hospital by hospital group; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10059/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded nurse and midwife manager posts for each hospital by hospital group; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10060/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded nurse and midwife specialist and AN-MP posts for each hospital by hospital group; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10061/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded staff nurse and midwife posts for each hospital by hospital group; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum, by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10062/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of therapy profession posts by discipline, speciality and grade for each hospital by hospital group; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency, by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10063/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of health science and diagnostics posts by discipline, speciality and grade for each hospital by hospital group; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency, by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10064/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of social worker posts by discipline, speciality and grade for each hospital by hospital group; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum, by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10065/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of pharmacy posts by grade for each hospital by hospital group; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum, by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10066/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologist posts by grade for each hospital by hospital group; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum, by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10067/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare assistant posts for each hospital by hospital group; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum, by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10068/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of social care posts for each hospital by hospital group; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum, by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10069/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of health, social care and other posts by discipline and speciality for each hospital by hospital group; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum, by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10070/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of management and administrative posts by profession and grade for each hospital by hospital group; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum, by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10071/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the profession breakdown by discipline and speciality for each public health department; the number of posts funded, filled, and vacant; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum, by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10072/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the profession breakdown by discipline and speciality for each operational unit of the National Ambulance Service and Dublin Fire Brigade; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum, by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10073/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the profession breakdown by discipline and speciality for staff hired for home help services; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum, by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10074/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of beds, by bed type, in each hospital by hospital group on 1 January 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10077/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of beds, by bed type, in each health and social care facility by CHO on 1 January 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10078/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the target number of beds, by bed type, in each hospital by hospital group for 31 December 2021 as funded in Budget 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10079/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the target number of beds, by bed type, in each health and social care facility by CHO for 31 December 2021 as funded in Budget 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10080/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the next annual report of the National Treatment Purchase Fund will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10100/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the next action plan of the National Treatment Purchase Fund will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10101/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean and median waiting times in number of months across each waiting list for each speciality for each hospital group and by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10107/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of profession by discipline and speciality for each hospital laboratory department; the number of posts that are funded, filled and vacant, respectively; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency or locum, by whole-time equivalent, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10108/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the levels of critical care that are provided in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10317/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the services provided in each hospital, by hospital group, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10318/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of the trauma centres in Ireland; the levels of same; the services provided for each; the framework for determining the level of trauma centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10319/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will pay student nurses and midwives; the actions emerging from the first report on pandemic pay; when the second review will be conducted; the terms of reference of the second review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10332/21]

2021-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare workers vaccinated across the sequencing groups identified under Sequencing of Covid-19 Vaccination of Frontline Healthcare Workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10391/21]

2021-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his Department has conducted a workforce census of the entire public and private health and social care system; the breakdown or estimates of workers across categories of service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9057/21]

2021-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals made by general practitioners for consultant appointments in January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9147/21]

2021-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient appointments seen by a consultant in each month in 2018, 2019, 2020 and in January 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9148/21]

2021-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient appointments seen in each month of 2018, 2019, 2020 and in January 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9149/21]

2021-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of planned procedure appointments seen in each month of 2018, 2019, 2020 and in January 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9150/21]

2021-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of day case appointments seen in each month of 2018, 2019, 2020 and in January 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9151/21]

2021-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient, outpatient, planned procedure and day case appointments cancelled in each month of 2018, 2019, 2020 and in January 2021, in tabular form by each type of appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9152/21]

2021-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals by source of referral made for an outpatient consultation for each month of 2018, 2019, 2020 and in January 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9153/21]

2021-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals by source of referral made for an urgent or routine inpatient, day case or planned procedure for each month of 2018, 2019, 2020 and in January 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9154/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeline for and details of the scheduled review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 as required under the Act; the way in which he plans to collect evidence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9071/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 838 of 27 January, the number of applicants on each of the panels referenced; and the number on panels for hospitals and hospital groups. [8136/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts across the health service; the average length of time that posts are vacant across existing vacancies, by occupation category; the number of applicants for each occupation category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8137/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if front-line prison officers will be included in the priority list for the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine; the overall strategy for the roll-out of vaccines across prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8147/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of business cases submitted for each acute hospital for additional capacity or beds which have not been funded or approved; the stage at which these applications are at; the proposed capacity these would add to the health system if approved in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8163/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE has received applications in the 13 months from January 2020 to January 2021 for rapid modular units or new physical space projects; the number submitted and approved, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8164/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of applications made for capital funding by hospitals and hospital groups in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8165/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the drugs which were considered at the January HSE drugs group meeting; the stage at which each are at in their application; the actions emerging from the meeting in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8410/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the recommended replacement period of a mirena coil; if it can work effectively beyond this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8474/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if contraceptive services are considered an essential service; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8475/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the operational status of STI screening, vaccination and PrEP services; when these services will fully resume; if they will be deemed essential; his plans for expanding these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8479/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the operational status of the gay men’s health service; when these services will fully resume; his plans for expanding these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8480/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current resources allocated to STI home testing kits; his plans to increase same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8481/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the HSPC will resume publishing underlying conditions in Covid-19 cases data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8588/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans regarding the expansion of terminal illness medical cards; when this will be operationalised; the way in which it can be applied for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8591/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the disproportionate mortality rates from Covid-19 among kidney patients which is similar to that of residents of long-term care facilities; if the vaccination allocation sequencing has been reviewed with this in mind; if he has engaged with advocates of kidney patients such as an organisation (details supplied) or with the HSE national renal office on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8650/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the supports and multidisciplinary gender-identity service the HSE has in place for persons needing assessment for gender-identity related issues; his plans to put in place the necessary services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8666/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if referrals are continuing to the gender-identity development services in the UK (details supplied); if the service is referring persons back to the HSE; if the service will be in place to deal with persons caught on waiting lists for the UK service, which is not accepting new referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8667/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant posts by hospital group and hospital, respectively, filled by tenure, permanent, temporary, locum, agency and vacant consultant posts by discipline and specialty, in tabular form; the length of time the vacant posts have remained vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8669/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to hire additional clinical nurse specialists in order to support social work and psychology supports at Mullingar Regional Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8681/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way in which persons in group 7 of the vaccine roll-out will be identified for vaccination; if this will be done by identification based on medical records or if it will require self-identification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8690/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans regarding expanding the medicinal cannabis access programme; his plans for operationalising the programme and regarding delivery of medicinal products; the way in which he envisages the programme functioning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8798/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of exemptions for cannabis products given under the ministerial licence; the products which have been made available by licence; his plans to harmonise this with the medicinal cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8799/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the work underway to review and revise difficulties with the medicinal cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8800/21]

2021-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for advancing an inquiry into the use of mesh implants and sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8811/21]

2021-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued in each of the years 2017 to 2020 for antidepressants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6831/21]

2021-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued to medical card holders in each of the years 2017 to 2020 for antidepressants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6832/21]

2021-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued in each of the years 2017 to 2020 for antidepressants which were reimbursed via PCRS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6833/21]

2021-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals to mental health services in each of the years 2017 to 2020, by service in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6834/21]

2021-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical diagnoses for different mental health conditions in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6835/21]

2021-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staffed and fully funded critical care beds in each hospital by hospital and hospital group; the number that are open, closed due to staffing, closed due to IPC and other relevant categories in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6841/21]

2021-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded and staffed inpatient general acute hospital beds in place on 1 February 2020, by hospital and hospital group; the number open, closed due to staffing, closed due to IPC and other relevant categories in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6842/21]

2021-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent nursing and midwifery positions by grade funded, filled on a permanent, temporary and agency basis, respectively, and vacant in each hospital by hospital and hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6843/21]

2021-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant positions by speciality funded, filled on a permanent, temporary and agency basis, respectively, and vacant in each hospital on 1 February 2020, by hospital and hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6844/21]

2021-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent healthcare assistant positions funded, filled on a permanent, temporary and agency basis, respectively, and vacant in each hospital on 1 February 2020, by hospital and hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6845/21]

2021-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent NCHD positions funded, filled on a permanent, temporary and agency basis, respectively, and vacant in each hospital on 1 February 2020, by hospital and hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6846/21]

2021-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of temporary, agency or locum staff currently employed in acute hospitals by profession and occupation and by hospital and hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6847/21]

2021-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient appointments cancelled by hospitals for each month in 2020 and January 2021, by hospital and hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6848/21]

2021-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient appointments cancelled by hospitals for each month in 2019, 2020 and January 2021, by hospital and hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6849/21]

2021-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient appointments cancelled by hospitals in each month in 2019, 2020 and for January 2021, by hospital and hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6850/21]

2021-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital staff by occupation that tested positive for Covid-19 by hospital and hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6851/21]

2021-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccines administered across each of the priority groups to date; if regular breakdowns across categories and cohorts will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7181/21]

2021-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7192/21]

2021-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently employed by occupation in Covid-19 testing and tracing systems, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7235/21]

2021-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons planned to be employed by occupation in Covid-19 testing and tracing systems, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7236/21]

2021-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded positions by occupation in Covid-19 testing and tracing systems by filled and vacant positions, in tabular form; the basis on which they are filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7237/21]

2021-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the critical care capacity and workforce census 2020, which was due at the end of January 2021, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7306/21]

2021-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the HSE national service plan 2021 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7307/21]

2021-02-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer diagnoses in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5017/21]

2021-02-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer patients who saw a consultant in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5018/21]

2021-02-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who saw a consultant in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5019/21]

2021-02-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer procedures and surgeries conducted by type in 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5020/21]

2021-02-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated population size of each of the provisional vaccine allocation groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5704/21]

2021-02-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to suspending non-routine medical card reviews until after lockdown given that the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions are posing difficulties for persons in acquiring the necessary evidence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5710/21]

2021-02-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the projected shipments and deliveries of Covid-19 vaccines for each producer currently factored into timeline estimates on the provisional delivery schedule; the expected target numbers of roll-out per week, month and quarter to reach the provisional targets set for September 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5794/21]

2021-02-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cardiac diagnostic assessments and cardiac procedures for each carried out at University Hospital Waterford in the catheterisation laboratory at the hospital and at a clinic (details supplied) on behalf of University Hospital Waterford for each month of 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5949/21]

2021-02-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of primary percutaneous coronary intervention, PPCI, procedures carried out at University Hospital Waterford for the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5950/21]

2021-02-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average numbers waiting and time spent on waiting lists each for a cardiac diagnostic assessment and for a cardiac procedure at University Hospital Waterford by month by zero to three, three to six, six to nine, nine to 12 months and over one year in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and for 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5951/21]

2021-01-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner referrals made to see a consultant for each month in 2020; the average per month in 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4872/21]

2021-01-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients seen by a consultant each month in 2020; the average per month for 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4873/21]

2021-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of new HIV diagnoses in each of the years from 2010 to 2020, by gender in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4275/21]

2021-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if additional supports have been made available for those living with HIV during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4276/21]

2021-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if regular HIV testing is ongoing at the same or a reduced rate; if it has halted due to the closure of sexual health clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4277/21]

2021-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on panels for the various occupations within the HSE nationwide across the various recruitment channels currently in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4318/21]

2021-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of placing a person on a general practitioner only card or a full medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4321/21]

2021-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average cost per annum incurred by the State for a full medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4322/21]

2021-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average cost per annum incurred by the State for a general practitioner card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4323/21]

2021-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current known length of time that immunity is provided by the different Covid-19 vaccines; if it is considered to be an annual vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4325/21]

2021-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE drug group has met to date in January 2021; when the group will next meet; if the drug dupilumab will be approved for reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4328/21]

2021-01-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the efforts he is making to ensure that a way forward is secured on data sharing between public authorities here and in Northern Ireland in the context of cross-Border travel through ports and airports and on tackling Covid-19 in general; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3225/21]

2021-01-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total additional funding paid to date to nursing homes under temporary assistance payment schemes related to Covid-19; the length of time this will continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3271/21]

2021-01-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hours of home help delivered in November and December 2020 and January 2021 relative to 2019-2020 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3272/21]

2021-01-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccinations administered to HSE staff in the first two weeks of January 2021 by staff category, group and grade for each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3273/21]

2021-01-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has signed off on the HSE 2021 national service plan; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3310/21]

2021-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the position of dentists, pharmacists and similar healthcare professionals in prioritisation in the Covid-19 vaccine allocation groups, given they are patient facing but are not being addressed as part of the first group of patient-facing healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2218/21]

2021-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on private ambulances, by hospital, in each month in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2235/21]

2021-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has exact restrictions on speed limits for powered wheelchairs that it provides or reimburses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2246/21]

2021-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the position in which National Ambulance Service staff fall in the provisional allocation groups for the Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2288/21]

2021-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for each discipline, speciality and sub-speciality for each hospital; the number waiting according to the same monthly categories issued by the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, on the basis of the December 2020 waiting list figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2455/21]

2021-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if Ireland has purchased additional doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines that other countries did not want, as has been done by Germany, France and Denmark; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2921/21]

2021-01-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans and views regarding each of the recommendations of the expert group report to review the law of torts and the current systems for the management of clinical negligence claims relevant to his Department and those bodies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1975/21]

2021-01-13

PQ

Asked Finance

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance when the necessary communications to the Minister for Health and the HSE will be made to allow for the resumption of issuing primary medical certificates; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1226/21]

2021-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if carers are included in the any of the higher-order sequencing Covid-19 vaccine allocation groups or if they are more generally considered as part of the aged 18 to 54 years who did not have access to the vaccine in prior phases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44910/20]

2021-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of approved pharmacist posts at each hospital, including Children's Health Ireland, CHI; the number of posts filled by tenure, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and so on; the ratio of approved posts-to-patient and filled posts-to-patient; the length of time vacant posts or posts filled by non-permanent appointments have been unfilled in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44915/20]

2021-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the inpatient and outpatient waiting list numbers and waiting times as presented in National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, data by each group and hospital for each discipline and each speciality, separated by adults and children in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44962/20]

2021-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the PTSD supports provided for members of the National Ambulance Service; if a review has been conducted into the effectiveness of same and whether there is a need for further supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45047/20]

2021-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way in which different strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are being identified and analysed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1007/21]

2021-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cooperation or synchronisation there has been on SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics with the Department of Health in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1008/21]

2021-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the issuing of primary medical certificates will resume; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1225/21]

2021-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if restrictions on travel from the place of residence under the new lockdown, including for travelling beyond general travel or distance restrictions, would prohibit parents of children with autism spectrum conditions from taking their children out to care for their general well-being and mental health; the extent to which the regulations may confine their ability to do this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1310/21]

2021-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on a first appointment with an orthopaedic surgeon in Children's Health Ireland and other hospitals across the HSE in tabular form; the length of wait for each child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1335/21]

2021-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting on scoliosis surgery in Children's Health Ireland, Cappagh and the Mater in tabular form; the length of wait for each child and category of wait list, including all categories, that is, active, to come in, suspended and planned procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1336/21]

2021-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the actions which will be taken to ensure four-month surgery targets are met for children with scoliosis during 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1337/21]

2021-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when child specific wait lists, a recommendation of the 2017 report Waiting for Scoliosis Treatment: A Children' Rights Issue, will be in place across the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1338/21]

2021-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the hospitals which count all those waiting on outpatient appointments as adults and which do not collect and report child specific wait lists to the NTPF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1339/21]

2021-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE drug group has met to date in January 2021; when the group will next meet; if the drug dupilumab will be approved for reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1444/21]

2021-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels by staff group for the new palliative care centre in University Hospital Waterford; if there will be specialists in paediatric palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1453/21]

2020-12-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of approved filled by tenure permanent, temporary, locum, agency and vacant consultant posts by discipline and specialty; the length of time the vacant posts have remained vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43850/20]

2020-12-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if the pension abatement rule for public sector pensions applies to employment with section 38 and 39 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42869/20]

2020-12-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the latest engagement with organisations (details supplied) on Covid-related changes to work practices, the provision of additional paramedic posts and the nature of proposed changes to work practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42874/20]

2020-12-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there are supports to assist low-income persons or households with transport to hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43060/20]

2020-12-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if mesh injury will be recognised as a long-term illness; his plans for reparations for mesh injury; if there will be a public inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43065/20]

2020-12-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 30 September 2020, if savings are achieved through the use of agency staff or if it is more expensive to use agency staff; the cost-benefit analyses that have been conducted over the past decade on the use of agency staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43083/20]

2020-12-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to put in place a holistic aftercare package for those suffering from long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43131/20]

2020-12-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will waive NMBI registration fees for the duration of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43386/20]

2020-12-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which the national adult critical care capacity and activity census report 2020 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43401/20]

2020-12-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which the national service plan 2021 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43402/20]

2020-12-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to engage with an organisation (details supplied) to resolve ongoing disputes regarding charging for routine phlebotomy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43429/20]

2020-12-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if those eligible for the free flu vaccine through the HSE immunisation programme will be eligible for reimbursement after HSE procured supplies are exhausted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43462/20]

2020-12-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 3 November 2020, if an update will be provided on his plans for paying student nurses and midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42289/20]

2020-12-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for children requiring an assessment of needs in the context of the legal requirements on the HSE to commence such an assessment within three months and complete it within six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42290/20]

2020-12-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the drug dupilumab for the treatment of severe atopic eczema will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42338/20]

2020-12-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting and wait times for scoliosis treatment and surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42337/20]

2020-12-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to reverse underinvestment in public health departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42340/20]

2020-12-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for advancing an inquiry into the use of mesh implants and sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42339/20]

2020-12-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps taken to establish a State-funded contraception scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42341/20]

2020-12-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason the target percentage of patients undergoing a non-urgent colonoscopy within 13 weeks was changed from 70% to 65% in the 2020 HSE Services Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42724/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer patients accessing clinical trials; the performance in terms of the percentage of patients accessing clinical trials compared to key performance indicator targets set previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41155/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the targets for hire for the dedicated swabbing and testing workforce identified in the winter plan on a weekly and monthly basis for the period 1 June to 1 December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41177/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hires for the dedicated swabbing and testing workforce identified in the winter plan on a weekly and monthly basis for the period 1 June to 1 December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41178/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total targeted workforce by 1 December 2020 and actual workforce size at 1 December 2020 for the dedicated swabbing and testing workforce identified in the winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41179/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the targets for interview for the dedicated swabbing and testing workforce identified in the winter plan on a weekly and monthly basis for the period 1 June to 1 December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41180/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of interviews for the dedicated swabbing and testing workforce identified in the winter plan on a weekly and monthly basis for the period 1 June to 1 December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41181/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total targeted interviews by 1 December 2020 and actual interviews conducted by 1 December 2020 for the dedicated swabbing and testing workforce identified in the winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41182/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the targets for hire for the dedicated contact tracing workforce identified in the winter plan on a weekly and monthly basis for the period 1 June to 1 December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41183/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hires on a weekly basis for the period 1 June 2020 to 1 December 2020 for the dedicated contact tracing identified in the winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41184/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total targeted workforce by 1 December 2020 and actual workforce size at 1 December 2020 for the dedicated contact tracing workforce identified in the winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41185/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the targets for interview for the dedicated contact tracing workforce identified in the winter plan on a weekly and monthly basis for the period 1 June to 1 December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41186/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of interviews on a weekly basis for the period 1 June 2020 to 1 December 2020 for the dedicated contact tracing workforce identified in the winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41187/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total targeted interviews by 1 December 2020 and actual interviews conducted by 1 December 2020 for the dedicated contact tracing workforce identified in the winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41188/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of candidates who applied to work in the dedicated contact tracing workforce identified in the winter plan by 1 December 2020; the minimum educational qualification of candidates who progressed to interview; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41189/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of candidates who applied to work in the dedicated swabbing and testing workforce identified in the winter plan by 1 December 2020; the minimum educational qualification of candidates who progressed to interview; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41190/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of swabbing and testing staff successfully onboarded on a weekly basis for the period 1 October to 1 December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41202/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of contact tracing staff successfully onboarded on a weekly basis for the period 1 October to 1 December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41203/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total workforce, disaggregated between dedicated new hire and redeployed and seconded from the health service or otherwise, engaged in swabbing and testing on 1 October, 1 November and 1 December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41204/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total workforce, disaggregated between dedicated new hire and redeployed and seconded from the health service or otherwise, engaged in contact tracing on 1 October, 1 November and 1 December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41205/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total workforce still redeployed and seconded from other aspects of the health service to Covid-19 efforts, by field, that is testing, tracing and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41206/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the targets to year end for the dedicated swabbing and testing workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41207/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the targets to year end for the dedicated contact tracing workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41208/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff in his Department and the HSE who have been deployed and seconded at the start of each month since 1 March to 1 December 2020, by occupation and county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41306/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff who have been out of work due to Covid-19 illness to date; the number currently out of work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41307/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff who have contracted Covid-19 at any point since 1 March to 1 December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41308/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff who continue to suffer from persistent symptoms or syndromes associated with Covid-19, also known as long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41309/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children removed in each of the past five years from scoliosis surgery lists on the basis of the deterioration of their condition making surgery unsafe in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41359/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current vacancies and unfilled, funded posts on 1 December across the health service by occupation and by whole-time equivalent, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41531/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric rheumatologists working in the health service; his plans for expanding this number; the international recommended best practice ratio of paediatric rheumatologists to population and current ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41825/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the information on Down's syndrome-related arthritis provided to general practitioners; if provision has or will be made for the annual screening of children with Down syndrome to monitor the potential development of Down's syndrome-related arthritis and other conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41826/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the position regarding maternity visitation at each hospital with a maternity function; the appointments including scan in which the mother can have a parent, partner or supporting visitor attend with them; if there will be a relaxation of restrictions under level 3; if guidance has been provided to hospitals regarding relaxation under level 3, 2, or 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41827/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on paediatric rheumatology waiting lists waiting to see a consultant; the waiting times by month; the average waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41828/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with Down syndrome-related arthritis on paediatric rheumatology waiting lists waiting to see a consultant; the waiting times by month; the average waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41829/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on paediatric rheumatology waiting lists waiting for a MRI; the waiting times by month; the average waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41830/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with Down syndrome-related arthritis on paediatric rheumatology waiting lists waiting for a MRI; the waiting times by month; the average waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41831/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on paediatric rheumatology waiting lists waiting for treatment by type of treatment; the waiting times by month; the average waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41832/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with Down syndrome-related arthritis on paediatric rheumatology waiting lists waiting for treatment by type of treatment; the waiting times by month; the average waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41833/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on private ambulances by hospital for each year since 2000, in tabular form; the number of journeys made in each year; the effective cost per journey annually and on average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41865/20]

2020-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on public ambulances by hospital for each year since 2000, in tabular form; the number of journeys made in each year; the effective cost per journey annually and on average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41866/20]

2020-12-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the efforts that have and are being made to ensure that visitation rights as set out by Health Protection Surveillance Centre, HPSC, guidance for visiting long-term residential care facilities are being upheld; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39881/20]

2020-12-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason the HPV vaccine is not available to all young women free of charge, considering that it is freely available to first year students and there would be no additional cost to make it available at any other point in secondary school as it is administered annually and the costs would be offset by the savings accrued in the year it was not availed of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40222/20]

2020-12-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for moving the outpatient services at Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar to a private facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40318/20]

2020-12-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of all the campuses, public sector buildings and offices that have adopted the tobacco-free campus policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40446/20]

2020-11-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the colleges and universities from which graduates were considered for jobs in contact tracing; the reason an exhaustive list was provided; if this limited those short-listed for interview; the reason notable universities such as TU Dublin were excluded from the list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39255/20]

2020-11-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to increase pay for healthcare assistants and other health and social care workers; if there has been any engagement from or with trade unions on the matter; the changes in rates of pay there have been for these workers over the past decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39265/20]

2020-11-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the supports in place or planned to be in place for aftercare of Covid-19 patients who are suffering from one or more of the post-Covid-19 syndromes commonly referred to as long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39280/20]

2020-11-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his understanding of long Covid and associated syndromes and symptoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39281/20]

2020-11-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons suffering from one or more syndromes commonly referred to as long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39292/20]

2020-11-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the efforts being made to raise awareness of the combination of syndromes known as long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39293/20]

2020-11-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the changes or supplements being made to advise on persistent or long-term illness relating to long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39294/20]

2020-11-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current understanding of long Covid; the symptoms or syndromes associated with the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39295/20]

2020-11-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if clinics or similar services will open to support and treat those suffering from long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39296/20]

2020-11-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the supports, treatments and rehabilitative services that have been identified for sufferers of long Covid to address the physical, cognitive and psychological consequences of the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39297/20]

2020-11-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has or will establish a task force for developing a greater understanding of long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39298/20]

2020-11-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the learning or borrowing there has been from other health services for developing and deepening the understanding of long Covid and necessary post hoc supports and treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39299/20]

2020-11-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the efforts being made to raise awareness of the combination of syndromes and persistent symptoms known as long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39300/20]

2020-11-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39379/20]

2020-11-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the guidance that has been issued on pregnancy and Covid-19; when the advice will be updated in view of the most recent research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39040/20]

2020-11-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason the PCR testing for Covid-19 runs for between 40 and 45 amplification cycles when the general international consensus is 35; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39127/20]

2020-11-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of closed beds in the public health system by hospital and by categories of infection prevention and control, refurbishment, staffing shortages and other on 1 September, 1 October and 1 November 2020, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37838/20]

2020-11-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 773 of 10 November 2020, his plans to replace the residential facility service at the Keltoi facility while it is used for the Covid-19 response and other services not referenced in the response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37974/20]

2020-11-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the next mid-term review of the National Cancer Strategy will be conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37975/20]

2020-11-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeline for, and details of, the scheduled review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 as required under the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38149/20]

2020-11-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists which have withdrawn from the dental treatment services scheme in 2020; the number in the scheme at 1 January 2020; the number in the scheme at 1 November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38351/20]

2020-11-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the waiting lists for dental and orthodontic services disaggregated by children and adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38352/20]

2020-11-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders who received appointments through the dental treatment services scheme in 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38353/20]

2020-11-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there has been a reduction in dental services to under 16s as a result of the withdrawal of dentists from relevant schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38354/20]

2020-11-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the engagement there has been and the number of producers with which there has been engagement on procuring rapid antigen tests for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38592/20]

2020-11-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for procuring rapid antigen tests for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38593/20]

2020-11-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a workforce for deploying rapid antigen tests for Covid-19 has been trained; if so, when the training commenced; the number of persons that have been trained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38594/20]

2020-11-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when rapid Covid-19 antigen tests will be deployed as part of the public testing system now that the European Commission has recommended their use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38595/20]

2020-11-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the engagement he, his Department or the HSE have had with the developer of an application (details supplied); if there are plans to endorse same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38596/20]

2020-11-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when rapid antigen tests for Covid-19 will be deployed in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38597/20]

2020-11-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if rapid antigen tests for Covid-19 will be made available on a widespread basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38598/20]

2020-11-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if rapid antigen tests for Covid-19 will be made available in local community testing facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38599/20]

2020-11-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if child health and development checks have resumed; if so, the extent to which they have resumed; if they have not resumed, when they will; the plans for catching up on missed appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37451/20]

2020-11-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of organ transplants in 2020 by type compared to the same period in 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37671/20]

2020-11-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts by profession at each public or voluntary hospital as of 1 November or the latest available data point in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37728/20]

2020-11-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts by profession in each CHO and LHO as of 1 November or the latest available data point in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37729/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Public

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if additional funding for health capital projects will be made available in the context of a capacity deficit following from the Covid-19 pandemic and associated operational difficulties and delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36173/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Public

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when austerity cuts to public health sector pay will be restored; when pay inequality within healthcare professions will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36172/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the services offered by the HSE for which there is a waiting list; the median and mean wait time on each list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36163/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the current round of discussions on the new supply and pricing of medicines agreement will conclude; when he expects to have a replacement agreement in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36213/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); the situation regarding access to and availability of gastric bypass surgery; the number of persons on waiting lists for surgery for morbid obesity by wait times on a six-monthly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36418/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current guidelines on water births; if the HSE has advised that homebirthing parents can no longer have water births; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36443/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the agency spending per quarter in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36778/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on private ambulances per quarter in each of the years 2018 and 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36779/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons over 75 years of age left waiting over 24 hours in emergency departments for hospital beds per quarter in each of the years 2018 and 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36780/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the home care waiting list for each month in 2019 and 2020; the number of hours delivered to date in 2020; the number of hours planned to be delivered in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36781/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges and bed days lost in each public and voluntary hospital at the end of October 2020; the number of delayed discharges and bed days lost in each public and voluntary hospital by month in 2019 and 2020; the number to date in 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36782/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on hospital waiting lists compared with the same period in 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36783/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the speech and language, occupational therapy and physiotherapy waiting lists; the length of time children are waiting compared with the same period in 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36784/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cataract surgery waiting lists and wait times for September 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36785/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the scoliosis treatment waiting lists and wait times compared with the same period in 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36786/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the CAMHS waiting lists and wait times compared with the same period in 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36787/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capital projects under way which fall under his remit; the additional capacity they will add; the timeline for delivery of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36789/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the planned capital projects which fall under his remit; the additional capacity they will add; the timeline for delivery of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36790/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of wards under construction or planned to commence within the next six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36791/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the measures taken in 2020 to improve ehealth and ICT systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36792/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the measures to be taken in 2021 to improve ehealth and ICT systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36793/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated timeline and cost of completing upgrading and modernisation of HSE ICT and procurement systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36794/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the national children’s hospital; the estimated timeline for delivery; the estimated cost to date; the estimated final cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36795/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the new national maternity hospital; the estimated timeline for delivery; the estimated cost to date; the estimated final cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36796/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of primary care centre delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36797/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the restructuring and reform of the HSE; when this will recommence; the new timeline for delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36798/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for the public provision of general practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36859/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for increasing the number of general practitioners in the health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36860/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for modernising and integrating data management practices in the health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36861/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for addressing the socio-economic and geographical inequalities in accessing primary and tertiary healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36862/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status and plans for advancing the central mental health hospital (relocation) Bill; the legislative timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36864/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status and plans for advancing the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2019 relating to revised risk equalisation credits and so on; the legislative timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36865/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current status and plans for advancing the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019; the legislative timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36866/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current status and plans for advancing the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2019; the legislative timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36867/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current status and plans for advancing the Health (Adult Safeguarding) Bill 2017; the legislative timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36868/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status and plans for advancing the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2018; the legislative timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36869/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status and plans for advancing the Mental Health (Amendment) Act 2018 giving effect to the recommendations of an expert group review on mental health legislation; the legislative timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36870/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status and plans for advancing the National Research Ethics Committees Bill 2019; the legislative timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36871/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status and plans for advancing the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill 2018; the legislative timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36872/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status and plans for advancing the protection of liberty safeguards Bill; the legislative timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36873/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status and plans for advancing the public health (calorie posting and workplace wellbeing) Bill; the legislative timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36874/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status and plans for advancing the safe access zones Bill; the legislative timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36875/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current status and plans for advancing the support for Irish survivors of thalidomide Bill; the legislative timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36876/20]

2020-11-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current status and plans for advancing the Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2016 to give effect to the fair deal review; the legislative timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36877/20]

2020-11-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of influenza vaccines by type ordered in 2019; the number administered in 2019; the stock unused in 2019; the estimates for 2020 in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35470/20]

2020-11-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when a service (details supplied) will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35367/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address outstanding concerns regarding the availability of the flu vaccine; his plans to ensure there is a right to any Covid-19 vaccine the State intends to procure free of charge at the point of use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33737/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for enhancing the testing and tracing system to make it more robust and proactive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33738/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the pay and working conditions concerns of student nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33739/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress in respect of the development of the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33615/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for increasing acute and critical care bed capacity in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33611/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps that will be taken during this lockdown to ensure Ireland is prepared in the event of a third wave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33614/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to advance an inquiry into mesh implants and sodium valproate; the progress to date on implementing previous recommendations in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33613/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for delivering elective only hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33612/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of the process of a typical new capital project from end to end, that is, from design to planning to procurement to build; the different stages involved; if differences apply to a capital project undertaken by the Department of Health or the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32822/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps which will be taken during the current lockdown to ensure Ireland is prepared in the event of a third wave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33740/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on adding products of a company (details supplied) to the medical cannabis access programme; if there are plans for expanding the products to be available through the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32295/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the delivery of products licensed under the ministerial licence for cannabis-based treatments that happened during the pandemic will be continued; if his attention has been drawn to the comfort this has given families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32296/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE workers who have been seconded or volunteered to work with the HSA or in contact testing or tracing by occupation in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32398/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the training that has been put in place for those seconded, volunteered or otherwise to work in Covid-19 contact tracing; the level of support and training that has been given or continues to be given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32399/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the placements within the health service that student nurses are paid for and those they are not; the estimated cost of payments and number of recipients for any paid placement; if he will provide details of other classifications of students that undertake paid and or unpaid placements within the health service; the number of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32484/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of paying student nurses for any unpaid placements within the health service at a weekly rate equivalent to 1 and 0.5 WTE of appropriate scales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32485/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to achieve pay parity and address the two tier pay issue for hospital consultants both on type A, B and C contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32612/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has entered into negotiations with the health unions and representative groups on achieving pay equality for hospital consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32613/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the bursary for student nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32614/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff available on the first day of each month for the months of May to October 2020, by testers, tracers and other categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32738/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the next HSE capital plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32824/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capital projects under way and planned, by county, undertaken by his Department or the HSE, in tabular form; the cost at this point and the budget; the timeline for delivery; the current stage of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32826/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way in which priority testing for essential workers and healthcare workers operates in practice; the turnaround time for same; the way in which derogations to return to work early operate; the frequency with which this has been used; the steps taken to streamline the overall process of testing in healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33336/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if all Covid-19-related services relating to general practice and general practitioners are free-of-charge; if this applies in the case of out-of-hours GP services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33337/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive a contract; when additional homecare hours announced in the winter plan will come on stream; if additional staff will be brought on; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33338/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of an additional full-time consultant obstetrician for University Hospital Galway. [33675/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of an additional full-time consultant neonatologist for University Maternity Hospital, Limerick. [33676/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant nursing posts in St. Vincent's University Hospital. [33677/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of an additional full-time consultant cardiologist for Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [33678/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented with respiratory conditions at Wexford General Hospital in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [33679/20]

2020-11-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts on the first day of each month of 2020 to date; the latest available date for October 2020; the number of consultant posts filled to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33734/20]

2020-10-23

VOTE

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages

✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 85–53

2020-10-23

VOTE

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020

A bill to make further and better provision in relation to the enforcement of regulations under section 31A of the Health Act 1947; for that purpose, to make provision in relation to the prosecution of certain offences consisting of contraventions of those regulations, to provide for the payment of fixed sums by persons alleged to have committed certain such offences in lieu of their being prosecuted for those offences; to provide for the giving of directions by members of the Garda Síochána in certain circumstances; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 93–43

2020-10-22

VOTE

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3 · 2 divisions

✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 92–53
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 59–86

2020-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the process of a new capital project in health from end to end, that is, from design to planning to procurement to build; if he will identify the different stages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31893/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a definition of a dance and exercise class as outlined in the plan for living with Covid-19; the reason gymnastic classes can go ahead under level 3 but yoga and dance classes cannot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30938/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an issue raised in correspondence (details supplied); if there will be a January intake for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31233/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of the 16,000 healthcare staff who have been or will be hired in 2020 as outlined in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31253/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of the 16,000 healthcare staff who will be hired in 2021 as outlined in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31254/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of the 16,000 healthcare staff who are expected to be offered full-time HSE contracts as outlined in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31255/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of the 16,000 healthcare staff who are expected to be agency staff as outlined in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31256/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expected occupational breakdown of the 16,000 healthcare staff that the health workforce will increase by as outlined in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31257/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of subacute, AMU, acute inpatient and critical care beds in the public health system on 1 January 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31258/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of subacute, AMU, acute inpatient and critical care beds, disaggregated, in the public health system on 1 October 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31259/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded subacute, AMU, acute inpatient and critical care beds provided for in budget 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31260/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded subacute, AMU, acute inpatient and critical care beds provided for in budget 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31261/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of subacute, AMU, acute inpatient and critical care beds not provided for in budget 2021 which will be open on a temporary basis in either 2020 or 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31262/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of subacute, AMU, acute inpatient, and critical care beds inclusive of funded and permanent, non-funded and temporary and closed in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31263/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in the public hospital system and the average percentage of beds closed at any one point throughout 2020 due to cleaning, IPC or other requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31264/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average percentage of beds closed in the public health system at any one point in 2019 and 2020 due to a lack of staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31265/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of community beds by type and including rehabilitative beds, available in the public health system in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; the average percentage of the beds which may be closed at any one time due to a non-staff related reason; the average percentage of these beds which may be closed at any one time due to staff-related reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31266/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the 2021 HSE National Service Plan will be complete; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31267/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of community and rehabilitation beds in the public health system prior to budget 2021; the estimated number in the public health service if full implementation of budget 2021 measures take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31268/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of each of acute inpatient, sub-acute, acute medical assessment units, and critical care beds in the public health system prior to budget 2021; the estimated number in the public health system by year end 2021 if full implementation of budget 2021 measures take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31269/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the 1,146 acute inpatient beds announced in budget 2021 between funded permanent beds and temporary beds respectively; if he will provide the baseline figure this will be added to and to isolate the end of year 2021 baseline figure it will be raised to with this addition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31325/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of permanent and funded and temporary acute inpatient beds, respectively in the public hospital system on 13 October 2020 in tabular form; the number for each projected to be reached on 31 December 2020; the number for each projected to be reached for target year end 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31326/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded acute beds in the public system at the end of each of the years 2016 to 2019 and projected for the end of 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31387/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of baseline acute beds in the public system at the end of each of the years 2016 to 2019 and projected for the end of 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31388/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staffed acute beds operational and available in the public system on the first day of the month for each month in 2019 and up to September 2020, by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31389/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded sub-acute beds in the public system at the end of each of the years 2016 to 2019 and projected for the end of 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31390/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of baseline sub-acute beds in the public system at the end of each of the years 2016 to 2019 and projected for the end of 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31391/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staffed sub-acute beds operational and available in the public system on the first day of the month for each month in 2019 and up to September 2020, by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31392/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded adult ICU beds in the public system at the end of each year from 2016 to 2019 and projected for the end of 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31393/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of baseline adult ICU beds in the public system at the end of each year from 2016 to 2019 and projected for the end of 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31394/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staffed adult ICU beds operational and available in the public system on the first day of the month for each month in 2019 and up to September 2020, by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31395/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded community beds in the public system at the end of each year from 2016 to 2019 and projected for the end of 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31396/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of baseline community beds in the public system at the end of each year from 2016 to 2019 and projected for the end of 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31397/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staffed community beds operational and available in the public system on the first day of the month for each month in 2019 and up to September 2020, by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31398/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded rehabilitation beds in the public system at the end of each year from 2016 to 2019 and projected for the end of 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31399/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of baseline rehabilitation beds in the public system at the end of each year from 2016 to 2019 and projected for the end of 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31400/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of rehabilitation beds operational and available in the public system on the first day of the month for each month in 2019 and up to September 2020, by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31401/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded adult psychiatric beds in the public system at the end of each year from 2016 to 2019 and projected for the end of 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31402/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of baseline adult psychiatric beds in the public system at the end of each year from 2016 to 2019 and projected for the end of 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31403/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staffed adult psychiatric beds operational and available in the public system on the first day of the month for each month in 2019 and up to September 2020, by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31404/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded paediatric ICU beds in the public system at the end of each year from 2016 to 2019 and projected for the end of 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31405/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of baseline paediatric beds in the public system at the end of each year from 2016 to 2019 and projected for the end of 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31406/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staffed paediatric beds operational and available in the public system on the first day of the month for each month in 2019 and up to September 2020, by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31407/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded paediatric acute beds in the public system at the end of each year from 2016 to 2019 and projected for the end of 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31408/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of baseline paediatric beds in the public system at the end of each year from 2016 to 2019 and projected for the end of 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31409/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the €150 million for enhanced community services announced in budget 2021; the specific measures costed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31410/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the €100 million for disability services announced in budget 2021; the specific measures costed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31411/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount of additional funding that will be allocated to the resumption of day services for persons with a disability as a result of budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31412/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount of additional funding that will be made available for progressing disability services and promoting disability integration as a result of budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31413/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount of additional funding that will be made available for respite services under disability services as a result of Budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31414/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount of additional funding that will be made available for support residential services under disability services as a result of budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31415/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount of additional personal assistant hours that will be made available under disability services as a result of budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31416/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount of additional funding that will be made available to progress de-congregation and assist persons with disabilities who are inappropriately living in nursing home settings to move to more suitable accommodation as announced in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31417/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount of additional funding allocated to each of the national strategies and expert reviews as announced in budget 2021 broken down by amount for each strategy and review in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31418/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent nurse posts in the public system at the end of 2018, 2019 and projected for the end of 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31419/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent hospital consultant posts in the public system at the end of 2018, 2019 and projected for the end of 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31420/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the €210 million access to care fund in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31421/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount of additional funding provided for cancer screening services in budget 2021; the way in which the funding will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31422/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the areas for the €58 million allocated under e-health in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31423/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated for PPE in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31424/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated for testing and tracing in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31425/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of additional staff for testing and tracing that will be provided as a consequence of budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31426/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has made provision for extending medical card eligibility for patients with a terminal illness in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31427/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of acute beds in the system, excluding critical care, at the end of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31428/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of acute beds in the system excluding critical care on 22 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31429/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of acute beds in the system excluding critical care on 13 October 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31430/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of acute beds excluding critical care projected to be in the system at the end of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31431/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of acute beds, excluding critical care, projected to be in the system up until the end of the winter plan, that is, to the end of April 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31432/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of acute beds, excluding critical care, projected to be in the system up until the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31433/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of recurring fully funded and staffed inpatient, adult critical care, acute medical unit and day case beds for each at year end in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and estimated for 2020 and projected at year end 2021, in tabular form assuming full implementation of budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31523/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staffed and available, disaggregated by temporary and recurring funded, inpatient, adult critical care, acute medical unit and day case beds, for each at year end 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and estimated for 2020 and projected at year end 2021, in tabular form assuming full implementation of budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31524/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staffed and available inpatient, adult critical care, acute medical unit and day case beds in the public system on the first day of the month for each month in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and for each month up to September 2020, by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31525/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of recurring funded and temporary inpatient, adult critical care, acute medical unit and day case beds in the public system on the first day of the month, disaggregated by type and funding, for each month in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and for each month up to September 2020, by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31526/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the classifications and typologies of beds in acute hospitals and their interchangeable terms ,such as acute, inpatient, sub-acute and day case, which may be used from time to time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31527/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded inpatient acute beds in the public system at the end of 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and projected for the end of 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31679/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of baseline inpatient acute beds in the public system at the end of 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and projected for the end of 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31680/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staffed inpatient acute beds operational and available in the public system on the first day of the month for each month in 2019 and for each month up to September 2020 by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31681/20]

2020-10-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the stage of implementation for each of the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Health Report on Foetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome, May 2018. [31707/20]

2020-10-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant posts in the health service; the number of vacant approved posts; the number of recommended consultant posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30694/20]

2020-10-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date on which the National Adult Critical Care Capacity and Activity Census Report 2020 will be published. [30062/20]

2020-10-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the use of Citywest; his plans to extend the contract; his plans for its future use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30067/20]

2020-10-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting and wait times, including for diagnosis, on cardiac care wait lists in County Waterford in each of the years 2017 to 2019, inclusive, and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30125/20]

2020-10-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the costs to date associated with Citywest; the projected future costs; the current and proposed future uses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30141/20]

2020-10-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer referrals in the first nine months of 2019 compared to the same period in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30150/20]

2020-10-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer diagnoses made in the first nine months of 2019 compared to the same period in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30151/20]

2020-10-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer patients that saw a consultant in the first nine months of 2019 compared to the same period in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30152/20]

2020-10-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer procedures by type conducted in the first nine months of 2019 compared to the same period in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30153/20]

2020-10-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer surgeries made in the first nine months of 2019 compared to the same period in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30154/20]

2020-10-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of critical care beds available in the private healthcare system that would form part of a HSE deal with private sector hospitals to access their capacity in the event of a lack of public capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30171/20]

2020-10-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [30173/20]

2020-10-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for the delivery by pharmacists of off-site vaccination clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29063/20]

2020-10-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on the import and distribution of medicinal cannabis through community pharmacies following a referral from a general practitioner or consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28119/20]

2020-10-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the process for access to medicinal cannabis through the EMA compassionate use access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28120/20]

2020-10-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on dental and orthodontic services waiting lists; the number waiting 0 to 6, 6 to 12 months, 1 to 2, 2 to 3 and 3 plus years, by LHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28157/20]

2020-10-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with special needs on dental and orthodontic services waiting lists; the number waiting 0 to 6, 6 to 12 months, 1 to 2, 2 to 3 and 3 plus years, by LHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28158/20]

2020-10-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on dental and orthodontic services waiting lists; the number of persons waiting 0 to 6, 6 to 12 months, 1 to 2, 2 to 3 and 3 plus years at the end of quarter 2 and 3 2020 compared to quarter 2 and 3 2018 and 2019, by LHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28159/20]

2020-10-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of appointments attended in HSE primary care dental services nationally for the period from 4 March 2019 to 31 May 2019 and from 2 March 2020 to 29 May 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28170/20]

2020-10-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that had their appointments cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic from 2 March 2020 to 1 September 1 2020, by HSE CHO region in tabular form; the number of these cancellations that refer to patients from mainstream national schools, special classes in mainstream schools, special schools, adults in special care, other special care children and orthodontic patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28171/20]

2020-10-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of students in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th class by CHO region that prior to service disruption due to Covid-19, that is the beginning March 2020, were targeted for dental services for the academic year September 2019 to June 2020, by class; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28172/20]

2020-10-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average WTE number of dental staff redeployed as part of the Covid-19 efforts, by HSE CHO region, on a weekly basis from 1 March to 1 September 2020, comprising dentists, dental nurses and dental hygienists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28173/20]

2020-10-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults by HSE CHO region that are waiting for dental treatment under general anaesthetic; the maximum waiting period per region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28174/20]

2020-10-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children by HSE community healthcare organisation, CHO, region who await dental treatment under general anaesthetic; the maximum waiting period per region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28175/20]

2020-10-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff redeployed and deployed through the Be on Call for Ireland campaign and other campaigns as part of the swab, test and trace system to identify Covid-19 cases by origin that is, HSE pre-existing, HSE new for Covid-19, Be on Call and so on, by occupation, by CHO, and by weekly average for the period 1 March to 30 September 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28183/20]

2020-10-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on legislating to allow nurses to prescribe controlled drugs and opiate substitution therapy, for example, methadone and buprenorphine, as was previously done on controlled drugs in areas such as palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28684/20]

2020-10-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on enhancing independent regulatory oversight and inspection on addiction treatment services, such as through HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28685/20]

2020-10-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for reform and investment in addiction treatment services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28686/20]

2020-10-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 29 September 2020, the amount of additional Covid-19 related Exchequer expenditure for 2021 for his Department and the breakdown by line items of this additional expenditure [28716/20]

2020-10-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated expenditure by his Department in 2021 compared to 2020, disaggregated by precommitted expenditure such as by demographics, PSSA and so on, Covid-19 related expenditure and other additional expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28738/20]

2020-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason dexcom G6 glucose monitoring systems are only available for those of certain ages through the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28033/20]

2020-09-30

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice the steps that can be taken regarding health and safety concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27524/20]

2020-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies across the health service by CHO, hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27360/20]

2020-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the occupational and regional breakdowns and associated costs of the 2,760 staff for 2020 and the 7,500 recruitment target for quarter 1 of 2021 outlined in the winter plan 2020-21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27407/20]

2020-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE does not have a single integrated finance and procurement information technology system; his plans for ensuring a system will be put in place; if an integrated system will be expedited due to the failings the current system is causing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27462/20]

2020-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in the Be on Call for Ireland pool; the number who have been assigned or placed in services; the number of staff hired through Be on Call for Ireland with HSE contracts; the number with agency or temporary contracts; the reason staff are being hired as agency or temporary staff when there is a demonstrated need for them to be employed as HSE staff; if his Department is seeking to avoid employer obligations by hiring staff as temporary or agency staff; if all employed to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic are working on valid contracts; the number who are working on temporary contracts which have expired; if he can guarantee that not a single worker brought on to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic is working on an expired contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27484/20]

2020-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on an item of correspondence (details supplied); the steps that he or his Ministerial colleagues are taking to ensure compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27486/20]

2020-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason some community testers and contact tracers and those offered jobs through Be on Call for Ireland and other recruitment pathways to join the health service are only being offered temporary employment through agencies and are not being employed directly by the HSE or his Department; if this is congruent with the objective of employing a dedicated testing and tracing workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27489/20]

2020-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason for removing the treatment abroad scheme funding for mesh-injured persons; the reason for removing funding for travel abroad for translabial scans; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this is interrupting patients' treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27528/20]

2020-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the rehabilitative supports being made available to mesh-injured patients; if expedited pain management physio and counselling treatment will be delivered in line with the CMO report on the matter; if this can be accessed privately instead of through the public system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27529/20]

2020-09-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the HSE clinical advisory group report on medical cards will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26492/20]

2020-09-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the protocols for giving sedatives to persons with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26503/20]

2020-09-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 392 of 15 October 2019, the estimated cost in 2021 of reducing the monthly threshold for the drug payment scheme by €1; the estimated cost to reduce the threshold to €114 and €100; and the estimated full-year cost of same. [26898/20]

2020-09-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that saw a consultant, by type, in the first eight months of 2020; the number and breakdown for same in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27040/20]

2020-09-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated total cost in 2021 of a total population vaccination campaign, assuming near 100% uptake with reasonable exceptions for those that cannot be safely vaccinated, scaled on the usual quantity percentage breakdown across quadrivalent influenza vaccine and live attenuated influenza vaccine and other types of vaccine by cost of vaccine and administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27041/20]

2020-09-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total Covid-19-related expenditure incurred by his Department to date; and if this will be counted a pre-committed expenditure for Budget 2021. [27042/20]

2020-09-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total Covid-19-related expenditure over and above his Department’s 2020 budget; if this additional expenditure will be factored into the base in Budget 2021; and if not, if it will be repeated as Covid-19 related expenditure in Budget 2021. [27043/20]

2020-09-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of child development clinics and associated services which took place in the first eight months of 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27077/20]

2020-09-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the guidelines for persons when a member of their household displays symptoms of Covid-19; if they should self-isolate until a negative test is returned; if his attention has been drawn to HSE guidance being issued to persons that says a member of a household is not required to isolate while their household member with symptoms is waiting for a test; his views on whether this is not the appropriate guidance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27118/20]

2020-09-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken by University Hospital Waterford to provide insulin pump therapy as a treatment option to all eligible adults with type 1 diabetes; the plans of the hospital to provide type 1 diabetes self-management education to adults attending its clinic; if the hospital has included the specialist nursing staff and dieticians required to provide insulin pump therapy for adult diabetes services within its budget proposal; if he will fund same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27225/20]

2020-09-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the position regarding medicinal cannabis; the position regarding the delivery of medicinal cannabis by the HSE nationwide originating from another EU state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27228/20]

2020-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if adequate stockpiles of the flu vaccine have been secured; the reason for the delay in securing these and rolling out the flu vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25703/20]

2020-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the provisions being made to provide PPE to dental surgeries, general practice, pharmacies and other non-HSE aspects of the healthcare system; if provision will be made to allow them to procure PPE VAT-free; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25874/20]

2020-09-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the measures taken to date as a consequence of the HSE publication Covid-19 Testing and Tracing: Roadmap to enhance capacity and turnaround published 14 May 2020; the progress made on the measures identified within; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24960/20]

2020-09-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 swab tests conducted at each community testing centre, each hospital and by the National Ambulance Service, on a weekly basis since 1 April 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24961/20]

2020-09-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 tests evaluated at each testing laboratory involved on a weekly basis since 1 April 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24962/20]

2020-09-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons involved in Covid-19 swabbing, test evaluation and tracing by occupation and county in each testing site since 1 April 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24963/20]

2020-09-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of drive through testing facility lanes available on a weekly basis since 1 April 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24964/20]

2020-09-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the opening hours and staffing levels by occupation for each swabbing centre in each week since 1 April 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24965/20]

2020-09-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if all swab data is now fed directly from Swiftqueue to the laboratory information system [24966/20]

2020-09-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the results data transfer between NVRL and Case Tracker CRM has been fully automated or the percentage that has been automated since 1 May to date [24967/20]

2020-09-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that nurses that answered the HSE Be On Call campaign and were placed in the health service are working on expired contracts; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that there are no standard entitlements to sick pay for such nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25158/20]

2020-09-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when developmental checks for children previously administered by the HSE will recommence; the estimated number of checks missed; the number of checks and referrals to early intervention teams, speech and language therapists and other health professionals from March to September this year; the number of checks and referrals to early intervention teams, speech and language therapists, and other health professionals in the same period for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25219/20]

2020-09-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average Covid-19 test turnaround by county and nationally from general practitioner referral to communication of results for community testing in each week since 1 April to 14 September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25319/20]

2020-09-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if weekly Covid-19 testing turnaround time data will be published as is done in other jurisdictions similar to the daily and weekly reporting of Covid-19 testing numbers and case numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25345/20]

2020-09-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the occupational grade of all persons employed for Covid-19 testing; the number at each grade; the additional hires being provided for as indicated in the Plan for Living with Covid-19 which sets a target of a 3,000+ dedicated workforce; the number of the 3,000+ that are new hires; the number that have been seconded or transferred within the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25350/20]

2020-09-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of the 700 swabbers and 500 contact tracers outlined in the Plan for Living with Covid-19 that have been hired; the number in a pool; when all 1,300 staff will be hired; the locations in which the staff will be located by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25351/20]

2020-09-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if staff hired as part of a dedicated Covid-19 testing workforce that come from other parts of the health service will be replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25352/20]

2020-09-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated percentage of the population which lives within one hour of a Covid-19 swab test centre; the estimated percentage which will have access to the service within one hour of their home as envisaged under the Plan for Living with Covid-19; the time frame for the service to materialise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25353/20]

2020-09-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the targets, and associated timelines for Covid-19 swabbing, testing, and contact tracing; if there is an ambition to test more than 100,000 a week; if so, the number and timeline for reaching same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25354/20]

2020-09-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the protocol in place between both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland for contact tracing as it relates to cross-Border workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25426/20]

2020-09-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the procedure for communication between the HSE and HSC to ensure that cross-Border workers are included in contact tracing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25427/20]

2020-09-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the procedures in place in circumstances in which a person works here but lives in Northern Ireland and is a close contact of a confirmed Covid-19 case at the workplace here; the jurisdiction responsible for contact tracing in this event; if residents of one jurisdiction are included in contact tracing conducted by the other jurisdiction; the situation in the inverse scenario; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25428/20]

2020-09-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if work colleagues in Northern Ireland of a person that lives here but works in Northern Ireland are included in contact tracing and considered close contacts and vice versa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25429/20]

2020-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of medical scientists employed in laboratories which are conducting Covid-19 tests; his plans to increase the number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24495/20]

2020-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of hiring an additional one medical scientist in testing laboratories. [24496/20]

2020-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of providing at 10% pay rise to medical scientists and the hiring of an additional one medical scientist with this in mind [24497/20]

2020-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for tackling asthma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24607/20]

2020-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for acting on smoky coal and air pollution and their impact on health; the extent of his cooperation and engagement with other Departments on the matter to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24608/20]

2020-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to include asthma on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24615/20]

2020-09-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when pharmacies will receive the PPE, in particular surgical masks, that was promised by the HSE to keep pharmacy staff and their vulnerable customers safe from the potential risk of catching or spreading Covid-19 infection in the course of their working day in the pharmacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24261/20]

2020-09-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the measures he has undertaken or will undertake as part of the winter plan to protect capacity in the health service, to ensure maximum possible uptake of the flu vaccine, secure sufficient staffing levels and bed availability, deliver Covid-19, non-Covid-19 and catch-up care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23639/20]

2020-09-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure a proactive and robust testing and tracing regime to support the plan for living with Covid-19; the way in which Ireland compares with the EU and other comparator states such as New Zealand in terms of testing and tracing capacity and performance by tests per capita; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23640/20]

2020-09-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if promised medical card eligibility expansions and reductions in prescription charges made in budget 2020 will be commenced in 2020; the reason for the delay; if funding is being made available for same in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23641/20]

2020-09-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce medical cards for cancer patients and terminally ill patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23643/20]

2020-09-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to tackle waiting lists and deliver public dental and orthodontic care; his further plans to expand eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23645/20]

2020-09-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to re-evaluate and relax restrictions on pregnant parents being accompanied by their partners in hospitals before, during and after birth on compassionate grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23644/20]

2020-09-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to deliver on commitments to persons with scoliosis and reduce wait times for care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23646/20]

2020-09-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to advance an inquiry into mesh implants and sodium valproate; his further plans to gather better data to understand the extent of the impact of same; if an expert panel will review the UK report on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23647/20]

2020-09-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to advance an inquiry into mesh implants and sodium valproate; his further plans to gather better data to understand the extent of the impact of same; if an expert panel will review the UK report on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23642/20]

2020-09-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when diabetes reviews of hospitals and prairie care settings resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23393/20]

2020-09-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 tests conducted to the end of August 2020; the number and percentage which were positive; the estimated number and percentage of false positives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23522/20]

2020-09-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of the Covid-19 testing and tracing regime; the structures and leadership of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24122/20]

2020-09-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staffing requirements for meeting 100,000 Covid-19 swabs and tests per week; the associated cost related to each staffing category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24123/20]

2020-09-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staffing and laboratory requirements for conducting and evaluating 100,000 Covid-19 tests per week; the associated cost related to each staffing category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24124/20]

2020-09-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels related to the Covid-19 testing and tracing regime; the number employed directly for this purpose; the number seconded; the areas from which they are seconded; the agency staff and associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24125/20]

2020-09-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the measures that will need to be taken to deliver 100,000 Covid-19 swabs and tests per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24126/20]

2020-09-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the Covid-19 contact tracing regime; the number employed for same; the number seconded from elsewhere; the areas from which they are seconded; his plans to recruit and train contact tracers; the estimated number of contact tracers required; the associated costs in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24127/20]

2020-09-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 tests conducted, evaluated, results delivered and contacts traced in each of the weeks since the beginning of March 2020 to the end of the second week of September 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24128/20]

2020-09-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for expanding free access to the HPV vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23193/20]

2020-09-10

VOTE

Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020

✗ voted against the motion motion failed · 15–125

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of nurses that graduated in each of the years 2017 to 2019; the institutions from which they graduated; the number that entered jobs in the public health service in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21750/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reintroducing the rehabilitative training allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21391/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of residential care beds added since the capacity review to date by year; the number of additional beds needed to reach the targets set by the review; the cost of each additional bed in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21115/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours offered in 2019 and to date in 2020; the estimated full-year number in 2020; the estimated cost of the measure; the number of persons waiting for home care supports; the estimated cost of clearing the backlog; the ongoing cost of maintaining the service at this level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21127/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of introducing 24/7 mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21128/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing and maintaining an implementation group for Sharing the Vision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21129/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reappointing a national director of mental health services in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21130/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing the Plan for Effective Participation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21131/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of addressing inconsistencies of service in respite care provision of clearing waiting list backlogs and of delivering a consistent service nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21132/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of eliminating the deficits in section 39 organisations. [21133/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting and retaining one speech and language therapist; the number needed to adequately staff health services and to identify the areas of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21134/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting and retaining one occupational therapist; the number needed to adequately staff health services and to identify the areas of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21135/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting and retaining one physiotherapist; the number needed to adequately staff health services and to identify the areas of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21136/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting and retaining one psychologist; the number needed to adequately staff health services and to identify the areas of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21137/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing full medical cards to all persons with disabilities regardless of employed status or income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21138/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully delivering on Time to Move on from Congregated Settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21139/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent of a facility for a patient on a public waiting list transferred to a private clinic to receive surgery recuperation, for example, three to four physiotherapies that they will receive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21230/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the situation regarding pay for student nurses on work placement; the variations across placements or specialties; his plans in this regard; his further plans relating to pay for fourth year supernumerary placements for the variety of nursing specialties commencing in September 2020; the measures that will be in place to financially support nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21239/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of community intervention teams in operation; the counties serviced and not serviced by such teams; the number and breakdown of staff on each team; the operational costs for each team; the budgeted hours and the hours provided by each team; the costs and staffing requirements involved in setting up a new team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21312/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent purchasing treatment through the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the years 2016 to 2019, inclusive, and to date in 2020; and the number of patients treated through the use of the fund by speciality in tabular form. [21323/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the healthcare facilities which benefited from funding under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the years 2017 to 2019, inclusive, by amount, healthcare facility and company in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21324/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual cost of delivering the psycho-oncology service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21325/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing annual spend on the psycho-oncology service by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21326/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of funding for psycho-oncology services by staffing and other associated costs, respectively; the number of whole-time equivalent posts working in the area by profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21327/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual spend on community diagnostics; the level and range of community diagnostics available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21329/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering two free general practitioner visits to each person without a general practitioner card or medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21330/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing a full medical card to all patients suffering from cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21331/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of opening 500 acute beds in public hospitals by utilising existing space in acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21332/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the number of nurses by 1,000 taking account of retirements and staff departures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21333/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the number of midwifes by 250 taking account of retirements and staff departures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21334/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of directly hiring 250 general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21335/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing hospital car parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21336/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding by 10% to BreastCheck and CervicalCheck; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21337/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting an additional obstetrician; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21338/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting an additional gynaecologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21339/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of repatriating CervicalCheck screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21340/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of hiring an additional dentist into the public system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21341/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering pay equalisation for hospital consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21342/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the trainee GP intake to 250 a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21343/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of an additional ambulance for each of the four HSE regions; the estimated cost of recruiting additional paramedics to staff them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21344/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing prescription charges by €1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21345/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the number of undergraduate nursing places by 250; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21346/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current and capital cost of a palliative care bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21347/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons diagnosed with diabetes by type and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21348/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual healthcare spend on treating diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21349/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the diabetes preventive strategies in place; the annual cost of funding the strategies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21350/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent community diabetes nursing positions by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21351/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the recruitment process for hiring nurses; the average time the process takes to formal appointment stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21352/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the clinical advisory group into medical cards for the terminally ill will issue a final report; the number of times the group has met; his views on extending the medical card entitlement to terminally ill patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21353/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of extending a full medical card to all terminally ill patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21354/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of extending a full medical card to all cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21355/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for extending the medical card entitlement and general practitioner access for children under 13 years of age as provided for in the Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21356/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for increasing the income limits medical card assessments for persons over 70 years of age as provided for in the Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21357/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of clearing the home support service waiting lists in their entirety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21376/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing an additional 1.5 million personal assistant hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21377/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting an additional clinical psychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21378/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting an additional speech and language therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21379/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting an additional occupational therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21380/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting an additional physiotherapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21381/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional capacity an increase of €10 million in respite care services would provide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21387/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of overnight respite stays provided for each €1 million additional spend provided by his Department. [21388/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional volume of respite in the home provided for every €1 million additional spend provided by his Department by the number of hours and days provided and the number of beneficiaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21389/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing the new mental health strategy Sharing the Vision over a five-year time frame; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21395/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding to the local drug and alcohol task forces by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21396/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional capacity or services a 10% increase in funding for local drug and alcohol task forces would provide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21397/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the health capital plans or proposals submitted to his Department and the HSE by acute hospitals and other health divisions by proposal or plan; if the plan is committed or non-committed for refunding by hospital and hospital group and other health sectors in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21398/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding to the regional drug and alcohol task forces by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21399/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional capacity or services a 10% increase in funding for regional drug and alcohol task forces would provide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21418/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of an additional medical detoxification bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21402/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of an additional rehabilitation bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21403/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional capacity and services that will be delivered for each €1 million additional annual funding for the National Drugs Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21404/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional capacity and services will be delivered for every €1 million additional annual funding for the Healthy Ireland Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21405/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing universal access to counselling without charge on a general practitioner referral basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21406/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional capacity needed to provide universal access to counselling without charge on a general practitioner referral basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21407/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated full capital and current cost to achieve a 24/7 crisis intervention service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21408/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated full capital and current cost of moving to a seven-day week outpatient model of child and adolescent mental healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21410/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for a 10% increase in homeless mental healthcare services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21411/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of doubling the investment in site maintenance and upgrading approved mental health centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21412/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding to Jigsaw services by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21414/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing a medical card to all persons with disabilities regardless of employment or income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21416/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount allocated and spent each year on implementing the time to move on from Congregated Settings A Strategy for Inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21417/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the number of vacant consultant posts are already provided for in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21429/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average wait times for gastrointestinal scopes on 1 January and 1 August 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21432/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for gastrointestinal scopes on 1 January and 1 August 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21433/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of implementing Sláintecare over the next 18 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21459/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to establish six new regional health areas; the timeline for the delivery of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21460/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the details of the phase one report of the elective hospital oversight group will be provided; if the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21461/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of clearing the deficit for all section 38 and 39 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21462/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing an additional 1,000 posts under the enhanced community care fund including therapists, nurses, other professionals and dementia advisers in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21463/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting an additional 40 dementia advisers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21465/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of developing a community healthcare network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21466/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing out of hours and rural general practitioner services by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21467/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he plans to commence talks on a new contract for pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21468/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he plans to introduce a statutory scheme to support persons to live in their own homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21469/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of introducing and delivering a statutory scheme to support persons to live in their own homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21470/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a 10%, 20% and 25% increase in homecare hours; and the additional number of hours this would provide respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21471/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the eHealth budget by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21472/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to deliver a carers guarantee of services; the estimated cost of such a plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21473/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of extending free general practitioner care to carers in receipt of the carer’s support grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21474/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeline for legislating for a public only consultant's contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21475/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he plans to establish a commission on care and supports for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21476/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding by 10% to the communicable diseases control policy unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21477/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of developing a new national pandemic plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21478/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the time frame for implementing the 33 recommendations from the Scally Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21479/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the 33 recommendations of the Scally Report not yet implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21480/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the two expert reference groups established following the Scally report will publish their reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21481/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the preparations the immunisation policy unit is making for a potential Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21482/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual uptake level in percentage terms for the primary childhood immunisation programme in each of the years 2016 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21483/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children vaccinated under the immunisation programme by children at two, four, six, 12 and 13 months, respectively for the first seven months of 2019 and the first seven months of 2020 by vaccine type in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21484/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he plans to commence Part 8 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21485/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he plans to progress the Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21486/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated current and capital cost of increasing base capacity of critical care beds from 255 to 350; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21487/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of returning the throughput of cancer services to pre-Covid-19 levels by medical oncology, radiation oncology and surgery and by capital and current costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21488/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the income limits for medical card assessments for persons 70 years of age and over by increasing the income thresholds to €550 per week for a single person and €1050 for a couple; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21489/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of clearing the backlog for all those waiting for funding for new or additional home support under the home support service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21490/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of the most recent projected workforce planning requirements to meet demand in cancer services by specialty; and the number of these posts that are filled in tabular form. [21494/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of unfilled posts in cancer services nationally; the number which have been vacant for over six months by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21495/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views regarding the changing of the status of naloxone hydrochloride from Schedule 1a to Schedule part 1 under the S.I. No. 540/2003; if the change of status has been considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21498/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans regarding rapid access clinics for cancer diagnoses; the planned expansions to the service; the estimated cost of an expansion to the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21503/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a 10% increase in funding for rapid access clinics [21504/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 745 of 8 May 2019, the position regarding new medication for the preventative treatment of chronic migraine (details supplied); the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21509/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that standard general practitioner care is being denied to home birthing women due to difficulties relating to insurance cover; his plans to rectify the denial of standard post-natal care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21557/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of maintaining access to the European health insurance card for citizens in Northern Ireland assuming coverage is otherwise lost as a result of Brexit. [21561/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the budgeted reduction of the monthly threshold for the drug payment scheme from €124 to €114 is to take place in 2020; if not, if it will be budgeted for 2021; if further reductions are planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21562/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drug payment scheme threshold from €124 to €100 and from €114 to €100, respectively. [21563/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of medical cards for persons with a terminal illness; the estimated cost of providing medical cards for persons with a terminal illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21566/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of each of the expansions outlined in the Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020, in tabular form; the timeline for commencement of each section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21567/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated initial cost and annual full-year revenue cost of resolving the two-tier consultant pay issue; the estimated cost of back payments which may arise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21593/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans regarding the Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21595/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to medical card holders being refused treatment by dentists in view to the fact they have ceased working with the HSE due to disputes in relation to PPE; the entitlements and options of medical card holders in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21689/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if funding for the Crossborder Community Paramedic project (details supplied) will continue beyond August 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21725/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital and current cost of building elective only hospitals as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21727/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses that graduated in each of the years 2017 to 2019; the institutions from which they graduated; the number that entered jobs in the public health service in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21749/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalents by occupation and by directly employed and agency staff, respectively working in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21878/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of whole-time equivalent staff by occupation that would need to be hired to fully and safely staff the health service and to phase out reliance on agency staff and directly employ all health service workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21879/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on legal protections and exemptions for pharmaceutical corporations which will produce a Covid-19 vaccine, as highlighted by a newspaper (details supplied); his views on a no-fault, non-adversarial compensation system with a civil liability exemption; his plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21941/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to resume services at St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21984/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for staff relocated from St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21985/20]

2020-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking independently or in collaboration with other countries to develop a vaccine to combat the Covid-19 virus; if a vaccine will be administered to all persons when available without cost and through the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22505/20]

2020-07-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the guidelines that have been put in place for general practitioners and other community medical professionals regarding proof of inability to wear masks on public transport or other spaces that may require masks in view of the stipulation in regulations that proof must be produced upon request by a relevant person; his plans to ensure that the public know their rights and obligations in this regard and to facilitate the production of proof; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19908/20]

2020-07-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding for CAMHS and jigsaw by 10%, respectively [19912/20]

2020-07-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way in which the commitment of Ireland to the sustainable development goals will be reflected in the Strategy and Work Plans 2020-2025; the way in which progress towards achieving the goals will be monitored and reported annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19956/20]

2020-07-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average pay in the public health service acute hospital sector [19964/20]

2020-07-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staff numbers employed by the HSE by occupation; the number of staff required by the HSE to meet the demands of the Covid-19 pandemic and fully staff the health service by occupation; and the average pay for each occupational category, in tabular form [19965/20]

2020-07-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown by occupation of the 3,271 staff brought on by the health service to deal with the pandemic; the average pay for each; and the percentage for each on each applicable different contract, in tabular form [19966/20]

2020-07-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 629 of 16 June 2020, the breakdown of the potential recruits referenced which identified approximately 2,000 staff available to work by occupation in tabular form; the number taken on; the number that have full recruitment clearances; and the number in the clearance process [19967/20]

2020-07-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average lifespan of a modular unit such as those put in place at UHL; the cost of each; the number of beds per unit; the timeline by stage for these units to be procured and put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19968/20]

2020-07-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will bring voluntary hospitals under the Parliamentary Questions remit [19969/20]

2020-07-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of retaining the additional 324 acute beds and 42 ICU beds to the end of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19970/20]

2020-07-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated full cost of redeploying all existing beds that cannot be deployed due to social distancing and IPC guidelines in modular units; the breakdown of associated additional costs and additional operational costs; and the additional staffing requirements and associated costs to ensure as many beds as possible can be deployed taking account of necessary closures due to IPC guidelines. [19971/20]

2020-07-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of repatriating screening services, in tabular form. [19972/20]

2020-07-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free counselling services upon general practitioner referral; and the estimated cost of extending available sessions to 20. [19976/20]

2020-07-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding for CAMHS by 10%. [19977/20]

2020-07-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding for jigsaw by 10% [19978/20]

2020-07-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding for respite care by 10%. [19979/20]

2020-07-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the position regarding waiting lists for respite care; the estimated cost to clear the backlog; the estimated cost of delivering required in the home hours; the number of hours required; the estimated cost of delivering required overnight care; the number of hours required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19980/20]

2020-07-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the persons covered by free vaccination for swine flu; and the associated administrative and other costs. [19981/20]

2020-07-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of providing the winter flu vaccine to the total appropriate population that are not currently eligible by administration cost, vaccine cost and other applicable costs; the number of persons that are eligible for free vaccination and those that are not, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19982/20]

2020-07-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on home support services waiting lists; the estimated full-year cost of clearing these waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19983/20]

2020-07-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the programme for decongregation; the number that remain in institutional settings; the timeline or estimated time frame for completion; the estimated cost of completing the programme by capital and current costs; the annual breakdown of same in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and the amount required in 2021 and going forward [19984/20]

2020-07-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on personal assistant hours waiting lists; the estimated full year cost of clearing the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19985/20]

2020-07-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the position regarding radiologists and laboratory departments regionally; the status of conducting and delivering the results of MRI and CT scans regionally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20962/20]

2020-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the policies and procedures in place regarding hospital car parking charges for healthcare workers during the Covid-19 pandemic; if the measures will return to normal; if so, when it will take place; the efforts made by his Department and the HSE to liaise with local authorities to ensure there are no charges, fees, clamping or fining of the cars of healthcare workers in cases in which they have to park on the street or otherwise do not have parking in hospital car parks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19370/20]

2020-07-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that applied to the Be On Call For Ireland initiative that were available to take up positions in the health service including a breakdown by relevant occupational skillsets; the number taken and not taken on board; and the number that received and did not receive contracts; the number that returned here who got and did not get contracts. [18133/20]

2020-07-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if children have missed mandatory or routine vaccinations as a result of the pandemic; if so, the number of same; the steps he is taking to encourage and ensure uptake of these vaccinations; if he issued letters in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18310/20]

2020-07-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure widespread uptake of the winter flu vaccine; the measures he has taken to date on same; if there will be a special information campaign to ensure minimisation of the burden the winter flu epidemic will have on the health system; the steps he plans to take in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18311/20]

2020-07-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cases identified with the help of the Covid-19 tracker application; the number of contacts traced through the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18312/20]

2020-07-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that have through their pharmacist or otherwise requested for additional or new items to be added to their long-term illness book in the past 12 and 18 months, respectively; the percentage of successful applicants in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18326/20]

2020-07-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of workers in the public health system by profession and hospital who have been required to work back-to-back shifts resulting in working for 14 to 24 and 24 plus hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18419/20]

2020-07-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and types of beds available in the public health system on 1 January 2020, in tabular form. [18941/20]

2020-07-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and types of beds available in the public health system on 1 July 2020, in tabular form. [18942/20]

2020-07-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and types of beds in the public health system on completion of the bed capacity review; the number of beds of each type added since; and the number of additional beds that must be added to reach the required numbers as identified in the bed capacity review, in tabular form. [18943/20]

2020-07-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his strategy for reaching the targets set by the bed capacity review; the progress on same; the interim targets that may be identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18944/20]

2020-07-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the efforts made by his Department to devise and implement a comprehensive workforce plan; if there are targets for year end in each of the years 2020 to 2022; the current targeted and necessary staffing levels by profession in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18945/20]

2020-07-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and cost of retaining the new beds added in 2020 to year end; and the full-year cost of retaining those beds for 2021. [18988/20]

2020-07-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase funding for diagnostic, radiology and laboratory departments, respectively, in tabular form, by 5%. [19053/20]

2020-07-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of oncologists employed in the health service; the number required to meet recommendations for the size of the population and consequent shortfall; and his strategy for achieving that number. [19054/20]

2020-07-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of hiring and retaining one additional oncologist. [19055/20]

2020-07-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the lost bed capacity, by type of bed, in acute hospitals due to social distancing and infection control guidelines, by hospital and hospital group, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19058/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the measures which were taken to expand capacity in the health service in response to the Covid-19 pandemic; and the associated cost for each of these measures [17724/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has reviewed which temporary measures may be needed to expand capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17725/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has examined the use of temporary builds to temporarily expand capacity in the health service; the extent to which these would be required to maintain pre-Covid-19 capacity while accommodating social distancing and infection prevention and control requirements; and the associated costs of same [17726/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing an additional 100 acute hospital beds; and the associated staffing and equipment costs, respectively in tabular form [17727/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing an additional 100 critical care hospital beds; and the associated staffing and equipment costs, respectively in tabular form [17728/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17729/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the NPHET advice on the mandatory quarantining of those travelling here. [17733/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding made available in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to replace income expected from private care in public hospitals [17833/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount of income generated from private care in public hospitals in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, by year, by hospital and hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17834/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress made in eliminating the provision of private care by consultants in public hospitals; when same will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17835/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if an independent assessment has been carried out of the separation of private practice from the public hospital system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17836/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting more than 12 weeks for an inpatient procedure, 10 weeks for an outpatient appointment and 10 days for a diagnostic test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17837/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress made in the HSE directorate becoming a more strategic national centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17838/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE national directors that have been relocated to other roles in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17839/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress made in aligning hospital groups and community health organisations; the timelines for delivering same; the processes that will deliver alignment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17840/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress made in establishing HSE regional bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17841/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has developed and utilised a geographic resource allocation model to ensure equitable allocation of healthcare resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17842/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the advancements made in eHealth; the funding that has been made available to ensure the roll out of the electronic health record system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17843/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spending in the healthcare system in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, by year, amount, percentage and other categories (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17844/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the single national health fund promised under Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17845/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of reports produced by the Sláintecare implementation office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17846/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times the Cabinet committee on Sláintecare met; the dates of the meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17847/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the increase in the health and well-being budget since the adoption of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17848/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to resourcing and developing a universal child health and well-being service since the adoption of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17849/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on removing inpatient charges for public hospital care since the adoption of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17850/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reductions made for prescription charges for medical card holders since the adoption of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17851/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reductions in the threshold for the drugs payments scheme made since the adoption of Sláintecare; his plans to reduce the threshold further in Budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17852/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the changes that have been made to the drugs payment scheme threshold for singe households since the adoption of Sláintecare; the further moves being considered in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17853/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expansion in community diagnostics that has taken place since the adoption of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17854/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extension of counselling provided by private providers through general practitioner primary care referral since the adoption of Sláintecare; the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17855/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the advances made in the development of public psychology services in primary care since the adoption of Sláintecare; the cost of additional expansion or advances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17856/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional number of assistant and child psychologists provided as part of public psychology services since the publication of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17857/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional funding provided to ensure universal general practitioner care since the adoption of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17858/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional funding provided to ensure universal primary care since the adoption of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17859/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional funding provided to ensure universal palliative care since the adoption of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17860/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional funding provided to increase homecare provision since the adoption of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17861/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional funding provided to ensure additional services for persons with disabilities since the adoption of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17862/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional funding made available for child and adolescent mental health teams since the adoption of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17863/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional funding made available for adult community mental health teams since the adoption of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17864/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional funding made available for old age psychiatry since the adoption of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17865/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional funding made available for child and adolescent mental health liaison since the adoption of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17866/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adolescent mental health teams since the adoption of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17867/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated additional funding made available for intellectual disability and mental health services since the adoption of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17868/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in reinstating the budget for the Dental Treatment Services Scheme to pre-economic crisis levels since the adoption of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17869/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the expansion of public activity in public hospitals that has occurred since the adoption of Sláintecare, by area, year and speciality; the total cost of such expansion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17870/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the net increase in the number of public hospital consultants since the adoption of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17871/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a rapid review of cancer services will be performed to assess capacity and demand in view of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17872/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional capacity he plans to make available in healthcare to facilitate a health catch up programme; if it will involve additional and immediate investment in temporary builds; the additional funds that will be made available to facilitate the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17873/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand cancer services here including additional investment in oncology day wards, operating theatres, community diagnostics, elective only hospitals and a comprehensive cancer centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17874/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional funding that will be made available to resource diagnostic, radiology and laboratory departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17875/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to fill the 500 vacant consultant posts; the timeline to achieve same; the estimated cost to fill 500 posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17876/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional communications campaigns that will be rolled out regarding the signs and symptoms of cancers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17877/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals for all cancers to acute hospitals for the first six months of 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17878/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand national psycho-oncology services to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17879/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the wait times for colonoscopies for the first six months of 2018, 2019 and 2020, by hospital, hospital group and by wait times up to 28 days and 28 days or more in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17880/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to award consultant contracts to specialists in public health medicine in line with their specialist training and experience; the number of such contracts that will be awarded in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17881/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to invest in additional public acute bed capacity in 2021 and 2022; the number of additional beds planned; the estimated cost of an acute care bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17882/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to permanently increase the number of critical care beds in the public system; the estimated cost of delivering a critical care bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17883/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to end the two-tier nature of consultant pay; the way in which he plans to address same; the time frame for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17884/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to reopen AMUs and ASUs; his further plans to improve linkages with general practitioners in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17885/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of rehabilitative care beds in the public system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17886/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase homecare supports and intensive homecare packages; the additional funding that will be made available for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17887/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on clinical governance in private nursing homes; his plans for reform in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17888/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to prepare for the winter flu season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17889/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to invest further in a flu-vaccination programme in 2020; the extent of the additional funding; his views on a total population flu-vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17890/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of the shortage of consultants by speciality (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17891/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the decrease in community service activity that has occurred as a consequence of Covid-19; his plans to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17892/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the backlog in screening by the four national screening programmes in tabular form; his plans to clear the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17893/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to further increase hospital step-down capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17894/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to leverage the use of private health facilities and capacity to help deliver a public catch up programme to deal with missed care as a consequence of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17895/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancers which have gone undetected due to the suspension of screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17896/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of his plans to return all four national screening programmes to pre-Covid-19 levels; the time frame to achieving same; the additional resources that will be made available to achieving pre-Covid-19 levels of screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17897/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when full access to disability day services will be restored; his views on whether additional funding and capacity will be needed to achieve same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17898/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the impact of the two-metre rule on acute hospital capacity; the actual loss of capacity, by hospital and by hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17899/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of the capacity for testing and tracing for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17900/20]

2020-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional healthcare workforce capacity brought into the public system since February 2020 to deal with Covid-19 by category (details supplied), by staff group, hospital and hospital group; the full-year cost of retaining the work force capacity in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17901/20]

2020-07-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the entitlements of medical card holders for dental treatments; his plans to extend or expand same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17533/20]

2020-07-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the Department that has responsibility for the funding, delivery and commissioning of treatment and prevention services for gambling addiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17534/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16503/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of midwifery posts in the maternity unit in Portiuncula University Hospital, Galway, in 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of vacancies in the unit. [16508/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of residential places for persons with a disability being provided at the end of June 2020 in CHO 5. [16509/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount it would cost in 2021 if the budget for the Food Safety Authority of Ireland increased by 5.5%. [16510/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if advice will be provided in relation to correspondence regarding face masks and summer camps (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16749/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if each capital project already committed to is under review due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16961/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the delivery of a second cath lab at University Hospital Waterford as previously committed to will proceed and is not a project currently under review in the context of revising the capital plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16962/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the organisations and representative groups he has met since he became Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16963/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will commence talks with pharmacists on a new contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16964/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to update the National Eye Care Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16965/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to support the expansion of community ophthalmology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16966/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has met the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board or representatives of the Board since he became Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16967/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16968/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase staffing in healthcare settings over the lifetime of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16969/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish an updated National Rare Disease Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16970/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to enact the human tissue Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16971/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to implement the National Maternity Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16972/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to roll out eHealth and improve information and communications technology systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16973/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he plans to implement a patient safety Bill and mandatory open disclosure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16974/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to implement a statutory homecare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16975/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to deliver additional primary care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16977/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the agency spend in acute hospitals for each quarter in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, by hospital and hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16978/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current homecare waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16979/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current cataract wait time by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16980/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the decisions taken by the senior leadership team of the HSE at its monthly sittings relating to drugs reimbursement in 2019 and to date in 2020; the recommendations issued by the drugs group of the HSE to the team on same in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17339/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the work of the Rare Diseases Technology Review Committee; the sittings it has had since its inception; if it will conduct a review of the terms of reference of the committee in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17340/20]

2020-07-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the HSE reimbursement and pricing decision-making process carried out by a company (details supplied); the findings and recommendations of the review; if the review will be made publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17341/20]

2020-07-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on an issue raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16169/20]

2020-07-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans regarding the pricing review of the National Treatment Purchase Fund in respect of the nursing homes support scheme; if the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16170/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount his Department sought in its Estimate bid in each of the years 2017 to 2020 in terms of additional funding to maintain existing levels of service taking account of demographics; and the amount allocated to ELS and demographics in each year. [14946/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount his Department is seeking in terms of additional funding to maintain existing levels of service taking account of demographics for 2021. [14947/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the contracts in place with taxi companies in County Waterford; the duration of the contracts; if the contracts were extended; the tendering processes involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15197/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the liability of medical card holders to pay for blood tests carried out by their general practitioner; the efforts made to ensure that medical card holders are not being charged for the routine service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15225/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the inpatient and outpatient wait times in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020 by speciality, hospital group and by zero to six months, six to 12 months, 12 to 18 months, 18 months to two years, two to three years, three to four years and four years or more, respectively, in tabular form. [15437/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish the roadmap to restore non-Covid-19 healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15438/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff hired by the HSE to assist in combating Covid-19 by job field and hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15439/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients screened as part of BreastCheck from 1 January to 1 June in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15440/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients screened as part of bowel screening from 1 January to 1 June in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15441/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients screened as part of CervicalCheck from 1 January to 1 June in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15442/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients screened as part of diabetic retina screening from 1 January to 1 June in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15443/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of additional beds made available in acute hospitals to help combat Covid-19 by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15444/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the powers of HIQA regarding private nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15445/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [15446/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant beds in the public health system by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15447/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the waiting lists for dentistry and orthodontic services disaggregated by region in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15448/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of new beds made available to date in 2020 and planned for the remainder of the year disaggregated by hospital group and hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15449/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of new beds made available in 2018 and 2019 disaggregated by hospital group and hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15450/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant psychiatrists working in the mental health unit in Waterford in each of the years 2018 and 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15451/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on the most recent report of the Mental Health Commission; the actions that will be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15452/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timetable for the construction and delivery of the second cath lab at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15453/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans with regard to the provision of 24-7 emergency cardiac care at the primary percutaneous coronary intervention, PCI, centre in Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15454/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on the abolition of car parking charges at public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15478/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the construction of the national children’s hospital; the estimated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15479/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on pay equalisation for hospital consultants; the actions will he take to secure this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15481/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on the expansion of neonatal screening; the action he will take in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15482/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend free general practitioner care for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15483/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend free dental care for children; the timeline to deliver this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15484/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to hire additional dentists, orthodontists and dental nurses in the public system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15485/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the wait times for orthodontic treatment by region and wait time of zero to one, one to two, two to three, three to four and more than four years, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15486/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners employed in each primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15487/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to fully implement the recommendations of the Scally report and, specifically, actions and time frames to deliver it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15488/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on an independent inquiry into the use of sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15489/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plan to increase home support hours; the number of increased hours he plans to deliver over the lifetime of the Government; if he has a target for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15490/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the numbers of inpatient and day procedure beds in place at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15594/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the numbers of outpatient hospital cancellations for February, March, April and June 2020 by hospital and hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15595/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2018 and 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15596/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the emergency department attendances in acute hospitals in each of the years 2018 and 2019 and to date in 2020 by hospital and hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15597/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of public patients outsourced to private hospitals in each of the years 2018 and 2019 and to date in 2020 by hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15598/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of public patients outsourced to private hospitals from University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2018 and 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15599/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capital expenditure at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2018 and 2019 and to date in 2020; and the projects and timelines for completion in relation to uncompleted projects. [15600/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the agency staff expenditure by acute hospital in each of the years 2018 and 2019 and to date in 2020 by month, hospital and hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15601/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the theatre capacity in place at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2018 and 2019 and to date in 2020; the theatres that are operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15602/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the closing budget and revenue expenditure for University Hospital Waterford in each of the years from 2007 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15603/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent radiographer posts at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years from 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15604/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of the outpatient waiting list at University Hospital Waterford by speciality; the wait time periods of zero to three, three to six, sic to nine, nine to 12, 12 to 15, 15 to 18 and greater than 18 months, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15605/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the works underway at the national children’s hospital; if none, when they will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15640/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to situations in which persons in hospital who are being referred to general practitioners for blood tests are being charged accordingly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15641/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to situations in which persons in hospital with medical cards who are being referred to general practitioners for blood tests are being charged accordingly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15642/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans regarding the 2017 assisted human reproduction Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15960/20]

2020-07-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when an updated national rare diseases plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16034/20]

2020-07-07

PQ

Asked Employment

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason those certified as medically vulnerable have been expected to survive on standard illness benefit in view of the substantial risk to their health and potential cost to the Exchequer in the event of contracting Covid-19 instead of receiving the enhanced illness benefit or other payment at the same rate as the pandemic unemployment payment; the reason this was not made available to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13833/20]

2020-07-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of PPE provision and financial support for the homecare sector in view of the importance of the service to older persons in general but also in particular in further view of the severe implications of the Covid-19 pandemic for older persons; his plans for the same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14144/20]

2020-07-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the HSE pay policy for the homecare sector. [14145/20]

2020-06-23

PQ

Asked Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to accommodate the needs of children with intellectual disabilities who may need to repeat this year of school in view of the disturbance caused by the Covid-19 public health emergency; if additional resources will be made available to this end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11946/20]

2020-06-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the latest plans in place for the reopening of day services for persons with disabilities; if there is a timeline for the reopening of these services; if so, the timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12351/20]

2020-06-23

PQ

Asked Employment

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend JobPath referrals and the relevant contracts for an additional 12 months in view of the likely economic fallout due to the Covid-19 public health emergency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11869/20]

2020-06-16

PQ

Asked Employment

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provisions will be made to recoup annual leave entitlements for workers who were put on annual leave because of the public health emergency before the TWSS intervention was made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10523/20]

2020-06-03

PQ

Asked Business

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of WRC inspectors that will be assigned to the Health and Safety Authority to help enforce the back to work protocols and or assist in related matters. [8696/20]

2020-05-27

PQ

Asked Business

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will establish a confidential phone line for employees to make complaints in respect of potential breaches by employers of health and safety measures and protocols aimed at preventing the spread of Covid-19. [7332/20]

2020-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional funding being made available to University Hospital Waterford to deal with Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4784/20]

2020-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of isolation beds operational and available at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4785/20]

2020-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the changes being made to deal with patient discharges as part of dealing with Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4786/20]

2020-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the plans put in place by University Hospital Waterford to deal with Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4787/20]

2020-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current use and capacity of a respite care house for persons with an intellectual disability at a location (details supplied); the cost of running the service; the cost of bringing the house into full-time use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4788/20]

2019-12-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a new position for orthodontist therapists will be established within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51471/19]

2019-12-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend services in the Central Remedial Clinic, Waterford, to the adult population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51513/19]

2019-12-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the services delivered by the Central Remedial Clinic, Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51514/19]

2019-12-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend for the Central Remedial Clinic, Waterford, in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51515/19]

2019-11-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49578/19]

2019-11-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients admitted to University Hospital Waterford's adult mental health service in each day from 1 January to 31 October 2019, in tabular form; if separate tables will be provided for the acute Bandon ward and the sub-acute Comeragh ward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46175/19]

2019-11-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of days from 1 January to 31 October 2019 that the number of patients admitted to the acute Bandon ward and the sub-acute Comeragh ward of University Hospital Waterford was in excess of the bed capacity of each of the wards in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46176/19]

2019-11-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff allocated to University Hospital Waterford adult mental health service in each of the years 2000 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by job title in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46177/19]

2019-11-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times in each of the years 2000 to 2018 and to date in 2019 that the adult mental health service at University Hospital Waterford was non-compliant with regulations for categories (details supplied) in tabular form. [46178/19]

2019-11-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mitigating measures that University Hospital Waterford has put in place to ensure the hospital comes in on budget for 2019; the areas in which these savings are being made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46202/19]

2019-11-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45917/19]

2019-09-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HPV vaccination is available to boys in second and third year of secondary school; if they can be vaccinated through their general practitioners if they are medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39200/19]

2019-09-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the recruitment process has commenced for a new general practitioner for Cappoquin Health Centre, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39201/19]

2019-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the new hospice building at University Hospital Waterford will open; the number of public beds that will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31471/19]

2019-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who is on a waiting list for a residential care home in County Wexford and has not been given a commencement date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32385/19]

2019-07-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing a mobile catheterisation laboratory for Waterford University Hospital, by current and capital expenditure, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33699/19]

2019-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the new consultant posts sought by University Hospital Waterford and the South/South West hospital group for the hospital by posts agreed and posts still outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29222/19]

2019-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol has been deployed at University Hospital Waterford in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29223/19]

2019-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants attached to the dermatology department at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29224/19]

2019-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants attached to the urology department at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29225/19]

2019-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when a report from the national review into cardiac services will be received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29230/19]

2019-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the national review panel examining cardiac services met with hospital consultants in the south east; if it met with the management of University Hospital Waterford and the South-South West hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29231/19]

2019-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the South-South West hospital group has made a formal submission to the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29232/19]

2019-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost to date of conducting the national review of cardiac care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29233/19]

2019-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the actions taken by the psychiatric department at University Hospital Waterford to address concerns raised by the Mental Health Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29502/19]

2019-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff assigned to CAMHS at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by whole-time equivalent staff and staff speciality, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29503/19]

2019-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of child consultant psychiatrists attached to CAMHS at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by whole-time equivalent positions in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29504/19]

2019-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children admitted or kept in the adult psychiatric unit at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29505/19]

2019-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on tribunals, commissions of investigation and statutory inquiries in each of the years 2009 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by inquiry, tribunal or commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29835/19]

2019-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capital cost of building the new Dunmore wing at University Hospital Waterford; the amount provided by the State and from other funds, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28633/19]

2019-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the new Dunmore wing at University Hospital Waterford will be completed and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28634/19]

2019-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the 72 beds being built on three floors of the Dunmore wing at University Hospital Waterford will be public only; if not, the number which will be private; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28635/19]

2019-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the revenue and funding which will be made available to staff and operate the new palliative care unit at the Dunmore wing at University Hospital Waterford. [28636/19]

2019-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of new whole-time equivalent positions which will be made available to staff at the new palliative care unit at University Hospital Waterford by job title, that is, doctors, nurses, administration and so on, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28637/19]

2019-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional revenue and or funding which will be made available to staff and operate the top three floors and 72 beds at the Dunmore wing at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28638/19]

2019-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of new whole-time equivalent positions which will be made available to staff the top three floors and 72 beds at the Dunmore wing at University Hospital Waterford by job title, that is, doctors, nurses, administration and so on, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28639/19]

2019-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the palliative care services that will be made available at the Dunmore wing at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28640/19]

2019-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the business cases and additional funding applications developed by University Hospital Waterford that require additional capital and revenue funding, in tabular form; if the business cases are with the hospital, the South South West Hospital Group and HSE Estates; the status of each project; the timeline for delivery of each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28641/19]

2019-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent orthodontists in the public system in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by hospital and region, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28655/19]

2019-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff positions attached to CAMHS in County Waterford in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by position, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28656/19]

2019-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of publicly funded home help hours provided to patients in Waterford city and county in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by hour numbers, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28657/19]

2019-07-04

VOTE

Mental Health Services Reports · 2 divisions

✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 38–81
✓ voted for Amendment again put: motion passed · 78–41

2019-07-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant orthodontists in the south-east in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by county (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27927/19]

2019-06-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of surgical procedures cancelled at University Hospital Waterford on 14 June 2019; the reason for the cancellations; the number of cancellations by specialty or procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26077/19]

2019-06-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a replacement speech and language therapist is being provided to cover maternity leave at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26761/19]

2019-06-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Waterford aged six to 18 years of age awaiting ASD diagnostic assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26777/19]

2019-06-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when approval of capital funding will issue for the development of children’s disability services in County Waterford on land owned by the HSE at St. Otteran’s Hospital, Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25791/19]

2019-06-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of all inpatient and outpatient wait times in the south east in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by speciality in tabular form; the wait times in periods (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25505/19]

2019-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the plans by the South/Southwest Hospital Group to advance orthopaedic services in the south east and at University Hospital Waterford; his plans to create a centre of excellence for orthopaedics at the hospital; if a business case to advance same has been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24366/19]

2019-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeframe, costs and additional capacity in building a new mortuary at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24367/19]

2019-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeframe, costs and the services to be provided in the additional catheterisation laboratory for University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24368/19]

2019-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason robotics are not being utilised at University Hospital Waterford for cancer care; his plans to purchase robotic equipment for the oncology unit at the hospital; if this is supported by the South/Southwest Hospital Group; if a business case for the purchase or lease of robotic equipment has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24369/19]

2019-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to build a new eye clinic at University Hospital Waterford; if a business case has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24370/19]

2019-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of the 72 beds at the Dunmore wing at University Hospital Waterford that will be new and additional beds; the funding being made available to recruit new staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24371/19]

2019-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he expects the national review of cardiac services to conclude and to publish its report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24372/19]

2019-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is committed to delivering 24/7 PPCI at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24373/19]

2019-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of all inpatient and outpatient wait times in each of the years from 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by speciality in tabular form; the wait times in periods (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24374/19]

2019-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of the cost-cutting plans by University Hospital Waterford to ensure the hospital comes in on budget; if this will involve curtailing theatre use at the hospital; the cost saving measures being introduced in respect of cleaning, recruitment and the use of agency staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24375/19]

2019-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the autism spectrum disorder waiting list for County Waterford is still in operation; if it is now a regional list; if the list has been outsourced to a private company by the HSE; if so, if the company is still undertaking assessments; if the ASD list in the county is now at a standstill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23293/19]

2019-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for future funding for the Rehab Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23476/19]

2019-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average waiting times for older persons' services in County Waterford in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24172/19]

2019-06-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average wait times for orthodontists in the south east in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24313/19]

2019-05-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the 15 additional posts in disability services for children in the south east community healthcare area that have been secured to improve access and assessments by county (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22781/19]

2019-05-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to open the disability car scheme to new claimants; his further plans to offer disability cars that are more than five years old and have been replaced to persons not on the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21863/19]

2019-05-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21593/19]

2019-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional child psychologist posts that have been created in the past five years in the community healthcare organisation area for the south east by year and county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18670/19]

2019-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional speech and language therapist posts that have been made in the past five years in the community healthcare organisation area for the south east by year and by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18671/19]

2019-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional occupational therapists posts that have been created in the past five years in the CHO area for the south-east by year and county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18672/19]

2019-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average wait times for child psychologists, child speech and language therapists and child occupational therapists in the community healthcare organisation area for the south east by year and county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18673/19]

2019-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the assessment teams in place to access children in the community healthcare organisation area for the south east by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18674/19]

2019-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when his attention was drawn to the serious conditions at the mortuary at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19293/19]

2019-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the actions and steps taken by University Hospital Waterford to address issues raised in a letter by four consultant pathologists at the hospital. [19294/19]

2019-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the record of complaints made since 2004 by consultant pathologists at University Hospital Waterford regarding facilities in the mortuary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19295/19]

2019-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of risk incident forms submitted by staff at the pathology department at University Hospital Waterford since 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19296/19]

2019-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of incidents of decomposing bodies of deceased persons on hospital trolleys recorded at University Hospital Waterford since 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19297/19]

2019-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of families of deceased persons informed since 2004 to date that the bodies of their loved ones were left to decompose on trolleys at University Hospital Waterford due to poor conditions at the mortuary; the way in which they were informed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19298/19]

2019-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of families of deceased persons whose bodies decomposed on hospital trolleys at University Hospital Waterford (details supplied) due to poor conditions at the mortuary since 2004 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19299/19]

2019-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the action the management at University Hospital Waterford and the South-South West hospital group took when it received a letter from four consultant pathologists outlining serious concerns relating to the mortuary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19300/19]

2019-03-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to align the south-east CHO area with hospital groups; the Department examining the issue; the consultation being carried out with hospital management, existing hospital groups and clinicians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12965/19]

2019-03-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to restructure hospital groups to align University Hospital Waterford with St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12966/19]

2019-03-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to link University Hospital Waterford academically with UCD as opposed to UCC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12967/19]

2019-03-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional staff that will be recruited at University Hospital Waterford, UHW, to facilitate the opening of the new Dunmore wing at the hospital, by whole-time equivalent posts and by profession, that is, nursing, junior doctors, consultants, maintenance staff, clerical, administration, diagnostics and others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12968/19]

2019-03-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional funding which will be made available to University Hospital Waterford, UHW, to open and manage the 72 isolation beds that form part of the new Dunmore wing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12969/19]

2019-03-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if University Hospital Waterford, UHW, has submitted a request for additional funding to staff and operate three floors and 72 beds in the new Dunmore suite at UHW. [12970/19]

2019-03-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional funding which will be provided to the community healthcare organisation, CHO, in the south east to manage the two floors providing palliative care in the new Dunmore wing at University Hospital Waterford, UHW. [12971/19]

2019-03-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to replace the mortuary at University Hospital Waterford, UHW; if a business case has been presented for same; the estimated cost; if it is a priority for UHW, the South/Southwest Hospital Group, his Department and the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12972/19]

2019-03-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a business case has been submitted by University Hospital Waterford, UHW, for a new eye clinic; if this will provide Addison’s cataract treatment; the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12973/19]

2019-03-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to reconfigure orthopaedic services in the south east; his further plans to create a centre or excellence in orthopaedics at University Hospital Waterford, UHW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12974/19]

2019-03-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of an association (details supplied) regarding the new draft rules to be incorporated into the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13691/19]

2019-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if Irish citizens in Northern Ireland will be able to apply for a European health insurance card through the HSE post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9243/19]

2019-02-20

VOTE

Confidence in Minister for Health

✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 53–58

2019-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of €4.75 million funding announced in November 2018 for the construction of a second cardiac catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford; if it will be impacted by the proposed cuts in capital funding by the HSE as a result of the cost overrun in the construction of the new national children’s hospital; and if it is to proceed, the timeline of delivery. [5389/19]

2019-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 380 of 18 December 2018, if he is satisfied with the response of the HSE that it has no records of winning tender proposals being destroyed (details supplied); his views on whether this statement is in contradiction with paragraph 7.3.1 of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme published in September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2364/19]

2019-01-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the chief executive officer of the HSE will be an accountable officer to the Oireachtas Standing Committee of Public Accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54178/18]

2018-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been made available for a second cath laboratory in University Hospital Waterford. [52903/18]

2018-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the purpose of the second laboratory at UHW. [52904/18]

2018-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the wait times for a diagnostic cardiology assessment at UHW in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [52905/18]

2018-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the wait times for interventional cardiology at UHW in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [52906/18]

2018-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a commitment is being made to provide a second cath laboratory at UHW that will facilitate both diagnostic and interventional cardiology work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52907/18]

2018-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the job description for each of the additional posts to be advertised for the staffing of a second cath laboratory in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52908/18]

2018-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is committed to providing an additional post for an interventional cardiologist at UHW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52909/18]

2018-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is committed to providing a second cath laboratory at UHW that will facilitate both diagnostic and interventional work at UHW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52910/18]

2018-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of each winning proposal for a tender contract issued by the HSE that has been destroyed, by which the contract has not yet been terminated, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52918/18]

2018-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the trade unions in receipt of a negotiating licence that the HSE does not recognise for collective bargaining and industrial relations purposes, in part or in whole; the section of workers organised by a trade union with a negotiating licence to which non-recognition applies, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52999/18]

2018-12-05

VOTE

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 · 12 divisions

A bill to provide for and regulate termination of pregnancy; to make provision for reviews at the instigation of a pregnant woman, or a person on her behalf, of certain medical opinions given in respect of pregnancy; to make available without charge certain services to women for the purpose of termination of pregnancy in accordance with this Act and, for that purpose, to amend the Health Act 1970 and certain other enactments; to provide for offences in respect of the intentional ending of the life of a foetus otherwise than in accordance with this Act; to amend the Bail Act 1997; to repeal the Regulation of Information (Services outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Act 1995, the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 and provisions of certain other enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 90–15
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 9–101
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 10–89
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 90–16
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 30–63
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 29–65
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 27–75
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 38–67
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 30–75
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 21–64
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 10–75
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 21–69

2018-12-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients at University Hospital Waterford who have been recalled for a medical test due to an issue with their original test, by medical test, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50197/18]

2018-12-04

VOTE

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018

A bill to provide for and regulate termination of pregnancy; to make provision for reviews at the instigation of a pregnant woman, or a person on her behalf, of certain medical opinions given in respect of pregnancy; to make available without charge certain services to women for the purpose of termination of pregnancy in accordance with this Act and, for that purpose, to amend the Health Act 1970 and certain other enactments; to provide for offences in respect of the intentional ending of the life of a foetus otherwise than in accordance with this Act; to amend the Bail Act 1997; to repeal the Regulation of Information (Services outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Act 1995, the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 and provisions of certain other enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 8–84

2018-11-29

VOTE

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 · 3 divisions

A bill to provide for and regulate termination of pregnancy; to make provision for reviews at the instigation of a pregnant woman, or a person on her behalf, of certain medical opinions given in respect of pregnancy; to make available without charge certain services to women for the purpose of termination of pregnancy in accordance with this Act and, for that purpose, to amend the Health Act 1970 and certain other enactments; to provide for offences in respect of the intentional ending of the life of a foetus otherwise than in accordance with this Act; to amend the Bail Act 1997; to repeal the Regulation of Information (Services outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Act 1995, the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 and provisions of certain other enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 25–59
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 22–61
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 21–71

2018-11-28

VOTE

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 · 5 divisions

A bill to provide for and regulate termination of pregnancy; to make provision for reviews at the instigation of a pregnant woman, or a person on her behalf, of certain medical opinions given in respect of pregnancy; to make available without charge certain services to women for the purpose of termination of pregnancy in accordance with this Act and, for that purpose, to amend the Health Act 1970 and certain other enactments; to provide for offences in respect of the intentional ending of the life of a foetus otherwise than in accordance with this Act; to amend the Bail Act 1997; to repeal the Regulation of Information (Services outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Act 1995, the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 and provisions of certain other enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 31–59
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 31–61
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 43–45
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 34–64
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 9–90

2018-11-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the use of the vascular laboratory at University Hospital Waterford is curtailed due to a lack of staff; if so, the staff shortages that exist; the number of consultants and junior doctors assigned to vascular services in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018 at UHW; the efforts being made to address the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49017/18]

2018-11-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if patients to the ENT ward at University Hospital Waterford who had an ear test in recent years have been recalled for a second ear test; if so, the reason for retesting; the number of persons retested; if more retesting is scheduled; and if so, the number that require a retest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49018/18]

2018-11-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49251/18]

2018-11-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff assigned to the child and adolescent mental health services at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, inclusive; and the number of consultant posts by post, in tabular form. [45982/18]

2018-11-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts in place at the child and adolescent mental health services at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45983/18]

2018-11-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the catchment area for child and adolescent mental health services at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45984/18]

2018-11-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on industrial action by psychiatric staff at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45985/18]

2018-11-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of radiographers in UHW in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45986/18]

2018-11-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients at University Hospital Waterford on hospital trolleys in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46013/18]

2018-11-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on inpatient and outpatient waiting lists in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by speciality; the length of time they have been waiting in bands (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46014/18]

2018-11-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to reconfigure orthopaedic services at UHW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46015/18]

2018-11-07

VOTE

Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages

✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 33–69

2018-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there is a recall of cochlear implants at University Hospital Waterford; the nature of the recall; the number of persons affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45736/18]

2018-10-23

VOTE

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Referral to Select Committee

✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 102–11

2018-10-23

VOTE

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018

A bill to provide for and regulate termination of pregnancy; to make provision for reviews at the instigation of a pregnant woman, or a person on her behalf, of certain medical opinions given in respect of pregnancy; to make available without charge certain services to women for the purpose of termination of pregnancy in accordance with this Act and, for that purpose, to amend the Health Act 1970 and certain other enactments; to provide for offences in respect of the intentional ending of the life of a foetus otherwise than in accordance with this Act; to amend the Bail Act 1997; to repeal the Regulation of Information (Services outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Act 1995, the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 and provisions of certain other enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 102–12

2018-09-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the definition of temporary absence arrived at by an organisation (details supplied) with the permission of his Department in the case of pharmaceutical assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39153/18]

2018-09-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the evidential research that was used to substantiate the definition of temporary absence for pharmaceutical assistants arrived at by an organisation (details supplied) with the permission of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39154/18]

2018-09-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the tasks a pharmaceutical assistant may not perform during their temporary absence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39155/18]

2018-09-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the conflicts that arise between the definition of temporary absence arrived at by an organisation (details supplied) with the permission of his Department for use with pharmaceutical assistants and public safety issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39156/18]

2018-09-26

VOTE

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 · 2 divisions

A bill to provide for the minimum price per gram of alcohol, to confer the power on the Minister for Health to, by order, increase that price, to provide for the labelling of alcohol products including the inclusion of health warnings and the alcohol content and energy content of alcohol products on alcohol product containers, to provide for restrictions in relation to the advertising and sponsorship of alcohol products, to provide procedures in relation to the exposure for sale and advertising of alcohol products in specified licensed premises, to confer power on the Minister for Health to make regulations for the purpose of prohibiting or restricting the sale of alcohol products in certain circumstances, to provide for enforcement measures, to provide for the repeal of certain provisions of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 and the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008, and to provide for related matters

✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 27–55
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 25–56

2018-09-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the opening of the Dungarvan primary care centre; the cost overruns that have been incurred as a result of the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35715/18]

2018-09-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason for the suspension of screening services for breast and ovarian cancer at St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35734/18]

2018-09-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the unpublished report review of public hospital interventional care for acute coronary syndrome patients in Ireland 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36153/18]

2018-09-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cath labs in operation at St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin in each of the years 1978 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36160/18]

2018-09-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of catheterisation laboratories operational in acute hospitals here in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36237/18]

2018-09-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the number of catheterisation laboratories operational here has changed since 2015; the hospitals that have secured an additional laboratory since 2015; his plans to increase the number of laboratories in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36238/18]

2018-09-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cardiac procedures carried out in all acute hospitals here, including angiography, PCI, permanent pacemaker and implantable defibrillator, in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by hospital; the number of laboratories operational in each hospital; the number of procedures carried out in each laboratory in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36239/18]

2018-09-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of catheterisation laboratories operational at St. Vincent’s University Hospital in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of procedures carried out in each laboratory by year and procedure in tabular form; his plans to increase laboratory activity at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36240/18]

2018-09-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the make-up of a basic grade catheterisation laboratory C-arm unit; the way in which this differs from a fully functioning catheterisation laboratory carrying the full range of angiography, PCI and installation of pacemakers and so on; the number of such laboratories operational here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36241/18]

2018-07-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has refused to deduct union subscriptions at source for ambulance service personnel including paramedics, advanced paramedics and emergency medical technicians who wish to join a union (details supplied) and exercise their right to organise and join the union; if so, the reason for this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33575/18]

2018-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of deploying a modular cardiac laboratory at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30360/18]

2018-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the length of time the modular cardiac laboratory will be in situ at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30361/18]

2018-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional staff complement that will come with the deployment of a modular cath laboratory at University Hospital Waterford. [30362/18]

2018-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the mobile cardiac laboratory in situ at University Hospital Waterford will remain in place and operational until a modular laboratory is deployed. [30363/18]

2018-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full range of services a modular cardiac laboratory deployed at University Hospital Waterford will provide; and the difference between a mobile laboratory and a modular laboratory. [30364/18]

2018-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the nature and detail of the tendering process required to deploy a modular cath laboratory at University Hospital Waterford. [30365/18]

2018-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the nature and detail of the project design work required to deploy a modular cath lab at University Hospital Waterford. [30366/18]

2018-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the nature and detail of the planning process required to deploy a modular cath lab at UHW. [30367/18]

2018-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the nature and detail of the construction and commissioning work required to deploy a modular cath lab at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30368/18]

2018-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for delivery of a modular cath lab at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30369/18]

2018-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the immediate action he is taking to commence the process of deploying a modular cath lab at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30370/18]

2018-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to deliver a second permanent cath lab at University Hospital Waterford, UHW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30371/18]

2018-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to deliver 24-hour seven-day week primary percutaneous coronary intervention, PPCI, at UHW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30372/18]

2018-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason UHW is the only centre that provides PPCI on a limited nine to five, Monday to Friday basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30373/18]

2018-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a proposal from a person (details supplied) to cease all PPCI at UHW will be rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30374/18]

2018-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of providing a permanent second cath lab at UHW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30375/18]

2018-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the Department, agency or public body that will have responsibility for deploying a modular cath lab at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30376/18]

2018-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the Department, agency or public body that will have responsibility for the tendering process required to deploy a modular cath lab at University Hospital Waterford. [30377/18]

2018-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the Department, agency or public body that will have responsibility for the project design work required to deploy a modular cath lab at University Hospital Waterford. [30378/18]

2018-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the Department, agency or public body that will have responsibility for the planning process required to deploy a modular cath lab at University Hospital Waterford. [30379/18]

2018-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the Department, agency or public body that will have responsibility for the construction and commissioning work required to deploy a modular cath lab at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30380/18]

2018-07-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual expenditure on commercial archaeology services in his Department by provider in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28748/18]

2018-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if it is policy to send children with autism spectrum disorder to the UK if no residential placement is available here or to place a child in an adult psychiatric ward as an interim measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24409/18]

2018-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there is a recruitment embargo in operation for HSE south; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24761/18]

2018-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); the measures the HSE will undertake to ensure that the needs of the person and the wishes of their parents are met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25467/18]

2018-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric consultants working within the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25468/18]

2018-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there are vacant consultant posts associated with the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, unit at University Hospital Waterford, UHW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25469/18]

2018-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children placed in an adult psychiatric ward at University Hospital Waterford, UHW, in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25470/18]

2018-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the waiting times under the reimbursement scheme for FreeStyle Libre for type 1 diabetic children in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23222/18]

2018-05-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons due to receive IV treatment within 15 days in University Hospital Waterford that had their treatment delayed by more than 15 days by values (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21409/18]

2018-04-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide a modular laboratory at UHW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17649/18]

2018-03-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the directions provided to the payment of staff in the public sector and Civil Service who fall under the direction of his Department for the days during Storm Emma when staff were directed to stay at home; if deductions in pay and annual leave were made to staff in the public sector or Civil Service as a result of days lost during the storm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11877/18]

2018-01-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) that receives public contracts from his Department does not recognise trade unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54383/17]

2018-01-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend the Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, PPCI, service at university hospital Waterford; the way in which this service will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54585/17]

2018-01-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hours and days the cath lab at University Hospital Waterford was out of commission or not in use during the normal opening hours for Primary Percutaneous Coronary Interventio, PPCI, (details supplied) in each of the years 2015 to 2017; the reason for it being out of commission or not in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54586/17]

2018-01-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on whether extending the opening hours of the cath lab at university hospital Waterford for PPCI requires an additional laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54587/17]

2018-01-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons at University Hospital Waterford waiting for stented procedures or intervention procedures in each of the years 2015 to 2017, by year, month, volume and wait times in bands (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54588/17]

2018-01-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the promised regional review; and when it will be completed. [1355/18]

2018-01-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in the south-east region who had a heart attack in 2017; the number of these who were treated in County Waterford; and the number who were transported to counties Cork and Dublin. [1356/18]

2018-01-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the individual travel times for the transportation of each of the persons in the south-east region who had a heart attack in 2017 out of that region when the catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford, UHW, was closed. [1357/18]

2018-01-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in the south east who had a heart attack in 2017 and died from a cardiac arrest outside of the nine-to-five, Monday-to-Friday period. [1358/18]

2018-01-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times in 2015, 2016 and 2017 the catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford, UHW, was opened out of hours; and the reason, date and time in each instance. [1359/18]

2018-01-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times the catheterisation laboratory was out of commission in 2015, 2016 and 2017; and the reason in each instance. [1360/18]

2018-01-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who were diagnosed in the mobile catheterisation laboratory. [1361/18]

2018-01-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons treated with stents and so on in the mobile catheterisation laboratory. [1362/18]

2018-01-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for interventional cardiology procedures in the main catheterisation laboratory in 2015, 2016 and 2017. [1363/18]

2018-01-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the overall cost of installing the mobile catheterisation laboratory, that is, the initial set-up costs, the day-to-day running costs and so on. [1364/18]

2017-12-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a project (details supplied) in County Waterford and the fact that the project offers support to older persons in their own homes through providing volunteers as home visitors; the status of the project's HSE section 39 funding for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52612/17]

2017-11-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times primary percutaneous coronary intervention emergency procedures were carried out at University Hospital Waterford outside the normal hours of 9 to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 207, by month and year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48792/17]

2017-11-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the contracts his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department have with a company (details supplied) or its subsidiaries; the value of the contracts; the year in which the contracts were concluded; when the contracts will be up for renewal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46375/17]

2017-11-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cardiology wait times at University Hospital Waterford in each month in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46910/17]

2017-11-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cardiac patients in the south east outsourced to hospitals in County Cork in 2017, by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46911/17]

2017-11-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cardiac patients seen or treated in the mobile catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital, Waterford since it became operational, by week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46912/17]

2017-11-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the length of time the mobile catheterisation laboratory will remain operational at University Hospital Waterford; the estimated operational and capital cost; the type of work undertaken in the laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46913/17]

2017-11-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the planned national review into cardiac care will commence; if it will be independent; the role the HSE and the ACS programme will play in the review; if it will be overseen by an international expert; if its conclusions will replace the Herity report for the south east; if it will examine the range of travel time for PPCI for those living in regions without 24-7 PPCI; if it will take into account activity generated from a mobile cath lab deployed at UHW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46914/17]

2017-11-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency cardiac patients from the south east who were referred or transferred for treatment to hospitals in counties Dublin and Cork out of hours, for example, not including the hours primary percutaneous coronary intervention, PPCI, is available in University Hospital Waterford, in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47056/17]

2017-11-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cardiac patients in the south east who were transferred to hospitals outside the region to hospitals in Cork, Dublin or elsewhere for primary percutaneous coronary intervention, PPCI, in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47057/17]

2017-10-24

PQ

Asked Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the emergency health and safety issues at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44936/17]

2017-10-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to reopen the Clashmore health centre, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42482/17]

2017-09-20

PQ

Asked Business

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the investigations undertaken and disciplinary measures imposed by the Health and Safety Authority, against construction companies where those companies have been reported to be in breach of CSCS regulations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39393/17]

2017-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who was not paid their salary at the end of August 2017 as scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39345/17]

2017-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on trollies in Wexford General Hospital in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017, by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39479/17]

2017-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff employed at Wexford General Hospital in each of the years from 2008 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by profession, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39480/17]

2017-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the services available at Wexford general hospital; the additional services planned as part of the HSE service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39481/17]

2017-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses employed at Wexford General Hospital in each of the years from 2008 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39482/17]

2017-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of all inpatient and outpatient appointments and procedures at Wexford General Hospital, by speciality and by bands (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39483/17]

2017-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capital and operational funding provided to Wexford General Hospital in each of the years from 2008 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by funding stream, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39484/17]

2017-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mental health services available in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39485/17]

2017-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres in operation here, by county and by year they were established, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39486/17]

2017-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of primary health care centres in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39487/17]

2017-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in County Wexford in each of the years 2008 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39488/17]

2017-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient and outpatient hospital cancellations at Wexford General Hospital in each of the years from 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39602/17]

2017-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients from Wexford General Hospital outsourced to other hospitals in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39603/17]

2017-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the agency spend by Wexford General Hospital in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39604/17]

2017-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total non-attendance rate for Wexford General Hospital in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39605/17]

2017-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants employed at Wexford General Hospital in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39606/17]

2017-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient and outpatient beds open at Wexford General Hospital in each of the years from 2008 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39607/17]

2017-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient and day cases treated at Wexford General Hospital in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39608/17]

2017-09-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of car parking spaces available at University Hospital Waterford; the charge in place; the charge in each of the years 2008 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39609/17]

2017-09-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of parking at each public hospital here; the revenue generated in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017 by hospital, by year, cost and revenue generated, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36941/17]

2017-09-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the criteria used for deciding which health insurance policies are recognised for the purpose of gaining an exemption from premium loading under the lifetime community rating system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37625/17]

2017-07-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if progress has been made on recruiting staff at Dungarvan Community Hospital; and when beds that were recently closed due to staff shortages will be reopened. [31949/17]

2017-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Waterford, Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny and Tipperary that have died from cardiac arrest while in transit to hospitals in Cork or Dublin in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31104/17]

2017-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the procedure in place if a person that lives in the south-east presents to their local or regional hospital with an emergency cardiac condition outside of the PPCI hours available in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31105/17]

2017-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cardiac services available at University Hospital Waterford on a 24-hour, seven-days- a-week basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31106/17]

2017-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if data exists on the number of persons in the south-east that have died from cardiac arrest in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31107/17]

2017-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the clinical pathway for persons in the south-east with cardiac complications up to and including PPCI treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31108/17]

2017-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the aeromedical services available to persons in the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31341/17]

2017-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of community first-responder schemes in place in the south east to treat cardiac patients; the way in which the scheme works; the service they provide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31342/17]

2017-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if data exist on waiting times for ambulance services across the south east from 2014 to date in 2017; the range of waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31343/17]

2017-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is possible to provide 24-7 primary percutaneous coronary intervention, PPCI, at University Hospital Waterford with a single catheterisation laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31522/17]

2017-07-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to rule out ceasing primary percutaneous coronary intervention, pPCI, services at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31523/17]

2017-06-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cardiac catheterisation laboratories in public hospitals by hospital, by the service it provides and the opening times of each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30457/17]

2017-06-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he plans to initiate a review of the provision of cardiac services at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30458/17]

2017-06-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will publish all correspondence given to a person (details supplied) in preparation of their review of cardiac services in the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30459/17]

2017-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the capacity issues within the public health sector that are being driven in part by low pay and a lack of a clear career path for nurses within the public health sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26059/17]

2017-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason for the non approval to date in 2017 of a mobile cath lab for University Hospital Waterford; the timeframe for approval to be made regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27652/17]

2017-06-20

PQ

Asked Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an application for funding from a school (details supplied) in County Waterford for the replacement of two prefab buildings; if his attention has been further drawn to health and safety concerns regarding the use of these prefabs; if the school will get the capital funding to replace same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28498/17]

2017-06-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the wait time for a person (details supplied) who has been referred to St Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown to see an endocrinologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26817/17]

2017-06-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of deploying a mobile cath lab to University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27653/17]

2017-06-01

PQ

Asked Public

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the discussions he has had with the Department of Health with regard to the findings of the Public Service Pay Commission that retention is a key issue within the health sector with pay a significant factor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26056/17]

2017-05-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the issues relating to a facility (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that HIQA has undertaken three audits of the facility over the past 12 months; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that HIQA has advised that if identified issues relating to safeguarding and governance are not carried out in the next two weeks, it will have to close this facility; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that HIQA has already released an official closure notice with a two week stay; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 19 persons are at risk of losing their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25232/17]

2017-05-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for obtaining an extension on the closure order to allow staff in a facility (details supplied) sufficient time to ensure all requirements are met; his further plans to ensure the funding is forthcoming to the facility to allow required qualified persons to be employed there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25233/17]

2017-05-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the vacant posts at University Hospital Waterford broken down by profession and by length of time the post is vacant, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24129/17]

2017-05-18

PQ

Asked Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to close the health science building at WIT for a month or months during the summer period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23752/17]

2017-05-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the promised mobile cath lab for County Waterford will be deployed; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23758/17]

2017-05-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a business plan and funding proposal for a mobile cath laboratory for University Hospital Waterford was submitted by the hospital to the South/Southwest hospital group; the date of its submission; if it has been accepted; if the funding is in place; the amount which has been provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23759/17]

2017-05-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the promised mobile cath laboratory for County Waterford will be deployed; the length of time it will be deployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23917/17]

2017-05-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a business plan and funding proposal for a mobile cath laboratory for University Hospital Waterford was submitted to the South/Southwest hospital group; the date of its submission; if it has been accepted; if the funding is in place; the amount provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23918/17]

2017-05-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of private inpatient and outpatient appointments and procedures carried out in public hospitals in each of the years 2014 to 2016, by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21468/17]

2017-05-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants carrying out private practices, appointments and procedures in public hospitals in each of the years 2014 to 2016, by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21469/17]

2017-05-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the recommendations from the Mental Health Commission regarding psychiatric services at University Hospital Waterford which have been implemented; the detail of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21470/17]

2017-05-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if dedicated space for private practices will be made available at the new national maternity hospital; if this will result in a cost for the taxpayer; if so, the estimated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21471/17]

2017-05-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost to the taxpayer of consultants carrying out private practices in public hospitals in each of the years 2014 to 2016, by group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21472/17]

2017-05-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on reports that Dungarvan community hospital is closing the Sacred Heart unit which includes the rehabilitation beds for stroke; the future of this unit and the future of the beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21655/17]

2017-05-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if beds are being closed in the Sacred Heart ward at St. Joseph's hospital in Dungarvan, County Waterford; if so, the reason therefor; when they will be reopened and the contingency plans in place to support persons and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21663/17]

2017-05-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent nursing positions at St. Joseph's Hospital, Dungarvan, County Waterford in each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21664/17]

2017-05-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients in St. Joseph's Hospital, Waterford, in 2016 and to date in 2017, by month and ward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21665/17]

2017-05-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons interviewed for nursing posts at St Joseph's Hospital in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number which were successfully hired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21917/17]

2017-05-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the consultation which took place between the HSE, the management and staff at St Joseph's Hospital, patients and other groups regarding recent bed closures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21918/17]

2017-05-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with cardiac conditions in the south east region that were treated in hospitals in counties Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Wexford, Kilkenny and Dublin by hospital and by county in each of the years 2014 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21021/17]

2017-05-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with cardiac conditions in the south east region that were seen for planned work in hospitals in counties Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Wexford, Kilkenny and Dublin, in each of the years 2014 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017 by hospital and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21022/17]

2017-05-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons (details supplied) in the south east region who received PPCI care in hospitals in Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Wexford, Kilkenny and Dublin, by hospital and by county in each of the years 2014 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21023/17]

2017-04-11

PQ

Asked Jobs

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide examples of appropriate identification as described in SI 291 of 2013 - Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2014 - Schedule 5 (2)(b); if examples of identification that would not be seen as appropriate can also be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18064/17]

2017-04-11

PQ

Asked Jobs

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the meaning of "competent person" as described in SI number 291 of 2013 - Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2014 - Schedule 5 (2)(a); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18065/17]

2017-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17061/17]

2017-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of all HIQA examinations, visits, reports and recommendations into a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17064/17]

2017-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to a nursing home (details supplied) in each of the years 2008 to 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17065/17]

2017-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has received a request for increased funding from a nursing home (details supplied); if he will provide extra funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17066/17]

2017-04-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide additional funding to enable a nursing home (details supplied) comply with HIQA recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17067/17]

2017-04-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason for the inconsistency in the evidence of the chief executive of the HSE to the Committee of Public Accounts on 23 March 2017 regarding the information released to RTE under FOI regarding when the HSE had contacted gardaí regarding the publishing of the Devine report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16154/17]

2017-03-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the trolley count at University Hospital Waterford for January and February in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15503/17]

2017-03-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if it is the fact that any statement, admission or document given or sent to a commission of investigation is not admissible as evidence against a person in any criminal or other proceedings except proceedings regarding an offence under section 18; if this will apply to the proposed commission of investigation into the Grace case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13191/17]

2017-03-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason his Department has not provided correspondence between him and a person (details supplied) and any other person regarding plans for, discussion of, submissions and the eventual publication of the independent clinical review of provision of a second catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12986/17]

2017-03-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if it is it normal practice for a freedom of information request to be three months overdue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12987/17]

2017-03-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average turnaround time for a freedom of information request sent to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12988/17]

2017-03-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the statutory obligations that pertain to FOI requests and their delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12989/17]

2017-03-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the planned national review of primary percutaneous coronary intervention, PPCI, will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13301/17]

2017-03-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the national review into PPCI services will be an independent clinical review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13302/17]

2017-03-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has identified the person or persons that will conduct the national review of PPCI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13303/17]

2017-03-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the option of having two distinct PPCI centres here namely a 24-7 service or a nine-to-five service as per the model of ACS services will remain in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13304/17]

2017-03-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there are grounds upon which emergency PPCI services will cease at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13305/17]

2017-03-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will rule out ceasing limited PPCI services at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13306/17]

2017-03-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons to be treated and the length of time a mobile cath lab will be in place at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13307/17]

2017-03-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if terms of reference will be drawn up for the national review of PPCI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13308/17]

2017-03-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the national guidelines that will underpin a national review of PPCI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13309/17]

2017-03-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the consultations that will take place in respect of a national review of PPCI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13310/17]

2017-03-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the national review of PPCI services is regarding the way to implement the recommendations of the Herity report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13311/17]

2017-03-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a national review into PPCI is being undertaken by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13312/17]

2017-03-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if an effective catchment population or the actual population of the south east will underpin the national review of PPCI services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13313/17]

2017-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional funding stream which has been allocated to his Department for 2017 and 2018 to cover the cost of the national children's hospital in view of public comments by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on funding for the national children's hospital on 7 February 2017 and the remarks by the director general of the HSE on 7 February 2017 that there is not enough money at present to ensure the project is carried through to fruition; if there is no additional funding available, the suggestions his Department has made as to the areas in which cuts and savings could be made to cover the cost of the national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10851/17]

2017-03-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way in which UHW and the South/Southwest Hospital Group will provide both planned and emergency PPCI work at the cardiac unit at UHW with one lab; if this goes against the recommendation of the Herity report; his views on whether it is possible and safe to provide both planned and emergency work for the effective population with a single lab; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11824/17]

2017-03-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if any renovations or upgrading works were carried out at the acute psychiatric department at UHW; if so, the nature and cost of such works; the unit bed size; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11333/17]

2017-03-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to re-open psychiatric services at Wexford General Hospital, in view of capacity issues at UHW as identified by the Mental Health Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11334/17]

2017-03-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way in which UHW will provide additional therapies at the acute psychiatric ward at the hospital, as identified by the Mental Health Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11335/17]

2017-03-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way in which UHW will provide additional recreational facilities at the acute psychiatric ward at the hospital, as identified by the Mental Health Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11336/17]

2017-03-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way in which UHW will provide additional dining space at the acute psychiatric ward at the hospital, as identified by the Mental Health Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11337/17]

2017-03-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way in which UHW will provide additional staff at the acute psychiatric ward at the hospital, as identified by the Mental Health Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11338/17]

2017-03-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way in which UHW and the South/Southwest Hospital Group will provide both planned and emergency PPCI work at the cardiac unit at UHW with one laboratory; if this goes against the recommendation of the Herity report; his views on whether it is possible and safe to provide both planned and emergency work for the effective population with a single laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11339/17]

2017-03-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on comments made by a person (details supplied) at the Oireachtas Committee on Health that in hospitals that provide PPCI work, it is done on a 24/7 basis or not at all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11340/17]

2017-03-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to acknowledge that the Herity report into cardiac services at UHW is not being implemented in full and that, in view of the decision to retain five-day-a-week PPCI work, this justifies the need for a second catheterisation laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11341/17]

2017-03-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has examined a report from HIQA into medication safety arrangements in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11342/17]

2017-03-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on the absence of governance arrangements at UHW for medication safety; the action he and his Department will take to remedy this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11343/17]

2017-03-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on a HIQA finding that medication related clinical incidents were likely to be under-reported at UHW; the actions the HSE will take on foot of this finding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11344/17]

2017-03-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on a HIQA finding that there was outdated and potentially conflicting reference information for using intravenous medication in clinical areas at UHW; the actions he will take on foot of these findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11345/17]

2017-03-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when a medicine safety pharmacist was appointed in Waterford; the nature of the role; the duration of the contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11346/17]

2017-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of visits from the Mental Health Commission to University Hospital Waterford in each year from 2010 to date in 2017, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10876/17]

2017-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts at the department of psychiatry at University Hospital Waterford, by post and grade; the length of time the posts are vacant; when they will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10877/17]

2017-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the Mental Health Commission has outlined to the HSE a shortage in therapies and therapy positions in the psychiatric unit at University Hospital Waterford. [10878/17]

2017-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the Mental Health Commission highlighted a lack of physical space in the psychiatrist position at University Hospital Waterford; the nature of the issues highlighted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10879/17]

2017-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if University Hospital Waterford has furnished the South-South West Hospital Group with proposals to deploy a mobile catheterisation laboratory for the hospital; if it has been given attention by the hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10880/17]

2017-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of deployment of a mobile catheterisation laboratory to University Hospital Waterford; the body that will cover the costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10881/17]

2017-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the times and days it is planned a mobile catheterisation laboratory will be deployed in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10882/17]

2017-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided by the HSE for each of the years from 2011 to 2016, inclusive, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10883/17]

2017-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of filled speech and language and occupational therapist positions in place to assist children with complex needs for each of the years from 2011 to 2016, inclusive, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10884/17]

2017-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided by the HSE in Waterford city and county for each of the years from 2011 to 2016, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10885/17]

2017-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of filled speech and language and occupational therapist positions in place to assist children with complex needs in County Waterford for each of the years from 2011 to 2016, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10886/17]

2017-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the original costs approved by his Department in respect of the national children's hospital; the projected costs as they stand today; the reason for any variation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10887/17]

2017-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to open prefabs at acute hospitals to ease emergency room pressures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10888/17]

2017-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of beds the HSE plans to open in prefabs at acute hospitals, by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10889/17]

2017-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has costed the provision of beds in prefab units at acute hospitals; the details of the costings; the comparison with a bed in an acute hospital ward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10890/17]

2017-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional staff that will be hired to work in any additional acute hospital beds in prefabs being considered by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10891/17]

2017-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to open a prefab at University Hospital Waterford, UWH, to provide additional beds at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10892/17]

2017-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent nursing positions in place in each acute hospital for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10896/17]

2017-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of vacant posts at acute hospitals here, by profession, grade, duration of vacancy and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10897/17]

2017-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts at University Hospital Waterford, UHW, by post, grade and duration of vacancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10898/17]

2017-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of acute hospital beds operational from 2008 to 2017, by year and by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10905/17]

2017-03-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of hospital beds closed in acute hospitals in 2016, by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10906/17]

2017-02-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the number of acute beds in the department of psychiatry at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9315/17]

2017-02-21

PQ

Asked Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the persons within SOLAS, the approved training centres and the Health and Safety Authority, who are responsible for checking that CSCS trainee cards are issued and held for a minimum of six months before persons attend training centres for certification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8200/17]

2017-02-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons turned away from the psychiatric unit of University Hospital Waterford on 30 January 2017; if persons were turned away due to a lack of beds; the steps he will take to ensure persons have access to 24-7 psychiatric care in the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5614/17]

2017-02-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a case involving a person (details supplied) who claims there are oversight issues at a hospital between the HSE and management and who is currently under suspension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5887/17]

2017-02-07

PQ

Asked Jobs

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that crane drivers are being hired without having completed proper training and that employment agencies are supplying letters to approved training centres stating that six months of training has been completed by persons, although this is not the case; if the Health and Safety Authority has been made aware of this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5746/17]

2017-01-31

PQ

Asked Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive its allocation for 2017 under the summer works scheme in view of the fact urgent works are needed on health and safety grounds and the school management needs time to put the works out to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4284/17]

2017-01-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Waterford can expect to receive services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4043/17]

2017-01-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient hospital cancellations at University Hospital Waterford for each of the years 2012 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4428/17]

2017-01-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations at University Hospital Waterford for each of the years 2012 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4429/17]

2017-01-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the combined number of patients on hospital trolleys at University Hospital Waterford from 1 January 2017 to 25 January 2017; and the overall figure for the corresponding time period in 2016. [4430/17]

2017-01-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients outsourced from University Hospital Waterford for each of the years 2013 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4431/17]

2017-01-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a service level agreement exists between University Hospital Waterford, UHW, and or private and public hospitals in Cork to treat cardiac patients; if so, the terms of such agreements; the number of patients from UHW which have been seen in Cork hospitals; the additional number which will be seen in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4432/17]

2017-01-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total agency spend at University Hospital Waterford for each of the years 2011 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4433/17]

2017-01-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of vacant posts in the radiology department at University Hospital Waterford, broken down by grade and title; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4434/17]

2017-01-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his Department's definition of "urgent" in view of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3668/17]

2017-01-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) whose case has been marked as urgent would be put on a waiting list of 48 plus months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3669/17]

2017-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the mobile catheterisation lab which has been announced by the Minister of State for training, skills and innovation will be for the use of University Hospital Waterford alone or if it will be shared with other hospitals; if it is to be shared, the details of the arrangement that will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2617/17]

2017-01-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline his plans to extend the meningitis B vaccine scheme to children born before 1 October 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2648/17]

2017-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the procurement process that will be put in place for the mobile catheterisation laboratory for University Hospital Waterford, as announced by the Minister of State with responsibility for training, skills and innovation on 13 January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2222/17]

2017-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funds that have been allocated to the procurement of a mobile catheterisation laboratory for University Hospital Waterford, as announced by the Minister of State with responsibility for training, skills and innovation on 13 January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2223/17]

2017-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of mobile catheterisation laboratories in use by the HSE; his plans to allocate one of the already procured mobile catheterisation laboratories for use at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2224/17]

2017-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if, with regard to the 130 longest waiting catheterisation laboratory patients at University Hospital Waterford who have been sent for tests to the private Bon Secours Hospital in Cork and Cork University Hospital, as reported in a newspaper (details supplied) on 11 January 2017, he will confirm whether these patients will be treated at the private Bon Secours Hospital in Cork or if their treatment will be put on hold pending the procurement of a mobile catheterisation laboratory for University Hospital Waterford. [2225/17]

2017-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if, with regard to the 337 patients on the waiting list for the catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford who are scheduled for angiography procedures in Cork between now and June 2017, as reported in a newspaper (details supplied) on 11 January 2017, he will confirm whether these patients will be sent to Cork between now and June 2017 or if their procedures will be put on hold pending the procurement of a mobile catheterisation laboratory for University Hospital Waterford. [2226/17]

2017-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of partial residency spaces for persons with a disability available in County Waterford; the number of persons on the waiting list for a partial residency space in County Waterford; the average waiting time for a partial residency space in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2227/17]

2017-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if, with regard to the mobile catheterisation laboratory for University Hospital Waterford, as announced by the Minister of State with responsibility for training, skills and innovation on 13 January 2017, it will be an articulated truck, as suggested by a person (details supplied) on 13 January 2017, it will be a prefab unit or it will be housed in a permanent structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2229/17]

2017-01-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the daily running cost of running a fully staffed mobile catheterisation laboratory; the daily cost of running a fully staffed permanent catheterisation laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2230/17]

2017-01-17

PQ

Asked Education

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an application for an additional classroom for a school (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that his Department's building unit has stated that the school's prospects of obtaining an additional classroom are unlikely and that the school maintains that an additional classroom is necessary in the interest of the health and safety of the children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41352/16]

2017-01-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41100/16]

2017-01-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to put in place a mobile cath laboratory for University Hospital Waterford as confirmed by the Minister for State in an interview (details supplied); the cost of such a measure; the staffing arrangements; the report, internal or external or both, which led to this plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41617/16]

2017-01-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for each of the years 2007 to 2015. [1227/17]

2017-01-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the out-of-hours emergency support that is in place for neurological patients at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1270/17]

2016-12-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to develop a 100-bed community nursing unit on the grounds of St. Patrick's Hospital; the start time for construction and proposed completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39755/16]

2016-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by him and each Minister of State including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisers, press secretaries and other positions, in tabular form; the pay rate for each assistant and the total cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39555/16]

2016-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if any staff employed in the public and Civil Service are seconded to work with him or any Minister of State in their constituencies; the number of same and cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39570/16]

2016-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the aggregate amount of employers’ PRSI paid in relation to Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for each of the years 2007 to 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39683/16]

2016-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the aggregate amount of employees' PRSI paid in relation to Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for each of the years 2007 to 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39690/16]

2016-12-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the aggregate net pay of Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for each of the years 2007 to 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39799/16]

2016-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons outsourced at University Hospital Galway for each of the years 2013 to date in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38995/16]

2016-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at University Hospital Galway for each of the years 2013 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38996/16]

2016-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the outpatient waiting times at University Hospital Galway for each of the years 2011 to date in 2016, by year and by speciality and in the wait time bands, up to three months, up to six months, up to 12 months, up to 15 months, up to 18 months, up to two years and more than two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38997/16]

2016-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on trollies at University Hospital Galway for each of the months of 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38998/16]

2016-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on trollies at University Hospital Galway for each of the months of 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38999/16]

2016-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the operating budget for University Hospital Galway for each of the years 2009 to 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39000/16]

2016-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at University Hospital Galway for each of the years 2009 to date in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39001/16]

2016-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total agency spend at University Hospital Galway for each of the years 2013 to date in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39002/16]

2016-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent nursing positions in place at University Hospital Galway for each of the years 2009 to date in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39003/16]

2016-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of beds operational at University Hospital Galway for each of the years 2009 to date in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39004/16]

2016-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations at University Hospital Galway for each of the years 2013 to date in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39005/16]

2016-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient hospital cancellations at University Hospital Galway for each of the years 2013 to date in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39006/16]

2016-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient and outpatient did not attends at University Hospital Galway for each of the years 2013 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39007/16]

2016-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of theatres operational at University Hospital Galway for each of the years 2011 to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39008/16]

2016-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capital projects agreed and funded at University Hospital Galway; the details and an overview of each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39009/16]

2016-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and the cost of each capital project funded by the HSE and his Department at University Hospital Galway for each of the years 2009 to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39010/16]

2016-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol was initiated at University Hospital Galway for each of the years 2011 to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39011/16]

2016-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol was initiated at University Hospital Waterford for each of the years 2011 to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39012/16]

2016-12-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the small sensor called Freestyle Libre; his plans to add it to the list of products covered by the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39058/16]

2016-12-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the purpose of his visit to University Hospital Waterford on 28 November 2016; the reason it was an unannounced visit; the detail of the persons who accompanied him on his visit; the detail of the persons he met and the topics discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38357/16]

2016-12-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the need for more funding for mental health for community based and accessible safe harbours in the County Waterford area; his plans to increase funding to the recommended levels in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38533/16]

2016-11-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the parents of children in Waterford city and county with complex needs are being informed that their children will not be seen by an occupational therapist, OT, on a regular basis as the waiting lists are too long; the average waiting times in Waterford; the number of OT positions in place; the numbers needed; his plans for recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37424/16]

2016-11-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that cover for sick leave and maternity leave in respect of occupational therapists in Waterford city and county is not being provided; his plans to address the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37425/16]

2016-11-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if care plans are put in place for children with complex needs in Waterford to deal with the child's specific needs and access to therapies and other supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37426/16]

2016-11-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of child psychologist posts in situ in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37427/16]

2016-11-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE are experiencing difficulties in recruiting child psychologist posts in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37428/16]

2016-11-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the redress available to a person (details supplied); the best practice relating to the use of electro-convulsive therapy, ECT, then and now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37430/16]

2016-11-17

VOTE

Mental Health Services Funding

✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–88

2016-11-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 369 of 4 October 2016, with regard to the risk requirement for a second cath lab being placed on the South/South West Hospital Group risk register in April 2016 rated at 16, if the rating of 16 was changed or revised upwards or downwards; when changes took place; the basis for any changes; the person or body that makes the decision to alter the risk rating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33892/16]

2016-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the starting salary and allowances in place for nurses as and from 1 January 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33752/16]

2016-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the starting salary and allowances in place for nurses as and from 1 November 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33753/16]

2016-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an internal HSE audit into management and work practices at the NEOC emergency call centres; if it has been furnished to the director general and him; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33388/16]

2016-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the policy of his Department in respect of persons who had a hip replacement (details supplied) and who are experiencing pain and who had an orthopaedic assessment which was clear but are advised to get a second assessment or opinion at a cost of €800 plus; his views on whether this cost should be met by the company concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33606/16]

2016-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the south-south west hospital group has categorised as high risk the out of hours access to interventional cardiology services at University Hospital Waterford, UHW; his views on this risk analysis; his further views on whether this justifies the need to extend out of hours access and move to full 24-7 emergency cover at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33728/16]

2016-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason ten inpatient beds at University Hospital Waterford have been closed; the details of the additional beds which were promised as part of the winter programme; if these additional beds will also now not open; the reasons for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33729/16]

2016-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nursing positions in place at University Hospital Waterford for each of the years 2006 to 2015 and to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33730/16]

2016-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the difficulties encountered in recruiting nurses into the public system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33731/16]

2016-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the period for which non-emergency X-rays are not taking place at University Hospital Waterford, UHW; the number of radiologist posts which are vacant at the hospital; if there is a difficulty in recruiting radiologists; the steps he is taking to address the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33732/16]

2016-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds in operation at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33733/16]

2016-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds in operation at University Hospital Waterford, UHW, for each of the years 2006 to 2015 and to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33734/16]

2016-11-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current status of the Autism Bill 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33788/16]

2016-11-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32817/16]

2016-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the options available for pregnant women who wish to access a mid-pregnancy scan in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30513/16]

2016-10-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the budget 2017 allocation for home care in terms of the spend on private and HSE-provided home help; the detail in terms of not-for-profit and for-profit agencies; the number of additional hours this will equate to per each spend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30514/16]

2016-10-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of child and adolescent psychiatrists employed at University Hospital Waterford; the number of those posts which are vacant and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29474/16]

2016-10-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that appointments for children and adolescents referred by general practitioners to UHW to see a child and adolescent psychiatrist are being cancelled; the reasons in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29475/16]

2016-10-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case (details supplied) where a person who was referred to UHW by their general practitioner had their appointment with a child and adolescent psychiatrist cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29476/16]

2016-10-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a case where a person (details supplied) had their appointment with a child and adolescent psychiatrist cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29477/16]

2016-10-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no SHO-registrar in place at UHW; his plans to rectify this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29478/16]

2016-10-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if it is the case that from 1 September 2016, all HSE home care package tenders have been awarded solely to private companies; if this is part of the Government's privatisation agenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29838/16]

2016-10-06

VOTE

Mental Health Services · 2 divisions

✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 59–37
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 61–37

2016-10-04

PQ

Asked Public

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason his Department amended part of the agreement concluded between the INMO, PNA, SIPTU nursing unions, the HSE and the Department of Health so that the restored recognition of the 36-week nursing internship applied to 2016 graduates onwards, leading to a situation whereby 2011-2015 nursing and midwifery graduates are earning less than their pre-2011 colleagues and less than some of the new 2016 graduates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28351/16]

2016-10-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when University Hospital Waterford was designated as a percutaneous coronary intervention centre, providing partial 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. emergency PCCI care; the staffing requirements necessary to provide this service; the population serviced, detailed by geographical area and population numbers; the current staff complement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28104/16]

2016-10-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a business case for a second catheterisation laboratory was submitted to the HSE or his Department by University Hospital Waterford; the way in which this case was processed; and the action taken by his Department and the HSE following the business case submission. [28105/16]

2016-10-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if University Hospital Waterford was placed on a risk register in respect of cardiology services; the changes which were made to the risk assessment from 2012 to date in 2016; the rationale for any risk assessment changes; the way in which the process works; the person which carries out the risk assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28106/16]

2016-10-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if design plans, including sketches, were drawn up for a second catheterisation laboratory in University Hospital Waterford; if a design team was appointed; the names of the design team members; if he will provide the details of the design and all sketches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28107/16]

2016-10-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the design team sketches or plans for the building of a second catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford; and if any plan or sketch involved the moving of the orthodontic unit at the hospital. [28108/16]

2016-10-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if, following the submission of a business case and a design plan for a second catheterisation laboratory for University Hospital Waterford, the associated process has resulted in the hospital being in a queue for capital funding for same. [28109/16]

2016-10-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the meaning of the south east, as defined by a commitment in a report (details supplied) that University Hospital Waterford would provide invasive cardiology services to the south east; the way in which the south east is defined geographically and by population; the meaning of invasive cardiology services and the services which constitute invasive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28110/16]

2016-09-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of University Hospital Waterford as a regional hospital for the south east. [27667/16]

2016-09-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the tertiary services that University Hospital Waterford provides to patients in the south east. [27668/16]

2016-09-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the actual population mass upon which services at University Hospital Waterford are based. [27669/16]

2016-09-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he had any engagement, written or otherwise, with a person (details supplied) as part of the process leading to the publication of a report into cardiac services at University Hospital Waterford; and if so, if he will publish the correspondence. [27670/16]

2016-09-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the HSE officials who interacted with a person (details supplied) as part of their work in preparing the report into cardiology services at University Hospital Waterford. [27671/16]

2016-09-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the names of the Department officials who interacted with a person (details supplied) as part of their work in preparing the report into cardiology services at University Hospital Waterford. [27672/16]

2016-09-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the regional or national hospital officials and consultants who interacted with a person (details supplied) as part of their work in preparing the report into cardiology services at University Hospital Waterford. [27673/16]

2016-09-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the departmental specific briefings, briefing notes, background notes or scoping documents he received both prior to and after the publication of a report (details supplied) relating to enhancing cardiology services at University Hospital Waterford. [27674/16]

2016-09-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the departmental specific briefings, briefing notes, background notes or scoping documents that were given by his Department to a person (details supplied) both prior to and after the publication of the report relating to enhancing cardiology services at University Hospital Waterford. [27675/16]

2016-09-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations in all hospitals in the State for each of the years from 2011 to 2015 in tabular form; and the total State-wide figures broken down by hospital. [27676/16]

2016-09-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of emergency department attendances State-wide for each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 in tabular form and broken down hospital by hospital. [27677/16]

2016-09-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of outpatient department patients outsourced from public hospitals in the State for each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 and the figures by hospital. [27678/16]

2016-09-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of employing agency staff in acute hospitals across the State for each of the years from 2011 to 2015 and the figures hospital by hospital. [27679/16]

2016-09-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount which was spent between University Hospital Waterford and Wexford General Hospital on the outsourcing of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, assessments in 2016; the number of assessments which were completed and the cost; if there are plans to tender for this service again, and if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26956/16]

2016-09-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a person who has applied for, but has not yet received, a medical card and is placed on JobPath while the application is still being processed, will still receive a medical card; and if the starting date of the medical card is backdated to the day of application or if it is from the day the application is formally approved. [25188/16]

2016-09-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 581 of 19 July 2016, the reason the HSE compliance unit is not able to provide a more definitive answer to the question as to the number of section 38 and section 39 organisations that are funded by the HSE than the approximate figure of over 1,700; if it is the case that the HSE compliance unit is unaware of the number of organisations that are funded by the HSE and if this is the reason for the lack of certainty with the figures; if he is satisfied that the HSE compliance unit does not know the number of section 38 and section 39 organisations that were audited in each year from 2011 to 2015; his views on whether it is acceptable and reasonable that the HSE compliance unit is incapable of forming a factual and informed judgment on the compliance rate among section 38 and section 39 organisations due to a lack of even the most basic element of the necessary research, namely a simple list of the organisations that have submitted audited returns to the HSE and those that have not; if he agrees with the head of the HSE compliance unit that such a basic building block of compliance oversight, that is, a simple list of those which have submitted an audit and those which have not, constitutes detailed information and is outside the current administrative and bureaucratic practices and procedures of the HSE compliance unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25019/16]

2016-07-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of organisations listed as sections 38 and 39 organisations funded by the HSE for each of the years 2011 to 2015; the amount paid to each organisation in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22058/16]

2016-07-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of sections 38 and 39 organisations funded by the Health Service Executive which have returned audited accounts to the Health Service Executive; to list each year audited accounts were returned for each organisation from 2011 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22059/16]

2016-07-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has offered any advice by way of circulars, training or by any other means to sections 38 and 39 funded organisations in relation to the payment of senior staff, management and executives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22060/16]

2016-07-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual salaries, expenses and allowances paid to senior management and executives and heads of all sections 38 and 39 funded organisations for each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22061/16]

2016-07-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has recouped any money from sections 38 and 39 funded organisations following internal audits from 2011 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22062/16]

2016-07-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has offered any advice by way of circulars, training or by any other means to section 38 and section 39 funded organisations in relation to the payment of senior staff, management and executives; in relation to the presentation of pay; advice in the way to respond to requests regarding pay, salaries and allowances from media or outside bodies; to outline in detail any advice given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22064/16]

2016-07-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the top-up payments, including salaries, allowances and pension payments which were paid or provided for by organisations known as sections 38 and 39 HSE funded organisations from 2011 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22065/16]

2016-07-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if staff and management at sections 38 and 39 HSE funded organisations were subject to FEMPI legislation in respect of pay, pensions and allowances; if any exemptions are allowable; if any exemptions were sought or given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22066/16]

2016-07-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full cost of drugs and medicines paid for by the State from 2002 to 2016 to date broken down by each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22069/16]

2016-07-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full cost of drugs and medicines paid for by the State from 2002 to 2016 to date broken down by each year and by the classification of drugs as generic or branded in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22070/16]

2016-07-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the savings if any made by the Health Service Executive in respect of drugs or medicines by way of new arrangements, contracts, changes in policy, the use of generic drugs or by any other means from 2011 to 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22071/16]

2016-07-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that parents using the speech and language therapy department in Waterford University Hospital are being informed by therapists that no further services will be available, specifically for autism spectrum disorder, ASD, diagnosed children six years of age and over as the ASD units were being disbanded and patient lists merged with main services; if he will clarify if this is the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22150/16]

2016-07-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that parents using the speech and language therapy department in Waterford University Hospital are now concerned that the reported disbandment of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, units in the speech and language therapy department in Waterford University Hospital will mean that children will be required to register once again on waiting lists; that it is the parents' understanding that initial assessments for ASD will not take place by ASD specialised personnel in a timely manner to avail of services; that the continued provision of occupational therapy services for children with autism is also a concern; and in view of these concerns if he will assuage the parents' concerns and bring clarity to the current situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22151/16]

2016-07-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff who entered the public service post 1 January 2011, in his Department and by year of entry to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23498/16]

2016-07-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of implementing a pay increase to all those employed under the remit of his Department post-1 January 2011 of 2%, 4% and 5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23508/16]

2016-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of architectural or design plans drawn up by or for University Hospital Waterford to facilitate a second catheterisation laboratory at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21550/16]

2016-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if outline plans drawn up for a second catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford require the orthodontic unit or any other unit to be moved notwithstanding a favourable decision of an independent review group on relation to the provision of a second catheterisation laboratory at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21551/16]

2016-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and value of contracts the Health Service Executive awarded under public procurement guidelines in each of the years 2008 to 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21554/16]

2016-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the tendering process procedures the Health Service Executive adheres to in awarding public procurement contracts. [21555/16]

2016-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and value of public procurement contracts the Health Service Executive awarded, which were rolled over by not putting them back out for tender in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21556/16]

2016-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the procurement of public contracts within the Health Service Executive is robust, fair and competitive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21557/16]

2016-07-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of any breaches of public procurement policy that the Health Service Executive carried out and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21558/16]

2016-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health why, according to 2013 figures from the OECD, Ireland had the highest per capita spend on medicines in the European Union; the areas in which the €775 million in savings in the drugs bill have been made including a breakdown of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20935/16]

2016-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the differing legal frameworks, lack of legal clarity and lack of interoperability to facilitate health data exchange to ensure co-ordinated care across borders in respect of barriers to the deployment of e-health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20934/16]

2016-07-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of returning to a single tier pay structure in the health service which ensures that all those recruited into the system on 1 January 2011 are placed on pay scales based on the pre-2010 rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20808/16]

2016-07-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the impending disbandment of the specialist, cross-functional autism spectrum disorder team in Waterford city; the reasons behind this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20416/16]

2016-07-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline his plans to relocate the regional orthodontic unit, located at University Hospital Waterford; if this is linked with the potential development of a second catheterisation laboratory; if the relocation of the orthodontic unit is necessary for the construction of the second catheterisation laboratory; the timeframes for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20236/16]

2016-07-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who attended the accident and emergency department at University Hospital Waterford on a monthly basis for each of the years 2013 to 2015 and in 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20263/16]

2016-07-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of beds, that is bed capacity, operational at University Hospital Waterford for each of the years 2014 to 2015 and in 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20264/16]

2016-07-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the surgical theatre space operational at University Hospital Waterford on a monthly basis for each of the years 2013 to 2015 and in 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20265/16]

2016-07-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in developing a 100 bed community nursing unit on the grounds of St. Patrick's Hospital in County Waterford; the timeframe for completion; the additional current spend that will be made available to ensure the unit is operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20266/16]

2016-07-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in constructing a palliative care unit at University Hospital Waterford; when construction work will begin; the estimate of when construction work will be complete; when the unit will be operational; the additional current spend that will be made available to ensure the unit is fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20267/16]

2016-07-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient appointments, inpatient appointments and elective surgery procedures cancelled at University Hospital Waterford, by appointment type, on a monthly basis for each of the years 2011 to 2015 and in 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20268/16]

2016-07-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient appointments where patients did not show for appointments at University Hospital Waterford, by month, for each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20269/16]

2016-06-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of reintroducing allowances for public sector workers in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17686/16]

2016-06-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of ensuring public sector workers recruited in his Department post-2011 are paid on the pre-2011 rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17696/16]

2016-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when patients with type 1 diabetes will be able to avail of dose adjustment for normal eating courses or any carbohydrate counting courses in Waterford city and county either at University Hospital Waterford or elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16771/16]

2016-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of diabetes adult dieticians employed at University Hospital Waterford; his plans to make new posts available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16772/16]

2016-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the waiting times and number of patients in the bands zero to three months, three months to six months, six months to one year, one year to two years, two years and above to see an endocrinologist at University Hospital Waterford by type 1 and type 2 diabetics in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16773/16]

2016-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cardiac patients in University Hospital Waterford who are diabetics awaiting an appointment with an endocrinologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16774/16]

2016-06-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that 80% of blindness incidence is preventable and that five persons per week became blind here in the years 2013 to 2016; if he agrees that investment in cost effective interventions can reduce economic costs; if he is committed to the development and full implementation of a comprehensive national vision strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16904/16]

2016-06-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will provide a range of therapies, including occupational, speech and language therapies, to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16286/16]

2016-06-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the new policy strategy and integration unit established within his Department will support in its work the new Oireachtas committee that will be established to develop cross-party consensus on the future of the health service over ten years, as per the programme for Government and Government approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13704/16]

2016-06-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health how the ongoing work being conducted by his Department and the Economic and Social Research Institute's three-year programme on health reform will support in its work the new Oireachtas committee that will be established to develop cross-party consensus on the future of the health service over ten years, as per the programme for Government and Government approval; if the research undertaken to date will be made available to the committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13705/16]

2016-06-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the information and supports the Health Service Executive is providing to a person (details supplied); how it is addressing issues arising from two of its related inquiries; if he will publish these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13865/16]

2016-05-31

PQ

Asked Public

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on Government plans for capital investment, given the desperate need for this in housing, health, infrastructure, public transport and so forth and in the context of the European Commission country report for Ireland 2016 which states that public investment under the capital spending plan for 2016 to 2021 is back-loaded towards the end of the plan's duration, as the Government has given preference to tax cuts and other expenditure increases at this time, and that in 2016 Government investment is actually projected to contract by 1.4% compared with 2015 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13251/16]

2016-05-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the operating budget allocated to University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2007 to 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12716/16]

2016-05-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on outpatient waiting lists at University Hospital Waterford who were referred to other public and private hospitals in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date by speciality in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12717/16]

2016-05-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if outline architectural designs to construct a second catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford were completed; when the plans were requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12718/16]

2016-05-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to move the orthodontic department at University Hospital Waterford, including how long it will take to complete a move. [12719/16]

2016-05-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the State is compliant with the EU working time directive in respect of front-line staff in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12971/16]

2016-05-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the situation regarding a person (details supplied) and their referral to a consultant in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13128/16]

2016-05-31

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14112/16]

2016-05-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to clarify the three-out-one-in hiring rule adopted by hospital groups within the Health Service Executive in December 2015, as reported in The Irish Times on 22 April 2016; the criteria for this hiring rule and the grades and sections of the hospital groups within the HSE that are subject to this rule; the number of staff lost to the hospital groups under the HSE under this rule, broken down by hospital group; to provide a breakdown, by hospital group, of staff shortages in December 2015 and staff shortages, as of the end of April 2016; to outline development and execution of the rule by the HSE; and the circulars and memos relating to this hiring rule. [11655/16]

2016-05-17

PQ

Asked Environment

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of serious health and safety defects found in homes in Ceol na Mara in Kill, County Waterford, if the homes conform with all relevant statutory fire obligations; if not, the steps he or the appropriate State body will take to carry out appropriate remedial works to satisfy all statutory obligations pertaining to health and safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9840/16]

2016-05-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of interventionist cardiologist posts in place at University Hospital Waterford; if any posts are currently vacant; the resources necessary to provide 24-hour emergency primary percutaneous coronary intervention cover; the volume of cardiovascular patient activity at University Hospital Waterford and other PPCI centres here; the extra resources being put in place at UHW; if increased resources will deliver 24/7 emergency PPCI cover at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9899/16]

2016-05-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the criteria for determining the provision of 24-hour emergency primary percutaneous coronary intervention cover in hospitals; the volume of patient activity at all intervention centres and for University Hospital Waterford, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9900/16]

2016-05-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health how many of the 36 posts sanctioned nationally to support the implementation of the type 2 diabetes cycle of care initiative will be sanctioned to support the diabetes community in County Waterford; when he will put those sanctioned for County Waterford in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10193/16]

2016-04-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to address health and safety issues raised by the UNITE union and ambulance paramedics in Waterford and the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8537/16]

2016-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he aware of the case of a person (details provided) who is currently a patient in University Hospital Waterford; the action the hospital is taking to ensure that their treatment is delivered as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8369/16]

2016-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps that his Department, the Health Service Executive and University Hospital Waterford are taking to deliver 24-7 emergency cardiac cover at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8370/16]

2016-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if radiology posts at University Hospital Waterford have been filled; if the temporary limit on GP X-ray referrals has been lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8371/16]

2016-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capital funding which has been allocated to University Hospital Waterford in 2016; the future capital funding for the hospital which has been agreed; the purpose for the capital funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8372/16]

2016-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the State funding provided to University Hospital from 2007 to 2015 and to date in 2016; if he will provide a breakdown in terms of capital and revenue spend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8373/16]

2016-04-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the moneys spent by University Hospital Waterford on agency staff for the years 2011 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8374/16]

2016-04-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of cuts to adolescent mental health services in County Waterford, particularly in respect of out-of-hours services; how he will rectify this issue; his plans for additional supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6498/16]

2016-03-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps University Hospital Waterford is taking to fill vacancies in the radiology department; if he is aware that routine X-rays at the hospital have been suspended and that written notification of same has been given to all local general practitioners; the action being taken to remedy this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4890/16]

2016-03-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve cardiology services at University Hospital Waterford; if these plans include moving to 24-7 cardiology care at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4891/16]

2016-03-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will increase bed capacity at University Hospital Waterford; if he is aware that the number of patients on trolleys at the hospital during the first six weeks of 2016 at 706 is up significantly on the number, 282, during the first six weeks in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4892/16]

2016-03-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the increases in hospital capacity including in capital funding, bed numbers, staffing and theatre space planned for University Hospital Waterford for 2016 and 2017 in tabular form. [4893/16]

2016-03-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the plans to provide a palliative care unit on the grounds of University Hospital Waterford including when this unit will be operational. [4894/16]

2016-03-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on outpatient waiting lists at University Hospital Waterford from 2011 to 2016 broken down by speciality for up to three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months, 12 months to 15 months, 15 months to 18 months, 18 months to 24 months and over 24 months in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4895/16]