Questions asked 62 total

• Health 59 questions

  • 2022-02-01 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the agency spend for each quarter in 2020 and 2021. [4579/22]
  • 2022-02-01 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 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual spend on private ambulances from 2018 to 2021. [4555/22]
  • 2022-02-01 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress made on implementing community care pathways in 2021. [4784/22]
  • 2022-02-01 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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]
  • 2022-02-03 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 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]
• Finance 1 question

  • 2022-02-01 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance if a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to VAT charges for dentists will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5047/22]
• Further and Higher Education 1 question

  • 2022-02-01 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of medical graduates in each of the years 2018 to 2021; the estimated number of expected graduates in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4829/22]
• Transport 1 question

  • 2022-02-02 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport if his Ministerial approval has been given for the increase of 2.5% to Dublin Port pensioners; if another Department needs to approve the payment; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5292/22]