Questions asked 44 total

• Health 41 questions

  • 2022-10-11 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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]
  • 2022-10-12 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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]
• Enterprise 1 question

  • 2022-10-11 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will support the 17 June 2022 WTO decision on the TRIPS Agreement to therapeutics and diagnostic tests without further restrictions or conditions. [50366/22]
• Transport 1 question

  • 2022-10-11 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport if he will address the matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the NDLS fees and payment methods policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50037/22]
• Children 1 question

  • 2022-10-13 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]