Questions asked 42 total

• Health 38 questions

  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels within Meath CAMHS services; the current vacancies that are presently within the Meath CAMHS services; and the vacancies that are currently with the National Recruitment Service, in tabular form. [37459/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant maxillofacial surgeons based at Cork University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37440/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant accident and emergency department nurses at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and the timeframe in which these vacancies will be filled. [37441/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the staffing budget for Coombe Maternity Hospital in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [37442/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in emergency medicine at Mayo University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37443/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE radiographers by grade based at Monaghan General Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024 in tabular form; and if this number will be further in 2024. [37444/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE orthopaedic registrars based at Kerry University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37445/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE-funded hydrotherapy pools available for public use; and the locations of these pools, in tabular form. [37446/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of theatres currently at Letterkenny University Hospital; and the hours each theatre is available for surgeries per week, in tabular form. [37447/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the ambulance response times for urgent calls made in County Donegal in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37449/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to provide a minor injuries clinic in Kerry. [37450/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that attended each outpatient clinic at St. Vincent's University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37451/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists working in Cavan primary care service in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37452/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any contracts granted by the HSE for building and maintenance works on Tullamore Regional Hospital since January 2022; the number of companies in each case that tendered for the works; and the name of the company that was granted the contract in each case. [37453/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neonatologists based at Limerick Maternity Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37454/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE theatre nurses based at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and If this number will be further increased before end of 2024, in tabular form. [37455/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant rheumatologists attached to Beaumont Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37456/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of day and night shift leaders in the intensive care unit of Mercy University Hospital in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37457/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical nurse specialists in respiratory at Wexford General Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37458/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff grade medical scientists in blood transfusion at Portiuncula University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37460/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at St. Michael's Hospital, Dún Laoghaire in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37461/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the amount generated through sales at the public restaurants and cafés at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37462/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists in each primary care psychology services in Waterford, by grade, to date in 2024. [37463/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians, by grade, at Roscommon University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37464/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE addiction counsellors employed by the HSE in CHO9 in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37465/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ENT surgeons at Galway University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37466/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in Kildare each year since 2022, in tabular form. [37467/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE scrub nurses working at the Mater Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37468/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the average turnaround time at Portlaoise emergency department in each month of 2024, in tabular form. [37469/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant anaesthetists working in Tallaght University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37470/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of funding allocated to drug addiction services in Wicklow in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [37471/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant radiologists at Mullingar Regional Hospital to date in 2024. [37472/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the reason private health insurance companies only cover the cost of a stay in psychiatric hospitals for a maximum of 100 days, with unwell and vulnerable patients in the middle of a treatment plan having to be discharged on the 100th day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37775/24]
  • 2024-09-25 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE reconstructive plastic surgeons based at St James's Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [38062/24]
  • 2024-09-25 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his views on reported delays being faced by patients around the country in accessing chemotherapy treatments; to outline specific hospitals where delays are outside the recommended timeframe, as of end August 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38089/24]
  • 2024-09-25 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of persons attending chemotherapy within the recommended timeframe, nationally and by hospital, by month in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [38090/24]
  • 2024-09-25 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE medical oncology nurses worked in the public health service; how many WTE medical oncology nurses were provided for by the HSE to meet patient need, in each year 2022, 2023, and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38091/24]
  • 2024-09-25 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of people directly impacted by delays to starting chemotherapy due to compounding issues since the beginning of the 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38092/24]
• Transport 1 question

  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he will engage with the National Transport Authority to secure vehicle license extensions for taxi drivers who registered from 2015 to 2019 who, through no fault of their own, only received seven-and-a-half years of usage from their vehicles due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with consideration given to the growing need to grow the Irish taxi fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37550/24]
• Education 1 question

  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the status of the three proposed schools, one secondary and two primary, in a location identified in the Donabate local area plan (details supplied); when she expects construction to commence, given that the population will increase dramatically in the next five years, with planning permission granted for 2,157 units, with 1,627 under construction;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37774/24]
• Housing 1 question

  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the serviced site funding which was approved in principle by his Department in 2021 to Fingal County Council for €10,478,400 in Ballymastone, Donabate has been drawn down by the planning authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37773/24]
• Children 1 question

  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of home care packages allocated to CHO2 since 2021, in tabular form. [37448/24]