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Hospital Staff Issues

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 November 2012

Tuesday, 13 November 2012

Questions (651, 652, 659, 666, 667, 668)

Michael Colreavy

Question:

651. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health when the podiatry post in Sligo Regional Hospital, sanctioned in April 2012, will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50027/12]

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Gerry Adams

Question:

652. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if it is the case that a promised podiatry post at Our Lady's Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth, sanctioned in April 2012, will now not be filled due to the Health Service Executive recruitment embargo; the effect this decision will have on the National Foot care Programme to tackle the increase in diabetes related foot ulcers and amputations; if promised podiatry posts will be filled in Waterford, Wexford, Kerry, Kilkenny, Mullingar, Drogheda, Cavan, Beaumont and the Mater; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50031/12]

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Tom Fleming

Question:

659. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health when the promised podiatry post at Kerry General Hospital that was sanctioned in April 2012 be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50080/12]

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Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Question:

666. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if it is the case that promised podiatry posts have not been filled in hospitals at Cavan, Waterford, Wexford, Kerry, Kilkenny, Mullingar, Drogheda, Beaumont and the Mater; the reason this is the case; the date on which these positions will be filled; if he will commit to have all vacant podiatry posts filled within the next three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50089/12]

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Arthur Spring

Question:

667. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health if the 1.25 WTE podiatrist position at Kerry general hospital Tralee, which was sanctioned in April 2012 as part of the National Footcare Programme, will be filled as envisaged by the Health Service Executive’s National Clinical Programme for Diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50119/12]

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Michael Healy-Rae

Question:

668. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his view on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a podiatry post in Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50121/12]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 651, 652, 659 and 666 to 668, inclusive, together.

As these are service matters, they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

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