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Wed, 6 Nov 2019
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Cross-Border Health Initiatives
Stephen Donnelly
132. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of the cross-border directive in each year since its inception; the cost of reimbursements for same in each year since its inception; and the number of claims awaiting reimbursement under the directive as of 31 October 2019 or the latest date available. [45644/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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School Accommodation Provision
Stephen Donnelly
233. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline of required actions to facilitate the opening of a new secondary school for the Greystones and Kilcoole area of County Wicklow by the planned date of September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44664/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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Health Strategies
Stephen Donnelly
421. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the progress made in establishing a health and social care advisory unit to provide him with the expert advice and support amid planned changes in public health services, including Sláintecare. [44199/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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Ambulance Service Data
Stephen Donnelly
466. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances in operation nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44347/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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Dental Services Staff
Stephen Donnelly
475. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to demonstrate that special dentist training is of a high priority during the implementation of the new national oral health policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44394/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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Dental Services Staff
Stephen Donnelly
476. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding that will be released for training in special care dentistry under the new national oral health policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44395/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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Hospitals Expenditure
Stephen Donnelly
535. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the cost per bed night for each hospital, including critical care and ward beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44619/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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National Treatment Purchase Fund Payments
Stephen Donnelly
536. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the price paid for each procedure from the NTPF; if different prices are paid for the same procedures, for example, to different hospitals; if so, the prices in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44620/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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Departmental Strategies
Stephen Donnelly
537. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill Mix in General and Specialist Medical and Surgical Care Settings in Adult Hospitals in Ireland 2018; when it will be implemented in all hospitals; if there are costs to implementing the plan; the savings which can be realised as a result of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44621/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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Health Strategies
Stephen Donnelly
542. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health when the national policy on adult safeguarding will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44631/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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Hospital Car Parks
Stephen Donnelly
549. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the national guidelines for hospital parking charges. [44648/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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Health Services Expenditure
Stephen Donnelly
582. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 22 October 2019, the breakdown of time related saving of €73 million available on a once-off basis within the Health vote in 2019. [44789/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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Medical Card Data
Stephen Donnelly
722. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 31 October 2019; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [45510/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
Stephen Donnelly
723. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme at the end of October 2019 or the latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of persons awaiting placement under the scheme in each local health area in tabular form; and the length of time waiting. [45511/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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Hospital Beds Closures
Stephen Donnelly
724. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 31 October 2019 or the latest date on which data for validated bed closures at hospital and ward level are available in tabular form. [45512/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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Hospital Discharges
Stephen Donnelly
725. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in each public and voluntary hospital at the end of October 2019; and the number to date in each in 2019, in tabular form. [45513/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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Hospital Discharges
Stephen Donnelly
726. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost in each public and voluntary hospital owing to delayed discharges between 1 January 2019 and 31 October 2019 or the latest date available in tabular form. [45514/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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Ambulance Service Response Times
Stephen Donnelly
727. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by a first responder in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less for each ambulance station in each month in 2019 to the end of October 2019 or latest date available; and the percentage of clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient carrying vehicle in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less in tabular form. [45515/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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Emergency Departments Waiting Times
Stephen Donnelly
728. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years of age or over who experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours during October 2019; the total number to date in 2019; and the hospitals in which the wait occurred. [45516/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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Home Help Service Data
Stephen Donnelly
729. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each LHO area to the end of October 2019 or the latest date available; the way in which this compares to target in each LHO for the same time period; the number of persons on the waiting list for home support hours in each LHO area; and the number waiting zero to three, three to six, six to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively, in tabular form. [45517/19]