Parliamentary questions

Official Engagements

Eamon Ryan

1. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach the most recent discussions he has had with the British Prime Minister regarding the sequencing of Brexit negotiation talks. [25653/17]

Official Engagements

Ruth Coppinger

2. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent contact with other Heads of Government. [27222/17]

Official Engagements

Mick Barry

3. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he has yet spoken to the British Prime Minister. [27227/17]

Official Engagements

Brendan Howlin

4. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his engagements with the British Prime Minister since the UK general election. [27242/17]

Official Engagements

Mattie McGrath

5. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Taoiseach the engagements that he has had with the British Prime Minister following the recent Manchester Arena and London Bridge terrorist incidents. [27549/17]

Official Engagements

Micheál Martin

6. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the British Prime Minister, Mrs. May, or any EU leader since the horrendous attacks and loss of lives on London Bridge; and if he is setting up a COBRA type committee. [27551/17]

Official Engagements

Eamon Ryan

7. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach the discussions he has had with the British Prime Minister since assuming office. [27855/17]

Official Engagements

Gerry Adams

8. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he has had any engagement with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May, since he took office. [28792/17]

Official Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he has been in contact with the British Prime Minister and other UK political leaders since the recent election. [28835/17]

Departmental Strategy Statements

Micheál Martin

10. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the way in which he and his Department are implementing the commitments made in delivering a better society made in his own Department's strategy's statement, particularly in respect of health and education. [25944/17]

Brexit Issues

Stephen Donnelly

11. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Taoiseach the number of roles in his Department’s Brexit taskforce; the grade of these roles; and the number of vacancies for these roles. [27020/17]

Brexit Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when he expects the special paper on Brexit. [28834/17]

General Practitioner Contracts

Billy Kelleher

42. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a new general practitioner services contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29222/17]

Nursing Staff Recruitment

Louise O'Reilly

43. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the position regarding current nurse numbers; and the success to date in 2017 on reaching the target set under the most recent agreement between his Department and an organisation (details supplied). [27957/17]

Proposed Legislation

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

44. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health when replacements for the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant scheme will be brought forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29223/17]

Health Care Policy

Michael Harty

45. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health to outline his views on the Sláintecare report of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare; and if he will recommend that the report form the basis of health reform to introduce a universal single tier health service delivered on need rather the ability to pay [28073/17]

National Maternity Hospital

Róisín Shortall

46. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health his plans regarding the ownership of the new National Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27956/17]

Diabetes Strategy

Charlie McConalogue

47. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health his plans to create a centre of excellence in diabetes care in the north west in view of the fact that there is no centre of excellence in diabetes care north of the Dublin to Limerick line; his further plans to increase the level of staffing in the diabetes team in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27785/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

Thomas Byrne

48. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who was suffering from a mental health crisis and who did not receive appropriate and adequate care from a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27651/17]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Mattie McGrath

49. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the status of the procurement of modular patient facilities at South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27646/17]

Health Care Policy

Michael Moynihan

50. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if he or his Department has received and read the all-party Oireachtas committee report on health that was published recently; and the way in which this will be implemented. [27561/17]

Home Help Service Provision

Jack Chambers

51. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the reason behind the 19% reduction in the number of home help hours in the Dublin West constituency in the period January to April 2017 relative to the same period in 2016. [29085/17]

National Maternity Hospital

Mick Barry

52. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the allocation of space for private practice in the plans for the new national maternity hospital is compatible with the elimination of private care from public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27861/17]

Hospital Services

Aindrias Moynihan

53. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for ophthalmology services in County Cork; his plans for reducing waiting times for persons; and the options he has considered to deal with these waiting lists [27868/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

Mick Wallace

54. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the pilot mental health peer support worker initiative, which was to be rolled out in counties Carlow, Kilkenny and Tipperary in early 2017; the timeframe for the evaluation of this scheme; when he expects to roll it out in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27870/17]

Public Sector Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

55. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to end the staffing crisis in the health service in the context of public sector pay talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26269/17]

Vaccination Programme

Billy Kelleher

56. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action his Department is taking to counter anti-vaccination campaigns. [29070/17]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Maureen O'Sullivan

57. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the range of facilities and services for the new primary healthcare centre in Summerhill, Dublin 1; and when he envisages completion of construction. [27844/17]

Medical Card Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

58. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the provision of a medical card until recovery to persons on the diagnosis of cancer in view of the fact that the costs associated with a diagnosis are extensive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27847/17]

Home Help Service Provision

Eamon Scanlon

59. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the reason behind the 14% reduction in home help hours in counties Sligo and Leitrim for January to April 2017 relative to the same period in 2016. [29079/17]

Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision

Mick Barry

60. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide free access to fertility treatments including IVF in the public health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27862/17]

Psychological Services

Robert Troy

61. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health his plans to fund services such as a service (details supplied) on an annual basis. [27843/17]

Hospital Consultant Recruitment

Eugene Murphy

62. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the further length of time it will take to appoint a paediatric diabetes consultant at University College Hospital Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27731/17]

Hospital Services

Bobby Aylward

63. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if additional resources will be allocated to the existing cardiac catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford in order to increase the laboratory's current capacity to accommodate the estimated 450 additional procedures that will be referred there through additional diagnostic angiograms set to be provided by the mobile catheterisation lab; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27908/17]

Public Sector Pay

Thomas P. Broughan

64. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the current engagement of his Department with the upcoming round of public pay negotiations; if he will report on the work his officials are undertaking with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform with regard to examining the disparities in pay for section 38 and section 39 HSE funded organisations in view of the fact that employees undertake the same work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26060/17]

National Drugs Strategy

Maureen O'Sullivan

65. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if the outstanding issues which are delaying the signing off of the new national drug strategy are being addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27845/17]

Ambulance Service Data

Brian Stanley

66. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances that are owned by the HSE ambulance service that are stationed in counties Laois, Kildare and Offaly; and the specific areas they are based in. [27644/17]

Health Services

Mick Barry

67. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will legislate to make himself legally accountable for the delivery of health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27859/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

Clare Daly

68. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of progress on the rollout of improvements to perinatal mental health services capacity; and if he has satisfied himself that these improvements are being rolled out with the necessary urgency in view of the fact death by suicide is the leading cause of direct and late maternal death here [27659/17]

National Drugs Strategy

John Curran

69. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Health if the new national drugs strategy will be a national substance misuse strategy including drugs and alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27736/17]

Home Help Service Provision

Pat Casey

70. Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Health the reason behind the 11% reduction in home help hours in County Wicklow for January to April 2017 relative to the same period in 2016. [29087/17]

Departmental Funding

Dara Calleary

71. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the issue whereby section 39 organisations have not received extra funding to pay their employees the extra €1,000 from 1 April 2017 as provided to regular public sector workers; his plans to rectify the issue; the timeframes involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26407/17]

HSE Agency Staff Data

Louise O'Reilly

72. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of graduates from the paediatric and general nursing course in University College Cork run in conjunction Cork University Hospital that are currently working in the public health service. [27661/17]

HSE Investigations

Clare Daly

73. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the response by his Department and the SEHB when concerns were raised with them in the 1990s regarding a person (details supplied). [27658/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

Thomas Byrne

74. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays that exist in County Meath in accessing a psychiatric consultant appointment; and if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that persons are waiting in excess of six weeks to see a psychiatric consultant. [27650/17]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Mick Barry

75. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his plans to legislate for the maximum waiting times of ten weeks for an outpatient appointment, 12 weeks for an inpatient appointment and ten days for diagnostic tests as recommended in the future of healthcare report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27858/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

John Brassil

76. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the action which is being taken to find a solution for persons with alpha 1 that need Respreeza. [29073/17]

Health Services Provision

Charlie McConalogue

77. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health if the necessary funding will be provided in order that St. Joseph's, Ramelton and Lifford community hospitals in County Donegal can meet HIQA standards and at a minimum retain their existing bed capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27784/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Butler

78. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health if he will address the orthopaedic waiting list in University Hospital Waterford which is one of the highest in the country under the National Treatment Purchase Fund as a priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27649/17]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

79. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if there are senior management staff in the National Maternity Hospital that have financial interests through tax break schemes or otherwise in St. Vincent's private hospital. [27537/17]

Home Help Service Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

80. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the reason behind the 13% reduction in home help hours in County Galway for January to April 2017 relative to the same period in 2016. [29082/17]

Nursing Home Services

Catherine Connolly

81. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the position in relation to the provision of nursing home services in view of the fact that the private public ratio has reached critical level of approximately 80 to 20; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27904/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Eugene Murphy

82. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a paediatric diabetes consultant or paediatric diabetes endocrinologist at University College Hospital Galway in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27732/17]

Long-Term Illness Scheme

Bobby Aylward

83. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if motor neurone disease is not included in the long-term illness scheme; the reason this is the case; his plans to add it to the scheme; if this can be prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27907/17]

Health Services

Bernard Durkan

84. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the setting up of regional bodies consisting of public representatives, the professional stakeholders and patient representatives with a view to restoring a demographic structure throughout the entire country at which the specific issues relative to these particular regions can be discussed in detail, senior representatives of which might then be considered for a national body accountable to him in the context of reorganisation of the health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27854/17]

Data Protection

James Browne

85. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if he has had discussions with the Department of Justice and Equality regarding lacunas in data protection legislation that may be preventing mental health professionals from informing family members or others that are at risk of violence from a patient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29077/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Lahart

86. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the way in which Tallaght hospital will be supported in reducing the number of outpatients enduring long waiting times in the hospital. [29092/17]

Home Help Service Provision

Seán Fleming

87. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the reason behind the 12% reduction in home help hours in counties Laois and Offaly for January to April 2017 relative to the same period in 2016. [29089/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

Bríd Smith

88. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself that the closure of 11 beds at Linn Dara CAMHS will mean that children and adolescents in need of these services will receive the care needed; if this closure is in line with the Government commitment to implement A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27901/17]

Respite Care Services Provision

Louise O'Reilly

89. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of hours of respite care offered to families of children with disabilities in the first five months of 2017 as compared to the first five months of 2016. [27663/17]

Hospital Groups

John Brady

90. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health his plans to put on a statutory footing hospital group boards not currently on a statutory footing; and the reason for the delay in this regard. [27655/17]

Ambulance Service Provision

Catherine Connolly

91. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of ambulance services in north and south Connemara, County Galway, in view of the repeated highlighting of serious issues in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27903/17]

General Practitioner Training

Fiona O'Loughlin

92. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health if he will consider allocating a general practitioner training programme to County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27831/17]

Maternity Services Provision

Louise O'Reilly

93. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health when 20 week anomaly scans will be available to all women in all maternity units across the State. [27664/17]

Hospital Services

Alan Kelly

94. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the reason there has not been a full roll-out of intermediate care vehicles with staff across the acute hospital network. [27540/17]

Nursing Staff Recruitment

Shane Cassells

95. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Health the criteria for American and Australian qualified nurses to enter the health system here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27829/17]

Infectious Disease Screening Service

Gino Kenny

96. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease here needs to be improved substantially to improve the lives of the many sufferers here; his further views on the fact that in other jurisdictions there are much more advanced and reliable blood tests which should be introduced here in place of the current unreliable ELISA test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27733/17]

Home Care Packages Provision

Billy Kelleher

97. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason behind the notable regional differences in the provision of home care packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29068/17]

Health Services Staff

David Cullinane

98. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the capacity issues within the public health sector that are being driven in part by low pay and a lack of a clear career path for nurses within the public health sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26059/17]

Health Services

Ruth Coppinger

99. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the reason contraception is not available through health insurance; if he has discussed this matter with health insurance companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27898/17]

European Medicines Agency

Stephen Donnelly

100. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the level of support the Government is offering in order to relocate the European Medicines Agency to Ireland; and if he will provide the associated cost suggested. [25704/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

Gino Kenny

101. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the motion recently adopted by an organisation (details supplied) calling for the prescription of cannabis for medicinal use not to be restricted to consultants only but to allow general practitioners to do so also; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27734/17]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Mattie McGrath

102. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that South Tipperary General Hospital has been operating on the full capacity protocol for over 17 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27647/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Barry Cowen

103. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the way in which the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, will be supported in reducing the number of outpatients enduring long waiting times in the hospital. [29093/17]

National Maternity Strategy

Billy Kelleher

104. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason the task force for the implementation of the national maternity strategy has met just once in 18 months. [29066/17]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

105. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason for the non approval to date in 2017 of a mobile cath lab for University Hospital Waterford; the timeframe for approval to be made regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27652/17]

Health Services Staff

Bríd Smith

106. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to deal with problems of retaining and recruiting staff in key sectors of the health service in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27900/17]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Jackie Cahill

107. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of modular units at South Tipperary General Hospital which were promised to help ease the crisis in the shortage of beds at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27846/17]

Primary Care Centres

Louise O'Reilly

108. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the additional staff that will be employed to ensure the full functioning of the new primary care centre in Balbriggan. [27662/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Niall Collins

109. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health the way in which University Hospital Limerick will be supported in reducing the number of outpatients enduring long waiting times in the hospital. [29095/17]

Occupational Therapy

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

110. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the reason for the persistent increase in long waiting times for persons under 18 years of age needing assessment for occupational therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29076/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Seán Haughey

111. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Health the way in which the Mater hospital will be supported in reducing the number of outpatients and inpatients enduring long waiting times in the hospital. [29098/17]

Mental Health Services Data

Thomas P. Broughan

112. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the steps his officials are taking to liaise with hospitals and the National Office for Suicide Prevention on the number of self-harm presentations at emergency departments not admitted to wards; if he is examining the reasons and trends for non-admission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27786/17]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Billy Kelleher

113. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason that in May 2017 some 14,389 outpatient appointments had been outstanding in County Cork hospitals for more than a year, a fivefold increase by comparison to May 2014. [29069/17]

National Maternity Hospital

Ruth Coppinger

114. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the details of the governance arrangements of St. Vincent's hospital and the national maternity hospital following its relocation to Elm Park, Dublin in view of the recent announcement by the religious Sisters of Charity to not be directly involved in St. Vincent's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27899/17]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Mick Wallace

115. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 8 March 2017, the measures he is planning in order to ensure that general practitioners do not incorrectly charge medical card holders for routine phlebotomy services; his plans to introduce sanctions for general practitioners that continue to charge patients incorrectly in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27869/17]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Billy Kelleher

116. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if waiting time targets for cancer diagnoses are being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29067/17]

Home Help Service Provision

Robert Troy

117. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will address the drop in home help hours which has recently been reported for counties Longford and Westmeath; and his plans to increase these hours as a matter of urgency. [27842/17]

Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists

Niamh Smyth

118. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if he will address the waiting times for children waiting for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29061/17]

HSE Staff

Fiona O'Loughlin

119. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health his views on the lack of availability of physiotherapists in south Kildare for children with scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27830/17]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Alan Kelly

120. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to alleviate overcrowding in South Tipperary General Hospital [27539/17]

Maternity Services

Anne Rabbitte

121. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health when the report into maternity services in Portiuncula hospital will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29072/17]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Aindrias Moynihan

122. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if he has used the National Treatment Purchase Fund since its introduction to make a reduction in the waiting times for persons to avail of gynaecological services in CUMH. [27863/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Brady

123. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of the integrated hospital waiting list management system, Comhlista. [27656/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Niamh Smyth

124. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if he will address hospital waiting times for persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan waiting on cataract procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29062/17]

Home Help Service Provision

Willie O'Dea

125. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the reason behind the 11% reduction in home help hours in east County Limerick and north County Tipperary for January to April 2017 relative to the same period in 2016. [29083/17]

Cancer Services Provision

Thomas Pringle

126. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide support for persons that have to travel long distances for cancer treatments across the country from County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27643/17]

Hospital Staff

Eoin Ó Broin

127. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health his plans to co-ordinate with third level institutions to ensure that there will be adequate staffing in the national children's hospital. [27654/17]

National Maternity Hospital

Mick Barry

128. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact the State will pay for the construction of the new national maternity hospital yet it will be owned by a private entity; his Department's general policy in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27860/17]

Hospitals Expenditure

Louise O'Reilly

129. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of the stretch income targets set for hospitals; the amount generated in 2016 from private income by hospital; the amount budgeted for in 2017; the amounts which constitute these stretch targets; and the expected consequences if said targets are not met by the hospitals. [27660/17]