Parliamentary questions

Nursing Home Services

Stephen Donnelly

783. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the regulations placed on nursing homes by HIQA for dementia patients; the way in which this differs from non-dementia patients; if there is a requirement for extra nursing and care workers for dementia patients; if there is a requirement for secured accommodation for dementia patients; the average extra cost for a nursing home to accept a dementia patient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25128/18]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Stephen Donnelly

784. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the rules in relation to the fair deal scheme for nursing homes with regard to the prices agreed between nursing homes and the National Treatment Purchase Fund; if there is a difference between a dementia patient and a non-dementia patient; if there is a difference in the subvention provided to nursing homes for accepting a dementia patient and a non-dementia patient as a consequence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25129/18]

Nursing Home Services

Stephen Donnelly

785. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant places with secured accommodation in public nursing homes, private and voluntary nursing homes, respectively in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25130/18]

Nursing Home Services

Stephen Donnelly

786. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of secured accommodation places in public nursing homes, private and voluntary nursing homes, respectively in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25131/18]

Nursing Home Services

Stephen Donnelly

787. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of dementia patients on waiting lists for secured accommodation in public nursing homes private and voluntary nursing homes, respectively in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25132/18]

HSE Reviews

Stephen Donnelly

803. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the status of and likely publication date for the development of a three year unscheduled care plan for the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25208/18]

Health Services Provision

Stephen Donnelly

804. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the status of additional measures to be included in the 2018 winter initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25209/18]

Hospitals Data

Stephen Donnelly

805. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the KPIs on a daily, weekly and monthly basis as appropriate for both admitted and non-admitted patient experience time, PET, nine hour to 24 hour breaches and delayed discharges (details supplied) to date in 2018, in tabular form. [25210/18]

HSE Documents

Stephen Donnelly

806. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of a centralised repository supported by the national document control system for the management of the HSE national PPPGs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25211/18]

Health Care Infrastructure Provision

Stephen Donnelly

807. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of family forums and residents' councils across each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25212/18]

HSE Governance

Stephen Donnelly

808. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of a contract management support unit for section 38 and 39 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25213/18]

HSE Reports

Stephen Donnelly

809. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the publication date of the HSE's report on estates maintenance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25214/18]

Medical Qualifications

Stephen Donnelly

810. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the completion of analysis of the various cohorts of consultants not on the Medical Council specialist register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25215/18]

Medical Qualifications

Stephen Donnelly

811. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the known level of compliance with the HSE consultants qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25216/18]

Care Services Provision

Stephen Donnelly

935. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health to outline his plans to expand a pilot course for family carers of those with life limiting illnesses; the expected timeline for this expansion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25621/18]

National Broadband Plan

Stephen Donnelly

174. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures in the national broadband plan which will ensure social inclusion on the basis of pricing for the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24064/18]

Hospital Beds Data

Stephen Donnelly

37. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if the Sláintecare estimate of 2,590 for new acute beds and which is provided for in the capital plan will be updated based on the ESRI's analysis suggesting that approximately 4,500 new acute beds are in fact required. [23764/18]

Health Service Capacity Review

Stephen Donnelly

53. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the State will provide the 13,000 extra residential care beds that the health service capacity review anticipates will be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23504/18]

Hospital Groups

Stephen Donnelly

90. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if he will be reviewing governance structures in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23502/18]

HSE Expenditure

Stephen Donnelly

92. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE’s budget; if spending is within profile; if hospitals are in budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23500/18]

Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans

Stephen Donnelly

100. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health when a plan to tackle outpatient waiting lists will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23503/18]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Stephen Donnelly

120. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to address the ongoing and continuing difficulty in growing the nursing and midwifery workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23501/18]

Emergency Departments Data

Stephen Donnelly

144. Deputy Stephen S. 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 in April 2018; and the hospitals in which the wait occurred. [22983/18]

Home Care Packages Data

Stephen Donnelly

145. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of home care packages being provided in each LHO area. [22984/18]

Home Care Packages Data

Stephen Donnelly

146. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for a home care package in each LHO area; and the number waiting zero to three, three to six, six to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively. [22985/18]

Medical Card Data

Stephen Donnelly

147. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons covered by medical cards as of 1 May 2018. [22986/18]

Medical Card Data

Stephen Donnelly

148. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons covered by general practitioner visit cards as of 1 May 2018. [22987/18]

Ambulance Service Data

Stephen Donnelly

149. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in April 2018; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls; and the number that waited longer than 40, 60, 90, 120 and more than 180 minutes for same in tabular form. [22988/18]

Hospitals Data

Stephen Donnelly

150. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that were cancelled or postponed in each public hospital to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22989/18]

Hospitals Data

Stephen Donnelly

151. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that were cancelled or postponed in each voluntary hospital to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22990/18]

Home Help Service Data

Stephen Donnelly

152. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in each LHO area in each month from January to April 2018; and the way in which this compares against the target for each month. [22991/18]

HSE Staff Data

Stephen Donnelly

153. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at national director level, assistant national director level, general manager level and grade VIII level in the HSE on 1 May 2018 or the latest date available. [22992/18]

Hospital Beds Data

Stephen Donnelly

154. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 18 May 2018 or the latest date on which data for validated bed closures at hospital and ward level are available. [22993/18]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Stephen Donnelly

308. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, and Temple Street Children’s University Hospital waiting less than four, four to eight and more than eight months for treatment, respectively; and if he will provide the same information for other spinal patients [21995/18]

General Practitioner Data

Stephen Donnelly

333. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent general practitioners per county; the number working with private lists and public lists, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22041/18]

General Practitioner Data

Stephen Donnelly

334. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals to hospitals by each general practitioner; the number of visits to each general practitioner; the rate of referral per general practitioner to hospitals in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22042/18]

Traffic Data

Stephen Donnelly

483. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a time series analysis of congestion on the M50 junction 16 to 17 to M11 junction 14 to 15 for the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22039/18]

Traffic Data

Stephen Donnelly

484. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures used to analyse congestion on major roads in County Wicklow; the locations these measures are in place; when these measures were installed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22040/18]

General Practitioner Contracts

Stephen Donnelly

189. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the commencement of negotiations for a new contract for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21849/18]

Health Services

Stephen Donnelly

334. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if electronic transmission of blood test results has ceased in some cases; the areas in which this has ceased; and the actions he will take to resolve the issue [20800/18]

Hospital Staff Data

Stephen Donnelly

353. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of additional staff by category required to meet additional acute bed targets annually in the coming five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20868/18]

HSE Staff

Stephen Donnelly

369. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the occasions on which he or either of his two predecessors communicated with the Health Service Executive under the terms of section 5 of the Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2013 since the commencement of the Act; the nature of the direction provided to the HSE on each occasion; the occasions on which the Director General informed him or either of his two predecessors of the measures taken by the HSE to comply with a direction issued under section 5; and if such information was furnished within such period as was specified by him in tabular form. [20917/18]

Nursing Staff Data

Stephen Donnelly

407. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of specialist inflammatory bowel disease nurses employed; the number employed on the same date in 2017; and the estimated full year cost of increasing the number to 28 in line with international best practice. [21148/18]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data

Stephen Donnelly

189. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of children aged 0 to 18 years of age on waiting lists for an assessment with their local child and adolescent mental health team; the length of time they have been waiting by community health care organisation area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20358/18]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data

Stephen Donnelly

190. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of children aged 0 to 18 years of age on waiting lists for treatment with their local child and adolescent mental health team; the length of time they have been waiting by community healthcare organisation area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20359/18]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data

Stephen Donnelly

191. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of children aged 0 to 18 years of age on waiting lists for a speech and language assessment; the length of time they have been waiting by HSE community healthcare organisation area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20360/18]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data

Stephen Donnelly

192. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of children aged 0 to 18 years of age on waiting lists for speech and language treatment; the length of time they have been waiting by HSE community healthcare organisation area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20361/18]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data

Stephen Donnelly

193. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of children aged 0 to 18 years of age on waiting lists for an initial assessment of need from early intervention teams; the length of time they have been waiting by HSE community health care organisation area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20362/18]

Maternity Services

Stephen Donnelly

300. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of compensation payments made by the HSE on foot of incidents in maternity units in 2017, in tabular form; the amount of each individual payment; and the maternity unit in which the incident took place. [19806/18]

Patient Safety

Stephen Donnelly

301. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the percentage of serious reportable events in 2017 and to date in 2018 that were notified within 24 hours to a designated officer. [19807/18]