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Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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General Practitioner Data
Gerry Adams
395. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners due to retire in County Louth within the next three years. [26339/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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General Practitioner Data
Gerry Adams
396. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who retired from practice in County Louth in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and the number of these vacancies filled for each year, respectively. [26340/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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General Practitioner Data
Gerry Adams
397. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of new general practitioner practices opened in County Louth in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [26341/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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General Practitioner Data
Gerry Adams
398. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of newly qualified general practitioners who took up work in County Louth in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [26342/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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General Practitioner Data
Gerry Adams
399. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the average number of patients per general practitioner in County Louth; if there is a cap on the number of patients each general practitioner can treat; and the number of general practitioner services that exceed this average. [26343/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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General Practitioner Data
Gerry Adams
400. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of medical card patients, general practitioner-only card patients and private patients registered with a general practitioner service in County Louth. [26344/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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General Practitioner Data
Gerry Adams
401. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of medical card patients, general practitioner-only card patients and private patients waiting to secure a place with a registered general practitioner service in County Louth. [26345/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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General Practitioner Data
Gerry Adams
402. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of general practitioners who will be required in County Louth over the next five years to keep pace with the expected rise in demand based on the best information available; and his plans in place to address same. [26346/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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General Practitioner Services Provision
Gerry Adams
403. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that general practitioner surgeries in County Louth are at capacity and unable to accept new patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26347/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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General Practitioner Data
Gerry Adams
404. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have presented to date in 2019 to out of hours services (details supplied) in County Louth who are not registered with a general practitioner in the county. [26348/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Hospital Staff Data
Gerry Adams
405. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of specialties affected by the failure to fill the 500 consultant posts. [26351/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Hospital Staff Data
Gerry Adams
406. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the hospitals affected by a shortage of consultants; and the specialties involved. [26352/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Hospitals Data
Gerry Adams
407. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of theatres closed or that are working at less than full capacity due to the recruitment freeze and consultant shortages. [26353/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Hospital Staff
Gerry Adams
408. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals using rolling theatre closures to manage staff shortages. [26354/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Hospital Consultant Recruitment
Gerry Adams
409. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the crisis in consultant recruitment further to information in recent media reports. [26355/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Hospital Consultant Recruitment
Gerry Adams
410. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he has been provided with the HSE report into the employment of medical consultants cited in recent media reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26356/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Hospital Consultant Recruitment
Gerry Adams
411. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the locations in which the reported 500 vacant consultant posts exist by CHO area in tabular form. [26357/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Hospital Consultant Recruitment
Gerry Adams
412. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts that exist at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, and Louth County Hospital; the length of time these posts remained vacant; and his plans to fill these vacancies. [26358/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Hospital Beds Closures
Gerry Adams
423. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels at the Cottage Hospital, Drogheda, further to recent local media reports; and the demand for services from the local acute hospital. [26402/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Hospital Beds Closures
Gerry Adams
424. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of the beds temporarily closed at the Cottage Hospital, Drogheda in April 2019 that have since been reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26403/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Hospital Waiting Lists Data
Gerry Adams
425. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting outpatient treatment across all specialities in CHO area 8; and the number of children waiting for periods (details supplied) in tabular form [26404/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Hospital Waiting Lists Data
Gerry Adams
426. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting inpatient treatment across all specialities in CHO area 8; and the number of children waiting for periods (details supplied) in tabular form. [26405/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Hospital Waiting Lists Data
Gerry Adams
427. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an initial assessment for treatment across all specialities in CHO area 8; and the number of children waiting for periods (details supplied) in tabular form [26406/19]
Tue, 18 Jun 2019
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Home Help Service
Gerry Adams
376. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health his views on reports that the HSE has instructed officials to block new home help applications until at least November 2019 as part of a series of cost cutting plans; the rationale for this instruction; the supports that will be made available to persons in need of these supports from now until November 2019; the steps that will be taken in relation to applications after November 2019; and the impact this will have on services in County Louth and CHO area 8. [25143/19]
Tue, 18 Jun 2019
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Home Care Packages Data
Gerry Adams
377. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in hospital in County Louth experiencing a delayed discharge which is dependent on a home care package, home help hours and home support hours; and length of time by which these discharges have been delayed. [25144/19]
Tue, 18 Jun 2019
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Home Care Packages Data
Gerry Adams
378. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth awaiting provision of home care packages, home help hours and home support hours. [25145/19]
Tue, 18 Jun 2019
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Home Care Packages Data
Gerry Adams
379. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of home care packages, home help hours and home support hours provided in County Louth in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [25146/19]
Tue, 18 Jun 2019
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Home Care Packages Data
Gerry Adams
380. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth in receipt of home help hours, home care packages and home support hours. [25147/19]
Tue, 18 Jun 2019
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Home Care Packages Data
Gerry Adams
381. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth who applied for home care packages, home help hours and home support hours in 2018 and to date in 2019; and the number of applications approved. [25148/19]
Tue, 18 Jun 2019
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Home Care Packages Data
Gerry Adams
382. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to deal with the crisis in the provision of home help hours in County Louth and CHO area 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25149/19]
Tue, 18 Jun 2019
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Home Care Packages Provision
Gerry Adams
383. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health his plans to build, plan and increase provision for home care packages and home help hours in County Louth and CHO area 8 in line with the increased demand for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25150/19]
Tue, 11 Jun 2019
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Home Care Packages
Gerry Adams
695. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the HSE budget for home care packages in each of the years 2015 to 2019. [24223/19]
Tue, 11 Jun 2019
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Home Care Packages
Gerry Adams
696. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the HSE budget for intensive home care packages in each of the years 2015 to 2019. [24224/19]
Tue, 11 Jun 2019
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Home Care Packages
Gerry Adams
697. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the correct pathway to access an intensive home care package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24225/19]
Tue, 11 Jun 2019
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Home Care Packages
Gerry Adams
698. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the HSE budget for County Louth for intensive home care packages in each of the years 2015 to 2019. [24226/19]
Tue, 11 Jun 2019
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Home Care Packages
Gerry Adams
699. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth who received intensive home care packages in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [24227/19]
Tue, 11 Jun 2019
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Home Care Packages
Gerry Adams
700. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth seeking an intensive home care package. [24228/19]
Tue, 11 Jun 2019
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Home Care Packages
Gerry Adams
701. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the date of approval of the last intensive home care package in County Louth. [24229/19]
Tue, 11 Jun 2019
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Home Care Packages
Gerry Adams
702. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if it is HSE policy that staff presenting to patient groups on the subject of HSE home care also inform group members regarding intensive home care packages and the way in which to access them. [24230/19]
Tue, 21 May 2019
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Disability Services Funding
Gerry Adams
378. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the annual HSE budget for full-time residential care for persons with disabilities nationally. [21557/19]
Wed, 15 May 2019
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National Counselling Service
Gerry Adams
185. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the National Counselling Service in County Louth in each year over the past five years. [21077/19]
Wed, 15 May 2019
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National Counselling Service
Gerry Adams
186. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of persons from County Louth currently on the waiting list for the National Counselling Service; the number of these persons who have been waiting three to six, six to 12,12 to 15 and more than 15 months, respectively, in tabular form. [21078/19]
Wed, 15 May 2019
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National Counselling Service
Gerry Adams
187. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff working in the National Counselling Service; and the staff vacancies that exist. [21079/19]
Wed, 15 May 2019
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Suicide Incidence
Gerry Adams
188. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth who died by suicide in each year over the past five years. [21080/19]
Wed, 15 May 2019
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Suicide Incidence
Gerry Adams
189. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the age of persons from County Louth who died by suicide over the past five years. [21081/19]
Wed, 15 May 2019
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Suicide Prevention
Gerry Adams
190. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated in County Louth each year for the past five years to the implementation of Connecting for Life, Ireland’s National Strategy to Reduce Suicide 2015-2020. [21082/19]
Wed, 15 May 2019
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Suicide Prevention
Gerry Adams
191. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent staff in County Louth employed under the Connecting for Life strategy; and the staff vacancies that exist. [21083/19]
Wed, 15 May 2019
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Psychological Services Waiting Lists
Gerry Adams
192. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Louth waiting to access primary care psychology services, CAMHS and disability services; and the number of these children who have been waiting three to six, six to 12, 12 to 15 and more than 15 months, respectively, in tabular form. [21084/19]
Wed, 15 May 2019
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Psychological Services Waiting Lists
Gerry Adams
193. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Louth who have had an initial assessment and are waiting to access further primary care psychology services, CAMHS and disability; and the number of these children that have been waiting three to six, six to 12, 12 to 15 and more than 15 months, respectively, in tabular form. [21085/19]
Wed, 15 May 2019
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Psychological Services Waiting Lists
Gerry Adams
194. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of adults in County Louth waiting to access psychology services; and the number of these adults that have been waiting three to six, six to 12, 12 to 15 and more than 15 months, respectively, in tabular form. [21086/19]