Written Answers Nos. 1054-1073
1054. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner doctors available to take medical card patients in the north Dublin region; and the number of medical card holders in this region currently seeking a general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41770/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
1055. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment [41771/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
The scheduling of appointments for patients is a matter for the hospital to which the patient has been referred. Should a patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he or she should take the matter up with the consultant and the hospital involved. In relation to the specific case raised, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
1056. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his Department, for County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41772/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department administered a National Lottery Discretionary Fund from which once off grants were made to community and voluntary organisations providing a range of health related services including minor capital projects. Lottery funding provided in recent years amounted to €3.286 million per year.
A list of all the organisations, including those in County Wexford, that received lottery funding for the years 2009 to 2016 is available on my Department's website at http://health.gov.ie/about-us/list-of-organisations-who-received-lottery-funding-2009-2016/.
1057. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list for operations in relation to scoliosis in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; the number of these procedures that took place in 2016; if he will provide a timeframe for a person (details supplied) who is waiting for this procedure to be carried out in Our Lady's Children's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41773/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraScoliosis affects approximately 1% of children and adolescents in Ireland. The management of scoliosis is complex and is determined by the severity of the curvature and skeletal maturity.
Long waiting times for scoliosis surgery are not acceptable, and my Department has been working closely with the HSE to address services pressures, particularly in Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin (OLCHC), which is the largest provider of scoliosis surgery for children and young people. Additional funding of €1.042 million was allocated under the 2015 Service Plan to increase capacity at OLCHC, and an additional orthopaedic surgeon, anaesthetist, and support staff, are now in place with recruitment of a further additional orthopaedic surgeon under way. Capital funding was also provided for a new theatre on site to expand theatre capacity further, and this is currently being commissioned. The Children's Hospital Group is proactively working on nurse recruitment to support the opening of the new theatre.
The HSE Winter Initiative 2016-2017, published on 9 September, also includes €2 million provided specifically for scoliosis patients. 78 scoliosis patients were reviewed under this initiative. To date, 54 have been treated and four have received appointments for treatment in February, due to clinical age restrictions for procedures.
I recently met with a number of scoliosis advocacy groups to discuss their concerns and my Department will continue to work with the HSE and the relevant hospitals to ensure improvements in access to spinal surgery.
Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
The scheduling of appointments for patients is a matter for the hospital to which the patient has been referred. Should a patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he or she should take the matter up with the consultant and the hospital involved. In relation to the specific case and service matters raised, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
1058. Deputy Frank O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the reason Part 2 and Part 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act, enacted on 6 April 2015, has not yet been ratified; when they will be ratified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41778/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraIt was indicated upon the enactment of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 that an appropriate transition period would be required in order to carry out significant preparatory work to facilitate a seamless transition to the new regulatory framework laid out in the Act. That work is under way, involving officials from my Department. It is intended that Parts 2 and 3 will be commenced later this year.
1059. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41781/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
The scheduling of appointments for patients is a matter for the hospital to which the patient has been referred. Should a patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he or she should take the matter up with the consultant and the hospital involved. In relation to the specific case raised, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
1060. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41782/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
The National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2014, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has been adopted by the HSE, sets out the processes that hospitals are to implement to manage waiting lists.
In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
1061. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of persons outsourced at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2013 to date in 2017 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41785/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
1062. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2013 to date in 2017 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41786/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
1063. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the outpatient waiting times at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2011 to date in 2017, broken down by year, by speciality and in the wait time bands of up to three months, up to six months, up to 12 months, up to 15 months, up to 18 months, up to two years and more than two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41787/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
1064. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on trolleys at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the months of 2015, broken down by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41788/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
1065. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on trolleys at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the months of 2016, broken down by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41789/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
1066. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the operating budget for Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2009 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41790/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
1067. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2009 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41791/16]
Amharc ar fhreagra1075. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the capital projects agreed and funded at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, including the details and an overview of each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41799/16]
Amharc ar fhreagra1076. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the cost of each capital project funded by the HSE and-or his Department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2009 to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41800/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 1067, 1075 and 1076 together.
My Department has not funded any capital project at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. As the HSE is responsible for the delivery of health care infrastructure projects, it has been requested to reply directly to you in relation to the approved projects it has funded at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017.
1068. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the total spend at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2013 to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41792/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
1069. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent nursing positions in place at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2009 to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41793/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraI have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.
1070. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of beds operational at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2009 to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41794/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
1071. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2013 to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41795/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
1072. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient hospital cancellations at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2013 to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41796/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
1073. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient and outpatient did-not-attend incidents at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2013 to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41797/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
