Written Answers Nos. 1460-1477
1460. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the status of the purchase of lands at a location (details supplied); the additional facilities that are hoped to be delivered on the site once it is developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29227/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of public healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.
1461. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of a healthcare setting (details supplied); if he will provide a timeframe for its delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29228/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of public healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.
1462. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of cancelled hospital appointments in the State broken down by individual hospital in each of the past five years and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [29231/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
1463. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason that some children living in County Cavan CHO1 are referred to the Kell children’s disability network team in CHO8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29232/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra1464. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children who have been referred to the Kell children’s disability network team since these teams have been in place; the number of children who have been referred to Cavan children’s disability network team since these teams have been in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29233/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 1463 and 1464 together.
As these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
1465. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of liaison psychiatrists who are needed per liaison psychiatry service per hospital; the number who are employed per service in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29251/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
1466. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the proportion of the 314,000 additional public patients on waiting lists are on the waiting lists due to postponed or denied treatment because of health service closures during Covid. [29253/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
1467. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if any former Secretary Generals are seconded from his Department; the locations of same; the purpose of the secondment; the remuneration they are in receipt of from his Department or additional allocation to the agency or institution to which they are seconded arising from the secondment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29266/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraThere are no former Secretaries General seconded from the Department of Health.
1468. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1310 of 26 April 2022, the number of acute inpatient and critical care beds planned for 2022-2023; the number of beds delivered to date; the number of beds outstanding; the number of beds expected to be delivered in 2022; the number of beds expected to be delivered in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29300/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
1470. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of community beds that have been opened under funding for 1,250 community beds in Budget 2021, in tabular form; the additional number which received funding since; the number of open and funded beds on 1 January 2020, 1 January 2021 and 1 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29312/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
1471. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of community beds for which funding was allocated but which have not been opened at the latest data point; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29313/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
1472. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the present status of the University Hospital Waterford ARCHUS report (details supplied); if he will confirm that Waterford service activity will be separately detailed across every service offered in the Waterford report as distinct to having data combined into a group activity report; when he will make such report available to the southeast-based Members of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29350/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
1473. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the details of the average waiting times for an x-ray in St. Joseph's District Hospital, Ballina, currently; the average waiting time over the last number of years; if there has been any increase in waiting times recently; if he will provide the details of the cause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29351/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
1474. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 715 of 10 May 2022, the reasons that have been provided in the HSE's 2021 capital plan for the replacement of Millfield House, Blackpool as the rationale for the HSE purchasing Glenwood House, Carrigaline given that Millfield House was not subsequently sold and that no renovations were carried out there in the two years since its residents have been living in Garnish House, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29356/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Health Service Executive is responsible for the management of the public healthcare property estate, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to you in relation to this matter.
1475. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 717 of 10 May 2022, the reason why the dates that first dose Covid-19 vaccines were offered to the public servants who were controlling the roll-out of the vaccine to vulnerable patients and staff cohorts cannot be released, while the dates on which those cohorts were vaccinated is a matter of public knowledge; if his attention has been drawn to instances in which HSE office-based managers were offered first dose vaccines ahead of such cohorts, including people aged 65 years living in congregated settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29357/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible. Operational responsibility for the rollout of COVID-19 Vaccinations is the responsibility of the HSE.
1476. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the way that he can reconcile a recent public statement that residents in the Owenacurra Centre will be accommodated locally while a new ten-bed service is being built given that there are eleven residents remaining who require 24-hour staffed residential provision and, in the event that the Owenacurra Centre is closed while the new service is being built, this will not be available in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29361/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
1477. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 9 February 2022, if funding has been provided for the recruitment of a rehabilitation mental health team for Cork; if so, the timeframe for recruitment of each clinician; if the population served by this team will continue to be the combined North Lee and South Lee catchments; if so, the reasons that the population served is not limited to the east Cork HSE catchment, as per the A Vision for Change recommended allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29362/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
