Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Hospitals Discharges

Stephen Donnelly

314. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of elective inpatient discharges in each public and voluntary hospital during the first six months of 2019. [28946/19]

Patient Data

Stephen Donnelly

315. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of haemodialysis patients treated in acute hospitals during the first six months of 2019. [28947/19]

Patient Data

Stephen Donnelly

316. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of haemodialysis patients treated in contracted centres during the first six months of 2019. [28948/19]

Patient Data

Stephen Donnelly

317. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of home therapies dialysis patients treatments during the first six months of 2019. [28949/19]

Patient Data

Stephen Donnelly

318. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the percentage of acute stroke patients that spent all or some of their hospital stay in an acute or combined stroke unit during the first six months of 2019. [28950/19]

Patient Data

Stephen Donnelly

319. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the percentage of patients with confirmed acute ischaemic stroke that received thrombolysis during the first six months of 2019. [28951/19]

Ambulance Service Data

Stephen Donnelly

320. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances decommissioned by the National Ambulance Service to date in 2019; the number of new emergency ambulances acquired to date in 2019; the number of intermediate care ambulances decommissioned to date in 2019; the number of new intermediate care ambulances acquired to date in 2019; the number of rapid response vehicles decommissioned to date in 2019; the number of new rapid response vehicles acquired to date in 2019; the number of vehicles commissioned or purchased as rapid response vehicles by the service acquired to date in 2019; the number in use; the number awaiting entry into service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28952/19]

Ambulance Service Data

Stephen Donnelly

321. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances in service; the number by the year they entered service by pods and vehicles in terms of the date they entered service and the HSE region in which they are based; the number of intermediate care ambulances in service; the number according to the year they entered service by pods and vehicles in terms of the date they entered service and the HSE region in which they are based in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28953/19]

Ambulance Service Data

Stephen Donnelly

322. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the distances travelled by emergency ambulances that are in service by each HSE region and subdivided by every 50,000 or 80,000 km; the distances travelled by intermediate care ambulances in service; the distances travelled by rapid response vehicles in service in such a capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28954/19]

General Practitioner Data

Stephen Donnelly

323. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner vacancies in each local health area, in tabular form. [28955/19]

Emergency Departments Data

Stephen Donnelly

324. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency medicine consultants in each public or voluntary hospital with an emergency department; the number of 24 hour emergency departments; and the number that have an emergency medicine consultant available daily on a 24 hour basis. [28956/19]

Hospital Charges

Stephen Donnelly

325. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the revenue raised between 1 January and 31 December 2018 from charges for private patients in public beds in public and voluntary hospitals; the details for 2015, 2016, and 2017; the number of procedures from 1 January to 31 December 2018 in each public and voluntary hospital which treated private patients in public beds; the equivalent figures for 2015, 2016 and 2017; the number of applications for payment by the insurer submitted by each hospital for such procedures carried out between 1 January and 31 December 2018; and the equivalent figures for 2015, 2016 and 2017. [28957/19]

Health Services Provision

Stephen Donnelly

246. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the work of the contraception working group in his Department; the finalised terms of reference; the timeline for completion of the work of the group; the consultation process; the stakeholders the group has engaged with to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28459/19]

HSE Expenditure

Stephen Donnelly

43. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the amount by which the HSE budget is overspent as of the end of quarter 2 of 2019; the projection for the full year overspend; the additional spending commitments he has made to date during 2019; his plans to seek a supplementary budget or bring full year healthcare expenditure in on budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28086/19]

HSE Planning

Stephen Donnelly

61. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that the HSE capital plan has not been published to date; his further views on whether this delay amounts to poor financial management; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27890/19]

Hospital Consultant Recruitment

Stephen Donnelly

64. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health his views on whether there is a shortage of full-time consultants in post here and that this shortage is a material contributor to the current waiting lists; if he will commence the unwinding of new entrant pay disparity for consultants in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27894/19]

Hospitals Policy

Stephen Donnelly

92. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the reason he has not made public the De Buitléir report on private practice in public hospitals; when he plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27891/19]

HSE Expenditure

Stephen Donnelly

94. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the amount the HSE budget is overspent as at the end of quarter 2 of 2019; the projection for the full-year overspend; the additional spending commitments he has made during 2019; his plans to seek a supplementary budget or bring full-year healthcare expenditure in on budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27888/19]

National Maternity Strategy Implementation

Stephen Donnelly

99. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if relevant parties will be informed that the new maternity hospitals are to have no dedicated facilities for private patients further to an unanimous adoption of a Private Members' motion on maternity care by Dáil Éireann; if the relevant parties will commence the planning and design phases for the Coombe hospital, Rotunda Hospital and University Maternity Hospital, Limerick; the capital spend by year allocated for the building of these maternity hospitals and centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27892/19]

Schools Building Projects

Stephen Donnelly

289. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made since a school (details supplied) met with officials in Tullamore, County Offaly in December 2018; his plans for the school when the current lease expires in June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28181/19]