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Leathanach 12 de 109
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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National Children's Hospital
David Cullinane
342. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the current design team fees for the NCH; to further outline who the fees are payable to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30357/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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National Children's Hospital
David Cullinane
343. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of design engineers employed or contracted for the NCH; the names of the design engineers, as in the company; the amount paid to date to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30358/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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National Children's Hospital
David Cullinane
344. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline all conditions attached to the guaranteed maximum price agreed between the NPHDB and BAM; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30359/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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National Children's Hospital
David Cullinane
345. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of quantity surveyors employed or contracted for the NCH; the names of the companies involved; the amount paid to date to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30360/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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National Children's Hospital
David Cullinane
346. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline all costs as a consequence of underestimation re the NCH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30361/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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National Children's Hospital
David Cullinane
347. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline all provisional sums made re the NCH; the total provisional sum amount, broken down individually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30362/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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National Children's Hospital
David Cullinane
348. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of claims made re the NCH that relate to schedule adherence or slippage against the agreed schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30363/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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National Children's Hospital
David Cullinane
349. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline if a project assurance strategy exists re the NCH; when it was put in place; the scope of the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30364/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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National Children's Hospital
David Cullinane
350. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline any review made regarding the scope and responsibilities of the advisory firms that constitute the design team of the NCH; the nature of the reviews; the dates the reviews were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30365/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
David Cullinane
351. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the full revenue and capital cost of the last community nursing unit built and completed; the date it was opened, the number of beds, the number of staff employed in the unit; the length of time it took from design to completion; the revenue and capital funding allocated each year to the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30366/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Community Care
David Cullinane
352. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average weekly cost of contracting a community step-down or recovery bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30367/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Community Care
David Cullinane
353. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the different types of community beds contracted by the HSE, broken down by bed type, the number of beds contracted by bed type, the average weekly cost by type, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30368/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Hospital Admissions
David Cullinane
354. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is considering a centralised referral system for patients referred into acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30369/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Hospital Waiting Lists
David Cullinane
355. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis waiting for surgery on 1 May 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30370/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Hospital Waiting Lists
David Cullinane
356. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with spina bifida waiting for surgery on 1 May 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30371/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Health Services Staff
David Cullinane
357. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will consider hiring directly employed GPs, the work that has been carried out in his Department to progress this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30372/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Health Services Staff
David Cullinane
358. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of salaried or directly hired GPs working for the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30373/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Health Services Staff
David Cullinane
359. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of salaried or directly hired GPs hired by the HSE from 2014 to date, broken down by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30374/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Medical Cards
David Cullinane
360. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline what additional funds were made available to GPs in budget 2023 to assist in delivering additional GP-only cards; how that money was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30375/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Medical Cards
David Cullinane
361. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the promised extension of GP-only cards, as announced in budget 2023, will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30376/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Departmental Budgets
David Cullinane
362. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline any cost-saving measures identified in health in budgets from 2016 to date; the amount of money saved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30377/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Medical Cards
David Cullinane
363. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline all secondary non-health benefits associated with having a full medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30378/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Nursing Homes
David Cullinane
364. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline, in tabular form, the cost of increasing funding to the NTPF to ensure a 10%, 20% and 30% increase in the fair deal and nursing home support scheme above current funding, broken down by public, private and voluntary providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30379/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Nursing Homes
David Cullinane
365. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline how the pricing mechanism works to determine the fair deal rate for nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30380/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Nursing Homes
David Cullinane
366. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline, in tabular form, the average weekly cost of care in HSE nursing homes; the average weekly cost of care in private or voluntary nursing homes; the percentage differential between the average weekly cost of public versus private-voluntary homes, further broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30381/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Nursing Homes
David Cullinane
367. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of public, private or voluntary nursing homes that have closed since 2016; the number of beds per home lost, further broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30382/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Medicinal Products
David Cullinane
368. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health who is responsible for tracking availability of medicines, issuing warnings if there are shortages and monitoring supply of medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30384/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Medicinal Products
David Cullinane
369. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health who reports to him regarding medicine shortages; what reports of shortages he received in 2022 and to date in 2023; to outline the nature and date of the reporting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30385/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Medicinal Products
David Cullinane
370. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is considering the introduction of a serious shortage protocol regarding medicine supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30386/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Public Sector Pay
David Cullinane
371. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is considering increasing fees for pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30387/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Public Sector Pay
David Cullinane
372. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is considering a new contract for optometrists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30388/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Health Strategies
David Cullinane
373. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will develop a population-wide strategy for ear and hearing care in the Irish population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30389/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
David Cullinane
374. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health in tabular form, the capital funding allocated to each level 3 and level 4 hospital from 2016 to date, broken down by year, by hospital, and by hospital group; if he will itemise each capital allocation provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30390/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
David Cullinane
375. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the changes that have been introduced to speed up delivery of capital projects in healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30391/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Departmental Expenditure
David Cullinane
376. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide, in tabular form, the amounts spent by the HSE and-or each individual hospital and his Department and management consultancy for the years 2016 to date, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30392/23]
Déar, 22 Meith 2023
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Health Strategies
David Cullinane
377. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline, in tabular form, all health strategies in place; the total funding provided to each strategy from 2016 to date, broken down by each strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30393/23]
Céad, 21 Meith 2023
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Disability Services
David Cullinane
162. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of hours, per discipline, required by the caseload in respect to children with disabilities, including neurodivergent children, under care or awaiting diagnosis from primary care in CHO 4. [29956/23]
Céad, 21 Meith 2023
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Medical Qualifications
David Cullinane
188. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the regulation of athletic therapists with CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29954/23]
Céad, 21 Meith 2023
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Hospital Staff
David Cullinane
189. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-term equivalent tracheotomy nurses in paediatric orthopaedics in Cork University Hospital; and the number of tracheotomy nurses available in CUH. [29955/23]
Céad, 21 Meith 2023
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Ambulance Service
David Cullinane
190. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average response time for an ambulance from each base in County Sligo in 2022 and for the first four months of 2023, in tabular form. [29957/23]
Céad, 21 Meith 2023
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Care Services
David Cullinane
191. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a home support waiting list for funding and for a carer in CHO 6, in tabular form. [29958/23]
Céad, 21 Meith 2023
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Emergency Departments
David Cullinane
192. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented at the emergency department at Mercy University Hospital in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29959/23]
Céad, 21 Meith 2023
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Emergency Departments
David Cullinane
193. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation suites in the emergency department of Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29960/23]
Céad, 21 Meith 2023
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Care Services
David Cullinane
194. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when day care services will resume in west Sligo and at the day care centre in Easkey; if there are plans to resume a five-day service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29964/23]
Céad, 21 Meith 2023
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Hospital Staff
David Cullinane
195. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE respiratory nurses working in Galway University Hospital in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29965/23]
Céad, 21 Meith 2023
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Hospital Staff
David Cullinane
196. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists and occupational therapists working out of University Hospital Kerry in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29966/23]
Céad, 21 Meith 2023
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Hospital Staff
David Cullinane
197. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ENT surgeons at Tullamore regional hospital in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29967/23]
Céad, 21 Meith 2023
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Hospital Staff
David Cullinane
198. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons and orthopaedic registrars working in Roscommon University Hospital in the years 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29968/23]
Céad, 21 Meith 2023
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Medicinal Products
David Cullinane
199. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has explored the possibility of recognising a product (details supplied) as medical treatment under the drugs payment scheme, instead of a food supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29969/23]
Máirt, 13 Meith 2023
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Health Service Executive
David Cullinane
1157. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has not published a Performance Profile or Management Data Report since its September 2022 publications; if he can provide both the Performance Profile and Management Data Report for the most recently available quarterly and monthly periods respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27482/23]