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Departmental Data

David Cullinane

1158. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and details of all approved consultant posts by discipline, speciality, and clinical site grouped and totalled by Hospital Group/CHO respectively providing the numbers filled listed on each of the following basis as permanent, temporary, locum or agency basis; the total number of vacant consultant posts (including those vacant and newly created and currently under recruitment) similarly grouped as above, in tabular form; the length of time the vacant posts have remained vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27483/23]

Living Wage

David Cullinane

1179. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of delivering a living wage for home care workers; and the estimated cost of providing for mileage expenses. [27690/23]

Health Services Staff

David Cullinane

1181. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied) has submitted a claim for its employees providing cleaning and support services at University Hospital Waterford, as the employees are unable to get a definitive reply from the employer. [27717/23]

Vaccination Programme

David Cullinane

1234. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress made to establish if a vaccine compensation scheme will be established in view of the urgent recommendations made in the Expert Group Report to Review the Law of Torts and the Current Systems for the Management of Clinical Negligence Claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28089/23]

Health Services

David Cullinane

1. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to enable seven-day rostering across the health service; his plans to address the workforce requirements to enable this while achieving safe staffing levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26968/23]

Emergency Departments

David Cullinane

3. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish a multi-annual plan to resolve the crisis in emergency departments; when he will publish full details of all elective centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26973/23]

Health Strategies

David Cullinane

54. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a national hearing strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26720/23]

National Children's Hospital

David Cullinane

63. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the commencement of services at the new National Children's Hospital; the estimated costs and target completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26721/23]

Health Services Staff

David Cullinane

64. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when CORU will complete the regulation of allied health and social care professions, such as, but not limited to, psychologists, in line with its statutory obligations. [26722/23]

Dental Services

David Cullinane

68. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to bring forward new professional regulations for the dental profession in line with the requests of their representative body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26719/23]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

David Cullinane

256. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current status of his plans to expedite the construction and opening of the proposed additional 1,500 rapid build of hospital beds; the number of construction companies which have provided expressions of interest in tendering for the construction of the capacity in the period proposed; the identity of the sites the Health Service Executive has identified as suitable to build the 1,500 hospital beds on, in tabular form; the timelines for the design, planning, tendering, completion of each of the building developments and the opening with appropriate staffing of the 1,500 beds on a site by site basis, in tabular form; when the Government will commit the funding for the additional 1,500 rapid build of hospital beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25353/23]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

David Cullinane

257. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to expedite the provision of additional step-down care and rehabilitation beds to reduce the number of delayed transfers of care patients, which consistently total approximately 600, in order to ensure the efficient use of hospital beds; the number of additional step-down care and rehabilitation beds funded and opened in each year since the start of 2020, in tabular form; the number of additional step-down care and rehabilitation beds planned to open in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25354/23]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

925. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of days for each model 3 and model 4 hospital to date in 2023 that full capacity protocols have been active, in tabular form. [24968/23]

Housing Provision

David Cullinane

100. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and affordable homes to be delivered in Waterford in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23593/23]

Housing Provision

David Cullinane

178. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and affordable homes delivered in Waterford in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23591/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

David Cullinane

426. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational health reviews which have taken place in relation to long-Covid or similar indication, in tabular form; the number of workers who sought leave on the basis of long-Covid; the number of workers asked to return despite claims of long-Covid; the number of workers granted leave, by length of leave in timebands; the number of workers who sought additional leave beyond initially sanctioned leave; and the number of workers granted long-term leave. [23638/23]

Care Services

David Cullinane

439. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in final capital cost of developing the new Waterford residential care centre; the number of beds; the all-in revenue cost of staffing and servicing the facility; and the whole-time equivalent requirements. [23727/23]

Health Services Staff

David Cullinane

648. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to deliver a living wage for home support workers and healthcare assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22647/23]

Health Services Staff

David Cullinane

669. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has conducted any analysis of the cost of ensuring a living wage for health care assistants who are providing services in nursing homes to people whose care is funded under the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22763/23]

Home Care Packages

David Cullinane

670. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of ensuring a living wage for healthcare assistants and home support workers who are providing publicly contracted home support hours, whether they work for the HSE or another provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22764/23]

Home Care Packages

David Cullinane

671. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the hourly cost of the HSE directly providing home care services; the cost per hour; the equivalent cost for a whole-time equivalent worker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22765/23]

Health Services Staff

David Cullinane

706. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional revenue cost of staffing and servicing the additional acute inpatient beds added to the health service in each of the years 2019 to 2022. [23012/23]

Medicinal Products

David Cullinane

714. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 785 of 13 January 2021, the status of the licensing and reimbursement of jorveza, used to treat eosinophilic oesophagitis, on the drug payment scheme. [23105/23]

Departmental Correspondence

David Cullinane

184. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to an application for incremental credit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22263/23]

Housing Schemes

David Cullinane

201. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he has taken to promote the single rural dwellings scheme in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22258/23]

Departmental Data

David Cullinane

202. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons housed by way of homes built on that person's own site in Waterford in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22259/23]

Housing Schemes

David Cullinane

203. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has been made aware of local authorities that have completely ceased to fund and promote single rural dwelling as a form of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22260/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

David Cullinane

592. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a claim relating to an employment (details supplied) has been submitted for the pandemic bonus; if the claim is eligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21268/23]

Nursing Homes

David Cullinane

593. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the payment and subvention rates for private nursing homes via the NTPF; the total amount spent in each of the past five years; and the range and average of rates across the State, by county. [21269/23]

Nursing Homes

David Cullinane

594. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the manner by which a payment for a nursing home bed is calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21270/23]

Disability Services

David Cullinane

209. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children’s disability networks teams, by CHO/CDNT at the end of quarter 1 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20895/23]

Disability Services

David Cullinane

210. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people on disability service waiting lists for each service type, excluding children’s disability network teams, at the end of quarter 1 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20896/23]

Hospital Admissions

David Cullinane

226. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for quarter 1 and by month for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, statewide and for each location in tabular form; the average for all patients, the average for patients aged under 75 years; and the average for patients aged 75 years or older. [20865/23]

Emergency Departments

David Cullinane

227. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who attended an emergency department in quarter 1 and by month for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, statewide and by location in tabular form; the number and percentage of patients who were admitted via an emergency department; the number and percentage who were waiting 0-6, 0-9, 9-24, and 24+ hours; the number for all patients; the number and percentage for patients aged under 75 years; and the number and percentage for patients aged over 75 years. [20866/23]

Hospital Admissions

David Cullinane

228. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the maximum patient experience time to admission registered at each emergency department in quarter 1 and by month for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [20867/23]

Emergency Departments

David Cullinane

229. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen in each month of quarter 1 and by month for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, by hospital, in tabular form. [20868/23]

Hospital Admissions

David Cullinane

230. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, in quarter 1 and by month for 2023 by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form; and the number for April 2022 and April 2023. [20869/23]

Hospital Admissions

David Cullinane

231. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures which were cancelled in quarter 1 and by month for 2023, by hospital, for adults and for children, in tabular form. [20870/23]

Hospital Facilities

David Cullinane

232. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds available at the end of February 2020 and at the end of February 2023, by location, in tabular form. [20871/23]

Hospital Facilities

David Cullinane

233. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1176 of 21 March 2023, the planned number of acute inpatient beds to be added; the number delivered in 2022; the total number at the start and end of 2022; the planned total by year-end 2023; and the number of funded beds remaining to be delivered. [20872/23]

Hospital Transfers

David Cullinane

234. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care in quarter 1 for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, at each location in tabular form; the number of delayed discharges and the number as a percentage of all discharges; the number of bed days lost and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period. [20873/23]

Hospital Facilities

David Cullinane

235. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for quarter 1 in each of the years 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20883/23]

Patient Safety

David Cullinane

236. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities in quarter 1 in each of the years 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form [20884/23]

Health Services Staff

David Cullinane

237. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities in quarter 1 in each of the years 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [20885/23]

Ambulance Service

David Cullinane

238. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less in quarter 1 and by month in each of the years 2019-2023, nationally and by ambulance region in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20886/23]

Ambulance Service

David Cullinane

239. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of incidents responded to by the ambulance service by clinical status and sub status in January and February in each of the years 2019-2023, inclusive. [20887/23]

Ambulance Service

David Cullinane

240. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance turnaround time at each emergency department in quarter 1 and by month in 2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [20888/23]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

David Cullinane

241. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum wait time on NTPF reported waiting lists by speciality by location for quarter 1 and by month in each of the years 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [20889/23]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

David Cullinane

242. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on NTPF reported waiting lists by specialty by location for quarter 1 and by month in each of the years 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and the mean, median, and maximum wait time. [20890/23]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

David Cullinane

243. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people aged over 65 and over 75 years on NTPF-reported waiting lists by specialty by location for quarter 1 and by month in each of the years 2019-2023, in tabular form; and the mean, median, and maximum wait time. [20891/23]