Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Health Services Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

244. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, at the end of quarter 1 2019-2023, inclusive in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; the number waiting for initial assessment, initial therapy/intervention, and follow up therapy/ intervention for each specialty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20892/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

245. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists at the end of quarter 1 2019-2023, inclusive in tabular form; and the breakdown by length of wait. [20894/23]

Disabilities Assessments

David Cullinane

246. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need at the end of quarter 1 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the number overdue for completion; and the average length of wait. [20897/23]

Mental Health Services

David Cullinane

247. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists by CHO and length of wait at the end of quarter 1 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [20898/23]

Mental Health Services

David Cullinane

248. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for Jigsaw by CHO and length of wait at the end of quarter 1 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [20899/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

249. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of quarter 1 2023; the number for each quarter of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20900/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

251. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis and the number of children with spina bifida on waiting lists at the end of quarter 1 for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, by specialty, including the number of suspended cases, in tabular form; and the number waiting 0-6, 6-12, 12-18 and 18+ months. [20902/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

252. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on paediatric orthopaedic waiting lists for at the end of quarter 1 for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, including the number of suspended cases, by specialty and by location in tabular form; the number waiting 0-6, 6-12, 12-18 and 18+ months; and the average waiting time of all relevant patients on each list. [20903/23]

Hospital Procedures

David Cullinane

253. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion and other paediatric orthopaedic procedures carried out by Children’s Health Ireland in each year 2017-2023 by month at each location in tabular form; the number which have been outsourced; and the location at which they were conducted. [20904/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

254. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children removed from paediatric orthopaedic waiting lists in November and December 2022 and January and February 2023, by reason for removal; and the number removed without having a procedure and the reason why. [20905/23]

Departmental Legal Cases

David Cullinane

255. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims before the CervicalCheck Tribunal; the number of claims resolved by the Tribunal; the timeframe for completion of the Tribunal’s work; the cost of the Tribunal to date, by cost type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20906/23]

Dental Services

David Cullinane

256. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of quarter 1 of each year 2019-2023 by LHO in tabular form; the number of dentists who submitted claims, the total number of claims in quarter 1 of each year and each full year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20907/23]

Dental Services

David Cullinane

257. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of quarter 1 of each year 2019-2023, broken down by standard waiting times and by area, in tabular form. [20908/23]

Hospital Facilities

David Cullinane

415. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to make the new mortuary at UHW available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20423/23]

Housing Schemes

David Cullinane

289. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is any level of discretion applied to the €53,000 household net annual income limit for the cost rental tenant in-situ-scheme, such as for a one-off bonus; if the reckonable income is based solely on 2022 or over a longer period; if overtime is not included in reckonable income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19959/23]

Hospital Facilities

David Cullinane

529. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide a cost on replacing 10% of acute hospital beds in multi-bed wards with single isolation room units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19051/23]

Hospital Facilities

David Cullinane

530. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the replacement of multi-bed wards with single isolation rooms over the coming years, in tabular form; the number of single isolation units; the number of beds in multi-unit wards; the cost of and budget for the replacement programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19052/23]

Medicinal Products

David Cullinane

632. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of applications made for medicine price increases in each quarter of 2022 and in the first quarter of 2023, in tabular form; the number sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19600/23]

General Practitioner Services

David Cullinane

1. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish a plan for achieving universal GP care; when he will publish the details of the free GP expansion promised in the budget for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17404/23]

Health Strategies

David Cullinane

3. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish a multi-annual capacity expansion plan for the health service and for hospitals in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17405/23]

Housing Provision

David Cullinane

240. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cost rental and affordable purchase units, by unit type, delivered in Waterford in each of the years 2017 to 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [18623/23]

Housing Provision

David Cullinane

254. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project Tosaigh in County Waterford in each of the years, 2016 to 2022; and the number planned to be delivered in 2023 with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form. [18692/23]

Health Services Staff

David Cullinane

1375. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the health and social care professions whose regulation is under the remit of CORU, in tabular form; the status of regulation or the development stage of regulation; and the timeframe for completion or year of completion for each profession. [16448/23]

Health Services Staff

David Cullinane

1544. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17199/23]

Health Service Executive

David Cullinane

1568. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average processing time for HSE pension commencements from claim to final approval by division, in tabular form; the target time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17257/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

David Cullinane

1611. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric orthopaedic appointments, by appointment type, cancelled in January and February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17478/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

1666. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for diagnostic scan services at CHI Crumlin, by type, by wait length time band, and by adult/child, in tabular form. [17645/23]

Medicinal Products

David Cullinane

1781. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the latest guidelines and regulations which govern the sale and supply of codeine containing products by retail pharmacy businesses; when these were last reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18269/23]

Regulatory Bodies

David Cullinane

1782. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by the Pharmaceutical Society, by grade, in tabular form; the number of staff employed for inspections of retail pharmacy businesses and the wider number involved in assessing compliance of retail pharmacy businesses; and the number of staff involved in enforcement actions or actions otherwise taken to address poor practice, behaviour, or performance taken against retail pharmacy businesses. [18270/23]

Regulatory Bodies

David Cullinane

1783. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of inspections of retail pharmacy businesses conducted by the Pharmaceutical Society in each year since establishment, by purpose, in tabular form. [18271/23]

Regulatory Bodies

David Cullinane

1784. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of enforcement actions, or actions otherwise taken to correct or address poor practice, behaviour, or performance by pharmacists or by pharmacies, taken by the Pharmaceutical Society against retail pharmacy businesses in each year since establishment, by action type and grounds, in tabular form. [18272/23]

Medicinal Products

David Cullinane

1785. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of inspections conducted by the Pharmaceutical Society to ascertain compliance with guidelines for the safe dispensing of non-prescription products containing codeine by retail pharmacy businesses in each year since establishment, by purpose, in tabular form. [18273/23]

Medicinal Products

David Cullinane

1786. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of enforcement actions, or actions otherwise taken to correct or address poor practice, behaviour, or performance by pharmacists or by pharmacies, taken by the Pharmaceutical Society to address compliance with guidelines for the safe dispensing of non-prescription products containing codeine by retail pharmacy businesses in each year since establishment, by action type and grounds, in tabular form. [18274/23]

Medicinal Products

David Cullinane

1787. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of compliance with the 2010 Pharmaceutical Society guidelines on the safe dispensing of non-prescription products containing codeine by retail pharmacy businesses. [18275/23]

Disability Services

David Cullinane

218. 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 or CDNT for January, February, and March 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15948/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

219. 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, for January, February, and March 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15949/23]

Disabilities Assessments

David Cullinane

220. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need for January, February and March 2019-23, inclusive, in tabular form; the number overdue for completion; and the average length of wait. [15950/23]

Hospital Admissions

David Cullinane

302. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for January, February, and March for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, state-wide and for each location, in tabular form; the average for all patients; the average for patients aged under 75 years; the average for patients aged 75 years or older; the number and percentage of patients waiting less than the average; and the number and percentage of patients waiting longer than the average. [15926/23]

Emergency Departments

David Cullinane

304. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the maximum patient experience time to admission registered at each emergency department for each week in January, February, and March for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [15928/23]

Emergency Departments

David Cullinane

305. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen in the month of January, February, and March for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, by hospital, in tabular form. [15929/23]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

306. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each week of January, February and March for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15936/23]

Patient Safety

David Cullinane

307. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities in January, February and March for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form [15937/23]

Health Services Staff

David Cullinane

308. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities in January, February and March for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [15938/23]

Emergency Services

David Cullinane

309. 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 January, February and March for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, 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. [15939/23]

Ambulance Service

David Cullinane

310. 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, February and March for each year 2019-2023, inclusive. [15940/23]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

311. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, in each month of 2022 and in January, February, and March 2023; by hospital group and hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15941/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

312. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures which were cancelled in January, February, and March 2023, by hospital, for adults and for children, in tabular form. [15942/23]

Hospital Facilities

David Cullinane

313. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds, by bed type, available at each acute hospital for January, February and March for each year 2019-2023, inclusive; and the number of bed days provided. [15943/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

316. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, for January, February, and March 2019-2023, inclusive in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; the numbers waiting for initial assessment, initial therapy/intervention, and follow-up therapy/intervention for each specialty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15946/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

317. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for January, February, and March 2019-2023, inclusive in tabular form; and the breakdown by length of wait. [15947/23]