Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Health Services

David Cullinane

330. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 1 February 2023, the awards made following a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm and by his Department, excluding aegis bodies and the Health Service Executive, in each of the years 2018 to date in 2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [15975/23]

Hospital Charges

David Cullinane

196. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of outstanding inpatient charges owed to the health service and the number of patients this relates to; if there will be debt forgiveness for this following the abolition of inpatient charges; if he will continue to employ the use of debt collectors against these patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15592/23]

Home Care Packages

David Cullinane

652. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of home care hours delivered, by CHO, by month, in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, in tabular form. [14811/23]

Home Care Packages

David Cullinane

653. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of home care hours provided directly by the HSE in 2019-2022, by CHO by year; the number provided by voluntary providers on behalf of the HSE; and the number provided by private providers on behalf of the HSE. [14812/23]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

654. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of surgical hubs which will be established; the number of surgical hubs already established; the cost, staffing requirements and capacity of surgical hubs already established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14813/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

655. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum wait time on NTPF-reported waiting lists, by speciality and by location for February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [14814/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

656. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on NTPF-reported waiting lists, by specialty and by location for February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and the mean, median, and maximum wait time. [14815/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

657. 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 and by location for February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and the mean, median, and maximum wait time. [14816/23]

Special Educational Needs

David Cullinane

153. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education if she will permit the opening of a third ASD unit at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11732/23]

Special Educational Needs

David Cullinane

676. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the provision of home tuition for children with complex special educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13010/23]

Disability Services

David Cullinane

883. 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 for January and February 2019 to 2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12409/23]

Disability Services

David Cullinane

884. 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 and February 2019 to 2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12410/23]

Disabilities Assessments

David Cullinane

885. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of needs for January and February 2019 to 2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and the number overdue for completion; the average length of wait. [12411/23]

Disability Services

David Cullinane

918. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and percentage of complaints made to the disability complaints office under section 14(1)(b) of the Disability Act 2005 that have been contested by the HSE in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12835/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

David Cullinane

1128. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent of expenditure on ventilators during the pandemic, in tabular form; the number procured; the procurement process followed by batch; whether exemptions or derogations were applied on a purchase, for each; the spend and volume by vendor; the number purchased via a wholesaler and the number direct from a manufacturer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12243/23]

Emergency Departments

David Cullinane

1158. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for January and February for each year from 2019 to 2023, inclusive, statewide 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. [12373/23]

Emergency Departments

David Cullinane

1159. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who attended an emergency department in January and February for each year from 2019 to 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 for 0-6, 0-9 and 9-24 hours and for 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. [12374/23]

Emergency Departments

David Cullinane

1160. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the maximum patient experience time to admission registered at each emergency department for each year from 2019 to 2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [12375/23]

Emergency Departments

David Cullinane

1161. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen in the months of January and February for each year from 2019 to 2023, inclusive, by hospital, in tabular form. [12376/23]

Hospital Transfers

David Cullinane

1163. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care in January and February for each year from 2019 to 2023, inclusive, by 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. [12378/23]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

1164. 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 and February 2023, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12379/23]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

1165. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures which were cancelled in January and February 2023, by hospital, for adults and for children, in tabular form. [12380/23]

Ambulance Service

David Cullinane

1167. 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 and February in each of the years from 2019 to 2022 and to date in 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. [12383/23]

Ambulance Service

David Cullinane

1168. 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 from 2019 to 2022 and to date in 2023, inclusive. [12384/23]

Health Services Staff

David Cullinane

1169. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities in January and February for each year from 2019 to 2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [12386/23]

Health Services Staff

David Cullinane

1170. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities in January and February for each year from 2019 to 20233, inclusive, in tabular form. [12387/23]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

1171. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each year from 2019 to 2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12388/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

1172. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum wait times on NTPF reported waiting lists, by speciality and by location, for January 2019 to 2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [12390/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

1173. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the numbers of children on NTPF reported waiting lists, by specialty and location, for each year from January 2019 to January 2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and the mean, median and maximum wait times. [12391/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

1174. 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 the years from January 2019 to January 2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and the mean, median and maximum wait times. [12392/23]

Hospital Facilities

David Cullinane

1175. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the numbers of acute inpatient beds available at the end of February 2020 and at the end of February 2023, by location, in tabular form. [12394/23]

Hospital Facilities

David Cullinane

1176. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1575 of 14 June 2022, the planned number of acute inpatient beds to be added; the planned total by year-end 2023; and the number of funded beds remaining to be delivered. [12395/23]

Tribunals of Inquiry

David Cullinane

1177. 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. [12396/23]

Community Care

David Cullinane

1180. 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 and February 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. [12408/23]

Mental Health Services

David Cullinane

1181. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAHMS waiting lists by CHO and length of wait for January and February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [12412/23]

Mental Health Services

David Cullinane

1182. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for Jigsaw by CHO and length of wait for January and February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [12413/23]

Hospital Staff

David Cullinane

1183. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric orthopaedic appointments, by appointment type, cancelled in January and February 2019-2022, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12415/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

1185. 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 for December 2022 and January and February 2019-2023, inclusive, by waiting list; 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. [12418/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

1186. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on paediatric orthopaedic waiting lists for December 2022 and January and February 2019-2023, inclusive, by waiting list; 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. [12419/23]

Health Services

David Cullinane

1187. 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 of the years 2017-2023, by month at each location, in tabular form; the number which have been outsourced; and the location at which they were conducted. [12420/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

1188. 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; the number removed without having a procedure; and the reason why. [12421/23]

Home Help Service

David Cullinane

1189. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for January and February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and the breakdown by length of wait. [12422/23]

Departmental Reviews

David Cullinane

1263. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the Health (Regulation of the Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; when the final reports will be published; if he has received all reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12674/23]

Abortion Services

David Cullinane

1264. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will retain remote consultations for abortion services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12675/23]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

1292. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the absolute number of people who started radiation therapy for cancer treatment, and if they started within the recommended timeframe, for each month between 1 January 2019 to date, in tabular form. [12819/23]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

1293. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of appointment slots available per month for people to receive radical radiotherapy between 1 January 2016 to date, in tabular form. [12820/23]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

1294. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent radiation therapists required to ensure people with cancer start radiation therapy within the required timeframe. [12821/23]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

1295. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent radiation therapists working in the public health system to provide radiation therapy to cancer patients at the end of each of the years 2016 to 2022. [12822/23]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

1296. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent radiation therapists working in each of the public hospitals at the end of each of the years 2013 to 2023. [12823/23]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

1297. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount paid to the private healthcare sector to provide radiation therapy to cancer patients from the public health system via the National Treatment Purchase Fund or other payment mechanisms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12824/23]