Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Health Service Executive

David Cullinane

307. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total amount outstanding to HSE creditors in August 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51774/21]

Departmental Expenditure

David Cullinane

308. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total value of consultancy costs for his Department and the HSE in the year to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51775/21]

Health Strategies

David Cullinane

338. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason funding for the stroke strategy was not announced as part of the €50 million for clinical strategies in Budget 2022; when the plan and the implementation plan will be published; the level of funding that will be provided;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51880/21]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

348. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide definitive date for the implementation of a full 24/7 primary percutaneous coronary intervention service at the University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51908/21]

Health Strategies

David Cullinane

349. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason funding for the stroke strategy was not announced as part of the €50 million for clinical strategies in Budget 2022; when the stroke strategy and implementation plan will be published; the level of funding which will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51962/21]

Health Services

David Cullinane

224. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to recognise fibromyalgia as a disability; his plans to update the long-term illness scheme to include this condition; his plans to introduce necessary supports and services for persons with fibromyalgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51428/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

86. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on hospital waiting lists, including lists not reported by the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, such as diagnostic lists; his plans for tackling waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50782/21]

Emergency Departments

David Cullinane

88. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to prevent emergency department overflows from interrupting scheduled care this winter; if he will provide additional resources to the National Ambulance Service to boost emergency care in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50783/21]

General Practitioner Services

David Cullinane

106. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase specialist training places in particular for general practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50780/21]

Hospital Staff

David Cullinane

227. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way in which he will fully implements the safe staffing framework; the full-year implementation cost; the number of nurses and midwives the health service will hire in 2022; if he will implement nurse patient staffing ratios; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50781/21]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

734. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason there are no transitional care services for adolescents using insulin pump therapy at University Hospital Waterford; his plans to provide this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50456/21]

Health Services

David Cullinane

770. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will list each waiting list which exists for services provided by the HSE which is not reported by the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [50641/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

David Cullinane

160. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to engage with the EU regarding Ireland’s participation in a joint procurement process related to potential Covid-19 treatments; if these potential treatments will be made available after the EMA approval; if Ireland will join in a European Commission-led process on the matter; if Ireland will seek to secure these treatments independently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50166/21]

Hospital Staff

David Cullinane

182. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels in the diabetes department at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50235/21]

Hospital Staff

David Cullinane

183. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to recruit additional diabetes nurse specialists at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50236/21]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

184. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the thrive with diabetes project at University Hospital Waterford and its deliverables to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50237/21]

Transport Costs

David Cullinane

75. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49315/21]

Tobacco Control Measures

David Cullinane

459. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions, fixed penalty notices or other sanctions that have been made under the Protection of Children’s Health (Tobacco Smoke in Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) Act 2014 each year since enactment by offence; the number of offences enforced by An Garda Síochána under the Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49704/21]

Vaccination Programme

David Cullinane

533. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when 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. [49437/21]

Hospital Facilities

David Cullinane

538. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the location at which the new acute inpatient beds of the circa 1,140 announced in budget 2021 have been or will be opened in 2021; the number at each location; the number opened in existing space; the number opened in new space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49460/21]