Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Hospital Facilities

Louise O'Reilly

351. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason the bone density department at Cork University Hospital is a private unit; and the reason public patients are being directed towards this private clinic have to pay for care instead of through the public system. [43245/19]

Residential Institutions

Maureen O'Sullivan

352. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if recommendations from a working group convened by his Department to develop specific proposals for a package of health and well-being supports for former residents of mother and baby homes were included in budget 2020; if so, the supports in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43248/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision

Niamh Smyth

353. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the status of the supports and programme being provided for a person (details supplied) by CAMHS in County Cavan; the additional supports that can be made available in this case; if same will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43251/19]

Autism Awareness

Mattie McGrath

354. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding funding for the autism awareness plan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43253/19]

National Children's Hospital Administration

Catherine Murphy

355. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the percent for art budget amount that was included in the overall capital budget estimate for the new national children's hospital; if art works have been commissioned in respect of the site; the way in which it is proposed to select the arts medium which will be chosen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43255/19]

National Children's Hospital Expenditure

Micheál Martin

356. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the current estimate of the cost of the children's research and innovation centre in the new national children’s hospital project. [43282/19]

National Children's Hospital Expenditure

Micheál Martin

357. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the current estimate of the cost of information and communication technology in the new national children’s hospital project. [43283/19]

National Children's Hospital Expenditure

Micheál Martin

358. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the current estimate of the cost of the children’s hospital integration programme in the new national children’s hospital project. [43284/19]

National Children's Hospital Expenditure

Micheál Martin

359. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the current estimate of the cost of the electronic healthcare record in the new national children’s hospital project. [43285/19]

Primary Care Centres Provision

John Brady

360. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of a primary care centre in Arklow, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43288/19]

National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times

Stephen Donnelly

361. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the monthly adjustments to the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, waiting list figures published for 2019 which are due to the validation process; the reasons persons were taken off the different lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43292/19]

Hospital Deaths

Mattie McGrath

362. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the status of the inquiry into the death of an unborn child at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, following a misdiagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43301/19]

Maternity Services Provision

Mattie McGrath

363. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of calls and repeat calls to the HSE MyOptions helpline; the number of staff who operate the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43302/19]

Hospital Staff Data

Mattie McGrath

364. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of prenatal genetic diagnosis medical professionals operating within public and voluntary hospitals; if he is satisfied that all such personnel are suitably qualified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43303/19]

Maternity Services

Mattie McGrath

365. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a prenatal genetic misdiagnosis case that occurred at the Rotunda Hospital (details supplied); if other such cases have occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43304/19]

Value for Money Reviews

Mattie McGrath

366. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the consultancy service providers engaged by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with each (details supplied); the reason for each service engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43316/19]

Value for Money Reviews

Mattie McGrath

367. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the cost of each exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43333/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Noel Rock

368. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health his views on hospitals working outside the preferred methods of validating their waiting lists as outlined in the national waiting list management protocol, such as issuing letters to patients less than three months on the waiting list and giving them less than four weeks to reply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43340/19]

Assisted Animal Reproduction

Mattie McGrath

369. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if an analysis or interdepartmental analysis on the implications of introducing regulations governing posthumous reproduction as provided for in the Joint Committee on Health Report on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill has been conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43347/19]

Health Services

Michael Moynihan

370. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if the cost of compartmentalised medication trays are covered under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43349/19]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

371. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of the 100 whole-time equivalent therapists promised for disability services in the 2019 HSE service plan employed as of 15 October 2019. [43350/19]

Dental Services Provision

James Browne

372. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 3 October 2019, the reason periodontology is not recognised as a dental speciality by the Dental Council of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43351/19]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Charlie McConalogue

373. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the reason autoimmune hepatitis is not listed under the long-term illness scheme; his views on whether it is a long-term illness that requires consistent management and impacts on health; if he will consider including it in on the eligibility qualifications under the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43352/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Gino Kenny

374. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the way in which funding for transport to and from hospitals is allocated and used will be examined and clarified; his views on the fact that wheelchair users have particular difficulties in accessing day services if funding for transport is limited such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43353/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Niamh Smyth

375. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43359/19]

Health Services Funding

John Brassil

376. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he has evaluated the costings provided in the Sláintecare report; the estimated full year cost of the Sláintecare recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43360/19]

Health Services

Maurice Quinlivan

377. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive social classes with an organisation. [43374/19]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Lisa Chambers

378. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health when Mayo University Hospital will receive a modular unit for the emergency department with 12 to 20 beds (details supplied). [43377/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists Data

Lisa Chambers

379. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an outpatient appointment in Mayo University Hospital; and the length of time each has been waiting, in tabular form. [43378/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists Data

Lisa Chambers

380. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Mayo waiting for an outpatient appointment in CHO 2; the facility they are waiting to receive the appointment; the length of time they have been waiting; and the procedure they are waiting for, that is, hip replacement, knee replacement and so on in tabular form [43379/19]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Lisa Chambers

381. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the posts at Mayo University Hospital that have been offered to applicants but are awaiting a start date. [43380/19]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Lisa Chambers

382. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the vacancies across all departments in Mayo University Hospital; the length of time the posts have been vacant; the status of the vacant posts; and when they will be filled, in tabular form. [43381/19]

Hospitals Data

Lisa Chambers

383. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the budget for Mayo University Hospital for 2019; the overrun in the budget to date; and the estimated overrun by the end of 2019. [43382/19]

Hospitals Data

Lisa Chambers

384. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated to Mayo University Hospital in each of the years 2016 to 2019. [43383/19]

Mental Health Services Expenditure

Lisa Chambers

385. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the percentage of the overall health budget spent in County Mayo on mental health in each of the years 2016 to 2019. [43384/19]

Mental Health Services Expenditure

Lisa Chambers

386. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on mental health services in County Mayo in each of the years 2016 to 2019; the locations in which it has been spent; and the organisations in this regard. [43385/19]

Occupational Therapy Data

Lisa Chambers

387. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Mayo waiting for occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy; and the length of time they have been waiting, in tabular form. [43386/19]

Hospital Investigations

Micheál Martin

388. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an investigation of deaths involving CPE in Limerick University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43391/19]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Micheál Martin

389. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has received an application for funding for the oral chemotherapy agent osimertinib; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43393/19]

Hospitals Capital Programme

Thomas P. Broughan

390. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the capital works programmes planned for Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 for the remainder of 2019 and 2020; the estimated cost of each project; and when works on each capital project will commence. [43401/19]

Health Care Infrastructure Provision

Alan Kelly

391. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the policies and procedures in place and adopted regarding tendering and awarding of contracts of service in terms of minor construction, mechanical and electrical projects, including technical services for maintenance and minor capital projects, at both Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, and the Louth County Hospital, Dundalk; if he will provide a list of each such contracts, that is, contracts of service in terms of minor construction, mechanical and electrical projects including technical services for maintenance and minor capital projects at both hospitals in each of the years 2013 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the names of the companies to which the contracts were awarded; the value of each contract in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43411/19]

Hospital Staff Data

Alan Kelly

392. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time posts, that is, permanent whole-time equivalent, at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, and Louth County Hospital, Dundalk within the maintenance and technical services department; the number and nature, that is, description of the roles and grades, groups and categories of these positions from January 2013 to October 2019; the cost of each position filled by contract and agency for both hospitals in tabular form; if it is policy at both hospitals to outsource contracts for labour and services rather than retain in-house positions and by means of upskilling existing staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43412/19]

Hospital Facilities

Alan Kelly

393. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the process deployed on the decision to outsource the work of the laundry service located at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; the number of meetings that took place between staff and or their representatives and management as part of this process; the agreements made between both parties before and in the intervening period; the details of outstanding issues regarding the closure of the service to staff and or other services within the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43413/19]

Health Care Infrastructure Provision

Alan Kelly

394. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding tendering or the awarding of contracts of contracts at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. [43414/19]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

395. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the nature and context of the current dispute at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, between craft workers in the maintenance and technical services department and management over the provision of tools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43415/19]

Mental Health Services Funding

Tom Neville

396. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Health the details of the extra amount given to mental health services in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43423/19]

Home Help Service

Michael Healy-Rae

397. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding home help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43425/19]

Mental Health Services Funding

Tom Neville

398. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Health the extra amount to be allocated to mental health services in 2020 which is for new services [43426/19]

Mental Health Services Expenditure

Tom Neville

399. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Health if there was finding unspent from 2019 in the mental health services; if so, the amount; and the location in which this funding was provided. [43427/19]

Hospital Transfers

Martin Ferris

400. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when a patient (details supplied) at University Hospital Kerry can expect to be brought to Cork University Hospital to have a pacemaker fitted. [43429/19]