Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Meetings

David Cullinane

190. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings that he and his Departmental officials had with organisations (details supplied) and other representative bodies in 2022 in which the issue of expanding GP visit cards to more of the population was discussed; the dates of such meetings; the topics discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50645/22]

Budget 2023

David Cullinane

191. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional funding excluding funding for existing levels of service as in pay, demographics and carryover measures for funding the Disability Capacity Review in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50646/22]

Budget 2023

David Cullinane

192. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the additional funding excluding funding for existing levels of service as in pay, demographics and carryover measures for funding Sharing the Vision in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50647/22]

Budget 2023

David Cullinane

193. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of additional staff funded in Budget 2023 excluding from previously-funded posts and staff not yet delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50648/22]

Budget 2023

David Cullinane

194. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the core additional spend for new measures excluding one-off measures for emergency department hospital services in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50649/22]

Budget 2023

David Cullinane

195. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the core additional spend for new measures excluding one-off measures for the National Ambulance Service in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50650/22]

Budget 2023

David Cullinane

196. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the core additional spend for new measures excluding one-off measures for primary health care services in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50651/22]

Budget 2023

David Cullinane

197. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the core additional spend for new measures excluding one-off measures for community healthcare services in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50652/22]

Budget 2023

David Cullinane

198. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the core additional spend for new measures excluding one-off measures for acute hospital services in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50653/22]

Budget 2023

David Cullinane

199. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of additional acute inpatient beds funded in Budget 2023, excluding beds previously-funded and not yet delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50654/22]

Budget 2023

David Cullinane

200. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of additional critical care beds funded in Budget 2023, excluding beds previously-funded and not yet delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50655/22]

Budget 2023

David Cullinane

201. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of additional mental health beds funded in budget 2023, excluding beds previously funded and not yet delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50656/22]

Budget 2023

David Cullinane

202. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of additional community beds funded in Budget 2023, excluding beds previously-funded and not yet delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50657/22]

Budget 2023

David Cullinane

203. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a line-item breakdown, beyond the summary of measures, of the €254.4 million in new measures funding allocated to his Department, detailing the cost estimate and implementation timelines for each measure to which new measures funding was allocated in Budget 2023, in tabular form. [50658/22]

Hospital Staff

David Cullinane

204. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the conversion of multitask assistant and household domestic staff and catering grades to healthcare assistant grades at Dungarvan Community Hospital; the number of posts which have been converted; the number of outstanding posts; the number of domestic grade posts which have been converted; the number of outstanding claims from domestic grade posts; the manner in which claims from domestic grade posts is being handled; if domestic-grade post workers who are performing HCA work and hold the requisite FETAC level 5 qualification will be upgraded to HCA posts; the number of meetings held with trade unions regarding this; the outcome of said meetings; the number of occasions on which Dungarvan Community Hospital management has requested upgraded posts for domestic-grade workers; the number of occasions on which these were refused, and by whom they were refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50659/22]

Intellectual Property

David Cullinane

160. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will support the 17 June 2022 WTO decision on the TRIPS Agreement to therapeutics and diagnostic tests without further restrictions or conditions. [50366/22]

Driver Licences

David Cullinane

242. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport if he will address the matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the NDLS fees and payment methods policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50037/22]

Health Services Staff

David Cullinane

689. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities to date for July, August and September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49852/22]

Dental Services

David Cullinane

690. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists who submitted claims under the dental treatment services scheme for each month in 2022 to date, by CHO and LHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49853/22]

Health Services

David Cullinane

691. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on community healthcare waiting lists for each primary care service for July, August and September 2022 in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49854/22]

Disability Services

David Cullinane

692. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on disability service waiting lists by CHO; and the length of time they have been waiting, in tabular form. [49855/22]

Mental Health Services

David Cullinane

693. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting list by CHO and by length of wait, in tabular form. [49856/22]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

David Cullinane

694. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that have been removed from National Treatment Purchase Fund waiting lists as a result of validation for the months of January to October 2022, by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49873/22]

Departmental Data

David Cullinane

695. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of scheduled care cancellations by appointment type, in the months of July, August, and September 2022 by hospital group and hospital in tabular form; the cause of cancellations that is, hospital initiated, patient initiated and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49874/22]

Departmental Data

David Cullinane

696. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum patient experience time to admission for all patients for emergency department admissions and broken down for those under 75 and 75 plus years of age, for each emergency department, for each statutory HSE and public voluntary hospital by hospital group in July, August, and September 2022 totalled for each category and group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49875/22]

Departmental Data

David Cullinane

697. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who waited 0-6, 6-12, 12-24, 24-36, 36-48, and 48 plus hours for admission via an emergency department or whichever time bands are available to the HSE, for each emergency department, in July, August, and September 2022, in tabular form; the number of patients aged over 60 and over 75; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49876/22]

Departmental Data

David Cullinane

698. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the State wide mean, median, and maximum time to admission via an emergency department for all patients under 75, and 75 plus years of age for July, August, and September 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49877/22]

Departmental Data

David Cullinane

699. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of quarter 3 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49878/22]

Departmental Data

David Cullinane

700. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis waiting for a procedure at the end of August and at the end of September 2022; the number waiting greater than six months and 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49879/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

701. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with spina bifida waiting for an orthopaedic or urology procedure at the end of August and at the end of September 2022; the number waiting greater than six months and 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49880/22]

Departmental Data

David Cullinane

702. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer related appointment by appointment type cancelled in July, August and September 2022, for each hospital in tabular form; if he will request the information from each hospital as required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49881/22]

Departmental Data

David Cullinane

703. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric orthopaedic appointments by appointment type, cancelled in July, August and September 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49882/22]

Hospital Admissions

David Cullinane

704. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department post-registration but pre-admission in the month of July, August and September 2022, by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49883/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

705. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people under 18 years and the number of persons over 65 years on national T-recorded hospital waiting lists, by inpatient and outpatient lists for each recorded timeband in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49884/22]

Health Services

David Cullinane

722. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when guidelines (details supplied) were rolled out by the HSE; if any service provider has adapted them and set up family forums since in their community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50038/22]

Medicinal Products

David Cullinane

737. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the Government will support the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2021; if he will support this Bill through the remaining legislative stages; if he intends to bring forward amendments to this Bill at committee stage; if he intends to seek Government business time to facilitate this bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50148/22]

Ambulance Service

David Cullinane

744. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the ambulance response times relative to key performance indicators for ECHO and DELTA callouts for the months of July, August, and September 2022 nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form. [50193/22]

Special Educational Needs

David Cullinane

407. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education when special classes will be approved for a school (details supplied); the timeline for delivery of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48654/22]

Special Educational Needs

David Cullinane

408. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a breakdown of the number of children and young persons who have been found eligible for a special class but who have not received a place in a special class or school in Waterford, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48655/22]

Special Educational Needs

David Cullinane

409. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education the number of special education classes in place in Waterford, both current and those due; the number of requests for increased capacity; the timeline for delivery of same; and the remaining level of unmet need, broken down by school in tabular form. [48656/22]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

David Cullinane

579. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47964/22]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

David Cullinane

580. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he can provide details of the current staffing cohort in the NMBI Registration Department broken down into IE section, EU section, Non-EU section and numbers of ancillary staff supporting the overall registration department to include numbers of education assessors, consultants, and external staff providers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47965/22]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

David Cullinane

581. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he can provide further information regarding the NMBI's summer series events held in June 2022 in UCC, TUS Athlone Campus, St Angela's College Sligo and ATU Letterkenny campus (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47966/22]

Health Services Staff

David Cullinane

603. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to address staff shortages of radiation therapists; if there are plans to review recruitment and retention policies regarding radiation therapists, including staffing levels and service capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48046/22]

Home Help Service

David Cullinane

650. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an up-to-date list of approved home support providers across all counties in tabular form; the level of home service supports provided directly by the HSE, separate to those provided by third-party providers on behalf of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48267/22]

Home Help Service

David Cullinane

651. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to approved home support providers by the HSE in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48268/22]

Health Services

David Cullinane

690. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the financial supports that are available to parents of children with vision impairments who require strong prescription glasses; if these supports vary depending on CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48462/22]

Third Level Education

David Cullinane

219. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47816/22]

Housing Provision

David Cullinane

26. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to deliver public and affordable housing in Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46816/22]

Housing Policy

David Cullinane

59. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will make adjustments to the social housing supports income limits for Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46879/22]