Results 121-140 of 3,873 for national treatment purchase fund

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (24 Oct 2023) See 2 other results from this answer

Stephen Donnelly: ...waiting times for many scheduled appointments and procedures were too long before and have been made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Department of Health continues to work with the HSE and the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) to identify ways to improve access to care. The 2023 Waiting List Action Plan builds on the foundational work done in the 2021 and 2022 plans, both of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (24 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...waiting times for many scheduled appointments and procedures were too long before and have been made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Department of Health continues to work with the HSE and the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) to identify ways to improve access to care. The 2023 Waiting List Action Plan builds on the foundational work done in the 2021 and 2022 plans, both of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (24 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...times for many scheduled appointments and procedures were too long before and have been made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Department of Health continues to work with the HSE and the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) to identify ways to improve access to care. The 2023 Waiting List Action Plan builds on the foundational work done in the 2021 and 2022 plans, both of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (19 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE advises that a pilot project commenced in 2016 by the HSE Acute Hospitals Division to progress the collection of national radiology waiting list data. The project has been supported by the Radiology Clinical Care Programme and has involved key stakeholders across the system including the National Integrated Medical Imaging System (NIMIS) Team, Hospital Groups, and the support of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (19 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 359. To ask the Minister for Health how much has been spent on the NTPF in 2022 and to date in 2023; what is the expected spend for 2023; what the allocation is now for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45942/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: ...Nursing Home in Claremorris and the St. Brendan's nursing unit in Mulranny. St. Brendan's has already been forced to cut its bed count from 35 to 24 due to spiralling costs. While the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF is tasked with addressing such issues, its efforts seem to be inadequate in the face of these escalating situations. I ask the Taoiseach what immediate measures...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (18 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...times for many scheduled appointments and procedures were too long before, and have been made worse by, the Covid-19 pandemic. The Department of Health continues to work with the HSE and the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) to identify ways to improve access to care. On the 7th of March, I published the 2023 Waiting List Action Plan, which is the latest stage of a new...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...into the future. It is a signal to those who invest in Ireland that we are serious about delivering our radical investment plans. It gives a commitment to those who work hard and pay taxes to fund services today that those services will be there when they need them. It provides direct aid to families at a time of need while moving forward with the modernisation and expansion of a range...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Michael McGrath: I wish to announce a number of other new measures in budget 2024. An issue which has been regularly raised with me, including by colleagues across the House, is the VAT treatment of audio books and e-books. E-books are currently subject to a VAT rate of 9%, unlike printed books, which are zero-rated. Audio books are not currently included in the VAT zero-rating. Therefore, I have decided...

Seanad: Budget 2024 (Finance): Statements (10 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am very pleased to appear before the Seanad to discuss budget 2024, which was presented to Dáil Éireann earlier today by the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. I have copies of the speech. Recent years have seen the Irish economy grapple with a series of economic shocks - Brexit, the pandemic, Russia's invasion of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (10 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 468. To ask the Minister for Health if private autism assessments can be funded under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; if so, the steps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43489/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Colm Burke: ...has reduced in real terms but the costs continue to go up. Can efficiencies be created in that area? For instance, some of the public nursing homes got an increase of more than 12% under the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, whereas some of the private nursing homes got an increase of 1.5%. That raises a huge question about efficiencies and improvements on that.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (5 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) works with public hospitals, as opposed to with patients directly, to offer and provide the funding for treatment to clinically suitable long waiting patients who are on an Inpatient/Day case or Outpatient waiting list. The key criteria of the NTPF is the prioritisation of the longest waiting patients first. While the NTPF identifies patients...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (4 Oct 2023)

Bríd Smith: 193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate funding in budget 2024 to extend the national treatment purchase fund to include timely assessment for both child and adult psychological services, as committed to in the programme for Government, and extend it to include occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and physiotherapy until backlogs are cleared; if he will fully fund...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Stephen Donnelly: ...waiting times for many scheduled appointments and procedures were too long before and have been made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Department of Health continues to work with the HSE and the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) to identify ways to improve access to care. On 7 March, I published the 2023 Waiting List Action Plan, which is the latest stage of a new multi-annual...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (3 Oct 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...of vehicles in Category A-D in order to reduce the amount of BIK payable. This was introduced as a temporary measure for 2023 that is due to remain in place until 31 December 2023. In addition to the favourable treatment for low emission vehicles in this new structure, there is currently also a BIK exemption for BEVs with an OMV up to €45,000 (€35,000 plus €10,000 OMV...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Oct 2023)

Richard Bruton: 631. To ask the Minister for Health whether he has received any reports from the NTPF of the main types of procedures which it has been supporting; whether the target waiting time before an offer is made to patients is reported to be different for different procedures; and the scale of these differences. [42420/23]

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Sep 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...as the remaining RESS 1 projects reach their final milestone and early and early RESS 2 projects reach commercial operation. Further renewable generation will be delivered through corporate power purchase agreements. On the topic of registered gas installers and whether we can use installers from other jurisdictions, the Registered Gas Installers, RGI, scheme is a matter for the CRU....

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...for facilitating this engagement with the Taoiseach. I warmly welcome the Taoiseach to this House. I will start by acknowledging the very significant and excellent speech he made at the United Nations General Assembly on 22 September. He gave a very passionate speech. He touched on the issues of dignity, equality, solidarity, environmental responsibility and social responsibility....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2023)

Brian Stanley: ...Officers or Ministers and follow-up to committee meetings. The first two items relate to the same issue so I propose that we discuss them together. No. 2143B, from Mr. David Gunning, chief executive, National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, dated 19 September, provides information we requested regarding the operating theatres at the national children’s hospital. No. 2146B,...