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Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (21 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 13. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an estimate of the average number of inpatient and outpatient procedures that have been delivered by public hospitals and by the NTPF to date in 2023; and if he is considering any innovations to deliver more procedures. [40277/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (21 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: 23. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that recent data has shown that 100,800 children are on some form of National Treatment Purchase Fund waiting list, with one in five of those 20,600 young people waiting longer than a year for treatment or assessment in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40712/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Sep 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. On the 7thof March, the Minister for Health published the 2023 Waiting List Action Plan, which is the latest...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Sep 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. On the 7thof March, I published the 2023 Waiting List Action Plan, which is the latest stage of a new...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (20 Sep 2023)

Mary Butler: ...-for-profit sector very rarely gets an outing on the floor of the Dáil, so I thank the Deputy for referring to it. As the Deputy will be aware, budget 2023 saw an additional €180 million of funding for services for older people for winter 2022 and into 2023, building on unprecedented increases in recent years. This includes more than €40 million in additional...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...;5,250 per nursing home. This scheme was extended for a second time to the end of June 2023 with a further short-term extension under review. The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, has regular interaction with the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, and has met it to discuss ways to support the sector where necessary and appropriate to complement the normal process of negotiating...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (20 Sep 2023)

Mary Butler: Budget 2023 saw over €40 million in additional funding for Fair Deal which is providing for an uplift in the maximum prices chargeable by private and voluntary nursing homes, as negotiated. Overall, nearly €1.5 billion of the total Health Budget for 2023 is allocated to support people under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (NHSS or Fair Deal). The Government also continued to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Jul 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. On the 7th March, I published the 2023 Waiting List Action Plan, which is the next stage of a new multi-annual...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Jul 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. On the 7th March, I published the 2023 Waiting List Action Plan, which is the next stage of a new multi-annual...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (13 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: 738. To ask 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 each month for each year 2019-2023 to date, inclusive, in tabular form. [35080/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (13 Jul 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: Health Services Waiting Lists (13 Jul 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. On the 7th March, I published the 2023 Waiting List Action Plan, which is the next stage of a new multi-annual...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Jul 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. On the 7th March, I published the 2023 Waiting List Action Plan, which is the next stage of a new multi-annual...

Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...Tóibín mentioned people dying in homelessness outside of Dublin not being recorded. That is the responsibility of the Department of Health. Deputy Mattie McGrath referred to the capacity of wastewater treatment plants in our towns and villages. What he said is not the case. We have invested significantly in Uisce Éireann's capacity to deliver not just for the large urban...

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: .... Let us make sure the Minister of State is supported in rolling all of that out and in making sure that is in place. Other things I am calling for within that group include an expansion of the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF. Why are we not adapting that, dealing with it and providing therapy hours? Then you hit the concrete wall of CORU. While I respect its independence and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (11 Jul 2023)

Mary Butler: ...Deal. This will increase to nearly €1.5 billion for 2023, and I am cognisant that the budget has to support all residents under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (NHSS) for the full calendar year. The only mechanism for funding from the public purse for nursing home residents is Fair Deal and it is really important that private and voluntary providers continue to engage in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (11 Jul 2023)

Mary Butler: ...was designed to protect and support vulnerable older people, to ensure equal access to nursing home care based on what they could afford. This gives certainty to people and families. Government funding for Fair Deal is to support vulnerable older people at a time in their lives where full-time care is essential. Overall, €1.4 billion of the total Health Budget was allocated last...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Jul 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. On the 7th March, I published the 2023 Waiting List Action Plan, which is the next stage of a new multi-annual...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Jul 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Robert Troy: 849. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently expedite an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied) or alternatively refer this patient through the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [34338/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (6 Jul 2023)

Mary Butler: ...was designed to protect and support vulnerable older people, to ensure equal access to nursing home care based on what they could afford. This gives certainty to people and families. Government funding for Fair Deal is to support vulnerable older people at a time in their lives where full time care is essential. The long-established statutory mechanism through which private and voluntary...