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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (30 Mar 2022)

David Cullinane: 161. To ask the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Wexford hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17053/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (30 Mar 2022)

David Cullinane: 163. To ask the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Cork University Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17055/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (30 Mar 2022)

David Cullinane: 168. To ask the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by South Tipperary Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17071/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (30 Mar 2022)

David Cullinane: 169. To ask the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17072/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (30 Mar 2022)

David Cullinane: 173. To ask the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Mercy University Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17076/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (30 Mar 2022)

David Cullinane: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Mullingar hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17077/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (30 Mar 2022)

David Cullinane: 176. To ask the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Navan hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17079/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (30 Mar 2022)

David Cullinane: 180. To ask the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Kerry hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17083/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (30 Mar 2022)

David Cullinane: 182. To ask the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Limerick University Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17085/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (30 Mar 2022)

David Cullinane: 183. To ask the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by Mater Misericordiae Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17086/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (30 Mar 2022)

David Cullinane: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges from patients attending hospital groups managed by St. Vincent's University Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17088/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

David Cullinane: Our witnesses are very welcome. I thank them for their presentation. My first question is more an observation with a question in it. It relates to waiting lists and the waiting list numbers for neurology. Often the focus is on the global number of 900,000 people on some form of acute hospital waiting list. I understand 630,000 are on an outpatient waiting list with 160,000 people waiting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

David Cullinane: I refer to the alliance's recommendations. We all accept that the waiting times are too long and that we need more capacity. The alliance has clearly set out its request in respect of increased staffing capacity, especially specialist nurses. I am assuming that is advanced nurse practitioners.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

David Cullinane: The alliance says that 100 are needed. What is the time period for that? Obviously, the alliance wants as many as possible as quickly as possible. What is the request regarding those 100? How quickly are they needed in the system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

David Cullinane: With regard to the specialist nurses and the advanced nurse practitioners, one of the issues that has been highlighted is the very high wait times for acute hospital. However, many of the services are provided in the community, where they should be provided. When we talk about specialist nurses, is that a mix of nurses who would be in acute hospitals and in the community?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

David Cullinane: However, in terms of the alliance's request now, the main focus would be in acute hospitals as regards those specialist services.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

David Cullinane: Obviously, we need as many neuro-rehabilitation teams as possible. Only a small number of additional teams have been funded in recent years so we definitely need more. In what areas are there shortages? First, are the teams that are up and running fully staffed? In the area of rehabilitation, there is a shortage of occupational therapists and physiotherapists across the board. Children...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

David Cullinane: Can Ms Rogers give us a flavour of what those teams comprise?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

David Cullinane: I have a related question on neuro-rehabilitation beds. Are they primarily in acute hospitals or are they also provided by some of the voluntary organisations? I imagine that some of those beds are in the community as well. Is there a capacity issue in terms of neuro-rehabilitation beds as well as staff?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

David Cullinane: I will just make one final observation. I thank the witnesses for their responses, and I fully support all of their requests. Obviously, we need to be practical in terms of how quickly we can respond to those requests but it must be done and the strategy must be properly resourced. I want to comment on the section 39 organisations and their funding model. Unfortunately I did not have...