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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Mr. McCallion would accept that a waiting list of over 4,000 is not on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Nearly 1,000 people are waiting for appointments with CAMHS. I will raise a couple of issues about UHL. When the term "clinical advice" is used, it often shuts down any debate. I would always give way to clinical advice but it is clear that there was a problem with the reconfiguration of the hospital groups. The mid-west's is the only hospital group that does not have a model 3 hospital....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I earlier raised the issue of value for money and I am not sure there are robust systems in place. Is any consideration being given to money following the patient as a means of establishing value for money and bringing clarity to spending?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Hospitals, for example, would be funded on the basis of the number of procedures they carry out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: WHO Treaty on Pandemic Preparedness: Department of Health (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Mr. Watt for the briefing. These points are very important to stress. This agreement will not interfere with national competencies and the principle underpinning this, that no country is safe until all countries are safe, is very important. That was brought home to everybody during Covid. I am curious to know who is leading on this for Ireland. Who is negotiating it? What will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: WHO Treaty on Pandemic Preparedness: Department of Health (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Is there a wider group at national level feeding into that from the Department of Health and other relevant agencies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: WHO Treaty on Pandemic Preparedness: Department of Health (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: What about outside of the health perspective of it? One of the issues raised about how we handled Covid was that there were other areas of expertise that should feed into that such as education or children.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I am asking about children's services in Cork. What is the problem there? The Department made a point about access being equal across the country but there is obviously a specific issue in Cork in respect of children's services.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: WHO Treaty on Pandemic Preparedness: Department of Health (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: My final question relates to intellectual property. That was an obstacle last time in getting early access to vaccines and so on. Is that being tackled to make new developments widely available? Is there a way of doing that or will commercial interests still dominate in that area?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (9 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 273. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number of these patients, by county, who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20959/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (9 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 274. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients, by county, treated for foot ulcerations, which do not require a full or partial limb amputation in 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20960/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (9 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 275. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients under the age of 65 years, by county, treated for foot ulcerations, which did not require a full or partial limb amputation, in 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20961/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (9 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 276. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2022 and 2023, by county, on persons under 65 years of age; the number of these patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20962/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (9 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 277. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days required by patients treated for foot ulcerations, which do not require a full or partial limb amputation, in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20963/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (9 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 278. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital bed days required by patients, by county, treated for foot ulcerations, which do not require a full or partial limb amputation, in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20964/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (9 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 279. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital bed days required by patients undergoing full and partial lower limb amputations procedures in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, by county, on persons under 65 years of age; the number of these patients who had diabetes, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20965/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (9 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 280. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital bed days required by patients, by county, on persons under 65 years of age, treated for foot ulcerations, which do not require a full or partial limb amputation, in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20966/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (9 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 281. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior podiatrists and WTE basic grade podiatrists employed by the Health Service Executive in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number of those employed by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20967/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (9 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 282. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient podiatry appointments delivered, by hospital group, in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number of outpatient podiatry appointments delivered, by hospital group, to people with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20968/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (9 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 283. To ask the Minister for Health the number of podiatry appointments delivered, by CHO area, in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number of podiatry appointments delivered, by CHO area, to people with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20969/24]