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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (27 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (27 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: My Department has asked the Health Service Executive to provide the Deputy directly with the information requested in respect of Kanturk Community Hospital, Cork.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (27 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: My Department has asked the Health Service Executive to provide the Deputy directly with the information requested in respect of the project at Ballyshannon.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (27 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: My Department has asked the Health Service Executive to provide the Deputy directly with the information requested in respect of Sligo University Hospital. 

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (27 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: My Department has been advancing work on this matter and having regard for this complex issue and for the sensitivities of the Scheme I requested legal advice from the office of the Attorney General regarding potential changes to the legislation that will address this matter. The Department has received this advice and is exploring the legislative changes necessary and any potential...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services (27 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (27 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 451 and 452 together. The Nursing Homes Support Scheme (NHSS), commonly referred to as Fair Deal, is a system of financial support for people who require long-term residential care. Participants contribute to the cost of their care according to their means while the State pays the balance of the cost. The Scheme aims to ensure that long-term nursing home...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Administration (27 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: The Deputy is referring to an article that was in a newspaper this morning. The article does not deal with all the facts or put them in the public domain. It clearly focuses in on the increases in administrative staff who make up approximately 16% of the overall staff but one must look at where historically there were reductions in staff. The moratorium put in place in 2009 had a greater...

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: On the first question on waiting lists in Cork, Deputy Buckley asked specifically what the Government is doing about waiting lists. The Government allocated €85 million for a winter initiative this year: €40 million for winter measures; €11.6 million to deal with waiting lists and another €35 million was allocated to the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, to...

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: I am an expert on tonsils as well. There is no difference in the waiting list for tonsils or no particular issue arising above and beyond that with any other specialties for which people are waiting. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae is talking about people going to Belfast, which is an available avenue. That is a European-wide initiative. Every country in the EU is able to avail of services in...

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: On home help, as Deputy Michael Collins will be aware, a statutory scheme is being developed. Home help, as we acknowledge and have done so on many occasions, is ad hocand sporadic around the country. It is a demand-led scheme and €408 million is being allocated by the Government this year to meet the needs of home help. There are 50,500 people availing of home help. However, it is...

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: There are some sensitive issues regarding land acquisition that we cannot deal with publicly. Cork County Council is working to secure a site for this Gaelscoil but there are commercial sensitivities. The Department cannot go along and announce that it wants a particular site and drive up the price. There are other issues which also have to be addressed around planning, sustainability and...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: I thank Deputy Ferris for raising the issue of staffing at University Hospital Kerry. I understand that the Deputy’s concerns relate, in particular, to the provision of cardiology services in the hospital, notwithstanding the wider issues he has raised. He specifically focused on that. The cardiology department in University Hospital Kerry performs a variety of heart tests such...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: I appreciate there is confusion around the current status of that situation. The HSE has informed me that no formal resignation has been received to date from the cardiologist in question in University Hospital Kerry. To avoid confusion, the purpose of the cardiologists who go there weekly, fortnightly and monthly is to deal with outpatient clinics and to reduce the waiting times, whereas...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 188 and 189 together. As these are service matters I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 191 and 192 together. As these are service matters I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.