Results 53,901-53,920 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 250. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which the number of home care packages can be increased in line with the demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51217/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 111. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which the treatment purchase scheme can be activated to alleviate overcrowding at hospital accident and emergency departments and waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50826/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 137. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied with the adequacy of the public hospital bed complement and that relevant staff are available throughout the public health sector to meet the challenges of the coming winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50825/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 248. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the administration of medical cards can be streamlined with a view to speeding up the turnaround, and in respect of discretionary cards to eliminate repeated requests for further information which have no bearing on the outcome other than the patient having a life threatening condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 239. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the health budget to meet in full the costs likely to occur during the course of 2019; if budgetary overruns are expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51206/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 240. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extra nurses recruited to the public health sector in the course of the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51207/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 241. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner vacancies identified and waiting to be filled throughout the country; his plans to meet this requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51208/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 242. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant positions to be filled throughout the public health sector; his plans to fill these vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51209/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing posts available to be filled at all levels throughout the public health sector; his plans to fill these vacancies at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51210/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions filled throughout the public health sector in the past two years at administrative level and other levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51211/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting orthodontic treatment; the length of time they have been on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51212/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Services (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 246. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the public health sector has prepared for all eventualities over the winter months with particular reference to the need for a reduction in waiting times and overcrowding at accident and emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51213/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Services (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 247. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he has monitored overcrowding at accident and emergency departments in various public hospitals throughout the country over the course of the past 12 months; his plans to address this issue and avoid a repeat in the winter of 2018-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51214/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 249. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the hospital cannot be brought up to its full complement of patients with a view to alleviating pressure on hospital beds over the course of the winter months in view of the increasing requirement of nursing home beds as provided at St Brigid’s Hospital, Crooksling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51216/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 251. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which waiting lists for various procedures exist at various public hospitals throughout the country; the action taken or proposed to address such matters in the short and medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51218/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 252. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the treatment purchase scheme can be used to target waiting lists in the short and medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51219/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Regional Service Plans (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 253. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the regionalisation of the HSE with a view to improving its efficiency, continuity of services and greater sensitivity to the needs of the general population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51220/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 254. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on waiting lists for hip replacements at various hospitals throughout the country; the longest period of time a patient has been on this waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51221/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 289. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the adjudication process regarding applications for the rural regeneration development fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51101/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 290. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the review of the community services programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51102/18]