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

Stephen Donnelly: 117. To ask the Minister for Health when an outpatient action plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50796/18]

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

Stephen Donnelly: 142. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources in terms of additional staff and beds required for emergency departments to meet the six hour target for admission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50797/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (6 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 188. To ask the Minister for Health when sections 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Act 2018, as amended, will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51485/18]

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I welcome the visitors to the Visitors Gallery and commend Deputy Jack Chambers on bringing forward this Bill which deals with an issue in which I know he passionately believes. He is a strong advocate for those who have suffered immense harm owing to the scandal of thalidomide. He has laid out in great detail a litany of State failures not only from the 1960s but up until now and which...

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (11 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: The Bill amends the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 to provide that any non-Irish health professional qualification that was recognised in the State prior to the introduction of the statutory registration at the Health and Social Care Professionals Council, CORU, will not have to be re-recognised for the purposes of registration under the Act. It pertains to a wide range of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (11 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 282. To ask the Minister for Health the funding due from the HSE to a service (details supplied); when outstanding funding will issue; if no services will be impacted as a result of the delays in payment by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51533/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (11 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 356. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessment by early intervention teams in each LHO area in CHO 6; and the number waiting zero to three, three to six, six to nine, nine to 12, 12 to 18, 18 to 24 and more than 24 months, respectively. [51761/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (11 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 430. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the mechanism he plans to put in place to ensure cross-departmental implementation of climate mitigation measures; if a report on same will be made available to Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52106/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (11 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 431. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of tangible emission reductions for each action funded under the national development plan and or Project Ireland 2040, by item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52107/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 180. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports available for non-medical costs for families of sick children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52320/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank all the witnesses for their time this morning and for their statements. They are very useful. This question is to whoever would like to respond. In terms of the quality of the service, several witnesses suggested that the service is under more pressure than it was previously. Reference was made earlier to 2008 and, just a minute ago, to a degrading of the service. I have two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: It sounds like time per person, the level of qualification required and availability are going down while the waiting time is going up and the system is being extraordinarily badly administered in a variety of different ways. In response to very clear frustrations the witnesses are obviously all managing on a daily basis, is anything working in the system? What is going well? In terms of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital Location (13 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 149. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the relocation of the national maternity hospital to St. Vincent’s University Hospital; the timeframe for same; the issues arising with regard to ownership; if religious ethos will not be a factor in clinical practice in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52632/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy (13 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 150. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the relocation of the Rotunda Hospital to Connolly hospital; the timeframe for same; the issues arising with regard to ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52633/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (13 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessment by early intervention teams in each LHO area and in CHO 7; and the number waiting zero to three, three to six, six to nine, nine to 12, 12 to 18, 18 to 24 and more than 24 months, respectively. [52642/18]

Select Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I ask the Chairman's guidance, as I have questions that are relevant to the Bill rather than the specific sections and subsections. When is the time to address those questions to the Minister of State?

Select Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Great. The risk equalisation levy is a regressive levy if one assumes that higher-income households buy more expensive healthcare and lower income households, where they can afford it, buy less expensive health insurance policies. Risk equalisation divides into two different types of policies, namely, advanced and non-advanced, and it applies a flat rate to them. It applies a levy of...

Select Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I appreciate that the Minister of State is standing in for the Minister, however, this is Committee Stage and my question speaks directly to what is being proposed in the Bill. How do we proceed?

Select Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: And to ask questions, this is Committee Stage.

Select Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: It is not very satisfactory. I am not asking a curveball question, it goes to the very heart of the levy and the legislation before us. It is no reflection on the Minister of State, I know that he is stepping in for the Minister, Deputy Harris, but it is hardly satisfactory.