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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I was hoping for something else from the Minister and Mr. Breslin today. We have heard from the board, the Department and the HSE. I have asked all of them whether they believed that what has happened is a catastrophic failure of management. All of them have said "no". They stated that they would do things exactly the same and that they do not consider the financial side of this project...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: -----and it is super high spec. I understand Chair. At €1.6 million per bed, the national children's hospital, building at the same cost as the most expensive hospital ever built with a super high spec, would be €750 million. The costs can be triangulated in all sorts of ways and we still keep coming back to a figure of about €1 billion. Turning to my questions, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Will the Minister confirm whether a substantive effort is being made to look at redesigning some of these massive cost overruns out of the hospital so that cost can be deployed in other areas?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 157. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the roll-out of new national trauma centres, including the planned trauma centre at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; the deadlines for submissions, decisions and implementation in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4444/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (30 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 179. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of amending the fees charged under the NHSS to enable nursing home residents with an assessed weekly income of €300 or less to retain a minimum of €60 weekly. [4599/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 180. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost, current and capital, of providing a mobile catheterisation laboratory for Waterford University Hospital. [4600/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 181. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year running costs of opening all medical assessment units on a seven day basis. [4601/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (30 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 182. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting an extra 500 hospital consultants; and the average estimate for support staff required per consultant. [4602/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (30 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 183. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting an additional 4,000 nursing staff. [4603/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (30 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 184. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of abolishing prescription charges. [4604/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (30 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of increasing the general practitioner rural practice allowance to €25,000. [4605/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy Implementation (30 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 186. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of implementing the national maternity strategy. [4606/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (30 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 187. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing an additional 3 million home support hours for older persons. [4607/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (30 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 188. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of completing the recruitment required for the full implementation of A Vision for Change. [4608/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Data (30 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of reducing the drug payment threshold to €100. [4609/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Staff (30 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting an additional 200 speech and language therapists. [4610/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Staff (30 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 191. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting an additional 200 occupational therapists. [4611/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Physiotherapy Provision (30 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting an additional two hundred physiotherapists. [4612/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Staff (30 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 193. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting an additional 50 dental surgeons. [4613/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (30 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 194. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of providing an additional emergency ambulance; and the estimated full year costs of additional personnel required for its staffing. [4614/19]