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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Representatives from the dentists' professional body were before the committee last week. One point they made, and they did not hold back, was that regardless of the pros and cons of the new oral health strategy, they were not consulted. Does the Minister accept their position on that? If so, why would an oral health strategy be launched that did not consult with either the dentists or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Minister. We have been waiting for a Government or HSE-approved costing for Sláintecare for about two years. Sláintecare came up with its own fairly rough and ready figures to begin with. We disagree on whether the amount allocated to date is closer to €20 million or €200 million. We probably all agree that it is significantly below the Sláintecare...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I wish to ask one final question if I may. It should be quite quick. I refer to staffing of the national children's hospital satellite clinics. They are due to open this summer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: That is welcome. However, I am hearing directly from paediatric consultants who express very real concerns. We are in the middle of a recruitment and retention problem with consultants. We have about half the number that we need. We are about 40% below the average for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD, countries. Children were marching in Cork today or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Is the Minister satisfied that staffing the satellites, which we accept needs to be done, will not put the existing service provision under pressure?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the start date for construction of an extension at a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow is July 2019; if so, the target completion date; if the start date is no longer July 2019, the new estimated commencement date; the reason for the July commencement date to be missed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24250/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Administration (11 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 395. To ask the Minister for Health if there are insurance liability risks for recipients of home care supports if a care giver alleges he or she was injured on the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24253/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Administration (11 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 396. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE-employed home carers and-or privately employed home carers are covered for injuries sustained while they are at the homes of their clients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24254/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Administration (11 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 706. To ask the Minister for Health if there are insurance liability risks for recipients of home care supports if a care giver alleges he or she was injured on the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24247/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Administration (11 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 707. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE-employed home carers and-or privately employed home carers are covered for injuries sustained while they are at the homes of their clients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24248/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (11 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 566. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 31 May 2019 or the latest date on which data for validated bed closures at hospital and ward level are available in tabular form. [23903/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (11 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 567. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in each public and voluntary hospital at the end of May 2019, in tabular form. [23904/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (11 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 568. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost through delayed discharges in May 2019 in each public and voluntary hospital in tabular form. [23905/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Services Data (11 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 569. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by first responders in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less in each ambulance station in each month in 2019 to the end of May or the latest date available; and the percentage of clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient carrying vehicle in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Waiting Times (11 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 570. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years or over who experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours during May 2019; and the hospitals in which the wait occurred. [23907/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (11 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 571. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each local health office, LHO, area to the end of May 2019; the number of persons on the waiting list for home support hours in each LHO area; and the number waiting zero to three, three to six, six to 12 and 12 months plus, respectively, in tabular form. [23908/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (11 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 572. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in May 2018; the number of ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls; and the number that waited longer than 40, 60, 90, 120 and 180 minutes for same, respectively, in tabular form. [23909/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 573. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients waiting less than four months for treatment in Our Lady’s Children's Hospital, Crumlin, and Temple Street Children’s University Hospital at the end of May 2019 or the latest date available; the number waiting four to eight months and more than eight months, respectively; and if the same information will be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (11 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office, LHO, area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care at the end of May 2019 or the latest date available; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [23911/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (11 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 575. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office, LHO, area waiting for an ophthalmology appointment in primary care at the end of May 2019 or the latest date available; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [23912/19]