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- Leaders' Questions (12 May 2015)
John Halligan: What about Tús schemes and the JobBridge programme?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (12 May 2015)
John Halligan: So much for Dáil reform.
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Nursing Home Services (12 May 2015)
John Halligan: 190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the power to investigate complaints will extend to all nursing home residents, whether self-funded or in receipt of a State subvention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18265/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (12 May 2015)
John Halligan: 423. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will confirm the level by which funding to Youth Services has been cut since 2012, both in the country in general, and more particularly in County Waterford; the number of jobs estimated to have been lost in the sector throughout the country, and specifically in County Waterford, as a direct result of the cuts in funding; his views...
- Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)
John Halligan: The figures do not add up.
- Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)
John Halligan: What about emergency housing?
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (26 May 2015)
John Halligan: 765. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing home residents currently funded by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18265/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ombudsman's Remit (27 May 2015)
John Halligan: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to extend the remit of the Ombudsman to investigate complaints regarding private nursing homes; when it is anticipated the changes in remit will come into effect; if the remit to investigate complaints will extend to retrospective complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20974/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (27 May 2015)
John Halligan: 143. To ask the Minister for Health the reason almost two-thirds of adult surgical patients at University Hospital Waterford were not seen within the target waiting time of eight months in February 2015; the specific specialties these patients are waiting for treatment in; if the re-opening of a surgical theatre in January 2015 has made an impact on these waiting lists; the way the new...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (27 May 2015)
John Halligan: 144. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the average length of stay at Waterford Regional Hospital is 10.3 days, despite the national average being 5.8 days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20915/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: 3. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm for the people of County Waterford and the south east the reason access to prostate cancer services at University Hospital Waterford is significantly below the national average, with only 16.7% of attendees seen within the target of 20 working days in January 2015; if any man has been sent to a private hospital to cope with this backlog; if...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: Why is the level of access to prostate cancer services at University Hospital Waterford significantly below the national average, with only 16.7% of attendees seen within the target of 20 working days in January 2015? Has any man been sent to a private hospital to cope with the backlog? I draw the Minister's attention to the fact that 50% of new attendees at the prostate clinic in...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: In the first few months of this year only one in every six men with potential symptoms of prostate cancer were referred to the prostate clinic in Waterford. Only one in eight men nationally were seen within the recommended deadline of 20 days of referral. The clinic is supposed to provide rapid access yet delays in filling staffing shortages in Waterford University Hospital have resulted in...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: I accept that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: I wish to make two interesting points. First, internationally, Ireland ranks among the lowest in Europe for urologists per capita. A recent European survey stated that there were only 23 urologists in Ireland representing a rate of 3.2 specialists per 100,000 males aged 40 and over. In Spain, the rate is 19 specialists per 100,000 of similarly aged males. Hospital workers told me during...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: All I can say to the Minister is that he is completely out of touch with how people feel about hospital services in Waterford.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: Look at what IAG did to 4,200 workers when it took over Iberia.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: It committed that to Iberia and there were 4,200 redundancies.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: The Government is giving it away.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: The Tánaiste does not even believe it herself.