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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tuarascáil Bhliantúil an Choimisinéara Teanga: Díospóireacht (21 Oct 2015)
John Halligan: Tá brón orm nach bhfuil Gaeilge agam. I will put my questions in English. Will the commissioner clarify the complaints that do not come within the scope of the Act? The commissioner mentioned 115 complaints last year, 35 of which related to the Road Safety Authority. The commissioner spoke about teachers with fluent Irish in Gaeltacht schools. Do those teachers not have fluent...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Accommodation Provision (22 Oct 2015)
John Halligan: 3. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the overcrowding in the emergency Department and wards of University Hospital Waterford during the busy winter months; the number of the recently announced 440 additional beds that will be allocated to the hospital to increase its capacity; when these beds will open; the other measures, specific to the hospital, he has planned, to address...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Accommodation Provision (22 Oct 2015)
John Halligan: What are the Minister's plans to address the overcrowding in the emergency department and wards of University Hospital Waterford during the busy winter months? How many of the recently announced 440 additional beds will be allocated to University Hospital Waterford to increase capacity and when will these beds will open? What measures specific to University Hospital Waterford has he planned...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Accommodation Provision (22 Oct 2015)
John Halligan: I try not to be critical but the Government is failing to deal with the most basic need of a human being when he or she reports ill to a hospital. This is giving them the dignity of a bed in which to receive treatment. As the main hospital in the south-east region, University Hospital Waterford serves a population of about 500,000. Going on figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Accommodation Provision (22 Oct 2015)
John Halligan: The Minister's response is interesting. The nurses I met at University Hospital Waterford the day before yesterday told me that the biggest stumbling block to the opening of additional beds to ease the chronic overcrowding is the ongoing staffing crisis. According to those nurses wards are understaffed and they are unable to meet the total needs of their patients. The INMO estimates that...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Accommodation Provision (22 Oct 2015)
John Halligan: They cannot recruit unless they are given additional funding.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Accommodation Provision (22 Oct 2015)
John Halligan: That is not fair. The Minister knows as well as I do that additional funding is required for the health services. This is not an election issue.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Accommodation Provision (22 Oct 2015)
John Halligan: I do not like cutting across the Minister.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Accommodation Provision (22 Oct 2015)
John Halligan: The Minister should not be making inaccurate statements. He is out of touch with what is happening.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Accommodation Provision (22 Oct 2015)
John Halligan: The Minister is out of touch with what is happening at Waterford hospital. That is not an election issue, it is a fact.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2015)
John Halligan: The Government needs to support the workers.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2015)
John Halligan: The drivers deserve a lot more.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2015)
John Halligan: The Government needs to give back to the workers what it took from them over the past five years.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Oct 2015)
John Halligan: 5. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels at the dermatology department of University Hospital Waterford; if the unit is fully staffed and operating to its full potential; when the full dermatology services at the hospital will be restored; the plans the Health Service Executive has to make this happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36668/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (22 Oct 2015)
John Halligan: 26. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the status of the new labour unit in County Waterford; when it is due to open; if funding has been allocated to provide equipment for it; if staff have been allocated to work in it; the reason for the delay in opening it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36367/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (22 Oct 2015)
John Halligan: 32. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting for a full diagnostic assessment for autism in University Hospital Waterford; the composition of the team; if all the positions are covered; the number of psychologists on the autism team who will provide a full diagnostic assessment; the length of time it will take to recruit staff; the Health Service Executive plan...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Oct 2015)
John Halligan: 44. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients outsourced from University Hospital Waterford to private hospitals for outpatient appointments in 2014 and in 2015 to date; the average cost per consultation for these appointments; the number of such appointments that required follow-up care; the number of these care requirements that will be facilitated at University Hospital...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (22 Oct 2015)
John Halligan: 55. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unfilled consultant positions at University Hospital Waterford by Department; the measures the hospital has taken to fill these posts to date; the average salary being offered; how this compares with similar positions in other hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36370/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (22 Oct 2015)
John Halligan: 74. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed use of the three top floors of the new regional specialist inpatient unit and day service in palliative medicine building on the grounds of University Hospital Waterford; if a designated private wing is being considered for these floors; when construction will commence on the building; when it will be completed; and if he will make a statement...
- Northern Ireland: Statements (3 Nov 2015)
John Halligan: I would have liked much more time to speak on the issue but I do not have it. The two recent reports on the status of Northern Ireland paramilitaries and criminality have thrown into focus public concerns that paramilitarism remains in existence. As the previous speakers have indicated, there can be no tolerance by this Parliament for violence of any kind. I am not altogether comfortable...