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Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Is it operating yet?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I served on the largest health board in the country and learned some lessons during that time. As I have stated on many occasions, the HSE is not the appropriate structure to deliver health services in this country. The sooner we return to regionalisation, as proposed in part under Sláintecare, the better. However, there are issues to be addressed. I do not accept the notion...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Why is the system not working smoothly? There was a reference made following an investigation recently about the chain of command. How is the chain of command operating? I do not think it is operating at all and I do not think it has for many years, certainly since the health boards and regionalisation disappeared. There appears to be an amorphous mass somewhere in the centre, a hazy,...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: We believe the Minister of State is fairly formidable so that is why I asked the question.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I am fine.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I hate to ask this question all the time, but we hear about the issue regularly. It is denied by some people within the health services that we pay on par with the highest paying countries in the OECD but we do not receive equivalent service. Is there any way we can identify why that is? We have spoken about inefficiencies and duplications; I believe that is part of our problem.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: The longest way around is often the safest way home.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 250. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which the number of home care packages can be increased in line with the demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51217/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 111. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which the treatment purchase scheme can be activated to alleviate overcrowding at hospital accident and emergency departments and waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50826/18]

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

Bernard Durkan: 137. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied with the adequacy of the public hospital bed complement and that relevant staff are available throughout the public health sector to meet the challenges of the coming winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50825/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 248. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the administration of medical cards can be streamlined with a view to speeding up the turnaround, and in respect of discretionary cards to eliminate repeated requests for further information which have no bearing on the outcome other than the patient having a life threatening condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 239. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the health budget to meet in full the costs likely to occur during the course of 2019; if budgetary overruns are expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51206/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 240. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extra nurses recruited to the public health sector in the course of the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51207/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 241. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner vacancies identified and waiting to be filled throughout the country; his plans to meet this requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51208/18]

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

Bernard Durkan: 242. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant positions to be filled throughout the public health sector; his plans to fill these vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51209/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing posts available to be filled at all levels throughout the public health sector; his plans to fill these vacancies at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51210/18]

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

Bernard Durkan: 244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions filled throughout the public health sector in the past two years at administrative level and other levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51211/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting orthodontic treatment; the length of time they have been on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51212/18]

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

Bernard Durkan: 246. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the public health sector has prepared for all eventualities over the winter months with particular reference to the need for a reduction in waiting times and overcrowding at accident and emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51213/18]

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

Bernard Durkan: 247. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he has monitored overcrowding at accident and emergency departments in various public hospitals throughout the country over the course of the past 12 months; his plans to address this issue and avoid a repeat in the winter of 2018-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51214/18]