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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: 21. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the amount of day cases handled at University Hospital Waterford so far in 2015 is down 15% on the same period in 2014; the reason elective admissions at UHW are down 9% in the same period; if there are any plans to reopen the second operating theatre at the hospital which was closed in 2013/2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: 29. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults in County Waterford that are awaiting assessment by a primary care occupational therapist; if he will provide in tabular form the length of time each of these children and adults have been waiting; the number of occupational therapist posts that currently exist in County Waterford’s public system; the number of these...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: 49. To ask the Minister for Health the reason one in four patients requiring emergency hip fracture surgery at University Hospital Waterford in February 2015 had their procedure delayed for more than 48 hours; if he will provide specific details of the levels of trolley and waiting times in UHW's emergency department in February 2015; if he acknowledges that these patients were mainly elderly...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: 52. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an explanation for the delays at University Hospital Waterford, that resulted in three persons waiting more than 28 days for an urgent colonoscopy in January 2015; the reason almost two-thirds of patients at UHW who required a routine colonoscopy in 2015 were not seen within the target time of 13 weeks; the number of patients at UHW that...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Services (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: 113. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of patients in University Hospital Waterford provided with a specialist palliative care service in their place of residence within seven days of referral in each of the years 2010 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; the staff resources allocated to the provision of specialist palliative care service in the home in County Waterford; if additional...
- 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]
- 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]
- Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)
John Halligan: What about emergency housing?
- Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)
John Halligan: The figures do not add up.
- 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.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (12 May 2015)
John Halligan: There appear to be conflicting views from the Government. Would the Minister accept that many people in the public service have seen their pay dramatically reduced over the last number of years? It started with the pension levy which, I accept, this Government did not introduce. Even those in the public service who were not entitled to any pension had their hours increased and sick leave...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (12 May 2015)
John Halligan: In the spring economic statement we were told that there is €1.5 billion to spend in the October budget, and that the money would be split between taxes and spending increases. However, we were also told that the public sector rises would have to come from the €750 million within the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Are we talking about a sum between €250...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (12 May 2015)
John Halligan: Yes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (12 May 2015)
John Halligan: 184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to possible public service pay restoration, if he will confirm the level at which it is anticipated public service pay will be restored; the grades at which restoration will take effect; if he will confirm which pay-related deductions he will seek to cut and by what margin; if it is likely that there will be a link between...
- 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...
- An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 May 2015)
John Halligan: I remind the House that the Government's response to the tragic case of Savita Halappanavar, the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013, has actually created a situation in which medical conditions due to pregnancy which are not in themselves life-threatening must become life-threatening before it is legal to terminate a pregnancy. This Bill was meant to bring an end to the long...