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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Jul 2024)

Duncan Smith: 2416.To ask the Minister for Health the number of unfilled nurses and midwives positions respectively that currently remain unfilled for each hospital; the current staffing levels in each; the additional recruitment into each in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32885/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Jul 2024)

Duncan Smith: 2417.To ask the Minister for Health the number of unfilled consultant positions respectively that currently remain unfilled for each hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32886/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Jul 2024)

Duncan Smith: 2418.To ask the Minister for Health the projected costs of settling the medical laboratory scientists pay claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32887/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (23 Jul 2024)

Duncan Smith: 2419.To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional hospital beds have been delivered in each of 2023 and 2024 to date; the breakdown by type of bed that is, acute, step down and so on; the expected end of year delivery; his plans for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32888/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (23 Jul 2024)

Duncan Smith: 2420.To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost of delivering 1,500 additional acute beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32889/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (23 Jul 2024)

Duncan Smith: 2501.To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost of introducing screening for lung, prostate and gastric cancers, respectively; his plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33318/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (23 Jul 2024)

Duncan Smith: 2502.To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national strategy for accelerating genetic and genomic medicine in Ireland; the additional resources he has committed to this; the plans in place to ensure timely access to genetic evaluation, counselling, testing and risk reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33319/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (23 Jul 2024)

Duncan Smith: 2503.To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for diagnostic tests; his plans to meet Sláintecare objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33320/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (23 Jul 2024)

Duncan Smith: 2504.To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding he has committed to the national cancer strategy in each year since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33321/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (23 Jul 2024)

Duncan Smith: 2505.To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of medical oncologists; how many are currently in place; how many vacancies there are; what the annual training capacity is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33322/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jul 2024)

Duncan Smith: Beaumont Hospital is 37 years old. Its catchment area has more than trebled since it opened yet many of the facilities remain the same. While we can talk about a number of issues in regard to Beaumont, I want to focus on capacity and space. I had the privilege of being shown around the hospital by clinicians recently. There are solutions to provide space in accident and emergency, resus...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (11 Jul 2024)

Duncan Smith: 269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to investigate the case of a mother (details supplied) who has been denied maternity benefit, despite having the necessary contributions. [30622/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (10 Jul 2024)

Duncan Smith: 9. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the European Council in June. [29422/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)

Duncan Smith: I thank the witnesses for always being so available to the committee and being so frank and honest in their answers. I appreciate that. I will following up on the point in relation to the Dublin commuter zone. Obviously, this impacts my own constituency. However, in relation to Newbridge, while the committee received many emails this morning, this campaign has been going on for six...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)

Duncan Smith: That is the kind of stuff that we could hear being delaying factors on other projects, rightly or wrongly. In terms of MetroLink, if we get a favourable decision and there is funding in place, insofar as it can, the NTA is ahead of the game on its side.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)

Duncan Smith: Brilliant. I thank Mr. Creegan. In relation to accessibility, a few weeks ago I met a constituent who is blind and is a regular bus user but who has had buses drive pass him at bus stops and has had to rely on the kindness of strangers at bus stops to make him aware of when buses arrive. Is any work being done, such as app technology, that can aid visually-impaired people in using the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)

Duncan Smith: That would require every bus that passes that stop to stop and ask every individual.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)

Duncan Smith: Would there be practical implications of that given the timetabling constrains on the bus services or anything like that? Obviously, there would be multiple bus services that could be coming from multiple areas. Particularly where they are converging on somewhere such as the Ballymun Road or the Swords Road, one could have buses coming from Coolock, Swords or the Glasnevin direction. Are...