Results 241-260 of 1,025,425 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Batt O'Keeffe OR speaker:Joe Flaherty)
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2024)
Duncan Smith: That is encouraging. The support to access existing funding pots while the scoping exercise is under way is welcome. The ILFA appeared at the health committee in April and has made a request to meet the Minister. Its asks include: additional financial supports for patients; consideration of tax rebates and grants - I welcome the Minister mentioning the latter; State funding for ILFA...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (13 Jun 2024)
Hospital Services
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (13 Jun 2024)
Pearse Doherty: 15. To ask the Minister for Health what plans, if any, are in place to deal with the crisis in neurology services at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25767/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (13 Jun 2024)
Pearse Doherty: My office has been inundated with demands for a dedicated outpatient neurology service provided by a consultant neurologist at Letterkenny University Hospital. The community neurorehabilitation team in the north west is seriously understaffed and operating with only one third of the required number of staff. This will not change until the HSE's recruitment embargo is lifted. That...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (13 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy. With regard to the recruitment embargo, there is definitely a debate to be had about funding of the health service, but the recruitment embargo had nothing to do with this issue. In fact, the HSE was funded to a record level last year for an additional 6,000 staff but hired in excess of 8,000 staff. I do not want the recruitment embargo to be in place but this...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (13 Jun 2024)
Pearse Doherty: I accept that Letterkenny University Hospital currently provides clinics for patients with neurological conditions but it urgently requires a dedicated outpatient neurology service provided by a consultant neurologist. This is not the first time I have raised this issue with the Minister. He previously informed me the review of the neurology services in the north west was under way. The...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (13 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I will ask the Department to revert to the Deputy directly on the delays and the date for completion of the review moving from quarter 2 to quarter 3. Let us see whether that delay can be managed down to just a matter of weeks. This is not about the denial of any service. The service is being provided but, as the Deputy reasonably pointed out, it is a long way to Sligo University...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (13 Jun 2024)
Pearse Doherty: It is not acceptable to make neurology patients travel so far. The campaign group Patients Deserve Better has outlined the impact of this, including the increased costs and waiting lists, as well as unnecessary hospital admissions when services are not provided locally. It is not just the campaign group, however. The HSE model of care report suggests there is a need for a consultant...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (13 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The reality is that although there are ongoing pressures on certain services at Letterkenny University Hospital - I fully accept that and have visited the hospital many times - there has been a very significant increase in capacity in the hospital and in services delivered by the hospital in the lifetime of this Government. The budget has increased by a quarter. The number of staff has...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (13 Jun 2024)
Ambulance Service
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (13 Jun 2024)
Duncan Smith: 16. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to introduce a consultant-led helicopter emergency service that would bring lifesaving expertise to the scene of crashes rather than waiting for the injured to arrive at a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25062/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (13 Jun 2024)
Duncan Smith: What are the Minister's plans to develop a consultant-led helicopter emergency service that would bring lifesaving expertise to the scene of crashes and accidents? It was news to me that Ireland is an outlier among our European counterparts as regards this service. It is something we need to provide. I think the Taoiseach or the Minister has made positive comments on this matter. I would...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (13 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I acknowledge the excellent contribution our National Ambulance Service, NAS, teams make in delivering emergency care right across the country. Helicopter emergency medical services, HEMS, are consultant led and paramedic-delivered in Ireland. The NAS provides two dedicated HEMS aircraft, including one aircraft operated in conjunction with the Irish Air Corps. Also, the Irish Coast Guard...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Facilities (13 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: We are keeping a very open mind to anything local hospitals want to bring forward in terms of proposals, with one important caveat, namely, the capital budget is what it is. The Government has expanded it very significantly in recent years, but in respect of any proposal relating to bed capacity, we would have to ask whether it would have a knock-on effect on any opportunities to increase...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (13 Jun 2024)
Primary Care Centres
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (13 Jun 2024)
Pádraig O'Sullivan: 13. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the status of the primary care centre in Glanmire, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25702/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (13 Jun 2024)
Pádraig O'Sullivan: Will the Minister provide an update on the status of the primary care centre in Glanmire?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (13 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy and acknowledge his ongoing work, advocacy and interaction with me to ensure this essential primary care service in Glanmire will remain a Government priority and be opened. The provision of the new primary care centre in Glanmire is an absolute priority for the Government and the HSE. The centres, as the Deputy will be aware, play an essential role in providing...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (13 Jun 2024)
Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister and appreciate the update. As he will be aware, Glanmire is a fairly large community on the eastern side of Cork city, whose population, depending on how widely the area is measured, comprises 30,000-plus people, so it is critical we get that primary care centre delivered as soon as possible. The Minister of State, Deputy Colm Burke, and I visited the one in...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (13 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I have no doubt the Deputy will make sure I stay on top of this. I fully agree that these centres make a huge difference to the local community and we do need to get it right. In order that people are aware, when it has opened, the services we are going to have at the primary care centre in Glanmire will include public health nursing services, primary care physiotherapy, occupational...