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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (19 Nov 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting on the planned procedures list less than six, six to 12 and more than 12 months by hospital group in tabular form [47148/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (19 Nov 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 334. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting on the GI endoscopy planned procedures list less than six, six to 12 and more than 12 months by hospital group in tabular form. [47149/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (19 Nov 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 335. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting on the planned procedures suspensions list less than six, six to 12 and more than 12 months by hospital group in tabular form. [47150/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (19 Nov 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 336. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting on the outpatient waiting list less than six, six to 12 and more than 12 months by hospital group in tabular form. [47151/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE National Service Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 411. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE national service plan for 2020 will be published. [47548/19]

Progressing Children's Disability Services: Statements (14 Nov 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: The debate was due to come back around. It was not set at just ten minutes per grouping. If there were other Members indicating they had the right to speak for ten minutes.

Progressing Children's Disability Services: Statements (14 Nov 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: There is a young woman in Wicklow who has spina bifida and who is in a wheelchair. Her spine is curving as she grows, as a result of her condition. Her wheelchair cushion, therefore, needs to be adapted as her spine curves. I met her mum, who told me that she could not use her wheelchair anymore because her spine had curved to such a degree that she could not use the cushion. It causes...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Genetic Data (14 Nov 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 127. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons resident here that have availed of genetic testing in other EU states under the cross-border directive in each year since 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46957/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Data (13 Nov 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 159. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance in age groups (details supplied) [46755/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I apologise sincerely for being late. We are trying to keep St. Joseph's Shankill dementia care centre open so we had a big rally outside the gates. I needed to be there. I acknowledge the work of the INMO's members. The current system is extraordinarily difficult. Almost every interaction I have had with public hospitals and some of the community-based services - the nursing services...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Thank you. I apologise to the Chair if I am covering ground that has already been covered. Given it is obvious a workforce plan is needed, given we are looking at one-year, five-year and ten-year thinking and investment in training, in graduate courses and in recruitment and retention, and given there is a commitment in place for that, and it is plain as day that we need it, what is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: While the committee has probably already discussed this at length, we had senior management of the HSE at the committee recently and I put the recruitment pause directly to them. I said I am being contacted by nurses who are telephoning hospitals around the country, and I named various hospitals, and they are being told there is a recruitment ban in place. I put it directly to HSE...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Yes, that is exactly what it is. I thank Ms Ní Sheaghdha for that. Some really good progress was made by the INMO over the last two years in terms of getting agreed safe staffing levels. When I go into the acute hospitals, what the doctors and nurse managers say is that they do not have the nurses on the ward. I was in a hospital recently and one nurse seemed to be doing all the work...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: If I understand what Ms Ní Sheaghdha is saying correctly, no commitment is in place for that, as things stand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Has any progress been made to date or is this something we are hoping happens in the future, in terms of actual staffing levels and ratios?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Has the ratio moved in the right direction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Is it true to say that nothing has happened?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: By definition we are still running our healthcare system at unsafe staffing levels. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: There is a hiring moratorium in place which we are being told is not in place. We are running on unsafe staffing levels and those levels have not changed. Bits and pieces are being put in place but we are not hiring nurses and midwives-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: So we are going backwards in terms of staffing.