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Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Agency Staff Expenditure (3 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 198. To ask the Minister for Health the agency spend on staff from 1 January 2019 to 30 September 2019 or the latest date available in each public and voluntary hospital in tabular form. [40369/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Agency Staff Expenditure (3 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 199. To ask the Minister for Health the agency spend on staff from 1 January 2019 to 30 September 2019 or the latest date available in each community healthcare organisation in tabular form. [40370/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (3 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme at the end of September 2019 or latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of persons awaiting placement under the scheme by each LHO area in tabular form; and the length of time waiting. [40423/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Closures (3 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 224. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 30 September 2019 or the latest date on which data for validated bed closures at hospital and ward level are available, in tabular form. [40424/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Discharges (3 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges for each public and voluntary hospital at the end of September 2019; and the total number to date in each, in tabular form. [40425/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (3 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 226. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by a first responder in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less; the percentage of clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less for each ambulance station in each month in the year to the end of September 2019 or latest date...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Waiting Times (3 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients 75 years of age or over that experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours during September 2019; the total number to date in 2019; and the hospitals in which the wait occurred. [40427/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (3 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided by LHO area to the end of September 2019; and the number of persons on the waiting list for home support hours by LHO area by time periods (details supplied), in tabular form. [40428/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (3 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 229. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in September 2019; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls; the number that waited longer than 40, 60, 90, more than 120 and more than 180 minutes, respectively, for same, in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (3 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 230. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients waiting for time periods (details supplied); and the same information for other spinal patients for both Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, and Temple Street Children’s University Hospital at the end of September 2019 or the latest date available, in tabular form. [40430/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (3 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons by LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care at the end of September 2019 or the latest date available; and the number waiting for time periods (details supplied). [40431/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (3 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 232. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons by LHO area waiting for an ophthalmology appointment in primary care at the end of September 2019 or the latest date available; and the number waiting for time periods (details supplied). [40432/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (3 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 233. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons by LHO area waiting for an audiology appointment in primary care; and the number waiting for time periods (details supplied). [40433/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (3 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 234. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons by LHO area waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care; and the number waiting for time periods (details supplied). [40434/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (3 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 235. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons by LHO area waiting for an oral health appointment in primary care at the end of September 2019 or the latest date available; and the numbers waiting for time periods (details supplied). [40435/19]

Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I congratulate Deputy O'Callaghan on introducing this Bill. It is one of a number of measures he is leading on behalf of Fianna Fáil to deal with some worrying changes in our society, including increases in crime, intimidation and violent crime. While the CSO does not report detailed figures on knife crime for various reasons, it is pretty clear that things are moving in the wrong...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Infrastructure Provision (2 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 187. To ask the Minister for Health if capital funding is being included in 2020 plans for the expansion of an intensive care unit at Tallaght University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40099/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Status (2 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the construction of the new national children’s hospital; the estimated cost of its construction; when the hospital will be open and operational; and the cost projections for specific items (details supplied) in tabular form. [40138/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the witnesses for attending. What is most interesting about the opening statements is what is not in them. The hospital consultants, nurses, midwives and allied health professionals are saying the public health system is on fire. They are talking about more than 1 million people waiting for healthcare. That was not mentioned anywhere in any opening statement. More than 500,000...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: The problem is there is nothing wrong with what the Minister has said. All of those things must happen but we have been listening to similar explanations for years. The reality is things are getting worse and faster. We have gone from 13,000 to 106,000 people waiting more than a year and half for an appointment. That has happened in just three years. The Minister is correct as the one...