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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Review (18 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process by which a randomised review will be carried out of the claims of those in receipt of domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24875/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (13 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 137. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to tackle an increase in sexually transmitted infections in Carlow IT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24625/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report (13 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process for changes to local election boundaries; the way in which local residents can input to such processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24628/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 148. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for gynaecologists per speciality and hospital nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24364/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (12 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 169. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols for women to make use of the rapid access pathways in cases in which they need urgent medical assistance after cervical cancer screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24392/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (12 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a nursing home in Kilcoole, County Wicklow, is still empty almost a year after completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24440/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I welcome the delegates and thank them for their updates. I will start with Ms Hardiman and Children's Health Ireland. I thank her for the information she has given. I would like to get her steer on capacity. We are all acutely aware of some of the waiting times experienced by sick children in gaining access to diagnostics, consultant assessments and surgery, where necessary. Ms Hardiman...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: The 31 beds will be inpatient acute beds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: There will be an extra 31 inpatient beds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Turning to the issue of staff, there will be a large complement in the new hospital. Ms Hardiman mentioned a figure of 3,388. Will she break down that number and say whether those staff will be clinical, administrative and management staff, etc.? How many clinicians are included in the figure of 3,388?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Is that across the country or the greater Dublin area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: There is an increase of 312 which is quite an increase.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: How much of a reduction is foreseen in the number of administrative and management staff owing to the reconfiguration?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: No, I understand that, which is why I am asking about how much of a reduction is foreseen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: That is great. Will Ms Hardiman provide us with the figures? It would be very helpful to know what they are.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: While Ms Hardiman is looking them up, I will ask Mr. Barry some questions. Ms Hardiman might take the time to look up the answers to two questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: As we move to the figure of 3,700 staff, it is good to see that capacity is projected to increase. I am interested in hearing the answers to two questions. What is the projected increase in the number of clinical staff? I presume - Ms Hardiman might clarify the position - there will be a commensurate reduction in the number of administrative and management staff as we move from having...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank Mr. Barry for that. He also mentioned that additional executive personnel had resigned. Could he elaborate on that? How many people, was it voluntary or did Mr Barry, as the new chairman, suggest that some people needed to leave?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I refer to the scale of the overspend, and the detail we now know about the various management failures and so forth that led to this substantial overspend. Mr. Barry's sense previously was that the team was probably missing some skills. What additional skills has he brought into the team to ensure such overspends do not happen again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Mr. Barry mentioned the managed equipment service. Clinicians I have spoken to are very worried about the fact that this has been dropped. Their point is that around the world it is best practice to have managed equipment services. For example, in our children's hospitals in Dublin at the moment, some of the most important diagnostic machines such as MRI machines were meant to be...