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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: On implementation, one of the things we have all become used to and which is replicated all over the world is that plans are brought forward, strategies are devised, steering groups are set up but there can be an unmerciful time delay from all of that administrative activity through to things actually happening on the ground, in hospitals, for example. Do the witnesses have any sense of when...

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (12 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: That is why I called for a report.

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (12 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Deputy Danny Healy-Rae is one to talk.

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (12 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: We were told in 2016 that the national children's hospital would cost €650 million. We were told in 2017 that the total cost would be €980 million, an increase of approximately 50%. We were told in 2018 the cost would, in fact, be €1.4 billion, another 50% increase in costs. There is also an additional €300 million required for IT and opening the hospital. This...

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (12 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: At 309 beds and a cost of €270 million the English people will be paying one quarter the amount per bed. I ask the Deputies to leave the Chamber if they want to have a chat. We are trying to have a debate.

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (12 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: At 309 beds and €270 million, the Irish people will pay four times more per bed than was paid in England just a few years ago. By any measure this is an outrageous overspend. It is an insult to every taxpayer and citizen. It is an insult to every doctor and nurse working in outdated facilities or understaffed teams. It is an insult to the more than 500,000 people waiting to see a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (12 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 260. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the replacement and refurbishment of 90 community nursing units nationally announced on 26 January 2016, in tabular form; the funding allocated to each project in 2019; and the expected completion date for each. [11466/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Meetings (12 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 262. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times he met with a person (details supplied); the issues discussed; if his officials attended the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11476/19]

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

Stephen Donnelly: 265. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 26 February 2019, the details of interactions including dates, substance of advice and position taken by CervicalCheck between his Department and the organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11495/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (12 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 266. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff at national director level, assistant national director level, general manager level and grade VIII level in the HSE on 1 March 2019 or the latest date available. [11499/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (12 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 267. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner vacancies in each local health area in tabular form. [11500/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (12 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 294. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made on providing a person (details supplied) with an inpatient place at the National Rehabilitation Centre, Dún Laoghaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11592/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (12 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 322. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital managers and CEOs educated to MBA level or equivalent; and the number who have been funded to acquire such a qualification since 2016. [11656/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (12 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 324. To ask the Minister for Health the number of scheduled treatments and procedures cancelled in all acute hospitals in 2018. [11670/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (12 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 339. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of conferring consultant status on specialists in public health medicine here further to a report (details supplied). [11713/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (12 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 355. To ask the Minister for Health the target date for the opening of the new 60-bed modular unit at University Hospital Limerick; the target date for the opening of the new permanent 90-bed structure at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11836/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (12 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 397. To ask the Minister for Health if a revised decision on minimum unit pricing in the event of an extension to Article 50 will be committed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12029/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (12 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 398. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for delaying minimum unit pricing pending further clarity on Brexit in view of the fact that statistics show the level of cross-Border trade has not increased between 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12030/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (12 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 414. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 24 January 2019, the breakdown of orthodontic patients waiting less than two years for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12098/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (12 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 459. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1195 of 20 June 2017, if he will provide the international benchmarking exercise used to compare the construction cost of the planned national children’s hospital with other hospitals built throughout the world; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12310/19]