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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: -----but it ended up having to be carried over a number of years. That was, in essence, a form of multi-annual budgeting. It was not designed to be that; it was by accident. Multi-annual budgeting makes sense.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: I will ask Mr. Kearns about another issue, that of IT infrastructure, which, as he mentioned, is also important. We understand that the health information Bill will come before the committee in a few weeks. That is very important. I am a great believer in individual health identifiers and centralised referral systems. That now needs to be managed regionally, when we have the RHAs in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: Is Mr. Kearns saying it will become a single point of failure? Is that the danger?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: Interoperability would be-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: I have two more questions. I will make one overall point on the RHAs. The expression "levelling up" is much misused at present but having RHAs and giving them autonomy could have that levelling up-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: -----impact in making sure that those regional disparities that exist are dealt with. We know about the problems in the mid-west, for example, and so on. That will be a big part of how successful or not these RHAs are. How does Mr. Kearns see the role of the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF? How will it interact with RHAs? There is a view, and it is one I share, that there needs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: Advice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: I will make a final point. Mr. Kearns made the same point in his opening statement and in a private session we had with him and others in the HSE and the Department on RHAs. I mentioned workforce planning as being critical to success. That will be the single biggest challenge in healthcare over the next number of years. We need to be much more ambitious in setting targets for training but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: I will make one final point. I will be so bold as to ask Mr. Kearns whether he has applied for the job of head of the HSE.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: I thank Mr. Kearns and I hope he succeeds.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on screening and diagnostic waiting lists for cancer-related appointments, by location and by gender in tabular form; the number as of 10 October 2010, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52712/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 575. To ask the Minister for Health the mean, median and maximum wait time on screening and diagnostic waiting lists for cancer-related appointments, by location and by gender in tabular form; the number as of 1 October 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52713/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 576. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on radiation, surgical, and medical oncology waiting lists by appointment type, by location, and by gender, in tabular form; the number as of 1 October 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52714/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 577. To ask the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum wait time for radiation, surgical, and medical oncology by appointment type, by location, and by gender in tabular form; the number as of 1 October 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52715/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (25 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 613. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment campaign to replace the outgoing CEO of the HSE; the process and timeframe for appointing a replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52933/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (25 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 622. To ask the Minister for Health the staff turnover rate in the HSE for 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, by grade and by hospital group and CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53009/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 625. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time that it took to fill a consultant vacancy in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, from the initial application for the post by a hospital to the role being offered to the successful candidate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53015/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 626. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time for which each pre-existing and newly-created vacant consultant post which are currently unfilled have been vacant, in tabular form; the date on which each post was sought, approved and first advertised; the date on which the posts were re-advertised, where applicable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53016/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 627. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which a consultant post was re-advertised due to an inability to fill the post in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the number of occasions on which they were re-advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53017/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 628. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts requested, approved, advertised, and filled in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the date on which the relevant posts were sought, approved, advertised and filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53018/22]