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Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Jan 2019)

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Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: When healthcare is discussed in politics and in the media, the focus is almost exclusively on what is going wrong. This relates to the numbers waiting to see doctors or to receive treatment, the number of people lying on trolleys in emergency departments, the number of people who cannot access mental health supports and the fact that the Government’s response to the crisis is all talk...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (15 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 553. To ask the Minister for Health when a national lead for youth mental health will be in place in line with recommendation 8 of the National Youth Mental Health Taskforce Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54099/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (15 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 554. To ask the Minister for Health when the Pathfinder project will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54100/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 555. To ask the Minister for Health when strategic funding for youth mental health will be announced as per recommendation 10 of the National Youth Mental Health Taskforce Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54101/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (15 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 564. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to address failings found within the "Your service, your say" system in view of media reports; if the actions include a full review; if official contact has been made with those affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54164/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (15 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 633. To ask the Minister for Health the number of recorded violent assaults on general practitioners and their staff in the course of their work over the past ten years, either at their practice premises, on home visits or at out-of-hours centres, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54408/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (15 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 634. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he plans to introduce in the new GMS contract to ensure the protection of general practitioners from violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54409/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (15 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 709. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of postal services to the HSE each year; the price paid for letters, envelopes and stamps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1149/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (15 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 711. To ask the Minister for Health the reason those aged 70 years of age and older are refused bowel screening by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1152/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (15 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 903. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 902 of 6 November 2018, the timeline for an agreed design for upgrade works on the N11; when works will commence on each identified phase; when all works will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54370/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 1065. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial supports available for non-medical costs for families of sick children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54403/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (19 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 358. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned publication date of the new national oral health policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53732/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Data (19 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 359. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free dental care for children aged six, seven and eight years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53733/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (19 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 411. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant positions in whole-time equivalent terms which are vacant or filled by a locum in each relevant hospital in tabular form. [53917/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (19 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 412. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant positions in whole-time equivalent terms in each public and voluntary hospital filled by a non-specialist consultant; and the percentage of consultant positions in whole-time equivalent terms that are filled by a non-specialist consultant in each public and voluntary hospital in tabular form. [53918/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (19 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 418. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the significant increase in costs for the new children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54032/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (18 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 341. To ask the Minister for Health the CEO or equivalent of each hospital and each hospital group on 1 January 2014, 1 January 2015, 1 January 2016, 1 January 2017, 1 January 2018 and 1 December 2018; the number of these that received their appointment following an open competition; the number holding the position in an acting and or temporary capacity; the appointed persons on each date who...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (18 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 347. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the rate of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis here; his further views on the benefits offered by the use of IBD nurse specialists in the treatment and management of these conditions; the number of IBD nurse specialists here; his plans to broaden the number of IBD nurse specialists; when further recruitment of IBD nurse specialists is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services Funding (18 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 355. To ask the Minister for Health the projected expenditure on cancer services for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52772/18]