Results 44,401-44,420 of 49,836 for speaker:Stephen Donnelly

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (23 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 425. To ask the Minister for Health the research or data he has commissioned or his attention has been drawn to regarding the number and location of general practitioner surgeries that are no longer accepting new patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43637/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility (23 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 426. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the NTPF should be extended to cover children with special needs who are waiting for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43638/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Meetings (23 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 427. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings he has had with general practitioner representative organisations including organisations (details supplied) in relation to talks on the new general practitioner contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43639/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (23 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 428. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new general practitioner contract negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43640/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (23 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 429. To ask the Minister for Health if previously closed acute beds in Letterkenny University Hospital will be reopened in 2019; if so, the number of beds which will be reopened; when this will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43641/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (23 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 430. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new acute beds opened in 2018; the locations of those beds; the breakdown of those beds by type, for example, ICU, HDU, ward and rehab; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43643/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (23 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 431. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new acute beds he plans to open in 2019; the locations of those beds; the breakdown of those beds by type, for example, ICU, HDU, ward and rehab; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43644/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (23 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 432. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include funding to upgrade the Rotunda Hospital in the capital plan in view of ongoing multi-year delays in a new campus being built; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43645/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (23 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 433. To ask the Minister for Health the preparations being made to increase acute hospital capacity in winter 2018-2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43646/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE National Service Plan (23 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 434. To ask the Minister for Health when the 2019 HSE service plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43647/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (23 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 435. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the provision of health care is being undermined by reduced salaries for those recruited since 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43648/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (23 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 436. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time to assessment and to access therapies for children with special needs by county or by the smallest available geographic breakdown if county level data is not available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43649/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Research (23 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 471. To ask the Minister for Health the amount and type of investment in pancreatic cancer research here; his plans to co-operate with other countries fighting the disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43848/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Data (23 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 552. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises connected to and premises passed with high speed broadband, respectively, in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and the percentage of total premises this represents. [43847/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Data (18 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 222. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of reversing the cuts to reduce fees payable to general practitioners introduced under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009. [43010/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: The witnesses are very welcome and I thank them both for their time. I want to get their views on the delay in access. Ms Kirkpatrick said parents were negotiating a labyrinth to try to even get access to speech and language therapists for their children. How long is it taking to get an assessment? Once parents decide there may be an issue with their little boy or girl that needs to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Geographically, which areas are doing well and which are doing poorly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Could Ms Kenny say that again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: These are significant variations, with children waiting between six months and three years depending on where they live. Will the witnesses give us a sense of the missed opportunity caused by this variation of two and half years between those waiting for six months and those waiting for up to three years? Will they describe the missed opportunity for the children who must wait an additional...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Does Ms Kirkpatrick know what is causing these large geographical variations around the country?