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Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (4 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 116. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under and over 16 years of age waiting for orthodontic treatment for one year or less, one to two, two to three, three to four and more than four years respectively by LHO area, in tabular form. [40363/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (4 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 117. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner vacancies in each local health area. [40364/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Intervention Teams (4 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 118. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE community intervention teams nationwide; if there is one in each LHO; if not, the LHOs that do not have a community intervention team exclusive to their locale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40365/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Crisis Pregnancy Services (4 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 143. To ask the Minister for Health the preparations being put in place by his Department and the HSE for the introduction of pregnancy termination services. [40458/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Crisis Pregnancy Services (4 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 144. To ask the Minister for Health the number of officials in his Department that have been assigned to oversee the introduction of pregnancy termination services. [40459/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Crisis Pregnancy Services (4 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 146. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding being provided to ensure the timely introduction of pregnancy termination services. [40461/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Crisis Pregnancy Services (4 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 147. To ask the Minister for Health the consultation that has taken place with professional representative bodies with regard to the introduction of pregnancy termination services. [40462/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Crisis Pregnancy Services (4 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 145. To ask the Minister for Health the number of officials in the HSE that have been assigned to oversee the introduction of pregnancy termination services. [40460/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (4 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 148. To ask the Minister for Health the number of existing beds closed in each hospital and step-down facility, including rehabilitation units, palliative care units and nursing homes. [40467/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Data (4 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 168. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant positions in each public and voluntary hospital; the number of those filled on a whole-time equivalent basis; the number of those vacant as of 30 September 2018 or the latest date available; and the number of those filled on locum or non-specialist basis in tabular form. [40574/18]

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: With your indulgence, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, can I seek clarification on two technical points from the Minister on section 22? The first is a health and safety issue that has been raised regarding wheelchair access. It is not looking to do anything to the heights of the barriers; they are what they are. Some of the retailers have stated that for wheelchair access there must be some...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: No thanks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (3 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Are we covered by privilege?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I welcome the Minister, and I wish Ms Magahy the best of luck. She has taken on a Herculean task. Fianna Fáil has signed up to Sláintecare. It helped to write it and would like to see it implemented. Healthcare reform is difficult and complex and regularly fails in different jurisdictions around the world. One of the things it requires is credibility of leadership, and I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: The short version is as follows. My concern is that Sláintecare will be tasked with solving problems such as waiting lists. We do not need Sláintecare to reduce waiting lists, promote the health of the population, drive accountability and performance or deliver a healthcare system that has the ability to plan and execute. We need Sláintecare for reconfiguration. Reducing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I wish to return to the issue of waiting lists because I have been reflecting on the Minister’s response. Fundamentally, the current waiting lists have nothing to do with Sláintecare. They have grown beyond recognition to levels never seen before in the history of the Republic of Ireland. Does the Minister accept that solving the waiting lists is possible without...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: On that issue, the question was slightly different. The Minister's response is that he is broadly in agreement with the Sláintecare/TCD figures of approximately €1.1 billion. The question was slightly different in that I asked if, notwithstanding any negotiations with the Minister for Finance this year - I appreciate where we are at in the budget cycle - taking a five to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Is it the Minister's understanding is that it should not affect the ability to invest in health care next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Minister. The question that people in the HSE will ask, as they did when the Minister's predecessor, Senator Reilly, said he was going to get rid of the HSE, and as happened when Mr. Andrew Lansley said he would get rid of the primary care trusts, is, "Will I have a job?" Slimming down means fewer staff, which means some people will be on voluntary or compulsory redundancy...