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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (15 Feb 2022)

David Cullinane: 60. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the crisis in general practice and general practitioner out-of-hours services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7840/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (15 Feb 2022)

David Cullinane: I spoke earlier about the crisis we have in GP capacity. There are so many crises in health and I think the Minister will accept we have a real problem in this State. I am getting calls from people who are telling me that for the first time, they are having real difficulties getting an appointment to see a GP. It is not just Covid-related. It is a problem in rural areas but also in parts...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (15 Feb 2022)

David Cullinane: The Minister's response sets out the scale of the challenge because we are talking about 233 training places. I engaged with the ICGP on this and approximately 30 places over the past two years were not available to allow some of those training places to be taken up. That is one of the problems. We need 2,100 GPs over the next five years to simply stand still. That is on a no-change...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Feb 2022)

David Cullinane: 58. To ask the Minister for Health when the waiting list plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7839/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Feb 2022)

David Cullinane: I think we all accept that waiting lists are dangerously high. At the weekend, figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, showed almost 900,000 people are on some form of health waiting list. More than 600,000 people are waiting for a hospital appointment, of whom 165,000, including 25,000 children, have been waiting longer than 18 months to see a hospital consultant. We are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Feb 2022)

David Cullinane: The problem is that all sorts of promises have been made in the past to deal with waiting lists. When the HSE was established and in 2005, the Taoiseach at the time stated he would eliminate waiting lists. In 2015, the Tánaiste, as the then Minister for Health, said that by the summer of 2015 under his watch no patient would wait longer than 18 months. In 2017, the then Minister for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Feb 2022)

David Cullinane: The Minister has to understand what causes the problem with waiting lists. It is the same thing that causes the problem in our emergency departments. We do not have enough admission beds in hospitals. Two years ago, in budget 2021, the Minister committed to bring 1,147 additional in-patient acute beds into the system. Some 400 of those have not yet been delivered. Hospitals do not have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (15 Feb 2022)

David Cullinane: 91. To ask the Minister for Health when he will establish regional health areas; the form these will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7843/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (15 Feb 2022)

David Cullinane: 828. To ask the Minister for Health his plans and the actions underway to restructure the HSE; the measures that will be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8132/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (15 Feb 2022)

David Cullinane: 829. To ask the Minister for Health when regional health areas will be introduced. [8133/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (15 Feb 2022)

David Cullinane: 830. To ask the Minister for Health when he will provide funding on a population basis via regional health areas. [8134/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (15 Feb 2022)

David Cullinane: 132. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish a new cardiovascular health strategy; if he will deliver 24/7 cardiac cover for the southeast area of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7844/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Feb 2022)

David Cullinane: 158. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to improve menopause supports for women; if he will put in place a women’s health structured care programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7845/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Feb 2022)

David Cullinane: 162. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase capacity across relevant paediatric specialties to deliver treatment for persons with scoliosis and spina bifida who have been waiting for a long time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7842/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Regulatory Bodies (15 Feb 2022)

David Cullinane: 283. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to address the wider issue raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7556/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (15 Feb 2022)

David Cullinane: 629. To ask the Minister for Health the recommendations of the Women's Health Taskforce for endometriosis patients; his plans for the implementation of those recommendations; the steps being taken to improve the diagnosis, management and treatment of endometriosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7427/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (15 Feb 2022)

David Cullinane: 662. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant, derelict or otherwise unused properties, that is, commercial, residential or other, owned by the HSE; and the name, location and size of site including separately the size of any grounds associated with the building or site in tabular form. [7531/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (15 Feb 2022)

David Cullinane: 663. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant or unused properties owned by the HSE; and the name, location and size of site including separately the size of any grounds associated with the building or site in tabular form. [7532/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (15 Feb 2022)

David Cullinane: 664. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of underutilised, that is, low occupancy and or mostly unused, sites and buildings owned by the HSE; and the name, location and size of the site including separately the size of any grounds associated with the building or site in tabular form. [7533/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Climate Change Policy (15 Feb 2022)

David Cullinane: 665. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE climate plan and decarbonisation strategy; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7534/22]