Results 6,861-6,880 of 26,402 for speaker:David Cullinane

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 670. To ask the Minister for Health the number of capital funding requests submitted to his Department from each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group specifically to address the issue of bed capacity over the past three years; the amount requested; the amount provided by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58942/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 671. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new acute beds that have been provided to each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58943/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical staff vacancies by staff grade currently for each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group; the length of time of each vacancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58944/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 673. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional beds that will be made operational in hospitals under the Saolta Hospital Group under the winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58945/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 674. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to recent data provided by the Irish College of General Practitioners that states that 60% of a survey of 900 general practitioners have stated that they are at capacity and not taking on new patients and that up to 700 will retire over the next five years; the measures he proposes to take to ensure sufficient general...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of planned surgeries that have been cancelled in each hospital of the Saolta Hospital Group over each of the past six months as a result of bed capacity issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58947/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 676. To ask the Minister for Health the annual budget allocated to each hospital in the State over each of the past five years; if additional current funding has been requested for any individual hospital or hospital group; the reason for the additional funding request; the response of his Department to each request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58948/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 677. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of home care hours applied for by CHO; the total number granted in tabular form over each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58949/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 678. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care plans for each CHO; the progress to date on each project; the timeframe for delivery of each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58950/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 679. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for approval of a home care application; the level of delayed discharges from each hospital in the Saolta Group while waiting on a home care package or community bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58951/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 680. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community hospital beds in the Saolta Group counties available to patients on discharge from acute hospitals; if he plans to increase community bed capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58952/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 689. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the terms of reference of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; when he will announce the appointment of a lead independent expert; when each of the strands of the review will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58975/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 690. To ask the Minister for Health if he has or will adjust the recruitment process for permanent and locum doctors, nursing, health care assistants and other posts in the health service; if the HSE will or has devolved power to hospital management or group management or otherwise senior staff below a national level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58976/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 691. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to issues regarding international recruitment into the health service regarding work permits; if his attention has been further drawn to issues regarding the recruitment of carers and healthcare assistants and disputes regarding constraints on critical skills employment permits; his plans to address the shortage of carers and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 692. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the severe overtime culture in the HSE; the average number of overtime hours worked on a weekly basis by grade within the medical, dental, nursing and midwifery and healthcare assistant professions in acute hospitals; his plans to ensure that promise overtime rates are applied in every hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 693. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand menopause supports and awareness; the steps he has taken since becoming Minister; his plans for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58979/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 730. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a submission for a specialist centre for intestinal failure; if he plans to deliver a specialist centre at St James’s Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59123/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (25 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 346. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in Seanad Éireann on 10 November 2021 by persons (details supplied) regarding travel for the termination of pregnancy as an emergency medical service; if he has consulted with the relevant officials on the matter; if he will make changes to the relevant instruments with regard to same; and if he will make a statement...

Covid-19: New Measures: Statements (24 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: We all hoped we would be in a different situation going into December and the Christmas period. We must all reflect on the current trajectory of the disease, the current daily case numbers, the number of people who are hospitalised, the numbers in ICU and the very difficult situation we have in our hospitals. At the same time, for anyone who gets sick with Covid, it is difficult for them...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 548. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence regarding obtaining a vaccine certificate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56884/21]