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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I refer to HIQA. I accept it is conflated but it is inextricably linked in another way. A block grant comes from the HSE to a section 39 organisation. HIQA then arrives on the scene and says additional staff are needed to provide a service and that the organisation is in breach of guidelines or regulations if it does not do so. Following that, two things can happen. The organisation can...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (31 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding for a flood relief scheme (details supplied) will be approved in order to allow the project to proceed without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4772/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Waiting Times (31 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 242. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients over 75 years of age who have had to wait more than 24 hours in an accident and emergency department in 2017, by hospital, in tabular form. [4913/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Capacity Review (31 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 241. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of increasing health service capacity as detailed on page nine of the executive summary of the health service capacity review; and the costs for both scenarios provided, in tabular form. [4912/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (31 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in December 2017, in tabular form; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes to hand over patients, retrieve their trolleys and return to responding to calls; and the number that waited longer than 40, 60, 90, 120 and more than 180 minutes for same...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (30 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 378. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure incurred by Healthy Ireland on advertising for each year since its launch; and the funding allocated for such purposes in 2018. [4077/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (30 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 389. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of including products to treat head lice on the drug payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4115/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (30 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 391. To ask the Minister for Health the annual figure for the throughput of the minor injuries units in hospitals; the peak times for attendances; and the weekend attendance figures. [4119/18]

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: Ultimately the Deputy will decide.

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: It is abundantly clear. We should be honest.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (25 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 127. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether patients in public hospitals that are to be treated by consultants not on the Medical Council’s specialist register should be made aware of this fact in advance; and if so, his plans to ensure that such information is provided to patients in public hospitals. [3721/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Haddington Road Agreement Implementation (25 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 128. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals in which the reforms introduced under the Haddington Road agreement regarding the operation of the working day over a period from 8am to 8pm are being applied in full; the hospitals in which this is not implemented; and the reason therefor, in tabular form [3722/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors (25 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 129. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals in which the transfer of tasks previously undertaken by non-consultant hospital doctors to nurses in return for the restoration of the time and one-sixth twilight payment has been implemented in full; the hospitals in which this is implemented; and the reason therefor, in tabular form. [3723/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Contracts (25 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 130. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals in which consultants are routinely rostered to carry out duties on a Saturday or Sunday, in tabular form. [3724/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (23 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 347. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses newly recruited in 2017 across all sectors of the health service; and the net increase in nursing numbers resulting from this recruitment. [2890/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Staff (23 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 348. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists recruited in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care and acute disability services; and the net increase in speech and language therapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [2891/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Staff (23 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 349. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists recruited in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care and acute disability services; and the net increase in occupational therapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [2892/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (23 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 350. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists newly recruited in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care and acute disability services; and the net increase in physiotherapists numbers resulting from this recruitment. [2893/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy (23 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 355. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe agreed to publish the implementation plan for the national neuro-rehabilitation strategy in view of the fact that the plan was not published by year end 2017 as per his commitment. [2904/18]

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

Billy Kelleher: 360. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional beds in each hospital that have now opened or are due to open, further to his recent press statement that additional beds in a number of hospitals, including St James's, the Mater and Beaumont are opening; and if the beds are new capacity or existing beds that have been closed. [2923/18]