Results 141-160 of 437 for speaker:Martin Daly
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Trusts (8 Sep 2025)
Martin Daly: 2116. To ask the Minister for Health whether the Saolta university health care group or the clinical director at Galway university hospital has provided a rationale for the non-implementation of the one hospital, two sites maternity model between Galway and Portiuncula university hospitals as recommended by the Walker report. [44766/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Investigations (8 Sep 2025)
Martin Daly: 2117. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider publishing any internal reviews or audits undertaken in relation to the non implementation of shared clinical governance structures for maternity services between Portiuncula and Galway University Hospitals. [44767/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Sep 2025)
Martin Daly: 2118. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant obstetricians that have been appointed specifically to Portiuncula University Hospital’s maternity unit since the publication of the 2018 Walker report; and if this aligns with the recommended levels for safe and sustainable maternity care. [44768/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Trusts (8 Sep 2025)
Martin Daly: 2119. To ask the Minister for Health whether a permanent shared governance structure for maternity services between Portiuncula and Galway University Hospitals has been established; and if not, whether any barriers to its implementation have been identified. [44769/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Investigations (8 Sep 2025)
Martin Daly: 2120. To ask the Minister for Health whether Galway University Hospital’s maternity unit has undergone an independent review of its clinical outcomes, safety standards and capacity given its expanded role in managing higher risk cases referred from Portiuncula University Hospital. [44770/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Investigations (8 Sep 2025)
Martin Daly: 2129. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that Portiuncula university hospital serves a wide geographic area including Westmeath, Offaly, East Galway, North Clare, South Mayo and Roscommon, and in light of the criteria now being applied to classify certain pregnancies as high risk, has her Department assessed whether Galway university hospital is geographically suitable to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Investigations (8 Sep 2025)
Martin Daly: 2130. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the recommendations made in both the Walker and Coulter Smith reports on Portiuncula maternity services and given the hospital’s geographical importance, whether she will commit to providing the necessary resources to enable the restoration of full maternity services at Portiuncula university hospital. [44780/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Investigations (8 Sep 2025)
Martin Daly: 2133. To ask the Minister for Health further to the findings of the Coulter Smith review group into Portiuncula university hospital’s maternity services, whether she will commit to commissioning a national review of maternity services provided in smaller hospitals across the State, given the report’s conclusion that similar inherent risks may exist in other units of comparable...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Sep 2025)
Martin Daly: 2121. To ask the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that the transfer of higher risk maternity care from Portiuncula University Hospital to Galway University Hospital is being supported by appropriate investment, resources and governance structures to ensure patient safety and service quality. [44771/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Sep 2025)
Martin Daly: 2122. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to maintain access to antenatal services for higher risk pregnancies in the areas traditionally served by Portiuncula University Hospital, particularly in rural and socioeconomically disadvantaged communities. [44772/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Sep 2025)
Martin Daly: 2123. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department will consider establishing a satellite high risk antenatal unit at Portiuncula University Hospital, in the context of improving accessibility for high risk expectant mothers. [44773/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Sep 2025)
Martin Daly: 2124. To ask the Minister for Health the transport supports being considered for pregnant women in rural communities who now need to travel to Galway University Hospital for maternity services previously provided at Portiuncula University Hospital. [44774/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Investigations (8 Sep 2025)
Martin Daly: 2125. To ask the Minister for Health whether anonymised summaries of the 12 serious maternity incidents at Portiuncula University Hospital referenced in the Professor Coulter Smith report (details supplied) will be published. [44775/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Investigations (8 Sep 2025)
Martin Daly: 2126. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 12 serious incidents reviewed in the recent report on Portiuncula University Hospital that were classified as high risk under the current criteria being applied to transfer cases to Galway University Hospital during the antenatal period, and the number identified as potentially avoidable based on the clinical review. [44776/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Inspections (8 Sep 2025)
Martin Daly: 2127. To ask the Minister for Health whether there are plans to commission an independent review of the configuration, quality and governance of maternity services across the Saolta hospital group including Portiuncula, Galway and Mayo University Hospitals. [44777/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Sep 2025)
Martin Daly: 2128. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to maintain the high quality specialist endocrine service currently provided at Portiuncula University Hospital for women with pregnancies complicated by diabetes to Galway University Hospital as a satellite clinic. [44778/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Investigations (8 Sep 2025)
Martin Daly: 2131. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the remaining five case reviews to be published as part of Professor Coulter Smith’s report on Portiuncula maternity services. [44781/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Sep 2025)
Martin Daly: 2132. To ask the Minister for Health the number of maternity units of similar scale to Portiuncula university hospital that rely on locum consultants for obstetric care, and the actions being taken to address workforce sustainability and ensure continuity of safe care in these units. [44782/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (8 Sep 2025)
Martin Daly: 2315. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in July 2025; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls; and the number that waited longer than 40 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 120 minutes and more than 180 minutes. [45579/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (8 Sep 2025)
Martin Daly: 2316. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by a first responder in 7 minutes and 59 seconds or less; and the percentage of clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient carrying vehicle, in 7 minutes and 59 seconds or less by ambulance station in each of the months in 2025 to July or latest date available. [45580/25]