Results 141-160 of 518 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Johnny Guirke

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (26 Jan 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 301. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of patients who had surgery for stomach cancer; the number and proportion seen within the NCCP target timeframe for stomach cancer surgeries in each quarter in each of the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3786/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (26 Jan 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 302. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of patients who had surgery for brain cancer; the number and proportion seen within the NCCP target timeframe for brain cancer surgeries in each quarter in each of the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3787/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (26 Jan 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 303. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of patients who had surgery for bladder cancer; the number and proportion seen within the NCCP target timeframe for bladder cancer surgeries in each quarter in each of the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3788/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Jan 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 824. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schedule for the commencement and completion of construction of the long-delayed permanent school (details supplied) in Enfield, County Meath, in view of the severe lack of school capacity in Enfield; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2316/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Jan 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 825. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schedule for the commencement and completion of construction of the interim capacity for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2317/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Jan 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 1267. To ask the Minister for Health when the promised community neuro-rehabilitation teams for each CHO area, currently only two out of nine initiated, which will allow persons living with acquired conditions such as stroke and brain injury to leave hospitals more quickly to continue their recovery at home, reducing the need for longer term care, will be in place, particularly in CHO 8; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Jan 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 1328. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for North-East Doctor On Call, NEDOC, in Meath to attend to a patient in view of the fact that parents in south County Meath seeking a doctor-on-call service for ill children have been referred to as far away as Castleblaney, County Monaghan, 85 kilometres away, due to the lack of capacity in the NEDOC service in Meath; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Jan 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 1330. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for North-East Doctor On Call, NEDOC, to see a patient in the various NEDOC hubs of counties Meath and Westmeath in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63845/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Jan 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 1624. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to drug reimbursement for the lifesaving cystic fibrosis drug kaftrio; the reason that some young patients aged six to 11 years are still excluded from the reimbursement scheme; if he will intervene at this stage to ensure that the drug is made available to all cystic fibrosis patients currently in urgent need of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Dec 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 242. To ask the Minister for Health the services currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; the way that families can access these services within their communities following a diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62370/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Dec 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 243. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on any discussions between the HSE and his Department on improving access to services for those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62371/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Dec 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 131. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times since taking over the health portfolio that he has engaged in person with communities in County Meath regarding the proposed downgrading of Navan hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61157/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Dec 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 132. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times he has met with the HSE, the management of Navan hospital or elected representatives for County Meath on the issue of the proposed downgrading of the hospital since receiving the review of Navan hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61158/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Dec 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 135. To ask the Minister for Health if he had discussions with the HSE regarding investing in and enhancing the accident and emergency services at Navan hospital as a solution to any suggested problems with the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61161/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Dec 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 136. To ask the Minister for Health if he can clarify the way the directive to the National Ambulance Service to redirect the bulk of its patients to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, from 12 December 2022 is not a further downgrade of the emergency department at Navan hospital on the part of the HSE while all such downgrading was supposed to be on hold pending the publication of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Dec 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 137. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources have been put in place at Our Lady’s Hospital in Drogheda to take the additional patients being re-directed from Navan A&E by the National Ambulance service from 12 December 2022, given that the clinicians at Drogheda Hospital have confirmed that it does not have the resources for the existing demand; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Dec 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 164. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate the number of times since receiving the review on Navan hospital emergency department he has met or discussed with the HSE, hospital management or elected representatives for County Meath the issue of the downgrading of the emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61325/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (7 Dec 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 133. To ask the Minister for Health the average emergency department waiting times at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61159/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (7 Dec 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 134. To ask the Minister for Health the average emergency department waiting times at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan, in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61160/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (6 Dec 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the extraordinarily long wait times for NCT tests - for example, currently six months in the test centre in Kells, County Meath, and over five months in the test centre in Mullingar, County Westmeath - if he will either put in place the resources to reduce these wait times to the original target of 25 days; if he will...