Results 1-20 of 190 for sligo speaker:Stephen Donnelly

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (1 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...healthcare workers. The impact that these services are having cannot be underestimated. I will give colleagues just one quick example. I recently opened the 16th see-and-treat gynaecology clinic in the country in Sligo. There are five more such clinics to come, which will mean that we will have 21 in total. Up to that point, women referred for an outpatient gynaecology appointment in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Apr 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...PSC the project is eligible for prioritisation and inclusion on the HSE capital plan, subject to the level of funding. There are a number of infrastructure improvements included on the Capital Plan for Sligo University Hospital, including a 42 bed ward development and installation of a second CT scanner. Audiology service infrastructure is currently not included on the Capital Plan. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Mar 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...290 115 405 Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital 799 311 55 13 1,178 Sligo University Hospital 181 84 29 13 307 SmallVolHospitals 2 2 ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (5 Mar 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: .... Sites yet to go live are at various stages of completing data sharing agreements. Sites already live with HPVP Sites yet to go Live with HPVP 1 Sligo CHI 2 Mayo Cappagh 3 Letterkenny Mater 4 Mullingar Tallaght ...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Hospital Services (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...is how we are going to fund the consultant posts, given how many are being hired and how quickly it is happening. We now have almost 2,000 consultants on the new public-only contract. I visited Sligo University Hospital in the last few days where I was told that the increase in consultant numbers in Sligo is making a huge difference. It is allowing them to drive down the number of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Health Services Staff (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I am acutely aware of the localised pressures that the pause is causing. I was in Sligo University Hospital on Friday last where I spoke with emergency department teams and various clinical teams across the hospital. They highlighted to me, as others have, that the pause is causing real pressures on the front line. I fully acknowledge that. The issue we have is that the HSE hired...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...with no money to pay them. The CEO and I were left with no choice other than to give clear indication that the HSE cannot continue to hire where there is no funding to meet the wages. On my recent visit to Sligo, I saw first-hand what the frontline workers are experiencing. We are working on options and looking at ways to address the issue. As of the end of December 2023, there...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...x2019;s Hospital Advancing the National Maternity Hospital Progressing the Surgical Hubs Progressing Elective Hospitals Progressing acute capacity projects including both Limerick Ward Blocks, Beaumont, Sligo, and completion of construction of acute beds throughout the country in 2024 Continued investment in primary and community care, with 413 community beds due to complete...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Lady's Hospital, Navan 25,216 24,907 Portiuncula University Hospital 29,700 30,360 Regional Hospital Mullingar 41,578 42,479 Sligo University Hospital 43,805 44,074 St. James's Hospital 52,825 54,867 St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Care, recruitment of 180 additional full-time staff in maternity hospitals and units across the country, refurbishment of units and wards, home-from-home birthing suites, and additional training for staff.Five pilot postnatal hubs have been established in Cork, Kerry, Portiuncula, Carlow-Kilkenny and Sligo. These hubs are providing women with access to holistic postnatal care in...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...women have unimpeded access, that they cannot be harassed, bullied or intimidated and that they cannot have people trying to influence what, as Senator Garvey said, is never an easy decision for any woman to make. I was in Sligo University Hospital on Friday to open the 16th see-and-treat gynaecology clinic. Believe it or not, the healthcare workers there, by means of this new approach,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Voluntary Hospice Group: Our Lady’s Hospice and Care Services, Harold’s Cross, Blackrock and Wicklow; St Francis Hospice, Raheny and Blanchardstown; Marymount Hospice, Cork; Milford Care Centre, Limerick; North West Hospice, Sligo; and Galway Hospice. The redesignation of the four adult hospice organisations (Milford, Marymount, Galway and St. Francis) from Section 39...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (18 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...system is in place. One of the areas where we actually do well in e-health is in the maternity services. Just last year, five new postnatal hubs opened at hospitals in Cork, Kerry, Sligo, Ballinasloe and Carlow-Kilkenny. While we will, therefore, resolve the issue the Deputy has quite rightly raised, he should rest assured that we are going to continue to invest in growing all of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Facilities (18 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...buildings now under construction or the enabling works started. These include two 96-bed wards in University Hospital Limerick, UHL, which will provide 192 more beds in the hospital; 42 beds in Sligo where enabling works have been done and we are now looking to tender for the main works; and the net additional beds we will have in the national maternity hospital, where enabling works have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (18 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I would like to thank Deputy Harkin for her question and allowing me the opportunity provide an update on the progress being made in Sligo University Hospital. The delivery of health capital projects is a dynamic process, subject to the successful completion of the various project approval stages, for example in line with the newly published Infrastructure Guidelines and also market response...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Dec 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...7 121 Roscommon 67 8 75 Sligo 102 18 120 SmallVolAOR 7 24...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (12 Dec 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...SAOLTA Portiuncula University Hospital 729 SAOLTA Roscommon University Hospital 1748 SAOLTA Sligo University Hospital 4392 SSWHG Bantry General Hospital 111 14108 SSWHG Cork University Hospital 6063 ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (28 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: .... All 19 maternity services now offer the midwife-led supported care pathway. Each maternity service now has a lactation consultant and bereavement team. Postnatal hubs have been established in Kerry, Cork, Portiuncula, and in Sligo. These hubs are providing postnatal care within the community; a priority identified by women in the National Maternity Experience Survey and in our...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (14 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Hospital, DroghedaUniversity Hospital GalwayMayo University HospitalUniversity Maternity Hospital LimerickCork University Maternity HospitalUniversity Hospital, KerryUniversity Hospital, WaterfordSligo University HospitalThe hospitals that provide services are listed on the HSE website: (www2.hse.ie/conditions/abortion/how-to-get/in-hospital/) The HSE has advised that all maternity...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...services for women. They improve women’s lives every day. Each maternity service now has a lactation consultant and bereavement team. Postnatal hubs have been established in Kerry, Cork, Portiuncula and Sligo. The funding is improving home-from-home birthing suites, which I have seen in several hospitals. It is also enabling upgrades to theatres and wards. As the Deputy will...