Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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443. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to open the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore to full capacity to deal with demand, reduce trolley waiting times and ensure all patients are treated in the designated patient areas, as the current capacity at the hospital is 322 but only 259 beds are open. [10668/14]

Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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446. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm there are adequate experienced nursing staff on duty to train, teach and mentor junior colleagues and students at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [10671/14]

Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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447. To ask the Minister for Health the reason elective admissions are now given the same priority as patients waiting for hours on trolleys in the emergency department at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [10672/14]

Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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448. To ask the Minister for Health the way the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore defends the practice of placing extra beds in treatment rooms on a daily basis while there are beds closed in the hospital. [10673/14]

Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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449. To ask the Minister for Health if the overcrowding and understaffing at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore has a negative effect on infection rates in the hospital. [10674/14]

Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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450. To ask the Minister for Health if the number of patient falls at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore increased over the past 12 months. [10675/14]

Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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451. To ask the Minister for Health if the number of complaints from the public has increased as a result of reduced staffing numbers and reduced skill mix at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [10676/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 443 and 446 to 451, inclusive, together.

In relation to the detailed queries raised by the Deputy, as these are service issues, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly.