Written answers
Monday, 9 September 2024
Department of Health
Hospital Services
Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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1936.To ask the Minister for Health the days and hours of operation of the Cath Lab at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; if the hours of operation have been adjusted recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35906/24]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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1937.To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that all those that require dialysis can get it without delay; the steps being taken to ensure as many of these as possible are provided with the option of either home dialysis or outpatient dialysis as appropriate; the main source of logjams in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35925/24]
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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1938.To ask the Minister for Health if there is an adequate provision for dialysis in the Saolta region of hospitals; if not, the steps that could be taken immediately to meet demand and to provide as many persons as appropriate with the option of home dialysis or outpatient dialysis, particularly in view of the scattered nature of settlement in the region and the distance many people live from hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35926/24]
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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1939.To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds that could be freed up in the hospitals in Galway for other use if all those who are inpatients for dialysis and could be equally treated on a day care basis, were facilitated in doing so; the extra resources that would be needed to achieve such an outcome; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35927/24]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1937 to 1939, inclusive, together.
As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
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