508. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons being supported through transitional care in alternative care settings. [54117/17]
507. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the CHOs that have established residents' councils, family forums, service user panels or equivalent in social care, in tabular form. [54116/17]
506. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the development of a carers' needs assessment; and if it will be progressed through the SAT project in 2017. [54115/17]
505. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE policy and guidelines for the early identification of carers. [54114/17]
504. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE multi-divisional group review of the progress of the recommendations of the home solutions report on Telecare services; and the action taken as a result of the review. [54113/17]
503. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the work of the HSE multi-divisional review group to review respite services to determine the requirements for respite care and identify the gaps in service provision; and the gaps identified for each CHO, in tabular format. [54112/17]
502. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the carers' need assessment tool tested for implementation in 2017 through the SAT project. [54111/17]
501. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the multi-divisional group to progress the implementation of the national carers’ strategy. [54110/17]
500. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of transitional care beds being provided to all acute hospitals to support older persons moving to long-stay care or requiring convalescence. [54109/17]
499. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for home care packages in each LHO area in tabular form; and the number waiting zero to three months, three to six months, six to 12 months and 12 months plus respectively. [54108/17]
445. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive spent on agency staff each month in 2017; the equivalent figures for each month in 2016; the proportion of the HSE’s anticipated agency staff expenditure for 2017 that has been incurred to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53896/17]
444. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons attending the rapid access prostate clinic in cancer centres in 2017; and the number of persons attending prostate rapid clinics that attended or were offered an appointment within 20 working days of receipt of referral in the cancer centres over the same time period. [53895/17]
443. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons attending the rapid access lung clinic in designated cancer centres in 2017. [53894/17]
441. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of persons with confirmed acute ischaemic stroke that received thrombolysis in 2017. [53892/17]
440. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of persons with acute stroke who have spent all or some of their hospital stay in an acute or combined stroke unit in 2017. [53891/17]
435. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of elective inpatient discharges in each public and voluntary hospital in 2017. [53886/17]
434. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the planning of a national genetic and genomic medicine network service which will operate on a hub and spoke basis; the location of the hubs and spokes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53885/17]
433. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the targets in place for organ donation and transplant rates; if they have been achieved in 2017; and if not, the progress made towards achieving the targets [53884/17]
432. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if persons aged 75 years of age or over have experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours in 2017; and, if so, the hospital in which the wait occurred [53883/17]
431. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in all public and voluntary acute hospitals at the end of November 2017 or the latest date available; and the number of discharges which have been delayed for periods (details supplied) in tabular form. [53882/17]
430. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 8 December 2017 or the latest date on which data for validated bed closures at hospital and ward level are available in tabular form. [53881/17]
428. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of intensive home care packages being provided in each LHO area in tabular form. [53879/17]
426. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the delivery of the primary care education pathways and research in dementia education programme to primary care teams in collaboration with the National Dementia Office and social care services; the number of sites that have been selected for same; and the location of each. [53877/17]
425. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time from opioid substitution assessment to exit from waiting list or treatment commenced. [53876/17]
424. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in each local health office area monthly in 2017 to date; and the way in which this compares against target figures in tabular form. [53875/17]
423. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time from referral to assessment for opioid substitution treatment. [53874/17]
420. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the details of the expansion of other paraphernalia such as foil within the pharmacy needle exchange programme to allow persons the option of smoking rather than injecting. [53871/17]
419. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the development of integrated care pathways and referral pathways from the pharmacy needle exchange to other agencies. [53870/17]
418. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the increase in addiction residential treatment beds and additional treatment episodes that has been provided in 2017. [53869/17]
417. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE training programme for addiction staff, level 2 general practitioners and pharmacists in relation to buprenorphine naloxone and buprenorphine products. [53868/17]
416. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the working group to progress increased access to buprenorphine naloxone and buprenorphine products. [53867/17]
415. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if regulations to allow for the introduction of buprenorphine naloxone and buprenorphine products have been agreed and introduced. [53866/17]
414. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the review of services in all CHOs in relation to the person-centred care planning processes of the drugs rehabilitation framework reassessment, key working and care planning. [53865/17]
413. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children who have been deemed appropriate for treatment for substance use in 2017; and the number who have received treatment within one week, by LHO, in tabular form. [53864/17]
412. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of adults who have been deemed appropriate for treatment for substance use in 2017; and the number who have received treatment within one calendar month, by LHO, in tabular form. [53863/17]
411. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if new arrangements for management of general practitioners training involving the Irish College of General Practitioners have been finalised and implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53862/17]
410. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the additional resources that have been provided to ensure that the assessment process for new medicines is implemented effectively. [53861/17]
408. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on considering the further recommendations of the clinical advisory group including conclusions on the assessment of the burden of disease as agreed for implementation by the HSE and his Department. [53859/17]
407. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the web-based paperless medical card application process to reduce the number of paper-based applications will be introduced. [53858/17]