1079. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of acute stroke patients who have spent all or some of their hospital stay in an acute or combined stroke unit during the first six months of 2017. [36385/17]
1078. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost through delayed discharges during the first six months of 2017. [36384/17]
1077. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home therapies dialysis patients treated during the first six months of 2017. [36383/17]
1076. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of haemodialysis patients treated in contracted centres during the first six months of 2017. [36382/17]
1075. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of haemodialysis patients treated in acute hospitals during the first six months of 2017. [36381/17]
1074. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of elective inpatient discharges in each public and voluntary hospital during the first six months of 2017. [36380/17]
1073. 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. [36379/17]
1072. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the preparations that have been put in place for the implementation of the policy on trauma systems. [36378/17]
1071. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the targets in place for organ donation and transplant rates; if they have been achieved to date in 2017; and if not, the progress made towards achieving the targets. [36377/17]
1070. 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 to date in 2017; and, if so, the hospital in which the wait occurred. [36376/17]
1069. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in all public and voluntary acute hospitals at the end of June 2017 or the latest date available; and the number of which have been delayed for periods (details supplied) respectively, in tabular form. [36375/17]
1068. 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 14 July 2017 or the latest date on which data for validated bed closures at hospital and ward level are available, in tabular form. [36374/17]
1050. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a residential placement for a person (details supplied) who is currently residing with their grandparents and needs their own supervised independence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36268/17]
943. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 6 July 2017, the legal standing of the patient waiver form. [35788/17]
908. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the statutory provisions are complete in respect of the new transport support scheme; when the legislation will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35707/17]
797. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if arthritis patient appointments in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin are being cancelled for July 2017 and rescheduled for March 2018; his views on whether it is satisfactory that children are being left for so long without monitoring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35364/17]
795. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the specialists will be in situ to see patients with regard to the identification of a sarcoma specialist at St. Vincent's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35359/17]
793. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the international consensus criteria for the diagnosis of ME will be distributed to general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35356/17]
792. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will act on the ME information pack (details supplied) that was recently distributed; if so, the measures he plans to introduce; the timeframe for its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35355/17]
693. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of hospices and palliative care units that receive funding from the HSE as section 39 entities; the number of beds in each hospice and palliative care unit; the number of WTE staff employed in each; and the funding provided by the HSE in 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [35096/17]
659. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the proposed construction of the 50-bed residential unit in Tuam, County Galway, on HSE lands adjoining the Grove health centre; if a person has offered €7 million towards the construction of the hospital; his plans to provide the remaining €5 million of capital funding for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34944/17]
656. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if Vimizin (elosulfase alfa) is being provided to persons here; if so, the qualifying criteria; if other persons avail of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34925/17]
655. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of Vimizin (elosulfase alfa) for the treatment of Morquio A syndrome (MPS 1VA); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34924/17]
912. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34643/17]
911. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the dialogue which has been undertaken by his Department with religious organisations on the management and ownership of health care facilities by those organisations, with particular regard to proposed changes in that relationship, especially in circumstances in which the services are predominantly funded by the State. [34642/17]
743. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the way his Department is honouring the commitment to fully implement A Vision for Change. [34088/17]
742. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the allocation of the €15 million in 2017 to fund the National Treatment Purchase Fund to urgently address waiting lists for those waiting longest; the amount of this funding which has now been spent; and the number of persons that will receive scheduled treatment as a result of this expenditure. [34087/17]
740. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he plans to bring forward multi-annual plans and budgets for health expenditure, both current and capital. [34085/17]
709. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health for the most up to date figures for the number of approved registered intellectual disability nursing posts in whole time equivalent terms currently employed by the HSE; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [34018/17]
708. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health for the most up to date figures for the number of approved senior dental surgeon posts in whole time equivalent terms currently employed by the HSE; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [34017/17]
707. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health for the most up to date figures for the number of approved general dental surgeon posts in whole time equivalent terms currently employed by the HSE; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [34016/17]
706. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health for the most up to date figures for the number of approved clinical dental surgeon posts in whole time equivalent terms currently employed by the HSE; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [34015/17]
705. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved senior registrar posts in whole time equivalent terms currently in each public and voluntary hospital; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [34014/17]
704. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved registrar posts in whole time equivalent terms currently in each public and voluntary hospital; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [34013/17]
703. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved senior house officer posts in whole time equivalent terms currently in each public and voluntary hospital; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [34012/17]
702. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant posts in whole time equivalent terms currently in each public and voluntary hospital; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [34011/17]
701. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists currently employed in each CHO; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [34010/17]
700. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists currently employed in each CHO; and the equivalent figures for 2015 and 2016. [34009/17]
699. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists currently employed in each CHO; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [34008/17]
698. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists newly recruited to date in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited; and the net increase in physiotherapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [34007/17]
697. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists newly recruited to date in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited; and the net increase in occupational therapists numbers resulting from this recruitment. [34006/17]
696. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists recruited to date in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited; and the net increase in speech and language therapists numbers resulting from this recruitment. [34005/17]
695. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses newly recruited to date in 2017 across all sectors of the health service; and the net increase in nursing numbers resulting from this recruitment. [34004/17]
693. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ultrasounds provided to date in 2017 at primary care sites (details supplied). [33969/17]
692. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards for persons over 70 years of age in circulation by LHO as of 30 June 2017. [33968/17]
691. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to name the public or voluntary hospitals that carry out endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2017 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals for waiting periods of less than three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months. [33967/17]
690. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals which carry out electroencephalograms; the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2017 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals for waiting periods of less than three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months. [33966/17]
689. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out angiograms; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2017 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the waiting periods of less than three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months. [33965/17]
688. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out bone scans; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2017 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the waiting periods of less than three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months. [33964/17]