434. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which an ambulance has been called to the acute mental health unit on the grounds of Cork University Hospital to transfer a patient to the emergency department in CUH from the date of opening of the unit to the present day, by date, in tabular form; the response time in each case in addition to the base from which the ambulance travelled to carry out the transfer; if there are any long-term plans to avoid tying up ambulances for the transfer of patients across the campus; if the matter of the way patients are transferred from the acute mental health unit to the emergency department at CUH was discussed when the unit was being designed and before the unit opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2674/17]
401. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a date to meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2586/17]
397. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the expenditure incurred by the Health Service Executive, HSE, in hiring consultants in each of the years 2011 to 2016, in tabular form; the specific projects for which consultants were hired; the expenditure incurred on each project; and the payment per project to consultants. [2571/17]
364. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if workers in the health service are obliged to make declarations under the Standards in Public Office Acts; and if so, the criteria for same. [2744/17]
198. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will sanction an independent clinical review of scoliosis services here; when this can take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2254/17]
195. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the drug Nusinersen for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy, including timeframes; if there is any possibility of the drug being allowed on compassionate grounds (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2241/17]
211. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of State-owned nursing homes in each county and the bed capacity in each at the end 2010 and at the end of 2016, in tabular form. [2217/17]
208. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the full human resource requirements for the new dialysis unit at University Hospital Limerick will be provided by the HSE; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are concerns over the lack of extra nurses in view of the fact that the new unit is three times the size of the old unit. [2187/17]
1353. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the locations and the way in which the €10 million funding outlined in the 2017 HSE service plan to expand existing or develop new services for older persons will be spent; the amount of this which will go to each community health organisation; and the details of the expanded or new service being provided in each CHO in 2017 [1984/17]
1352. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the locations and the way in which the €11.8 million funding outlined in the 2017 HSE service plan to expand existing or develop new services for persons with disabilities will be spent; the amount of this which will go to each community health organisation; and the details of the expanded or new service being provided in each CHO in 2017, in tabular form. [1983/17]
1351. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount of the €13.5 million funding outlined in the 2017 HSE service plan to expand existing or develop new services in primary care which will go to each community health organisation, in tabular form; and the details of the expanded or new service being provided in each CHO in 2017 [1982/17]
1350. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount of the €9 million funding outlined in the 2017 HSE service plan to expand existing or develop new services in acute hospitals that will go to each hospital group, in tabular form; and the details of the expanded or new service being provided in each group in 2017. [1981/17]
1309. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if treatment for a person (details supplied) under the treatment abroad scheme is still available and sanctioned for Belfast; if, following the initial three months' treatment, the person can continue infusions at another location in Northern Ireland, in view of capacity issues in Belfast; if he will provide a full list of locations in Northern Ireland where other patients that have been released from the hospital in Belfast have continued their infusions in order that the person can select the most convenient location to travel to; if, in the event that the person cannot be facilitated in Northern Ireland after the three months, the HSE will facilitate the infusions here under the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1629/17]
1116. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the funding of the centre of excellence for narcolepsy and sleep disorders at St James's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41894/16]
1078. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has plans to expand a training centre (details supplied), if so, the proposed plans; if it will remain on site; the amount it will cost; the timeline involved; and the increased services that are expected to be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41803/16]
1030. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount of public expenditure on medicines for each of the years 2013 to 2016, in tabular form; the expenditure incurred for each year on branded and patented products produced by IPHA members and non IPHA members respectively; and the expenditure incurred on generic medicines [41680/16]
821. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the detail of the engagement between the HSE and the NTPF on the remaining €10 million of the €15 million allocation for 2017; when decisions will be taken on the allocation of this; the reason the decisions remain unmade as of December 2016 in view of the fact that it has been known since May 2016 that the NTPF was due to receive this funding in 2017; if the funding will be allocated for day case for inpatient procedures and the details of both; and the expected number of persons likely to benefit from this funding in 2017. [41088/16]
820. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to his statement on 8 December 2016 that the HSE had advised that between August 2016 and December 2016 there had been a reduction of over 8,000 patients on the inpatient and day case waiting list under the waiting list action plan either through treatment provision, clinical validation or being given a date for their procedure to take place, the numbers that received treatment provision; the number removed from the list following clinical validation; the number removed having been given a date for their procedure to take place; and if the number removed following receipt of a date for their procedure received that procedure prior to December 2016. [41087/16]
355. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will implement an amendment of the rules in his Department's circular 0017/2015 in order that if two boards of management are in agreement a teacher exchange can be facilitated on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41033/16]
419. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances currently in service; the total number according to the year they entered service (details supplied); the number of intermediate care ambulances currently in service; the total number according to the year they entered service between pods and vehicles in terms of the date they entered service and the HSE region in which they are based, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40975/16]
418. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances that have been decommissioned by the HSE national ambulance service to date in 2016; the number of new emergency ambulances that have been acquired to date in 2016; the number of intermediate care ambulances that have been decommissioned by the HSE national ambulance service to date in 2016; the number of new intermediate care ambulances that have been acquired to date in 2016; the number of rapid response vehicles that have been decommissioned by the HSE national ambulance service to date in 2016; the number of new rapid response vehicles that have been acquired to date in 2016; the number of vehicles that have been commissioned and purchased as rapid response vehicles by the national ambulance service that have been acquired to date in 2016; the number currently in use; the number awaiting entry into service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40974/16]
417. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the budget allocation for 2016 for each public and voluntary hospital within each hospital group in tabular form. [40973/16]
416. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of over 70s medical cards in circulation at the end of November for each of the years 2012 to 2016 to date, for each local health area, in tabular form. [40972/16]
415. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, ERCP; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 December 2016 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the waiting periods of less than three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to twelve months and more than twelve months, in tabular form. [40971/16]
414. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out electroencephalograms, EEG; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 December 2016 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the waiting periods of less than three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 12 months and more than 12 months in tabular form. [40970/16]
413. 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 December 2016 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the waiting periods of less than three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 12 months and more than 12 months in tabular form. [40969/16]
412. 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 December 2016 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the waiting periods of less than three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 12 months and more than 12 months in tabular form. [40968/16]
411. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out CT scans; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 December 2016 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the waiting periods of less than three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 12 months and more than 12 months, in tabular form. [40967/16]
410. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out MRI scans; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 December 2016 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, in tabular form. [40966/16]
409. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently in receipt of the fair deal scheme for less than a year, for one to two years, for two to three years, for three to four years and for more than four years in each local health area, in tabular form. [40965/16]
408. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme for each local health area, in tabular form; the length of time waiting; and the number of persons in each local health area currently in receipt of the fair deal. [40964/16]
407. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards and general practitioner cards as of 1 December 2016; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [40963/16]
406. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at national director level, assistant national director level, general manager level and grade VIII level in the HSE on 1 December 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. [40962/16]
405. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency medicine consultants in each public and voluntary hospital with an emergency department; and the number of each that have an emergency medicine consultant available daily on a 24 hour basis. [40961/16]
404. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of critical care beds in each public hospital at the end of each of the years 2011 to 2015 and the latest figure for 2016, in tabular form. [40960/16]
403. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of procedures the HSE procured from private and independent hospitals to date in 2016; the amount spent by the HSE on these procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40959/16]
402. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each voluntary hospital to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40958/16]
401. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each public hospital to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40957/16]
400. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in hospitals (details supplied) that are currently closed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40956/16]
399. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012, in tabular form; the current status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40955/16]
398. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in November 2016 or the latest calendar month available; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than of 20 minutes to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls; and the number that waited longer than 40 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 120 minutes and 180 minutes for same. [40954/16]
397. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by first responders in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less for each ambulance station in each month in the year to November 2015; and the percentage of clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less. [40953/16]
396. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant positions in each public and voluntary hospital in categories (details supplied). [40952/16]
395. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of reportable events in 2016 which have been reported within 30 days of occurrence to the designated officer. [40951/16]
394. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of mandatory investigations currently completed within four months of notification of the event occurring. [40950/16]
393. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of mandatory investigations commenced within 48 hours of the event occurring. [40949/16]
392. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of serious reportable events currently being notified within 24 hours to a designated officer. [40948/16]
391. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of community health care organisations which have established home care waiting lists on a standardised basis. [40947/16]
390. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage occupancy rate in public residential care units for the most recent calendar month available and for the previous eleven months, in tabular form. [40946/16]
389. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards to be provided in 2016; and the likely full year costs in 2016 if the projection is not met. [40945/16]