657. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of home care and home help hours currently funded by the HSE and the delivery of home help hours for January to May 2022, broken down by month, provider and home help category, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35379/22]
656. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of home care and home help hours that will not be provided in 2022 due to staff shortages or for other reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35378/22]
655. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded home care and home help hours not delivered in 2021 due to staff shortages or for other reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35377/22]
654. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of home care and home help hours funded in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35376/22]
653. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of home care and home help hours delivered in 2021, broken down by provider and by home help category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35375/22]
652. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of home care and home help hours funded in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35374/22]
651. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide a catheterisation laboratory in Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35372/22]
650. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason for the removal of the mobile catheterisation laboratory from Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35371/22]
649. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to expand capacity at hospitals in Ennis and Nenagh to take pressure away from the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35370/22]
648. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the method being used to pay contract staff the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35369/22]
647. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the method being used to pay agency staff the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35368/22]
646. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the method being used to pay directly employed HSE staff the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35367/22]
645. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff in healthcare who do bank hours and are eligible for the pandemic bonus payment; the number paid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35366/22]
644. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of contract staff who are eligible for the pandemic bonus payment; the number paid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35365/22]
643. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of agency staff who are eligible for the pandemic bonus payment; the number paid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35364/22]
642. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of directly-employed HSE staff who are eligible for the pandemic bonus payment; the number of staff paid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35363/22]
641. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of healthcare staff eligible for the pandemic bonus payment; the number of staff paid to date; the expected timeframe for completion of all payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35362/22]
640. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the progress of the tensor for the home care sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35361/22]
639. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if any work has been done to hire InterRAI assessors in the context of preparing for the statutory home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35360/22]
638. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the national home support office will be established; the cost of establishing the office; if this cost is already provided for in baseline funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35359/22]
637. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the work of the pilots rolled out on home support schemes as part of the preparation for a statutory scheme; if the pilots have been extended; if so, the duration of the extension; the cost of rolling out the pilots to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35358/22]
636. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline when a heads of Bill will be completed to enable the introduction of the statutory home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35357/22]
635. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to set out a timeframe for the implementation and delivery of the statutory home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35356/22]
634. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccines administered by general practitioners in the year 2021 and up to May 2022, by month and by the number of general practitioners or practices who received amounts greater than €10,000, €20,000, €50,000, €100,000 and €250,000, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35355/22]
633. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all Covid-19 assessments carried out by general practitioners by telephone in each of the years 2020, 2021 and up to May 2022, by month and by the number of general practitioners or practices who received amounts greater than €10,000, €20,000, €50,000, €100,000 and €250,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35354/22]
632. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost to the HSE of general practitioners providing Covid-19 testing to patients for 2021 and up to May 2022, by month and by the number of general practitioners or practices who received amounts greater than €10,000, €20,000, €50,000, €100,000 or €250,000, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35353/22]
631. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand the number of therapy assistants in the system with HSE-supporting individuals to return to education to qualify as therapists; the supports that would need to be put in place to facilitate such training and education; the estimated number of persons targeted to avail of such education; the estimated costs associated with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35352/22]
630. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of therapy assistant posts required if he were to approve such posts to graduates while they await CORU registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35351/22]
629. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing graduates as therapy assistants while they await CORU registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35350/22]
628. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is considering the use of a relocation allowance to support any international recruitment campaigns aimed at filling vacant posts for children’s disability network teams; the estimated cost of providing such an allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35349/22]
627. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is considering introducing an apprentice programme for therapy grades; the way that such a programme would work; the estimated cost of such a programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35348/22]
626. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is considering introducing a sponsorship programme for children's disability network teams; the way that such a programme would work; the estimated cost of rolling out such a programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35347/22]
625. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the targeted international recruitment campaigns that are in place to hire staff for children's disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35346/22]
624. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the targeted domestic recruitment campaigns that are in place to hire staff for children's disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35345/22]
623. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount the HSE spent on agency staff in each of the years 2018, 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022 and by the name of the agency, by each year spend, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35344/22]
622. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of contracts the HSE has with a company (details supplied), broken down by contract type, the nature of the contract, the service the contract provides and all HSE funding provided to the company, broken down by year to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35343/22]
621. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the range of waiting lists held by the HSE or any other body; the full range of waiting list categories across all health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35342/22]
620. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a full breakdown of all waiting lists for all health care services, including primary care, community care, acute care, mental health, dental and orthodontic or any other area; the total cumulative number of patients on any form of health waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35341/22]
619. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of all waiting lists for access to mental health services for children and adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35340/22]
618. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the composition of the HSE executive management team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35339/22]
617. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the role and composition of the HSE drugs group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35338/22]
616. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the role of the HSE corporate pharmaceutical unit and the National Centre for Pharmaeconomics; the number of whole-time equivalent staff assigned to the unit and centre respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35337/22]
615. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of rapid review dossiers submitted to the HSE from 2016 to date, broken down by the number of dossiers presented that were successful and unsuccessful in the medicines contained in the dossiers being added to the reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35336/22]
614. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he or his Department has carried out any review of the processes in place which govern applications for the pricing and reimbursement of medicines and new uses of existing medicines to be funded and-or reimbursed since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35335/22]
613. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the formal processes in place which govern applications for the pricing and reimbursement of medicines and new uses of existing medicines to be funded and-or reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35334/22]
612. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of new medicines added to the reimbursement scheme from 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, broken down by year and the cost for each new medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35333/22]
611. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend by the HSE on the reimbursement of medicines, and by each medicine, in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35332/22]
610. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capital and additional revenue cost of providing a permanent catheterisation laboratory at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35331/22]
609. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of staff working in cardiac services at Sligo University Hospital, broken down by staff type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35330/22]
608. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the services provided by the mobile catheterisation laboratory at Sligo; the length of time the laboratory was in Sligo; the number of procedures carried out, broken down by month and by procedure type; the number of staff working at the laboratory, broken down by staff type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35329/22]