507. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of a phased national plan for benign gynaecology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30690/19]
506. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the pilot anaesthetics model of care for general hospitals with maternity services. [30689/19]
505. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of a serious incident management forum for maternity services in each hospital group. [30688/19]
504. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of bariatric surgery procedures carried out in hospitals in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [30687/19]
503. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a 40 bed modular ward block in South Tipperary General Hospital. [30686/19]
502. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of an additional 30 bed ward in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. [30685/19]
501. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of additional high dependency unit beds in Cork University Hospital. [30684/19]
500. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of additional high dependency unit beds in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30683/19]
490. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the roll out of the framework for safe nurse staffing and skill mix in general and specialist medical and surgical care settings; the hospitals in which it is operational; and the timeframe for extending it to all acute settings. [30645/19]
474. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the extension of the existing national HPV vaccination programme to boys. [30513/19]
473. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has repeated the indepth general population survey on sexual health and crisis pregnancy to provide up-to-date data to support implementation. [30512/19]
472. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE has expanded condom distribution services with initial focus targeting those most at risk. [30511/19]
470. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the implementation by the HSE of sexual health promotion training for professionals in the youth sector, those working with at risk groups, and for parents. [30509/19]
469. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has undertaken a review of the delivery of relationships and sexuality education in schools in collaboration with the Department of Education and Skills. [30508/19]
312. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has completed reviews of the existing approved models of care for four chronic diseases (details supplied); and if a service gap analysis has been conducted. [30407/19]
311. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the progress made to date in the implementation of the recommendations of the Scally report in tabular form. [30406/19]
310. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the progress made to date in the implementation of the 45 recommendations of the trauma steering group in tabular form. [30405/19]
309. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if each community healthcare organisation and hospital group published operational plans for 2019; and if so, if they have been published on the Health Service Executive website. [30404/19]
246. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health when the pay deal agreed with nurses and midwives in February 2019 will be put in place; the full cost of the pay deal for nurses and midwives in 2019 and 2020; and the nature of offsetting cost reduction measures such as changes to roster arrangements that are to be put in place to deal with the cost of the new pay deal. [30150/19]
471. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the diagnostic tools, such as the proposed C-reactive protein point-of-care testing, being considered by HIQA and his Department to reduce antibiotic overprescribing. [29744/19]
470. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking in relation to implementing the HIQA assessment on C-reactive protein point-of-care testing, namely the recommendation for a managed and monitored pilot programme in primary care settings. [29743/19]
469. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to invest in antimicrobial resistance measures, particularly developing and supporting the development of new diagnostics tools. [29742/19]
468. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the spend on antibiotics under the primary care reimbursement service in each of years 2016 to 2018, in tabular form. [29741/19]
467. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the figures relating to the uptake of influenza vaccinations during the 2018-2019 influenza season; the percentage of the population that received the vaccination; the percentage of the HSE identified vulnerable groups that received the vaccination; and the percentage of non-vulnerable groups that received the vaccination. [29740/19]
466. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who contracted influenza while in a public hospital during the influenza seasons 2016-2017, 2017-2018 and 2018-2019. [29739/19]
465. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the average cost to the health service of a patient requiring isolation in a hospital. [29738/19]
464. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the average cost to the health service of a patient staying in an acute hospital bed overnight; and the average cost per bed night for an inpatient stay in an intensive care unit. [29737/19]
463. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the measures or diagnostic tools being used in hospital settings to diagnose influenza. [29736/19]
462. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the costs or estimated costs to the health service in providing prevention measures and treatment of influenza in each of the years from 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and the costs associated with vaccinations, prescriptions, treatment in primary care settings and treatment in acute care settings. [29735/19]
461. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented to emergency departments with influenza during the influenza seasons in 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19, in tabular form. [29734/19]
325. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the revenue raised between 1 January and 31 December 2018 from charges for private patients in public beds in public and voluntary hospitals; the details for 2015, 2016, and 2017; the number of procedures from 1 January to 31 December 2018 in each public and voluntary hospital which treated private patients in public beds; the equivalent figures for 2015, 2016 and 2017; the number of applications for payment by the insurer submitted by each hospital for such procedures carried out between 1 January and 31 December 2018; and the equivalent figures for 2015, 2016 and 2017. [28957/19]
324. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency medicine consultants in each public or voluntary hospital with an emergency department; the number of 24 hour emergency departments; and the number that have an emergency medicine consultant available daily on a 24 hour basis. [28956/19]
323. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner vacancies in each local health area, in tabular form. [28955/19]
322. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the distances travelled by emergency ambulances that are in service by each HSE region and subdivided by every 50,000 or 80,000 km; the distances travelled by intermediate care ambulances in service; the distances travelled by rapid response vehicles in service in such a capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28954/19]
321. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances in service; the number by the year they entered service by pods and vehicles in terms of the date they entered service and the HSE region in which they are based; the number of intermediate care ambulances in service; the number according to the year they entered service by 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. [28953/19]
320. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances decommissioned by the National Ambulance Service to date in 2019; the number of new emergency ambulances acquired to date in 2019; the number of intermediate care ambulances decommissioned to date in 2019; the number of new intermediate care ambulances acquired to date in 2019; the number of rapid response vehicles decommissioned to date in 2019; the number of new rapid response vehicles acquired to date in 2019; the number of vehicles commissioned or purchased as rapid response vehicles by the service acquired to date in 2019; the number in use; the number awaiting entry into service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28952/19]
319. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the percentage of patients with confirmed acute ischaemic stroke that received thrombolysis during the first six months of 2019. [28951/19]
318. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the percentage of acute stroke patients that spent all or some of their hospital stay in an acute or combined stroke unit during the first six months of 2019. [28950/19]
317. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of home therapies dialysis patients treatments during the first six months of 2019. [28949/19]
316. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of haemodialysis patients treated in contracted centres during the first six months of 2019. [28948/19]
315. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of haemodialysis patients treated in acute hospitals during the first six months of 2019. [28947/19]
314. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of elective inpatient discharges in each public and voluntary hospital during the first six months of 2019. [28946/19]
313. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the amount collected in prescription charges for medical card prescriptions in each of the years 2015 to 2018; and the projected amount for 2019. [28945/19]
312. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the amount the HSE spent on agency staff in each month to date in 2019; the equivalent figures for each month in 2018; the proportion of the anticipated agency staff expenditure of the HSE for 2019 that has been incurred to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28944/19]
311. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that attended the rapid access prostate clinic in cancer centres during the first six months of 2019; and the number of patients 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 period. [28943/19]
310. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that attended the rapid access lung clinic in designated cancer centres during the first six months of 2019. [28942/19]
309. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of approved registered intellectual disability nurse posts in whole-time equivalent terms employed by the HSE; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2017 and 2018, in tabular form. [28941/19]
308. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of approved senior dental surgeon posts in whole-time equivalent terms employed by the HSE; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2017 and 2018, in tabular form. [28940/19]