992. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years of age or over who experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours to the end of April 2019; and the hospitals in which the wait occurred. [19876/19]
991. Deputy Stephen Donnelly 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 in each ambulance station in each month to the end of April 2019 or the latest date available; and the percentage of clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less in tabular form. [19875/19]
990. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost through delayed discharges in April 2019 in each public and voluntary hospital in tabular form. [19874/19]
989. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 26 April 2019 or the latest date on which data for validated bed closures at hospital and ward level are available in tabular form. [19873/19]
954. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health his plans for recruitment of additional nurses at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19669/19]
953. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the part-time and full-time nurse staffing levels at University Hospital Waterford compared to recommended sanctioned levels. [19668/19]
952. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to build a new oncology treatment facility at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19657/19]
947. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if companies other than pharmacists will be allowed to apply for licences to distribute medical cannabis. [19632/19]
946. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health when medical cannabis will go on sale here at licensed pharmacists; the way in which it will be distributed to pharmacists once approved; and the location from which it will be sourced. [19631/19]
107. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance if CBD with THC levels lower than 0.2%, the European legal limit, is being stopped at the customs border from Europe. [19634/19]
213. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of increasing general practitioner training places from 202 to 274. [18377/19]
212. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the HSE home care services budget for 2019; the number of hours to be provided; the number of recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18363/19]
177. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the machinery and equipment being used for radiotherapy services in University Hospital Galway; the age of same; if when parts are breaking down they are not replaceable due to their age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18164/19]
176. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated in 2019 for the development of the new radiation oncology unit in University Hospital Galway; the timeframe for the completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18163/19]
167. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase core funding for an organisation (details supplied); if so, the amount by which and when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18129/19]
166. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if he will address the discrepancy between patients who have long-term illness support as opposed to those who have a medical card with regard to payment for medication for those who have Parkinson's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18128/19]
165. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the reason the number of specialist nurse practitioners dedicated to supporting persons with Parkinson's disease is low; his plans to increase the number of specialist nurses for Parkinson's disease; if so, when they will be hired; the locations to which they will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18127/19]
163. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied) in respect of a declined appeal decision from November 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18110/19]
420. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will publish its review of failings in dental and orthodontic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17812/19]
405. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the development of a structured replacement programme for equipment and ambulances and minor capital works as promised in the National Development Plan 2018-2027. [17735/19]
404. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of new ambulance bases at Ardee, Mullingar, Limerick, Cork and Galway. [17734/19]
354. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of times he interacted directly with a person (details supplied) in person, by telephone, email or in another way; the issues discussed; if his officials attended the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17548/19]
353. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the publication of an audit of orthodontic services begun in 2015 after the HSE received a highly critical report from two UK experts into allegations that children’s teeth were damaged by HSE orthodontic services more than a decade previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17542/19]
352. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if he will publish a UK review of orthodontic services here carried out between 2012 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17541/19]
289. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the reason a residential centre for autism (details supplied) in County Kerry has not been opened five years after it was finished. [17297/19]
288. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if there is a HSE plan for a respiratory consultant in Tralee University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17296/19]
262. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if a fast-track visa programme for skilled construction workers (details supplied) from Ukraine will be considered to obtain work visas for here in the context of the acute shortage of such skilled workers here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17546/19]
261. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the situation for skilled construction workers (details supplied) from Ukraine obtaining work visas for here in the context of the acute shortage of such skilled workers here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17545/19]
231. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a fast-track visa programme for skilled construction workers (details supplied) from Ukraine will be considered to obtain work visas here in the context of the acute shortage of such skilled workers here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17544/19]
230. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the situation for skilled construction workers (details supplied) from Ukraine obtaining work visas here in the context of the acute shortage of such skilled workers here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17543/19]
193. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the opportunity of the recent sanctioning of a new primary school for Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow, will be used to investigate the options for ensuring a one-site school for the existing primary school (details supplied). [17547/19]
148. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of children that will be in receipt of free general practitioner care if it is extended as proposed in 2020; and the net increase in the number of children covered resulting from the proposed change. [17189/19]
146. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of implementing the framework for safe nurse staffing and skill mix in all acute hospital settings; the number of additional nursing staff, that is, whole-time equivalent that would be required for the implementation of the framework in all acute hospital settings; the number of additional healthcare assistants, that is, whole-time equivalent required for same; and if he will report on the development of a national implementation plan for incremental roll out across hospitals. [17134/19]
135. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2020 of the second phase of restoration of FEMPI for general practitioners; and the estimated full year cost of the restoration. [17076/19]
134. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2019 of the first phase of restoration of FEMPI for general practitioners; and the estimated full year cost of the restoration. [17075/19]
132. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of the extension of free general practitioner care for children up to 12 years of age. [17073/19]
151. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the capacity in primary care in whole-time equivalent terms for the positions outlined on page 9 of the Executive Report of the Health Service Capacity Review 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16960/19]
127. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if he sought to meet the senior management of CervicalCheck after receiving a 2018 memo CervicalCheck: Patient claim following a diagnosis of cervical cancer, Briefing note for Minister Harris, or after the case referred to in the memo became public on 25 April 2019 or at any time before expressing publicly that he did not have confidence in them. [16858/19]
126. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 12 March 2019, the way in which the information was shared within his Department in relation to concerns raised regarding an offer of an out-of-cycle smear test, by the national screening service with his Department by email; the level of seniority and role of persons within his Department the concerns were shared with; if his attention was drawn to the concerns raised; and if so, when. [16857/19]
125. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 12 March 2019, the way in which the information was shared within his Department in relation to concerns raised regarding an offer of an out-of-cycle smear test by the national screening service with his Department by phone on 28 April 2018; the level of seniority and role of persons within his Department the concerns were shared with; if his attention was drawn to the concerns raised; and if so, when. [16856/19]
124. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 12 March 2019, if the email and all related correspondence between the national screening service and his Department relating to the offer of an out-of-cycle smear test (details supplied) will be provided. [16855/19]
123. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 12 March 2019, if the phone records for 28 April 2018, between his Department and the national screening service, will be provided; if the calls will be identified; and the times the cals made regarding the offer of an out-of-cycle smear test (details supplied). [16854/19]
112. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the implementation of the new national oral health policy; his plans to bring forward an implementation plan for the policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16786/19]
111. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2019 of implementing the new national oral health policy; the estimated full year cost of the complete implementation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16785/19]
108. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of public health doctors recruited each year since 2014; and the number recruited to date in 2019. [16766/19]
311. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the primary care centres that have become operational since 2010; the year in which they opened; the other primary care centres due to be built; the status of same; and when they are due to open, by county, in tabular form. [16051/19]
224. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a physiotherapy appointment in primary care at 31 March 2019 or the latest date available; and the numbers waiting from zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [15938/19]
223. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for an occupational therapy appointment in primary care at 31 March 2019 or the latest date available; and the numbers waiting from zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [15937/19]