424. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated overrun in health for 2018; the areas of the healthcare system and geographies the overrun is allocated to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43636/18]
376. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the reason the timeline for rolling out the HPV test by October 2018 was missed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43256/18]
375. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the meetings and dates on which he met with stakeholder organisations and professional bodies (details supplied) in relation to the implementation of termination of pregnancy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43255/18]
374. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health his plans for a new cancer centre in County Cork in view of An Bord Pleanála's refusal to grant Mercy University Hospital permission for same; the location in which the new centre will be built; when the centre will be open for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43254/18]
361. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the project to provide a modular build at South Tipperary General Hospital; when the project will be completed; and the number of extra beds to be provided. [43210/18]
360. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the capital projects in the health service which have been delayed for three months or more in 2018; and the reason for the delay in tabular form. [43202/18]
359. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the way in which section 10(b) of the Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Act 2014 is being honoured in the health budget for 2019; and if the deficit recorded in 2018 will be considered as a first charge in 2019. [43201/18]
358. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if he has sought changes to the timing of allocations to the health service under the National Development Plan 2018-2027 to bring forward spending of over €900 million originally earmarked for the end of the ten-year programme; and the outcome of such discussions as part of the recent estimates process. [43200/18]
155. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the NTPF should be extended to cover children with special needs that are waiting for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43555/18]
141. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to tackle the waiting times for assessment and treatment for children with scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43557/18]
137. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health his views on whether there is a recruitment and retention crisis in relation to hospital consultants; his further views on whether the wide disparity in new entrant pay is a major driver of this crisis; his plans in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43556/18]
132. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the items of new expenditure in budget 2019 which would not be there without the existence of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43554/18]
129. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the general practitioner sector is facing a recruitment and retention crisis; his further views on whether the refusal to reverse FEMPI measures for general practitioners is a major driver of the crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43553/18]
63. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the reason for the overrun in health spending in 2018; if he was informed by the HSE in late 2017 or early 2018 that such an overrun was likely; the steps he took to avoid an overrun; the overrun in each health sector; the amount realised in savings to date in 2018 under the HSE's value improvement programme; the amount by which anticipated revenues have fallen short; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43914/18]
222. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of reversing the cuts to reduce fees payable to general practitioners introduced under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009. [43010/18]
505. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [42478/18]
504. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, waiting for an oral health appointment in primary care; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [42477/18]
503. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [42476/18]
502. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, waiting for an audiology appointment in primary care; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [42475/18]
501. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, waiting for an ophthalmology appointment in primary care; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [42474/18]
500. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [42473/18]
499. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of paying all new entrant consultants recruited since 2012 at the pre-2012 rate of salary. [42472/18]
498. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of reversing the financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, reductions to general practitioner fees announced in July 2013. [42471/18]
472. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2019 of expanding access to free general practitioner care through a 10% increase in the weekly income thresholds for general practitioner visit cards; and the full year cost of same. [42319/18]
469. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health when a new director general and-or chief executive officer of the HSE will be appointed. [42316/18]
431. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the details of the additional funding for winter pressures in 2018-19 and new beds in 2019-20 which he announced in budget 2019; the specific funding to be provided for winter pressures; the additional services that will be provided with this funding; the number of new beds that will be provided in 2019-20; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42080/18]
430. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the details of the significant multi-annual investment in general practice which he announced in budget 2019; the specific funding to be provided in 2018 to general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42079/18]
386. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies unfilled or filled on a temporary basis in the UL hospital group; and the details of each (details supplied). [41919/18]
385. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies unfilled or filled on a temporary basis in the South/South West hospital group; and the details of each (details supplied). [41918/18]
384. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies unfilled or filled on a temporary basis in the Saolta University Health Care Group; and the details of each (details supplied). [41917/18]
383. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies unfilled or filled on a temporary basis in the Dublin Midlands hospital group; and the details of each (details supplied). [41916/18]
382. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies unfilled or filled on a temporary basis in the RCSI hospital group; and the details of each (details supplied). [41915/18]
381. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies unfilled or filled on a temporary basis in the Ireland East hospital group; and the details of each (details supplied). [41914/18]
379. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the status of primary care centre projects (details supplied) announced on 22 April 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41910/18]
378. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of home support hours provided in each LHO area in each month from January to September 2018; and the way in which this compares against target for each month. [41907/18]
377. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for a home support hours package in each LHO area; and the number waiting zero to three, three to six, six to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively. [41906/18]
376. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of public patients in each public and voluntary hospital who have been removed from outpatient lists to date in 2018 as a result of a validation exercise and not as a result of having an appointment with a consultant. [41903/18]
361. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health when an additional orthodontist will commence work at St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, in order to ease waiting times for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41832/18]
229. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the completion of a new extension at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42187/18]
102. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012, in tabular form; the status of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41314/18]
307. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the detail of the allocation of €55 million in 2018 to fund the National Treatment Purchase Fund to address waiting lists for those on same; the amount of this funding which has been spent; the number of patients that have been treated under the fund to date in 2018; and the number that have been treated since the restoration of the fund in 2017. [40965/18]
306. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of additional beds provided in each relevant acute hospital to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40963/18]
305. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of additional beds to be provided in modular units in 2018 for each relevant acute hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40962/18]
299. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of new general practitioners required over the next five years to provide for the replacement of general practitioners retiring over the same period; the number that will be required for replacing retiring rural general practitioners by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40951/18]
288. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the action which can be taken to ensure legal costs are returned to staff cleared of wrongdoing at a facility (details supplied) which provides services to adults with intellectual disabilities. [40876/18]
280. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the wait time for HSE funding approval for bracing therapy if a child has a medical card; the reason children across the Children's Hospital Group, CHG, do not have equal access to bracing therapy and funding; and the further reason funding often depends on the hospital the child attends and whether or not they have a medical card. [40852/18]
279. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if the Children's Hospital Group, CHG, is actively following national protocols as per the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF; and the person or body that oversees the wait lists in the CHG ensures compliance to national NTPF protocols in regard to the national wait lists for scoliosis. [40851/18]
278. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the cost in regard to the tendering process of the outsourcing contracts for scoliosis surgeries during 2017 (details supplied); the other costs that were incurred during this process, that is, renegotiation of contracts, including additional post-op follow-up of children in the UK and Germany and the costs of a French contract that was never utilised. [40850/18]
277. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if children (details supplied) are now discharged from their HSE orthopaedic specialist consultant here; and the person that will routinely follow-up these patients. [40849/18]