359. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of completing the recruitment required for the full implementation of A Vision for Change. [38800/18]
358. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 5,000 homecare packages. [38799/18]
357. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 2.2 million home help hours. [38798/18]
355. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of increasing the general practitioner rural practice allowance to €25,000. [38796/18]
352. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting an extra 500 hospital consultants; and the average estimate for support staff required per consultant. [38793/18]
351. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year running costs of opening all medical assessment units on a seven day basis. [38792/18]
350. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year current and capital cost of providing a mobile catheterisation laboratory for Waterford University Hospital. [38791/18]
349. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of amending the fees charged under the nursing homes support scheme, NHSS, to enable nursing home residents with an assessed weekly income of €300 or less to retain a minimum of €60 weekly. [38790/18]
348. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of hospices and palliative care units that receive funding from the HSE as section 39 entities; the number of beds in each hospice and palliative care unit; the number of whole-time equivalent staff employed in each; and the funding provided by the HSE in 2016, 2017 and 2018, in tabular form [38789/18]
312. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the progress made on the national roll-out of the no-fry zone in County Wicklow, which prevents the sale of fatty or fast food near schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38549/18]
311. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the reason only six paediatric scoliosis patients have been sent abroad for treatment under the treatment abroad scheme in view of the backlog of cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38548/18]
128. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of times he or one of his predecessors has required HIQA to undertake an investigation in accordance with section 9 of the Health Act 2007; the reason for each request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38043/18]
112. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the financial situation of the HSE; the extent to which spending is ahead of profile; the likely overrun for the year; the way in which HSE income for the year is also comparing to forecasts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38032/18]
780. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if an annual commissioning plan for additional hospital beds will be brought forward with regard to the national development plan and the health service capacity review. [36080/18]
779. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the planned tenure of each hospital clinical director post; and if post holders have exceeded that tenure. [36079/18]
778. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if all national clinical leads for the HSE national clinical programmes are freed from conflicts of interest by ensuring that they declare whether they are in receipt of pharmaceutical funding for advisory or other work. [36078/18]
731. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the nursing home support scheme maximum agreed prices for private and voluntary nursing homes by 5% for all places in dementia specific units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35921/18]
730. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the cost of extending the nursing home support scheme to all dementia sufferers requiring long-stay care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35920/18]
729. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the capital and annual operational cost of establishing five new publicly owned dementia specific units with a capacity of 20 places for dementia patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35919/18]
579. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for assisted living facilities for those diagnosed with dementia and or Alzheimer's; the number of applications granted; the number of applications by persons that have not been diagnosed with dementia and or Alzheimer's; and the number of applications granted in each of the years 2016 and 2017 and to date in 2018. [35471/18]
578. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of assisted living facilities in operation by county and community healthcare organisation; the number of beds available in each county; the occupancy level as a percentage; if there are additional facilities planned; if so, the location of these facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35470/18]
1791. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the spend by the HSE on agency staff to date in 2018; and the proportion of the projected spend for agency staff originally estimated for 2018 that has now been spent. [34883/18]
1790. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the agency spend on staff for each community healthcare organisation to date in 2018, in tabular form. [34882/18]
1789. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the agency spend on staff in each public and voluntary hospital to date in 2018, in tabular form. [34881/18]
1788. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant positions in each public and voluntary hospital; the number which are filled on a whole-time equivalent basis; the number which are vacant as of 19 July 2018 or the latest date available; and the number which are filled on a locum or non-specialist basis in tabular form. [34880/18]
1750. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the numbers of staff whole-time equivalent employed by the National Treatment Purchase Fund at the end of 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018. [34698/18]
1688. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of smear tests that were carried out by all laboratories used by CervicalCheck since the screening programme first began, in tabular form. [34103/18]
1687. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of the 221 cases that were screened at each of the laboratories used by CervicalCheck. [34102/18]
1686. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the allocation of €55 million in 2018 to fund the National Treatment Purchase Fund to address waiting lists for those waiting longest; the amount of this funding now spent; the number of patients who have been treated under the auspices of the fund to date in 2018; and the number who have been treated since the fund’s restoration in 2016. [34101/18]
1685. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have received treatment under the treatment abroad scheme in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the category or specialty of procedures provided; the number provided in Northern Ireland; and the number provided in Britain. [34100/18]
1650. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the level of qualification and educational attainment including subject area, per grade for each hospital grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33904/18]
1649. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the level of qualification of hospital managers; the educational attainment of each hospital manager, per hospital group, in an anonymised form; the subject area of study, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33903/18]
1591. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the days of the week and hours of the day during which ultrasound scans are provided in each public and voluntary hospital to public patients, in tabular form. [33536/18]
1590. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the days of the week and hours of the day during which computed tomography, CT, scans are provided in each public and voluntary hospital to public patients, in tabular form. [33535/18]
1589. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the days of the week and hours of the day during which magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scans are provided in each public and voluntary hospital to public patients, in tabular form. [33534/18]
1588. 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 each month in 2018 as a result of a validation exercise and not as a result of having an appointment with a consultant. [33533/18]
324. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance the number of CervicalCheck cases now being managed by the State Claims Agency; and the details of each of the laboratories involved. [34829/18]
109. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the election roster members and non-roster members, respectively sent abroad from the establishment of the roster in May 2013 to date for monitoring elections and referenda in tabular form; the dates of the missions; the name of each observer sent; the cost to his Department of each member; the number of members that did not depart for their missions; if grants were refunded or written-off for them; the reason this roster has been extended to the end of 2018; when and the level at which this decision was made; if legal advice was obtained in advance of that decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33193/18]
414. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the services to be provided by the modular cath lab at University Hospital Waterford; the timeline for this service to be in place; the hours in which this lab will operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31899/18]
355. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of licences granted under the compassionate access programme for medical cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31737/18]
354. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health to outline the status of the roll-out of a training scheme in palliative care for carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31736/18]
329. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the extension of a general practitioner card to persons in receipt of domiciliary care allowance but that do not receive a carer's allowance or carer's benefit. [31735/18]
375. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the publication date for the outpatient waiting list action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31372/18]
374. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent child and adolescent mental health psychologists per county in each of the years 2011 to 2017, and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31371/18]
373. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent key workers dedicated to assisting people with complex needs per county in each of the years 2011 to 2017, and to February 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31370/18]
372. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent specialists dedicated to residential services assistance for elderly persons per county in each of the years 2011 to 2017, and to February 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31369/18]
371. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent specialists dedicated to home care teams per county in each of the years 2011 to 2017, and to February 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31368/18]