Written Answers Nos. 542-556
542. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 805 of 8 February and 737 of 17 May 2022, if the €1,000 pandemic bonus will be paid to healthcare assistants who are employed by private providers but work in the homes of HSE clients as part of a home care package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61695/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
543. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health when the staff of a nursing home (details supplied), which closed down in October 2021, will be paid their Covid-19 pandemic bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61696/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
544. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61700/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
545. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health when recruitment will commence for a community neurorehabilitation team for CHO6 based in Bray, County Wicklow, given that funding for this team, which was provided in 2020, would enable patients to be discharged from local acute hospitals and the National Rehabilitation Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61702/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
546. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 671 of 29 November 2022, the number of University of Limerick Hospital Group capital projects that the State has recently invested in; the plans under way to invest in further hospital capacity in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61715/22]
View answerAs the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of public healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy about this matter.
547. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when a community nursing home (details supplied) in County Cork will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61721/22]
View answerAs this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
548. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the percentage of healthcare workers who have taken the Covid-19 booster in the past six months. [61733/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
549. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health if a new target date for the transfer of moneys for the special pandemic recognition payment from the HSE to nursing homes has been established; the measures that are being taken to ensure that this is met; if the applications that were not submitted until 18 November 2022 (details supplied) will be processed in time for the transfer of moneys to nursing homes before Christmas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61747/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
550. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when a home care package will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61750/22]
View answerAs this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
551. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the number of people with Kerry addresses waiting for an orthopaedic consultation at University Hospital Kerry; the number of people with Kerry addresses waiting for an orthopaedic consultation at Cork University Hospital; the number of people with Kerry addresses waiting for an orthopaedic consultation at South Infirmary Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61752/22]
View answerIt is recognised that waiting times for scheduled appointments and procedures have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. While significant work continues to positively impact on waiting times and improve pathways to elective care, acute hospitals are still impacted by operational challenges arising from the pandemic.
The HSE has confirmed to the Department that patient safety remains at the centre of all hospital activity and elective care scheduling. To ensure services are provided in a safe, clinically-aligned and prioritised way, hospitals are following HSE clinical guidelines and protocols.
The Department of Health continues to work with the HSE and the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) to identify ways to improve access to care, including through increased use of private hospitals, funding weekend and evening work in public hospitals, funding “see and treat” services, providing virtual clinics, and increasing capacity in the public hospital system.
The 2022 Waiting List Action Plan allocates €350 million to the HSE and NTPF to reduce waiting lists. Under this plan the Department, HSE, and NTPF will deliver urgent additional capacity for the treatment of patients, as well as investing in longer term reforms to bring sustained reductions in waiting lists.
For 2023, funding of €443 million is being allocated to tackle Waiting Lists. This includes:
- €123 million in funding for delivery of the HSE Waiting List Action Plan, including priority areas such as Obesity/Bariatrics, Spina Bifida/Scoliosis and Gynaecology, as well as progressing longer-term reforms to sustainably enhance capacity. Other actions in the Action Plan will streamline and reconfigure care pathways;
- €150 million for the NTPF to procure additional capacity to reduce waiting lists; and
- €90m for additional short-term measures to address acute scheduled care waiting list backlogs.
OP Orthopaedic waits from Kerry AOR in CUH, SIVUH and UHK
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Report |
Hospital Name |
Count |
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Kerry AOR OP Orthopaedics |
Cork University Hospital |
15 |
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Kerry AOR OP Orthopaedics |
South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital |
281 |
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Kerry AOR OP Orthopaedics |
University Hospital Kerry |
1023 |
552. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing home residents who availed of the fair deal scheme; the total cost to the Exchequer in each of the past ten years; the average payment per patient per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61754/22]
View answer553. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health the returns to the Exchequer from the fair deal scheme in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61755/22]
View answer555. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE-run nursing homes and privately-run nursing homes that have participated in the fair deal scheme in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61757/22]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 552, 553 and 555 together.
As these are operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
554. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health if there are outstanding debts from the estates of deceased recipients of the fair deal scheme; if so, the number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61756/22]
View answerAs this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
556. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the total funding for HSE dental services in the past five years in County Tipperary; the number of children waiting for dental services in Tipperary; their waiting times; the location in which children in County Tipperary can have orthodontic treatment carried out; the number of orthodontists available to the HSE in this area; the criteria being applied that determine whether a child qualifies for HSE-funded orthodontic treatment; the number waiting for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61760/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
