Health (Houses of the Oireachtas)

Health - Cannabis for medicinal use - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the work of the expert reference group established to draft guidelines to facilitate the use of cannabis treatments under an access programme; when the guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 193 to Minister for Health ]

Health - Cannabis for medicinal use - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers] As the Deputy will be aware, in March 2017, on foot of the conclusions from the Health Products Regulatory Authority’s report ‘Cannabis for Medical Use – A Scientific Review’, I established an Expert Reference Group to advise on the development of a Cannabis for Medical Use Access ...

Health - Diseases - incidence

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if there is a higher instance of persons with haemochromatosis in specific parts of the country; if so, the variation between the different HSE regions; if there are standard procedures throughout the country for the treatment of such persons in view of the fact that there are su...

Health - Diseases - incidence

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers] Research indicates that approximately 1 in 83 people in Ireland are predisposed to develop hereditary haemochromatosis. The HSE does not hold a database of individuals with haemochromatosis and therefore is not in a position to provide information in relation to the prevalence of t...

Health - Electronic health records - introduction

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the reason for the delay in the roll out of the new national information technology systems for maternity hospitals; the expected date for this system to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 210 to Minister for Health ]

Health - Electronic health records - introduction

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers] The Maternal & Newborn Clinical Management System (MN-CMS) is a pathfinder project towards developing a National Healthcare Electronic Record. The project started with the realisation that healthcare interaction in the future will ultimately be digital and it follows the strategic ...

Health - Hospital waiting lists - data

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...further to parliamentary question number 1018 of 11 September 2017, the length of time the 1,647 persons on the waiting list for cataract surgeries at the Mater hospital to date in 2017 have been waiting by month, in tabular form [Q. No(s) 150 to Minister for Health ]

Health - Hospital waiting lists - data

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers] As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.

Health - Hospitals - appointment delays

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the reason for the delay for a person (details supplied) to receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 184 to Minister for Health ]

Health - Hospitals - appointment delays

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers] Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a ...

Health - Hospitals - beds data

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the number of additional beds that will be provided during winter 2017 to help ease hospital overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 197 to Minister for Health ]

Health - Hospitals - beds data

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers] Tackling overcrowding in Emergency Departments is a key commitment of this Government and I am delighted that €40 million in additional funding in 2017 has been made available as part of the 2018 Budget to address winter pressures and waiting lists over the rest of this year. Thi...

Health - Hospitals - building programme

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the status of refurbishments to a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 172 to Minister for Health ]

Health - Hospitals - building programme

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers] The new Capital Envelope announced in the context of Budget 2018 is being used by the HSE to revise the Capital Plan and also in preparing the National Service Plan for 2018. Therefore I am not yet in a position to say what projects will be funded next year.

Health - Hospitals - data

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 20 October 2017 or the latest date on which data for validated bed closures at hospital and ward level are available, in tabular form [Q. No(s) 194 to Minister for Health ]

Health - Hospitals - data

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers] As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to reply directly to the Deputy.

Health - Hospitals - discharges

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the number of delayed discharges in all public and voluntary acute hospitals at the end of September 2017 or the latest date available; and the number of which have been delayed by time band (details supplied), in tabular form [Q. No(s) 195 to Minister for Health ]

Health - Hospitals - discharges

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers] In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.

Health - Hospitals - funding

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...his plans to prioritise the provision of capital funding for the new endoscopy unit and other ancillary services at Naas general hospital, Naas, County Kildare from the additional capital allocation of €471 million announced under the mid term capital review; and if he will make ...

Health - Hospitals - funding

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...his plans to prioritise the provision of capital funding for phase 3C of Naas general hospital, Naas, County Kildare from the additional capital allocation of €471 million announced under the mid term capital review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 148 to...

Health - Hospitals - funding

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers] I propose to take Questions Nos. 147 and 148 together. The new Capital Envelope announced in the context of Budget 2018 is being used by the HSE to revise the Capital Plan and also in preparing the National Service Plan for 2018. Therefore I am not in a position to say what proje...

Health - Hospitals - investigations

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if the Ireland east hospital group insisted that a full internal report on the death of a person (details supplied) be carried out before an inquest could be scheduled [Q. No(s) 188 to Minister for Health ]

Health - Hospitals - investigations

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the timeframe for the report into the death of a person (details supplied) being carried out and delivered to the Ireland east hospital group [Q. No(s) 189 to Minister for Health ]

Health - Hospitals - investigations

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers] I propose to take Questions Nos. 188 and 189 together. I can assure the Deputy that procedures are in place to record and review maternal deaths and to ensure that any learning is disseminated and applied to help improve our maternity services. A maternal death is classified ...

Health - Hospitals - patronage

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the status of the promised review of the religious patronage and ownership of hospitals and associated facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 207 to Minister for Health ]

Health - Hospitals - patronage

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers] I announced the establishment of the Review Group on the role of Voluntary Organisations in the provision of publicly funded health and personal social services on 21 July, 2017. The Review Group was established by the Government in order to: - examine current arrangements with ...

Health - Hospitals - provision of equipment

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if the staff and resources required to operate the genomic sequencing equipment at the Mater hospital will be provided by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 158 to Minister for Health ]

Health - Hospitals - provision of equipment

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers] As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive for a direct response

Health - Hospitals - provision of facilities

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the costs associated with the upgrade of hospital systems to facilitate the MedLIS project for 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 208 to Minister for Health ]

Health - Hospitals - provision of facilities

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the reason for the delay in the roll out of the national MedLIS project in view of the HSE's claim that the delay was due to the need to accommodate changes that are required for the system to work in the right way for the healthcare system; and if he will make a statement on the...