Grace Boland

1073. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm whether the endoscopy unit in Beaumont Hospital has been taken over and used as an overflow area for emergency department patients and other patients awaiting admission and treatment in Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23635/25]

1074. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health what capacity will the new accident and emergency department in Beaumont Hospital have compared to the current emergency department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23636/25]

1075. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health what is the budget for the delivery of the new accident and emergency department in Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23637/25]

1076. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health when will the build commence for the new accident and emergency department in Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23638/25]

1077. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health how long does her Department believe the project to develop the accident and emergency department in Beaumont Hospital will take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23639/25]

1078. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health when will a new inpatient bed block or blocks be built at Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23640/25]

1079. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if planning permission is in place with Dublin City Council for the building of these new inpatient wards at Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23641/25]

1080. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health how many new beds are planned in the new inpatient wards at Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23642/25]

1081. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health what will the total inpatient bed capacity be at Beaumont Hospital when the new inpatient beds are completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23643/25]

1082. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the budget for the delivery of the new inpatient wards at Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23644/25]

1083. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if the funds for the inpatient wards at Beaumont Hospital are included in the HSE capital budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23645/25]

1084. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE will arrange the construction of fast-track modular-build hospital beds, 50 to 100, on a suitable temporary site location at Beaumont Hospital as an interim measure in 2025, using the planning permission provisions and regulations in the Covid legislation to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23646/25]

1085. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health to request the HSE to review and put in place a referral pathway for patients and key resources, to make more use of the Children's Health Ireland Urgent Care Centre at Connolly Hospital particularly for children and parents from the Fingal area, pending the closure Temple Street Children’s Hospital in the coming years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23647/25]

1086. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if the paediatric urgent care centre in Connolly Hospital should be able to deal with an expanded list of particular cases as this centre is easily accessible from Fingal and the more serious cases can be as planned referred on to the new children’s hospital at St James Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23648/25]

1131. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if patients currently on waiting lists for procedures will be referred for the new Swords surgical hub when it opens later in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24070/25]

1132. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the work her Department has undertaken to ensure that the fair deal scheme does not impede succession planning in particular the succession of agricultural land; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24071/25]

1133. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health for an update on her plans to commence each section of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24072/25]

1134. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the work her Department has undertaken with the Department of Further and Higher Education and third level institutions to increase the supply of graduates and allied health professionals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24073/25]

1135. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health for an update on her work to ensure even more routine healthcare services are available in the evenings and weekends as mentioned in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24074/25]

1136. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health for an update on the work her Department has undertaken through the Laura Brennan HPV Catch Up Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24075/25]

1137. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health for an update on the work her Department has carried out to work towards the full digitisation of Irish healthcare records; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24076/25]

1138. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health for an update on the work her Department has carried out to establish a national system for electronic prescribing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24077/25]

1139. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the work her Department has undertaken to advertise outside of Ireland for healthcare professionals and healthcare workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24078/25]

1241. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the new further education and training college announced on 12 December 2022 in Swords will proceed to a formal planning application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23583/25]

1242. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what has happened in the last 26 months to advance the badly needed further education and training college planned for Swords and provide 1,000 campus places and 6,000 outreach or online places to service the Fingal area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23584/25]