157. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the chronic disease management programme and implementation across all areas; the number of GPs providing services in each area; the number of other workers associated with the programme in whole time equivalent in each area; the number of unfilled posts associated with the programme by area; the spend on the scheme in each year since inception …
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186. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for an initial appointment across primary and community care services at 31 August 2025 and 2026, nationally, by HSE health region, integrated healthcare area and county where held, by service, age group and waiting-time band; and the average, median and longest waiting time for each service where available, in tabular form. [67545…
187. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances; the average time to admission; the waiting-time distribution; the number and percentage of patients waiting more than 12 hours; more than 24 hours; the number and percentage leaving without being seen or before completion of treatment, for the period 1 January to 31 August in 2025 and 2026, nationally and by hosp…
190. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for diagnostic scans and other centrally reported diagnostic tests, at 31 August nationally, by HSE Health Region and by hospital or diagnostic service, broken down by waiting-time band including waits of more than six, 12 and 18 months; and the average, median and longest wait where available; and the details of outsourced scans, …
191. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS and CAMHS ID waiting lists at 31 August in each of the years 2025 to 2026, nationally, by HSE Health Region, Integrated Healthcare Area and team, broken down by waiting-time bands ; and the average, median and longest waiting time, in tabular form. [67577/26]
192. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people approved for home support but awaiting commencement, the number receiving less than their approved allocation, the total number of approved hours not being delivered per week, and the average, median and longest waiting time, at 31 August in each of the years 2025 to date in 2026, nationally, by HSE Health Region, Integrated Healthcare Are…
193. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of outsourcing arrangements for children's spinal surgery and paediatric orthopaedics; the participating hospitals, including international hospitals; the number of children referred, assessed, treated and awaiting treatment through each arrangement for the period 1 January to 31 August 2026 and the equivalent period in 2025; and the expenditure inc…
194. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of ambulance handovers completed within 20 minutes and the number and percentage taking more than 30 minutes, 60 minutes and 120 minutes, together with the total ambulance crew hours lost to delayed handover, for the period 1 January to 31 August in each of the years 2022 to 2026, nationally and by hospital, in tabular form. [67570/26…
195. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the ambulance response performance for high-acuity emergency incidents for the period 1 January to 31 August in each of the years 2022 to date in 2026, nationally, by HSE or National Ambulance Service region and by county of incident where held, broken down by the applicable current clinical-status category; the incident volume, median response time, 90th perc…
196. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against healthcare workers and patients for the period 1 January to 31 August in each of the years 2022 to 2026, nationally, by HSE Health Region and by facility where available, broken down by incident type including physical, verbal and sexual assault, and by reported level of harm; the number of staff working days lost follow…
198. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the gross income received from car-parking charges at each public and voluntary acute hospital for each full year 2021 to 2025 and for the period 1 January to 31 August in 2025 and 2026; the number of paid parking spaces; the applicable hourly, daily and weekly tariffs; the number and value of exemptions, reductions or validations; the amount retained by the h…
199. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average bed occupancy rate in each public and voluntary acute hospital for the period 1 January to 31 August of 2025 and 2026; the national and HSE Health Region average for each period; the number of days on which occupancy exceeded 85%, 90% and 95% in each hospital where available; and the number of days on which full capacity protocols were in operation…
200. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated appointment cancellation for each quarter in each of the years 2022 to date in 2026 by hospital, broken down by reason for hospital-initiated cancellation, in tabular form. [67553/26]
201. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expenditure by the HSE and public hospitals on privately provided MRI, CT, ultrasound, endoscopy and colonoscopy services in each year 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, broken down by provider, modality and referring hospital; the number of tests purchased and average unit cost; and the corresponding public-sector capacity and activity by modality and regi…
202. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the overtime expenditure and overtime hours in each public and voluntary acute hospital for each year 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, broken down by staff group; the number of rostered shifts left unfilled by hospital and staff group; and the number of shifts filled through agency staffing or other temporary arrangements, in tabular form. [67625/26]
204. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of medicines which entered the HSE reimbursement process in each year 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the number which received a final reimbursement decision; the average, median and longest time spent at each stage from reimbursement application and pharmacoeconomic assessment to final decision; the number and duration of clock stops; the number…
206. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons eligible, invited and screened in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026 in respect of BreastCheck, CervicalCheck and BowelScreen; the relevant target number, screening interval or participation target and actual performance against each target; the number and percentage whose screening interval exceeded the applicable program…
208. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of personal-data breaches recorded by the HSE and public and voluntary hospitals for each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, nationally, by HSE health region and facility where available, broken down by breach category; the number of persons affected; the number involving health or other special-category personal data; and the number not…
209. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of serious reportable events and other serious patient-safety incidents recorded in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, nationally and by hospital or facility, by incident category, including wrong-patient or wrong-site procedures, retained foreign objects and other applicable serious reportable event categories, and by level of pati…
210. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals and clinical sites required to certify compliance with the Public-Only Consultant Contract 2023; the number which have completed such certification; the number where non-compliance has been identified; the number of consultants identified as undertaking private work on public sites contrary to the terms of their contract; the number ope…
211. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants at 31 August 2026, nationally and by hospital or principal clinical site, specialty and contract type; the number and percentage employed under the Public-Only Consultant Contract 2023; the number and percentage of such consultants rostered as part of their core contracted hours to work after 5pm on weekdays and on Saturdays;…
213. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure by the HSE and each Section 38 organisation on management consultancy and external professional services for each full year 2021 to 2025 and for the period 1 January to 31 August in 2025 and 2026, broken down by organisation, firm and service type and, for HSE expenditure, by HSE Health Region or national service where available, in tabul…
215. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of requests received for assistance with assignment to a GP or dentist from medical card holders, GP visit card holders and persons without such qualification, for each full year 2016 to 2025 and for the period 1 January to 31 August in 2025 and 2026, nationally, by HSE Health Region and by local area, broken down by GP and dentist requests and appl…
216. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for access to dental treatment under sedation or general anaesthetic at 31 August 2025 and 31 August 2026, broken down by sedation or anaesthetic type, adult and child, patient category including patients with additional or special care needs, waiting-time band, HSE Health Region and Integrated Healthcare Area; and the average an…
218. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children eligible and scheduled for school dental screening, the number actually screened, the number and percentage of eligible children not screened, the number receiving treatment following screening, and the school year or class cohort currently being called for screening in each local dental area, for the 2021/22 to 2025/26 school years and …