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that effort to try to provide signposting. What parents need and what they will receive is letters from CHI and Cappagh hospital about the arrangements and next steps that individually apply to them and their child and how they will get further information or support. I expect these … where they still exist. In addition, the CEO of the HSE is commissioning an audit of governance and equity in patient access and waiting list management at CHI. The audit aims to assess governance and equity in access to care, especially regarding the balance between public and private

have listed some of the hospitals that reflect that. It is not just about putting a name on the building. The name should be reflected throughout. If a name is to be given to a lecture theatre in the Kathleen Lynn hospital, then I suggest Madeleine ffrench-Mullen … either Temple Street or Crumlin hospital. Hopefully, in the future, they will be brought to a state-of-the-art hospital. Hopefully, it will be a pioneering hospital, given its pioneering costs. I have seen the inside of the hospital twice over the build project. It looks fantastic

this would not ensure access. The integration section of Sláintecare is about improving access through a recalibration of our health system away from hospitals and towards the community, but integration also includes fundamental reform of HSE governance structures. It should be acknowledged that we are seeing some critical … Department of Health. Since then, every target for the introduction of the statutory scheme has been missed. All the while, home care waiting lists have grown. This year alone, they have increased by 12% since January. Looking at this year’s health budget, one would struggle

first health legislation to be taken on Second Stage since the general election last November. This is one of only two health Bills listed for priority publication yet it was only published last Friday, just shy of the summer recess. Nevertheless, it is worthwhile and modest legislation … corporate plan also makes a vague commitment to improving access to emergency and routine dental care. When will this happen? Public dental care waiting lists are at breaking point. The medical card scheme is haemorrhaging dentists but one would not think it from reading the corporate plan. Where

Fine Gael together and that is the honesty around it. The HSE has confirmed that currently 242 people in Mayo are on the waiting list for home support. That is not right. That is home support they vitally need. A spokesperson for HSE West and North-West said … retention and recruitment. This situation has to be fixed because it obviously has a knock-on impact on people who are in acute hospitals longer than they need to, but also on other situations in other hospitals as well. There is a way to fix this

were suffering. It was an acknowledgement by the State that allowing children with progressive spinal conditions to wait for years was unacceptable. That promise was broken. Children continued to wait beyond four months, and some children still do today. That is why I cannot accept 1 January … have had report after report, review after review, investigation after investigation. We have had the Ombudsman for Children raise serious concerns about scoliosis waiting lists. We have had the Dixon report and the issues involving children with spina bifida who became known as the "Crumlin orphans". We have

only accessed through private services. We need to change that, particularly when we look at the length of waiting services. There are psychology waiting lists of 3,000 adults and probably over 30,000 children now. I have GPs in parts of this city who tell me that … Minister of State to ensure that mental health management is part of the chronic disease management programme. The second key factor relates to hospitals. The major development, which we certainly welcome, is that of advanced nurse practitioners, ANPs, being on-site within our emergency departments to a much

disciplines compared with December 2023, it is really a case of running to a standstill. In regard to the length of the waiting list, I hear what the Minister of State said. Some regions have upped their game for a variety of reasons and other areas have … children waiting to be seen. Deputy Clarke referred to the more than 23,000 people waiting on the psychology waiting list with over 11,000 waiting more than a year. Last week we heard from the Minister for Health that there will now be special interventions with regard

sincere sympathies to Harvey Morrison Sherratt's parents, Gillian and Stephen, and all families impacted by CHI's scoliosis and spinal surgery waiting list. This is a deeply serious issue, one on which we are all united across the Dáil in wanting to resolve. Simon, the Government … economy. What has Aontú delivered for Ireland and for Mayo? Not one house, not one more road, not one job, not one hospital bed - nothing. Deputy Paul Lawless has delivered zero. Aontú's latest attempt to grab the headlines is another political stunt. It has no substance

been invested in capital infrastructure. This funding has improved cancer facilities throughout the country. It has delivered the new national cervical screening laboratory hospital and two new radiation oncology facilities in Cork and Galway. This year, the HSE’s capital plan includes a further €20 million for diagnostic … foot of that conversation, he is conducting a review of diagnostic equipment utilisation. The findings will be presented to me along with the waiting list task force in June. This is very important to understand the local nuances of how diagnostic equipment is or is not being used

quite shocking that it will take 14 months for a question asked in September 2024, about how many children have been taken off waiting lists without their parents knowing, to be answered. It points again to the dysfunction. I welcome that the Minister has met with parents about … moment. My understanding is that it is not spending it because that money has been assigned to fit out the new children's hospital

understood. There is a lot of work going on to try to get that scheme going. Deputy O'Sullivan raised the elective hospital. I put that back on the map at the time. I am going to pursue this. We have the site, and likewise in Galway. There … well. We will continue to focus to get more of those done, and more quickly. There are quite a number on the list that we need to get done. Now, with the allocation that has been given to education, we will certainly keep the pressure on to complete

persons and their carers are hospitalised. It is important to note that carers save the State about €20 billion each year, preventing avoidable hospital admissions and enabling many people to remain in their homes safely for longer periods. In the run-up to the last general election … break the law that requires the completion of an assessment of need within six months of referral. There are 16,000 children on waiting lists currently and that is estimated to increase to 20,000 by year end. There are over 40,000 on waiting lists for various

view" to phasing this out over the lifetime of this Government. However, a view is not a guarantee. Carers alleviate pressures in hospitals and long-term residential care facilities. They are under significant and unsustainable strain due to inconsistent access to services and limited financial supports. Rural areas … voluntary homes. These financial challenges are leading to many nursing homes closing due to financial viability. They are also causing long-term waiting lists for those needing to avail of the system. The fair deal pricing review must be published, as per the commitment in the programme

waiting for a referral, waiting for a bed and, in far too many cases, waiting in accident and emergency departments, on the CAMHS waiting lists, in homeless accommodation or in the criminal justice system. That is not a mental health service fit for purpose. Along with my party … general accident and emergency department. Sinn Féin has proposed dedicated 24-7 mental health emergency rooms in every major hospital. We have also proposed significant investment in inpatient beds, community teams, eating disorder services, CAMHS and the mental health workforce. The Government's mental health allocation in budget

group of people still failed to treat Harvey. There are other examples of incompetence there, with ten children who were crossed off the waiting list by somebody under orders. That person apparently was disciplined for that when they were actually just carrying out an order. Other children have … people to talk like that. As to what needs to be done very quickly to bring down the lists, two things were raised: either requisitioning space in other hospitals in the private health system, which is packed to the gills with equipment and money, or sending children abroad

lack of emergency accommodation in the city, with people being turned away from emergency accommodation every single night. Staff working in the University Hospital Limerick have told me there are approximately 12 or more people staying in the accident and emergency department every single night to keep … issue raised with me is the need for housing. There are approximately 2,000 people on Limerick's housing list and these figures are growing. People are waiting years without any prospect of getting a home. Increasing numbers of notices to quit has left many people desperate with

insertion of unauthorised springs into children, hundreds of children going through operations that were not necessary and other hundreds of children on waiting lists. We were told not all of this in the past tense; much is still in the present tense. CHI has descended into dysfunction over … still not published. Many of them castigate the continuous disaster within that organisation. In 2017, Simon Harris promised that no child would wait longer than four months for an operation. This was not an exceptional promise. It was a promise to implement an international norm. Simon Harris failed

both multidisciplinary crisis response teams and drop-in Solace cafes. Initial findings are indicating that they are significantly reducing emergency presentations to acute hospitals by up to 20%. On youth mental health, while we have made a lot of progress there are some areas where I would like … much of this focused on children and young people. A priority for me is to improve access to community CAMHS and to reduce waiting lists. Throughout this year I have been carrying out a series of visits to all HSE regional areas to impress on the teams that

Monaghan. Deputy Barry Ward - To discuss the progression of the Sutton to Sandycove, S2S, cycleway. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil - To discuss paediatric surgery waiting lists affecting families in Kildare North. Deputy Pa Daly - To discuss the north Kerry CAMHS review. Deputy Malcolm Byrne - To discuss ongoing human rights … second quarter of this year. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - To discuss the need for an increase in funding for the LauraLynn children's hospital. The matters raised by Deputies Ó Murchú, Carthy, Ó Cearúil, Gould and Gannon have been selected for discussion

plays in easing the pressure on our hospitals. When adequate support is available in the home, unnecessary hospital admissions can be prevented and hospital discharges can happen more smoothly. For older people in particular, remaining at home with proper assistance is often far safer and far healthier than … while I have the time in relation to what I have experienced over the past number of months in terms of the acute waiting list for home support in Cork. As of 11 November, the HSE responded to a parliamentary question by saying over 890 clients were wait

across the Central Mental Hospital. I also look forward to the opening of an additional 20 CAMHS beds in the new children's hospital, which will support access to services in this state-of-the-art facility. It is meant to be a beautiful facility … child and youth mental health services will be tangible, measurable and impactful. Improving access to modern mental health services requires that the waiting lists for CAMHS be addressed. In order to continue to meet demand over 2025 and future years, CAMHS teams need to be appropriately staffed

name of the Member in each case: Deputy Michael Cahill - To discuss the need for a new maternity unit at University Hospital Kerry. Deputy Joanna Byrne - To discuss additional funding for local authorities for housing adaptation grants, mobility aid grants and housing for older persons. Deputy Naoise … facilitate transfers between housing lists in cases of domestic abuse. Deputy Paul Murphy - To discuss the need for a public inquiry into conduct in care facilities during the Covid-19 pandemic. Deputy Cathy Bennett - To discuss services available in Monaghan Hospital. The matters raised by Deputies

increase for An Post and Eircom pensioners. Deputy John Connolly - To discuss the HSE's refined scope and budget for the planned elective hospitals. Deputy Mark Wall - To discuss the Moone to Timolin cycle path. Deputy Malcolm Byrne - To discuss the review of the Garda vetting process … Dublin 2. Deputy Tom Brabazon - To discuss the principle of pay parity in Irish law. Deputy Réada Cronin - Post-primary school waiting lists in North Kildare. Deputy Colm Burke - To discuss the recruitment and employment of paediatric dermatology consultants in the south-west region. Deputy Pearse Doherty

Paul Murphy - To discuss the funding crisis at Sacred Heart national school, Killinarden. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan - To discuss overcrowding and capacity at University Hospital Limerick. Deputy Frankie Feighan - To discuss the potential threat to Ireland's alcohol and spirits market to the USA if tariffs are imposed. Deputy … Gorman - To discuss the provision of modular accommodation for Danu Community Special School. Deputy Mattie McGrath - To discuss the need to address the waiting lists for autism assessments in south Tipperary. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí - To discuss accommodating a new special school on the Belmayne Educate Together secondary