Billy Kelleher
Question:422. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of opioid substitution treatment outside prisons. [53873/17]
View answerDrug Treatment Programmes Data
Questions (422)
Written answers
The HSE maintains the Central Treatment List, which is a register of all clients in receipt of opioid substitution treatment for problem opiate use in Ireland. As at 31 October 2017, the latest month for which figures are available, 9,674 individuals were in receipt of opioid substitution treatment outside of the prison setting.
Question No. 423 answered with Question No. 392.
Home Help Service Data
Questions (424)
Billy Kelleher
Question:424. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in each local health office area monthly in 2017 to date; and the way in which this compares against target figures in tabular form. [53875/17]
View answerWritten answers
As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Question No. 425 answered with Question No. 392.
Primary Care Centres Provision
Questions (426)
Billy Kelleher
Question:426. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the delivery of the primary care education pathways and research in dementia education programme to primary care teams in collaboration with the National Dementia Office and social care services; the number of sites that have been selected for same; and the location of each. [53877/17]
View answerWritten answers
As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Home Help Service Data
Questions (427, 429, 498)
Billy Kelleher
Question:427. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home care packages being provided in each LHO area in tabular form. [53878/17]
View answerBilly Kelleher
Question:429. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours being provided in each LHO area in tabular form. [53880/17]
View answerBilly Kelleher
Question:498. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home care packages being provided in each LHO area. [54107/17]
View answerWritten answers
I propose to take Questions Nos. 427, 429 and 498 together.
As these are service matters I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Home Help Service Data
Questions (428)
Billy Kelleher
Question:428. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of intensive home care packages being provided in each LHO area in tabular form. [53879/17]
View answerWritten answers
As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Question No. 429 answered with Question No. 427.
Hospital Beds Data
Questions (430)
Billy Kelleher
Question:430. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 8 December 2017 or the latest date on which data for validated bed closures at hospital and ward level are available in tabular form. [53881/17]
View answerWritten answers
As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply to the Deputy.
Hospitals Discharges
Questions (431)
Billy Kelleher
Question:431. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in all public and voluntary acute hospitals at the end of November 2017 or the latest date available; and the number of discharges which have been delayed for periods (details supplied) in tabular form. [53882/17]
View answerWritten answers
Recent data received from the HSE show that as of 5 December 2017 the number of delayed discharges in all public and voluntary acute hospitals was 555.
In response to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to you directly.
Question No. 432 answered with Question No. 341.
Organ Donation Data
Questions (433)
Billy Kelleher
Question:433. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the targets in place for organ donation and transplant rates; if they have been achieved in 2017; and if not, the progress made towards achieving the targets [53884/17]
View answerWritten answers
Progress on organ donation and transplantation is monitored by my Department on a monthly basis. To the end of November 2017, there have been a total of 138 donors which resulted in 290 transplants. A breakdown of the organ donation and transplant figures for recent years follows:
Annual Transplant Statistics
|
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
|
|
Donors (Deceased) |
58 |
93 |
78 |
86 |
63 |
81 |
77 |
90 |
|
Living Donors |
23 |
27 |
32 |
38 |
40 |
33 |
50 |
48 |
|
Transplants |
||||||||
|
Kidney |
121 |
192 |
163 |
185 |
152 |
153 |
172 |
177 |
|
Liver |
38 |
61 |
50 |
55 |
44 |
61 |
58 |
58 |
|
Heart |
3 |
6 |
10 |
11 |
18 |
16 |
15 |
15 |
|
Lung |
4 |
8 |
14 |
32 |
31 |
36 |
35 |
35 |
|
Pancreas |
8 |
8 |
1 |
11 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
Total Transplants |
174 |
275 |
238 |
294 |
251 |
266 |
280 |
290 |
Health Services Reports
Questions (434)
Billy Kelleher
Question:434. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the planning of a national genetic and genomic medicine network service which will operate on a hub and spoke basis; the location of the hubs and spokes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53885/17]
View answerWritten answers
The development of a national and genomic medicine network will be informed by the HSE Report of the National Genetic and Genomic Medicine Network Strategy Group (2016). The report and its recommendations are under consideration by the HSE in conjunction with my Department with a view to determining priority next steps.
Hospitals Discharges
Questions (435)
Billy Kelleher
Question:435. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of elective inpatient discharges in each public and voluntary hospital in 2017. [53886/17]
View answerWritten answers
As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to you directly.
Patient Data
Questions (436)
Billy Kelleher
Question:436. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with haemodialysis treated in acute hospitals in 2017. [53887/17]
View answerWritten answers
In relation to the query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.