Written Answers Nos. 228-236
228. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new emergency department and reconfiguration of existing emergency department for Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14249/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
229. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new 95-bed inpatient accommodation for Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14250/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
230. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new critical care unit for Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14251/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
231. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the upgrade of the inner MV ring main for Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14252/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of public healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.
232. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new road realignment and cycling infrastructure for Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14253/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
233. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new standalone diagnostic centre on the St. Joseph’s site under the governance of Beaumont radiology department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14254/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
235. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health the evaluation being undertaken to establish the numbers of private patients who cannot register with a GP practice in their community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14273/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraGPs are self-employed practitioners and therefore may establish practices at a place of their own choosing. There is no prescribed ratio of GPs to patients and the State does not regulate the number of GPs that can set up in a town or community.
Under the GMS scheme, the HSE contracts GPs to provide medical services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. Currently there are 2,553 GPs contracted to provide services under the GMS Scheme, and a further 621 GPs that do not hold a GMS contract but hold at least one other contract with the HSE for the provision of health services.
Where a person that holds a medical card or GP visit card, experiences difficulty in finding a GP to accept them as a patient, the person concerned having unsuccessfully applied to at least three GPs in the area (or fewer if there are fewer GPs in the area) can apply to the HSE Eligibility Unit which has the power to assign a GMS patient to a GP's GMS patient list in accordance with the GMS contract.
Persons who do not hold a medical card or GP visit card access GP services on a private basis and can make enquiries directly to any GP practice they wish to register with. As private practitioners, it is a matter for each individual GP to decide whether to accept additional private patients. Accordingly, the HSE does not maintain information related to the registration/non-registration of persons who do not hold a medical card or GP visit card with GPs.
236. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if targeted funding can be introduced for rural home care delivery for and area of Cork and Kerry, CHO 4, given that this region has the highest number of people on the waiting list for home care and that the waiting lists for home care, on average, are more than five times higher outside of Dublin. [14286/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
