Written Answers Nos. 221-240
221. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists, by community healthcare network and length of wait at the end of quarter 3 for each year 2023 to 2025, in tabular form. [52543/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
222. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of quarter three for each year 2022 to 2025, in tabular form [52544/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraWaiting times for radiology and diagnostic services have been recognised as an issue for some time. This year the Productivity and Savings Taskforce published an action plan for 2025 which commits to a range of services being available 7 days a week, including diagnostics activity. It will also ensure that all publicly funded diagnostics are captured in the National Integrated Medical Imaging System (NIMIS) by the end of 2025, thereby improving care coordination and reducing duplication of tests and procedures.
The NTPF is working to support access to radiology and in October 2024 it published a National Radiology Diagnostic Waiting List Management Protocol. As well as ensuring that patients seeking access to Radiology Diagnostic services are administratively managed in a safe, timely, fair, and equitable manner whilst waiting, the protocol will facilitate improved data collection and reporting about patients on Radiology Diagnostic waiting lists.
In the interim, the information that is currently being collected as part of a pilot project is being tested and validated at hospital, hospital region and national level and as such should not be used/reported without the context of the caveats set out below:
• Data is subject to inclusions and exclusions which are documented in the Data Profile Document. This document is available from Acute Operations and has been circulated to all Hospital Regions.
• Data contains urgent, routine and surveillance/planned activity which is currently not broken down in detail, as such this includes surveillance/planned activity which may not be exceeding planned date.
• Data is still undergoing validation at Hospital and Hospital Region level. Data does not take into account local nuances at site level (Site profile developed to support understanding of same).
• The purpose of this aggregate data is to provide a National Level overview of the number of patients waiting for modalities of CT, MRI and Ultrasound.
• This report is not intended to be used for the active management of hospital diagnostics waiting list, local reports and mechanisms should continue to be used for the management of diagnostics waiting lists at hospital level.
The NTPF provides my Department with quarterly reports which set out waiting list data for CT, MRI and Ultrasound. The HSE advises that, at present, further diagnostic scans (including cholangiopancreatography, electroencephalogram, angiogram, electrocardiogram and bone scan), are not yet captured as part of this project.
The Deputy has been provided with reports for each quarter in 2022, 2023, 2024 and Quarter 1 in 2025 in response to previous Parliamentary Questions.
The most recent report available for the end of Quarter 2 2025, indicates there was a total of 318,889 patients reported on the waiting list from all sites, this represents all outpatients waiting, urgent, semi urgent, routine and planned/surveillance (where diagnostic access is planned at particular time intervals).
223. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of quarter three for each year 2023 to 2025, by LHO, in tabular form; the number of dentists who submitted claims; and the total number of claims in the first half of each year. [52545/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
224. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of quarter three for each year 2023 to 2025, by standard waiting times, and by area, in tabular form. [52546/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
225. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of special care patients, adult and children, who are on dental surgery waiting lists according to data held by local offices at the end of quarter three for each year 2013 to 2025, by waiting time band and by local health office, in tabular form; the number on waiting lists for dental surgery under general anaesthesia; and the median waiting time for each. [52547/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
226. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the consultant identified in an internal HSE audit report as having been paid €1.6 million as a termination payment, including €1.37 million for loss of potential private earnings for a period of three years and eight months during which the doctor concerned was suspended, had worked for CHI. [52551/25]
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.
227. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on agency staffing by each statutory and section 38 hospital from 2021 to date in 2025; the total figure in each year and the figure for the first 9 months of each year, in tabular form. [52568/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
228. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on insourcing by each statutory and section 38 hospital from 2021 to date in 2025; the total figure in each year and the figure for the first 9 months of each year, in tabular form. [52569/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
229. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend on insourcing from 2021 to date in 2025, by service provider, in tabular form. [52570/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
230. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of medical negligence litigation against the HSE and her Department from 2014 to date in 2025; to include awards made in the courts; settlements made out of court to resolve disputes, and legal costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52571/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe State Claims Agency (SCA) has a statutory remit to manage personal injury claims on behalf of State Authorities. The SCA has provided me with the information set out below.
The information contained within this response was extracted from the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as per the below criteria.
The following table contains the transactional amounts paid (including VAT where applicable) under the Clinical Indemnity Scheme, that are associated with claims and a small number of incidents and inquests. This includes claims recorded by the SCA across hospitals, nursing homes, HSE locations including community healthcare locations, and COVID-19 response locations. It excludes claims recorded against other designated schemes. It includes payments between 01/01/2025 and 31/08/2025 and is correct as of 01/09/2025. Please note that the amounts between 01/01/2014 and 31/12/2024 remain unchanged from those provided under references PQ 38143/25 and PQ 3529/25. Please refer to the published information for further details.
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Transaction Reporting Year |
Amount paid |
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2025 (to end of August) |
€195,840,057 |
231. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health acute inpatient units in 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [52597/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
232. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the median wait time for screening or assessment by counselling in primary care services in 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025. [52598/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
233. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department presentations and admissions in the first nine months of each year 2019 to 2025, by hospital, in tabular form; and the percentage and number of those admitted within six hours, nine hours, and 24 hours [52602/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe link below shows the number of presentations/attendances at Emergency Departments and the number of admissions through Emergency Departments recorded on the Patient Experience Time dataset during the period January to September (inclusive) for the years 2019 to 2025 by hospital. See sheet Attend_Admit at the link.
Data is also included on the number of admissions through Emergency Departments with a wait time of under 6 hours, under 9 hours and under 24 hours as recorded on the Patient Experience Time dataset during the period January to September (inclusive) for the years 2019 to 2025 by hospital. Data on the percentage of total admissions through Emergency Departments (not including those discharged from the ED as per question) with a wait time of under 6 hours, under 9 hours and under 24 hours also included. See sheet Admit_Wait at the link.
Data compiled by the Department of Health based on data received as of 30 September 2025 from the Health Service Executive, Patient Experience Time (PET) dataset.
Data does not include presentations to Injury Units.
Data for January-September 2025 will be incomplete and should be treated as provisional. Data was compiled on 30 September 2025.
Please note that due to a system upgrade, PET data for Beaumont Hospital is unavailable from 12 September 2025. Data for Beaumont Hospital for 2025 only includes data up to and including 11 September 2025.
234. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department presentations who left before been admitted or discharged in the first nine months of each year 2019 to 2025, by hospital, in tabular form. [52603/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe link below shows the number of presentations to Emergency Departments with a discharge destination of 'Did Not Wait' recorded on the Patient Experience Time dataset during the period January to September (inclusive) for the years 2019 to 2025 by hospital.
Data compiled by the Department of Health based on data received as of 29 September 2025 from the Health Service Executive, Patient Experience Time (PET) dataset.
Data does not include presentations to Injury Units.
Data for January-September 2025 will be incomplete and should be treated as provisional. Data was compiled on 29 September 2025.
Please note that due to a system upgrade, PET data for Beaumont Hospital is unavailable from 12 September 2025. Data for Beaumont Hospital for 2025 only includes data up to and including 11 September 2025.
235. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status one ECHO incidents responded to within 19 minutes in the first nine months of each year 2019 to 2025, by region, in tabular form. [52604/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
236. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status one DELTA incidents responded to within 19 minutes in the first nine months of each year 2019 to 2025, by region, in tabular form. [52605/25]
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.
237. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance response time to all incidents in the first nine months of each year 2019 to 2025, by region, in tabular form. [52606/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
238. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of symptomatic breast cancer attendances in 2024 and to date in 2025 whose referrals were triaged as urgent and which did not adhere to the national standard of 2 weeks for urgent referrals. [52607/25]
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.
239. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of lung cancer rapid access clinic attendances in 2024 and to date in 2025 who were offered an appointment within ten working days. [52608/25]
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.
240. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of prostate cancer rapid access clinic attendances in 2024 and to date in 2025 who were offered an appointment within 20 working days. [52609/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
