Results 101-120 of 214 for revert speaker:Stephen Donnelly

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reviews (26 May 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Let us take a look. I will revert to the Deputy with a note.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...the Deputy for acknowledging that the service was provided. The development in question is of concern to me and of considerable concern to the local community. We are working on it and I will revert to the Deputy with a note on it. He should rest assured that I want to see this fully resolved. What we really need in place is a full-time, permanent consultant lead for the medical...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...there has been a growing medical negligence sector. Many doctors report that they have to practise defensive medicine, which is in nobody's interests. We need to introduce the scheme. I will revert to the Deputy with a note on that. We need to go further.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...dispute resolution mechanisms. The Public Sector Agreement Group, PSAG, was used twice, as the Deputy will be aware. The recommendation for PSAG under Building Momentum was that all sides would revert to the WRC, critically without industrial action. We are all aware that it is causing very significant disruption to the acute sector. There are patients waiting on quite urgent surgery...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...structures are not based on the land. As Mr. O'Donoghue has said, we have leasehold ownership of the land for the next 300 years. The fact St. Vincent's has freehold ownership of the land and it reverts to it after 300 years is not why it is appointing directors or why we have the corporate structures we have. We have all of this because we are entering into a partnership.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The State is the owner of the building. In 300 years' time, the land would revert to St. Vincent's.

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed).: Departmental Funding (31 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I considered the Deputy's question at length and I was trying to understand exactly what he was asking. If I do not cover the specifics he wishes me to cover, I will happily revert to him with a note or talk to him about the issue separately. Section 38 and section 39 organisations have service provision arrangements with the HSE across a range of services, including healthcare, social...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (31 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...morning. Our workers - their members - are exhausted. This is yet another Covid wave. It has been going on for a long time, people are tired and the pressure is relentless. I might be able to revert to the Deputy after his next supplementary question. In short, we have taken away the legal requirements around masks but the advice remains: if people are on public transport, they...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ..., midwifery, clinical specialties, non-consultant hospital doctors, NCHDs, health and social care professionals, and management and administrative grades. I am seeking a note on, which I will revert to the Deputy with.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I will get the Chairman a detailed note on that. Subhead A5 covers Department of Health ICT. I will revert to him with a detailed note on exactly to what that additional funding is being allocated.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (15 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...on the 26th January 2022. Following submission by the HSE of the amended National Service 2022 on the 10th February 2022, I am currently giving consideration to this amended Plan and intend to revert to the HSE promptly. Following this, the National Service Plan will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas within 21 days. Thereafter, the HSE will ensure it is published at the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (20 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...current wave of the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus has caused a delay in the deliberations and finalisation of the NSP 2022. I am currently giving consideration to the Plan and intend to revert to the HSE promptly. If the Plan is approved, it must be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas within 21 days of its approval. Once the Service Plan is laid before the Houses of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Attorney General. It is my intention to produce the heads of Bill as early as possible, get Government agreement on that, engage with the Committee on Health and legislate to that effect. I will revert later to the committee with timelines in that regard. It is a priority. Free contraception has been spoken about for some time. As the Deputy will be aware, I have allocated a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Department that it is required. I am sure the Deputy and everyone appreciates that I am accepting that advice. I recognise the committee has technical questions and I will ask the Department to revert with a note on them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Research and Training (7 Dec 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...instance. I have asked my Department to engage with the HSE to clarify its role in providing appropriate support to schools so that the care needs of the pupils involved can best be met. I will revert to the Deputy with this information shortly.

Covid-19: Reframing the Challenge, Continuing our Recovery and Reconnecting: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: .... Deputy Andrews asked some questions on volunteering and situations in which different organisations had made different decisions on the use of certain facilities in some sports clubs. I will revert to the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, and ask that Deputy Andrews be engaged with on that issue. The issue of schools was raised, which is very understandable. I will make a few...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (21 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...on the basis of a daily and hourly rate, others are paid a fee on the basis of reaching a number of milestones during the process and in some case producing a report. I have asked the HSE to revert to you in relation to its consultancy spend. Consultant Brief description Expenditure 2021 € Ms. Eithne Fitzgerald Provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...are filled, about 2,750 are filled on a permanent basis, nearly 500 are filled under fixed term contracts and just over 250 under specified purpose contracts. As it is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to revert to the Deputy with the further data sought on vacant consultant positions. 

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...to have 2% of the nursing and midwifery workforce, approximately 800 people, working as advanced nurse practitioners or advanced midwifery practitioners, will be reached. I want that to be scaled up and have asked my Department to revert with a plan to that effect. This area has great untapped potential for our healthcare system. It fundamentally redesigns the model of care, bringing...