Results 1-20 of 2,580 for long speaker:Stephen Donnelly

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...the assisted human reproduction Bill through Report and Final Stages in the Dáil. I will thank and acknowledge a few people. First, are my Oireachtas colleagues. In the committee we spent a long time on this. As was mentioned, there was also a Joint Committee on International Surrogacy which produced a thoughtful and balanced report. I acknowledge the work across both Houses...

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: They will have numerous conflicting pressures, and this could take a long time. I am stating clearly that I am not willing to take that risk. I commit to having this Bill passed for the children and parents who are desperately waiting for it. If that means also having amending legislation going in parallel immediately after we come back in September, that is absolutely what I am proposing....

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...recess, which we have to do. I certainly want to do that. We are putting in place parallel amending legislation which will be ready when the Dáil comes back. It just requires more detailed work. To be clear, I have had long conversations on the policy intent. This provision is being brought in as a step in the right direction such that it is clear that if that person is deceased,...

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...to remove the provision in the current text of the Bill that would allow for a surrogate mother to consent to a child born as a result of surrogacy to live with the intending parents. We had a long debate about this on Committee Stage and we have given it serious consideration. However, the provision in the Bill is an important one, taken in conjunction with the amendment of the...

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...to the Bill. It was a broad comment for us to take into account. We have taken it into account and put a best interest of the child test in. The question we are debating and on which we had a long debate on Committee Stage is not whether the best interests of the child test should be included because it is included but whether it should trump all the other criteria we set forth so that...

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 17: In page 53, line 30, to delete “abnormalities” and substitute “variants”. While I certainly was not qualified in terms of the correct terminology, we had a long conversation about the correct terminology to use. This grouping of 11 amendments seeks, on foot of suggestions from Deputy Shortall and others, to refine and improve some of...

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...reapply for approval from the regulatory authority as a single intending parent when their partner dies before the embryo transfer has taken place with the proposed use of the same embryo as long as the surviving intending parent has a genetic link.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (29 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The Long-Term Illness (LTI) Scheme was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 (as amended). Regulations were made in 1971, 1973 and 1975, prescribing 16 conditions covered by the Scheme. These are: acute leukaemia; mental handicap; cerebral palsy; mental illness (in a person under 16); cystic fibrosis; multiple sclerosis; diabetes insipidus; muscular dystrophies; diabetes...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: It is acknowledged that many patients are still waiting too long for hospital appointments and treatments. As Minister I am conscious of the burden this places on those patients and their families. As part of the multi-annual approach to reducing waiting lists, and just as importantly the length of time that patients are waiting, I published the 2024 Waiting List Action Plan on 27th...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (28 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The Long-Term Illness (LTI) Scheme was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 (as amended). Regulations were made in 1971, 1973 and 1975, prescribing 16 conditions covered by the Scheme. As prescribed in the respective regulations, these are: acute leukaemia; mental handicap; cerebral palsy; mental illness (in a person under 16); cystic fibrosis; multiple sclerosis;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (28 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...individual. The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) works with public hospitals, as opposed to with patients directly, to offer and provide the funding for treatment to clinically suitable long waiting patients who are on an Inpatient/Day case or Outpatient waiting list. While the NTPF identifies patients eligible for treatment the clinical suitability of the patient to avail of...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...department consultants to support their emergency department colleagues; a strong patient flow team in place seven days per week; weekend access to scheduled diagnostics for the emergency department; all non-long-stay beds, that is, hospital and community, will now come under one bed management system; and senior management are to have a presence on the floor early morning. In addition,...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I think part of the rationale for the HIQA review is the fact that the mid-west region has grown. As colleagues will be aware, it is by a long way the smallest region when we look at the HSE regions. It is about half the size of the next smallest region. On the points Deputy Shortall was making that there are not the model three hospitals, we are looking at that. Part of the historic...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...or admitted to a bed as quickly as possible. That is one of the big changes. I am encouraged by the latest HIQA report. HIQA reports on UHL have been quite rightly very hard-hitting for a very long time but the latest report noted that some of the reforms we have been looking for are now beginning to happen. It also says there is a long way to go for the reforms to have full effect...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (21 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...to GP visits without charge. An online application for a medical card can be made at the following link: www2.hse.ie/services/schemes-allowances/medical-cards/applyi ng/apply/ The Long-Term Illness (LTI) Scheme was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 (as amended). Regulations were made in 1971, 1973 and 1975, prescribing 16 conditions covered by the Scheme....

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...how demoralising they find it to hear so much focus on what is not working and so little focus on the good work they are doing. They know how hard it can be for families and patients. They know we have a long way to go. They also know that things are getting better for more people. We all know we have some of the best trained and most dedicated healthcare workers anywhere in the world....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: It is acknowledged that many patients are still waiting too long for hospital appointments and treatments. As part of the multi-annual approach to reducing waiting lists, and just as importantly the length of time that patients are waiting, I published the 2024 Waiting List Action Plan on 27th March. Total funding of €360 million has been provided for the plan this year which sets...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Healthcare Policy (15 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...and Appliances. Services are provided either directly by the HSE or through a range of voluntary service providers, and in line with policy, are provided based on individual need rather than on diagnosis. The Long-Term Illness (LTI) Scheme was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 (as amended). Regulations were made in 1971, 1973 and 1975, prescribing 16 conditions...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (14 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: All chronic long-term illnesses require regular clinical reassessment by a medical professional. In circumstance where a prescription for medication is issued by the relevant medical professional, it has a maximum validity for twelve months. However, the priority for all healthcare professionals in the continued treatment of their patients is that the treatment offered is both appropriate and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (9 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I acknowledge that waiting lists for scoliosis and spina bifida services are unacceptably long. I am acutely aware of the burden that this places on patients and their families. Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) has advised my Department that they are in direct contact with the family. As the Deputy’s query relates to a service matter I have referred the question to the HSE for...