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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Medicine supply issues and their prevention are not unique to Ireland. Similar increases in demand and medicines supply issues have been observed in the UK, throughout the EU and across the world at present. In the case of medicines used most often in Ireland, there are typically multiple alternatives available from various sources that remain available to ensure continuity of treatment. Of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: It is recognised that waiting times for many scheduled appointments and procedures were too long before and have been made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Department of Health continues to work with the HSE and the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) to identify ways to improve access to care. On the 7thMarch, I published the 2023 Waiting List Action Plan, which is the next stage of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Under section 39 of the Health Act 2004, the HSE provides financial assistance to organisations to provide services similar or supplementary to a service that the HSE may provide. However, Section 39 organisations are privately owned and run and their terms and conditions of employment, such as annual leave entitlements, once in line with employment legislation, are strictly between the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly. I would also like to remind the Deputy that it is against Department policy to comment on individual cases.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1292 to 1296, inclusive, and 1298 to 1303, inclusive, together. As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: To supplement national recruitment the HSE on an ongoing basis, recruits form overseas largely through third-party providers (recruitment agencies). These agencies source suitable candidates from both within the EEA and outside the EEA for clinical positions in our health services. These third-party agencies support candidates in their applications together with gaining their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I have requested the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible with the required details.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Electric Vehicles (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: International Programmes (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The 9th Conference of Parties (COP9) was delayed by a year due to the pandemic, before being held virtually in 2021. As a result, substantive discussions and decisions on a number of agenda items were deferred until COP10. It is vital that these discussions take place in November and that decisions are made, particularly on Treaty instruments and technical matters such as the reports on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: eGovernment Services (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: A business case for the national ePrescribing project was submitted by the HSE in September 2022 and approved in principle (in October 2022) by the Department of Health and digital governance oversight unit at the Department of Public Expenditure. This approval enables the HSE to proceed with the next phase of the programme - to tender for a solution suitable for use in Ireland. Market...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sustainable Development Goals (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a significant and ambitious framework. A whole-of-Government approach to its implementation has been taken in Ireland. Ireland’s Second National Implementation Plan for the Sustainable Development Goals, 2022 – 2024 was published in October 2022. The Plan was developed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1315 and 1316 together. On 7 December 2022, the Government approved the next stage of the Enhanced Provision of Elective Care Programme and progression of the development of new Elective Hospitals in Cork and Galway (with Dublin to follow in due course). The new Elective Hospitals will provide significant additional capacity, enabling the separation of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1317 and 1318 together. As Minister for Health, I recognise the significant role community pharmacists play in the delivery of patient care and acknowledge the potential for this role to be developed further in the context of health service reform. Their participation in the national COVID-19 vaccination rollout – the largest ever undertaken by the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As you will be aware, and by way of context the free contraception scheme was launched on 14th September 2022, and is currently open to women aged 17-26 who are ordinarily resident in Ireland and will be extended to women aged 30 and under by September 1st, 2023. The potential to make some forms of prescription contraception available through pharmacies, without prescription by medical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Medicine shortages are increasingly prevalent worldwide over the past decade. The causes of such shortages are multi-factorial, including shortages of raw materials, manufacturing difficulties, increased demand, product recalls due to potential quality defects, and industry consolidations. Medicine shortages can originate at any point in the supply chain. They can involve and impact many...