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

Stephen Donnelly: I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on the matter.

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

Stephen Donnelly: I am fully committed to supporting our population screening programmes which are a valuable part of our health service, enabling early treatment and care for many people, and improving the overall health of our population. The expansion of the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening (NBS) programme is a priority for me. As you know, a Health Technology Assessment (HTA) on the addition of an...

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

Stephen Donnelly: The Policy on the Development of Graduate to Advanced Nursing and Midwifery Practice (Department of Health, 2019), which aims to maximise the nursing and midwifery response to current and emerging health service challenges, creates a model that supports a defined career pathway for nurses and midwives from graduate to specialist and advanced practice roles. Our well-educated, highly skilled...

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

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

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

Stephen Donnelly: My department will consider the recommendations made in the 2022 Spending Review Report, Hospital Performance: An Analysis of HSE Key Performance Indicators, including the recommendation to carry out a review of the HSE Acute care active performance management system. The development of a robust understanding of the drivers of hospital performance will enable the implementation of effective...

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

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

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

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

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

Stephen Donnelly: A Government decision was made in October 2022 to approve the re-designation of four adult hospice organisations from section 39 status to section 38. The four hospices are: Galway Hospice, St. Francis Hospice Dublin, Milford Care Centre, and Marymount Hospice. The re-designation of section 39 service level agreements with the HSE to section 38 agreements is a necessary policy change....

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

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1464 and 1475 together. GPs 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...

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

Stephen Donnelly: The Government and I are fully committed to improving genetics services in Ireland, including at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) at Crumlin. One of the key ambitions the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetics and Genomics Medicine in Ireland, launched in December 2022, is to build a strong national genetics service. This will be a patient and family-centred service that can be...

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

Stephen Donnelly: Perinatal genetics is a clinical service that focuses on the evaluation, diagnosis, management and treatment of anomalies before birth. The HSE’s National Women & Infants Health Programme (NWIHP) is developing a Framework for the establishment of a National Perinatal Genomics Service. This Framework will effectively form part of the HSE’s Genetics & Genomics...

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

Stephen Donnelly: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. In relation to...

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: Hospital Facilities (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As 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.

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

Stephen Donnelly: Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the important role that Section 39 organisations and staff play in our health sector. They have a key role in providing services to people with disabilities and older people. A process of engagement to examine the pay of workers in Community and Voluntary organisations was committed to by the Government in October 2022. While the Government has committed...

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

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

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

Stephen Donnelly: Medical Card provision is primarily based on financial assessment. In accordance with the Health Act 1970 (as amended), eligibility for a medical card is determined by the HSE, which assesses each application on a qualifying financial threshold. The issue of granting medical or GP visit cards based on having a particular disease or illness was previously examined in 2014 by the HSE...

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

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

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

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Carer's Leave (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Ireland’s 2012 National Carers' Strategy sets out government policy for those who care for older people, children and adults with an illness, disability, or mental health condition. The Strategy contains actions to implement the following national goals: - Recognise the value and contribution of carers and promote their inclusion in decisions relating to the person they are...