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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 Feb 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: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As part of Budget 2023, funding of €32.2 million was announced for Women’s Health Initiatives in 2023. This included dedicated funding of €1.3m for Cariban® (doxylamine/pyridoxine) to help women who experience hyperemesis gravidarum, a severe form of nausea and vomiting, during pregnancy. Hyperemesis gravidarum is expected to affect about 1% of the pregnant...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Feb 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: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Following the recommendations of the HSE Medicines Management Programme, reimbursement support for Cariban® (doxylamine/pyridoxine) has been made available under an exceptional arrangement on an individual patient basis where consultant initiated. This exceptional arrangement has been in operation since 1 January 2023 to ensure that those patients suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (14 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) procures capacity for high-volume procedures in order to positively impact waiting time for patients. Such procedures may be procured in both private hospitals (outsourcing), or public hospitals (insourcing). In order to ensure competitive pricing as part of their outsourcing programme, the NTPF works with private hospitals from a panel agreement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Foireann Seirbhíse Sláinte (14 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Toisc gur seirbhís é seo, chuir mé ceist ar Fheidhmeannacht na seirbhíse sláinte freagra a thabhairt go díreach ar an Teachta Dála go tapa.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: In relation to the particular query raised by the Deputy, concerning endocrinology appointments in Letterkenny University Hospital, the NTPF has advised my Department that there are no waiting lists for endocrinology appointments at Letterkenny University Hospital for the periods specified by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (14 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 602, 643, 644, 645 and 646 together. As the Deputy may be aware, the Model of Care for Fertility was developed by the Department of Health in conjunction with the HSE’s National Women & Infants Health Programme (NWIHP) in order to ensure that fertility-related issues are addressed through the public health system at the lowest level of clinical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (14 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: It is difficult to be definitive about timelines due to the many complexities to delivery. This is particularly true in terms of a capital development in the current economic environment and the challenges facing the construction sector (due to Brexit, the global pandemic, the war in Ukraine, global supply chain difficulties and shortages of construction raw materials). Nevertheless, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (14 Feb 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: General Practitioner Services (14 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: 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 to medical card and GP visit card holders. Where a vacancy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 613 and 631 together. As part of Budget 2023, funding of €32.2 million was announced for Women’s Health Initiatives in 2023. This included dedicated funding of €1.3m for Cariban® (doxylamine/pyridoxine) to help women who experience hyperemesis gravidarum, a severe form of nausea and vomiting, during pregnancy. Hyperemesis gravidarum...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) publishes a list of medicines currently in short supply on its website with the reason for the shortage and expected dates for the return of supply. This information is dynamic and changes depending on the current information the HPRA has to hand, including removal from the list when a shortage has been resolved. The list of shortages in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (14 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is an service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly with any further information they may have, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Feb 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: Nursing Homes (14 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to supporting healthy and positive ageing as well as to ensuring that older persons can continue to live independently in their homes and communities for as long as possible. Acknowledging the disproportionately negative impact of the pandemic on older persons, the Programme for Government: Our Shared Future (2020) commits to the establishment of a commission on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (14 Feb 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: Community Care (14 Feb 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 Staff (14 Feb 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 (14 Feb 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. While significant work continues to positively impact on waiting times and improve pathways to elective care, acute hospitals are still impacted by operational challenges arising from the pandemic and the current pressures on Emergency...