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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Process (15 Sep 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The information requested by the Deputy is not immediately available. I will survey the Department and the collated replies will be prepared into a full response to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (15 Sep 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: 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 waiting list for surgery, having been referred on to such a list following clinical assessment by a consultant/specialist at an outpatient clinic. The key...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (15 Sep 2021)
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 (15 Sep 2021)
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 (15 Sep 2021)
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 (15 Sep 2021)
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: Medical Cards (15 Sep 2021)
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 (15 Sep 2021)
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 (15 Sep 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Funding for all service developments, including additional posts, is considered in the first instance as part of the annual estimates process, in the context of overall prioritisation of available funding. This is currently ongoing for 2022. I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, with an update on the paediatric endocrinology service at CHI at Temple Street.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (15 Sep 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (15 Sep 2021)
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 (15 Sep 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (15 Sep 2021)
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 (15 Sep 2021)
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 (15 Sep 2021)
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 (15 Sep 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 722 and 723 together. The Health Service Capacity Review, which was noted by Government in 2018, recommended that an additional 190 critical care beds should be in place by 2031, bringing the total to 430. Accordingly, the Strategic Plan for Critical Care, which was noted by Government in 2020, aims to increase capacity from the 2020 baseline of 255 critical...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (15 Sep 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: In September of last year, I committed to significant investment in Public Health when I announced plans to double the workforce by recruiting an additional 255 permanent staff, at an annual cost of over €17m. In a highly competitive employment market, created by the pandemic, the HSE has to date filled 156 of these roles, increasing staffing levels in our Public Health system...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (15 Sep 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Currently a process concerning the proposed Sláintecare public-only Contract is in train between officials from my Department, the HSE and the consultants' representative bodies (the IMO and IHCA) under an agreed independent chair. With these important talks ongoing, it would inappropriate for me to publicly pre-empt any potential outcome in relation to a specific date, save to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Sep 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drugs schemes, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. In line with the 2013 Health Act and the national framework agreed with industry, if a company would like a medicine to be reimbursed by the HSE, the company must submit an application to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (15 Sep 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The HSE established a National Hepatitis C Treatment Programme (NHCTP) in 2015 and began the process of providing treatment for Hepatitis C using Directly Acting Antivirals (DAA’s) to patients prioritised according to clinical need. The HSE in its National Service Plans has committed to the continued implementation of a multi annual public health plan for the therapeutic treatment of...