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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (19 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy for the question. I acknowledge the scale of the challenge facing our emergency departments in what will be a difficult winter. We all appreciate that many of our front-line staff are exhausted from the effects of the last 19 months. I thank our emergency department staff throughout the country for their ongoing commitment and their work. It is accepted that acute...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (19 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I thank both Deputies. They have raised this issue with me and we are looking at it as a priority. Many resources have been invested in Limerick. For example, up to the end of August, University Hospital Limerick had an increase of over 340 staff compared with December of last year.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (19 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I appreciate that. I am not trying to brush that aside. I am saying that there has been significant investment in many of the things that are being looked for, including additional staff, additional beds, and as the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, said, additional home care for discharge. I fully accept and appreciate, and the HSE is aware, that more needs to be done. The hospital is...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (20 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216 and 217 together. My Department does not routinely collect or hold the information being requested in this Parliamentary Question. The query relates to health services, which is a matter for the Health Service Executive (HSE). As such, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Oct 2021)
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 the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (20 Oct 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 Waiting Lists (20 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: It is recognised that waiting times for scheduled appointments and procedures have been impacted in the last nineteen months as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic and more recently as a result of the ransomware attack. While significant progress was made in reducing waiting times from June 2020 onwards, the surge in Covid-19 cases in the first quarter of 2021 and the associated...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (20 Oct 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 Services (20 Oct 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: Dental Services (20 Oct 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: Health Services (20 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Fibromyalgia is a condition characterized by severe pain, fatigue and stiffness, among many other symptoms. Fibromyalgia can be a difficult condition to diagnose because there is no specific test and the symptoms can be similar to those of other conditions. Treatment often requires interventions from various medical specialists for management of symptoms as they arise. Fibromyalgia is not...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (20 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The Report of the Psychology Review Implementation Group in 2017 expanded the care group employment available to counselling and educational psychologists. The report’s recommendation led to the establishment of a Project Team to implement this recommendation. In February 2019, HSE Community Operations convened a Project Team, chaired by Dr Cathal Morgan, comprised of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The Long Term Illness Scheme was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 (as amended). The conditions covered by the scheme are: acute leukaemia; mental handicap; cerebral palsy; mental illness (in a person under 16); cystic fibrosis; multiple sclerosis; diabetes insipidus; muscular dystrophies; diabetes mellitus; parkinsonism; epilepsy; phenylketonuria; haemophilia; spina...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: On 8 September, I announced an update to the Covid-19 vaccination programme following advice from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). The NIAC has recommended a booster dose of an mRNA vaccine (irrespective of whether the primary vaccination course was of an mRNA or adenoviral vector) for residents aged 65 years and older living in Long Term Residential Care Facilities...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 and 229 together. On 8 September, I announced an update to the Covid-19 vaccination programme following advice from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). The NIAC has recommended a booster dose of an mRNA vaccine (irrespective of whether the primary vaccination course was of an mRNA or adenoviral vector) for residents aged 65 years and older...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The Northern Ireland Planned Healthcare Scheme (NI PHS) has been in effective operation since 1 January 2021. This Scheme was introduced to mitigate the loss of access to care from private providers in Northern Ireland under the EU Cross Border Directive, which ceased to apply as a result of Brexit. The Government intends to place the administrative NI PHS on a statutory basis...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Oct 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 Waiting Lists (20 Oct 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 Waiting Lists (20 Oct 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.