Results 23,061-23,080 of 49,836 for speaker:Stephen Donnelly
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I take it the Deputy is referring to visiting in an acute hospital setting. As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (4 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: It is recognised that waiting times for scheduled appointments and procedures have been impacted in the last twenty 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: National Children's Hospital (4 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The new children’s hospital (NCH) project, comprises the main hospital on a shared campus at St James’s, and two paediatric Outpatient and Urgent Care Centres at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, and Tallaght University Hospital. In 2018, the Government approved a capital budget of €1.433bn for the NCH project. This included the capital costs for the main hospital at...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (4 Nov 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 (4 Nov 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 (4 Nov 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 (4 Nov 2021)
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: Hospital Staff (4 Nov 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 (4 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, all nurses and midwives who practise in Ireland must be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI). The NMBI recognises the importance of processing registration applications within a reasonable timeframe taking into account the need to carry out this work with an appropriate level of care and attention . Protecting the public is a core...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (4 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: There is no provision under the GMS GP contract for persons who hold a medical card or GP visit card to be charged for routine phlebotomy services provided by their GP which are required to either assist in the diagnosis of illness or the treatment of a condition. This has been advised to GPs by the HSE. The issue of GPs charging GMS patients for phlebotomy services is complex given the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Co-operation (4 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The Government is redoubling our commitment to deepening and strengthening North-South health links, to deliver better health care and outcomes for people on the island, building on the successes of recent years, including all-island provision of paediatric cardiac surgery in Dublin and cross-border provision of radiotherapy and coronary intervention services in Derry. The Government will...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transfers (4 Nov 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: Tobacco Control Measures (4 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: A survey commissioned by the European Commission on Attitudes of Europeans towards tobacco and electronic cigarettesindicates that in 2020 on average Irish people smoked 13.1 cigarettes a day. This represents a marginal reduction of 0.2 of a cigarette on the average number of cigarettes smoked by individuals in the period 2017-2020 and a reduction of 3.3 cigarettes for the period 2012-2020....
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (4 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: There are currently no plans to introduce legislation prohibiting the sale of cigarettes in packs of more than 20 at this time. The ban on packets of cigarettes containing less than 20 cigarettes was introduced on the basis that cigarettes in smaller and consequently cheaper packets increases affordability for minors. There is currently a dearth of evidence to indicate that a measure...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (4 Nov 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 (4 Nov 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 Promotion (4 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: In 2017 the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) delivered a health technology assessment (HTA) of the clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical smoking cessation products and services. In relation to e-cigarettes as an aid to smoking cessation, HIQA advised as follows: ''Although the currently available results for e-cigarettes are...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The trading hours restrictions that had been placed on public houses and other licensed premises as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic have been removed and normal trading hours now apply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Nov 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 (9 Nov 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.