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Written Answers — Department of Health: Undefined (23 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 Admissions (23 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 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: Covid-19 Tests (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 606, 635, 636 and 644 together. The role of testing and contact tracing, as part of the wider public health response, has been under ongoing review throughout the pandemic and will continue to be reviewed and amended in line with the epidemiological profile of the disease, its impact on healthcare utilisation and outcomes, the vaccination status of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: A safety net arrangement with private hospitals is in place which can be triggered depending on certain metrics regarding the level of Covid infection in the community or levels of hospitalisation, including ICU occupancy due to Covid. The agreement runs to the end of January 2022. The arrangement allows the HSE to invoke the agreement to access guaranteed levels of between 15% and 30% of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Ireland has entered into seven Advance Purchase Agreements (APAs), subject to regulatory approval, for the purchase of Covid-19 vaccine from a range of manufacturers. Four vaccines have been authorised by the European Medicines Agency to date; Comirnaty (Pfizer/BioNTech), Spikevax (Moderna), Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca) and Janssen. More than 7.9 million doses of the four approved vaccines have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Undefined (23 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 Staff (23 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: Dental Services (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: A new National Oral Health Policy was launched in April 2019. That Policy set out the roadmap for the future provision of oral healthcare to the eligible population. It has two key goals; first, to provide the supports to enable every individual to achieve their best oral health, and second, to reduce oral health inequalities across the population, by enabling vulnerable groups to access oral...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (23 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: A range of COVID-19 epidemiological data are published regularly on the HPSC website including as follows: - The epidemiology of COVID-19 (14-day) report is currently published daily Monday to Friday. This includes a range of data on characteristics of confirmed COVID-19 cases notified in Ireland including symptom status of confirmed cases at time of test, the number of confirmed cases that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (23 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 (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 615 and 616 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 December 2020, aims to increase capacity from the 2020 baseline of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (23 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 (23 Nov 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 Appointments Status (23 Nov 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 Services (23 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 (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware a key Government priority is to protect and support the continued education of all students, including student nurses and midwives. I requested that a short-term review of student nurse and midwife allowances in the context of COVID-19 was undertaken. This was conducted by Professor Tom Collins at the end of 2020. This review was conducted to examine any...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: In line with statutory and Government commitments the review of the operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 must be initiated before January 2022.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 625 and 627 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 December 2020, aims to increase capacity from the 2020 baseline of 255...