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

Stephen Donnelly: As part of Budget 2022 the National Ambulance Service (NAS) has been allocated funding of €8.2 million for new developments. Measures identified for support from this funding include: - provision for staffing increases in line with the recommendations of the 2016 NAS Baseline and Capacity Review, which identified deficits in NAS capacity and the need for phased multi-annual...

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

Stephen Donnelly: Dear Deputy Find below the information requested in tabular form. Other - New Measure 2022 Total €m Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMRIC) 2 Barnahus Model – Child Sexual Abuse Services 1 Palliative 4 Total 7 The Health Service Executive’s National...

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

Stephen Donnelly: Dear Deputy. We understand the that €7m referred to in your question is arrived at by subtracting the €304m in the which is the total of selected measures in the table shown on page 113 of the budget expenditure book from the table D. Reconciliation of 2022 Expenditure Ceiling on page 114 which shows €311m as the amount for 'Allocation of Additional Resources' In fact,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (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: Departmental Data (23 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: Departmental Data (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 this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Where a vacancy arises in a practice with a GMS contract, the HSE becomes actively involved in the selection process to find a replacement GP. The HSE are currently re-advertising to fill the GMS vacancy concerned. Since the resignation of the two GMS GPs in partnership on the 31st of August last, the HSE has since provided a full medical service to the patients on both GP GMS panels. A...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I am not aware of GPs giving blanket refusals to see medical card holders. General practice has continued to operate during the Covid-19 public health emergency and GPs see patients face to face where necessary, albeit with infection-control measures in place. In response to the pandemic, it has been necessary for GPs to triage patient in-person contact with GP surgeries as much as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: General practitioners are private practitioners, most of whom hold a GMS contract with the HSE to provide medical services on its behalf to medical card and GP visit card holders without charge. I have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to the number of GPs that have retired from their GMS contract.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: It should be noted that GP practices are private practices and GPs are not employees of the HSE, as such the responsibility for staff resourcing rests with each individual practice. However, in recognition of the central role general practice plays in the delivery of healthcare, the HSE provides support to GPs to ensure continuity of service. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, a number of...

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

Stephen Donnelly: My Department actively works together with relevant Departments and agencies, on inspections in relation to compliance by businesses with COVID-19 related regulations and guidance, participating at the Labour Employer Economic Forum (LEEF) and the Regulators' Forum. The (LEEF) is the forum for high-level dialogue between Government, Trade Union and Employer representatives on matters...

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

Stephen Donnelly: The immunisation programme in Ireland is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). The NIAC makes recommendations on vaccination policy to my Department based on the prevalence of the relevant disease in Ireland and international best practices in relation to immunisation. On 15 November the NIAC recommended that a booster of an mRNA vaccine be offered to...

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

Stephen Donnelly: International travellers to Ireland must have appropriate valid proof of vaccination or recovery, or to present evidence of a negative RT-PCR result. For the purposes of travel, passengers are considered vaccinated if they have received a full regime of a vaccine approved for use for international travel into Ireland after the recommended number of days after the final dose, see...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Advertising (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The full implementation of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 remains a priority. Section 13 on the content of advertisements requires regulations which must be submitted to European Commission under the Technical Standards Directive (Directive (EU) 2015/1535). Those regulations are currently being developed. Section 19 on a broadcast watershed requires engagement with the Environmental...

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 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the management of the public healthcare property estate, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (23 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 the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (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.