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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Conditions for entry to privately owned premises are not a matter for the Department of Health however it is our understanding that privately owned premises are free to set their own terms and conditions for entry to their premises.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Responsibility for ensuring that only permitted persons access relevant indoor premises rests with the indoor operator who must satisfy themselves that any person seeking to enter a relevant indoor premises is a permitted person. This is provided for in Section 31AB(3)(a) of the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021 which requires indoor operators to take “reasonable steps (including by...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The current high level of COVID-19 infection and the dominance of the significantly more transmissible Delta variant poses a very substantial threat, particularly to those who are not fully protected through vaccination. Public health advice remains that those who are not fully vaccinated should avoid congregated indoor settings for their own and others safety. The National Public Health...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The EU Digital COVID Certificate is a document which is issued to help facilitate enable the safe and free international movement of people across the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic through the issuing and verification of vaccination, recovery and test certificates as part of an interoperable trust framework. To date 104,236 recovery certificates have issued in Ireland. The number of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (24 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: All Civil Servants are required to comply with the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour and all policies relating to the terms and conditions of their employment. There are a number of formal policies, processes and procedures by which the performance, conduct, behaviour and attendance of Civil Servants is measured, including Guidelines for the Management of Probation in the Civil...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (24 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: General Practitioner Services (24 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: Vaccination Programme (24 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: Ambulance Service (24 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As this question relates to operational matters for the National Ambulance Service in the first instance 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 (24 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: Hospital Facilities (25 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: According to the National Adult Critical Care Capacity Census 2019, there were 255 permanent adult critical care beds open in September 2019. In 2020, funding was provided in 2020 on a temporary basis to put 40 additional beds in place as part of the response to Covid-19. In 2021, very significant funding of €52m was provided by Government for the permanent retention of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (25 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 (25 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 (25 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: Abortion Services (25 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy may be aware, under section 20 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, a notification of each termination of pregnancy carried out under the legislation must be sent, in a prescribed form, to the Minister for Health within 28 days of it being carried out. Section 20, subsections (3) and (4), require the Minister to prepare a report on the notifications...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 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: Ambulance Service (25 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: Ambulance Service (25 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 (25 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: A new National Oral Health Policy, Smile agus Sláinte, 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (25 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.