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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (9 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The requirements for travel are kept under regular review based on the evolving international epidemiological situation. At present, and as part of our response to the emergence of the Omicron variant, passengers travelling to Ireland require a valid test result (subject to limited exemptions). Full details on international travel policy and the types of tests accepted are published at...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: In 2016, the Herity Report concluded that the needs of the effective catchment population of University Hospital Waterford (UHW) could be accommodated from a single Cath lab and recommended that the operating hours of the existing Cath lab should be extended. The Programme for Government commits to the delivery of a second Cath lab in University Hospital Waterford. The HSE has advised that...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 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 Strategies (9 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to increasing access to GP care without charges for children, an important healthcare measure that will remove a potentially prohibitive cost barrier to accessing GP care and will help to improve children’s health as they develop. At present all children up to and including the age of 5 are eligible for a GP visit card and therefore GP care without charges....
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: In relation to the particular query raised, 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 (9 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: In relation to the particular query raised, 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: Vaccination Programme (9 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 336, 337 and 339 together. The Health Service Executive (HSE) is responsible for purchases such as those described. As the Deputy is aware, the procurement of services and goods within the HSE must also be carried out in compliance with relevant national and EU policy and legislation including DPER guidelines on public procurement. Further information is...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Death Certificates (9 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The Department of Health has been in contact with the RCSI Hospital Group which covers Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. The Hospital Group advises that it may be several weeks before the post mortem report is available - if toxicology tests are required this will lengthen the process. A death cannot be registered until a post mortem report is received. I am advised that queries...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (9 Dec 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 (9 Dec 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: Vaccination Programme (14 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The immunisation programme in Ireland is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). The Committee makes recommendations to my Department are based on the prevalence of the relevant disease in Ireland and international best practices in relation to immunisation. Following the recommendation for use of vaccines against COVID-19 by the European Medicines...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I acknowledge that waiting times for many hospital procedures and appointments are unacceptably long. It is of particular regret that children can experience long waiting times for orthopaedic treatment, especially for time sensitive procedures, and I remain acutely aware of the impact that this has on children and their families. As part of Children’s Health Ireland’s...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Dec 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 (14 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The Deputy is advised that the draft NPHET minutes of 25th November are expected to be presented to the NPHET Members for their adoption at the next NPHET meeting scheduled for 16th December 2021. NPHET minutes are published on the Department of Health website: www.gov.ie/en/collection/691330-national-public-health-emerg ency-team-covid-19-coronavirus/.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (14 Dec 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 (14 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 538 to 541, inclusive, together. It is recognised that waiting times for scheduled appointments and procedures have been impacted as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 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 curtailment of acute...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 Dec 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: Capital Expenditure Programme (14 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Thank you for question and allowing me to provide an update on the matter. The Capital Plan for 2021 was published in August this year and the capital planning process for 2022 and beyond is currently underway. The Capital Plan will determine the projects that can progress in 2022 and beyond having regard to factors including the available capital funding, the number of capital projects...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (14 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Health capital investment decisions are informed by Programme for Government priorities, sectoral policies, strategies, and reform initiatives as set out in Sláintecare. I and my Department engage with the Health Services Executive (HSE) in planning for and delivery of capital projects in the health sector as projects progress through the approval stages of the Public Spending Code. ...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (14 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy, as soon as possible.