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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The NPHET, in its letter of 16 December, recommended the early introduction of additional measures to slow down the spread of the Omicron variant while the booster programme advances, and its full impact can take effect. While acknowledging that additional measures would impose a further burden on certain sectors and also on society more generally, the measures were intended to reduce the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The recommendations of the Independent Body Examining Additional Working Hours have not yet been published. Therefore, I am not able to answer this question at this time.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The recommendations of the Independent Body Examining Additional Working Hours have not yet been published. Therefore, I am not able to answer this question at this time.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Jan 2022)

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 (19 Jan 2022)

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 (19 Jan 2022)

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 (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Please find attached a schedule of all client and or customer facing and or orientated services that the Department of Health provided via a contracted service provider from 2017 onwards. Net (VAT Exclusive) Capita € 2017 0.00 2018 0.00 ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Defibrillators Provision (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: An objective of the Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OCHA) Strategy in 2022 will be to implement the OCHA Automated External Defibrillators (AED) Registry.  This will enable the National Ambulance Service (NAS) National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) to locate publicly accessible Automated External Defibrillators, when receiving a 999/112 Call. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 Jan 2022)

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 (19 Jan 2022)

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 (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) is responsible for monitoring the safety and quality of all medicines including vaccines that are licensed in Ireland.  The HPRA and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) continually monitor adverse reactions to vaccination.  The HPRA operates a national adverse reaction reporting system, which members of the public and healthcare...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: There are no plans at present for the introduction of a COVID-19 specific vaccine compensation scheme. In June 2018, the Government agreed to the establishment of the expert group to review the management of clinical negligence claims. It was chaired by the High Court judge, Mr. Justice Charles Meenan. The expert group examined the system from the perspective of the person who has made...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1792, 1917 and 1918 together. As the Deputy will be aware, drafting of a bill on assisted human reproduction (AHR) and associated areas of research is ongoing by officials in my Department, in conjunction with the Office of the Attorney General. This legislation encompasses the regulation for the first time of a wide range of practices undertaken in this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (19 Jan 2022)

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: Vaccination Programme (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, several countries have announced that they are introducing or are considering the introduction of mandatory vaccination policies, either at a population level or more commonly in certain workplace settings (e.g. healthcare) as part of their national response to COVID-19. There are however no plans currently to introduce such a policy in Ireland. Mandatory...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (19 Jan 2022)

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 Records (19 Jan 2022)

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 (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1822 and 1824 together. Ireland is very supportive of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, which closely mirrors the goals of our National Cancer Strategy - to reduce the cancer burden, provide optimal care, maximise patient involvement and quality of life, and enable and assure change. Indeed, a large number of actions under Europe’s Beating...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: My Department is already engaging at EU level on actions outlined in the implementation roadmap of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. In 2020 and 2021, my Department, in collaboration with the Health Service Executive, contributed to the European Commission’s review of the Tobacco Products Directive and to an evaluation of the European Council’s recommendations on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Prescription charges were introduced in the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2010, to address the rising costs in the General Medical Services (GMS) scheme. On 1st of November 2020, GMS prescription charges were reduced by €0.50c for all medical card holders. For persons over 70, the charges were reduced to €1 per item with a maximum monthly charge of €10 per person or...