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Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Co-operation (26 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The EU Cross Border Directive (CBD) provides rules for the reimbursements to patients of the cost of receiving treatment abroad, where the patient would be entitled to such treatment in their home Member State, and supplements the rights that patients already have at EU level. The CBD enables persons resident in the State to access and be reimbursed for healthcare in another Member State by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (26 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: A Therapeutics Operational Group, to be informed by the recommendations of the Therapeutics Advisory Group, has been established within the HSE to develop the arrangements for provision of antiviral and monoclonal antibody treatments, and work is ongoing to establish the most efficient pathways to identify those patients who may benefit from their use. It is important to note that these...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Firstly I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to all healthcare workers for their efforts during this most challenging period. In recognition of the efforts of the general public, volunteers and all workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and in remembrance of people who lost their lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on Wednesday 19 January last, the Government announced a once-off...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 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 Contracts (26 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: All procurement within my Department is carried out in compliance with relevant National and EU policy and legislation, and is operated on a devolved basis whereby individual units carry out their own procurement exercises. My Department advertises, where feasible, all contracts valued in excess of €25,000 (excl. VAT) on the eTenders website. The exercise to collate this data in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Firstly I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to all healthcare workers for their efforts during this most challenging period. In recognition of the efforts of the general public, volunteers and all workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and in remembrance of people who lost their lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on Wednesday 19 January last, the Government announced a once-off...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Firstly I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to all healthcare workers for their efforts during this most challenging period. In recognition of the efforts of the general public, volunteers and all workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and in remembrance of people who lost their lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on Wednesday 19 January last, the Government announced a once-off...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Firstly I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to all healthcare workers for their efforts during this most challenging period. In recognition of the efforts of the general public, volunteers and all workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and in remembrance of people who lost their lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on Wednesday 19 January last, the Government announced a once-off public...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Firstly I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to all healthcare workers for their efforts during this most challenging period. In recognition of the efforts of the general public, volunteers and all workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and in remembrance of people who lost their lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on Wednesday 19 January last, the Government announced a once-off...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (27 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Firstly I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to all healthcare workers for their efforts during this most challenging period. In recognition of the efforts of the general public, volunteers and all workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and in remembrance of people who lost their lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on Wednesday 19 January last, the Government announced a once-off...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Firstly I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to all healthcare workers for their efforts during this most challenging period. In recognition of the efforts of the general public, volunteers and all workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and in remembrance of people who lost their lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on Wednesday 19 January last, the Government announced a once-off...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Firstly I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to all healthcare workers for their efforts during this most challenging period. In recognition of the efforts of the general public, volunteers and all workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and in remembrance of people who lost their lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on Wednesday 19 January last, the Government announced a once-off...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (27 Jan 2022)

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.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (27 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: With regard to accessing treatment through the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF), the NTPF works with public hospitals, as opposed to with patients directly, to offer and provide the funding for treatment to clinically suitable long waiting patients who are on an inpatient/day case waiting list for surgery, having been referred on to such a list following clinical assessment by a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (27 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 328, 329 and 335 together. The Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 was signed into law on 20 December 2018 and commenced on 1 January 2019. Under section 7 of the Act, a review of the operation of the Act must be initiated within three years of the commencement of the Act, i.e., before January 2022. As I stated during my appearance...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Travellers to Ireland whose journey originated in Northern Ireland and have not been overseas in the prior 14 days are not obliged to complete a COVID-19 Passenger Locator Form or provide proof of vaccination, recovery or test results upon arrival into Ireland. The current COVID-19 travel restrictions do apply to travellers arriving from Northern Ireland who have been overseas in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (27 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 (27 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 332 and 362 together. 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. The NIAC has recommended that a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (27 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Given its statutory functions concerning consultant posts, I have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy on the issues raised.