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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (16 Feb 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 (16 Feb 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 Staff (16 Feb 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: Primary Care Services (16 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: With regard to primary eye care, the HSE have prioritised in 2022 the supporting of the Primary Care Eye Teams in CHOs 6, 7 and 9, with a view to then rolling out this team model to other CHOs. Staff working within the adult primary care eye teams will manage patients a number of eye conditions to reduce hospital waiting lists. As the implementation of these Primary Eye Care Teams remains...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (16 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I fully support the proposal to allow optometrists to be contracted by the HSE to see children over 8 years of age for routine eye assessments and appliances. The HSE has advised that in 2022 it will advance the transfer of care for children aged 8+ years to local optometrists, thereby reducing waiting lists and enhancing access to primary eye care services. A project team was established in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (16 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Following clarification with the Deputy, I can confirm that this question relates to those students who may have missed out on the HPV vaccine as a result of the closure of schools during the pandemic. In relation to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HPV vaccination, any first-year students who were due to receive the HPV vaccine but did not receive it as a result of the impact of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (16 Feb 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: Pharmacy Services (16 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Codeine is a mild to moderate opioid (narcotic) analgesic which, due to its potential for misuse, is a controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs legislation. As an analgesic, codeine is most often used in combination with other analgesics such as paracetamol or ibuprofen and is currently authorised in Ireland in such non-prescription products for pain relief. It is also available in single...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (16 Feb 2022)

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 you directly in relation to this matter

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Inquiries (16 Feb 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 Inquiries (16 Feb 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 Service Executive (16 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a matter for the HSE, I have asked for them to respond directly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Feb 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: National Maternity Hospital (16 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 234 to 237, inclusive, together. The Department of Health has not received any correspondence from the Comptroller & Auditor General (C&AG) in relation to an audit as described by the Deputy.  As the Deputy’s question relates to expenditure by the HSE, any engagement by the C&AG in this area would most likely be directly...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Given the issues raised, I have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: My Department has been informed by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) that, as the UK training standards for nurses and midwives continue to align closely with the requirements of the EU Qualifications Directive, applications from UK trained graduates for registration with the NMBI  are processed swiftly. Typically, delays arise where applicants have not included certain...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Staff (16 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: There are in total seven civilian drivers currently employed by the Department, between them assigned to the Minister for Health and each of the three Ministers of State at the Department of Health. The salary for civilian drivers is €741.26 PPC per week since 1st February 2022. The drivers work on a week on/week off basis. In January 2022 two Garda drivers were assigned by an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The deputy will be aware, that in January 2018 the HSE launched a new Incident Management Framework (IMF). An incident is defined in the IMF as an event or circumstance which could have, or did lead to unintended and/or unnecessary harm. This includes clinical or non-clinical incidents which occur in health services. The IMF is designed to provide health and social care services with a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (15 Feb 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 (15 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 752 and 753 together. As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.