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Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Therefore, that would be the State Claims Agency or legal fees. I will get the Chairman a note on that.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I will get the Chairman a detailed note on that. Subhead A5 covers Department of Health ICT. I will revert to him with a detailed note on exactly to what that additional funding is being allocated.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Can the Chairman repeat that?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Chairman for the various questions he raised. Funding for the drug task forces under the national drugs strategy has increased by €1 million. I appreciate there is an accounting issue with what appears to be a €10 million reduction, which it to do with different subheads, but the total funding has increased. I share the Deputy’s concern. Deputy McAuliffe...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: It is difficult to overstate the level of exhaustion many of the staff have at the moment. Healthcare is a busy place at the best of times. There is a level of exhaustion now in the staff I am meeting that is beyond normal tiredness or normal busyness. It has been relentless for two years for the staff. Not only have they had to work under intense pressure, not only have they had to walk...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Completely unacceptable on both counts. It is unacceptable that anyone would be waiting more than 24 hours on a trolley for admission to a hospital. It is even more unacceptable that people over 75 would be waiting. It is being addressed but it is not acceptable that it is the case. A huge amount of extra resources were put in place, and what we have seen, in particular since about the...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: With regard to tackling the supply of drugs, it is a justice issue. From a health perspective, we need to treat addiction as a health issue rather than a criminal or justice issue. Those in addiction need to be helped.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy for that. I will raise the issue around consultants directly with the HSE because, obviously, we need to forward plan. If we know someone is retiring, then we should be forward planning to make sure the replacement is in place, potentially before they-----

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy for raising that. I will take that up directly with the HSE. With regard to step-down or a delayed transfer of care, those figures have gone up. It is now well in excess of 500 on a daily basis. One of the big things that is driving this, as the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, said previously, was about half of the nursing homes were in the 28-day period...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I will get the Deputy a detailed update on both of those specific projects, including timelines.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 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, the Government announced a once-off public...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Department and the HSE are currently engaging in finalising arrangements to give effect to the Government announcement concerning the Recognition Payment. Full particulars, eligibility and terms and conditions that apply to this payment shall be made available shortly. It is important that this measure is applied fairly as intended and I welcome the work that is ongoing to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I have referred this to the HSE for direct response.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Diseases (3 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Lyme Disease is a tick-borne infection that occurs when recreational or occupation activities result in tick bites from an infected tick. It is relatively rare with estimations that a small proportion of ticks in Ireland are infected. The infection is known to be endemic in certain locations and in these areas GPs are very familiar with the most typical presentation which is a rash, often...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (3 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE takes several factors into consideration when making its annual assessment of the number and type of specialist training places required within each specialty including but not limited to, future medical workforce planning projections, the number currently in training and the training capacity within the health system. Targeted increases across a number of specialist training...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (3 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Department is working with the HSE’s National Women & Infants Health Programme to increase capacity and reduce waiting times for women awaiting general gynaecology, which includes patients with endometriosis, through the implementation of the Ambulatory Gynaecology Model of Care. The Ambulatory Gynaecology Model of Care centres on the establishment of one-stop...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (3 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As part of the work of the Women’s Health Taskforce, in April 2021, I announced the expansion of the endometriosis service at Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) to deliver a specialist endometriosis centre for the management and treatment of all forms of endometriosis, with particular focus on advanced and complex cases for which there had previously been no ready access in Ireland. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Deputy is advised that throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, my Department and its agencies have engaged in extensive interdepartmental and stakeholder liaison on an ongoing basis across a range of issues, including the development of various guidance documents. This has included assisting in the development of guidance designed to facilitate a safe return to physical attendance at...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (3 Mar 2022)

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 (3 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As part of the Government’s ongoing efforts to protect public health and limit the spread of Covid-19, the Department of Health and the HSE worked together in 2020 to put arrangements in place to allow termination of pregnancy services in early pregnancy to be provided remotely. For the duration of the Covid-19 public health emergency, where the need for social distancing, reducing...