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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (22 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: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 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. The Government announced a COVID-19 recognition payment for frontline public sector healthcare workers, to recognise their unique role during the pandemic. This payment will be made to those eligible public sector frontline healthcare staff (inclusive of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (22 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The EU Digital COVID Certificate Regulation (2021 / 953) details the scope and parameters for the issuing, authentication, and validity of certificates. Under the EU Regulation, DCC recovery certs can not be issued based on self-administered antigen test results.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (22 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: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 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. The Government announced a COVID-19 recognition payment for frontline public sector healthcare workers, to recognise their unique role during the pandemic. The measure will be ring fenced to staff ordinarily onsite in COVID-19 exposed healthcare environments...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (22 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Following a tender by the Office of Government Procurement, Mazars conducted a review of the governance structures around the HSE's drug reimbursement process. The report was submitted to my Department in January 2020. The review made recommendations in respect of the HSE’s systems, structures, processes, governance arrangements and use of specialist resources in respect of the drug...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Mar 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 (22 Mar 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 Appointments Status (22 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: Dental Services (22 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Chief Dental Officer has responsibility for: - Advising the Minister for Heath on oral health policy. - Providing ongoing advice and professional support to the Department in discharging its oral health policymaking role; - Working with the dental profession, principally via the Regulator(s) nationally and internationally via WHO, Council of European Dentists, EU Commission and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (22 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Department of Health engages with health and education authorities on an on-going basis regarding issues of relevance to cancer care. There has been a considerable increase in the places in third-level institutions for the training of radiographers since the launch of the National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026. In 2018, the number of places on the undergraduate degree programme in radiography...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (23 Mar 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 Supports (23 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. The Government announced a COVID-19 recognition payment for frontline public sector healthcare workers, to recognise their unique role during the pandemic. The measure will be ring fenced to staff ordinarily onsite in COVID-19 exposed healthcare environments...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (23 Mar 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: State Claims Agency (23 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The State Claims Agency (SCA) has a statutory remit to manage personal injury claims on behalf of Delegated State Authorities including the Health Service Executive. I have been informed by the SCA that the information contained in the attached report has been extracted from the National Incident Manager. As per the previous PQ, the information relates to clams where damages have been paid...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (23 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: 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. The role of the Chair in Review of the operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (23 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The information requested by the Deputy is being collated by Department officials and a deferred reply will be submitted within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (23 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government is aware of the workforce issues currently facing general practice, including changing demographics, the number of GPs nearing retirement and the difficulties in filling a small number of GMS vacancies in certain areas. We are working to ensure patients across the country continue to have access to GP services and that general practice is sustainable in all areas into the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (23 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. The Government announced a COVID-19 recognition payment for frontline public sector healthcare workers, to recognise their unique role during the pandemic. The measure will be ring fenced to staff ordinarily onsite in COVID-19 exposed healthcare environments...