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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 Apr 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 (26 Apr 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy’s question relates to a service area, I have referred this question to the HSE for direct response.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (26 Apr 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy’s question relates to a service area, I have referred this question to the HSE for direct response.

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

Stephen Donnelly: On 19th April, the HSE published additional details on this payment, including full eligibility criteria, particulars, and terms and conditions that apply to HSE and Section 38 organisations' employees as well as students who trained in those eligible areas. This information is available at www.hse.ie/eng/staff/resources/hr-circulars/hr-circu...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (26 Apr 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The new children’s hospital (NCH) project comprises the main hospital on a shared campus at St James’s, the Outpatient and Urgent Care Centre at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, and the Outpatient and Emergency Care Centre at Tallaght University Hospital. The two centres at Connolly and Tallaght are now operational,  the centre at Tallaght having opened in November last...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 Apr 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: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The staff of my Department are on centrally negotiated civil service pay scales.  There are a small number of Clerical Officers & Service Officers on the starting points of the pay scale for their grade, who are on salaries below the living wage of €12.30 per hour (gross) but as they progress over time on their respective pay scale, their salaries will exceed the living...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I am aware that hospitals that charge parking fees are very cognisant of the financial implications of parking costs for patients and their families, particularly for those with long-term illnesses.  Consequently, some hospitals have introduced a maximum daily fixed parking charge and reduced rate parking for long-term patients and visitors for whom the payment of the full rate...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 Apr 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: Hospital Charges (26 Apr 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 (26 Apr 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Cost Neutral Early Retirement (CNER) was introduced in 2005 by the Department of Finance and was made available across the health service - Department of Finance Circular 10/2005 refers. Any individual who wishes to apply for CNER should make their application to their employer in the first instance. It should be noted that approval for CNER must take account of the staffing needs of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (26 Apr 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 (26 Apr 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I fully acknowledge the distress and inconvenience for patients and their families when elective procedures are cancelled, particularly for clinically urgent procedures. While every effort is made to avoid cancellation or postponement of planned procedures, the HSE has advised that planned procedures and operations can be postponed or cancelled for a variety of reasons including capacity...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I wish to apologise to the Deputy for his correspondence not yet receiving a response, as officials in my Department continue to work through significant volumes of queries on this matter.  On 19th April, the HSE published additional details on this payment, including full eligibility criteria, particulars, and terms and conditions that apply to HSE and Section 38 organisations'...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Apr 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: It is recognised that waiting times for scheduled appointments and procedures have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. While significant work continues to positively impact on waiting times and improve pathways to elective care, acute hospitals have been impacted by operational challenges arising from surges in cases related to Omicron variants. The HSE has confirmed to the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (26 Apr 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, the focus of Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022 is on the regulation, for the first time in this country, of a wide range of practices undertaken in this jurisdiction exclusively, and particularly those carried out by the private fertility clinics operating here. The draft Bill does not contain provisions to regulate surrogacy arrangements...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (26 Apr 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: My Department has been in regular contact with the health professional regulators with a view to ensuring that any practitioners arriving here from Ukraine can be assisted and facilitated in gaining access to the professional registers where possible. Officials have been working closely with the Medical Council in recent weeks to examine the ways in which support can be provided to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 Apr 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I fully acknowledge the distress and inconvenience for patients and their families when elective procedures are cancelled, particularly for clinically urgent procedures. While every effort is made to avoid cancellation or postponement of planned procedures, the HSE has advised that planned procedures and operations can be postponed or cancelled for a variety of reasons including capacity...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (26 Apr 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1473 and 1474 together. Planning permission for the new National Maternity Hospital (NMH) at St. Vincent's University Hospital (SVUH) was secured in 2017 and in December 2018, the then Minister for Health approved the awarding of the contract for the first phase of the new NMH relocation project to proceed-enabling works. The purpose of the enabling...