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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 May 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to reply to the Deputy directly

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (5 May 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 240 and 241 together. As the issues raised are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (5 May 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Pharmacists wishing to practise in Ireland must be registered with the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI – the Pharmacy Regulator). The number of registered pharmacists on the Register of Pharmacists held and maintained by the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI), the pharmacy regulator has continued to grow steadily, with an average increase of 187 registrants each year over...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 May 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: Healthcare Policy (5 May 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 (5 May 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As announced by St Vincent's Healthcare Group on 28 April, the Religious Sisters of Charity have transferred their shares in St Vincent’s Healthcare Group (SVHG) to St Vincent’s Holdings CLG, which is a not-for-profit company with charitable status. As such, this matter of the share transfer has been resolved and the Sisters no longer have any involvement with SVHG.  In the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 May 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 Correspondence (5 May 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 Services (5 May 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: Disease Management (5 May 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: Disease Management (5 May 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 (5 May 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...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Sinn Féin campaigned against investment for the Rotunda Hospital.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (10 May 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The National Treatment Purchase Fund (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 consultant/specialist at an outpatient clinic. The key...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (10 May 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 672, 673, 711 and 832 together. The emergency department in UHL has experienced increased attendances and admissions in recent months. These increases, along with the additional pressure Covid has placed on capacity, have resulted in increased Patient Experience Times and usage of trolleys. This is the despite the addition of 150 beds in the UL...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (10 May 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: Medical Cards (10 May 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for medicine pricing and reimbursement decisions, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. Reimbursement under the General Medical Services scheme is for licensed indications which have been granted market authorisation by the European Medicines Agency or the Health Products Regulatory...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (10 May 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: Disability Services (10 May 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Residential Support Services Maintenance and Accommodation Contributions (RSSMACs) are affordable contributions paid by certain recipients of non-acute residential support services (including in disability settings) provided by or on behalf of the Health Service Executive (HSE) under sections 67A to 67D of the Health Act 1970 and related Regulations.  RSSMACs...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Court Judgments (10 May 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Neither I nor the HSE are impeding or have impeded in any way the resolution of any of the proceedings referred to. The HSE is engaged in a process seeking the recovery of legal costs due to it under an indemnity agreement; however this process presents no obstacle to the claims being settled or payments being made under settlement agreements.