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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (27 Sep 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Minster for Health, I recognise the significant role community pharmacists play in the delivery of patient care and acknowledge the potential for this role to be developed further in the context of health service reform. Community pharmacy is recognised as the most accessible element of our health service with an unequalled reach in terms of patient contact. Community pharmacists have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Third Level Admissions (27 Sep 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: My department is aware of increasing intelligence being received through media, PQs and representations of a reported shortage of qualified pharmacists both in hospital and community practice. A number of agencies and stakeholders are now beginning to review this question and consider the impact, role, responsibility and accountability from their own perspectives, and the contributions they...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (27 Sep 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 HSE and the Department are currently examining progressing the rollout to the list of 6 non-HSE/non-Section 38 organisation types covered by the Government Decision. This measure will be ring fenced to staff working ordinarily onsite in COVID-19 exposed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Sep 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Firstly, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to all healthcare workers for their efforts during this most challenging period. On January 19th, the Government announced a COVID-19 pandemic recognition payment for frontline public sector healthcare workers, to recognise their unique role during the pandemic. Following extensive engagement with healthcare unions on the matter, on 19th...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mortality Rates (27 Sep 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 (27 Sep 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As the National Women and Infants Health Programme leads on the management, organisation and delivery of maternity, gynaecological and neonatal services, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Sep 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As the National Women and Infants Health Programme leads on the management, organisation and delivery of maternity, gynaecological and neonatal services, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6 – General (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Yesterday we announced a health budget of €23.4 billion for 2023. This represents an additional €1.1 billion in current expenditure and €117 million in capital expenditure. It includes over €250 million for new measures, bringing the core health funding to over €22.5 billion. It includes a once-off allocation of €757 million to deal with Covid-19...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Defibrillators Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Defibrillators (AEDs) are available in many locations across society under the management of various organisations. The Department of Health does not provide grants in relation to the supply and installation of defibrillators.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (28 Sep 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: GPs are self-employed practitioners and therefore may establish practices at a place of their own choosing. There is no prescribed ratio of GPs to patients and the State does not regulate the number of GPs that can set up in a town or community. Under the GMS scheme, the HSE contracts GPs to provide medical services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. Currently there...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (28 Sep 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Where a GMS patient experiences difficulty in finding a GP to accept them as a patient, the person concerned having unsuccessfully applied to at least three GPs in the area (or fewer if there are fewer GPs in the area) can apply to the HSE National Medical Card Unit which has the power to assign that person to a GP's GMS patient list. People who do not hold a medical card or GP visit card...