Results 33,161-33,180 of 49,836 for speaker:Stephen Donnelly
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (29 Nov 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 (29 Nov 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (29 Nov 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the important role that Section 39 organisations and staff play in our health sector. They have a key role in providing services to people with disabilities and older people. While the Government does provide assistance, under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004, to organisations that provide services similar or ancillary to services that the HSE may...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Nov 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 (29 Nov 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (29 Nov 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: Emergency neurosurgery patients would not be placed on waiting lists. Waiting lists for scheduled appointments, by specialty (including neurosurgery) are published monthly by the NTPF and are available at www.ntpf.ie. The other parts of the Deputy's question has been referred to the HSE as this is a service matter. I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Nov 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 the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (29 Nov 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: Dental Services (29 Nov 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 (29 Nov 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform have provided for Special Leave with Pay (SLWP) for the recommended isolation period (currently 7 days), for civil and public servants nationally who contract Covid. SLWP provides for paid leave, including full pay, any fixed allowances payable as well as premium payments. For certain employees who remain unfit to attend the workplace and are...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Nov 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: Ranibizumab (Lucentis®) has been licensed for the treatment of neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in Ireland and throughout the EU since 2007. Ranibizumab (Lucentis®) is given by intravitreal injection (injection into the vitreous humour, the jelly-like fluid in the eye) and must be administered, under aseptic conditions, by a qualified ophthalmologist...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (29 Nov 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: The Health and Social Care Professionals Council and Registration Boards, collectively known as CORU, are responsible for protecting the public by promoting high standards of professional conduct, education, training, and competence amongst the professions designated under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act (2005). The Act is being implemented on a phased basis as registration...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (29 Nov 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 (29 Nov 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: The majority of women with menopausal symptoms and requiring treatment can be managed appropriately by their GP. However, a proportion of symptomatic women will require specialist medical expertise in menopause, which cannot be dealt with at the primary care level. As part of the reforms to how we approach menopause care, these more complex cases will be dealt with in six specialist...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Nov 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: My Department has been at the forefront of efforts to protect the public from COVID-19 and manage the spread of the disease in the community, since the pandemic was declared in early 2020. In that time, several pieces of public health legislation were drafted and brought through the Houses of the Oireachtas. In addition, an unprecedented number of Statutory Instruments were drafted to give...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Nov 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: My Department has been at the forefront of efforts to protect the public from COVID-19 and manage the spread of the disease in the community, since the pandemic was declared in early 2020. In that time, several pieces of public health legislation were drafted and brought through the Houses of the Oireachtas. In addition, an unprecedented number of Statutory Instruments were drafted to give...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (29 Nov 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Health Service Executive (HSE) holds responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (29 Nov 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 Waiting Lists (29 Nov 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 Expenditure (29 Nov 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.