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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: To supplement national recruitment the HSE on an ongoing basis, recruits form overseas largely through third-party providers (recruitment agencies). These agencies source suitable candidates from both within the EEA and outside the EEA for clinical positions in our health services. These third-party agencies support candidates in their applications together with gaining their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I have requested the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible with the required details.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

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: Electric Vehicles (21 Mar 2023)

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: International Programmes (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The 9th Conference of Parties (COP9) was delayed by a year due to the pandemic, before being held virtually in 2021. As a result, substantive discussions and decisions on a number of agenda items were deferred until COP10. It is vital that these discussions take place in November and that decisions are made, particularly on Treaty instruments and technical matters such as the reports on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: eGovernment Services (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: A business case for the national ePrescribing project was submitted by the HSE in September 2022 and approved in principle (in October 2022) by the Department of Health and digital governance oversight unit at the Department of Public Expenditure. This approval enables the HSE to proceed with the next phase of the programme - to tender for a solution suitable for use in Ireland. Market...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sustainable Development Goals (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a significant and ambitious framework. A whole-of-Government approach to its implementation has been taken in Ireland. Ireland’s Second National Implementation Plan for the Sustainable Development Goals, 2022 – 2024 was published in October 2022. The Plan was developed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

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 Infrastructure Provision (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1315 and 1316 together. On 7 December 2022, the Government approved the next stage of the Enhanced Provision of Elective Care Programme and progression of the development of new Elective Hospitals in Cork and Galway (with Dublin to follow in due course). The new Elective Hospitals will provide significant additional capacity, enabling the separation of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1317 and 1318 together. As Minister 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. Their participation in the national COVID-19 vaccination rollout – the largest ever undertaken by the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As you will be aware, and by way of context the free contraception scheme was launched on 14th September 2022, and is currently open to women aged 17-26 who are ordinarily resident in Ireland and will be extended to women aged 30 and under by September 1st, 2023. The potential to make some forms of prescription contraception available through pharmacies, without prescription by medical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Medicine shortages are increasingly prevalent worldwide over the past decade. The causes of such shortages are multi-factorial, including shortages of raw materials, manufacturing difficulties, increased demand, product recalls due to potential quality defects, and industry consolidations. Medicine shortages can originate at any point in the supply chain. They can involve and impact many...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Department of Health recognises the key role of Pharmacy in the Community, and the ongoing significant contribution made by this sector to patients and the public, particularly during the pandemic. The potential role that pharmacy may play in the development and implementation of future healthcare reform, especially in regard to the aims and vision of Sláintecare, is under...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1322, 1324 and 1325 together. As Minister 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. Their participation in the national COVID-19 vaccination rollout – the largest ever undertaken by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Thank you for your question - 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 over the past five years with 7083 pharmacists registered with the PSI on the 1 March 2023, under established processes based in Irish and EU law. The Pharmacy Act 2007,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: In the case of medicines used most often in Ireland, there are typically multiple forms, strengths, brands, and generic medicines available from various sources. Where some individual medicines are in short supply, alternative options such as alternative strengths, brands, and generic medicines remain available to ensure continuity of treatment. In other jurisdictions shortages...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The purpose of a national prescribing service is to provide guidance to prescribers in making optimum use of available medicines. In Ireland, the Health Service Executive’s (HSE) Medicines Management Programme (MMP) performs this role. Their remit is the enhancement of safe, effective, and cost-effective use of medicines in Irish healthcare. The MMP have identified preferred...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Language (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Section 12 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 requires that certain health warnings and information be displayed on the labels of alcohol products, on notices in licensed premises and on websites which sell alcohol products. The labels of alcohol products must also contain information on the grams of alcohol and the calories in the product. Section 12 requires that the notices to be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly.