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

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, CORU is Ireland’s multi-profession health and social care regulator. CORU’s role is to protect the public by regulating the health and social care professions designated under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (as amended), including setting the standards that health and social care professionals must meet to be eligible for...

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

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: Ambulance Service (21 Mar 2023)

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: Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is an operational matter, I have referred the question to the HSE for direct reply to you.

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

Stephen Donnelly: Diabetes is a complex condition that can have a profound impact on the quality of life of people living with the condition. Management of the condition is required across the entire spectrum of healthcare delivery, through general practice, community specialist care and hospital inpatient specialist care. Budget 2023 provides funding for a number of initiatives aimed at improving...

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: Health Services Staff (21 Mar 2023)

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. For certain employees who remain unfit to attend the workplace and are suffering from long-Covid, a temporary Scheme, specific to the public health service was introduced to...

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

Stephen Donnelly: CHI at Connolly, which opened in July 2019, is a children’s Outpatient and Urgent Care Centre staffed by specialist paediatric team including nurses, doctors, health and social care professionals and support staff. Urgent care is for the diagnosis and treatment of injuries or illnesses requiring medical review which are not serious enough to require Emergency Department attendance or...

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

Stephen Donnelly: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the management of the public healthcare property estate, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to you in relation to this matter.

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

Stephen Donnelly: The State Claims Agency (SCA) has a statutory remit to manage personal injury claims on behalf of Delegated State Authorities including the Health Service Executive. I have been informed by the SCA that the information contained in the attached report has been extracted from the National Incident Management System (NIMS) according to the below criteria. The SCA does not release transaction...

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

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter for the HSE, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

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

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter for the HSE, the PQ has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

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: Health and Safety (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: Data Protection (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE are managing this process. Where there is evidence that data associated with an individual was accessed as part of the criminally motivated cyber attack on the HSE in May 2021, those people are being contacted individually and offered the opportunity to review what data was accessed and engage with the HSE team. A similar process is underway at Mercy University Hospital, as a...

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

Stephen Donnelly: The Long-Term Illness (LTI) scheme was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 (as amended). Regulations were made in 1971, 1973 and 1975, prescribing 16 illnesses covered by the scheme. The first of these regulations, Statutory Instrument No. 277 of 1971, put a limitation on Section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970, in respect of the provision of medicines to those suffering from...