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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (20 Apr 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: Medical Cards (20 Apr 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.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I have had several conversations with the team at Wexford General Hospital, Government colleagues and the Deputy about the need for the block. It is a project that I support. The capital plan will be published soon. This will contain details of bed projects across the country. We will wait for that for the details.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: To date, €208 million in tax-free payments has been distributed. That gets lost sometimes when there is an ever-decreasing number of people who have not been paid and who, quite rightly, are looking to be paid. At this point the vast majority - over 90% - of the organisations that have submitted claims to the HSE have been engaged with. There were issues with compliance and the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: If there are specific service-level issues such as those the Deputy has raised, he might send me a note and I will get him a response. The Deputy will be aware that we are investing in stroke care. We have rolled out the first national stroke strategy this year. There is a lot more money going in, both in terms of the acute services and the very quick responses, which are making a huge...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Bill 2019: From the Seanad (26 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: This is an entirely technical amendment to delete the phrase "Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform" and replace it with "Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform". The amendment is required by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, OPC.

Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Bill 2019: From the Seanad (26 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank my colleagues across the Dáil and the Seanad for the speedy passage of the Bill through Committee and Remaining Stages. We all know how important the Bill is and what it will do for patients. It will provide mandatory open disclosure of serious patient safety incidences. It provides for notification to the regulator. It extends HIQA's remit to private hospitals, which is very...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (26 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The partnership between Children’s Health Ireland and the National Orthopaedic Hospital has grown successfully over the last number of years, with clinically suitable patients from CHI undergoing orthopaedic procedures at Cappagh to help address long waiting lists at the CHI hospitals. In 2022 I approved an ambitious plan from Children’s Health Ireland aimed at reducing the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cybersecurity Policy (26 Apr 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: General Practitioner Services (26 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to the extension of GP visit card eligibility to those who earn the median household income or less, as announced in Budget 2023. In total, approximately 400,000 additional individuals are estimated to become eligible under this expansion. This measure will remove the cost of accessing GP care from those for whom cost is most likely to prevent access; helping...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 Apr 2023)

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: Home Care Packages (26 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: In order to examine the significant workforce challenges in the home-support and nursing home sectors in Ireland, Minister Butler established the cross-departmental Strategic Workforce Advisory Group in March 2022. Working closely with key stakeholders, the Advisory Group made 16 recommendations to address the challenges in frontline carer roles in the home support and long-term residential...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 Apr 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 (26 Apr 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 Staff (26 Apr 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 Service Executive (26 Apr 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: Cybersecurity Policy (26 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: It is the long-standing practice for sound reasons of security not to comment in detail on the arrangements in place with regard to the security of the devices and communications of office holders. What I can say is that in March 2022 concerns were raised regarding my devices and I was advised by the NCSC not to use my devices for a short period at the time. My devices were examined...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (26 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Repayment Scheme was a statutory scheme established under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 to repay specified pre-2005 charges for in-patient services imposed on certain persons with full medical card eligibility in public long stay facilities, including public nursing homes. The Scheme closed to new applications on 31 December 2007 in accordance with the provisions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Last year the Government announced a once-off, ex-gratiaCOVID-19 pandemic recognition payment for certain frontline public sector healthcare workers, to recognise their unique role during the pandemic. Eligibility criteria for the payment were set following significant consideration and consultation. While the Department does not comment on individual cases, I can confirm that in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (26 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: GPs are private practitioners, most of whom hold a GMS contract with the HSE for the provision of GP services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. Where a patient who holds a medical card or GP visit card 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...