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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (25 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 (25 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: Healthcare Policy (25 Apr 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to supporting healthy and positive ageing as well as to ensuring that older persons can continue to live independently in their homes and communities for as long as possible. Acknowledging the disproportionately negative impact of the pandemic on older persons, the Programme for Government: Our Shared Future(2020) commits to the establishment of a commission on...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (25 Apr 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: The Review of the operation of the Health(Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 commenced in line with statutory and Government commitments in December 2021. The purpose of the Review was to assess the effectiveness of the operation of the legislation. The Review comprised two phases. The first phase of the Review was an evidence and information gathering exercise which...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (25 Apr 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I fully acknowledge the distress and inconvenience for patients and their families when elective procedures are cancelled, particularly for clinically urgent procedures. While every effort is made to avoid cancellation or postponement of planned procedures, the HSE has advised that planned procedures and operations can be postponed or cancelled for a variety of reasons including capacity...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 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: Dental Services (25 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: Mental Health Services (25 Apr 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 619 to 621, inclusive, together. 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. These are: acute leukaemia; mental handicap; cerebral palsy; mental illness (in a person under 16); cystic fibrosis; multiple...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Apr 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: Last year the Government announced a once-off, ex-gratiaCOVID-19 pandemic recognition payment for certain front-line 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: Health Services (25 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 (25 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 (25 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 Aids and Appliances (25 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: Medicinal Products (25 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 (25 Apr 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: There is no suggestion that the Secretary General was hacked. 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 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.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I agree with the Chair about pharmacies. The Department is working closely with the HSE and the Irish Pharmacy Union, IPU, to enhance pharmacy care. We are considering a number of approaches. One is the introduction of a minor ailments scheme, which is something that the IPU has rightly sought for a long time. Another is a medicines shortage protocol to allow pharmacists to substitute...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I agree. I was in Dún Laoghaire recently, where the National Rehabilitation Hospital, NRH, is looking to put in place a second phase. It is needed. The Chair will be aware that, for the first year, we have a fully funded national stroke strategy. Part of that involves neuro-rehabilitation in the community. We need significantly more acute rehab beds around the country. Much of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: He and I have met on numerous occasions. The initial signals are all good.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I applaud the Deputy for getting half an hour's worth of questions in right at the end. His experience is showing. The most serious of the issues he raised concerns the tragic death of Vivienne Murphy. I express my heartbreak and my condolences with her family and friends. The Deputy asked about paediatric ICU services in Cork. The current clinical view is that paediatric ICU patients...