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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to ensuring that anyone needing a termination of pregnancy can access services in safety and with privacy and dignity. The purpose of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022 is to ensure safe access to termination of pregnancy services for women, service providers and their staff throughout the country. Government approved the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 May 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: Departmental Schemes (18 May 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. These are: acute leukaemia; mental handicap; cerebral palsy; mental illness (in a person under 16); cystic fibrosis; multiple sclerosis; diabetes insipidus; muscular dystrophies; diabetes...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: The EU Cross-Border Directive (EU Directive 24/11) scheme was transposed into Irish legislation in June 2014. The HSE is responsible for the operation of the Cross Border Directive (CBD) in Ireland. Under the terms of the CBD, patients in Ireland can seek to be referred to another EU/EEA country for medical treatment that is available in the public health service in Ireland. The patient may...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (18 May 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: Dental Services (18 May 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: Dental Services (18 May 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: Dental Services (18 May 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: General Practitioner Services (18 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: GPs are private contractors, most of whom hold GMS contracts with the HSE for the provision of services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. GMS contracts are held by individual GPs and payment for the related services is made by the HSE Primary Care Reimbursement Service to the GP concerned. In accordance with tax legislation, Professional Services Withholding Tax is...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (18 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to ensuring that anyone needing a termination of pregnancy can access services in safety and with privacy and dignity. The purpose of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022 is to ensure safe access to termination of pregnancy services for women, service providers and their staff throughout the country. Government approved the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (18 May 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: Nursing Homes (18 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of public healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: All vacancies in the public health service are advertised online here Ms Carnevali can utilise the 'job search' option to search for suitable vacancies. Qualifications per vacancy differ, however the 'eligibility criteria' are also published at the link above and may be of assistance to Ms Carnevali in respect of role suitability.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (18 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I am advised that in response to ongoing clinical advances in neonatal care, both nationally and internationally, the survival of premature infants born at 23-weeks gestation has improved. Increasingly, infants born at 23-weeks gestation are being offered resuscitation and neonatal intensive care. This is the experience both in Ireland and in other developed countries. In that context, the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (18 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: Finglas has long been identified as a priority location for the development of a Primary Care Centre due to the population level, care requirements for the community and the HSE Sláintecare programme which will provide care for patients closer to their home. The Finglas primary care centre is included in the capital programme 2023 A design team has been engaged for the project, the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (18 May 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 (30 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy. We have all known for some time that the cost was going to go above €1.4 billion, which was the formal cost signed off on by the Government. Intensive negotiations are happening between the contractor and the development board. The sums of money involved are large. I do not have a figure. No one does, as there has been no resolution to many of the issues. The...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: There is no agreed-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: -----figure. At the same time, we are not giving an estimated figure because we do not want to prejudice the negotiation. The contractors would like nothing more than the State to say we believe we will have to pay X amount of money, because doing so would prejudice the negotiations. We must leave the board in the strongest possible position to negotiate on behalf of the State.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy for the question. I have two points to make in response. I have had more than one person from County Donegal say this to me recently, and I have a suspicion, which is nothing to do with the Deputy at all, that a bit of a whispering campaign is going on concerning LUH. I do not know where this is coming from.