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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (30 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: An application for planning permission for the proposed new 92 bed Community Nursing Unit at St. Vincent's Hospital, Athy, was submitted by the HSE to the local planning authority in Q3 of 2022. Further information has been requested by Kildare County Council with a deadline of 10th July 2023. HSE engagement with Kildare County Council on this matter is ongoing, and it is anticipated that...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (30 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: Medical Aids and Appliances (30 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: Hospital Facilities (30 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: A design team was appointed by the HSE in September 2022 to progress the proposal for a 96-bed medical ward block at Wexford General Hospital. Capital Plan 2023 has allocated funding to take the proposal to detailed design stage. A Strategic Assessment Report (SAR) for this proposal has also been completed. Under the March 2023 Public Spending Code (PSC) update, the SAR will be subsumed...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (30 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: Primary Medical Certificates (30 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 (30 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: Departmental Data (30 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 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: Ambulance Service (31 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 157 and 190 together. The HSE engages with the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) on an ongoing basis. Following a successful WADEM Conference hosted by Spain in 2022, NAS and representatives of Magen David Adom (MDA) (Israel’s equivalent to NAS), agreed to collaborate on issues of mutual interest, in particular, disaster...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (31 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: Successive National Cancer Strategies have delivered continuing improvements in outcomes for Irish cancer patients in terms of earlier diagnosis, better treatment, and improved rates of survival. This Government’s commitment to implementation of the National Cancer Strategy is evidenced by significant investment in recent years. €20m new development funding was allocated to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (31 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I am delighted to confirm the HSE Building & Equipment Capital Plan 2023 has been published. The Capital funding for 2023 is €1,027m, which includes an increase of 11% on the core allocation in 2022. Provision has been made in the Capital Plan 2023 to progress an extension at ground floor level to the existing emergency department (ED) at Mayo University Hospital. It is...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (31 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drugs schemes, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. In line with the 2013 Act and the national framework agreed with industry, a company must submit an application to the HSE to have a new medicine added to the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (31 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: Research and Development (31 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: Psilocin (also known as 4-HO-DMT, 4-hydroxy DMT, psilocine, psilocyn, or psilotsin) is a substituted tryptamine alkaloid and a serotonergic psychedelic substance. It is present in most psychedelic mushrooms together with its phosphorylated counterpart psilocybin. Psilocin is a Schedule I drug under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances and is a Schedule 1 controlled drug under he Misuse...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 May 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: Health Services Staff (31 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 164 to 169, inclusive, together. 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: Emergency Departments (31 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: Medical Cards (31 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: Eligibility for a Medical Card is primarily based on a financial assessment which is conducted by the HSE in accordance with the Health Act 1970 (as amended). The HSE assesses each medical card application on a qualifying financial threshold. This is the amount of money that an individual can earn a week and still qualify for a card. It is specific to the individual’s own financial...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (31 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is an administrative matter for the Health Service Executive, the HSE has been asked to respond directly to the Deputy.