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Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Next year, we plan on increasing the workforce by several thousand more. There will be more nurses to roll out safe staffing, more clinicians to open more hospital beds, more intensive care beds and community beds, and more professional staff to speed up the pace at which we can build new beds, primary care centres and hospitals. There will be more digital professionals to help us roll out...

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The motion decries the mismanagement of the health budget and then goes on to demand that the same HSE hires staff into a bunch of posts that it is not funded for. The Deputies cannot have it both ways. Which is it going to be?

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Do they want proper financial management or do they want the HSE to just hire into thousands of posts for which it is not funded?

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: When I speak with health ministers around the world, many of them tell me that their biggest challenge is an inability to hire doctors and nurses.

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: In Ireland, by contrast, we are hiring at record levels and we have exceeded the already ambitious targets for this year. Where I agree with the Deputies is that there is absolutely no question but that many of the jobs in our healthcare service are very intense. They are tough, difficult jobs - working in emergency departments, intensive care wards and in complex surgery, to name but a...

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: We are very fortunate in Ireland to have such high-quality healthcare training and education. We are also very fortunate that so many internationally trained healthcare professionals choose to work in Ireland. They have been doing that for many years and they will continue to do that next year while we expand the healthcare workforce again by several thousand. This Government will continue...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: What about the brickie in Northern Ireland?

Seanad: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. I am delighted to be here. I am extremely pleased to introduce this legislation. This Bill contains several different measures, but it is important for two main reasons. First, it will introduce in our country for the first time an opt-out system for organ donation. Under this measure, it will be taken that every one of us has opted to be an organ donor...

Seanad: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank colleagues for the support. The Bill was supported in the Dáil and is now being supported in the Upper House. That sends out a very important message to the country that this is something new and important we are doing, and both Houses are united in us moving and shifting our thinking to us all being organ donors. I thank colleagues throughout the Houses for their support. I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Nov 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 the...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I am fully committed to supporting our population screening programmes which are a valuable part of our health service, enabling early treatment and care for many people, and improving the overall health of our population. BreastCheck, the National Breast Screening Programme, currently invites women aged 50 to 69 years at regular periods to have a routine mammogram. Under commitments in...

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

Stephen Donnelly: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Nov 2023)

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

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

Stephen Donnelly: The collection of taxes and issues relating to the interpretation of tax law are a matter for the Revenue Commissioners. New guidance regarding the tax treatment of GP's GMS income has now been issued by the Revenue Commissions. Officials from my Department and the HSE engaged with the Office of the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Finance prior to publication to understand...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (21 Nov 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 (21 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently not in a position to answer PQs due to industrial action. It is hoped that normal services will resume soon. In the meantime, this Department will continue to refer PQs to HSE for their direct reply as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (21 Nov 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 Admissions (21 Nov 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.