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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (18 Jun 2024)
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: Hospice Services (18 Jun 2024)
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 (18 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Under the terms of the current GMS contract, GPs are required to provide eligible patients with ''all proper and necessary treatment of a kind usually undertaken by a general practitioner and not requiring special skill or experience of a degree or kind which general practitioners cannot reasonably be expected to possess". Persons who hold a medical card or a GP visit card are not subject to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (18 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Under the provisions of the Health Act 1970 (as amended), eligibility for health services in Ireland is based primarily on residency and means. The Act provides that persons who are unable, without undue hardship, to arrange GP services for themselves and their family can qualify for a medical card, while those for whom arranging GP services would be unduly burdensome can qualify for a GP...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (18 Jun 2024)
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: Cancer Services (18 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I am fully committed to supporting our population screening programmes, which are a valuable part of our health service. They enable early treatment and care for many people and improve 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 Appointments Status (18 Jun 2024)
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: Hospital Staff (18 Jun 2024)
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: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Special Scheme is the subject of ongoing conciliation talks at the Workplace Relations Commission, it would be inappropriate for me to provide an update ahead of those talks concluding.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (18 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Responsibility for the regulation of nurses and midwives in Ireland rests with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI). The NMBI is an independent regulatory body established under the Nurses and Midwives Act, 2011. As the query raised by the Deputy is a matter for the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI), I have referred the question to the NMBI for its attention and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jun 2024)
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 (18 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Awaiting reply from Department.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (18 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As the medical card review process is a matter for the HSE, a copy of the Deputy's question has been forwarded to the HSE with a request to reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (18 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Awaiting reply from Department.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (18 Jun 2024)
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 (18 Jun 2024)
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 (18 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for medicine pricing and reimbursement decisions, 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 reimbursement list. Only medicines with...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (18 Jun 2024)
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 (18 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Teva B.V., the company responsible for supplying Ipramol Steri-Neb Nebuliser Solution, has notified of a shortage of Ipramol Steri-Neb 0.5mg/2.5mg per 2.5ml Nebuliser Solution due to a manufacturing delay impacting multiple markets, not just Ireland. The company anticipates resupply of Ipramol Steri-Neb Nebuliser Solution on 15th July 2024. I recognise that medicine shortages can be...