Results 47,941-47,960 of 49,836 for speaker:Stephen Donnelly
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Sep 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: General Practitioner Services (18 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The Department of Health and the HSE commenced the Strategic Review of General Practice last year and the review is currently underway. With input from key stakeholders, the review is examining a range of issues affecting general practice including GP training, GP capacity, Out of Hours services reform, the eHealth Agenda, and the financial support model for general practice. The Review will...
- Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (25 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am very pleased to be here this afternoon to introduce the Health Information Bill 2024 to Dáil Éireann. The Bill may be very technical in nature. It is, however, a landmark piece of legislation and it is going to help transform the services that are provided to patients. This Bill is the legal foundation for one of the...
- Visit of Chinese Delegation (25 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I welcome our distinguished guests as well. It is a great honour to have you all here.
- Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Part 2 of the Bill provides for the duty to share and contains sections 7 to 9, inclusive. Section 7 places a statutory duty on health service providers to share personal health data with other health services providers for the purposes of patient care and treatment. In keeping with data protection principles, such sharing must be necessary, relevant and proportionate. Section 8 introduces...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (24 Sep 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 (24 Sep 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 (24 Sep 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: Ambulance Service (24 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (24 Sep 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 (24 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I am advised by the HSE that patients with Hereditary Haemochromatosis (HH) are managed in a variety of ways around the country depending on local availability. The HSE has undertaken two Model of Care reviews on HH and Therapeutic Phlebotomy for Patients with HH. The diagnosis, treatment and management of patients living with HH is guided by these reviews as well as the Irish College of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (24 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal was established on a non-statutory basis in December 1995 and was put on a statutory footing in November 1997 by means of the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal Act. An amending Act was passed in 2002 extending the remit of the Tribunal to include HIV. The 2002 Act also introduced additional heads of claim for the dependants of infected persons –...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Laboratory Facilities (24 Sep 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: Hospital Services (24 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: In relation to the particular query raised, 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 (24 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 420, 421, 424, 425 and 426 together. GPs are private practitioners, most of whom hold a GMS contract with the HSE for the provision of GP services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. Where a person who holds a medical card or GP visit card, experiences difficulty in finding a GP to accept them as a patient, that person having...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (24 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: GPs are self-employed practitioners, most of whom hold a GMS contract and or other contracts with the HSE for the provision of GP services. As private practitioners, GPs may establish practices at a place of their own choosing. There is no prescribed ratio of GPs to patients and the State does not regulate the number of GPs that can set up in a town or community. As this is a service...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The Health Service Executive (HSE) provide an extensive range of aids and appliances to individuals living with a wide variety of different medical conditions under the Community Funded Schemes (CFS). These support individuals to continue living within their communities and to enjoy a greater quality of life than would otherwise be the case. The CFS also provides an allowance for cancer...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (24 Sep 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: Hospital Appointments Status (24 Sep 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 (24 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I am wholly committed to providing more opportunities to increase the number of nurses and midwives in the Irish healthcare system. My Department continues to implement the recommendations from the Report of the Expert Review Body on Nursing and Midwifery (Department of Health, 2022). One of these recommendation is examining the routes of entry to undergraduate nursing and midwifery,...