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Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2025 (3 Oct 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I have secured a record level of €25.76 billion in funding for the Health Vote in Budget 2025. This includes the conversion of €0.93 billion of extra non-core funding of €1.03 billion given to health during Covid to permanent funding. This means that 2025 sees an increase in permanent funding of €3.97 billion and an overall increase of €2.94 billion on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (3 Oct 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The Strategic Workforce Planning and Intelligence (SWP&I) Team in the HSE have engaged the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) in a programme of research to develop a workforce projection model and undertake strategic workforce planning projections for a number of professions. Workforce demand projections for acute hospital staff In 2021, the Strategic Workforce...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (3 Oct 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I can confirm that officials in my department are in regular contact with CORU where the matter of recognition and registration timelines have been discussed. CORU has made significant progress to reduce both recognition and registration timelines throughout 2024. Regarding the recognition of non-Irish qualifications, recognition timelines from when a complete application has been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Oct 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The Department of Health is currently assembling the clinical review group. The clinical review group will examine the findings of the HRB's evidence synthesis publication to determine if there is sufficient evidence to expand the range of conditions covered by the MCAP. Recommendations will be made to me as Minister for Health as to whether sufficient evidence exists to include other...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (3 Oct 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I have asked the HSE, as Sponsoring Agency with day-to-day responsibility for the development of the new elective hospital in Cork to respond to you directly in relation to the matters raised.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (3 Oct 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I believe that pharmacists can do more for our health service. They can do more in our communities. Pharmacists are highly trusted, highly accessible and highly skilled. They’re in every town and village in Ireland. Pharmacists in the community already deliver many important services such as advice on prescription and non-prescription medicines, health interventions such as smoking...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (3 Oct 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The ongoing work of the Productivity and Savings Taskforce aims to ensure that we maximise the use of health funding by identifying savings and opportunities to improve productivity across the health service. The Taskforce published an Action Plan last April and have met on 10 occasions to date this year. The Action Plan and minutes of meetings are published on the Government website: ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (3 Oct 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff (3 Oct 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The 2001 Department of Finance circular for civil servants was not implemented in the public health sector, however certain staffing cohorts have provisions in place that may cover professional membership fees in certain circumstances.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (3 Oct 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 Staff (3 Oct 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: Primary Care Centres (3 Oct 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Health Service Executive (HSE) holds responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (3 Oct 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: There has been an unprecedented level of investment by this Government in the health service workforce in recent years, including an additional €1.5bn funding in 2024, a planned €1.2bn increase in the health budget in 2025 and regularisation of over 4,000 previously unfunded posts into core funding going forward. As of August 2024, there were 27,901 more staff working in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (3 Oct 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 (3 Oct 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: Patient Transfers (3 Oct 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: Patient Transport (3 Oct 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 (3 Oct 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: Primary Care Centres (3 Oct 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Health Service Executive (HSE) holds responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (3 Oct 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the important role of Radiation Therapists in the provision of cancer services in this country. I note the recently completed Radiation Therapy Review and the considerations in this strategic review such as organisation structure, career development in line with Health and Social Care Professional Frameworks, strategic workforce planning, and...