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Written Answers — Department of Health: Paediatric Services (10 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 80. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the multi-year waiting times being experienced by children with special needs in County Wicklow that have been referred for treatment to a service (details supplied) and other service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41264/19]

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: The Bill provides that Irish, British and EU citizens living in Northern Ireland will retain full access to a European health insurance card. Fianna Fáil wants to see full access to the entire European Union and its schemes and programmes retained for Northern Ireland and, as such, will support the Bill. We also want these rights to be reciprocated. It is imperative that people born...

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I will be guided by the Ceann Comhairle. My logic is that the Bill expressly seeks to give access to EU healthcare to residents of Northern Ireland.

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: In most cases, that means access to emergency services-----

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: -----and, as such, I am speaking to the services to which the Bill would provide access. I will be guided by the Ceann Comhairle.

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I will be guided by the Ceann Comhairle. How bad is the understaffing? I refer to Tallaght Hospital which serves the constituency the Minister and I represent, as well as County Kildare and a large swathe of County Dublin. An equivalent hospital in the NHS or in Northern Ireland would have approximately 16 consultants in emergency medicine. Tallaght Hospital has four such posts, one...

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: It would mean opening diagnostic suites longer, for which provision was not made. It would mean sanctioning posts for nurses in emergency care that have already been agreed as safe staffing levels and it would mean increasing homecare packages linked to discharge from hospitals, which doctors have told me would free up beds in hospitals and allow people to be transferred from emergency care....

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Regarding the exact mechanism by which this will work, citizens in Northern Ireland will not have one of these cards. The explanatory memorandum was not great at explaining exactly how the cash is going to flow. I can ask my question now or I can do so during the debate on the relevant section. I do not want to mix up Deputy O'Reilly's amendments.

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: There are British, Irish and EU citizens living in Northern Ireland. Let us say one was travel to France, get sick, incur healthcare costs of €20,000 and go home. This Bill provides for reimbursement, so that can happen. Will the Minister explain how that payment mechanism will work? Ultimately, will the Irish State pay the €20,000 bill or is there some reciprocal...

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I seek clarification on two issues. First, the figure I have for the cost of the scheme is €5 million. Will the Minister confirm that is the figure with which he is working, and whether it is provisioned within the budget? Second, while I appreciate that the mechanism is not contained in the primary legislation, I presume the regulations are well advanced at this stage. Will the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (15 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 387. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that will benefit from the changes to the income thresholds for the over 70 years of age medical card; the cost in 2020 of this measure; and the four-year cost of same. [41897/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Data (15 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 388. To ask the Minister for Health the cost in 2020 of the GMS prescription charges for over 70 years being reduced by 50 cent to €1; and the full-year cost of same. [41898/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Data (15 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 389. To ask the Minister for Health the cost in 2020 of the GMS prescription charges being reduced by 50 cent to €1.50 per item for persons under 70 years of age; and the four-year cost of same. [41899/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (15 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 390. To ask the Minister for Health the cost in 2020 of expanding free general practitioner care to children aged six to eight years; and the full-year cost of same. [41900/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Data (15 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 391. To ask the Minister for Health the cost in 2020 of providing free dental care for children under six years of age including preventative oral health and promotion packages; and the full-year cost of same. [41902/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Data (15 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 392. To ask the Minister for Health the cost in 2020 of reducing the monthly threshold for the drug payment scheme by €10 to €114; and the full-year cost of same. [41903/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2020 (15 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 393. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the 1,000 therapists, nurses and other professionals in community health services whose recruitment was announced in budget 2020; the number to be recruited in 2010; and when the positions will be operational in 2020. [41904/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (15 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 394. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding to be provided for the nursing home support scheme in 2020; the full-year cost of same; and the number of additional places to be provided by this funding. [41905/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Funding (15 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 395. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the €97 million for older people services in 2020; and the full-year cost of such initiatives. [41906/19]

Financial Resolutions - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: A 15 year old girl with scoliosis has had her operation cancelled repeatedly. As she has waited, her spine has curved to almost 90°. A mother in Wicklow has waited years for speech and language therapy for her son. Three weeks ago, she got a letter saying it will be another two years before he is seen. Men and women who are well enough to be at work are instead lying in hospital beds...