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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Standard PPE will continue to be the responsibility of private providers for non-COVID-19 clients. However, HSE will provide appropriate additional PPE supplies to Home Support Providers in relation to clients confirmed to have COVID-19 on the clear understanding that the individual service provider will deliver appropriate Infection Protection and Control training to its staff. However...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Public Sector Stability Agreement is the mechanism which provides for public service pay policy as well as the terms and conditions of public sector employment. All public health sector employees are paid in line with Department of Health Consolidated Salary Scales, and this document can be publicly viewed online at this website The salary scale for Health Care Support Assistants...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 751 and 784 together. The HSE's National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) advise that Nivolumab and Pembrolizumab are licensed by the European Medicines Agency as monotherapy for the treatment of advanced melanoma in adults and are approved by the HSE for reimbursement in public hospitals. A Health Technology Assessment has been completed that looks at the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Jul 2020)

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. The National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As part of the overall effort to contain the spread of COVID-19 and in line with public health advice, day service locations have been closed since March. However priority service users have been identified in each CHO, and individualised supports continue to be provided to many people in alternative models particularly for these individuals with higher support needs, through alternative...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy is no doubt aware, those over 70 and the extremely medically vulnerable are at a very high risk of severe illness from COVID-19 and are advised to follow cocooning measures in order to keep themselves safe. However, it is important that people who are cocooning feel empowered to exercise their own judgement regarding the extent to which they consider the cocooning guidance is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 756 and 824 together. My Department in conjunction with the HSE, and having engaged with key stakeholders, was in the process of finalising a new framework for public health prior to the onset of COVID-19. This body of work was to reflect the recommendations of the report reviewing the specialty undertaken by Crowe Horwath published in December 2018, and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: 192 medical graduates entered the GP training programme in 2019. The number entering the programme has increased steadily in recent years from 120 in 2009. Capacity for training places will be further increased this year with 217 places made available. It is intended that the transfer of responsibility for training General Practitioners from the HSE to the Irish College of General...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The OECD’s System of Health Accounts (SHA) enables international comparison of Healthcare expenditure (HCE) by tracking all HCE in a country over a defined period of time. HCE is presented in relation to each country’s economy, measured as a share of GDP, or to its population, measured as per capita health spending. The OECD applies a purchasing power parity (PPP) adjustment to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I am aware that construction work on the new children’s hospital site beside St. James’s Hospital stopped on 31 March 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. I understand that since the commencement of the easing of restrictions on 18 of May, the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) has been engaging with the main contractor in relation to the earliest...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Guidelines in relation to the meetings of Local Authorities as described in the Deputy’s question are not matters within the remit of my Department. Public health advice in operation at a point in time is available on the Government website at I would like to draw the Deputy's attention to the “Return to Work Safely Protocol - COVID-19 Specific National Protocol for Employers...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Saolta Hospital Group has advised that Mayo University Hospital have proposals for a mobile Acute Medical Assessment Unit on the site which would release 8 beds for inpatient use. They also envisage freeing up 2 further beds through an internal upgrade. These proposals will be considered in the context of priorities in the region and available resources.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: My Department and the Health Service Executive are currently engaged in a process to develop the draft HSE Capital Plan for 2020. The HSE Capital Plan will determine the projects that can progress in 2020 and beyond having regard to the total available capital funding and the relevant priority of each project. All Health capital projects, currently at various stages of development, such as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: On 25th June, the Government gave approval for the publication of the Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020. This Bill provides, amongst other things, for the necessary legislative amendments to increase the weekly gross medical card income limits for those aged 70 and over. The Bill was published on July 1st, 2020 and arrangements are now...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 765 and 767 together. During the response to COVID-19, Nursing homes continue to be regulated by HIQA, who under the Health Act 2007 have the legal authority to examine the operation of any facility under their remit. Any individual cases of concern should be brought to the attention of HIQA and the relevant HSE Safeguarding and Protection Team In...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE has statutory responsibility for medicine pricing and reimbursement decisions, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. The Act specifies the criteria for decisions on the reimbursement of medicines. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 768 and 769 together. As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of public healthcare services and infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.