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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I would like to begin by saying that I fully appreciate the vital role played by the GAA in respect of the health and wellbeing of communities the length and breadth of the country. The GAA is at the very heart of our community and the decision taken by the Government on the 18 August that all sporting events take place behind closed doors, is not in any way a reflection on the quality of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Ireland is guided by the advice, guidance and protocols of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The expert guidance of the ECDC in particular is based upon consideration of the circumstances arising in the European Union and globally. The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) reviews these international developments as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Monaghan Hospital is part of the Cavan & Monaghan Hospital in the RCSI Hospitals Group. Together they share an integrated managerial and clinical governance system, as well as integrated patient care pathways and support functions. The Smaller Hospitals Framework identifies the activities that can be performed in Model 2 hospitals, like Monaghan Hospital. It provides for a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Under the Health Act 1970, eligibility for a medical card is based primarily on means. The Act does not provide for automatic eligibility based on having a particular disease or illness. However, the HSE does have a compassionate system in place for the provision of medical cards when it is informed that a patient is receiving end of life treatment – that is when patients’...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: A comprehensive, reliable and responsive testing and tracing operation is central to our public health strategy for containing and slowing the spread of COVID-19 and the HSE has worked intensively over the last number of months to put this in place and I would again like to acknowledge the huge work undertaken in this regard across the HSE. Ireland is pursuing a robust testing strategy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (15 Sep 2020)

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 (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is an operational matter across a range of medical grades, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible. It is accepted and I would share the view that the duration of the process for filling consultant posts was too long and needed to be addressed. The HSE has been progressing implementation of the recommendations of the 2017...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Public Dental Service of the HSE treats children up to 16, and persons of all ages with special needs, through its dental clinics. All HSE dental clinics prioritise emergency care for children up to 16, treatment for special needs patients and screening of children aged from 11 to 13 years, including referral for orthodontic services where necessary. Orthodontic treatment is provided to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (15 Sep 2020)

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: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 70 and 761 together. The previous Minister for Health requested a report from the CEO of the HSE, on the Covid-19 measures taken at Mayo University Hospital (MUH) from the outset of the pandemic. My Department received the report on 19 June. The report set out details of the Covid-19 planning undertaken at MUH as part of the overall work of the Saolta...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Maintaining scheduled care access for all patients is a key priority for hospitals. I fully acknowledge the distress and inconvenience for patients and their families when appointments are delayed.   In response to the Covid-19 pandemic the HSE had to take measures to pause most elective scheduled care activity with effect from the end March 2020. This was to ensure patient safety...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (15 Sep 2020)

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: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The COVID-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented interruption to normal health services, both in the community and acute hospitals. While some services were suspended or delivered on a reduced basis, it is important to recognise that many vital services have continued throughout the pandemic, ensuring that priority care needs were addressed and the most vulnerable protected even at the height of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 76, 94, 97, 628, 687, 695, 771, 782 and 853 together. I acknowledge that the current restrictions in maternity hospitals are presenting difficulties and this is hugely regrettable. However, it is necessary to reduce footfall in order to protect women, babies, staff and our maternity service as a whole. Maternity hospitals have performed well during...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (15 Sep 2020)

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: National Children's Hospital (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Like many other sectors of the economy, the construction sector was impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. This resulted in construction related work on the site of the new children’s hospital stopping on 31 March this year due to Covid-19 Restrictions. On 18thMay the restrictions in respect of the construction sector were eased. From this date, the National Paediatric Hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: In recent years there has been an increased investment in paediatric orthopaedics and scoliosis services, which has improved access to surgery and outpatient appointments. In 2018 Children’s Health Ireland (CHI; previously the Children’s Hospital Group) was provided with an additional €9 million in funding to address paediatric orthopaedic waiting lists, including the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Since the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) met for the first time, a commitment was given to collect and publish as much relevant data as possible while ensuring individual patient confidentiality is maintained at all times. While the nature and scale of the Covid-19 pandemic has been unprecedented, the collection of timely and comprehensive data has been instrumental in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Paediatric Services (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Last March as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, CHI temporarily relocated paediatric services from Tallaght to its other sites at Crumlin and Temple Street and to the urgent care centre at Connolly. This freed up resources at Tallaght to support the adult service there in responding to the demands of COVID and meant that some CHI staff, on a voluntary basis, worked in the adult...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Midwifery Services (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Following reports of planned changes to midwifery led maternity service provision at Cavan General Hospital, my Department requested a full report from the National Women & Infants Health Programme.  I have been advised that the review is currently on-going within the RCSI Hospital Group and it is envisaged that the report will the finalised by the end of September.  ...