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Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Communications (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I have not met World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. However, I ha meeting on Zoom on 17 July last with Dr. Michael Ryan, Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (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: Disease Management (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 807, 809, 811 to 814, inclusive, 816, 817, 820 and 822 to 824, inclusive, together. There are over 22,000 people registered on the National Ability Support System (NASS) and of those less than five have a diagnosis of ME.  The NASS is not intended to be epidemiological and therefore will not give a count of the people living with ME.  The current...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: To support people with a disability, significant resources have been invested by the health sector in disability services over the past number of years. HSE specialist disability services focus on enabling people with disabilities to achieve their full potential. This is about living ordinary lives in ordinary places, as independently as possible, while ensuring that the voices of service...

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: Cancer Services (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE's National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) have advised that they do not collect data on waiting lists. However, they do collect Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that measure time to treatment for radiation and medical oncology. It is important to note that 2020 data is indicative data that has not yet been fully verified, as such 2020 data may be subject to change once all data has...

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

Stephen Donnelly: In response to the Covid-19 pandemic the HSE had to take measures to defer most elective scheduled care activity. This was to ensure patient safety and that all appropriate resources were made available for Covid-19 related activity and time-critical essential work. This decision was in line with the advice issued by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) in accordance with the...

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

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery and management of healthcare infrastructure and has advised that funding has been provided to progress the Day Procedures/Endoscopy, Oncology and Physical Therapy Unit at Naas General Hospital in 2020, and specifically capital funding has been made available to appoint technical consultants to progress the project....

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

Stephen Donnelly: The health system must be considered as a whole system and lack of capacity, staffing or resources in one area can impact on other areas. For acute hospitals to function optimally, services at primary care, in the community and services such as home help and nursing home support must also work well.  The Sláintecare Implementation Strategy 2018 identified a range of challenges for...

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

Stephen Donnelly: 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: Health Screening Programmes (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: Access to acute private hospitals played a significant part in the country's initial response to the Covid-19 pandemic. In anticipation of the projected surge in Covid-19 cases and the expected impact on the health care system a major part of the response was to urgently ramp up capacity for acute hospital care facilities.  A critical element of the strategy was to put in place an...

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

Stephen Donnelly: All transplant activity was significantly curtailed due to COVID-19, however the HSE’s Organ Donation and Transplant Ireland (ODTI) worked to ensure that the most time critical and life-saving transplants proceeded based on careful risk-benefit assessment.  The approach pursed was endorsed by the Expert Advisory Group to the National Public Health Emergency Team.   The...

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

Stephen Donnelly: The level of funding available for my Department is being considered as part of the national Estimates and budgetary process for 2021 which is currently underway. These discussions are still progressing and until they are concluded it would not be appropriate for me to anticipate the outcome.

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 18th May the restrictions in respect of the construction sector were eased.  From this date, the National Paediatric...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (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.