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

Stephen Donnelly: A Review of Gynaecology Services at Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) was initiated by the HSE after eight cases of delayed diagnosis were identified in women with endometrial cancer. The purpose of the Review was to assess the quality and safety of the LUH Gynaecology Service, with a focus on the pathway of care for women presenting with post-menopausal bleeding including subsequent...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (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 Tests (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 Tests (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 Tests (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 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. The HSE has worked intensively since the start of the pandemic to put this in place and I would again like to acknowledge the huge work undertaken in this regard across the HSE. Capacity has been in place since early summer to...

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

Stephen Donnelly: As many of these queries are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible. However, for the query on the number of student nurses from each institution of education will need to be directed to the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science as the Health Service Executive nor the...

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

Stephen Donnelly: Disability services focus on enabling people with disabilities to achieve their full potential, living ordinary lives in ordinary places, as independently as possible while ensuring that the voices of service users and their families are heard, and that they are fully involved in planning and improving services to meet their needs.  To support people with a disability, significant...

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

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

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

Stephen Donnelly: As the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the community drug scheme under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As the HSE has responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres and other Primary Care facilities, the Executive has been asked to reply directly to the Deputy.

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

Stephen Donnelly: Following a submission to the Department of Health in June 2015, €100m, cashflowed over 5 years, was ringfenced in the Capital Plan to provide residential accommodation in the community for residents of institutional congregated settings.  The submission was in response to the Department of Health’s 2011 policy document “The Congregated Settings Report – A...

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

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020  (SI No. 326 of 2020) provide for restrictions nationally to deal with the spread of Covid-19. The requirement to keep a record of substantial meals ordered is designed to facilitate checking compliance with the substantial meal requirement.  It is intended to show...

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

Stephen Donnelly: Reducing waiting time for patients for hospital operations and procedures is a key priority for Government. In recent years, my Department has worked with the HSE and the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) and made considerable improvements to access for patients waiting for high volume procedures including cataracts. At the end of July 2017, the number of people waiting for a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (16 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 Tests (16 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 (16 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.