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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: In his letter of 4th August 2020, the Acting Chief Medical Officer informed the Minister for Health of the NPHET's most recent advice to Government concerning the State's ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the specific measures mentioned, the NPHET advised that:  "Measures should be put in place to ensure that economic considerations and insecurity of employment are not a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: In relation to the particular query raised, 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 Data (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The cost of a critical care bed has several determining factors. The HSE has advised that a new critical care will typically cost between €1m and €1.5m, depending on a variety of factors, including design, construction, equipping and all other associated capital costs. The HSE has advised that the average annual cost of running a critical care bed is €747k. However,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: 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 arrangement with the private hospitals to use their facilities as part of the public system, to provide essential acute...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021 Plan for Living with COVID-19 recently launched by Government, commits the HSE to introducing a more accessible and sustainable testing service that will meet the demands coming into the Autumn/Winter months. The HSE has recently been developing the future service model for testing and contact tracing. This model will aim to deliver a patient-centred,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The current standard of care in Ireland for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) involves testing of clinician-collected combined nasopharyngeal-oropharyngeal specimens with reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). RT-PCR is considered the 'gold standard' in diagnostics for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 ribonucleic acid (RNA) in the acute phase of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE and the Department have worked intensively over the last number of months to put in place a comprehensive, reliable and responsive testing and tracing operation.  We now have capacity in place to test 15,000 people a day (100,000 pw). Rigorous contact tracing and automatic testing of close contacts, large-scale testing in outbreak situations and other serial testing programmes...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Currently the public health services employ Public Health Specialists and Directors of Public Health. The most recent census data, returns for July 2020, include 57.7 Public Health Specialists and 18.6 Directors of Public Health (whole time equivalents).   Consultant status for the Specialty as recommended in the Crowe Horwath Report is an immediate priority....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Carer's Allowance (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: On the 6th April, the Minister for Health announced an initiative to assist patients access to their medical cannabis products during the COVID-19 pandemic period. The Department of Health has so far organised a number of collections from the Netherlands for patients of clinicians in possession of a ministerial licence under the Misuse of Drugs Act owing to the COVID-19 travel restrictions...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: There have been no payments to the company mentioned by the Deputy in 2020 up to and including 30 September. However, I can inform the Deputy that my Department is expecting an invoice of €2,500 ex VAT from the company in question.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (1 Oct 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: HSE Staff (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: In response to the Winter Plan the HSE is developing robust resourcing and recruitment strategies to meet the anticipated staffing requirements. This includes building recruitment capacity both within and external to the organisation together with extending the recruitment reach both nationally and internationally.   The HSE are committed to delivering on the HSE Winter Plan...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 292 to 321, inclusive, together. The HSE National Service Plan (NSP) sets out the type and volume of health and personal social services that the HSE undertakes to provide within its financial allocation each year. The NSP 2020 sets targets in relation to the waiting times of attendees of emergency departments (ED) for discharge or admission including specific...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 322 to 337, inclusive, and 339 to 351, inclusive, together. The HSE National Service Plan (NSP) sets out the type and volume of health and personal social services that the HSE undertakes to provide within its financial allocation each year. The NSP 2020 sets targets in relation to the waiting times of attendees of emergency departments (ED) for discharge or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE National Service Plan (NSP) sets out the type and volume of health and personal social services that the HSE undertakes to provide within its financial allocation each year. The NSP 2020 sets targets in relation to the waiting times of attendees of emergency departments (ED) for discharge or admission including specific targets for patients over 75 as follows: - The NSP 2020 target...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: This winter is expected to be particularly challenging due to the presence of Covid-19 and the uncertainty around the level of Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 healthcare demands. The Government’s determination to meet this challenge is demonstrated by its decision to invest an additional €600m in health services this winter - €200m in 2020 and €400m in 2021 - to support...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Improving access to Scheduled Care and reducing waiting time for patients for hospital operations and procedures is a key priority for Government. The year-on-year increases to the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) since Budget 2017 reflect this priority and Budget 2020 saw the funding of the NTPF increase by €25million to €100million. Furthermore, since 2017, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (1 Oct 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 (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As the issue referred to in the question is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.