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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 128 and 129 together. The Government's medium-term strategy , sets out Ireland's approach to managing and living with COVID-19 in a range of areas over the next 6 - 9 months. The Plan sets out five levels of response, each with a number of measures designed to help us all lower COVID-19 transmission and setting out what is permitted at that moment in time. It...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Programme for Government, Our Shared Future, commits to continuing investment in our health care services in line with the recommendations of the Health Service Capacity Review and the commitments in Project Ireland 2040. The Health Service Capacity Review 2018 found that the net requirement in combination with health system reform is for an additional 2,590 hospital beds by 2031...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (4 Nov 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 (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 132 and 133 together. Critical Care occupancy, particularly regarding Covid-19 patients, is closely monitored by the Department of Health and the HSE, with reports published on a daily basis on the HSE's website. At the start of the year permanent adult critical care capacity in Ireland stood at 255 beds, according to the National Office of Clinical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: It is recognised that waiting times for scheduled appointments and procedures have been impacted as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic the HSE had to take measures to defer most scheduled care activity in March, April, and May of this year. This was to ensure patient safety and that all appropriate resources were made available for Covid-19...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government has expanded the provision of seasonal influenza vaccination without charge to all of those in the HSE-defined at-risk groups and to all children aged from 2 to 12 years. Vaccines are being administered via GPs and pharmacists, as in previous years. This season, 1.95 million doses of influenza vaccine have been purchased, double the amount administered last season. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy is aware, Ireland is currently at Level 5 of Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021 - the Plan for Living with COVID-19. At Level 5, only essential retail outlets and essential services are allowed to open to the public. The list of essential services that can remain open during Level 5 includes therapy services provided by a member of a designated profession within the meaning...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government has expanded the provision of seasonal influenza vaccination without charge to all of those in the HSE-defined at-risk groups, including healthcare workers, and to all children aged from 2 to 12 years. Vaccines are being administered via GPs and pharmacists, as in previous years. This expanded programme will ensure that those most vulnerable to the effects of influenza...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the community drug schemes; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the community drug schemes; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Nov 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 (4 Nov 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 Charges (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Where venesection is classed as a day case procedure and is not carried out in an out-patient setting, the public in-patient charge applies. The issue of the provision of therapeutic phlebotomy services for hereditary haemochromatosis patients, including the issue of charges, is under consideration by my Department and the HSE. It is agreed that such services should be provided at the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The treatment for the management of Hereditary Haemochromatosis is therapeutic phlebotomy (i.e. having your blood taken). It is agreed that such services should be provided at the lowest level of complexity that is clinically and operationally feasible. In time it is envisaged that the majority of this work will be done in a primary care setting. Hereditary haemochromatosis patients can...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The National Screening Advisory Committee (NSAC) was established in 2019 and has held four meetings to date. The Committee’s role is to undertake an independent assessment of the evidence for screening for a particular condition against internationally accepted criteria and make recommendations accordingly. As part of its body of work the Committee will implement an agreed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Chronic Disease Management Programme (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Long Term Illness Scheme was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 (as amended). The conditions covered by the LTI are: acute leukaemia; mental handicap; cerebral palsy; mental illness (in a person under 16); cystic fibrosis; multiple sclerosis; diabetes insipidus; muscular dystrophies; diabetes mellitus; parkinsonism; epilepsy; phenylketonuria; haemophilia; spina bifida;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Programme for Government (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 149 to 152, inclusive, together. The Programme for Government includes a commitment to establish a National Medicines Agency, promoting national prescribing to reduce the cost of medicines, including via generic prescription, where appropriate, and to set a fair price for drug reimbursement. The establishment of a National Medicines Agency would require a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: In 2019, following a tender by the Office of Government Procurement, Mazars conducted a review of the governance structures around the HSE's drug reimbursement process. The report was submitted to my Department in January 2020. The review made recommendations in respect of the HSE’s systems, structures, processes, governance arrangements and use of specialist resources in respect of...