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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 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: Nursing Staff (4 Nov 2020)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Intervention Teams (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As this question relates to a service issue, the Health Service Executive has been asked to reply directly to the Deputy on the matter.

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

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a matter for the Health Service Executive, I have asked them to respond directly to the Deputy, as soon as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Chair for his remarks and his welcome. I also thank the committee members; I am delighted to be here today. It is my first time to attend a meeting of the new health committee and I wish all its members well in their work. I look forward to engaging with them to that end on a regular basis. I am joined by my colleagues, the Minister of State with responsibility for public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I agree with the Deputy on the tracing issue. There is a balance to be struck. The public health teams identify close contacts. If someone is designated to be a close contact, he or she will be referred for testing and be subject to a two-week period of self-restricted movement. It is inevitable that some people will know they are close contacts. Speed matters on this, as does people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: It is being done in line with the public spending code. Based on the outcome of the strategic assessment report, the business cases will be prepared. It is now November. The information I have suggests the hospitals will be ready by the end of the year, which is a small number of weeks away. When they are in place, we can carry out the project design, planning and procurement, and put the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Is the Deputy asking about medical cards for the over-70s or six- to eight-year-olds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: That has not yet started. As the Deputy and I discussed in the Chamber when we were debating the legislation, my view, and I believe it was also that of the Deputy at the time, was it was essential that it happened in view of the fact that Ireland is an outlier in terms of high costs for some primary care. Right now, however, the capacity is not within the general practice system,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Deputy is referring to the negotiations with the IMO on expanding access to medical cards.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: No, they have not commenced.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Will the Deputy outline specifically what documentation he seeks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I am more than happy to provide the committee with the documentation that falls within my remit, but correspondence with the Taoiseach at the time is a matter for the current Tánaiste.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: What is in my remit is the Department of Health, and-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: -----and the HSE, I will check. The committee may need to write to the HSE directly. I do not see it being a problem and I am more than happy to support the request. Between the NAGP and the Department of Health from the start of April to the end of May 2019-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Yes, within that as well. Can I just check, is it specifically with regard to the GP contract?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Any correspondence, whatsoever?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I can certainly ask the Department to prepare that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Very shortly. The first thing I wanted to do was to get sign-off on the report from the clinical advisory group. The next thing I wanted to do was to make sure that Mr. Wall was briefed on it. That was very important, because he fed into the report. I presume he is the campaigner to whom the Deputy referred. I had a very long and useful meeting with Mr. Wall last week, and I will be...