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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: COVID-19 spreads when individuals and groups come into close contact with one another, enabling the virus to move from one person to another. COVID-19 is infectious in a person with no symptoms, or for the period of time before they develop symptoms. For this reason, we are all asked to be extra careful when socialising and working with others. For now, we must act like we have the virus to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (11 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS) provides dental care free of charge to medical card holders aged 16 and over. These services are provided by over 1,400 independent dental practitioners who have a contract with the HSE. I understand that since the beginning of March, 161 dentists have withdrawn from the DTSS and that 58 new applications are being processed. This is within the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 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: Health Services Funding (11 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: An agreement reached at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in October 2018 provided for pay restoration in relation to 50 pilot organisations in the first instance. Pay restoration for these bodies commenced in April 2019 with further payments due in October 2020 and October 2021 as appropriate. The agreement recognised that some of the remaining Section 39 organisations were also...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (11 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: My Department has never rented office space for itself or for any public body from the detailed company.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (11 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 (11 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE has worked intensively over the last number of months to put in place a comprehensive testing and tracing operation. We now have on-island capacity to test up to 126,000 people per week, which can be increased to 140,000 per week by utilising available surge capacity with the HSE’s German Lab partner. We are now able to conduct automatic testing of close contacts, serial...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (11 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 Supports (11 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy is aware, the Government has agreed to allocate substantial additional funding to the Health Vote to meet the costs associated with the implementation of the measures outlined in the National Action Plan in response to COVID-19. Specific action has been taken at my request and that of Minister Rabbitte, to relieve Disability service providers of the necessity to achieve a 1%...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: A report titled “Investigation into a Series of Outbreaks of COVID-19 in Meat Processing Plants in Ireland, 2020” was presented to NPHET on the 6thAugust 2020 by the HPSC. The NPHET agreed with the interim recommendations laid out in the report and relayed this to the Minister in its letter on the 7th August. This report has been published and is available on the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (11 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 224 and 243 together. The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) procures capacity for high-volume procedures in order to positively impact waiting time for patients. Such procedures may be procured in both private hospitals (outsourcing), or public hospitals (insourcing). In order to ensure competitive pricing as part of their outsourcing programme, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (11 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The development of primary care is central to the Government's objective to deliver a high quality, integrated and cost-effective health care system. Finglas has been identified as a high priority location for the development of a Primary Care Centre. Approval for a HSE direct-build Primary Care Centre was approved in 2012. Following the review of a number of sites in the area, a Dublin...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 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: Hospital Staff (11 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: Medical Cards (11 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drugs schemes, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. In line with the 2013 Act and the national framework agreed with industry, a company must submit an application to the HSE to have a new medicine added to the reimbursement list....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (11 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: During 2019, a branch of the Psychiatric Nurses Association called the National Ambulance Service Representative Association (NASRA) engaged in industrial action. The Psychiatric Nurses Association state that their industrial action is in connection with two substantive issues. The first is the automated deduction of union subscriptions. The second is the refusal by the HSE to engage in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 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: Departmental Properties (11 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: My Department has never rented office space from the detailed company. I have also forwarded your question to the HSE for direct reply. Details for other bodies under the aegis of my Department are operational matters for the bodies concerned.