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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy is aware, the situation regarding COVID-19 has been, and continues to be, an evolving situation. COVID-19 is still having a major impact both here in Ireland and elsewhere. On Tuesday 15 September the Government published ‘Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with COVID-19’. This Plan outlines our medium-term strategy for COVID-19 and sets out a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy is aware, the situation regarding COVID-19 has been, and continues to be, an evolving situation. COVID-19 is still having a major impact both here in Ireland and elsewhere. On Tuesday 15 September the Government published ‘Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with COVID-19’. This Plan outlines our medium-term strategy for COVID-19 and sets out a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 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 routine 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: Primary Care Centres (17 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (17 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Termination services are available without charge to women resident in Ireland.  The relevant fees for these services have been established and are paid to GPs who provide the service by the HSE.  As the operation of payments is an operational matter, I have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to this aspect of the question.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (17 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Conscientious objection is covered under Section 22 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018.  This section states that where he/she has a conscientious objection, a medical practitioner, nurse or midwife shall not be obliged to carry out, or participate in the carrying out, a termination of pregnancy. Section 22 (3) provides that where a doctor, nurse or midwife...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (17 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 Facilities (17 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of public healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to the deputy directly in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Funding (17 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: Hospice Services (17 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Under Standing Order 51(1), a question may be referred to a body and the referred body has ten  working days to provide a response to the Deputy. The HSE has been experiencing large volumes of Parliamentary Questions and Representations.  Up to 12 November 4,332 PQs have been referred for direct reply. I have been advised that the HSE is currently answering 82% of all PQs within...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: This season, 1.95 million doses of influenza vaccine have been purchased, which is double the amount administered last season. The HSE has procured 1.35 million doses of the Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (QIV) for the forthcoming winter. This vaccine is being made available to all persons in an at-risk group and aged from 6 months up. In addition, the HSE has also purchased 600,000 doses of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (17 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 Appointments Status (17 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: General Practitioner Services (17 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Persons who are eligible for GP care without charge under the Health Act 1970 are not subject to any co-payments or other charges in respect of such services. There is no provision under the GMS GP contract for persons who hold a medical card or GP visit card to be charged for routine phlebotomy services provided by their GP which are required to either assist in the diagnosis of illness or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (17 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Persons who are eligible for GP care without charge under the Health Act 1970 are not subject to any co-payments or other charges in respect of such services. Under the terms of the current GMS contract, GPs are required to provide eligible patients with ''all proper and necessary treatment of a kind usually undertaken by a general practitioner and not requiring special skill or experience of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (17 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: At the start of the year, permanent adult critical care capacity in our public hospitals stood at 255 beds, according to the National Office of Clinical Audit. This included 204 Level 3 ICU beds and 51 Level 2 HDU beds.  As part of the initial response to the pandemic, funding was provided for an additional 40 adult critical care beds in March 2020 as well as two paediatric beds. The HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (17 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 Staff (17 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 is a large and complex Act which has been several years in development.  I am pleased to confirm that commencement began on November 6th with the removal of the requirement for applicants to hold the equivalence of the Irish certificate of experience for registration on the Trainee...