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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (18 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: Health Services (18 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: National Maternity Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The St Vincent’s Healthcare Group will provide the HSE with a 99 year lease for the site of the new maternity hospital at Elm Park.I am advised that while there are a small number of outstanding issues that remain to be resolved, it is hoped that the drafting of the Lease can be concluded shortly.  As the Deputy will be aware, a legal framework is being developed to protect the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: St Vincent’s Holdings CLG will not hold a property interest in, all or part of, the new National Maternity Hospital.  Under the legal framework currently being developed, St Vincent’s Healthcare Group DAC (SVHG DAC) will lease a site to the State, and the State will provide an Operating Licence to the National Maternity Hospital at Elm Park DAC and SVHG DAC.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: My understanding is that the approval of the HSE is required to facilitate the transfer by  the Religious Sisters of Charity of their shareholding in St Vincent’s Healthcare Group (SVHG) to St Vincent’s Holding CLG.I am advised that the SVHG hassought this approval and the parties are currently engaging.  However, as the HSE would be best placed to provide the most...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (18 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 (18 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I have asked the HSE to respond to the deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (18 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Service Executive has adopted RNA PCR as the gold standard test for diagnosing Covid-19 cases, as part of the HSE test and trace strategy, consistent with international best practice, and approved by NPHET.  This platform is deployed in acute hospitals, the NVRL and HSE’s commercial partners. Given the volumes required, these operate as batch tests and hence take a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (18 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE continues to fund the employment of fourth year student nurses and midwives who are on rostered work placements in hospital settings, including those scheduled to commence in the coming weeks and those fourth year students who are to commence rostered work placement in 2021. These fourth student nurses and midwives on rostered work placement are paid at the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Car Parks (18 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Programme for Government makes a commitment to introduce a cap on the maximum daily charge for patients and visitors at all public hospitals where possible, and to introduce flexible passes in all public hospitals for patients and their families. My Department and the HSE are currently engaging on this issue.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE National Service Plan (18 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Legislation (Health Act 2004 as amended) outlines the timeframes that must be adhered to in the publication of the National Service Plan. This outlines that my Department must write to the Health Service Executive to notify it of its allocation for 2021 not later than 21 days after the publication by the Government of the Estimates for Public Services. I formally notified the HSE of its...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government is aware of the workforce issues currently facing general practice, including the limited access to GP services in certain areas, and has implemented a number of measures to improve recruitment and retention in general practice. These include changes to the entry provisions to the GMS scheme to accommodate more flexible/shared GMS GP contracts, and to the retirement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: A clear governance and accountability framework was identified as a key building block of Sláintecare by the Committee on the Future of Healthcare. As part of its recommendations in this area, the Committee called for the HSE to become a more strategic and patient-focused ‘national centre’ carrying out national level functions, and the establishment of regional bodies with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (18 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.  By providing vaccination to those most at-risk, and those most likely to require hospitalisation if they contract influenza, it is anticipated that the programme will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (18 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I would like to acknowledge and commend the incredible effort made in all school communities throughout the country to continue to operate during the Covid-19 pandemic in the safest manner possible. The strong belief that schools are places of education, equity, opportunity and healthcare is coupled with the belief that they are places of safety during Covid-19 with the clear focussed...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response Final Report: Motion (19 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank first of all the Chair, Deputy McNamara, and the members of the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response for their very hard and diligent work over many months throughout this year. The committee’s work has been invaluable in gathering information, questioning witnesses and in promoting a greater degree of understanding of this new virus. I am sure the House will also join...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 293 and 294 together. Ireland provides data to the ECDC based on NUTS regions. For the purpose of mapping in the context of EU Council Recommendation 2020/1475, the ECDC publishes data by NUTS2 regions for Ireland. There are three NUTS2 regions in Ireland, these being Northern and Western, Southern, Eastern and Midland.  The boundaries of NUTS2 regions...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (19 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: Dental Services (19 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 (19 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.