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- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (25 Nov 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: The NPHDB has the statutory responsibility and resources to plan, design, build, furnish and equip the new children’s hospital. The Government was advised in December 2018 that the overall cost to complete the new children’s hospital capital project is €1,433m. A figure of €53 million was approved at that time for ‘other costs’. The ‘other...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (25 Nov 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: Under the contract, the new children's hospital is due to be completed by the end of 2022 and handed over to Children's Health Ireland to open in 2023 after a period of commissioning. There will be delays associated with the requirement to cease works on the site of the new Children’s Hospital due to Covid-19 restrictions. As of March 2020, when the site closed due to Covid-19, the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (25 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: General Practitioner Services (25 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 (26 Nov 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (26 Nov 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: As the NPHDB has statutory responsibility for planning, designing, building and equipping the new children's hospital, I have referred your question to the NPHDB for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Public Health Emergency Team (26 Nov 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: The National Public Health Emergency Team is not aware of the involvement of any member in a company connected with the provision of testing kits for the coronavirus. On appointment to the NPHET, each member is required to complete the Declaration of Interests form. The members of the NPHET must disclose, in the Declaration to the Chair, any conflict, or perceived conflict, of interest they...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 Nov 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: All public health sector staff, including health care assistants are paid in line with the rates set out in the Department of Health consolidated salary scales which are publicly available and can be viewed online here: Adjustments to rates of pay across the public sector are generally agreed during a series of pay talks between trade unions and their representative bodies and the civil and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Nov 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 350, 351 and 355 to 365, inclusive, together. It is recognised that in some people who have been infected with Covid-19 continuing symptoms or side effects can occur during recovery. These can include physical, mental or emotional difficulties. A person recovering from COVID-19 infection should speak to their general practitioner or their hospital team about...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (26 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 Data (26 Nov 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 366 to 370, inclusive, together. 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: School Staff (26 Nov 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 371 and 394 together. Given the role of the HSE’s National Women and Infants Health Programme in the dissemination of pregnancy related clinical guidelines, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transfers (26 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 Data (26 Nov 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: Critical care is defined by the Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine Ireland (JFICMI) as "a service that provides curative and life support treatment for critically ill patients". Critical care units may have a combination of High Dependency Unit (HDU) and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds, with clinical teams resourced and skilled to provide these levels of care. Care provided in a HDU, as...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hare Coursing (26 Nov 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: The Deputy should note that my Department does not have statutory responsibility for coursing policy. The issued raised by the Deputy is a matter for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Brexit Issues (26 Nov 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: Under the terms of the EU UK Withdrawal Agreement UK pensioners, for whom the UK is competent under EU Regulation 883/2004, and who are resident in another EU Member State before the end of the transition period on 31st December 2020, will continue to have their rights under this Regulation maintained. Such persons will, therefore, if they remain ordinarily resident in this State, and are...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 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: Health Screening Programmes (26 Nov 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Nov 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: Since the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) met for the first time, a commitment was given to collect and publish as much relevant data as possible while ensuring individual patient confidentiality is maintained at all times. While the nature and scale of the COVID-19 pandemic has been unprecedented, the collection of timely and comprehensive data has been instrumental in...