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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 490, 545, 551, 562, 565 and 665 together. Radiography students do not receive an allowance to support time spent on placement as part of their course and there are no plans to change this. I can also confirm that in 2020, assistant radiographers were employed on a 3 month contract following completion of their final year clinical placement, subject...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (20 Jan 2021)
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 (20 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: It is recognised that waiting times for scheduled appointments and procedures have been impacted in the last year as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The HSE is currently recommending that only critical time dependent elective procedures are undertaken at this time due to the on-going and significant increased demand for bed capacity related to Covid-19. This decision was...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (20 Jan 2021)
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 (20 Jan 2021)
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: Occupational Therapy (20 Jan 2021)
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: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 499, 587 and 588 together. 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 (20 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Ireland is now at level 5 of the Government's medium-term Plan , which sets out Ireland's approach to managing and living with COVID-19 in a range of areas over a period of 6 – 9 months. The Plan aims to allow society and businesses to operate as normally as possible, while protecting our key priorities of supporting and maintaining health and social care services, keeping education...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)
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: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 503 and 591 together. 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: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)
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: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Strategy sets out a provisional list of groups for vaccination. The Strategy was developed by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) and my Department, endorsed by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET), and approved by Government on 8 December 2020. Vaccine allocation is a matter for my Department and further information is available...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: In the main, healthcare students do not receive an allowance to support time spent on placement as part of their course and there are no plans to change this. It should be noted that across the health and social care disciplines, there could be over 8,000 students on placement in hospital and healthcare settings. Of this number, around a third are final year students. The length of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The Irish COVID-19 Vaccination Programme is designed to ensure the safe, effective, and efficient administration of a COVID-19 vaccine to all residents of Ireland who are indicated within the Vaccine Allocation strategy and wish to receive it. The HSE has identified undocumented migrants as a higher risk group for COVID-19. There is a community assessment hub located in Dublin city centre...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Strategy sets out a provisional list of groups for vaccination. The Strategy was developed by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) and my Department, endorsed by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET), and approved by Government on 8 December 2020. Vaccine allocation is a matter for my Department and further information is available...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (20 Jan 2021)
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 Staff (20 Jan 2021)
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: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 511, 518, 607, 616 and 617 together. The COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Strategy sets out a provisional list of groups for vaccination. The Strategy was developed by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) and my Department, endorsed by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET), and approved by Government on 8 December 2020. Vaccine allocation...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, the Oireachtas put in place a robust legal framework, in the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, which gives full statutory powers to the HSE to assess and make decisions on reimbursement of medicines, taking account of a range of objective factors and expert opinion as appropriate. In line with the 2013 Health Act and the national framework...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (20 Jan 2021)
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.