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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Palliative Care Services (27 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 Justice and Equality: Health Services Staff (27 Jan 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: At the end of the December, the health sector workforce had a total of 126,174 WTE. This is an increase of 6,357 WTE since the end of December 2019. Nursing and Midwifery had the largest yearly growth in 2020, with an increase of 1,712 WTE. These impressive increases are due to a variety of COVID-related initiatives, along with recruitment provided for under the Winter Plan and Budget 2021. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Hospital Services (27 Jan 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The National Service Plan 2020 includes an activity target that 99% of patients aged 75 and over attending at an Emergency Department will be discharged or admitted within 24 hours and any breach of this target in respect of patients in this age cohort is regretted. There are a number of factors which may affect the waiting times for older patients. In particular, people in the over-75 age...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Hospital Services (27 Jan 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I fully acknowledge the distress and inconvenience for patients and their families when elective procedures are cancelled, particularly for clinically urgent procedures. While every effort is made to avoid cancellation or postponement of planned procedures, the HSE has advised that planned procedures and operations can be postponed or cancelled for a variety of reasons including capacity...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Care of the Elderly (27 Jan 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: It is recognised that waiting times for acute hospital appointments and procedures have been impacted as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and as a result of the deferral of elective scheduled care activity in March, April and May of 2020, and since 2nd January 2021. Patient safety remains at the forefront of the HSE decision to defer elective scheduled care activity. While...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Consultancy Contracts (27 Jan 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 716 and 717 together. As this is a service matter I have referred this to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Vaccination Programme (27 Jan 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to the timely implementation of a COVID-19 immunisation programme. The National COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy, which was prepared by the High-Level Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccination, was signed off by Cabinet on 15 December 2020. The vaccines will be rolled out in three phases - the initial roll out, a mass ramp-up and open access. The highest priority groups,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Services Provision (27 Jan 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As the particular issue raised relates to an individual case, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Hospital Appointments Status (27 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 Justice and Equality: Audiology Services (27 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 Justice and Equality: Podiatry Services (27 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 Justice and Equality: Occupational Therapy (27 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 Justice and Equality: Hospital Staff (27 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 Justice and Equality: Hospital Staff (27 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 Justice and Equality: Nursing Staff (27 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 Justice and Equality: Audiology Services (27 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 Justice and Equality: National Dementia Strategy (27 Jan 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 730 to 732, inclusive, together. The 2014 National Dementia Strategy contains a number of actions intended to improve care for people with dementia who require acute hospital admission. These actions are centred around the provision of a dementia and delirium care pathway, including through emergency departments, and the assignment of a senior clinician to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Healthcare Policy (27 Jan 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Programme for Government (2020) commits to the introduction of “a statutory scheme to support people to live in their own homes, which will provide equitable access to high-quality, regulated home care.” In this regard, the Department is in the process of developing a statutory scheme for the financing and regulation of home-support. It is intended that the new scheme will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Services Staff (27 Jan 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: At the end of April, there were 121,702 WTE employed by the HSE, which was an increase of 1,885 WTE from the end of 2019. At the end of the December, the health sector workforce had a total of 126,174 WTE. This is an increase of 6,357 WTE since the end of December 2019. With a staffing complement of 100k plus, HSE has a well-developed and professional HR function. At any given time...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Services Staff (27 Jan 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The regular pay for 4th year student nurses on paid internship increased by 2% on 1 October 2020. The annualised salary for this group is now €21,749 (or €10.72 per hour) for general nursing and midwifery and €22,229 (€10.96 per hour) for psychiatric nursing. In relation to spring 2020, all student nurses and midwives were offered temporary contracts to work...