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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Feb 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 (3 Feb 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 Pandemic (3 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 801 and 802 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Feb 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 (3 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Following consultation with the Irish Medical Organisation and the Irish Pharmacy Union, the fees payable to GPs and pharmacists for the administration of vaccines against Covid-19 have been set. In accordance with the COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy and Implementation Plan, GPs (as well as pharmacists) may administer vaccines against Covid-19 at their practice premises, another suitable...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Feb 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: Assisted Human Reproduction (3 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I signed new regulations titled S.I. No. 29 of 2021 Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (COVID-19) (No 10) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021) on Friday 29 January last. These Regulations outline the following to be reasonable excuses for travel to an airport or port for purpose of leaving the State :- - To attend a medical or dental appointment, or accompany, to such an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Feb 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The COVID-19 vaccination programme will be expanded as additional supply becomes available. In this regard, the Government agreed on 18 January 2021 to the following fee structure for GPs and pharmacists to administer vaccines. The fees provide for a payment of €25 per dose of vaccine administered, plus a once-off administration fee of €10 per patient.  Thus, in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: On the 14th December 2020, the Minister for Health announced that patients who are prescribed cannabis-based products from a pharmacy in the Netherlands will no longer need to travel there to collect their prescriptions. The temporary delivery service that was announced in April 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, has now been made permanent.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Feb 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: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: A prospective supplier of cannabis-based products can apply to the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), on behalf of the Minister, to have a product considered for inclusion in the Medicinal Cannabis Access Programme. Cannabis products that can be used in the Medical Cannabis Access Programme are defined as ‘specified controlled drugs’ in legislation (SI 262/2019) and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: In the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA)  report “Cannabis for Medical Use – A Scientific Review”, the HPRA advised that if access to cannabis is to be permitted for medical purposes that it should only be made available for the treatment of patients with specified medical conditions which have failed to respond to all other previous treatments, and where...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: On foot of the conclusions from the Health Products Regulatory Authority’s report ‘Cannabis for Medical Use – A Scientific Review’, the Minister for Health established an Expert Reference Group to advise on the development of a Medical Cannabis Access Programme (MCAP). The Expert Reference Group also developed detailed clinical guidelines for the MCAP which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: There are two separate pathways for accessing cannabis for medical use in Ireland. Medical Cannabis Access Programme (MCAP)  In June 2019, the Minister for Health signed legislation to underpin the operation of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme (MCAP). This is a 5-year pilot programme, restricted to prescribing of cannabis-based products by medical consultants, for patients with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (3 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 815 and 875 together. On Saturday 16 January, I announced the suspension of supernumerary clinical placements for student nurses and midwives in Years 1-3. This was following a request from the HSE and a recommendation to me from the Chief Nursing Officer in my Department. The HSE asked for student placements to be deferred for at least two weeks so that more...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (3 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Department of Health has not incurred any costs in relation to this collective complaint to the European Court of Human Rights.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Boards (3 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: CORU (the Health and Social Care Professional Council) is Ireland's multi-profession health and social care regulator. The role of CORU is to protect the public by promoting high standards of professional conduct, education, training and competence through statutory registration of health and social care professionals. CORU currently regulates over 20,300 health and social care...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Feb 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: Pharmaceutical Sector (3 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The continued supply of medicines to Ireland is one of the Government's key priorities arising from Brexit. The Department of Health, the HSE, and the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), together with the makers of medicines, wholesalers and pharmacists, continue to monitor the supply of medicines to Ireland closely. The processes and systems to mitigate against any Brexit related...