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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (11 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Section 11 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act provides for a minimum price of 10c per gram of alcohol. The minimum price is determined solely by the amount of alcohol in the product. Minimum unit pricing sets a floor price below which alcohol cannot be sold. Alcohol can be sold above this price but not below it and evidence has shown that Minimum Unit Pricing will not affect the majority of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (11 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: Medical Cards (11 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy is aware, the Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with COVID-19 provides a framework setting out Ireland's approach to managing and living with COVID-19. The framework sets out five levels of response, each with a number of measures designed to help us all lower COVID-19 transmission and setting out what is permitted at that moment in time. It is framed to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 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 (11 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to the timely implementation of a COVID-19 immunisation programme. In this regard, a High-Level Taskforce on COVID-19 was established to support my Department and the HSE in developing a national strategy and the implementation plan for the immunisation programme. The National COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy, which was prepared by the High-Level Task Force on...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Feb 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 will...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (11 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 (11 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Significant progress has been made in the ten months since the start of the COVID 19 pandemic in relation to the funding and provision of additional hospital beds. The Programme for Government, Our Shared Future, commits to continuing investment in our health care services in line with the recommendations of the Health Service Capacity Review and the commitments in Project Ireland 2040. ...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (11 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 293 to 295, inclusive, together. Scheduled care activity was significantly impacted in 2020 by the necessary decision, in line with National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) advice to defer most routine elective care appointments and procedures in March, April, and May last year. As a result of the significant disruption in services, hospital waiting list...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (11 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The Covid-19 pandemic has presented an unprecedented challenge to the operation of the health system, highlighting key capacity challenges across the system. Government has therefore made available a similarly unprecedented level of investment for 2021, targeted at supporting the resilience and preparedness of the health service, increasing capacity including in primary and community settings...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (11 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the administration of the medical card scheme comes under the remit of the HSE, the Deputy's question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (11 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: Diabetes Strategy (11 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Diabetes occurs as a consequence of the human body being unable to produce sufficient amounts of the hormone insulin, which regulates blood glucose, or to use insulin effectively. People with diabetes are unable to metabolize glucose appropriately and as a result, blood glucose levels remain above normal levels and over time can damage blood vessels. This can lead to long-term damage and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 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: Legislative Reviews (11 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy has noted, I previously answered a question on the review of the operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 in response to his Parliamentary Question No. 176 of 10 December 2020. There is no update on the response provided. Officials in my Department continue to work on details of the review of the operation of the Act, which, as set out in the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (11 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: In developing the National Action Plan on Covid-19 the pre-existing capacity constraints within the Irish Hospital system were well recognised. Ireland has the highest acute bed occupancy in Europe at 93%, one of the lowest levels of critical care beds per 1,000 of the population in Europe at 3.3 and has one of the lowest numbers of specialist doctors per 1,000 of the population at 1.4. Due...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Significant progress has been made in the ten months since the start of the COVID 19 pandemic in relation to the funding and provision of additional hospital beds. The Programme for Government, Our Shared Future, commits to continuing investment in our health care services in line with the recommendations of the Health Service Capacity Review and the commitments in Project Ireland 2040. ...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (11 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Significant additional critical care capacity has been put in place in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, with funding for 40 additional adult critical care beds provided in March 2020 . The HSE has advised that between 280 and 285 permanent adult critical care beds are now fully staffed and open, with the precise number on any given day fluctuating due to staffing or other operational...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (11 Feb 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.