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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: All facilities in the mandatory quarantine system have a designated outdoor area on-site which guests will be allowed to use on a scheduled basis up to three times daily, subject to their having received a 'not detected' result in their initial RT-PCR test. Additional time will be available to families with children should they request it. Guests using the outdoor area will do so under...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Act 1947, as amended, provides that all persons arriving in Ireland from a designated state, or having travelled through a designated state in the previous 14 days, are required to undergo mandatory quarantine in a designated facility unless they are an exempted traveler under the Act. A National Oversight Group for Variants of Concern has been established to monitor and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Mar 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: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 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 (31 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I would like to assure the Deputy that I am very aware of the distress that the current restrictions in maternity services have caused, as are all those involved in the provision of maternity services across the country. All service providers look forward to the restoration of normal visiting and the accommodation of partners, when it is safe to do so. However, the reality is that we are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 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. On the 23rdof February, I announced an update to Ireland’s COVID-19 Vaccine...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 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 (31 Mar 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. On the 23rdof February, I announced an update to Ireland’s COVID-19 Vaccine...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (31 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I take the allegations made in recent media reports extremely seriously. A team has been set up to establish the facts in respect of specific allegations made in the RTÉ Prime Time programme on 25th March 2021. The Department has engaged with the Data Protection Commissioner. The allegations which were the subject of the RTÉ Prime Time programme on March 25th were brought to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (31 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Report of the Independent Review Group established to examine the role of voluntary organisations in publicly funded health and social services, published in February 2019, highlighted the important contribution that voluntary organisations have made and continue to make in the delivery of health and social care services across the country. The key finding in the Report is the need to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (31 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: An individual can request a copy of their personal data, if any, processed by my Department by contacting the Department and making a Subject Access Request. Further information is available on the Department’s website at . It would not be appropriate for me to make a statement on an individual matter in this context. I take the allegations made in recent media reports extremely...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (31 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: In 2020 my Department engaged Mr Conleth Bradley, SC to conduct a review of a number of issues raised internally. Mr Bradley was engaged following a procurement process in line with public procurement rules.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (31 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I take the allegations made in recent media reports extremely seriously. A team has been set up to establish the facts in respect of specific allegations made in the RTÉ Prime Time programme on 25th March 2021. The Department has engaged with the Data Protection Commissioner. The allegations which were the subject of the RTÉ Prime Time programme on March 25th were brought to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (31 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1198 and 1199 together. I take the allegations made in recent media reports extremely seriously. A team has been set up to establish the facts in respect of specific allegations made in the RTÉ Prime Time programme on 25th March 2021. The Department has engaged with the Data Protection Commissioner. The allegations which were the subject of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 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 (31 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I would like to assure the Deputy that I am very aware of the distress that the current restrictions in maternity services have caused, as are all those involved in the provision of maternity services across the country. All service providers look forward to the restoration of normal visiting and the accommodation of partners, when it is safe to do so. However, the reality is that we are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I would like to assure the Deputy that I am very aware of the difficulty and distress that the current restrictions in maternity services have caused, as are all those involved in the provision of maternity services. However, the reality is that we are still experiencing high levels of infection across the country, the health service remains under pressure and there remains a considerable...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (31 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: In relation to the particular query raised, 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 (31 Mar 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. On the 23rdof February, I announced an update to Ireland’s COVID-19 Vaccine...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The advice from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee is that any currently authorised Covid vaccine can be given to adults of all ages, including those aged 70 and older. Where practicable and timely, those aged 16 years and older with conditions that may limit Covid-19 vaccine immune response should be given an mRNA vaccine.