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Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Records (1 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Exchanges of information between the Department and the HSE are subject to compliance with obligations under data protection legislation. With regard to the very small number of significant patient safety incidents and issues of concern that arise in the health service annually, there is a Patient Safety Communications Protocol in place between the Department and the HSE.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Data Protection Regulation (1 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: My Department is committed to protecting the rights and privacy of data subjects and adhering to obligations under data protection legislation. The information sought by the Deputy is enclosed in the table below. 2018 2019 2020 2021 Complaints received from members of the public under the GDPR 1 1 1 3...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (1 Apr 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: General Practitioner Services (1 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: GPs are self-employed private practitioners and therefore may establish practices at a place of their own choosing. Under the GMS scheme, the HSE contracts GPs to provide medical services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. Where a vacancy arises in a practice with a GMS contract, the HSE becomes actively involved in the selection process to find a replacement GP. As of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (1 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 364 and 367 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: Vaccination Programme (1 Apr 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 (1 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: All passengers arriving into the state are required to complete a COVID-19 Passenger Locator Form (PLF) in accordance with SI 45/2021. There are limited exemptions from this requirement, as set out in the regulations, such as for international transport workers or for diplomats. The Passenger Locator Form is used to support a system of engagements with arriving passengers including the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Mandatory Hotel Quarantine service provider is required to provide a Private Security Authority (PSA) licensed contractor to be always present at the Designated Facilities. The service provider must ensure that all personnel who carry out a security function comply with the licensing requirements of the Private Security Authority and must comply with the Private Security Services Act...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Apr 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 traveller under the Act. A National Oversight Group for Variants of Concern has been established to monitor and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (1 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The allegations which were the subject of the RTÉ Prime Time programme on March 25th were brought to the Department's attention last year. The Department took the matters raised very seriously and commissioned an independent, expert review by an external Senior Counsel. This review was completed in November 2020. Subject to clarification of legal matters, I intend to publish this review...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (1 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As part of the HSE’s enhanced COVID-19 testing for local communities, from Thursday March 25th, five new ‘walk-in, no appointment necessary’ testing centres have been opened to actively look for cases of COVID-19. These centres, which are opening in areas where the number of positive cases is particularly high, will allow people who don’t have symptoms of COVID-19...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Apr 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 traveller 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 (1 Apr 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 made...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (1 Apr 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 (1 Apr 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 (1 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: On 17 March 2021, the European Commission published its proposal for a Regulation to introduce a ‘Digital Green Certificate’. The aim of the proposal is to facilitate free movement in the EU through a common framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of certificates relating to vaccination, testing and recovery. Careful consideration is being given to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The immunisation programme in Ireland is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). The committee's recommendations are based on the prevalence of the relevant disease in Ireland and international best practice in relation to immunisation. It makes recommendations on vaccination policy to my Department. The NIAC continues to revise recommendations to allow for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: There is a strict oversight process in place within the HSE for both; a) the data being used in the course of producing reports and b) the ICT systems being deployed to process the data used and produce the reports. The ICT system used to produce consolidated reports to inform Government in its management of the COVID-19 response is a separate instance of the HSE’s business analytics...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The following table lists the sources of data used in the production of reports supporting Government’s response to COVID-19. This covers the work done by the 1GC group and does not include any of the data utilised by NPHET/IEMAG. Source Method Detail CSO Publicly available on CSO website Publicly available aggregated data,...