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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The aims of the vaccination programme are to ensure equitable access to safe and effective vaccines with the goals of limiting severe disease and death from COVID-19, protecting healthcare capacity and enabling social and economic activity. The general approach taken by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) to prioritisation to help with planning for vaccine implementation is...

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: 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 23rd of February, I announced an update to Ireland’s COVID-19 Vaccine...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tribunals of Inquiry (21 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1742, 1785 and 2197 together. The CervicalCheck Tribunal is based in the Infinity Building in Smithfield in office space that has been fitted out to meet the Tribunal’s requirements including: - Three hearing rooms - A counter and reception area - Consultation rooms and a larger meeting room that can be used by claimants and their legal...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1743 and 1923 together. Ireland remains in Level 5 of the ‘Framework for Restrictive Measures in Response to COVID-19’ and due to the high level of disease and continuing risks associated with COVID-19, population wide measures remain in place. The current Regulations in effect providing for public health restrictions are S.I. No. 168 of 2021...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 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: Hospital Data (21 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: Hospital Data (21 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: Mortality Rates (21 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, Ireland experienced a third wave of COVID-19 infection in late 2020/early 2021 which led to significant mortality and hospitalisations in the initial months of this year. The epidemiological situation has substantially improved since the peak of that wave in January, with the 14 day incidence reducing from a peak of 1,534 cases per 100,000 to a current rate of 114...

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

Stephen Donnelly: The Mandatory Hotel Quarantine service provider is required to provide a private security authority (“PSA”) licenced contractor to be always present at their 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 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...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1756, 1958 and 1959 toegether. NPHET has consistently advised that outdoor settings are considerably safer than indoor ones based on national and international evidence. This was a key informing principle in the development of the 5 level framework of public health measures last September and in the Government decision last month to commence the easing of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 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. The safety, wellbeing and comfort of all guests quarantining in a designated facility is a...

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

Stephen Donnelly: Mandatory Hotel Quarantine has been introduced with the aim of protecting Ireland from the importation of COVID-19, particularly Variants of Concern. As Minister I am committed to protecting public health as a matter of urgency, and my Department continues to work with all State stakeholders and with Tifco Hotel Group to implement this policy, and to ensure that those who enter Mandatory...

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

Stephen Donnelly: As of Thursday 15 of April: - a total of 416 guests have completed mandatory quarantine in a designated facility and a further 478 guests were in a designated facility at that time. - 97 guests have attended a designated facility due to lack of negative RT-PCR test upon arrival in the state. - There have been 19 Covid-19 detected cases in guests undergoing quarantine in a designated facility.

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

Stephen Donnelly: All service provider staff or contracted personnel working on the Mandatory Quarantine System will be offered both vaccination and regular COVID-19 testing to help minimise any risk in their working environment. In addition, the HSE has provided persons working in mandatory quarantine facilities extensive training via webinars and video presentations on a number of key quarantine...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1763, 1764, 1780, 1824, 2060, 2061, 2068 and 2102 together. Countries are designated for the purposes of mandatory hotel quarantine under section 38E of the Health Act 1947 in my capacity as Minister for Health following consultation with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and other Minister(s) as appropriate having regard to the functions of that Minister(s)....

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

Stephen Donnelly: At present there is no EU regulation or programme which facilitates non-essential travel in a way that requires alteration to the Mandatory Quarantine System. The EU is looking at this issue at the moment and Ireland is engaging with the process. The list of designated states under the Health Act 1947 will be reviewed in line with the advice provided by the Expert Advisory Group on...