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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The Government is continually giving consideration to travel policy informed by the epidemiological situation internationally and public health advice, including regarding recovered patients. At present, Canada is a designated state for the purposes of mandatory hotel quarantine. A person travelling from Canada is required upon arrival to Ireland to present evidence of a completed...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The Government is applying more stringent measures applying to international travel in order to mitigate against the risk of new variants being imported through travel and to protect the progress we are making in suppressing transmission domestically. While the Government advises against non-essential international travel, there is no particular prohibition on travel to Ireland. ...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (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: Vaccination Programme (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: 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 (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: Health Screening Programmes (21 Apr 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Symptomatic Breast Disease Clinics for patients with suspected breast disease have been established by the HSE's National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) in the eight designated cancer centres (with a satellite symptomatic breast disease clinic from UHG operating in Letterkenny University Hospital). The number of patient attendances and subsequent primary breast cancer diagnoses for the years...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (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: Vaccination Programme (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: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (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: Dental Services (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: Covid-19 Pandemic (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: Covid-19 Pandemic (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: 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: Health Services Expenditure (21 Apr 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I assume that the Deputy is referring to a card that holds a personal health record or health details. A card for such purposes has not been developed and it is not part of current eHealth plans.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (21 Apr 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I assume that the Deputy is referring to HSE ICT capital expenditure which is detailed in the attached table. The levels of ICT expenditure shown demonstrate the required approach to the delivery and refresh of technology where it is needed to support patient care, the Sláintecare reform programme and the eHealth strategy. ICT Capital Expenditure 2016 to 2020 Year ...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (21 Apr 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Existing data protection legislation, based on GDPR, provides for the health system to collect and process data for direct provision of care and for the management of the health service. The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to consider if further legislation is required to support eHealth in specific areas such as patient registers and to clarify the basis upon which private,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The information set out in table below is based on current information available and represents a forecast estimatefor Ireland in Q2 based on EU aggregate level information yet to be formally confirmed at national level. The forecast estimate is subject to change based on manufacturers yield outputs and final confirmed delivery schedules Manufacturer Apr-21 ...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (21 Apr 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: In September 2017 Ireland became the fourth country in the world to introduce plain packaging for all tobacco products. From September 2018 all tobacco products sold in Ireland must have a standardised plain packaging with the brand name in the correct font size and colour, and prominent standardised health warnings about the dangerous effects of smoking. These measures were introduced to...