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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (28 Apr 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Our Public Health Doctors have been to the forefront of our response to the pandemic and the role of the public health doctor has transitioned very rapidly from one of leading small, confined teams, to now leading and directing the activities of a very broad range of organisations and large multidisciplinary teams. They have made an enormous contribution to the protection of everybody...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 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 (28 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 (28 Apr 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Mandatory hotel quarantine has been introduced as one element of Ireland’s public health measures to combat the transmission of COVID-19 variants of concern. 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 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: Treatment Abroad Scheme (28 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: HSE Staff (28 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: Medical Aids and Appliances (28 Apr 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.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (28 Apr 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Persons who are eligible for GP care without charge under the Health Act 1970 are not subject to any co-payments or other charges in respect of such services. There is no provision under the GMS GP contract for persons who hold a medical card or GP visit card to be charged for routine phlebotomy services provided by their GP which are required to either assist in the diagnosis of illness or...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (28 Apr 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As this matter is specifically related to the operation of HSE I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (28 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: Medical Cards (28 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: Primary Care Centres (28 Apr 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the HSE has responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres and other Primary Care facilities, the Executive has been asked to reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (28 Apr 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the HSE has responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres and other Primary Care facilities, the Executive has been asked to reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Mandatory hotel quarantine has been introduced as one element of Ireland’s public health measures to combat the transmission of COVID-19 variants of concern. 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 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: HSE Staff (28 Apr 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the HSE for consideration and direct reply her.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Data (28 Apr 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The below table shows the numbers of electronic GP referrals to symptomatic breast disease (urgent and non-urgent) and prostate rapid access clinics in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. While not all GP referrals to rapid access clinics are made electronically, estimates for 2019 indicate an electronic referral rate of 91% for prostate and 82% for breast. More recent data...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 Apr 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1008, 1021 and 1067 together. I recognise the significant impact that the restrictions on weddings have had on people given the importance and significance of such a special occasion. However, Level 5 restrictive measures currently remain in place. Any measures introduced at any level of the Plan are aimed at limiting the spread and damage of COVID-19 and are...