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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 May 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: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (11 May 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: Vaccination Programme (11 May 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 (11 May 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I note the announcement last week by Pfizer/BioNTech to donate doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to the participants of the Olympic Games, around the world. These doses of vaccine will be supplementary to the existing allocations that Ireland is administering and will be provided to Olympic and Paralympic athletes and support staff who are travelling to Tokyo to represent Ireland, the number of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 May 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 812 to 816, inclusive, together. It is recognised that waiting times for scheduled appointments and procedures have been impacted as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and as a result of the deferral of elective scheduled care activity in March, April and May of 2020, and since 2nd January 2021. This impact has been witnessed across all waiting list...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (11 May 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Saolta Hospital Group advises that some Mayo-based patients have been offered dialysis treatment in University Hospital Galway when the unit in Mayo University Hospital is at full capacity, and where this supports earlier access to treatment. Efforts continue to be made to support the repatriation of dialysis patients from Mayo to Mayo University Hospital for treatment closer to home. This...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (11 May 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: Emergency Departments (11 May 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: National Treatment Purchase Fund (11 May 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 May 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. Elective hospital care was curtailed for the first quarter of 2021, in line with the rapid increase in Covid -19 hospital admissions, with only critical time dependent elective procedures undertaken. On 23 March the HSE published the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (11 May 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 (11 May 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: Alcohol Pricing (11 May 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The 2013 Government Decision which envisaged that minimum unit pricing of alcohol products would be introduced in Northern Ireland and in the Republic simultaneously was revised by Government on 4 May 2021 at my request. I look forward to the implementation of this important public health measure to reduce the disease, disability and death associated with the harmful use of alcohol.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (11 May 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 (11 May 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 (11 May 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 (11 May 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: Nursing Homes (11 May 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 831 to 837, inclusive, together. As Minister for Health, I welcome the publication of the recent report by the Ombudsman on the circumstances of younger people living in nursing homes. While nursing homes can be an appropriate care option for younger people with a clinically assessed complex medical and social care requirement which cannot be supported...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 May 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: On 16 April 2021, the Acting Director-General of the European Commission Directorate for Justice and Consumers wrote to the Irish Permanent Representative to the EU seeking information in relation to the temporary measures introduced by Ireland as part of the State’s public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including mandatory hotel quarantine. On 5 May, a comprehensive...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 May 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As these are operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.