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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (13 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: It is recognised that waiting times for scheduled appointments and procedures have been impacted in the last sixteen months as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic and more recently as a result of the ransomware attack. While significant progress was made in reducing waiting times from June 2020 onwards, the surge in Covid-19 cases in the first quarter of 2021, and the resultant...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Digital COVID Certificate Regulation is intended to facilitate people’s fundamental right to move and reside freely and help to support the lifting of restrictions currently in place in a coordinated manner within the EU. As the Minister for Health, I am supporting the work of my Department in collaborating with relevant Departments under the leadership of the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Information and Communications Technology (13 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: In the context of planned ICT modernisation and integration, it is appropriate to respond to the Deputy's question with regard to the continued response to the ransomware attack. The Department of Health and the Health Service Executive continue to engage cyber security specialists to forensically examine and restore health system functionality. The Department of Health continues to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (13 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Government Commitment Progressing women’s health is a priority for me and for this government. We made a strong commitment to Promoting Women’s Health in the Programme for Government and are fully committed to the development and improvement of Women’s Health services and to working with women and girls to improve their health across the whole life cycle. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (13 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: It is recognised that waiting times for scheduled appointments and procedures have been impacted in the last sixteen months as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic and more recently as a result of the ransomware attack. While significant progress was made in reducing waiting times from June 2020 onwards, the surge in Covid-19 cases in the first quarter of 2021, and the resultant...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I wish to thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. The Programme for Government commits the Department of Health to working with the education sectors, regulators, and professional bodies to improve the availability of health professionals and reform their training to support integrated care across the entire health service.  A Strategic Workforce Planning Unit has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (13 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy is aware allowances are made available to support student nurses and midwives to attend their supernumerary placements on clinical sites. These placements have been continuing throughout the Pandemic and were only paused for a short time during the first and third waves. This occurred when the HSE required those staff who are normally assigned to support student education to be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: On 4 June  I announced a shorter interval between doses for the Vaxzevria® (AstraZeneca) vaccine. This follows updated recommendations from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC), which have been endorsed by the Chief Medical Officer. The NIAC has concluded that those of any age (without any previous COVID-19 infection), who have received their first dose of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (13 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The National Action Plan on Covid-19 identified the continued provision of cancer care as a priority and cancer services continue to operate in line with guidance issued by the HSE's National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP).  The principles underpinning cancer care delivery during the pandemic remain key to efforts to mitigate the impact on services:  - continuation of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The State Claims Agency (SCA) has a statutory remit to manage personal injury claims on behalf of Delegated State Authorities including the Health Service Executive. The management of cases taken by persons who allege they developed Narcolepsy and/or Cataplexy as a result of receiving the H1N1 vaccine, Pandemrix, is delegated to SCA and, as such, the Government has no role in determining how...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: At present, passengers arriving from the Great Britain are required to complete a passenger locator form, to provide a negative pre-departure PCR test and to complete a period of quarantine at the address specified in their passenger locator form. New travel measures are intended to be introduced from 19th July subject to prevailing public health situation. Government is responding...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I wish to inform the Deputy that there are no plans at present to bring legislation for a recommended standard COVID-19 ventilation system for all indoor activities. Building ventilation has remained one element of broader infection prevention and control (IPC) response over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. The appreciation of the role of ventilation has evolved in the context of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (13 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (13 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (13 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Under the current Public Service Agreement, Building Momentum, Sectoral Bargaining has been identified as the mechanism to deal with any outstanding claims. Section 2.1 of Building Momentum states that ''a Sectoral Bargaining Fund will be established to be allocated within sectors under this Agreement. The purpose of the Sectoral Bargaining Fund process is to deal with outstanding...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The vaccination programme continues to make significant progress with over 4.55 million vaccines administered as of 7 July. Over 2.6 million have now received a first vaccine dose with more than 1.9 million fully vaccinated. The vaccine rollout continues at pace despite the HSE cyber-attack, albeit with some impact on data reporting systems. There are now 42 Vaccination Centre sites...