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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 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: Disability Services (14 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Camphill Communities of Ireland (CCoI) provides residential and day services to people with intellectual disabilities and other kinds of special needs in a number of communities in Community Health Care Organisations (CHOs) 4, 5 and 7 under a Section 39 service arrangement with the HSE.  Duffcarrig is one of the CCoI communities located in County Wexford, which provides residential...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: An acute paediatric complex pain management service operates from Children’s Health Ireland (CHI). Officials from my Department have been in contact with CHI , who are aware that the current interim situation regarding CHI’s paediatric complex pain management service is a cause of much anxiety and upset for parents and children. The Model of Care for Paediatric...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 423 and 426 together. Details of the proposed inquiry into the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate in Ireland and the establishment of a stakeholder group to address ongoing concerns relating to the use of this drug are currently being considered by officials within the Department of Health.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: In the Misuse of Drugs (Prescription And Control Of Supply Of Cannabis For Medical Use) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 262/2019) a "specified controlled drug" as defined can be used in the Medical Cannabis Access Programme and the definition outlines the specific requirements for those cannabis products or preparations. A prospective supplier can apply to the Health Products Regulatory Authority...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 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: Covid-19 Tests (14 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 428 and 430 together. Under the current travel measures, as provided in S.I. 135/2021, passengers travelling to Ireland are required to present evidence of a negative result from a PCR test. Currently, children aged 6 are not subject to this requirement. The Government has announced revised travel policies to take effect from 19th July in keeping with the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (14 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 ongoing, and the HSE is working hard to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (14 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE has worked to ensure that the measures in place in schools are robust and prioritise the safety of staff and children. Dedicated multidisciplinary school teams led by public health professionals, working with teams from the Department of Education and school inspectors have been established to support school principals to identify issues as they emerge and work in a collaborative...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety (14 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The British-Irish Agreement Act, 1999 provides for the Food Safety Promotion Board/Safefood to have both an Advisory Board and an Advisory Committee. Safefood Advisory Committee (SAC) members are selected by Safefood following a publicly advertised invitation for expressions of interest from suitably qualified professionals ?working in fields relevant to the organisation's aims. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (14 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Ireland's COVID-19 vaccination programme strategy is to distribute all available vaccine as quickly as is operationally possible, prioritising those who are most vulnerable to COVID-19. The programme is based on the principles of safety, effectiveness and fairness, with the objective of reducing severe illness, hospitalisations and deaths from COVID-19 infection. The immunisation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (14 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 ongoing, and the HSE is working hard to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 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...

Seanad: CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I am pleased to introduce the CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021 to Seanad Éireann. The purpose of this amendment to the CervicalCheck Tribunal Act 2019 is to extend the period for receipt of claims by the CervicalCheck Tribunal. The current time limits for making a claim to the tribunal are set out in section 12(1) of the 2019 Act. The current relevant time limit for all...

Seanad: CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: On a point of order, the Senator is talking about the Chief Medical Officer, who reports to me. She is making a lot of allegations under privilege.

Seanad: CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I am not as familiar with the rules of the Seanad but in the Dáil I do not believe this contribution would be in order.

Seanad: CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank everyone for their contributions. I have a wrap-up speech but I am not going use it. Instead, I will try to respond to the questions and points raised because this has been a useful debate. I echo the sentiments expressed by Senators from across the Chamber that we have to get women's healthcare right. We have never got women's healthcare right. I have no doubt that if men had...

Seanad: CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: That advice, as far as I can see, was partly because of this issue of recurrence. All I can say is that I wanted to do it. Every Member of the Cabinet and the Oireachtas wanted to do it. If it could have been done, we would have done it. There were numerous conversations at the Cabinet about this. Every time we brought it back, my Cabinet colleagues and I asked whether we could go...