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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (27 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: Direct Provision System (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I wish to advise the Deputy that inspection of direct provision centres is a matter for the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1644 and 1645 together. Mandatory hotel quarantine is a legal obligation for any person, except an exempt traveller, who has been in a designated state within 14 days of their arrival in Ireland. This applies to all passengers who have been in a designated state and includes persons travelling from, or transiting through, designated states within 14 days of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I wish to advise the Deputy that the recent collapse of an airline is a matter for the Department of Transport.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: This information isn't collected centrally. However, it is worth noting that the Delta variant is now the dominant variant in Ireland. It is currently estimated to represent over 93% of all cases (using S-Gene Target Failure as a proxy for Delta detection) and will grow further in the coming weeks. While there will always be a lag time between a rise in cases and any subsequent rise in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (27 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: National Children's Hospital (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: A thorough analysis of the New Children’s Hospital project was sought by the Minister for Health in the summer of 2020 and the National Paediatric Hospital Develop Board (NPHDB) undertook an assessment of the project to determine the implications of any delay(s) and to determine the most effective pathway to ensure the timely completion of this critical project. The NPHDB’s...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: It is of sincere regret that children can experience a long waiting time for hospital appointments and treatment, and I remain conscious of the burden that this places on them and their families. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: For the purposes of travel, an individual is considered fully vaccinated if they have been vaccinated with a vaccine approved by the European Medicines Agency with the recommended number of days after the final dose, set out below. 2 doses of Pfizer-BioNtech Vaccine: BNT162b2 (Comirnaty®) Plus 7 days 2 doses of Moderna Vaccine: CX-024414...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: At the start of last year, permanent adult critical care capacity was 255 beds, according to the National Office of Clinical Audit. Funding for 40 additional beds was provided in March 2020, initially on a temporary basis, as part of the response to Covid-19. The Strategic Plan for Critical Care aims to bring permanent capacity to 321 by the end of 2021 and to 446 in the longer term....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (27 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 (27 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 (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Any person, other than an exempted traveller, who has been in a designated State within 14 days of arriving in Ireland must complete mandatory hotel quarantine. At present, the Minister for Health has designated South Africa as a designated state. The list of designated states is under constant review. The Health (Amendment) Act 2021 provides for exemptions from mandatory hotel quarantine....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Previous Public Service Stability Agreements did not allow for any cost increasing claims to be sanctioned. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Under section 20(1) of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, a notification of each termination of pregnancy carried out under the legislation must be notified to the Minister for Health within 28 days of it being carried out. As part of the notification process, as set out in Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 (Notifications) Regulations 2018...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 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: Medicinal Products (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Epidiolex has been an approved medicine since September 2019, is not licence required and the decision to prescribe the product is a matter for the clinician and their patient. It is important to note that the medical decision to prescribe or not prescribe any treatment, including cannabis-based treatment, for an individual patient, is strictly a decision for the treating clinician, in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 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: Equality Issues (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: My Department is committed to the fulfilment of its Public Sector Duty. Section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 imposes a statutory obligation on public bodies in performing their functions to have regard to the need to: - Eliminate discrimination; - Promote equality of opportunity and treatment for staff and persons to whom it provides services; and - Protect...