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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (31 May 2022)
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: Hospital Appointments Status (31 May 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. In relation to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (31 May 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: My Department has 662 staff or 645.7 FTE as of 30 April 2022. Civil Service Pay Scales, as of 1 February 2022, are listed in Circular 04/2022 which is published on the DPER website. A breakdown of the staff employed in the Department of Health by gender and civil service salary scale, as of 30 April 2022, is set out in tabular form as follows. Female ...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 May 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: The pandemic recognition payment is being rolled out to eligible HSE and Section 38 staff currently. Some cohorts have received the payment, and every effort is being made by local sites to process the remainder through their payroll systems. Separately, my Department is preparing information for those other certain healthcare employees that are covered by the Government Decision, and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (31 May 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: I would like to thank Deputy Kerrane for her question. My Dept and the HSE are committed to supporting Ukrainians in working in healthcare in Ireland, in line with provisions of the Temporary Protection Directive. The HSE is currently reviewing the process by which Ukrainians can complete Garda Vetting while adhering to the HSE’s legal requirements for all those who undertake...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (31 May 2022)
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 Qualifications (31 May 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: The Medical Council is the statutory agency responsible for the registration and regulation of doctors in Ireland. Like many organisations across the State, the Medical Council is committed to supporting people arriving from Ukraine and is supporting doctors arriving here. The Medical Council has established an internal working group to examine ways in which the Council can support these...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (31 May 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 714 to 716, inclusive, 718 and 721 together. In line with its performance oversight role my Department meets with Health Service Executive (HSE) colleagues regularly on issues across the entire range and volume of public health services and their associated targets as set out in the HSE's National Service Plan. In regard to the details enclosed with...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (31 May 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: Access to care at the right time is critical to ensure that cardiovascular conditions are well managed. In the acute setting, access to primary percutaneous intervention (PPCI), or where that is not available in the recommended timeframe, thrombolysis (clot busting), can reduce the likelihood of myocardial (heart attack) damage, and therefore subsequent poor health outcomes. ...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (31 May 2022)
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: Departmental Reports (31 May 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: The National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services commenced in January 2018 under the Chairmanship of Professor Phillip Nolan and a Steering Group formed from nominations of interested stakeholders representing medical, professional/technical staff, nursing, and patient representatives. The National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services is examining the delivery of cardiac services...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (31 May 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: It is Government policy, as reiterated in the National Maternity Strategy, to co-locate stand-alone maternity hospitals with adult acute hospitals. Co-location of maternity services with adult services provides mothers with access to a full range of medical and support services should the need arise, in line with international best practice. In order to be successful in terms of enabling...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ukraine War (31 May 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: I would like to thank Deputy Crowe for his question. It is vital that we provide the best, holistic response to ensure the safety of, and provide support to, Ukrainian people arriving in Ireland as a result of the conflict in Ukraine. The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is responsible for the provision of emergency refugee accommodation. The...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (31 May 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: The Sláintecare Integration Fund project Towards Selfcare in Headache is delivered by theHSE Clinical Strategy & Programme Division.This project involves shifting the balance of care from the acute hospital setting and into the community by offering holistic, patient-centred care, at the lowest level of complexity. The purpose is to reduce the reliance on secondary/tertiary care,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Disputes (31 May 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: Firstly, I would like to acknowledge and pay tribute to the dedication, professionalism and commitment of all medical scientists throughout the country. Their drive and dedication have been key components in our managing of the pandemic. I acknowledge the MLSA’s claim for pay parity between medical scientists and clinical biochemists. As you may be aware, the current public service...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (31 May 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: There are no workers in my Department that are not employed directly by the Department. I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy in relation to their workforce. Information for other agencies under the aegis of my Department is being collated and will be provided directly to the Deputy once available.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 May 2022)
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: Assisted Human Reproduction (31 May 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, international surrogacy raises complex ethical questions concerning areas of law that intersect across the remits of several Government Departments and require detailed examination. The issues which arise from Irish people engaging in cross-border surrogacy primarily relate to parentage, guardianship, citizenship and, potentially, adoption. Earlier this year I...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (31 May 2022)
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: Dental Services (31 May 2022)
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.