Results 201-220 of 244 for 5 million speaker:Stephen Donnelly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2021 (20 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...that services are timely, responsive and patient centred and are developed in line with the Sláintecare vision. The COVID-19 Nursing Homes Expert Panel as a matter of urgency have identified about 55 recommendations. These recommendations will have significant cost implications for the HSE and HIQA and nursing home providers, including the HSE. These agencies have highlighted...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...the healthcare experience for patients, and improving outcomes for patients. The budget delivers on all three of those priorities. I will start with patient access. I am allocating €467 million to fund new hospital and community beds. This includes increasing permanent critical care beds by 25% next year. In our hospitals, I am allocating funding for an additional 1,146...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I move: (1) THAT for the purposes of the tax charged by virtue of section 72 of the Finance Act 2005 (No. 5 of 2005), that Act be amended, with effect as on and from 14 October 2020, by substituting the following for Schedule 2 to that Act (as amended by section 39 of the Finance Act 2019 (No. 45 of 2019)):“SCHEDULE 2 Rates of tobacco products tax (With effect as on and from 14...

Covid-19: Statements (8 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...questions. I will finish with this. While there has been a great deal of debate, as there always will and should be in this Chamber, none of us wants to see the country moving to level 4 or 5 because we understand the consequences of that. We know it is possible, but I do not believe it is inevitable. We will have an opportunity over the next few weeks to push the R number below 1. If...

Covid-19: Statements (8 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...in Kildare, Laois and Offaly in August. I will now outline the measures under level 3 of the framework. People may meet up with no more than six others from one other household. A maximum of 25 guests are allowed at weddings. There are to be no indoor organised events although gatherings of up to 15 for outdoor events are allowed. Groups of up to 15 may engage in outdoor non-contact...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (9 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...more jobs will be saved and the more people can live their lives, which I know is what we all want. I wish to move on to the current Covid situation. Around the world the WHO has reported 27 million cases and almost 900,000 deaths. Yesterday Ireland passed 30,000 cases and, tragically, we have now recorded 1,778 deaths from Covid-19. In the past two weeks, for every 100,000...

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Cancer Screening: Motion [Private Members] (8 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...patients continues to improve according to the National Cancer Registry’s Annual Report, with an estimated 180,000 people living after a diagnosis of invasive cancer other than non-melanoma skin cancer at the end of 2017; — a 15 per cent improvement in breast cancer survival over the twenty years to 2015; — that in a report by the International Agency for Research on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: European Health Insurance Card (8 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...between the EU and the UK on this issue, preparations for the implementation of an analogous scheme to the European Health Insurance Card have been ongoing. In that regard a figure of just over €5 million per annum has been estimated for such a scheme. However, it is important to note that this is a high level estimate and the actual cost will be dependent on a range of factors...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Information and Communications Technology (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Department of Health, has increased capital investment in ICT from €55 million in 2017 to €95 million in 2020 with a further planned increase to €120 million in 2021. This is intended to support reform of the health service by facilitating the deployment of more clinical and operational systems and implementation of key eHealth initiatives. Investment in underlying...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ..., which has improved access to surgery and outpatient appointments. In 2018 Children’s Health Ireland (CHI; previously the Children’s Hospital Group) was provided with an additional €9 million in funding to address paediatric orthopaedic waiting lists, including the provision of scoliosis services. As a result of this additional funding since 2018, CHI advise that...

Financial Resolutions - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: ...asked him whether he still had a terminal diagnosis. The public healthcare system is broken. In the words of Tony O'Brien, it has suffered from nine years of governance vandalism. More than 1 million men, women and children are now waiting for some form of healthcare. Children with special needs are waiting three and a half years to see a therapist. Mental health services are now...

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I seek clarification on two issues. First, the figure I have for the cost of the scheme is €5 million. Will the Minister confirm that is the figure with which he is working, and whether it is provisioned within the budget? Second, while I appreciate that the mechanism is not contained in the primary legislation, I presume the regulations are well advanced at this stage. Will the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: With respect, I do not believe Mr. Mulvany is answering the question. On savings, there was what appears to be a made up number, the €347 million. Some €60 million can be accounted for in terms of targeted savings. There appear to be opportunities for savings across the system. For example, I spoke with a senior consultant recently who prescribes very expensive drugs and...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: ...year with the largest health budget in the history of the State, the Minister for Health will end the year with the longest waiting lists in the history of the State and will still have managed to overspend by €750 million. Of the €1.6 billion in additional funding, €2 in every €5 will be needed to cover that overspend. Another €2 in every €5 is...

UK Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (26 Sep 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: ...time, we will have to invest in infrastructure related to Brexit-proofing the State. Both of these combined will put serious pressure on Exchequer revenues in Ireland. The referendum in the UK took place 15 months ago. To give time for deliberation, the proposal needs to be in place in about 12 months' time. To date, progress and negotiations have been slow. I, and many people,...

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: ...into the UK. The 2017 Action Plan for Jobs explicitly lays out how much money the Government has provided to the IDA, Enterprise Ireland and Bord Bia combined for Brexit and it is less than €5 million. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport has yet to meet the Irish Aviation Authority or the DAA on the threats posed by Brexit. Could the Minister for Public Expenditure and...

Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: ...us start with jobs. Ireland is a trading nation and we export a lot of goods and services globally. By far the biggest export group is our small and medium-sized companies, and €2 in every €5 of our SME exports go to the UK. For some SME sectors, the figure is much higher. The Department of Finance estimates that a hard Brexit could lead to 40,000 fewer jobs in this...

Finance Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: ...in exactly the same way it taxes all other companies in Ireland, it would take in an additional €1 billion a year in taxes. These are some examples of what is actually being paid. In 2014 Tanager made €9 million in profit and paid €500 paid in tax, giving an effective tax rate of 0.006%. In 2015 Mars Capital made €11 million in profit and paid...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: ...in this budget means that for the limited good it has done, for most people nothing has changed and for some people things have become worse. There has been much talk about the extra €5 a week. When inflation is factored in, then in terms of what can actually be bought with the money next year the €5 falls to about €2 or €2.50. That is about €100 a...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: ...is the figure in the budget for the intended tax to be brought in by this measure. The budget document estimates that shutting down tax avoidance by the vulture funds is likely to generate €50 million in additional taxes in 2017. Anyone who looks at the accounts knows that shutting it down is actually likely to bring, not €50 million, but well in excess of €500...