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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (31 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (31 Mar 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: Care of the Elderly (31 Mar 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: Health Services (31 Mar 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: Health Services (31 Mar 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 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 46 and 70 together. The Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS) is available to medical card holders aged 16 and over. I recognise that the DTSS, which dates from the 1990s, needs to be reviewed and aligned with best international evidence and practice, and legislation, as outlined in Smile agus Sláinte, the National Oral Health Policy. Regretfully, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: It is recognised that waiting times for scheduled appointments and procedures have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. While significant work continues to positively impact on waiting times and improve pathways to elective care, acute hospitals have been impacted by operational challenges arising from surges in cases related to the Omicron variants. The HSE has confirmed to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (31 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of public healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (31 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 53, 100, 101 and 416 together. The Government is committed to the development of the new National Maternity Hospital (NMH) planned for the St Vincent’s University Hospital Campus at Elm Park, as set out in the Programme for Government. The Government is also aware of the concerns that have been raised regarding ownership and governance of the new NMH,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (31 Mar 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: Ukraine War (31 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Interim health service support has been established in Dublin Airport, providing health information, immediate medical assessment, provision of prescriptions for existing conditions, management of minor ailments and first aid requirements. Other CHOs are responding locally at other ports of entry. A streamlined Medical Card application process for the Ukrainian population is now in place....

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (31 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As the National Maternity Hospital (NMH) relocation is a project initiated prior to the updated Public Spending Code (PSC), the Project Board undertook additional work to ensure full compliance with the new PSC. The PSC is designed to ensure that investment decisions are underpinned by a clear policy rationale, and that costs are well understood. In 2019, the PSC was updated and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (31 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Programme for Government agreed in 2020 commits the government to ‘Introduce a statutory scheme to support people to live in their own homes, which will provide equitable access to high-quality, regulated home care’. Consequently, work is on-going within the Department of Health to progress the development of the new statutory scheme for the financing and regulation of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (31 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I acknowledge the distress overcrowded Emergency Departments (EDs) cause to patients, their families, and frontline staff working in very challenging conditions in hospitals throughout the country. The current congestion in Emergency Departments is due to constrained bed capacity caused by combination of the high number of patients in hospital with COVID-19 (1624 nationally on Monday 28th...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Mar 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: National Children's Hospital (31 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The new Children’s Hospital (NCH) project comprises the main hospital on a shared campus at St James’s, the Outpatient and Urgent Care Centre at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, and the Outpatient and Emergency Care Centre at Tallaght University Hospital. In 2018, Government approved a capital budget of €1.433bn for the NCH project. This included the capital costs...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (31 Mar 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: National Maternity Hospital (31 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Let me begin by restating that I will not bring any proposal on ownership and governance of the new National Maternity Hospital to Government unless it provides assurances around full healthcare for women, including termination of pregnancy, being provided there. Under the proposed legal framework, neither the Vatican nor the Religious Sisters of Charity will play any role in the governance...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (31 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The delivery of capital projects is a dynamic process and is subject to the successful completion of the various approval stages, in line with the new lifecycle approach of the updated Public Spending Code (PSC). The PSC is designed to ensure that investment decisions are underpinned by a clear policy rationale, and that costs are well understood. In 2019, the PSC was updated and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy is aware, in June 2018, the Government agreed to the establishment of an expert group to review the management of clinical negligence claims. It was chaired by the High Court judge, Mr. Justice Charles Meenan. The expert group examined the system from the perspective of the person who has made the claim to explore if there is a better way to deal effectively, yet more...