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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: In recognition of the efforts of the general public, volunteers and all workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and in remembrance of people who lost their lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on Wednesday 19 January, the Government announced a once-off public holiday will take place on Friday 18 March 2022. The Government also announced COVID-19 recognition payment for front-line public sector...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Guidance relating to visitor access in acute hospitals is developed by HSE AMRIC (Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control) and published on the Health Protection Surveillance Centre website. This guidance is regularly reviewed and updated, with recent NPHET advice taken into account in guidance reviews. As the review and implementation of visiting guidance is an operational...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Feb 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 Strategies (8 Feb 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: Vaccination Programme (8 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The immunisation programme in Ireland is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). The NIAC makes recommendations on vaccination policy to my Department based on the prevalence of the relevant disease in Ireland and international best practices in relation to immunisation. In line with the approach implemented for the primary vaccination programme,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The evidence relating to COVID-19, and the decisions necessary to protect everybody living in Ireland from its effects is constantly evolving. The public health advice relating to face coverings, is kept under continuing review by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET), the Department of Health and the Government. The measures in place and the public health advice are based on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 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: Medicinal Products (8 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The length or duration of a prescription is at the clinical discretion of the prescriber, but ordinarily a prescription in Ireland is valid for a maximum period of six months and a prescription cannot be issued for longer than that. The rationale for such time limits is to ensure that appropriate medical care continues to be afforded to persons in receipt of prescriptions. However, in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Feb 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 Admissions (8 Feb 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 (8 Feb 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: EU Funding (8 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Department of Health and its agencies actively engage with a wide range of EU activity including funding programmes; EU funding is disbursed through a variety of channels to the Department, agencies and the wider health sector. In my Department, the International Unit leads on coordinating EU activity among the various policy units with responsibility for particular issues. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 670 and 671 together. As these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I fully acknowledge the distress and inconvenience for patients and their families when elective procedures are cancelled, particularly for clinically urgent procedures. While every effort is made to avoid cancellation or postponement of planned procedures, the HSE has advised that planned procedures and operations can be postponed or cancelled for a variety of reasons including capacity...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (8 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I am advised by HIQA that, during the period from January 2015 to February 2022, unsolicited information (as set out in the attached file) was received and processed by HIQA and the Chief Inspector of Social Services in relation to reports of alleged sexual abuse. In respect of the attached reports, HIQA found that there were six situations over the period in question where a referral to An...