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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (1 Feb 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: The CervicalCheck Tribunal was established on 27 October 2020 under the CervicalCheck Tribunal Act 2019. Establishment of the Tribunal was finalised with the appointment of the nominated members to the Tribunal with effect from 1 December 2020, implementing in full the recommendations of Mr Justice Charles Meenan on an alternative to the Court process for eligible CervicalCheck Claims. ...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (1 Feb 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to addressing the long-standing deficit in critical care capacity. Very significant funding of €77 million has been provided by Government across 2021 and 2022, to increase national capacity to 340 critical care beds by 2023. The HSE has advised that 42 of these beds are now open, bringing permanent adult critical care capacity to 297 beds, from a baseline...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (1 Feb 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: I have recently approved the 2022 National Service Plan subject to a number of amendments. Following resubmission by the HSE of the amended National Service Plan for 2022, it will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas within 21 days of my approval. Once the approved National Service Plan is laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas, the HSE will ensure it is published at the earliest...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Feb 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: The immunisation programme in Ireland is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). The committee's recommendations are based on the prevalence of the relevant disease in Ireland and international best practice in relation to immunisation. It makes recommendations on vaccination policy to my Department. The NIAC continues to revise recommendations to allow for...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Feb 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: Firstly I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to all healthcare workers for their efforts during this most challenging period. 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 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: Patient Files (1 Feb 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: Significant progress in the development of unique patient identifiers (individual health identifiers/ IHIs) was made during the pandemic. The HSE now has IHIs assigned for the majority of individuals with a PPSN. The challenge now is to deploy these IHIs across the multitude of patient record systems and databases across the wider health system and to assign an IHI to each patient record...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Files (1 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: Departmental Projects (1 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: Departmental Data (1 Feb 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 Staff (1 Feb 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 Staff (1 Feb 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: Primary Care Centres (1 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: Primary Care Centres (1 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: Primary Care Centres (1 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: National Children's Hospital (1 Feb 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: In November 2021, the second paediatric Outpatient and Urgent Care Centre, at Tallaght University Hospital, opened, marking the second major milestone on the NCH project. The new facility will accommodate up to 17,000 outpatient and 30,000 emergency care attendances per year. Together with ‘CHI@Connolly’, which opened in July 2019, these facilities will improve access...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: The Cross Party Sláintecare Report in 2017 articulated a new vision for healthcare in Ireland, including the provision of elective only hospitals, providing protected capacity for elective care. The “Elective Hospitals Oversight Group”, under the joint governance of the Health Service Executive, Department of Health and Sláintecare, has been guiding the development of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (1 Feb 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 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 Waiting Lists (1 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.