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

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1613 and 1618 together. Following the rollout of the EU Digital COVID Certificate in Ireland, and the successful COVID Booster Vaccination Programme, updated Digital COVID Certificates are now issuing to those who have received an additional vaccine dose. Over 2.2 million additional doses have already been administered in Ireland, and recipients of these...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I assume the Deputy is referring to a mention of “sexual and reproductive rights approach” made during the meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health on 8 December 2021. As the Deputy may be aware, in 1994 the United Nations International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) recognised rights to reproductive and sexual health as being key to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 was signed into law on 20 December 2018 and commenced on 1 January 2019. Under section 7 of the Act, a review of the operation of the Act must be initiated within three years of the commencement of the Act, i.e., before January 2022.  I have commenced the Review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Jan 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: Hospital Staff (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service issue the HSE has been asked to respond directly to the Deputy. 

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1622, 1623, 1624 and 1652 together. One official from my Department, the Secretary General, arranged on his substantive appointment to the post in April 2021 to waive a portion of his salary on a voluntary basis. The Secretary General was appointed on an interim basis in January 2021 on his existing annual gross salary of €211,742.In April 2021,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1626, 1695 and 1815 together. The HSE was requested, in 2019, to undertake an updated review of the epidemiology of TB in Ireland, considering the public health impact of having no BCG vaccination since April 2015. The review was completed and the National TB Advisory Committee (NTBAC) met to consider its findings on 16 December 2019. My Department has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: At the outset of the pandemic, substantial work was carried out to develop a critical care capacity plan, a key part of which was the provision of training to nurses to allow them to provide support to critical care as required.  In order to ensure the Deputy receives a comprehensive answer, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to her with the information she has requested.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The EU Digital COVID Certificate is a document issued to help facilitate the safe and free international movement of people across the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic. The EU Digital COVID Certificate Regulation allows for the issuing of certificates based on vaccination to citizens vaccinated in a third country provided that the issuing Member State has been provided with reliable proof of...

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

Stephen Donnelly: The EU Digital COVID Certificate is a document which is issued to help facilitate the safe and free international movement of people across the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Certificates of Recovery can be issued upon request through the online portal following a positive COVID-19 test (RT-PCR or ‘NAAT’) taken more than 11 days ago in Ireland. The certificate will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1631 and 1771 together. Since December 28th, parents of children aged 5- 11 years, who have a health condition that puts them at risk of severe illness from COVID-19 and parents of children, who live with someone that has complex medical needs or who is immunocompromised have been invited to register their child for their COVID-19 vaccine. This is being done...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The allocation of €2.7m in funding for 2022 will support the development of Cork University Hospital as a Major Trauma Centre by bringing a number of core and specialist services up to a level that will allow it to meet the recommended designation criteria, as set out in the National Trauma Strategy.   In relation to the specific issues raised in your question, as this is a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: In accordance with the Programme for Government agreed in 2020, the Department of Health is committed to introducing a statutory scheme to support people to live in their own homes, with 'equitable access to high-quality, regulated home care'. Consequently, work is on-going within the Department to progress the development of the new statutory scheme for the financing and regulation of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service mater the HSE has been asked to respond directly to the Deputy on this issue

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Department does not comment on individual cases. Ministerial Licence under Section 14 of the Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977-2016 Under Section 14 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977-2016, doctors may utilise the Ministerial licensing route to prescribe medical cannabis for their patients, should they wish to do so. In line with the Chief Medical Officer's advice, the granting of a licence for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (the Act) provides for the protection of the public by promoting high standards of professional conduct and professional education, training & competence through the statutory registration of health and social care professions designated under the Act. As you are aware, regulations under SI No. 170 of 2018 were made by my...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (19 Jan 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: Prescriptions Charges (19 Jan 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 a 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: Ambulance Service (19 Jan 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 Services (19 Jan 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.