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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 Dec 2021)
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 Staff (16 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy in relation to this issue.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: White Papers (16 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: A research paper which considered the potential role of genomic medicine in Ireland and which reviewed genomics strategies in other countries was presented to the Department of Health management board in January 2020. The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic led to a rapid reprioritisation of the Department’s activities to manage the health and social care system’s response to the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Dec 2021)
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 (16 Dec 2021)
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 (16 Dec 2021)
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. On 25 November the NIAC recommended that a booster of an mRNA vaccine be offered to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 513 and 559 together. Preparations are underway interdepartmentally with a view to issuing EU Digital COVID Certificates reflecting additional doses. This follows, and is in line with, the Implementing Decision adopted by the Commission on 17 November which lays down the technical specifications relating to additional Covid vaccination doses, and further...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (16 Dec 2021)
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: Health Services Staff (16 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The option to avail of Covid-19 vaccination is open to anyone for whom it is deemed clinically safe and who wishes to receive a vaccination. Ireland has among the highest vaccination rates in the EU, with more than 93% of the eligible population having received a vaccine dose and in excess of 91% having received a full primary vaccination regimen. I am aware of the planned introduction of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (16 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy) / Chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a complex debilitating disorder affecting multiple body systems and its pathophysiology is still being investigated. ME/CFS is characterised by severe fatigue accompanied by a range of other symptoms. It is also a fluctuating condition in which a person's symptoms can change unpredictably in nature and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Dec 2021)
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: State Bodies (16 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Board members are not employees of the Department of Health or its aegis bodies therefore the information requested by the Deputy is not collected. In line with the Code of Practice for Governance of State Bodies annex on Gender Balance, Diversity and Inclusion the board is required to carry out a self-assessment evaluation questionnaire. Included in the self-assessment the board must be...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 521 to 523, inclusive, together. It is recognised that waiting times for scheduled appointments and procedures have been impacted in as a direct result of the COVID-19. While significant progress was made in reducing waiting times from June 2020 onwards, the surge in Covid-19 cases in the first quarter of 2021 and the associated curtailment of acute hospital...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 Dec 2021)
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: Medical Cards (16 Dec 2021)
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. Please note that the Primary Care Reimbursement Service publishes medical card and GP visit card numbers on a monthly basis on their website: www.hse.ie/eng/staff/pcrs/pcrs-publications/
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (16 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 529 and 603 together. 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. On the 13th December,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (16 Dec 2021)
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 Service Executive (16 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter, I am referring the question for response to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (16 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter, I am referring the question for response to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (16 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter, I am referring the question for response to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.