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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (8 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The minimum unit pricing provision of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 is a public health measure aimed at reducing harmful alcohol consumption. This provision will come into effect on 4 January 2022. Minimum unit pricing sets a floor price below which alcohol products cannot be sold and is aimed at ensuring that high alcohol content products cannot be sold at cheap prices. The floor...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Dec 2021)
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 Waiting Lists (8 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: It is recognised that waiting times for scheduled appointments and procedures have been impacted in the last twenty months as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 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 services, coupled with the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The Government, at its meeting on 30 November, agreed that face masks/coverings be recommended for those aged 9 and over on public transport, in retail and other indoor public settings as currently required for those aged 13 and over, with exemptions as appropriate. Face masks/coverings are also recommended for children in third class and above in primary school and the Department of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Guests who previously underwent Quarantine in a Designated Facility and who have received a payment deferral form may apply for an exemption from payment. To avail of this option, guests should submit a completed payment deferral form to the Department of Health, along with relevant documentation supporting their request for an exemption. Full exemption is given to guests who have...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (8 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 (8 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 (8 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 (8 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Health Protection Surveillance Centre is responsible for the collation of such data I have asked them to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Dec 2021)
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 Waiting Lists (8 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: It is recognised that waiting times for scheduled appointments and procedures have been impacted in the last twenty months as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 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 services, coupled with the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2021)
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. The scope and details to be included in each Digital COVID Certificate has been agreed at EU level and is standardized across the EU to allow for complete interoperability. The EU Regulation specifies that a...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: In line with best international practice, it is Government policy, as re-iterated in the National Maternity Strategy, that the remaining standalone maternity hospitals, including the Coombe, should be co-located with adult acute hospitals. This policy commitment is re-stated in the National Development Plan 2021-2030. In addition, in the context of promoting women’s health, the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: In line with best international practice, it is Government policy, as re-iterated in the National Maternity Strategy, that the remaining standalone maternity hospitals, including the Rotunda, should be co-located with adult acute hospitals. This policy commitment is re-stated in the National Development Plan 2021-2030. In addition, in the context of promoting women’s health, the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, 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 proposed corporate and clinical governance arrangements for the new National Maternity Hospital were set out in the Mulvey Agreement, which...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Dec 2021)
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 (8 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (8 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The Long Term Illness (LTI) scheme was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 (as amended). Regulations were made in 1971, 1973 and 1975, prescribing 16 illnesses covered by the scheme. These are: acute leukaemia; mental handicap; cerebral palsy; mental illness (in a person under 16); cystic fibrosis; multiple sclerosis; diabetes insipidus; muscular dystrophies; diabetes...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Dec 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 156 and 159 together. It is recognised that waiting times for scheduled appointments and procedures have been impacted in the last nineteen months as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic and more recently as a result of the ransomware attack. On the 7th October I published the Acute Waiting List Action Plan. This plan, to run until December 2021,...