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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (30 Nov 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 (30 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: 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. 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Nov 2021)
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: Health Services (30 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Children with a range of needs rely on the orthopaedic service of Children’s Health Ireland (CHI). Scoliosis activity accounts for approximately 17% of inpatient orthopaedic activity across CHI. The complex patient needs of these children remains at the forefront of service provision. Children’s Health Ireland continues to examine new and innovative ways to improve access...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Nov 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: Dental Services (30 Nov 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: Hospital Staff (30 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 603, 605 and 610 together. As these are service matters I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (30 Nov 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 (30 Nov 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 (30 Nov 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: Official Engagements (30 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 614 and 615 together. I have had numerous interactions and correspondence with Professor Mary Horgan in her role as the Chair of the Rapid Testing Expert Advisory Group. Recently, Professor Horgan wrote to me on the 9 November and a copy of this correspondence is available at www.gov.ie/en/collection/8b585-minutes-and-agendas-from-meet...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (30 Nov 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: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (30 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 619 to 621, inclusive, and 659 together. Responsibility for the regulation of nurses and midwives in Ireland rests with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI). The NMBI has a number of statutory obligations to protect the integrity of the practice of the professions of nursing and midwifery, and to protect the public. These obligations include: -...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (30 Nov 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: Health Services (30 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 624 and 625 together. The average wait times to see a doctor, and for a phone call from the nurse, for SouthDoc in Cork city are detailed below: Year Average of Doctor wait time (October) 2019 01:39:28 2020 01:24:17 2021 01:11:39 Year Average...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (30 Nov 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: Emergency Departments (30 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: This report is sourced from Patient Experience Time data received from the HSE. PET data is reported by 31 sites in the Republic of Ireland, 29 acute hospitals with Emergency Departments and, for historical reasons, also 2 Minor Injury Units (St Michael's House and Louth County Hospital). Year Month Emergency Department Attendees Emergency Department...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (30 Nov 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 (30 Nov 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 dataset to be included in each...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (30 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I wish to advise that the Health Service Executive’s proposed National Stroke Strategy 2021-2026 was presented at the HSE Chief Clinical Officer Clinical Forum at its meeting in July 2021 and was subsequently approved by the Forum, following some minor changes. The HSE advise that it is due for review by the HSE Executive Management Team in the near future. I further understand...