Results 26,101-26,120 of 49,836 for speaker:Stephen Donnelly
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (30 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Saolta Hospital Group advise that no new acute beds were provided to Portiuncula University Hospital in the past two years. However, the design of a 12 bedded isolation ward in a vacated area of the hospital is progressing, and it is expected that this work will be completed in 2022. In addition, a new ward block development will provide a 50-bed replacement ward. Tenders are due...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (30 Nov 2021)
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 Facilities (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 Procedures (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: Primary Care 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: Abortion Services (30 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As part of the Government’s ongoing efforts to protect public health and limit the spread of COVID-19, the Department of Health and the HSE worked together to put new arrangements in place to allow termination of pregnancy services in early pregnancy to be provided remotely. For the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency, where the need for social distancing, reducing...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Under the National Programme for Radiation Oncology, a new €56m three-storey radiation oncology centre is under construction at UHG. The facility will include seven radiotherapy treatment vaults, a brachytherapy suite, two CT rooms, MRI, on-treatment support, ancillary physics, treatment planning, out-patient suites and administration facilities. It will provide increased capacity,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital 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: Health Service Executive (30 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the management of the public healthcare property estate, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to you in relation to this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital 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: Covid-19 Tests (30 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: People who have symptoms of Covid-19 or who are referred for a test because they may have Covid-19 are advised to self-isolate while waiting for the test. This includes staying indoors completely avoiding contact with other people until going for the test and while waiting for their test result. PCR testing is conducted at centres established specifically for this purpose by the HSE where...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: According to the National Adult Critical Care Capacity Census 2019, there were 255 permanent adult critical care beds open in September 2019. In 2020, funding was provided in 2020 on a temporary basis to put 40 additional beds in place as part of the response to Covid-19. In 2021, very significant funding of €52m was provided by Government for the permanent retention of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (25 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 (25 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 Appointments Status (25 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: Abortion Services (25 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy may be aware, under section 20 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, a notification of each termination of pregnancy carried out under the legislation must be sent, in a prescribed form, to the Minister for Health within 28 days of it being carried out. Section 20, subsections (3) and (4), require the Minister to prepare a report on the notifications...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 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: Ambulance Service (25 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: Ambulance Service (25 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 (25 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: A new National Oral Health Policy, Smile agus Sláinte, was launched in April 2019. That Policy set out the roadmap for the future provision of oral healthcare to the eligible population. It has two key goals; first, to provide the supports to enable every individual to achieve their best oral health, and second, to reduce oral health inequalities across the population, by enabling...