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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (23 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: Vaccination Programme (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is an operational 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 (23 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: Departmental Data (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Improving women’s health outcomes is a key priority for the Minister and his government as demonstrated by the €31 million euro allocated to women’s health in Budget 2022. This additional funding for new measures supplements both the ongoing work of the Department in key areas for women and a specific dedicated allocation for innovative approaches to women’s...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Dear Deputy, please find below in tabular form, the information requested. National Strategies - New Measure 2022 Total €m Cancer Strategy 20 Trauma Strategy 5 Paediatric Model of Care 4 Organ Donation and Transplant Services 1 Total 30

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the community drug schemes; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to improving the lives of people with disabilities and their families through enhancing the quality of services and supports they receive. The Programme for Government sets out an ambitious agenda for the provision of disability services. Budget 2022 will provide €50m to support existing levels of service as well as new funding of €55m. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The €45 million allocated in the budget for affordability measures is intended to cover a number of initiatives in relation to oral health, the reduction in the threshold for the Drug payment scheme, the expansion of GP care without charges to 6 and 7 year old children and the reduction in hospital charges for children. I am confident that this amount will be sufficient to deliver...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Dear Deputy, please find below the information requested in tabular form. Workforce - New Measure 2022 Total €m Advanced Nurse Practitioners 12 Student Nurse/Midwife PPG 7 Safe Staffing Skills Mix - Nursing 3 Total 22

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As part of Budget 2022 the National Ambulance Service (NAS) has been allocated funding of €8.2 million for new developments. Measures identified for support from this funding include: - provision for staffing increases in line with the recommendations of the 2016 NAS Baseline and Capacity Review, which identified deficits in NAS capacity and the need for phased multi-annual...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Dear Deputy Find below the information requested in tabular form. Other - New Measure 2022 Total €m Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMRIC) 2 Barnahus Model – Child Sexual Abuse Services 1 Palliative 4 Total 7 The Health Service Executive’s National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Dear Deputy. We understand the that €7m referred to in your question is arrived at by subtracting the €304m in the which is the total of selected measures in the table shown on page 113 of the budget expenditure book from the table D. Reconciliation of 2022 Expenditure Ceiling on page 114 which shows €311m as the amount for 'Allocation of Additional Resources' In fact,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (23 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: Departmental Data (23 Nov 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 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: Departmental Data (23 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 (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Where a vacancy arises in a practice with a GMS contract, the HSE becomes actively involved in the selection process to find a replacement GP. The HSE are currently re-advertising to fill the GMS vacancy concerned. Since the resignation of the two GMS GPs in partnership on the 31st of August last, the HSE has since provided a full medical service to the patients on both GP GMS panels. A...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I am not aware of GPs giving blanket refusals to see medical card holders. General practice has continued to operate during the Covid-19 public health emergency and GPs see patients face to face where necessary, albeit with infection-control measures in place. In response to the pandemic, it has been necessary for GPs to triage patient in-person contact with GP surgeries as much as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: General practitioners are private practitioners, most of whom hold a GMS contract with the HSE to provide medical services on its behalf to medical card and GP visit card holders without charge. I have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to the number of GPs that have retired from their GMS contract.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (23 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: It should be noted that GP practices are private practices and GPs are not employees of the HSE, as such the responsibility for staff resourcing rests with each individual practice. However, in recognition of the central role general practice plays in the delivery of healthcare, the HSE provides support to GPs to ensure continuity of service. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, a number of...