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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (11 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 Admissions (11 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 Admissions (11 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 Admissions (11 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 Charges (11 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 (11 Nov 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. More than 7.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have now been administered since...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (11 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Under the Health Act 1970, eligibility for a medical card is based primarily on means. The Act obliges the HSE to assess whether a person is unable, without due hardship, to arrange general practitioner services for himself or herself and his or her family, having regard to his or her overall financial position and reasonable expenditure. The issue of granting medical cards based on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (11 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As outlined to the Deputy previously, the Programme for Government makes a commitment to introduce a cap on the maximum daily charge for patients and visitors at all public hospitals, where possible, and to introduce flexible passes in all public hospitals for patients and their families. Accordingly, consideration is being given, as I have said, to how best to ensure this commitment is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (11 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Under the General Medical Services (GMS) contract, GPs are reimbursed for a range of services they provide to medical card and GP visit card holders on behalf of the Health Service Executive. GPs are remunerated for these services primarily on a capitation basis, with a range of additional support payments and fees for specific items of service. The HSE Primary Care Reimbursement Service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 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 Staff (11 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE has informed my Department that the position regarding student nurses and midwives taking up clinical placements has not changed since Dr Colm Henry, HSE Chief Clinical Officer, wrote to all Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) earlier this year. Following his first letter on 26 March 2021, Dr Henry, wrote an additional memo to the HEIs stating, among other things, that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (11 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 gives full statutory powers to the HSE to assess and make decisions on the reimbursement of all medicines taking account of a range of objective factors, clinical benefits, cost effectiveness and expert opinion as appropriate. HSE decisions on which medicines are reimbursed by the taxpayer are made on objective, scientific and economic...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Nobody should be harassed, insulted, intimidated or interfered with in any way when accessing healthcare services in our country or anywhere else. That applies absolutely to pregnant women who are accessing termination of pregnancy services. I welcome the publication of the Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021. I would like to begin by thanking the Senators involved...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I will need to consult and come back to the Senator on it.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (10 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, drafting of a bill on assisted human reproduction (AHR) and associated areas of research is ongoing by officials in my Department, in conjunction with the Office of the Attorney General. This legislation encompasses the regulation for the first time of a wide range of practices undertaken in this jurisdiction, including domestic surrogacy. Publication of the AHR...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (10 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 212 and 245 together. The State Claims Agency hosts the National Incident Management System (NIMS) which is the principal source of national data on incident activity for the Irish public health service. Under the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2000 State authorities are obliged to report adverse incidents promptly to the State Claims...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (10 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 213 and 246 together. The State Claims Agency (SCA) has a statutory remit to manage personal injury claims on behalf of Delegated State Authorities including the Health Service Executive. The State Claims Agency also hosts the National Incident Management System (NIMS) which is the principal source of national data on incident activity for the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (10 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Service Executive’s proposed National Stroke Strategy 2021-2026 has been clinically approved by the HSE Chief Clinical Officer Clinical Forum at its meeting in July 2021 and the HSE inform me that it will be reviewed by the HSE Executive Management Team at its meeting of 23rd November, 2021. This will inform the date for publication with regard to organisational strategy,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (10 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Programme for Government (2020) commits to the introduction of “a statutory scheme to support people to live in their own homes, which will provide equitable access to high-quality, regulated home care.” The Department is in the process of developing a statutory scheme for the financing and regulation of home-support. The new scheme will provide equitable and transparent...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (10 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for medicine pricing and reimbursement decisions, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. The Minister for Health has no role in these decisions. Under the legislation, there are formal processes which govern applications for the pricing and reimbursement of medicines and only licensed...