Results 26,621-26,640 of 49,836 for speaker:Stephen Donnelly
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 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 (10 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 Services (10 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 Facilities (10 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Currently there are no formal plans to extend the Renal Unit in Mayo University Hospital. However, the need for additional renal beds has been identified and will be incorporated into the site’s Development Control Plan which has been funded to progress in 2022. The Renal Dialysis Unit was last upgraded at the end of 2013, increasing capacity from 11 to 15 beds. There is...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (10 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: 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 altruistic surrogacy. ...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Mandatory Hotel Quarantine was introduced in March 2021 as one element of Ireland’s public health measures to combat the transmission of COVID-19. I announced the removal of all remaining States from the List of Designated States for Mandatory Hotel Quarantine on Saturday, 25 September 2021. Whilst the system of Mandatory Hotel Quarantine was operational, a total of 10,398 people...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The amount spent defending legal challenges to COVID-19 public health measures currently stands at €222,420 of which €6,820 relates to challenges related to mandatory hotel quarantine. This amount does not include legal fees which are a matter for the Chief State Solicitor's Office.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Advertising (10 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The information requested by the Deputy is being collated by Department officials and a deferred reply will be submitted within ten working days. As this question is also relevant to the Health Service Executive, I have asked them to reply directly to the Deputy, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The Northern Ireland Planned Healthcare Scheme (NI PHS) has been in effective operation since 1 January 2021. This Scheme was introduced to mitigate the loss of access to care from private providers in Northern Ireland under the EU Cross Border Directive, which ceased to apply as a result of Brexit. The Government intends to place the administrative NI PHS on a statutory basis...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (10 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The HSE has put in place arrangements which will facilitate access to Pembrolizumab for cervical cancer patients, on a case-by-case basis in public hospitals, when a treating clinician determines that this is in the patient’s best interests. All prescribing decisions will be entirely a matter for the treating clinician, in line with patient safety protocols and the Medical...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: In relation to the particular query raised, 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 (10 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Statutory Instrument 385 of 2021 (as amended) prescribes the forms of proof of immunity that are acceptable for the purpose of accessing indoor hospitality premises. Regulation 5(2) provides that “for the purpose of paragraph (c) of the definition of “proof of immunity” in section 2 of the Act of 1947, the following forms of proof are prescribed: 1. An EU Digital...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 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 (10 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 (10 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: Registration of Births (10 Nov 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 238, 240 and 241 together. 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: Civil Registration Service (10 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 Services (10 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 Services (10 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.