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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (21 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Budget 2022 allocated €30.8m in additional funding to specific women's health initiatives for 2022. This funding comprises: €9m for the rollout of free contraception for women aged 17-25; €8.7m for the continued implementation of the National Maternity Strategy; €5.3m for the provision of gynaecology services; €1.3m for perinatal genetics; €0.7m for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (21 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Increasing access to GP care without charges for children is an important healthcare measure that will remove a potentially prohibitive cost barrier to accessing GP care and will help to improve children’s health as they develop. The expansion of GP care without fees to all children aged 12 years and under is planned on a phased basis to limit the impact the expansion might have on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: In 2016, the Herity Report concluded that the needs of the effective catchment population of University Hospital Waterford (UHW) could be accommodated from a single Cath lab and recommended that the operating hours of the existing Cath lab should be extended. Discussions are still on-going to commence extended working days in the Cath Lab in University Hospital Waterford. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (21 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The implementation of the National Cancer Strategy is a Programme for Government commitment and is part of the implementation of Sláintecare. We have seen significant progress on the implementation of the Strategy over the past four years, with clear evidence-based policy direction from my Department and strong implementation by the HSE's National Cancer Control Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Oct 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 (21 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Throughout the pandemic, NPHET has consistently advised on the importance of the continued application of a range of non-pharmaceutical interventions in addition to the vaccination programme as part of our national strategy for the management of COVID-19. These include the importance of self-isolating when symptomatic and diagnosed with COVID-19, wearing of masks in a range of settings, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Building ventilation has remained one element of the broader infection prevention and control (IPC) response over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. The appreciation of the role of ventilation has evolved in the context of developing experience and evidence. Guidance, training, and measures implemented reflect this learning. The NPHET for COVID-19 regards ventilation as an important IPC...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (21 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I sincerely regret that children can experience a long waiting time for hospital appointments and treatment, and I remain conscious of the burden that this places on them and their families. My priority as Minister for Health, and that of this Government, is to improve waiting times for all patients accessing hospital treatment, and reducing the paediatric waiting list for orthopaedic...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Oct 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: Guardian Status (21 Oct 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 Department of Health officials, 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: Mental Health Services (20 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (20 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216 and 217 together. My Department does not routinely collect or hold the information being requested in this Parliamentary Question. The query relates to health services, which is a matter for the Health Service Executive (HSE). As such, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Oct 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 the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (20 Oct 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 Waiting Lists (20 Oct 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: Ambulance Service (20 Oct 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 (20 Oct 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 (20 Oct 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 (20 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Fibromyalgia is a condition characterized by severe pain, fatigue and stiffness, among many other symptoms. Fibromyalgia can be a difficult condition to diagnose because there is no specific test and the symptoms can be similar to those of other conditions. Treatment often requires interventions from various medical specialists for management of symptoms as they arise. Fibromyalgia is not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (20 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Report of the Psychology Review Implementation Group in 2017 expanded the care group employment available to counselling and educational psychologists. The report’s recommendation led to the establishment of a Project Team to implement this recommendation. In February 2019, HSE Community Operations convened a Project Team, chaired by Dr Cathal Morgan, comprised of...