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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (23 Jul 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jul 2024)
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 (23 Jul 2024)
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: Medicinal Products (23 Jul 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The European Medicines Agency’s safety committee, the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC), is assessing a safety signal for medicines containing doxycycline and signs of suicidality. Ireland is involved in this assessment through the Health Product Regulatory Authority’s (HPRA) membership in the PRAC. The outcome of the evaluation is currently anticipated in...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (23 Jul 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Ireland has a voluntary private health insurance market which operates under the principles of community rating (including lifetime community rating), open enrolment, lifetime cover and minimum benefits. Insurers are required to offer a minimum level of cover in every insurance policy. Health insurance companies may exclude certain services and providers in their policies, provided they...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Jul 2024)
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 Staff (23 Jul 2024)
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 (23 Jul 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (23 Jul 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (23 Jul 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS) provides dental care, free of charge, to medical card holders aged 16 and over. The Government is committed to reforming dental services, including the DTSS, through the implementation of the National Oral Health Policy, Smile agus Sláinte. The aim of the policy is to develop a model of care that will enable preventative approaches to be...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (23 Jul 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2360 and 2361 together. It is acknowledged that many patients are still waiting too long for hospital appointments and treatments. As part of the multi-annual approach to reducing waiting lists, and just as importantly the length of time that patients are waiting, I published the 2024 Waiting List Action Plan on 27th March. Total funding of €360 million...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (23 Jul 2024)
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: Healthcare Policy (23 Jul 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The Government recognises that menopause is a key health issue for women in Ireland today, and much work has been done to drive progress in this area which has being driven by the Women’s Health Taskforce and the Women’s Health Action Plan. Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), and in particular the cost of hormone replacement therapy, has been highlighted by women as an area they...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (23 Jul 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for pricing and reimbursement decisions under the community drug schemes, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. I have asked the HSE for an update on this matter and they have advised the following: Some Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) medications are available to medical card holders...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jul 2024)
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 Promotion (23 Jul 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 was developed to address the harmful consumption of alcohol in Ireland. It was enacted on 17 October 2018 and to date 28 of its 31 provisions have been commenced. The regulation of alcohol advertising, marketing and sponsorship are core provisions of this legislation. Three sections of the Act which came into operation on 12 November 2019 introduce a...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jul 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: CORU is Ireland’s multi-profession health and social care regulator. CORU’s role is to protect the public by regulating the health and social care professions designated under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (as amended), including setting the standards that health and social care professionals must meet to be eligible for registration and maintaining registers...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (23 Jul 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The Department of Health is committed to reviewing the Dentists Act 1985. The review and updating of the legislation also, necessarily, is directly related to the wider implementation of the National Oral Health Policy, which envisages a fundamental reform of oral health services. As such, any new legislation will also be informed by this work. An implementation plan for the 2024-2026 phase...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Jul 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is an operational matter I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Jul 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is an operational matter I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy.