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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 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: Abortion Services (19 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy may be aware, the review of the operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 is being progressed this year, in line with statutory and Government commitments. It will comprise a three-part approach to appraise the operation of the Act, with strands focusing on service users, service providers and a public consultation. Currently, under the Health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Go raibh maith agat as an gceist a Theachta.  As the Deputy is undoubtedly aware, work is ongoing to reconfigure our current Hospital Groups and Community Healthcare Organisations, as we establish six regional structures in line with Sláintecare.  The Government is fully committed to the implementation of these Regional Health Areas, as outlined in the Programme for Government;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (19 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 Staff (19 Oct 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 (19 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The EU Digital COVID Certificate Regulation allows for Digital COVID Certificates to be provided to Union citizens vaccinated in a third country provided that the Member State has been provided with reliable proof of vaccination. Ireland has launched an online portal to receive applications, which became operational for applicants vaccinated in Northern Ireland from 29th September 2021....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 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: National Children's Hospital (19 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The new children’s hospital (NCH) project, comprises the main hospital on a shared campus at St James’s, and two paediatric Outpatient and Urgent Care Centres at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, and Tallaght University Hospital. A major milestone was reached in July 2019, when the Urgent Care Centre at the Connolly Hospital campus opened, providing a new model of ambulatory...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 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 Facilities (19 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: My Department is working with the HSE to increase acute capacity in hospitals throughout the country. The Government allocated €236 million revenue and €40 million capital expenditure as part of Budget 2021 and the Winter Plan 2020/21 to fund 1,146 additional acute beds (excluding critical care), on a permanent basis by the end of 2021. As of the end of September 2021, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 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: Hospital Services (19 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 206, 820 and 821 together. I am aware that a process of planning for changes to the services at Our Lady’s Hospital Navan is underway by the HSE. I am also acutely aware that any proposed changes to health services can be a source of great anxiety and worry for communities affected, and I am determined that any changes to the service at Navan must...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (19 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: In June 2018, the Government agreed to the establishment of the expert group to review the management of clinical negligence claims. It was chaired by the High Court Judge, Mr. Justice Charles Meenan. The expert group examined the system from the perspective of the person who has made the claim to explore if there is a better way to deal effectively, yet more sensitively, with certain cases....

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

Stephen Donnelly: The Sláintecare Implementation Strategy & Action Plan 2021-2023 committed to developing a Multi-Annual Waiting Lists Reduction Plan. My Department, the HSE and the NTPF is working on that Plan to address waiting lists and bring them in line with Sláintecare targets over the coming years. This process will be overseen by a Ministerial Taskforce chaired by the Secretary...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is an operational matter for the HSE, it has been referred there for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The National Women & Infants Health Programme (NWIHP) has produced a revised implementation plan for the National Maternity Strategy covering the remaining period of the Strategy’s lifetime from 2021-2026, in line with recommendations made by HIQA in its 2020 Overview Report of its monitoring programme against the National Standards for Safer Better Maternity Services. This...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (19 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Approximately 1,200 contracted dentists provide oral healthcare to medical card holders under the Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS). These services are provided by independent dental practitioners who have a contract with the HSE. The HSE will assist anyone experiencing problems accessing a service. The approach to future oral health service provision will be aligned...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 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: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (19 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Neither the Government nor the Minister for Health has challenged the decision of the European Court of Justice as alleged in the article referenced. I am a respondent in an ongoing High Court Judicial review in which the European Court of Justice judgement has been cited by the applicant and it would not be appropriate to comment on a matter which is sub-judice.