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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the issues raised by the Deputy relate to operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 817 to 819, inclusive, together. I am 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 Our Lady’s Hospital Navan must be done in consultation with the local community. I have therefore instructed the HSE to pause...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 813 and 814 together. I fully acknowledge the distress and inconvenience for patients and their families when elective procedures are cancelled, particularly for clinically urgent procedures. While every effort is made to avoid cancellation or postponement of planned procedures, the HSE has advised that planned procedures and operations can be postponed or...
- 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: Hospital Services (19 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the issues raised by the Deputy relate to operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 817 to 819, inclusive, together. I am 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 Our Lady’s Hospital Navan must be done in consultation with the local community. I have therefore instructed the HSE to pause...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Currently a process concerning the proposed Sláintecare public-only Contract is in train between officials from my Department, the HSE and the consultants' representative bodies (the IMO and IHCA) under an agreed independent chair. With these important talks ongoing, it would inappropriate for me to publicly pre-empt any potential outcome in relation to a specific date, save to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the issues raised by the Deputy relate to operational matters, 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: 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: Ireland has an acknowledged deficit in critical care capacity, as set out in the 2018 Health Service Capacity Review. This Government is committed to addressing this, as set out in the Strategic Plan for Critical Care which Government noted in December 2020. The Strategic Plan fully addresses the recommendations of the 2018 Health Service Capacity Review for 430 critical care beds by...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (19 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: On 8 September, I announced an update to the Covid-19 vaccination programme following advice from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). The NIAC has recommended a booster dose of an mRNA vaccine (irrespective of whether the primary vaccination course was of an mRNA or adenoviral vector) for residents aged 65 years and older living in Long Term Residential Care Facilities...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 828 and 873 together. Diabetes is a complex condition that can have a profound impact on the quality of life of people living with the condition, the management of emotional and psychological well-being is an important part of diabetes care and self-management. Self-management education programmes such as DAFNE (for people living with type 1 diabetes) and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 829 and 874 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: Health Services Staff (19 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 830 and 875 together. Diabetes is a complex condition that can have a profound impact on the quality of life of people living with the condition. The management of emotional and psychological well-being is an important part of diabetes care and self-management. The Model of Care for Paediatric Healthcare, Chapter 23 Diabetes and Endocrinology (2015) outlines...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services 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: Vaccination Programme (19 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Ireland has entered into seven Advance Purchase Agreements, subject to regulatory approval, for the purchase of Covid-19 vaccine from a range of manufacturers. Four vaccines have been authorised by the European Medicines Agency to date; Comirnaty (Pfizer/BioNTech), Spikevax (Moderna), Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca) and Janssen. As of 17 October, over 7.4 million doses of the four...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (19 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...
- 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 Appointments Status (19 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 Oct 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Under the terms of the current GMS contract, GPs are required to provide eligible patients with ''all proper and necessary treatment of a kind usually undertaken by a general practitioner and not requiring special skill or experience of a degree or kind which general practitioners cannot reasonably be expected to possess.". Persons who hold a medical card or a GP visit card are not subject to...