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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 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: Hospital Staff (13 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: General Practitioner Services (13 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: General Practitioners are private contractors. There is no prescribed ratio of GPs to patients and the State does not regulate the number of GPs that can set up in a town or community. Under the provisions of the Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Act 2012, a GP can enter into a State contract to provide GP services provided he/she is on the Medical Council's Specialist...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (13 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (13 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: Civil Registration Service (13 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE and the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland have produced a framework document in relation to the management of extreme pre-term birth. The framework document recommends that the threshold of foetal viability should be reduced from 24+0 weeks gestation to 23+0 weeks gestation. It replaces the previous consensus document from 2006 which stated that the threshold of fetal viability...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 207 and 229 together. Details of the proposed stakeholder group referred to by the Deputy are currently under consideration by officials within the Department of Health.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 208 and 230 together. As these questions relate to operational matters for the Health Service Executive (HSE), I have asked that the HSE responds to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (13 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 (13 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The EU Digital COVID Certificate is a document which is issued to help facilitate enable the safe and free international movement of people across the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic. The scope and details to be included in each Digital COVID Certificate has been agreed at EU level and is standardized across the EU to allow for complete interoperability. The dataset to be included in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Safety (13 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The remit of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) is to provide a safe, reliable and robust blood service to the Irish health system. A major objective of the IBTS is to ensure that it always has the necessary programmes and procedures in place to protect both the recipients and the donors of blood and blood products. The IBTS constantly keeps all deferral policies under active...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (13 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, the previous PQ was referred to the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible. My officials have been in further contact with the HSE seeking that the issue of a reply be expedited.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (13 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As the correspondence enclosed by the Deputy relates to operational matters I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 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: Departmental Priorities (13 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: My Department funds research on Motor Neuron Disease (MND/ALS) through the Health Research Board (HRB). The HRB is the largest funder of health research in the state and, in the past ten years, has funded research on MND/ALSO to a value of almost €10.9m. Of this, €3.2 million was leveraged from non-exchequer sources in Ireland and elsewhere, such as the charity sector (Research...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (13 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 Overcrowding (13 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 Appointments Status (13 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 222 and 223 together. COVID-19 is a new disease so information on it, its features, incidence and its course are still emerging. Scientific and clinical evidence is evolving on the long-term effects of COVID-19. An increasing number of reports and studies are now being published on the topic, however, at present there is no agreement on the definition or the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 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...