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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (12 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The service provider in this case is a private group which provides private diagnostic imaging within facilities nationwide. The introduction of the system of direct access for GPs to diagnostic services provided by private groups is intended to improve the access of patients to necessary services and to cut the relevant waiting times. If there is a delay in getting an appointment, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 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 (12 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (12 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) works with public hospitals, as opposed to with patients directly, to offer and provide the funding for treatment to clinically suitable long waiting patients who are on an inpatient/day case waiting list for surgery, having been referred on to such a list following clinical assessment by a consultant/specialist at an outpatient clinic. The key...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (12 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 (12 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: Legislative Measures (12 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Heads of Bill to provide legislative clarity on the issue of deprivation of liberty safeguards are at a relatively advanced stage. A number of complex legal and policy issues which have arisen during the drafting process remain to be resolved. Work on the Heads of Bill has been paused due to the diversion of resources, as part of the response to COVID-19.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (12 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: Medicinal Products (12 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 617 and 628 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 Service Executive (12 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 618 and 629 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 (12 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 Strategies (12 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Department of Health is not aware of any recent report in regard to a differential in survival rates for breast cancer between patients who are diagnosed and treated in the public system and those diagnosed and treated in the private system. A National Cancer Registry Ireland (NCRI) report “Cancer care and survival in relation to centralisation of Irish cancer services: an analysis...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (12 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The manufacture and placing on the market of dermal fillers is regulated under the Medical Devices Regulation, EU 2017/745 (MDR). The MDR, which became fully applicable in May 2021, has an expanded scope and will specifically include all dermal fillers (including those without a medical purpose) within the scope of the legislation once the technical requirements (known as Common...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (12 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: Medicinal Products (12 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: Disease Management (12 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Integrated Care Programme for the Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease (ICPCD) leads out in the development and implementation of a model of care for the Integrated Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease in Ireland. The ICPCD focuses on improving the standard of care for four major chronic diseases, Diabetes, Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (12 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The negotiated procedure without prior publication as detailed in the Public Procurement Guidelines for Goods and Services relates to contracts of values over EU Threshold (€139,000 excl. VAT). Details in relation to these contracts are set out in the following tables. 2020 Date awarded Value (excl. VAT) Purpose 16 March 2020 ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (12 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The government is committed to improving the lives of people with disabilities and their families through enhancing the quality of services and supports they receive. The Review of Disability Social Care Demand and Capacity Requirements up to 2032 is an essential tool that documents the scale of current and future need for services and supports. The Review provides a wealth of data...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (12 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I wish to advise the Deputy that I have not met with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to discuss the provision of units for supported housing and residential care since I became Minister for Health.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (12 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 638 and 651 together. These services are provided by independent dental practitioners who have a contract with the HSE. Approximately 1,200 contracted dentists provide oral healthcare to medical card holders under the Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS). From March 2020 until mid-August 2021, approximately 250 dentists left the Scheme. The HSE advise...