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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Ireland currently has 296 permanent critical care beds in place across our hospital system, or approximately 5.92 critical care beds per 100,000 people. This is an increase on the figure of 5.2 critical care beds per 100,000 recorded in 2019 in the interim national report by the National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) Irish National Intensive Care Unit Audit. It follows the addition of 41...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (30 Sep 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: Medical Register (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Medical Council is the custodian of the Irish Medical Register. When a doctor decides to come off the Irish Medical Register they apply for a voluntary withdrawal from the register, which is manually processed by the Executive of the Medical Council and is recorded daily. Not all doctors who voluntarily withdraw from the register emigrate. Some leave the register for multiple reasons...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 336, 338, 343 and 345 together. On 8 September, I announced an update to the Covid-19 vaccination programme following further advice from the NIAC. The Committee 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 337 and 344 together. On 8 September, I announced an update to the Covid-19 vaccination programme following further advice from the NIAC. The Committee 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The development of a Citizen Care Masterplan has begun under Reform Programme 2: Addressing Health Inequalities – Toward Universal Healthcare of the recent Sláintecare Implementation Strategy & Action Plan 2021 – 2023. The Citizen Care Masterplan aims to inform policy decision-making around equitable allocation of resources of all types and includes the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: In 2016, the Herity Report concluded that the needs of the effective catchment population of University Hospital Waterford (UHW) could be accommodated from a single Cath lab and recommended that the operating hours of the existing Cath lab should be extended. The HSE has advised that discussions are still on-going to commence extended working days (8am-8pm) in the Cath Lab in University...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The information requested by the Deputy is being collated by Department officials and a deferred reply will be submitted within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I can assure the Deputy that significant progress has been to implement the National Standards for Bereavement Care following Pregnancy Loss and Perinatal Death since their publication in 2016. Specialist Bereavement Teams have been established in all 19 maternity hospitals/units, each with a Clinical Midwife Specialist in Bereavement, and the majority of maternity units also now have a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to the progressive development of maternity services.  In 2016, Ireland’s first National Maternity Strategy was published, as well as the HSE’s National Standards for Bereavement Care following Pregnancy Loss and Perinatal Death. The National Maternity Strategy recognises the importance of improving and standardising bereavement care throughout...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (30 Sep 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: Vaccination Programme (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The immunisation programme in Ireland is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). The committee's recommendations are based on the prevalence of the relevant disease in Ireland and international best practice in relation to immunisation. It makes recommendations on vaccination policy to my Department. The NIAC continues to revise recommendations to allow for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (30 Sep 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 Complaints Procedures (30 Sep 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 (30 Sep 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 (30 Sep 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 Appointments Status (30 Sep 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 Facilities (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of public healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter. 

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: It is recognised that waiting times for scheduled appointments and procedures have been impacted in the last eighteen 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: Medical Cards (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: There is no provision under the GMS GP contract for persons who hold a medical card or GP visit card to be charged for routine phlebotomy services provided by their GP which are required to either assist in the diagnosis of illness or the treatment of a condition. This has been advised to GPs by the HSE. The issue of GPs charging GMS patients for phlebotomy services is complex given...