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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (9 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 requires the Department, along with all public service bodies, to progressively increase the percentage of our workforce with a disability to 6% by 2024. All employees within the Department are asked to declare a disability through an anonymous online survey on a voluntary basis. The responses are gathered and returned to the Central...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (9 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1029 and 1031 together. In clinical trials of children and young people aged 12-15 years in the case of Comirnaty® (Pfizer-BioNTech) and 12-17 years for Spikevax® (Moderna), the point estimate for efficacy of both vaccines was reported as 100% in these age groups. Reactogenicity occurred at a slightly higher frequency in these age groups compared...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 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: Vaccination Programme (9 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) operates the national adverse reaction reporting system, through which healthcare professionals and members of the public can notify a report of a suspected adverse reaction (ADR) to vaccines on a voluntary basis. It is important to note that the HPRA receives reports based on suspicion that an adverse experience may be associated with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (9 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (Act of 2015) reforms and updates family law to address the needs of children living in diverse family types. Parts 2 & 3 of the Act of 2015 commenced in May 2020 and provide a legal framework for parentage of children who are born as result of assisted human reproduction (AHR) involving donated eggs or sperm...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (9 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The PRES 3 exams are hosted on behalf of the Medical Council by the medical schools. Due to the pandemic, the PRES 3 exams scheduled to take place in March 2020 were postponed and it has not been possible to reschedule the exams since. The Medical Council has had discussions with the medical schools to explore the possibility of running the PRES 3 exams but due to the pandemic and resulting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1036, 1306, 1396 and 1399 together. I wish to convey my sincere gratitude to nurses and midwives in relation to their continuing efforts in the delivery of health services during this very challenging pandemic period. The Department is supportive of efforts by all sides to seek a resolution of this matter. It would not be appropriate to comment any further...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1038, 1255, 1347 and 1516 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (9 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 (9 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is an operational 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 (9 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The matters raised are sub judice, currently the subject of a legal challenge in which the Minister for Health is a respondent and can therefore offer no further comment.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Projects (9 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: Vaccination Programme (9 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1043, 1245 and 1292 together. Following the successful rollout of the initial implementation phase of the EU Digital COVID Certificate in Ireland, the Government is creating a specific portal to enable Irish citizens vaccinated outside of the EU, with vaccines authorised for use in Ireland, to obtain a COVID certificate valid in Ireland and across the EU....

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (9 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: Programme for Government (9 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: A paper which considered the potential role of genomic medicine in Ireland and which reviewed genomics strategies in other countries was presented to the Department of Health management board in January 2020. The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic led to a rapid reprioritisation of the Department’s activities to manage the health and social care system’s response to the crisis. As...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (9 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) immunisation guidelines advise that those aged under 50 years of age who have had a previous laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection within the previous 9 months and are not immunocompromised should be considered fully vaccinated after a single vaccine dose. Those previously infected, aged over 50 and/or immunocompromised should receive a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (9 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1050, 1123 and 1517 together. The Government is committed to increasing access to GP care without charges for children, an important healthcare measure that will remove a potentially prohibitive cost barrier to accessing GP care and will help to improve children’s health as they develop. At present all children under six years of age are eligible for a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (9 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1051 to 1053, inclusive. together. GMS contractors receive a range of capitation rates, fee per service payments and practice supports. Extending GP care without charges to all citizens who do not currently hold a medical card or GP visit card would encompass a further 2.88 million people approximately. It is not possible to definitively calculate the cost...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (9 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1054 and 1145 together. The Health Service Executive (HSE) reported to the Joint Committee on Health on 23rd June 2021 with an update on the extent and response to the cyberattack. This can be found on the Oireachtas website at the following link: The HSE response contains four steps or stages - the containment phase and the inform phase are complete. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.