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Written Answers — Department of Health: Government Communications (9 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1421 and 1422 together. No hacking incident or attempt at hacking has been identified.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Freedom of Information (9 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The following table sets out, as of 06 September 2021, the number of Freedom of Information requests processed in my Department from 2016 to date*. YEAR 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021* NUMBER OF REQUESTS PROCESSED 317 351 480 582 465 235* Please...

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

Stephen Donnelly: At the start of last year, permanent adult critical care capacity in Ireland stood at 255 beds, according to the National Office of Clinical Audit. Funding for a further 40 adult critical care beds was provided on a temporary basis in March 2020 as part of the response to Covid-19 in March 2020. A Strategic Plan for Critical Care was noted by Government in December 2020. This Plan aims to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (9 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. As this is a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commissions of Inquiry (9 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: My Department has has only instituted 1 commission of investigation in this time period, the Commission of Investigation (certain matters relative to a disability service in the South East and related matters), "The Farrelly Commission". Since its establishment in 2017 this commission has incurred costs of €5,640,451.97.

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

Stephen Donnelly: The Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS) provides dental care, free of charge to medical card holders aged 16 and over. The HSE will assist anyone experiencing problems accessing a service. The approach to future oral health service provision will be aligned with Smile agus Sláinte, the National Oral Health Policy (2019). The aim of the policy is to develop a model of care that...

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

Stephen Donnelly: The Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS) provides dental care, free of charge to medical card holders aged 16 and over. The HSE will assist anyone experiencing problems accessing a service. The approach to future oral health service provision will be aligned with Smile agus Sláinte, the National Oral Health Policy (2019). The aim of the policy is to develop a model of care that...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1429 and 1431 together. Under the terms of the GMS contract, a medical practitioner is entitled to take a number of weeks annual leave each year based on his/her average GMS panel size. The maximum entitlement being five weeks or 35 days for those with a GMS panel of 1,500 patients or more and minimum being two weeks or 14 days for those with GMS panels of...

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

Stephen Donnelly: The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) has processed 210 applications from UK trained nurses since 01/10/2020. Of these, 81% were processed in under 90 days. NMBI have stated that they recognise that there are currently some delays in processing applications from nurses who trained in the UK, for which they apologise. This is being caused by a number of factors such as the fact...

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

Stephen Donnelly: The Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS) provides dental care, free of charge to medical card holders aged 16 and over. Dental care for children under 16 is provided by the Public Dental Service of the HSE. Emergency care is provided for all children under 16. In addition, targeted screening and prevention is provided for school children at certain dental developmental milestones and for...

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

Stephen Donnelly: As part of Budget 2021, an extra €20m has been allocated for the continued implementation of the National Cancer Strategy this year. This funding is being used to facilitate developments across prevention, diagnosis, treatment and patient supports. Additional funding of €12m has also been allocated this year for the restoration of cancer services. This funding is being used...

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

Stephen Donnelly: Funding has been provided in 2021 to address the immediate risks to the HSE including the recovery of systems and data affected by the attack and the establishment of a Security Operations Centre (SOC) on an interim basis. The SOC will be established on a longer term basis once the necessary procurements process are complete. My officials are also ensuring funding for cyber for 2022 and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (9 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1437 and 1438 together. The Health Act 1970 (as amended) provides that all persons ordinarily resident in the country are eligible, subject to the statutory in-patient charge, to public in-patient hospital services. The current public hospital statutory in-patient charge is €80 per night, subject to a maximum of €800 in any period of twelve...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (9 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Programme for Governmentmakes a commitment to introduce a cap on the maximum daily charge for patients and visitors at all public hospitals, where possible and to introduce flexible passes in all public hospitals for patients and their families. I am very aware of the financial burden this issue can cause some patients and families. Accordingly, my Department and the HSE are currently...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (9 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Patient charges are an important element of the overall funding of health services in Ireland. These include out-patient charges, Emergency Department charges, daily in-patient charges and long-term stay charges. As is the case for all patients, cancer patients can apply for a range of supports, including medical cards, and are assessed under the criteria applying to all applicants. In...

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

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has recently published updated guidance on visiting in long-term residential care: COVID-19: Normalising Visiting in Long Term Residential Care Facilities (LTRCFs). This guidance came into effect on 19 July 2021 and is available on the HPSC website at www.hpsc.ie The public health advice is to restore visiting to near normal in terms of...

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

Stephen Donnelly: The cost of reducing the Drug Payment Scheme (DPS) threshold to €100 per month, and thereafter in increments of €15, is as outlined in the following table. Proposed DPS Threshold Cost of Reduction* €100 €11,462,801 €85 €24,114,546 €70 ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (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.