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Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1437, 1438, 1458, 1895 and 1896 together. The Dutch authorities will not allow the commercial export of oil-based cannabis products to pharmacies or wholesalers. Representations were made to the Dutch authorities about having the products exported to Ireland to facilitate their inclusion in the Access Programme if the producers wished to do so. The Dutch...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1439, 1631 and 1889 together. The Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS) provides dental care, free of charge to medical card holders aged 16 and over. These services are provided by independent dental practitioners who have a contract with the HSE. Patients may choose to have their treatment undertaken by any dentist who participates in the Scheme. I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1441 and 1669 together. As the Deputy will be aware, drafting of a bill on assisted human reproduction (AHR) and associated areas of research is ongoing by officials in my Department, in conjunction with the Office of the Attorney General. This comprehensive and far-reaching piece of legislation encompasses the regulation, for the first time in Ireland, of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Interest Rates (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The information sought by the Deputy is not held by my Department. Contact details for these bodies are set out in the attached document, should the Deputy wish to contact the aegis bodies directly with his query. Aegis Bodies Aegis Bodies Contacts for compliance PQ Dental Council info@dentalcouncil.ie Food Safety Authority of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I wish to advise the Deputy that the issue raised in relation to clubs is a matter for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Digital COVID Certificate Regulation is intended to facilitate people’s fundamental right to move and reside freely and help to support the lifting of restrictions currently in place in a coordinated manner within the EU. As the Minister for Health, I am supporting the work of my Department in collaborating with relevant Departments under the leadership of the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I wish to thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. In early 2020, as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic the government of the Philippines introduced a ban on healthcare workers leaving the country. This ban was lifted in November 2020, but a limit was placed on the number allowed to leave the Philippines to ensure that enough healthcare workers would remain at home to help in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Agreements (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Council of Europe’s Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, also known as the Oviedo Convention, has been open for signature since 1997. It entered into force on 1 December 1999. Ireland's ratification of this Convention will require the specific articles and provisions therein to be examined in detail from the point of view of their compatibility with healthcare policy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Research Funding (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Department of Health does not directly fund Health Research. The HSE is also not a research funder and does not receive funds from the Department of Health for the purpose of funding research. The Health Research Board (HRB) is the organisation that receives funding from the Department of Health for Health research and the HRB does not fund, and has not funded across the years...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hepatitis C Incidence (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE established a National Hepatitis C Treatment Programme (NHCTP) in 2015 and began the process of providing treatment for Hepatitis C using Directly Acting Antivirals (DAA’s) to patients prioritised according to clinical need. The HSE in its National Service Plans has committed to the continued implementation of a multi annual public health plan for the therapeutic treatment of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hepatitis C Incidence (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE established a National Hepatitis C Treatment Programme (NHCTP) in 2015 and began the process of providing treatment for Hepatitis C using Directly Acting Antivirals (DAA’s) to patients prioritised according to clinical need. The HSE in its National Service Plans has committed to the continued implementation of a multi annual public health plan for the therapeutic treatment of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I am informed by the HSE that the EHIC system has been fully operational since Friday 9thJuly 2021 and that applicants are receiving their cards in the post 4 to 5 days later. In the event that a card does not arrive a person may contact the HSE's EU Regulation office and they will be issued with a ‘Temporary Certificate’ so the person had a valid document for their travel....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Department of Health is progressing the development of a policy to ultimately underpin a legislative scheme, regarding how clinical complaints and patient safety incidents are addressed in both public and private health and social care settings, placing the needs of patients and families at the centre of these processes. The Department has commenced a range of work to inform this policy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Animal Welfare (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1461 and 1665 together. In accordance with EU Directive 2010/63/EC each Member State must have a competent authority for the purposes of granting or refusing the authorisation of animal studies. In Ireland this function is carried out by the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA). Each Member State grants or refuses authorisation for animal studies...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: This matter has been raised with the HSE who have confirmed that the child concerned is registered with a medical card.