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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 Services (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The British-Irish Agreement Act, 1999 provides for Safefood to have both an Advisory Board and an Advisory Committee. Safefood Advisory Committee (SAC) members are selected by Safefoodfollowing a publicly advertised invitation for expressions of interest from suitably qualified professionals. 52 expressions of interest were received for membership in the current SAC and 12 applicants were...

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 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: Covid-19 Tests (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: COVID-19 tests for the purposes of travel, both to and from the State, can be sourced via private testing providers, in order to preserve the testing capacity of the HSE for priority groups and public health screening. Under S.I. 135 of 2021, which lays out the new travel measures in place since 19th July, children under the age of 12 travelling to Ireland are not required to show...

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

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, on 29 June, Government announced the next phase of reopening the economy and society in line with Recovery and Resilience: The Path Ahead. While significant progress is being made in relation to the roll-out of our vaccination programme and the position had been broadly stable over the earlier part of June, the prevalence of the more transmissible Delta...

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 Services (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The National Maternity Strategy, published in 2016, aims to ensure that appropriate care pathways are in place in order that mothers, babies, and families get the right care, at the right time, from the right team and in the right place. €9.65m in new development funding was allocated to the Strategy during the period 2016-2020, with further very significant investment 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 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: Abortion Services (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As of 28 July 2021, 401 GPs have signed a contract to provide termination of pregnancy services. There is good geographic spread of GPs throughout the country providing the service. It is open to all GPs to sign up to a contract to provide this service. A breakdown of GP providers on a county basis is not available. Under section 20 (1) of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy)...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Products Regulatory Authority’s “Cannabis for Medical Review Use – A Scientific Review” advised that treatment with cannabis is only permitted under a controlled access programme for the treatment of patients with; a. Spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis resistant to all standard therapies and interventions whilst under expert medical...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1475, 2270 and 2278 together. The CervicalCheck Tribunal was established on 27 October 2020 under the CervicalCheck Tribunal Act 2019. Establishment of the Tribunal was finalised with the appointment of the nominated members to the Tribunal with effect from 1 December 2020. The Tribunal has indicated to my Department that it has received eight claims....

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

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1476 and 1477 together. Under section 20 (1) of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, a notification of each termination of pregnancy carried out under the legislation must be notified to the Minister for Health within 28 days of it being carried out.  The notifications are recorded on the form entitled “Health (Regulation...

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

Stephen Donnelly: A National Rare Disease Plan for Ireland (2014 – 2018) was launched by the Minister for Health in July 2014. This is a generic policy framework for rare diseases. The scope of the plan is broad given that there are approximately 8,000 rare diseases affecting millions of EU citizens; and consequently, there can be a dearth of expertise and knowledge about some rare diseases, simply...

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

Stephen Donnelly: Following a tender by the Office of Government Procurement, Mazars conducted a review of the governance structures around the HSE's drug reimbursement process. The report was submitted to my Department in January 2020. The review made recommendations in respect of the HSE’s systems, structures, processes, governance arrangements and use of specialist resources in respect of the drug...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1482, 1763, 1765 and 1778 together. Several factors determine the capital cost of a bed. These include the nature of the bed (day case, long-term stay, etc.), and the bed’s location (within an existing facility, within a new extension to an existing facility, etc.) As such, there is no one capital cost for providing an additional bed. A recent review...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Each of the four products that have been previously accepted for use in the Medical Cannabis Access Programme (MCAP) were available in an EU member state at the time of receipt of the applications. When applying to be accepted for use in the MCAP, two of these products, Cannepil Oral Solution and Aurora High CBD Oil Drops, cited the UK as the EU member state in which the product was...

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

Stephen Donnelly: Details of the proposed inquiry into the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate in Ireland are currently being considered by officials within the Department of Health.

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

Stephen Donnelly: The Department of Health has been in contact with the RCSI Hospital Group and they have confirmed that correspondence was issued directly to the family on 26th April 2021.