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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: 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: 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: Hospital Services (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: An Independent Review Group (IRG) was established in August 2017 to examine the role of voluntary organisations in the provision of health and personal social services and to make recommendations on the future evolution of their role. The Group’s report was published in February 2019. Amongst its findings, the report noted the fact that voluntary organisations in general have a...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1791 and 1840 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 piece of legislation will encompass the regulation, for the first time in Ireland, of a very wide...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1792 and 3055 together. Where a GMS patient experiences difficulty in finding a GP to accept him/her as a patient, the person concerned having unsuccessfully applied to at least three GPs in the area can apply to the HSE National Medical Card Unit which has the power to assign that person to a GP's GMS patient list. People who do not hold a medical...

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 Staff (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1801 and 3052 together. In relation to the particular query raised, as this is an operational matter, I have asked CORU (the Health and Social Care Professionals Council) to respond to the Deputy directly.

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

Stephen Donnelly: Section 39 agencies are agencies under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004 where the HSE provides a grant to allow the agency to provide services similar or ancillary to the HSE. Staff in these section 39 organisations were not subject to the provisions of FEMPI legislation and therefore did not receive those cuts that were applied to the pay of public servants. They were not and are not party...

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

Stephen Donnelly: This matter relates to the work of the Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) Steering Group. In 2019, this Group finalised an Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Strategy for Ireland, “Putting Survival at the Heart of the Community” and submitted it to the Health Service Executive (HSE) Commissioners, who have accepted the recommendation of the Steering Group. With regards to the...

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

Stephen Donnelly: The full year cost of reducing prescription charges by €0.50c for those over 70 is estimated at €12.5m. The full year cost of reducing prescription charges by €0.50c for those under 70 is estimated at €12.1m. Therefore the total full year cost of reducing prescription charges for both cohorts is estimated at €24.6m. The cost to the State of abolishing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (27 Jul 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. My Department and the HSE are currently examining the issue. As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for...

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

Stephen Donnelly: As this Parliamentary Question relates to data only available through completion of a detailed analytical exercise, the Deputy is advised that the HSE is currently not in a position to provide such data by closing date for the Parliamentary Question. I am advised that due to the recent cyber-attack, the disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to restore its IT capacity...

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

Stephen Donnelly: The new Sláintecare Implementation Strategy & Action Plan 2021-2023 was approved by Government on 12 May 2021. €1.235 billion was allocated in Budget 2021 to the allocation of Sláintecare. The allocation of resources for 2022 will be determined in the course of the annual estimates process.

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

Stephen Donnelly: Covid-19 is a new disease so information on it, its features 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 definition or the terminology. Scientific and clinical evidence is evolving on...

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

Stephen Donnelly: Under current travel regulations 'Vaccinated Person' means a person vaccinated with an EMA approved vaccine, with recommended number of days after the final dose. The following table sets out timelines for the four different vaccinations being used. 2 doses of Pfizer-BioNtech Vaccine: BNT162b2 (Comirnaty®) Plus 7 days 2 doses of Moderna Vaccine:...