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

Stephen Donnelly: 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. The DTSS makes available the following dental treatments to medical card holders:  Oral examination; Prophylaxis (scale and polish/cleaning); Restorations...

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

Stephen Donnelly: Saolta Hospital Group advises that the handover of the Temporary Emergency Department (Phase 1) in Galway University Hospital is scheduled for end April 2022. The handover of the internal replanned area (Phase 2) is scheduled end July 2022. The contractor will complete some fitting out works as part of Phases 1 and 2. Further fitting out work will follow the completion of these works.

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 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2380 and 2962 together. 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, the rapidly increasing prevalence of the more transmissible Delta...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (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: The EU Digital COVID Certificate Regulation, which became directly applicable to EU member states on 1 July 2021, is designed to facilitate safe free movement of citizens in the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic. Certificates issued under this Regulation hold digital or paper proof that a person has either been vaccinated against COVID-19, received a negative test result, or recovered from...

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 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, the rapidly increasing prevalence of the more transmissible Delta variant, and the significant risk this poses, in particular to...

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: 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: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: There are two separate pathways for accessing cannabis for medical use in Ireland. Medical Cannabis Access Programme (MCAP) The provision of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme (MCAP) as a result of recommendations by the Health Products Regulatory Authority in their “Cannabis for Medical User – A Scientific Review”. The review stated that if the policy decision is to...

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

Stephen Donnelly: Ireland continues to participate in an EU Procurement process with a view to accessing a portfolio of candidate vaccines against COVID-19 which are being negotiated with vaccine manufacturers by the Commission acting on behalf of Member States. Officials from the Department of Health are represented on the EU Steering Board which discusses and reviews all aspects of vaccine procurement. ...

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

Stephen Donnelly: Improved security measures have already been put in place within my Department’s IT systems. A complete security review of the infrastructure is being finalised and specialised software has been installed to mitigate against malicious software, and to provide early warning notifications of same. The system is fully monitored, providing for a rapid response to any notified incidents....

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

Stephen Donnelly: Ireland is participating in an EU Procurement process with a view to accessing a portfolio of candidate vaccines against COVID-19 which are being negotiated with vaccine manufacturers by the Commission acting on behalf of Member States. Emergency Support Instrument (ESI) funding has been leveraged by the Commission to facilitate its negotiations with vaccine manufacturers, including with...

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...

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

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, at the end of 2020 a short-term review of student nurse and midwife allowances in the context of COVID-19 was undertaken at my request by Professor Tom Collins. This review was conducted to examine any additional challenges that the Pandemic may have created for student nurses and midwives on supernumerary clinical placement and final-year internship placement. I...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2399 and 2547 together. The Government established the High-Level Task Force (HLTF) on Covid-19 Vaccination on 10 November 2020. The HLTF acts to support my Department and the HSE to deliver a Covid-19 immunisation programme, that meets best practice and provides good governance, as a critical public health intervention in the prevention and control of...

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

Stephen Donnelly: We are all acutely aware of the impact that COVID 19 has on society, our citizens and on individual service areas. In the Health Sector, the COVID 19 pandemic has led to unprecedented interruption to normal healthcare activity in both acute and community settings. To ensure that services were restored in a clinically prioritised manner, the HSE, in  March 2021 published a Plan for...

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

Stephen Donnelly: The vision of Sláintecare is to achieve a universal single-tier health and social care system, where everyone has equitable access to services based on need, and not ability to pay and to deliver safe, quality health and social care services that meet the needs of our growing population, and attracts and retains the very best healthcare clinicians, managers, and staff. Considerable...

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

Stephen Donnelly: There has been, and continues to be, significant engagement and cooperation between the Ministers for Health, the Chief Medical Officers, and the Departments of Health in Ireland and Northern Ireland throughout this pandemic. Both administrations are seeking to adopt similar approaches, where it is appropriate to do so and on the advice of respective Chief Medical Officers. This approach...