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

Stephen Donnelly: Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests remain the gold standard in terms of COVID-19 testing, particularly in relation to the screening of travellers. Ireland does not accept antigen tests for incoming travellers. 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...

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

Stephen Donnelly: The planning application for the Outpatient Block at Merlin Park Development is currently being finalised and is due to be submitted to the local Planning Authority by the middle of August. The proposed project is a Ground & First floor Outpatients Department at Merlin Park University Hospital and will provide additional capacity for outpatient services.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (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: National Maternity Hospital (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy is aware, a draft legal framework has been developed which aims to address the ownership and governance arrangements at the new National Maternity Hospital (NMH). In that context, as previously stated, there has been further engagement with the stakeholders in relation to these matters. As the legal framework is still draft, it is not intended to provide or publish it, in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: A business case for the national maternity hospital (NMH) relocation project was submitted to the Department of Health by the NMH Project Board in December 2020. This provided a comprehensive overview of the proposed project. However, as a project initiated prior to the updated Public Spending Code (PSC), the Project Board is undertaking additional work to ensure full compliance with the new...

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

Stephen Donnelly: Section 12 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 provides that a termination of pregnancy may be carried out by a medical practitioner who, having examined the pregnant woman, is of the reasonable opinion formed in good faith that the pregnancy concerned has not exceeded 12 weeks of pregnancy. A three-day period must elapse between certification and the procedure...

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

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 permits termination to be carried out in cases where there is a risk to the life, or of serious harm to the health, of the pregnant woman; where there is a condition present which is likely to lead to the death of the foetus either before or within 28 days of birth; and without restriction up to 12 weeks...

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

Stephen Donnelly: Prior to 2019, the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 regulated access to lawful termination of pregnancy in Ireland. Termination was only permitted in cases where there was a threat to the life of the pregnant woman. Figures collected under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 show that 32 medical procedures were carried out in 2018. As the Deputy will be aware, a...

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 the Deputy will be aware, terminations beyond 12 weeks of pregnancy may be carried out in Ireland under sections 9, 10 and 11 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. Section 9 requires that two medical practitioners, having examined the pregnant woman, are of the reasonable opinion formed in good faith that there is a risk to the life, or of serious harm to...

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

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 sets out the grounds on which termination of pregnancy may legally be provided in this country. Beyond 12 weeks of pregnancy, the legislation permits termination to be carried out in cases where there is a risk to the life, or of serious harm to the health, of the pregnant woman; in emergency situations...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2428 and 2532 together. Close contact guidance is kept under continuing review by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre and is updated and published on its website on a regular basis. The current definition of a close contact, as described in the guidance available atwww.hpsc.ie/a-z/respiratory/coronavirus/novelcoronavirus/g...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The approved budget for the new children's hospital capital (NCH) project is €1.433bn. The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) has undertaken a detailed assessment of the NCH project to determine the implications of any delay(s), and to determine the most effective pathway to ensure the timely completion of this critical project. Further, ongoing analysis is required...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The approved budget for the new children's hospital capital (NCH) project is €1.433bn. The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) has undertaken a detailed assessment of the NCH project to determine the implications of any delay(s), and to determine the most effective pathway to ensure the timely completion of this critical project. Further, ongoing analysis is required...

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

Stephen Donnelly: The information requested by the Deputy is not immediately available. I will survey the Department and the collated replies will be prepared into a full response to the Deputy as soon as possible.