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

Stephen Donnelly: Ireland’s COVID-19 vaccination programme strategy is to distribute all available vaccines as quickly as is operationally possible, prioritising those who are most vulnerable to COVID-19. The programme is based on the principles of safety, effectiveness and fairness, with the objective of reducing severe illness, hospitalisations and deaths from COVID-19 infection. The immunisation...

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

Stephen Donnelly: 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 range of practices, including domestic altruistic surrogacy. ...

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: Vaccination Programme (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Ireland welcomes the EMA age extension recommendation for the COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty to include use in children aged 12 to 15. The National Immunisation Advisory Committee is reviewing the matter and will make a recommendation as appropriate. Currently, Ireland's COVID-19 Vaccination Programme is administering vaccines to those aged 16+.

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

Stephen Donnelly: Ivermectin is currently authorised in Ireland as Soolantra 10mg/g Cream, indicated for the topical treatment of inflammatory lesions of rosacea (papulopustular) in adult patients. A directive has not been issued to GPs in relation to the use of ivermectin.

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

Stephen Donnelly: From the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ireland’s response has been guided by seven ethical principles: solidarity, fairness, minimising harm, proportionality, reciprocity, privacy and a duty to provide care. In March 2020, the Department of Health published the Ethical Framework for Decision-making in a Pandemic, setting out these principles. This Framework can be found online:...

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

Stephen Donnelly: The core of the HSE IT infrastructure is now available including all networks, domain access, Citrix, internet, mobile phone and limited remote access. Email has broadly been restored to all users however there are still a number of users who still have issues. As the priority systems which are the backbone of the HSE ICT infrastructure are restored there will be a long tail of ancillary...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2584, 2604, 2628, 2629, 2687 and 2717 together. Ireland welcomes the EMA age extension recommendation for the COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty to include use in children aged 12 to 15. The National Immunisation Advisory Committee are reviewing the matter and will make a recommendation as appropriate. Currently, Ireland's COVID-19 Vaccination Programme is...

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: 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: Ireland’s COVID-19 vaccination programme strategy is to distribute all available vaccines as quickly as is operationally possible, prioritising those who are most vulnerable to COVID-19. The programme is based on the principles of safety, effectiveness and fairness, with the objective of reducing severe illness, hospitalisations and deaths from COVID-19 infection. The immunisation...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2588 and 2590 together. Based on provisional data provided by the HSE in April, there was an average of 11,171 inpatient beds and 2,262 day beds/places open in acute hospitals during 2021 from January to the end of March. The Deputy can find further details in this regard in the Department's Open Beds Report for March 2021, which was published online...

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

Stephen Donnelly: 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 of bed costings determined an average capital cost per bed to be in...

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

Stephen Donnelly: It is not possible to provide a cost on a 'CAMHS Unit. The costs for such a unit will depend entirely on the size of the unit, location, associated services required etc. In addition the cost of such a unit must be considered in terms not only of the build costs but also in terms of the cost of staffing and running such a unit. Again the scale of the unit proposed is an obvious factor. In...

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: 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: National Children's Hospital (27 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The previous Government approved an investment decision of €1.433bn for the capital project, which is €450m more than advised to Government in April 2017. This includes all of the capital costs for the main hospital at St James's Hospital campus, the two Outpatient Departments and Urgent Care Centres at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown and Tallaght University Hospital campuses,...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2599, 2650 and 2933 together. The Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 was signed into law on 20 December 2018 and commenced on 1 January 2019. Section 7 of the Act states that “The Minister shall, not later than 3 years after the commencement of this section, carry out a review of the operation of this Act”. The review is...

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...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2601 and 2786 together. The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drugs schemes, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. In line with the 2013 Health Act and the national framework agreed with industry, if a company would like a medicine to be...