Results 281-300 of 47,305 for speaker:Stephen Donnelly
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (9 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Adult and child Inpatient and Day Case waiting lists by hospital and specialty are published monthly and are available on the National Treatment Purchase Fund's website at: www.ntpf.ie/home/nwld.htm The information is now being made available through an interactive visual tool which provides users with a much-improved way of accessing and analysing waiting list information.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (9 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Adult and child Inpatient and Day Case waiting lists by hospital and specialty are published monthly and are available on the National Treatment Purchase Fund's website at: ntpf.ie/home/nwld.htm The information is now being made available through an interactive visual tool which provides users with a much-improved way of accessing and analysing waiting list information.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (9 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Specialist Complex Menopause Clinics accept referrals from GPs in the surrounding catchment and provide specialist medical advice and management to the following cohort of symptomatic women:Women whose treatment within primary care settings does not improve their menopausal symptoms,Women who are experiencing on-going troublesome or clinically significant side effects further to treatment...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (9 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: “As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.”
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (9 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (9 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I am developing a General Scheme for comprehensive legislation on nicotine inhaling products, including in relation to display, packaging, flavours and a prohibition on disposable or single use products. I intend to bring these measures to Government shortly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (9 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (9 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. In relation to the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (9 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1905, 1926 and 1927 together. Health Regions, each led by a Regional Executive Officer (REO), are new HSE structures which now have responsibility for the planning and coordinated delivery of health and social care services for their respective populations. Each Health Region will have an Executive Management Team (EMT) led by the REO. The EMTs are critical...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Appointments (9 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I am committed to the expansion of the role of pharmacy in Ireland. In July 2023, I established the Expert Taskforce to Support the Expansion of the Role of Pharmacy to examine how pharmacists can be enabled to expand their scope of practice for the benefit of patients and the wider health service. On August 13, 2024, I published the final report of the Expert Taskforce. The Taskforce made...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (9 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Eligibility for a Medical Card is primarily based on a financial assessment which is conducted by the HSE in accordance with the Health Act 1970 (as amended). The HSE assesses each medical card application on a qualifying financial threshold. This is the amount of money that an individual can earn a week and still qualify for a card. It is specific to the individual’s own financial...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (9 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The Long-Term Illness (LTI) Scheme was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 (as amended). Regulations were made in 1971, 1973 and 1975, prescribing 16 conditions covered by the Scheme. These are: acute leukaemia; mental handicap; cerebral palsy; mental illness (in a person under 16); cystic fibrosis; multiple sclerosis; diabetes insipidus; muscular dystrophies; diabetes...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (9 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The Health (Out-Patient Charges) Regulations 2019 provides that, subject to certain exemptions, a charge shall be made for out-patient services provided at designated centres including an emergency department (€100) and a minor injury unit (€75). These exemptions include a person with a medical card, a person who has a letter of referral from a registered medical practitioner...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (9 Sep 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.