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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: States are designated under the Health Act 1947 by the Minister for Health following consultation with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and across Government as necessary. Each designation and revocation is informed by a detailed and individualised risk assessment on a country basis by public health experts and senior officials. Recommendations arising from these assessments are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government has applied more stringent measures applying to international travel in order to mitigate against the risk of new variants being imported through travel and to protect the progress we are making in suppressing transmission domestically. The Government continues to advise against non-essential international travel. At present, passengers arriving from the UK are required to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Jun 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Report of the Psychology Review Implementation Group in 2017 expanded the care group employment available to counselling and educational psychologists. The report’s recommendation led to the establishment of a Project Team to implement this recommendation. In February 2019, HSE Community Operations convened a Project Team, chaired by Dr Cathal Morgan, comprised of representatives...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy may be aware, on 23 June 2021, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre published updated guidance on visiting in Acute Hospitals including other healthcare settings providing a similar intensity of care. A copy of the latest guidance can be accessed at www.hpsc.ie. The guidance acknowledges that some patients may find it very difficult to manage without personal contact...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (30 Jun 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy is aware, Irish nurses and midwives are graduate professionals who complete a four-year BSc Nursing degree or a BSc Midwifery degree. The Nursing Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) is the independent regulatory body for nursing and midwifery. As a core function the NMBI engages with 13 Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) and continues to monitor educational programmes and clinical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: S.I. 217/2021 states that ‘an applicable person shall not travel to an airport or port for the purpose of leaving the State without reasonable excuse. S.I. 217/2021 sets out a non-exhaustive list of reasonable excuses for travel to an airport or port for purpose of leaving the State. For additional details please see the following webpages:...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 280 and 301 together. The Government has applied more stringent measures applying to international travel in order to mitigate against the risk of new variants being imported through travel and to protect the progress we are making in suppressing transmission domestically. The Government continues to advise against non-essential international travel....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I am aware of how difficult the current visitor restrictions are for hospital patients and their families. The HSE has advised that visiting arrangements in hospitals have changed to help protect patients and to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Information/guidance on visiting individual public hospitals is regularly updated on hospital websites, as well as on the HSE website. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (30 Jun 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the National Ambulance Service to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Jun 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The introduction of the HPV screening test last year was a significant milestone for our cervical cancer screening programme. This move to HPV cervical screening, which is a more sensitive test and helps identify more people at risk of cervical cancer in the population, means that Ireland joins a small group of countries that employs the best-in-class testing to screen their populations for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 284, 317 and 325 together. There has been considerable progress in reducing infection levels since the peak of the wave of infection in late 2020/early 2021 because of the widespread adherence by the public to the public health measures in place, and this progress has been sustained during recent phases of reopening in April and May. While there is still a...