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Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Nov 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I will leave that to the House. I am satisfied that the Attorney General between 1999 and 2002 was an eminent individual for whom I have great respect. When this Bill was crafted, it will have received advice at the time which was solid because it has held up for 22 years. I am not concerned. It is more or less a copy and paste. It does not add to what is a very reasonable question on...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Nov 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Is the Senator referring to section 45?

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Nov 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Yes. Section 45(2)(b) provides that it shall be a defence to prove that "the person specified in paragraph (a) produced to the first-mentioned person an age card, for the time being in force, relating to the person so specified." Essentially-----

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Nov 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: An age card "relating to the person so specified". Essentially, it is saying that if somebody comes in with a fake ID, that is a defence - of course it is - for the retailer. I am comfortable that this provision has been successfully used in the course of the past 22 years. There was eminent legal advice from the Attorney General at the time and I am comfortable that it will survive the...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Nov 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I accept the Senator's bona fides but this was updated again in 2023. Again, it has gone through and is being used by the courts. It is self-evident that if we were to take that interpretation, it would mean it would have been okay up until now and indeed under the existing law we have today - the 2002 Act - for somebody to come in with an age card showing that they were under age and that...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (7 Nov 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The Section 481 stakeholder forum was held in February of this year and was attended by representatives from all parts of the Irish audiovisual industry. The majority of the participants considered the forum to be a useful engagement between government agencies and industry stakeholders. The Department will give consideration in due course to holding similar events. The structure of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Nov 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: Departmental Policies (7 Nov 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Ireland's National Clean Air Strategy, published in April 2023, identifies the most significant air pollutants in an Irish context, including Nitrogen Oxides, and sets out their impacts on human health. With an estimated 1,410 premature deaths in Ireland each year linked with air pollution, this Strategy will play a significant role both in reducing the health impact of air pollution in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Nov 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 (7 Nov 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 Staff (7 Nov 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: Medicinal Products (7 Nov 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on the pricing and reimbursement of medicines. 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 (7 Nov 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: Medical Cards (7 Nov 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Under the terms of the current GMS contract, GPs are required to provide eligible patients with ''all proper and necessary treatment of a kind usually undertaken by a general practitioner and not requiring special skill or experience of a degree or kind which general practitioners cannot reasonably be expected to possess". Persons who hold a medical card or a GP visit card are not subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (7 Nov 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: General practitioners are private practitioners, the majority of whom hold a GMS contract with the HSE to provide medical services without charge to medical and GP visit card holders. Medical card and GP visit card holders are placed on a GP's GMS panel from whom they receive GP services in accordance with the GMS contract. To support the administration of a comprehensive GP service to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (7 Nov 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 (7 Nov 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: Departmental Reviews (7 Nov 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the incredibly important role of Radiation Therapists in the provision of cancer services in this country. In Budget 2025, €23 million has been secured for the National Cancer Strategy, including access to new cancer medicines, expansion of cancer screening, funding for community cancer support centres, and implementation of the National Cancer...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (7 Nov 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (7 Nov 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The timely completion of the New Children’s Hospital (NCH) is a Government priority. Everything possible is being done to ensure the project is completed as soon as possible on behalf of children, young people and their families. The two satellite centres, which represent major milestones in the programme, are open and delivering the new model of care. Construction of the new...