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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (24 Mar 2021)
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: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)
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: Vaccination Programme (24 Mar 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1448 and 1491 together. On the 23rdof February 2021, I announced an update to Ireland’s COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Strategy. In comprising the initial Vaccine Allocation Strategy, the NIAC listed several conditions associated with increased risk of severe disease and death. In the intervening period, national and international evidence has...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Mar 2021)
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: Vaccination Programme (24 Mar 2021)
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: General Practitioner Services (24 Mar 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: General Practitioners are private contractors. There is no prescribed ratio of GPs to patients and the State does not regulate the number of GPs that can set up in a town or community. The majority of GPs provide services on behalf of the HSE to people with medical cards and GP visit cards. As of 1 February, over 2.1 million people, or almost 43% of the population, now have access...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Mar 2021)
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: Dental Services (24 Mar 2021)
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 (24 Mar 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Over the past number of weeks, my Department and the HSE have been reviewing the option to increase the number of medical intern places for July 2021. I have announced an increase of 120 medical intern posts for July 2021. The increase in the number of intern places will be supported with accompanying increases in postgraduate training places, to ensure these doctors can avail of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (24 Mar 2021)
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: Medicinal Products (24 Mar 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Eligibility for access to contraceptive products is currently governed by the same eligibility framework as applies more broadly in the Irish healthcare system, and the supports available to individuals in terms of mitigating the cost of LARCs are also the same. Those who hold a medical card can access contraception, including LARCs, free of charge except for a €1.50 per...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (24 Mar 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Following the Government's announcement regarding the establishment of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability and Integration, arrangements are underway for the transfer of disability services to the new Department. There are a number of factors to be taken into consideration in planning for this transfer of functions. Given the scale of the functions being transferred and the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Mar 2021)
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: Vaccination Programme (24 Mar 2021)
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: National Public Health Emergency Team (24 Mar 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The NPHET Sub-group on Vulnerable Persons met on the following dates: 6th, 11th, 18th, 25thMarch 2020; 1st, 15th, 29thApril; 7th, 20thMay; 3rd, 24thJune (final meeting). The agendas and minutes of these meetings are published on the Department of Health website: https://www.gov.ie/en/collection/301f5e-the-national-public- health-emergency-team-nphet-subgroup-vulnerable-/ ...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (24 Mar 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy may be aware, SAOLTA Hospital Group has submitted a proposal to the HSE to manage the Roscommon Palliative Care Support Unit as an extension of Roscommon University Hospital. This means that all existing governance arrangements and responsibilities associated with roles in Roscommon University Hospital would from the date of commencement extend to the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Counselling Services (24 Mar 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for a direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Mar 2021)
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: Drugs Payment Scheme (24 Mar 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the community drug schemes; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (24 Mar 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: It is recognised that waiting times for scheduled appointments and procedures have been impacted in the last year as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The HSE is currently recommending that only critical time dependent elective procedures are undertaken at this time due to the on-going and significant increased demand for bed capacity related to Covid-19. This decision was...