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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 240, 245 and 284 together. As the Deputy is aware, the public health restrictions at level 5 of the Government's Framework Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with COVID-19 will remain in place until 5th April 2021, when a further review will be conducted. The Framework continues to provide an appropriate mechanism to guide decision-making, and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Mandatory home quarantine requirements are currently provided for under SI No. 44/2021. Exemptions from these requirements are in place for categories of travellers including international transport workers, members of An Garda Síochána or the Defence Forces travelling who have travelled in the course of their duties and persons who are travelling for unavoidable and time-sensitive...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Correspondence (25 Feb 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 Equipment (25 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the management of healthcare equipment, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (25 Feb 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: In line with best practice international advice and guidance provided by the WHO and the ECDC, communications has been a cornerstone of the Department of Health and wider Government’s response to COVID-19 from the outset of this pandemic. While vaccines are being rolled out across the country, the most effective protection from COVID-19 remains the public health measures which...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (25 Feb 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: Disability Services Data (25 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (25 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (25 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (25 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (25 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (25 Feb 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: Health Insurance (25 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The inclusion of maternity benefit in all health insurance products is a statutory requirement, as part of a legal obligation on health insurers to provide a specific minimum level of benefit in all health insurance products sold. Minimum benefit is one of the four key principles on which the Irish private health insurance regulatory system is based. Minimum Benefit Regulations, provided...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Education Data (25 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: In relation to the particular query raised, 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 (25 Feb 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: Health Insurance (25 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The inclusion of maternity benefit in all health insurance products is a statutory requirement, as part of a legal obligation on health insurers to provide a specific minimum level of benefit in all health insurance products sold. Minimum benefit is one of the four key principles on which the Irish private health insurance regulatory system is based. Minimum Benefit...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (25 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Since the 1970’s, pricing mechanisms and supply arrangements for medicines in Ireland have been determined by the terms of agreements between the State and the respective representative bodies of the pharmaceutical industry in Ireland. The most recent agreement was the Framework Agreement on the Supply of Medicines to the Health Services 2016-2020. This agreement was due to end in...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The HSE are building and deploying its workforce in order to be prepared for the requirements associated with rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine programme. GPs, Pharmacists, doctors, nurses, paramedics, and many healthcare professionals, will have a role to play in the vaccination programme. The vaccine roll out is being conducted on a 7-day week basis and to date, more than 7,400 staff have...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Feb 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The HSE are building and deploying its workforce in order to be prepared for the requirements associated with rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine programme. GPs, Pharmacists, doctors, nurses, paramedics, and many healthcare professionals, will have a role to play in the vaccination programme. The vaccine roll out is being conducted on a 7-day week basis and to date, more than 7,400 staff have...