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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Strategy sets out a provisional list of groups for vaccination. The Strategy was developed by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) and my Department , endorsed by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET), and approved by Government on 8 December 2020. Vaccine allocation is a matter for my Department and further information is available...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (25 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE's 2020 year-end expenditure position is currently being finalised. Please see below the amount of public expenditure relating to acute hospitals in Cork city and county per year from 2011 to 2019.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (25 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As I indicated in response to Parliamentary Question 844 of 17 February 2021, under the Infectious Disease Regulations (S.I. No. 53/2020 - Infectious Diseases (Amendment) Regulations 2020 which amended the Infectious Diseases Regulations 1981 (S.I. No. 390 of 1981), all medical practitioners, including clinical directors of diagnostic laboratories, are required to notify the Medical Officer...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (25 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The then-Minister for Health, Simon Harris T.D., had no involvement in the procurement of ventilators from the company in question. As procurement of medical equipment is a matter for the Health Service Executive (HSE), I have requested that the HSE respond to the Deputy directly on the latter part of the question.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (25 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The fees payable to GPs and pharmacists for the administration of vaccines against Covid-19 were set following consultation with the Irish Medical Organisation and the Irish Pharmacy Union. Where fees are paid to GPs, these are intended to include the full costs of scheduling and administering the vaccine and must cover not only GP pay, but also the additional payments to practice nurses and...

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. The vaccine rollout is being conducted on a 7-day week basis and to date, more than 7,400 staff have received training to operate as vaccinators. To support the expanded immunisation programme the HSE launched a vaccinator recruitment...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (25 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The current public health measures in place restrict the distance which we can all travel other than for essential reasons and therefore directly impact discretionary cross-border travel for purchases such as alcohol. On that basis this would not be an appropriate time to commission research to examine the potential impact of the introduction of minimum unit pricing on cross-border trade.

Written Answers — Department of Health: European Council Meetings (25 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Since 27 June 2020, six meetings of Health Ministers have been organised by the Presidency of the Council of the European Union within the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) configuration. This includes a VC to replace the formal EPSCO Council meeting (2 December 2020), an informal EPSCO Council meeting (16 July 2020), and four informal meetings of Health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Funding (25 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of public healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme (25 Feb 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: Vaccination Programme (25 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Strategy sets out a provisional list of groups for vaccination. The Strategy was developed by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) and my Department , endorsed by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET), and approved by Government on 8 December 2020. Vaccine allocation is a matter for my Department and further information is available...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As you will be aware the current 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 it will continue to be supplemented by more detailed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Strategy sets out a provisional list of groups for vaccination. The Strategy was developed by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) and my Department , endorsed by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET), and approved by Government on 8 December 2020. Vaccine allocation is a matter for my Department and further information is available...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (25 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 310 and 315 together. On 19 February 2021, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre was notified of three cases of a new variant of COVID-19 (‘P1’), first identified in Brazil. All of the cases identified are understood to be directly associated with recent travel from Brazil. All cases are being followed up by public health teams and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Vitamin D With regard to Vitamin D supplementation in the population, the Deputy is advised that the existing guidance on vitamin D was updated in November 2020 and advises that adults aged 65 and older to take a 15 microgram (600 IU) daily supplement for bone and muscle health. An evidence synthesis paper on vitamin D and COVID-19 prepared for the NPHET was discussed at its meeting on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy, 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 Services Funding (25 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The annual Scheduled Care Access Plan sets out yearly activity targets for the HSE and the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF), along with measures to improve care for patients waiting for Scheduled Care. Each year the Access Plan focuses on reducing waiting times for identified high-volume procedures, as well as very long waiters. The 2018 and 2019 Access Plans resulted in positive...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Strategy sets out a provisional list of groups for vaccination. The Strategy was developed by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) and my Department , endorsed by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET), and approved by Government on 8 December 2020. Vaccine allocation is a matter for my Department and further information is available...

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.