Results 3,541-3,560 of 49,836 for speaker:Stephen Donnelly
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Officials in my Department have been in touch with CORU and have asked that a response to the question raised be communicated directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Awaiting reply from Department.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jun 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: General Practitioner Services (18 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: GPs are private practitioners, most of whom hold a GMS contract with the HSE for the provision of medical services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. All children under 8 years of age and all those aged 70 years and over are eligible for a GP visit card. Although GPs will ordinarily accept new patients who hold a medical or GP visit card on to their GMS panel, a GP...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (18 Jun 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 Priorities (18 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The Long-Term Illness (LTI) scheme was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 (as amended) which provides that arrangements may be made for the supply without charge of drugs, medicines or medical and surgical appliances to persons suffering from a prescribed disease or disability of a permanent or long-term nature. Various regulations were made in the 1970s prescribing 16...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: GPs are private practitioners, most of whom hold a GMS contract with the HSE for the provision of GP services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. As self-employed practitioners, GPs may establish practices at a place of their own choosing. 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Awaiting reply from Department.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (18 Jun 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: Health Services (18 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Thanks to continued investment in Health Services, Ireland has seen a decline in the number of deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD). Since 2012, the mortality rate from heart disease has been reduced by 38%, mortality from stroke has been reduced by 48%. However, CVD remains a significant challenge claiming 9,000 lives annually. The Government acknowledges the vital support,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (18 Jun 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 Correspondence (18 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Awaiting reply from Department.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (18 Jun 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: Hospice Services (18 Jun 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: Medical Cards (18 Jun 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 (18 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Under the provisions of the Health Act 1970 (as amended), eligibility for health services in Ireland is based primarily on residency and means. The Act provides that persons who are unable, without undue hardship, to arrange GP services for themselves and their family can qualify for a medical card, while those for whom arranging GP services would be unduly burdensome can qualify for a GP...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (18 Jun 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: Cancer Services (18 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I am fully committed to supporting our population screening programmes, which are a valuable part of our health service. They enable early treatment and care for many people and improve the overall health of our population. BreastCheck, the National Breast Screening Programme, currently invites women aged 50 to 69 years at regular periods to have a routine mammogram. Under commitments in...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. In relation to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (18 Jun 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.