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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: There has been, and continues to be, significant engagement and cooperation between the Ministers for Health, the Chief Medical Officers, and the Departments of Health in Ireland and Northern Ireland throughout this pandemic. Recently the Chief Medical Officers in Northern Ireland and Ireland collaborated on a joint statement voicing their concerns about the high levels of COVID-19 and urging...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Procurement Contracts (20 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As the procurement of medical equipment is a matter for the Health Service Executive (HSE), I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (20 Jan 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: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The EMA has received an application for conditional marketing authorisation (CMA) for a COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. The assessment of the vaccine will proceed under an accelerated timeline. An opinion on the marketing authorisation could be issued by 29 January provided, subject to the data submitted being deemed sufficiently robust to demonstrate the on...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, and the need to plan appropriately, a sub-group of the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) was established to provide advice and expertise in the area of epidemiological modelling. The objective of the group is to expand the statistical and mathematical modelling capacity available to NPHET, critically reviewing the emerging research,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (20 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I support the provision of PPE to dentists who are contracted under the Dental Treatment Services Scheme to provide services to medical card holders. I have asked my officials to engage with their counterparts in the HSE on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Ireland is participating in a Procurement Exercise being operated by the European Commission on behalf of Member States to procure suitable, safe and effective vaccines, in sufficient quantities, to combat COVID-19. Six APAs have been negotiated by the Commission under this process to date. Government approval has been obtained to opt-into a sixth, but this is conditional on certain trial...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Jan 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: Hospital Staff (20 Jan 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 Car Parks (20 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The Programme for Governmentmakes a commitment to introduce a cap on the maximum daily charge for patients and visitors at all public hospitals where possible, and to introduce flexible passes in all public hospitals for patients and their families. My Department and the HSE are currently engaging on this issue.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Public Health Emergency Team (20 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Central to the evolution of NPHET processes is the recognition that health and social care services, and indeed the wider cross-government COVID-19 response, have to become embedded and ‘mainstreamed’ in the usual operational response of organisations, as society adapts to the reality of living for the foreseeable future in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. In July 2020, as...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Question Heading for question(s) 79,87,88,90,91 (14 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 79, 87, 88, 90 and 91 together. Following the reassignment of the Department's former Secretary General to a newly established Government Department in July 2020, action was immediately taken to appoint an experienced senior official from the Department of Health as Acting Secretary General. This has ensured that the Department has been in a position...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Student Support Schemes (14 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 170, 194 and 212 together. Radiography students do not receive an allowance to support time spent on placement as part of their course and there are no plans to change this. I can also confirm that in 2020, assistant radiographers were employed on a 3 month contract following completion of their final year clinical placement, subject to the needs of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The number of passenger locator forms completed by passengers who arrived in Ireland between 11th December 2020 and the 3rd of January 2021 inclusive 118,414 passengers arrived by air 20,252 passengers arrived by sea Passengers may have completed a passenger locator form in advance of travelling and not travelled, in particular due to the travel restrictions placed on travel from the GB...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (14 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 172, 174, 178, 182, 183, 191, 202, 207, 209, 210, 219, 220 and 222 together. Vaccine allocation is a matter for my Department and further information is available here: . The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination programme is the responsibility of the HSE. The aim of the COVID-19 vaccination programme is to ensure, over time, that vaccine will become...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Jan 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 (14 Jan 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 (14 Jan 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 (14 Jan 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Ireland is taking part in a Procurement Exercise being operated by the European Commission (EC) on behalf of Member States to procure suitable, safe and effective vaccines, in sufficient quantities, to combat COVID-19. To date, two vaccines have been granted conditional marketing authorisation by the EC following recommendation by the European Medicines Agency. The HSE took its first delivery...