Results 37,121-37,140 of 49,836 for speaker:Stephen Donnelly
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020) Stephen Donnelly: I will outline one of the places we are putting this. There is a workforce planning team that is doing a flow analysis on all of the different aspects such as how do we get people in, are we training enough people, are we retaining them and so forth. In terms of foreign carers or home care workers and tax reductions, I do not know. I guess it would have to be a conversation between the...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020) Stephen Donnelly: Yes.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020) Stephen Donnelly: I am sorry to interrupt the Chairman but I was taking a note. Is that a specific project?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020) Stephen Donnelly: Where?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020) Stephen Donnelly: I just want to thank the Chairman and the committee. I will get him written notes on the various issues he raised. I spent the past number of years on the committee and anything I and the Department can do to help make the financial information more user-friendly I would be very support of-----
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020) Stephen Donnelly: Yes.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: The Deputy should note that the content of the attached email attachment has been noted. Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with COVID-19 was published by the Government on 15 September This Framework sets out Ireland's approach to managing and living with COVID-19 in a range of areas over the next 6 - 9 months. The plan sets out five levels of response, each with a number of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (1 Dec 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 616 and 618 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 sets out the law governing access to termination of pregnancy in Ireland. The notification forms which are required to be submitted to the Minister, under section 20 of that Act, do not include the detailed information requested by the Deputy. I...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (1 Dec 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: The Deputy will appreciate that I am not in a position to confirm whether a protected disclosure, on the lines outlined in the question, has been notified to me. The question has however been referred to the HSE, so that the Deputy might be apprised of any developments in clinical genetic services in the National Maternity Hospital, in recent years.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (1 Dec 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: I understand the Deputy is referring to the article published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology on ‘Fetal medicine specialist experience of providing a new service of termination of pregnancy for fatal fetal anomaly: a qualitative study'. The research in question was not commissioned by my Department.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (1 Dec 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 sets out the law governing access to termination of pregnancy in Ireland. It permits termination to be carried out in cases where there is a risk to the life, or of serious harm to the health, of the pregnant woman; where there is a condition present which is likely to lead to the death of the foetus...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance (1 Dec 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: The number of insured persons in the health insurance market increased in the period July 2019 – July 2020 by 2.3%, from 2,131,288 at 1 July 2019 to 2,179,402 at 1 July 2020. The table below provides a breakdown of the private health insurance market membership as of 1 July 2020 by age group: Age Group Number of insured persons Aged 17 and under...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (1 Dec 2020)
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: Nursing Staff (1 Dec 2020)
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 (1 Dec 2020)
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 Expenditure (1 Dec 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: In line with best practice international advice and guidance provided by the WHO and the ECDC, communications has been a cornerstone of my Department and wider Government’s response to COVID-19. There is no vaccine or viral therapy treatment available yet, so this means that consistent, comprehensive communication around personal preventive behaviours and public health guidance is...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Dec 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: The creation of consultant level roles in Public Health Medicine is a priority for me and my Department. The Department and HSE have now finalised a detailed framework for a future Public Health model, to include consultant level roles. The business case, outlining the proposed framework, was submitted to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for consideration on the 19thNovember...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Abuse (1 Dec 2020)
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: Pest Contol (1 Dec 2020)
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 (1 Dec 2020)
Stephen Donnelly: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.