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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (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: General Practitioner Services (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: 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: Medical Cards (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: Medicinal Products (1 Dec 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drugs schemes, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. In line with the 2013 Health Act and the national framework agreed with industry, a company must submit an application to the HSE to have a new medicine added to the reimbursement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 658, 683 and 685 together. Given the role of the HSE’s National Women & Infants Health Programme in the dissemination of pregnancy related clinical guidelines, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Dec 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: This season, the Government is expanding the provision of vaccination without charge to all of those in the at-risk groups, including healthcare workers, and to all children aged from 2 to 12 years. The HSE has procured 600,000 doses of the Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV), which is delivered via nasal drops rather than by injection and is being made available to all children...

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 to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to the timely implementation of a COVID-19 immunisation programme, as soon as one or more vaccines in the EU portfolio are approved for use. In this regard, a cross-Government High-Level Taskforce has been established to support and oversee the development and implementation of the programme. Should a vaccine(s) becomes available, necessary funding will be provided.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 664 and 663 together. The Government is committed to the timely implementation of a COVID-19 immunisation programme, as soon as one or more vaccines in the EU portfolio are approved for use. In this regard, a cross-Government High-Level Taskforce, chaired by Professor Brian MacCraith, has been established to support and oversee the development and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to the timely implementation of a COVID-19 immunisation programme, as soon as one or more vaccines in the EU portfolio are approved for use. In this regard, a cross-Government High-Level Taskforce has been established to support and oversee the development and implementation of the programme. In the first instance the Task Force has been requested to ensure the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (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: HSE Staff (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: National Public Health Emergency Team (1 Dec 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: This decision was taken in the context of a review carried out by the NPHET, in which a number of Subgroups, having met their Terms of Reference, were stood down with their work subsequently realigned into the appropriate policy and operational functions of the Department of Health or other relevant organisations, or bodies. It was considered timely to regularise the emergency structures...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Public Health Emergency Team (1 Dec 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: NPHET Subgroup Membership Details: For the Deputy’s information, Membership details of all Subgroups that supported the NPHET, many of which have met their terms of reference and have been stood down, are contained in the NPHET’s Governance Structures Document, published 26 June 2020: COVID-19 Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group (IEMAG) - Active The COVID-19 Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (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 propose to take Questions Nos. 673 and 674 together. The HSE has developed an extensive range of occupational health guidance for health care workers who are exposed to COVID-19 which is available on the HSE website. This includes a detailed risk assessment of Healthcare Workers with Potential Workplace Exposure to Covid-19, which was updated most recently on the 24thOctober. Details can be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (1 Dec 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Earlier this year, the Health Care Assistant initiative (whereby student nurses and midwives were offered temporary contracts to work as Health Care Assistants) began in April 2020 and ceased in August 2020. This was in response to the Covid19 outbreak and was only ever intended as a temporary measure to provide additional support to the national effort, it also offered some protection...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (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: Health Screening Programmes (1 Dec 2020)

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.