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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Specialist medical practice activities under human health and social work activities in the list of essential services for level 5 Covid-19 restrictions refers to a range of medical consultant services. The term specialist medical practice activities is defined in the NACE Coder classification system, which is a pan-European classification system that groups organisations according to their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: At the outset, I would like to acknowledge how challenging this year has been for people living with dementia and their families. Budget 2021 provided an additional €12.9 million to improve supports for people with dementia next year. This funding will be used to provide an additional 250,000 home support hours for people living with dementia, will enable the recruitment of an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government has expanded the provision of seasonal influenza vaccination without charge to all of those in the HSE-defined at-risk groups and to all children aged from 2 to 12 years. Vaccines are being administered via GPs and pharmacists, as in previous years. This season, 1.95 million doses of influenza vaccine have been purchased, double the amount administered last season. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy is aware, Ireland is currently at Level 5 of Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021 - the Plan for Living with COVID-19. At Level 5, only essential retail outlets and essential services are allowed to open to the public. The list of essential services that can remain open during Level 5 includes therapy services provided by a member of a designated profession within the meaning...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (10 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Healthcare Assistance initiative, whereby student nurses and midwives were offered temporary contracts, was in response to the Covid-19 outbreak and ceased in August 2020. This initiative was only ever intended as a temporary measure to provide additional support of to the national effort. It also offered some protection to the ongoing education of student nurses and midwives as their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 Nov 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: Hospital Appointments Status (10 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: It is recognised that waiting times for scheduled appointments and procedures have been impacted as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic the HSE had to take measures to defer most scheduled care activity in March, April, and May of this year. This was to ensure patient safety and that all appropriate resources were made available for Covid-19...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (10 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 674 to 676, inclusive, together. The HSE has statutory responsibility for medicine pricing and reimbursement decisions, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. The Act specifies the criteria for decisions on the reimbursement of medicines. As Minister for Health, I do not have any statutory power in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blood Donations (10 Nov 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: Vaccination Programme (10 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government has expanded the provision of seasonal influenza vaccination without charge to all of those in the HSE-defined at-risk groups and to all children aged from 2 to 12 years. Vaccines are being administered via GPs and pharmacists, as in previous years. This season, 1.95 million doses of influenza vaccine have been purchased, double the amount administered last season. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (10 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The primary concern of the Minister for Health / Minster for Disabilities is to ensure the continuity of supports and services for people with disabilities and their families. As the Deputy will be aware, specialist disability services are provided by a range of organisations. In some cases the HSE itself delivers these services directly and in other circumstances, the HSE relies upon...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Firstly, I would like to assure you that the Government is committed to ensuring a balanced and proportionate response to COVID-19 by finding ways to implement public health measures in response to the pandemic in a way that is fair, reasonable and proportionate. The Government recognises that there are many aspects of normal life that have been altered by the emergence of COVID-19, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Nov 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 (10 Nov 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 (10 Nov 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: Health Screening Programmes (10 Nov 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: Hospital Facilities (10 Nov 2020)

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 the Deputy directly in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (10 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Budget 2020 provided €20 million for the establishment of a ring-fenced Sláintecare Integration Fund to test new models of health service delivery. 122 projects were approved under the Fund. These projects, including the project referred to by the Deputy, are currently undergoing a mid-term review by the Sláintecare Programme Implementation Office to assess their progress....

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (10 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: A package of supports for general practice is in place since March to ensure that regular essential general practice services and existing levels of out of hours services are maintained and to also allow GPs to assist in the national response to Covid-19. The arrangements to support GP out of hours during the current public health emergency have been enhanced and extended to 31st of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 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.