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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Currently if an individual travels to Ireland from a country that is not included on the Government green list, they are advised to restrict your movements for 14 days. For those who are travelling for essential business, where the expertise is not available locally the advice is nuanced as follows: You may need to travel here for essential work, if this expertise is not available locally....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (3 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health capital allocation in 2021 is now €1,035m (incl. e-Health and ICT) as notified in the context of Budget 2021. This includes additional capital funding of €155m (incl. €25m for the delivery of ICT related COVID-19 actions) provided by the Government for capital projects in response to Covid-19 in 2021. The National Development Plan 2018 – 2027 sets...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has published Guidance for Educational Settings relating to the management of Covid-19 in school settings. This guidance, which includes protocols relating to the management of close contacts, is available at This guidance defines a close contact as any individual who has had greater than 15 minutes face-to-face (less than 2 meters distance)...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: From 01 September to 30 September 2020 there were 244,048 COVID-19 Passenger Locator Forms completed. The Passenger Locator Form was launched in an online format in August and supports an enhanced system of engagements with arriving passengers, including the targeting of key public health messages via SMS. During September, over 278,000 public health messages issued. Passengers may be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1111, 1112, 1144, 1160 and 1387 together. As the Deputy is aware, the 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: COVID-19 has had a significant impact on every individual, especially those with additional needs. Considerable efforts have been undertaken by the Department and by the relevant State bodies in putting in place measures to protect vulnerable groups. The Department is working closely with the HSE on engagement with representative organisations including the Irish Deaf Society and the National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1114, 1177, 1189, 1191, 1199, 1209, 1242, 1262, 1318, 1366 and 1388 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The following table provides the numbers of COVID-19 Passenger Locator Forms received and the number of forms that were incorrectly completed in the given timeframe. Total number of forms received Number of incorrectly completed forms received Week 5 – 11 October 39,248 6,707 Week 12 – 18 October ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 8) Regulations 2020 (SI No. 448 of 2020) came into operation on 22 October, 2020. These Regulations provide that a person may not leave their place of residence without reasonable excuse. The regulations define place of residence for people resident in the State and people not ordinarily resident in the State....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (3 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As set out in the National Service Plan 2020, a total of €2,054.5 million has been allocated for specialist disability services this year. My Department secured €100m in additional funding in Budget 2021, which will significantly increase the disability services budget to around €2.2 billion next year. This signals the Government is serious in its commitment to make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Cannabis products that can be used in the Medical Cannabis Access Programme above are considered by the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) to meet the criteria in parts (a) – (f) of the definition of a ‘specified controlled drug’ set out in the Misuse of Drugs (Prescription and control of supply of cannabis for medical use) Regulations 2019 and, accordingly, can...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: On the 6thApril, the previous Minister for Health announced an initiative to assist patients access to their medical cannabis products during the COVID-19 pandemic period. The Department of Health has so far organised a number of collections from the Netherlands for patients of clinicians in possession of a ministerial licence under the Misuse of Drugs Act owing to the COVID-19 travel...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As the matter raised is a service delivery matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As the matter raised is a service delivery matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (3 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 (3 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: Physiotherapy Services (3 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As this question relates to a service issue, the Health Service Executive has been asked to reply directly to the Deputy on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 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.