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Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE 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: Medicinal Products (3 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The certification of sanitising products is a matter for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the deputy directly, with regards to the steps taking to ensure that all sanitising products supplied by the HSE are in compliance with recognised standards.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 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, including healthcare workers, 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, which is double the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (3 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Programme for Government, Our Shared Future, recognises the need to improve services for both children and adults with disabilities through better implementation and by working together across Government in a better way. The Government commits to prioritising early diagnosis and access to services for children and ensuring that the most effective interventions are provided for each...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (3 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Programme for Government, Our Shared Future, recognises the need to improve services for both children and adults with disabilities through better implementation and by working together across Government in a better way. The Government commits to prioritising early diagnosis and access to services for children and ensuring that the most effective interventions are provided for each...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (3 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE is cognisant of the staffing difficulties faced by the nursing home sector during the COVID-19 pandemic and has provided emergency nursing staff to support nursing homes, having regard to the HSE capacity to do so. The HSE is not targeting, nor does intend to target the staff of nursing homes in any of its recruitment campaigns. However, the HSE is required to undertake the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (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.

Level 5 Response to Covid-19: Statements (23 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the House for this opportunity to consider the measures that have been introduced in response to the recent rise in cases of Covid-19. As Deputies will be aware, earlier this week the country moved to level 5 of the Government's medium-term strategy for dealing with the virus, Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with COVID-19. I do not propose to rehearse all of the...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: We have not had a chance to debate the other amendments but we will not accept the grouping of amendments, which I accept are important. I have not had time to respond to the various points.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Deputies Boyd Barrett and Pringle raised the point about dwelling events. Their argument, if I understood it correctly, is that taking measures that prevent certain things happening in houses means we are therefore somehow blaming, scapegoating and attacking people who live in houses. If that is the Deputies' view, that is fine, but it would have to be applied to every measure. As Deputy...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I am happy to respond to Deputies if they like. Do you want me to respond?

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Thanks.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I will yield.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank my colleagues for a very detailed, useful and passionate debate. There are a lot of different views in this House, as there should be and needs to be. I have listened attentively and I have taken many pages of notes. Most of the Deputies who made points are not here but I will address the matters raised by those who are present. Questions were raised repeatedly about golf....

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I am actually taking notes.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I move: “That the Bill be now read a Second Time.” Moving the country to level 5 is necessary due to the rapid and exponential rise in new cases of Covid-19. However, it comes as we all know at a huge cost to individuals, families, communities and businesses. It must work. For that to happen we need a very wide buy-in to the measures. Ireland’s experience of the...

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I signed the regulations last night and I assure Deputies that it is a non-penal provision and it will remain thus. Golf has been mentioned many times. Some people have been suggesting that tennis was allowed. It is not. Tennis Ireland has withdrawn the comment it made. Essentially, no sports are getting an exemption. The exemption is for elite and professional sports, for reasons we...

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I participated in the first debate when I was in opposition. I fully agree-----

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: With the greatest of respect, Deputy McNamara used all his time for debating to say how unfair it was that he did not have any time.

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I offered to meet you afterwards if you want.