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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (6 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I can confirm that my Department did not engage a third party company to conduct online and/or social media monitoring of my Department for each of the years in question.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (6 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The statistical information requested by the Deputy is set out below and relates to employees of the Department of Health. MONTH YEAR No of Staff on Sick Leave No of Sick Leave Instances No of Sick Leave Days 01 - January 2019 84 94 612.4 2020 77 87 ...

Winter Plan 2020: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I welcome this opportunity to address the House on the winter plan which was published last week. Every winter, our healthcare system faces increasing pressures, resulting in difficulties for many people and many patients, particularly older people, in accessing services in a timely way. This becomes most evident, as we know, in the hospital emergency departments in the form of...

Roadmap for Living with Covid-19: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I welcome this opportunity to update the House on Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with Covid-19. Before I begin, I want to acknowledge the enormous impact this virus has had on our society. Every corner of the country has been affected on some level and it has touched every county, community and family. We have had to stay away from friends and family members for months....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As part of Budget 2020, the previous Government announced two measures intended to reduce the cost of medicines:  - GMS prescription charges would be reduced by €0.50c for all medical card holders. The charge would be reduced by €0.50c to €1 per item for the over 70s and by €0.50c to €1.50 for persons under 70. The maximum...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service related 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 Tests (1 Oct 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 Tests (1 Oct 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 Tests (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 261 and 354 together. As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputies directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, Section 12 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 provides that a termination of pregnancy may be provided after a period of not less than three days has elapsed from the date on which a medical practitioner has certified that the pregnancy concerned has not exceeded 12 weeks of pregnancy. No changes have been made to the legislation since...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 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 either before or within 28 days of birth; and without restriction up to 12 weeks...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (1 Oct 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: Medical Cards (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020, enacted on 2nd August 2020, provided for an increase to the gross medical card income limits for those aged 70 and over to €550 per week for a single person and to €1,050 per week for a couple. Although it had been originally intended that this measure would be implemented from...

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

Stephen Donnelly: 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, 2020. 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 measures designed to help us all lower COVID-19...

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

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy is aware, Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with Covid-19 was published by the Government on 15 September, 2020. 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 measures designed to help us all lower COVID-19...

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

Stephen Donnelly: In his letter of 4th August 2020, the Acting Chief Medical Officer informed the Minister for Health of the NPHET's most recent advice to Government concerning the State's ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the specific measures mentioned, the NPHET advised that:  "Measures should be put in place to ensure that economic considerations and insecurity of employment are not a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: In relation to the particular query raised, 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 Data (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The cost of a critical care bed has several determining factors. The HSE has advised that a new critical care will typically cost between €1m and €1.5m, depending on a variety of factors, including design, construction, equipping and all other associated capital costs. The HSE has advised that the average annual cost of running a critical care bed is €747k. However,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: In anticipation of the projected surge in Covid-19 cases and the expected impact on the health care system a major part of the response was to urgently ramp up capacity for acute hospital care facilities.  A critical element of the strategy was to put in place an arrangement with the private hospitals to use their facilities as part of the public system, to provide essential acute...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021 Plan for Living with COVID-19 recently launched by Government, commits the HSE to introducing a more accessible and sustainable testing service that will meet the demands coming into the Autumn/Winter months. The HSE has recently been developing the future service model for testing and contact tracing. This model will aim to deliver a patient-centred,...