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Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I have been advised by the National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) that there are two services administered by the Irish Cancer Society which offer financial supports towards travelling for cancer treatment. The first of these services is the Travel2Care Scheme - a limited transportation assistance fund, funded by the NCCP. This is available to patients travelling to a designated cancer...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: In response to the Covid-19 pandemic the HSE had to take measures to pause most elective scheduled care activity with effect from the end March 2020. This was to ensure patient safety and that all appropriate resources were made available for Covid-19 related activity and time-critical essential work. This decision was in line with the advice issued by National Public Health Emergency Team...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: In response to the Covid-19 pandemic the HSE had to take measures to pause most elective scheduled care activity with effect from the end March 2020. This was to ensure patient safety and that all appropriate resources were made available for Covid-19 related activity and time-critical essential work. This decision was in line with the advice issued by National Public Health Emergency Team...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic the HSE had to take measures to pause most elective scheduled care activity with effect from the end March 2020. This was to ensure patient safety and that all appropriate resources were made available for COVID-19 related activity and time-critical essential work. This decision was in line with the advice issued by National Public Health Emergency Team...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (15 Sep 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 (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this operational matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre has produced a range of guidance notes for COVID-19, including guidance for healthcare and non-healthcare settings. “Current recommendations for the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Possible or Confirmed COVID-19 in a pandemic setting” contains guidance for healthcare workers on face coverings and physical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The public health advice relating to Covid-19, including that relating to face coverings, is kept under continuing review by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET). A person, without reasonable excuse, must now wear a face covering when using public transport, in retail outlets, shops and shopping centres, in other indoor spaces such as libraries, cinemas and cinema complexes,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: A major part of the Government's Action Plan in response to Covid-19 was to substantially increase the capacity of public healthcare facilities to cope with the anticipated additional demand. In order to urgently ramp up capacity for acute care facilities, an arrangement was agreed with the private hospitals to use their facilities as part of the public system on a temporary basis, to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Since the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) met for the first time, a commitment was given to collect and publish as much relevant data as possible while ensuring individual patient confidentiality is maintained at all times. While the nature and scale of the Covid-19 pandemic has been unprecedented, the collection of timely and comprehensive data has been instrumental in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Communications (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I have not met World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. However, I ha meeting on Zoom on 17 July last with Dr. Michael Ryan, Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (15 Sep 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: Disease Management (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 807, 809, 811 to 814, inclusive, 816, 817, 820 and 822 to 824, inclusive, together. There are over 22,000 people registered on the National Ability Support System (NASS) and of those less than five have a diagnosis of ME.  The NASS is not intended to be epidemiological and therefore will not give a count of the people living with ME.  The current...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: To support people with a disability, significant resources have been invested by the health sector in disability services over the past number of years. HSE specialist disability services focus on enabling people with disabilities to achieve their full potential. This is about living ordinary lives in ordinary places, as independently as possible, while ensuring that the voices of service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: In recent years there has been an increased investment in paediatric orthopaedics and scoliosis services, which has improved access to surgery and outpatient appointments. In 2018 Children’s Health Ireland (CHI; previously the Children’s Hospital Group) was provided with an additional €9 million in funding to address paediatric orthopaedic waiting lists, including the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE's National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) have advised that they do not collect data on waiting lists. However, they do collect Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that measure time to treatment for radiation and medical oncology. It is important to note that 2020 data is indicative data that has not yet been fully verified, as such 2020 data may be subject to change once all data has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: In response to the Covid-19 pandemic the HSE had to take measures to defer most elective scheduled care activity. This was to ensure patient safety and that all appropriate resources were made available for Covid-19 related activity and time-critical essential work. This decision was in line with the advice issued by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) in accordance with the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery and management of healthcare infrastructure and has advised that funding has been provided to progress the Day Procedures/Endoscopy, Oncology and Physical Therapy Unit at Naas General Hospital in 2020, and specifically capital funding has been made available to appoint technical consultants to progress the project....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (15 Sep 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 Services (15 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The health system must be considered as a whole system and lack of capacity, staffing or resources in one area can impact on other areas. For acute hospitals to function optimally, services at primary care, in the community and services such as home help and nursing home support must also work well.  The Sláintecare Implementation Strategy 2018 identified a range of challenges for...