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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Deputy may wish to note that the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has published a range of guidance on COVID-19 documents for Educational Settings. These guidance documents are available on the HPSC website at I am advised that school principals can direct health related queries and concerns in the school setting to HSELive. As this is an operational matter, I have asked the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (9 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to increasing access to GP care without charges for children, an important healthcare measure that will remove a potentially prohibitive cost barrier to accessing GP care and will help to improve children’s health as they develop. The Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020 was signed into law in August....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (9 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020 was enacted on 2nd August 2020. This Act provides, amongst other things, for the necessary legislative amendments to the Health Act 1970 (as amended) to increase the weekly gross medical card income limits for those aged 70 and over to €550 per week for a single person (currently €500...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (9 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: Trade Fairs (9 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government will finalise and publish a Roadmap for Resilience and Recovery in advance of 13 September. This will map how we balance public health, economic and social aspects of living with COVID-19 in the short to medium term and try to bring some greater certainty so that society and business can at least plan forward. As part of the deliberations, consideration will be given to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Last March as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, CHI temporarily relocated paediatric services from Tallaght to its other sites at Crumlin and Temple Street and to the urgent care centre at Connolly. This freed up resources at Tallaght to support the adult service there in responding to the demands of COVID. This temporary change allowed for some CHI staff on a voluntary basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (9 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The number of occupational therapists hired from each university as raised by the Deputy is more appropriate to my colleague at the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and the Deputy may wish to refer his queries there. With regard to the number of occupational therapists in the HSE, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (9 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: Medicinal Products (9 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: In 2019, following a tender by the Office of Government Procurement, Mazars conducted a review of the governance structures around the HSE's drug reimbursement process. The report was submitted to my Department in January 2020. The review made recommendations in respect of the HSE’s systems, structures, processes, governance arrangements and use of specialist resources in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (9 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drug schemes, in accordance with the provisions of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases Strategy (9 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: A National Rare Disease Plan for Ireland (2014 – 2018) was launched by the Minister for Health in July 2014. This is a generic policy framework for rare diseases. The scope of the plan is broad given that there are approximately 8,000 rare diseases affecting millions of EU citizens; and consequently, there can be a dearth of expertise and knowledge about some rare diseases, simply...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 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: Rare Diseases Strategy (9 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drug schemes, in accordance with the provisions of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (9 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE has statutory responsibility for medicine pricing and reimbursement decisions in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 which specifies the criteria for decisions on the reimbursement of medicines. In line with the 2013 Health Act and the national framework agreed with industry, if a company would like a medicine to be reimbursed by the HSE, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: My officials recently met with the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association (MLSA) and the HSE in relation to a range of issues including on the area of recruitment. We have not engaged with CORU specifically on this issue. I have also asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to this question.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (9 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020 was enacted on 2nd August 2020. This Act provides for the necessary legislative amendments to the Health Act 1970 (as amended) to increase the weekly gross medical card income limits for those aged 70 and over to €550 per week for a single person (currently €500 per week) and to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (9 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: Vaccination Programme (9 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 (9 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: You will be aware that the situation regarding COVID- has been, and continues to be, an evolving situation. COVID-19 is still having a major impact both here in Ireland and elsewhere. The measures in place and the public health advice have been adapted to the changing circumstances and this will continue to be the case for the foreseeable future. Progress has been made on suppressing the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Siblings of a close contact do not need to restrict their movements and can attend primary/secondary school while the close contact awaits their test and test result as long as the close contact remains asymptomatic. The HPSC has provided guidance to cover this area. If a child has no symptoms of COVID-19, but they need to be tested because they have been identified as a close contact of a...