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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (28 May 2024)

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: General Practitioner Services (28 May 2024)

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: General Practitioner Services (28 May 2024)

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: Dental Services (28 May 2024)

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 (28 May 2024)

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: Disability Services (28 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Responsibility for the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Scheme, operated by the Revenue Commissioners, falls under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Finance. To qualify for the scheme, an applicant must have a Primary Medical Certificate. To qualify for a Primary Medical Certificate, an applicant must be permanently and severely disabled within the terms of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (28 May 2024)

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.

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I wish the Chair and colleagues a good afternoon. I thank them for the invitation to discuss the critical issue of providing safe and effective emergency medicine care for the people of the mid-west. The provision of timely and high-quality urgent and emergency care is an absolute priority for this Government and the HSE. So far this year, presentations to our emergency departments are...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I agree with the Chair and those who sent in those messages that this is all about patient safety. Patient dignity is critical, as well as patient safety. As I know from visiting many emergency departments and as our two doctors here know better than I, in an emergency department that is overcrowded it can be very difficult for patients to get the dignity they should and must have. That...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: A range of issues is being looked at. I will come to the second emergency department in a moment. The point I am making is that to achieve the change we want in UHL, two things have to happen: capacity has to increase and there have to be substantial changes in how the hospital is run and care is delivered. University Hospital Waterford before Grace Rothwell went in was the worst...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I think you mean the 96-bed block.

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I believe we take that block over in quarter 1 of next year and 71 of those beds will be net new beds, while 25 while be replacement beds. On the 16-bed block, I have asked the HSE and it has committed to it, subject to procurement. It has to follow a legal process. The HSE has committed that, subject to procurement, that will be towards the end of this year.

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Not only do I support it, but we are moving to the regions this year and have the six executives in place. This year we will do the budget as normal but with a regional allocation to show. As I am sure the Deputy will accept, it will not be perfect to begin with.

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: We will then move to regional budgeting.

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I do, yes.

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I have asked HIQA to come back to me with an answer on exactly that because if HIQA recommends a second ED - and I have no idea whether or not it will - what I have put into the terms of reference is that only comes with a model 3 hospital. We will have an independent expert view on that.

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As I said to the Deputy, there is no hospital in Ireland that has had more additional resources than UHL. It has had a 43% increase in its budget in the lifetime of this Government. That is unheard of. UHL has had an extra 1,2000 staff. That is unheard of. There is no other hospital getting that kind of additional resource. Talking about the consultants, an extra 49 consultants are in...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I think I would entirely disagree with that proposal and the data is unambiguous. We have invested more in UHL than in any hospital in the country so to suggest there is some-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: If I can just finish, to suggest we are somehow resisting resourcing a hospital where the data clearly shows we have resourced it more than any hospital in the country simply does not stack up.

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: All I can talk to is what has happened during the lifetime of this Government. I am not here to defend the ratios in 2020-----