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Select Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: It is and is not a matter for the regulator. The Central Bank is involved but that involvement derives from legislation we pass in the House. The Minister, the Department of Health and the Cabinet also have a role to play.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital Location (13 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 149. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the relocation of the national maternity hospital to St. Vincent’s University Hospital; the timeframe for same; the issues arising with regard to ownership; if religious ethos will not be a factor in clinical practice in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52632/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy (13 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 150. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the relocation of the Rotunda Hospital to Connolly hospital; the timeframe for same; the issues arising with regard to ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52633/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (13 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessment by early intervention teams in each LHO area and in CHO 7; and the number waiting zero to three, three to six, six to nine, nine to 12, 12 to 18, 18 to 24 and more than 24 months, respectively. [52642/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: It sounds like time per person, the level of qualification required and availability are going down while the waiting time is going up and the system is being extraordinarily badly administered in a variety of different ways. In response to very clear frustrations the witnesses are obviously all managing on a daily basis, is anything working in the system? What is going well? In terms of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank all the witnesses for their time this morning and for their statements. They are very useful. This question is to whoever would like to respond. In terms of the quality of the service, several witnesses suggested that the service is under more pressure than it was previously. Reference was made earlier to 2008 and, just a minute ago, to a degrading of the service. I have two...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 180. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports available for non-medical costs for families of sick children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52320/18]

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (11 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: The Bill amends the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 to provide that any non-Irish health professional qualification that was recognised in the State prior to the introduction of the statutory registration at the Health and Social Care Professionals Council, CORU, will not have to be re-recognised for the purposes of registration under the Act. It pertains to a wide range of...

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I welcome the visitors to the Visitors Gallery and commend Deputy Jack Chambers on bringing forward this Bill which deals with an issue in which I know he passionately believes. He is a strong advocate for those who have suffered immense harm owing to the scandal of thalidomide. He has laid out in great detail a litany of State failures not only from the 1960s but up until now and which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (11 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 282. To ask the Minister for Health the funding due from the HSE to a service (details supplied); when outstanding funding will issue; if no services will be impacted as a result of the delays in payment by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51533/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (11 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 356. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessment by early intervention teams in each LHO area in CHO 6; and the number waiting zero to three, three to six, six to nine, nine to 12, 12 to 18, 18 to 24 and more than 24 months, respectively. [51761/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (11 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 430. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the mechanism he plans to put in place to ensure cross-departmental implementation of climate mitigation measures; if a report on same will be made available to Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52106/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (11 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 431. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of tangible emission reductions for each action funded under the national development plan and or Project Ireland 2040, by item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52107/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (6 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 188. To ask the Minister for Health when sections 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Act 2018, as amended, will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51485/18]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Conscientious objection is an important issue, which has been well rehearsed in this debate. I fear we are beginning to stray back into Second Stage speeches. If I may, I will bring it down to the legislation. Conscientious objection is incredibly important and it is fully protected. It is in the legislation. There are two parts to it. There is the right of the medical practitioner not...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Screening Programmes (5 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 33. To ask the Minister for Health the risks posed to women by the increase in waiting time of up to 20 weeks or more to receive CervicalCheck screening results, the failure to transfer all samples to slides within the six weeks required and the colposcopy waiting lists now being over one year in some areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51152/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (5 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 52. To ask the Minister for Health the number of sanctioned consultant posts; the number of sanctioned whole-time equivalent posts if different; the number of consultants on the specialist register with permanent contracts; the gap between sanctioned whole time-equivalents and employed whole-time equivalents who are on the specialist register and have permanent contracts; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Remit (5 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 60. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the remit and powers of the Health Information and Quality Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50798/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (5 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 92. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the negotiation of a new general practitioner contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50800/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 117. To ask the Minister for Health when an outpatient action plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50796/18]