Results 41-60 of 244 for 5 million speaker:Stephen Donnelly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (20 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...of oral healthcare services and patients of all ages are waiting longer than they should have to, to access care. I am responding to this by an unprecedented allocation of an additional €15 million in Budget 2023 to enhance the provision of oral healthcare services. This includes €5 million allocated on a one-off basis to support the HSE Public Dental Service to provide care...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...was published on the 7thof March is the next stage of this new multi-annual approach. Under the Plan, the Department of Health is funding the HSE and NTPF to deliver services to remove c. 1.66 million patients from waiting lists, resulting in a projected reduction of just over 10% by year-end to c.621,000 people. This is building on the reductions in the waiting lists achieved in Q4 2021...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (20 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...assists patients to access emergency dental treatment by directly contacting private contractors or arranging treatment to be provided by HSE-employed dentists. An additional allocation of €15 million has been made in Budget 2023 to enhance the provision of oral healthcare services. This includes €5 million allocated on a once-off basis to support the HSE Public Dental...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...;s lives. Prioritisation of women’s health is further supported through the significant investment contained within Budget 2022 and 2023,which allocated €31m and €69.2m respectively in funding for new developments in Women's Health. This includes: 2022:€8.66 million additional funding for the National Maternity Strategy.€9 million to fund access to free...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...from my Department to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. This transfer took effect from 1 March this year and involves the transfer of approximately €2.650 million of funding from Vote 38 to Vote 40 - essentially the transfer of disability services. Notwithstanding this transfer, the gross health Vote for 2023 is €21.358 million....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...of oral healthcare services and patients of all ages are waiting longer than they should have to, to access care. I am responding to this by an unprecedented allocation of an additional €15 million in Budget 2023 to enhance the provision of oral healthcare services. This includes €5 million allocated on a one-off basis to support the HSE Public Dental Service to provide care...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (18 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...assists patients to access emergency dental treatment by directly contacting private contractors or arranging treatment to be provided by HSE-employed dentists. An additional allocation of €15 million has been made in Budget 2023 to enhance the provision of oral healthcare services. This includes €5 million allocated on a once-off basis to support the HSE Public Dental...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (18 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...assists patients to access emergency dental treatment by directly contacting private contractors or arranging treatment to be provided by HSE-employed dentists. An additional allocation of €15 million has been made in Budget 2023 to enhance the provision of oral healthcare services. This includes €5 million allocated on a once-off basis to support the HSE Public Dental...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...actions in the Plan, which are governed by the Waiting List Task Force, focus on delivering capacity, reforming scheduled care and enabling scheduled care reform. For 2023, funding totalling €443 million is being allocated to tackle Waiting Lists with €363 million of this being allocated to the 2023 Waiting List Action Plan, to implement longer term reforms and provide...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (29 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...assists patients to access emergency dental treatment by directly contacting private contractors or arranging treatment to be provided by HSE-employed dentists. An additional allocation of €15 million has been made in Budget 2023 to enhance the provision of oral healthcare services. This includes €5 million allocated on a one-off basis to support the HSE Public Dental...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (28 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE National Stroke Strategy 2022-2027 was published on the HSE’s website on World Stroke Day, 29th October 2022. The strategy recommends the strategic development of the service over 5-year period 2022-2027. The HSE National Stroke Strategy 2022-2027 is based on an estimated overall investment of approximately €36m. This will provide significant improvements in service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (28 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 659 and 660 together. There are challenges in the provision of dental services and patients of all ages are waiting longer than they should have to, to access care. This is not acceptable. I am responding to this by an unprecedented allocation of an additional €15 million in Budget 2023. €5 million of this additional allocation is being invested...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...health and community based waiting lists. The categories about which we spoke yesterday are the acute categories that are reported by the National Treatment Purchase Fund. We have allocated €5 million specifically for the backlog relating to orthodontic treatment. Far too many children are waiting to be seen. That numbers on that list went up, and we are determined to bring them...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...actions in the Plan, which are governed by the Waiting List Task Force, focus on delivering capacity, reforming scheduled care and enabling scheduled care reform. For 2023, funding totalling €443 million is being allocated to tackle Waiting Lists with €363 million of this being allocated to the 2023 Waiting List Action Plan, to implement longer term reforms and provide...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (22 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...assists patients to access emergency dental treatment by directly contacting private contractors or arranging treatment to be provided by HSE-employed dentists. An additional allocation of €15 million has been made in Budget 2023 to enhance the provision of oral healthcare services. This includes €5 million allocated on a one-off basis to support the HSE Public Dental...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Dental Services (16 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...in the provision of dental services and patients of all ages are waiting longer than they should to access care. This is not acceptable, but we are responding. This year, an additional €15 million was allocated in the budget to specifically deal with the issue. It is an unprecedented increase. Some €4 million of the allocation will target orthodontic care, prioritising...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Dental Services (16 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...by Covid. Money is being put in to catch up on those schemes. The Deputy will be aware that, critically, I funded a new scheme this year. That will be very important in years to come. Almost €5 million has been provided for a preventative scheme for children aged from birth to seven. We will see the benefits of that in years to come. There are 30% more dentists in Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (15 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...and a 40-60% increase in fees across most treatment items. This has led to an increase in the numbers of treatments provided and the number of patients being seen. An additional allocation of €15 million has been made in Budget 2023 to enhance the provision of oral healthcare services. This includes €5 million allocated on a one-off basis to support the HSE Public Dental...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for pricing and reimbursement of new medicines. The HSE in its decision making considers the 5-year budget impact of each new medicine notwithstanding that the budget of the HSE is set on an annual basis. The year 1 costs of most medicines represent a fraction of the overall costs of those...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (8 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...HSE assists patients to access emergency dental treatment by directly contacting private contractors or arranging treatment to be provided by HSE-employed dentists. An additional allocation of €15 million has been made in Budget 2023 to enhance the provision of oral healthcare services. This includes €5 million allocated on a one-off basis to support the HSE Public Dental...