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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (5 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Prescription charges were introduced in the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2010. On 1 November 2020, prescription charges under the General Medical Services (GMS) scheme were reduced as follows: To €1.00 per item for persons over 70, with a maximum monthly charge of €10.00. To €1.50 per item for persons under 70, with a maximum monthly charge of €15.00. Any...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (5 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 760, 761, 762, 769 and 770 together. 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: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (5 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Responsibility for the regulation of nurses and midwives in Ireland rests with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI). The NMBI is an independent regulatory body established under the Nurses and Midwives Act, 2011. As the query raised by the Deputy is a matter for the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI), I have referred the question to the NMBI for its attention and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (5 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Responsibility for the regulation of nurses and midwives in Ireland rests with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI). The NMBI is an independent regulatory body established under the Nurses and Midwives Act, 2011. As the query raised by the Deputy is a matter for the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI), I have referred the question to the NMBI for its attention and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (5 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Responsibility for the regulation of nurses and midwives in Ireland rests with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI). The NMBI is an independent regulatory body established under the Nurses and Midwives Act, 2011. As the query raised by the Deputy is a matter for the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI), I have referred the question to the NMBI for its attention and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (5 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The Health Performance Visualisation Platform (HPVP) has been introduced by the HSE to address a gap in the centralised information available to support strategic and operational performance monitoring across acute hospitals. It is being implemented firstly in 28 acute public hospitals across the country. HPVP is a system for managing acute hospital information, which, by producing timely...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (5 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The HPVP system is contracted for use at hospital level and phase 1 includes 28 public and voluntary hospitals. Private hospitals are not within scope. A real-time daily view of the weekly National Treatment Purchase Fund waiting list will be incorporated into the HPVP platform in 2024. This will enable hospitals to manage NTPF patients more effectively by using analytics available within HPVP.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (5 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Awaiting reply from Department.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: In the public health sector, a temporary Special Scheme has been in place since July 2022 to provide special leave with pay for eligible staff in respect of Long Covid. This Special Scheme has been extended a number of times, however it will conclude as planned on 31st March 2024 and no further extensions will be granted. Any employee of the public health sector remaining unwell after...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As the matter raised is a service delivery matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (5 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Awaiting reply from Department.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 774 and 775 together. As these are operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible. As the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE recently ended the industrial action which commenced on 6 October 2023. As a consequence, members in...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Awaiting reply from Department.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (5 Mar 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. As the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE commenced industrial action on Friday, 6 October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (5 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (5 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (5 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (5 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (5 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (5 Mar 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.