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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: My Department has nominated the National Cancer Control Programme within the HSE to participate as the Irish lead on the JAPreventNCD given its focus on Cancer and other NCD prevention. Further information on the Project can be found here: ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/scree n/opportunities/projects-details/43332642/101128023/EU4H?pro...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy may be aware, following approval by Government on 13 December 2022, I was pleased to announce €9 million in additional supports for student nurses and midwives. €5.4m of this funding provides for an enhanced Travel and Subsistence Scheme for eligible students in publicly funded undergraduate nursing and midwifery courses while attending their supernumerary clinical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. In relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Health Service Executive (HSE) holds responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Work is ongoing to design a proposed model for a vaccine damage scheme and my officials are currently working through related policy matters. When the model is ready, it will then be considered at cabinet.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The introduction of a standardised national approach to electronic discharges would certainly improve the timeliness and quality of discharges from one care setting to another. Indeed, electronic discharges are already deployed at a number of our larger acute hospitals. The communication technology is already well established with discharge information being issued as a structured message via...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: GPs are self-employed practitioners and therefore may establish practices at a place of their own choosing. There is no prescribed ratio of GPs to patients and the State does not regulate the number of GPs that can set up in a town or community. General practitioners who hold a GMS contract are reimbursed for the services they provide to medical card and GP visit card holders on behalf of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: GPs are self-employed practitioners and therefore may establish practices at a place of their own choosing. Most GPs hold a GMS contract with the HSE for the provision of medical services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. Currently, there are 2,524 GPs contracted to provide services under the GMS Scheme and only 23 GMS vacancies as of the start of the year. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: GPs are private practitioners, most of whom hold a GMS contract with the HSE for the provision of GP services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. Practice staff, including practice nurses, are not employees of the HSE but are privately employed by general practitioners. As private practitioners GPs manage their own practices and may employ practice staff as they see fit...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (21 Feb 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: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. In relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines work by preventing infections prior to exposure to the HPV virus. Thus, the vaccines are more effective at a younger age prior to exposure to the HPV virus. The HSE offers a single dose of HPV vaccine to all first-year boys and girls in secondary school as part of the routine HPV vaccination programme. A vaccine uptake of 90% in girls by the age of 15 is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (21 Feb 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 (21 Feb 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: Hospital Facilities (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for medicine pricing and reimbursement decisions, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. In line with the 2013 Act and the national framework agreed with industry, a company must submit an application to the HSE to have a new medicine added to the reimbursement list. Reimbursement is for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Protected Disclosures (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: In the context of a protected disclosure made in 2020 my Department commissioned an Independent review into the matters raised and a report was published in 2021.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vacant Properties (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the management of the public healthcare property estate, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to you in relation to this matter. As the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE commenced industrial action on Friday 6th October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Health Service Executive (HSE) holds responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Feb 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.