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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (12 Dec 2023)

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. 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 in these grades are not engaging with political forums or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (12 Dec 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Periodic validation forms an essential part of best practice in relation to the management of hospital waiting lists. Validation is a process whereby hospital administration contacts patients on waiting lists at preplanned intervals to ensure that patients are ready, willing, suitable and available to attend a hospital appointment or if they wish to be removed. For a number of years...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (12 Dec 2023)

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 6th October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (12 Dec 2023)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (12 Dec 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (12 Dec 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The GMS scheme operates under a choice of doctor principle, meaning that patients who hold a medical or GP visit card have the freedom to choose their GP, or move from one GP to another, provided the new GP is willing to accept the patient to their panel, and that the GP concerned holds a GMS contract. Patients who wish to change their GMS GP can do so via the “Change of GP...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (12 Dec 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 761 and 762 together. Reducing waiting times for orthodontic treatment is a priority for the Government and there has been sustained additional investment in recent years. The table below sets out the additional funding that has been made available to the HSE for the years in question, which the HSE has committed to facilitate the transfer of patients from the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (12 Dec 2023)

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 6th October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (12 Dec 2023)

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 6th October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (12 Dec 2023)

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 6 October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (12 Dec 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE continues to monitor the use of nitrous oxide and to tailor appropriate and targeted messages. Targeted ads are shared every few weeks on the topic of nitrous oxide with audiences over the age of 18, as well as messages which aim to create awareness of long-term use, which can cause vitamin B12 deficiency in some individuals, and signs of concern which people can look out for. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (12 Dec 2023)

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: Hospital Staff (12 Dec 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Doctors are generally required to be on, or eligible to be registered onto, the specialist division of the medical practitioners register maintained by the Medical Council of Ireland to be eligible to apply for consultant posts, although there may be additional requirements. The Medical Council website outlines three pathways for doctors to be registered as a specialist on the Medical Council...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (12 Dec 2023)

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: Cancer Services (12 Dec 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE has statutory responsibility for medicine pricing and reimbursement decisions, under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (12 Dec 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy for raising this correspondence, which I have received. As the matters raised relate to operational service provision, I have forwarded the correspondence to the HSE as a matter of urgency for direct reply. I have also asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible, on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (12 Dec 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Deputy's question relates to service matters, it has been referred to the HSE for answer.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (12 Dec 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Deputy's question relates to service matters, it has been referred to the HSE for answer.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (12 Dec 2023)

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: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Dec 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: It is recognised that waiting times for many scheduled appointments and procedures were too long before and have been made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Department of Health continues to work with the HSE and the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) to identify ways to improve access to care. The 2023 Waiting List Action Plan builds on the foundational work done in the 2021 and...