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- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Stephen Donnelly: That is not the case.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Stephen Donnelly: I admitted it is a blind spot. Compared with then, there is considerable additional funding in the budget.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Stephen Donnelly: Yes, sure.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Stephen Donnelly: There is €3.4 million for orthodontic waiting lists.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Stephen Donnelly: I imagine there is for existing levels of service, ELS. When the Deputy refers to the public dental service, is she talking about the school-based-----
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Stephen Donnelly: I will get the Deputy a note.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Stephen Donnelly: Yes.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy for the opportunity. The goal is universal healthcare. What is the coming budget, the funding in the Supplementary Estimate we are discussing today, being used for? It being used to reduce costs for patients; reduce waiting lists, and we have reduced waiting lists for the second year; and roll out new services, including women’s healthcare, cancer care, trauma...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Stephen Donnelly: We have a very ambitious target for next year of achieving several hundred million euro in savings. That will not be easily achieved. It partly involves reductions in agency expenditure. The HSE is spending well in excess of what it is funded for on agency this year. It partly involves agency and overtime costs. Part of the reduction in agency costs will be through conversion....
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Stephen Donnelly: We have high-level ambitions to save hundreds of millions of euro but this is detailed work. We will bring in a team to do a forensic look through all these line items to give us a more detailed view on it. We spend €3.2 billion on medicines, for example.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Stephen Donnelly: I am not sure but certainly the scale of what we are looking to do is broad and ambitious.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Stephen Donnelly: I will ask my officials to respond on what we think is likely to happen next year. The Deputy will be aware that we are observing very high inflation this year. It depends area by area. Medical and surgical devices, drugs and medicines, catering and heating are different but we are looking at a range of figures - 10%, 17%, 23%. I will ask the officials to give a view on our best guess as...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Stephen Donnelly: The Minister, Deputy Donohoe, and I have a very strong working relationship. I would be surprised if, in any budget discussions, a Minister for expenditure and a Minister for Health have ever been on the same page. We have, however, a very good working relationship. On new medicines, and this is linked to rare diseases as well, we are putting in place a new rare disease strategy....
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Stephen Donnelly: While we are in public session, it is important to say that we are carrying that €70 million through to next year. It is in relation to an ongoing negotiation around the new children's hospital. All of the projects in the capital plan are being delivered on budget. There are no health capital projects that did not happen this year that are linked to that €70 million.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Stephen Donnelly: Forgive me, my figure will be slightly wrong, but I think we had an increase of about 16% in referrals to the acute outpatient lists. We did not believe this was going to happen.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Stephen Donnelly: He may not have seen it.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (29 Nov 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: Enhancing North-South cooperation is a priority for the Irish Government. I am also committed to working with partners in Northern Ireland to improve cooperation in health and social care where there are clear benefits for both jurisdictions and for patients across the island. The HSE has confirmed that it has no records of funding Daisy Hill Hospital. However, there are a number of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (29 Nov 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently not in a position to answer PQs due to industrial action. It is hoped that normal services will resume soon. In the meantime, this Department will continue to refer PQs to HSE for their direct reply as soon as possible
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (29 Nov 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently not in a position to answer PQs due to industrial action. It is hoped that normal services will resume soon. In the meantime, this Department will continue to refer PQs to HSE for their direct reply as soon as possible
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (29 Nov 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.