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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE is operating in a fiercely competitive global race for talent across all professions in which the mobility of healthcare workers across the globe has become an ever increasing challenge. Resourcing our health services is further compounded by existing deficits across some professions and specialties exiting training and global workforce shortages in health care. This is against a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (9 Nov 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 6thOctober. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Climate Change Policy (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: My Department's 2023 Climate Action Roadmap, which can be found in Publications at gov.ie, sets out the approach taken towards meeting its obligations under the whole-of-Government Climate Action Plan process, including the range of policy areas involved and their interactions. In addition, a cross-sectoral Climate Change Oversight Group, comprising expertise across the range of policy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The immunisation programme in Ireland is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). NIAC continue to revise its recommendations having regard to of the prevalence of the relevant disease in Ireland and international best practice in relation to immunisation. As the Deputy is aware, the varicella vaccine is not currently included as part of the primary...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 60 and 61 together. As Minister for Health I am committed to the ongoing development of regional hospitals, such as Letterkenny University Hospital. Letterkenny is a large, busy hospital and this Government has allocated significant resources in order to meet the needs of patients using the hospital.There has been significant investment in services in LUH in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Budget 2024 capital allocation for Health is based off the NDP ceilings. A 5-year allocation to 2025 of €5.657bn has been allocated to the Department of Health as part of the review of the National Development Plan (NDP). An 11% increase in funding year on year to 2025 this will support the strategic direction of health capital investment in the period. The number of projects...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 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. 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: Departmental Expenditure (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Cancer services are a top priority for this Government, and this is shown by the unprecedented funding allocated to the National Cancer Strategy in recent years. Over 2021 and 2022 I secured €40 million in funding for the Strategy, supporting the recruitment of approximately 360 staff to date in cancer services, and €30 million in funding for new cancer drugs. What this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: On October 13th, the HSE CEO announced a recruitment pause on all Grades that have grown beyond their recruitment targets for 2023. This is an extension of the pause on the recruitment of new and replacement staff in all grades in the Management and Administration category, announced a number of weeks ago. The recruitment pause is part of a suite of control measures, including an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to establishing new standalone national Elective Hospitals in Cork, Dublin and Galway. This will enable the delivery of high-quality and timely elective care services to address the known demographic changes to 2035 (up to a 40% increase in day-case surgeries) with significant additional service delivery capacity. In December 2022 and following Public Spending Code...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Department of Health carried out a review of the Strategic Assessment Report (SAR) for the New Emergency Department, Women and Children’s Block at University Hospital, Galway. The output of this review has been shared with the HSE to ensure that the SAR/Preliminary Business Case (PBC) document, as now required under the updates to the Public Spending Code (PSC) of March 2023, is as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (9 Nov 2023)

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 directly to the Deputy 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Climate Action Plan (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Climate Change Health Sectoral Adaptation Plan 2019-2024 sets out the main climate risks and vulnerabilities the health sector is expected to face, provides a framework for action and governance in this regard, and proposes a range of actions aimed at reducing the vulnerability of the sector to the impacts of climate change. Action 1.5 identifies the need to plan for resilience,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: A 5-year allocation to 2025 of €5.657bn has been allocated to the Department of Health as part of the review of the National Development Plan (NDP). An 11% increase in funding year on year to 2025 this will support the strategic direction of health capital investment in the period. The HSE have developed detailed and robust systems and procedures to appraise, manage and deliver...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (9 Nov 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 6thOctober. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (9 Nov 2023)

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 directly to the Deputy 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The 2023 Waiting List Action Plan (WLAP) set ambitious targets for the National Treatment Purchase Fund for this year. As of the 29th of September, the NTPF had made offers of treatment to 44,551 patients on the IPDC waiting list, 21,931 on the GI Scope list and some 164,460 outpatient appointments had been approved. In addition, 63,535 vouchers for diagnostics (EDANS) had been utilised...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Regulatory Bodies (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: A number of representative bodies for unregulated professions have approached the Department seeking to be regulated. The issues to be considered regarding the proportionate degree of regulatory force required to protect the public are complex. In light of the various issues to be considered, and in line with ongoing work in the Department of Health, the Health Research Board (HRB) was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (9 Nov 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. In relation to the particular query raised by the Deputy, the attached information, provided...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Rotunda Hospital is the lead maternity centre for the RCSI Hospital Group. As Minister for Health, I am committed to the ongoing development of the Rotunda Hospital. The budget for the hospital has increased from €65.8m in 2019 to €76m in 2022, an increase of 15.4%. There has also been significant capital investment in services in the Rotunda Hospital in recent years....