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Health Service Funding: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The remaining €900 million includes funding for: Covid; waiting list initiatives; urgent and emergency care measures; Ukrainian supports; staffing for new hospital beds, intensive care beds, community beds and surgical hubs; investment in our workforce, including in advanced practice and new training posts; mental health and social inclusion measures; and new cyber, digital and...

Health Service Funding: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes that: — the Government has allocated €22.5 billion to the health budget for 2024; — the health additional allocation for Budget 2024 is nearly €2 billion; — this includes an increase of €808 million in core current funding,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: He did not say that.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (24 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 496 and 540 together. Up until 2004, people who were provided with publicly-funded long-stay care in public facilities and in publicly contracted beds paid a contribution towards the cost of their maintenance through a charge raised under Regulations made in 1954 and 1976. It was accepted in 2004 that there was a flawed legal basis for raising charges...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2024 (24 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 497 and 502 together. A record almost €3 billion, nearly €1 in every 8 spent by the State on health, will be spent this year on medicines. This is an unprecedented level of investment in supporting patients through the availability of the latest and wide range of medicines. It is important that medicines expenditure is sustainable for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (24 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: A record almost €3 billion, nearly €1 in every 8 spent by the State on health, will be spent this year on medicines. This is an unprecedented level of investment in supporting patients through the availability of the latest and wide range of medicines. It is important that medicines expenditure is sustainable for the State and that we strive to maximise the available...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (24 Oct 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: Hospital Facilities (24 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: A site identification and assessment process for the delivery of additional elective capacity in Dublin under the National Elective Ambulatory Strategy is at an advanced stage, including engagement with necessary stakeholders, and is expected to be concluded shortly. Once concluded, a Memorandum on preferred site options will be brought to Government for consideration.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 Oct 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: Health Services Staff (24 Oct 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: Health Services Staff (24 Oct 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: Health Services Staff (24 Oct 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: Health Services Staff (24 Oct 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: Vaccination Programme (24 Oct 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. The varicella vaccine is not currently included as part of the primary childhood immunisation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (24 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 512 to 514,. inclusive, together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (24 Oct 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 2022...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (24 Oct 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Investigations (24 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: While I cannot comment on individual clinical care, it is my full expectation that any spring removed from patients at Temple Street will be retained for appropriate review or investigation.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (24 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I have asked the HSE, as Sponsoring Agency with day-to-day responsibility for the delivery of the new Elective Hospital in Cork, to respond to the Deputy directly in relation to the matters raised.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the dedication and hard work of all staff across the health service. As the Deputy is aware, on 13 October 13, 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...