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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (28 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Prescription charges were introduced in the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2010. The Government is committed to making healthcare more accessible and affordable and has introduced several reductions in the cost of healthcare. On 1 November 2020, prescription charges under the General Medical Services (GMS) scheme were reduced as follows:To €1.00 per item for persons over 70, with a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (28 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Drug Payment Scheme (DPS) provides for the refund of the amount by which expenditure on approved prescribed medicines or medical and surgical appliances exceeds a named threshold in any calendar month. The DPS is not means tested and is available to anyone ordinarily resident in Ireland. The DPS threshold was reduced twice in 2022:From €114 to €100 per month on 1 January...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (28 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The 2023 Waiting List Action Plan (WLAP) set ambitious targets for the National Treatment Purchase Fund for this year. As I advised the Deputy in PQ 40277/23 answered on the 21st of September, as of the 25th of August the NTPF had made offers of treatment to 39,160 patients on the IPDC waiting list, 19,388 on the GI Scope list and some 146,244 outpatient appointments had been approved. In...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Sep 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: General Practitioner Services (28 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020 provides, amongst other things, for the expansion of GP care without charges to all children aged 12 years and under in three phases: for children aged 6 and 7 (Section 4 of the Act); for children aged 8 and 9 (Section 5 of the Act); and for children aged 10, 11, and 12 (Section 6 of the Act)....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (28 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Programmes (28 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Healthy Age Friendly Homes is the support coordination service which seeks to improve the health and wellbeing of older adults and to enable them to remain in their own homes and communities for as long as possible. An innovative collaboration between Health, Housing, and Local Government, through the Age Friendly Ireland Shared Service, this programme has been operational in nine pilot sites...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Sep 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: Hospital Appointments Status (28 Sep 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 the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (28 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: This has been referred to the HSE.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (28 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of all ambulance staff across the country, including those who are represented by NASRA. It is important to note that the Department of Health has had a long-standing objective of avoiding fragmentation in worker representation in public sector employments and in the trade union movement generally. Less fragmentation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mortality Rates (28 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) publishes official statistics on mortality in Ireland and publishes quarterly and yearly statistics on registered deaths through their Vital Statistics publications. The latest published data is for deaths registered in Quarter 1 2023 and data is provisional. Data on total deaths registered per year and the crude death rate per 1,000 population is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (28 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Referred to HSE for direct response.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As part of Budget 2023, €2.6 million was allocated to implement a number of initiatives aimed at improving diabetes care, including commencing the development of a National Diabetes Registry, the commencement of a National Paediatric Audit of Type 1 Diabetes, and two further initiatives related to gestational diabetes. These initiatives focus on improving our information on diabetes...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (28 Sep 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: Primary Care Services (28 Sep 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: Dental Services (28 Sep 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.

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Referral to Select Committee (27 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Health pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1)

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (27 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Medical Card provision is primarily based on financial assessment. In accordance with the Health Act 1970 (as amended), eligibility for a medical card is determined by the HSE, which assesses each application on a qualifying financial threshold. The issue of granting medical or GP visit cards based on having a particular disease or illness was previously examined in 2014 by the HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (27 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: In terms of medical expenses, this Government has put a significant focus on improving access to and the affordability of healthcare services, advancing substantial policy, legislation and investment to deliver expanded eligibility. In 2022, a range of measures were delivered including the abolition of public inpatient charges for children, reductions in the Drug Payment Scheme threshold...