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- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: To respond to Deputy Verona Murphy, the 96-bed block, or the 97-bed block, as the team keeps reminding me when I go to Wexford to meet it, features prominently in this year's capital plan, as she will be aware. It is being advanced. A detailed design is being advanced and we will be seeking to proceed on a rapid-build basis.
- Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Financial Resolution (26 Sep 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I move: That provision be made in the Act giving effect to this Resolution, in the manner and to the extent specified in that Act, to provide for the charging, in accordance with regulations made under section 17 of the Act by the Minister for Health, of fees for a licence, for renewal of a licence or for a copy of a licence.
- Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (26 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 Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (26 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 Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (26 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 Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (26 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: Addiction Treatment Services (26 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: Addiction Treatment Services (26 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: Community Development Projects (26 Sep 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I fully acknowledge the distress and inconvenience for patients and their families when elective procedures are cancelled, particularly for clinically urgent procedures. While every effort is made to avoid cancellation or postponement of planned procedures, the HSE has advised that planned procedures and operations can be postponed or cancelled for a variety of reasons including capacity...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Development Projects (26 Sep 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I fully acknowledge the distress and inconvenience for patients and their families when elective procedures are cancelled, particularly for clinically urgent procedures. While every effort is made to avoid cancellation or postponement of planned procedures, the HSE has advised that planned procedures and operations can be postponed or cancelled for a variety of reasons including capacity...
- Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (26 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 Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (26 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: Medical Cards (26 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: Health Services (26 Sep 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: The ICT environment supporting the provision of health services to the public in Ireland is the largest of its kind in the State, providing 24/7 services to over 70,000 end users across 2,000 interwoven systems and applications. Despite significant increases in funding since the formation of this Government in terms of ICT capital, revenue and staffing, there is still much to be done to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (26 Sep 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: Progressing women’s health is a priority for myself and for this Government. We made a strong commitment to Promoting Women’s Health in the Programme for Government 2020 and are fully committed to the continued development and improvement of women’s health services and to working with women and girls to improve their health and experiences of healthcare across the whole...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of public healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 Sep 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: In 2019, the Medical Council established an ‘Overprescribing Working Group’ to consider issues with overprescribing of controlled drugs within the healthcare system. The aim of the group was to create a forum for stakeholders to share knowledge, experience and ideas on how to address overprescribing of benzodiazepines, Z drugs and Pregabalin, and also to identify strategies to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 Sep 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: Pregabalin is a prescription drug used to manage a number of long-term conditions, including epilepsy, neuropathic pain and generalised anxiety disorder. Under the Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) Regulations 2003 (SI 540/2003) it is a Schedule A product subject to prescription which may not be renewed. On its website HSE has advice on the appropriate prescribing of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (26 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 (26 Sep 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: Since this situation first came to my attention officials in the Department of Health have worked with the Dental Council and relevant stakeholders to ensure that everything possible was done to resolve the concerns of patients affected. The normal course of events would be that orthodontic practices are wound down in an orderly fashion when necessary and for patients to continue to...