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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Oct 2024)
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 (16 Oct 2024)
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: Departmental Data (16 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The National Cancer Registry of Ireland (NCRI) has a statutory obligation to collate information in relation to national cancer incidence across all tumour types. This information will typically only be made available two to three years after the year of incidence, in keeping with international standards. The most up to date data available from the NCRI on the total number of persons...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (16 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (16 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (16 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 248 and 249 together. As these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: This PQ has been referred to the HSE for response.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The cost of the Covid Tracker app was approximately €800,000 with ongoing support and development costs thereafter of approximately €20k per month, hosting costs of approximately €20k per month plus costs associated with monitoring the security of the app and app environment of approximately €13k per quarter. This compared favourably with international...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The State Claims Agency (SCA) has a statutory remit to manage personal injury claims on behalf of State Authorities including the Health Service Executive. The SCA has informed me that it has received 73 wrongful death claims, in respect of COVID-19, recorded across hospitals, nursing homes, HSE locations including community healthcare locations, COVID-19 vaccine programme locations and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (16 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The Laura Brennan HPV Vaccination Catch-Up Programme commenced on 8 December 2022 with the opening of the HSE’s online registration portal for the programme. In 2023, the Laura Brennan HPV Vaccination Catch-Up Programme offered free HPV vaccines to: • females who are 24 years of age or younger • males who are 21 years of age or younger I can confirm that the HSE...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (16 Oct 2024)
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: Disability Services (16 Oct 2024)
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 (16 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (16 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (16 Oct 2024)
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: Pharmacy Services (16 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I recognise the significant role community pharmacists play in the delivery of patient care and acknowledge the potential for this role to be developed further in the context of healthcare service reform. There has been ongoing engagement between Department officials and the Irish Pharmacy Union regarding the potential to extend the scope of practice of community pharmacists and the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (16 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I recognise the significant role pharmacists play in the delivery of patient care and acknowledge the potential for this role to be developed further in the context of healthcare service reform. In July 2023, I established the Expert Taskforce to Support the Expansion of the Role of Pharmacy. The remit of the Taskforce was to identify and support the delivery of specific objectives,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (16 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Thank you for your query on the important issue of medicine shortages. Sandoz Pharmaceuticals d.d., the company responsible for supplying Estradot, has notified Ireland’s medicines regulator, the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), of a shortage of Estradot transdermal patches (50 microgram/24 hour transdermal patch, 75 microgram/24 hour transdermal patch, 100 microgram/24...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (16 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: To inform the response to your question, my Officials have consulted with Ireland’s medicines regulator, the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) Creon current supply position: Viatris, the company that places Creon on the market in Ireland has notified the HPRA of a global supply constraint of Creon (pancreatin) medicines. Viatris has informed the HPRA that this constrained...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Oct 2024)
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.