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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Jul 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: Pension Provisions (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is an administrative matter for the Health Service Executive, the HSE has been asked to respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: This PQ relates to operational matters and has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As this question relates to an operational matter of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI), I have referred the question to the NMBI for its attention and direct response to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (4 Jul 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 Centres (4 Jul 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 (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) works with public hospitals, as opposed to with patients directly, to offer and provide the funding for treatment to clinically suitable long waiting patients who are on an inpatient/day case waiting list for surgery, having been referred on to such a list following clinical assessment by a consultant/specialist at an outpatient clinic. The key...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Under the terms of the current GMS contract, GPs are required to provide eligible patients with ''all proper and necessary treatment of a kind usually undertaken by a general practitioner and not requiring special skill or experience of a degree or kind which general practitioners cannot reasonably be expected to possess". Persons who hold a medical card or a GP visit card are not subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (4 Jul 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 Procedures (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: This PQ relates to operational matters and has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (4 Jul 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 Centres (4 Jul 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: Disability Diagnoses (4 Jul 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: Abortion Services (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Under section 20 (1) of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, a notification of each termination of pregnancy carried out under the legislation must be notified to the Minister for Health within 28 days of it being carried out. Section 20, subsections (3) and (4), require the Minister to prepare a report on the notifications received in a given year not later than 30...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Meetings (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I can confirm that there was extensive engagement between officials from the Department of Health and officials from the Office of the Attorney General in relation to this matter but the detail and content are matters in respect of which legal privilege applies and therefore would be inappropriate to give further detail.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As noted by the Deputy, the current Temporary Scheme of Paid Leave for Employees Unfit for Work Post Covid Infection is due to conclude at the end of this month. Officials from my Department requested approval from the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform in April 2023 for a 12-month extension of the current Scheme. This was to allow time for a more informed clinical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy’s question relates to a service area, I have referred this question to the HSE for direct response.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Repayment Scheme was a statutory scheme established under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 to repay specified pre-2005 charges for in-patient services imposed on certain persons with full medical card eligibility in public long stay facilities, including public nursing homes. As the Scheme closed to new applications on 31 December 2007 in accordance with the provisions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Eligibility for a Medical Card is primarily based on a financial assessment which is conducted by the HSE in accordance with the Health Act 1970 (as amended). The HSE assesses each medical card application on a qualifying financial threshold. This is the amount of money that an individual can earn a week and still qualify for a card. It is specific to the individual’s own financial...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: It is important that I acknowledge the important role that Section 39 organisations and their staff play in our health sector. They have a key role in providing services to people with disabilities and older people. A process of engagement to examine the pay of workers in Community and Voluntary organisations was committed to by the Government in October 2022. While the Government has...