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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (22 Jun 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 (22 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Sight testing, eye examinations and optical appliances are provided to medical card holders by ophthalmologists, optometrists and dispensing opticians through the Community Ophthalmic Services Schemes (COSS). Patients may access these services following a referral by a healthcare professional such as their general practitioner. All children, including those not covered by a medical card,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (22 Jun 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: Disease Management (22 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: In February I announced a plan to develop a revised National Rare Disease Plan, in line with the commitment in the Programme for Government. The development of the new Plan is currently being progressed through the Office of the Chief Medical Officer in conjunction with the HSE's National Rare Disease Office, and will include a review of the previous National Rare Disease Plan 2014-2018....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (22 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: While my Department is not familiar with the organisation referenced in the parliamentary question, the Deputy will be aware that I recently announced a plan to develop a revised National Rare Disease Plan, in line with the commitment in the Programme for Government. The development of this new plan will consider areas of the previous Plan that need to be further progressed, while also...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (22 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: On the 26 April 2023, the European Commission’s proposal to revise the general pharmaceutical legislation was published - this is in the form of a Directive and a Regulation. The Minister for Health welcomed the publication of the legislation. The objective of the revised framework is to impose safeguarding controls across the full spectrum of the supply chain, from “raw...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (22 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill will introduce a suite of measures to reduce the appeal and availability of nicotine inhaling products such as electronic cigarettes to young people. In particular, it will prohibit the sale of these products to minors. The Bill has been notified under the EU Technical Standards Directive which means that it has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (22 Jun 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 Services (22 Jun 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 (22 Jun 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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Chair and the members of the committee. I am joined today by Mr. Derek Tierney, assistant secretary, head of infrastructure in the Department of Health, and by his colleague in infrastructure, Ms Andrea Heron. I am also joined by Mr. John Wright, principal in the Department for IT and corporate services, and by Mr. Ken Mooney, principal in the Department for strategic HR. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: All I can tell the Deputy is that it did not. The report lays out the timeline. The Deputy's question is a very fair one. In trying to answer it, I should say that it is difficult to convey the volume of issues that are dealt with in the Department of Health. I was in opposition as Fianna Fáil's health spokesperson. I thought that gave me a reasonable understanding of the volume of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As I have stated previously, including in my opening statement, and as the Secretary General has stated previously, it is a matter of regret that I was not made aware of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Secretary General has accepted himself - I think he did so at committee here - that as Minister, I should have been told earlier. Certainly, from day one he has accepted that as Minister, I should have been told earlier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: If the Deputy does not mind me parsing that slightly, I think if any of us do something, after the fact we may say that with the benefit of hindsight it is regrettable that we did not do it differently. I do not know about the Deputy, but that issue arises with me and with most of us quite regularly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: To the specific question that the Deputy is asking around whether I regret not being told earlier, I do. Should I have been told earlier? I should. Has the Secretary General fully accepted that? He has.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: No, I am not. I know I said it previously, but there is a volume of issues that we deal with in the Department of Health which means that at a senior level within the Department - and it is not just between me and the Secretary General; it is across the management board and senior team - we rely on and trust people to manage enormous pieces of work with huge responsibilities. I have to say,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Is the Deputy talking-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I just wanted to clarify it is specifically to do with the research funding. Can I state, right at the outset, that I accept the report in full.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I accept the report in full.