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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: He did.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: With respect, if the Deputy is going to start-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: The Deputy can be as robust as he wants in his questioning of me and accuse me of whatever he wants, but he must then let me respond. He has just said the phrase “a couple of tens of millions”, which is exactly what his party colleague said on RTÉ, and he referenced the fact that this could take a year. What I am stating very clearly is that the agency we have managing...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: You just have.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: Go back and look at what you said.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: Fine. I would respectfully respond to that-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: The Deputy did say that, in fairness. I invite him to look back at his last contribution in terms of why the board did not do this, why did they not do that, why did they not do the other, why did they not respond to this letter. Neither the Deputy nor I can answer that question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: Chair-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: Thank you.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: In an effort to be helpful, I ask that the committee send us the questions.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 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 (21 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 (21 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 170, 207 and 209 together. 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. ...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 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 (21 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: Pharmacy Services (21 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 174, 202 and 205 together. 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. In that regard, various approaches to extending the scope of practice of community pharmacists are being progressed by my...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (21 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I am committed to ensuring that anyone seeking a termination of pregnancy can access services in safety and with privacy & dignity. To this end I secured cabinet approval to legislate for the designation of safe access zones around healthcare premises to safeguard access to termination of pregnancy services on the 27 July 2022. Since that time, officials from my Department have...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (21 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to reply to the Deputy directly as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (21 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As part of Phase One of implementing the Model of Care for Fertility we are establishing Regional Fertility Hubs within each of the maternity networks. Five of the six hubs are open and operational, with the sixth and final hub due to open in the coming months. As the second part of the question is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy...