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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 616, 618 and 633 together. Besins Healthcare Ireland Limited has advised of a shortage of Utrogestan Vaginal 200mg Vaginal Capsule, impacting multiple markets due to increased demand. The company anticipates resupply towards the end of June 2023. The company has stated that Exempt Medicinal Product (EMP*) is available to meet patient demand. ...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the important role that Section 39 organisations and 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 620 and 621 together. The regulations governing the pharmacy fee structure are set out in the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 (No. 34 of 2017) and in S.I. No. 639 of 2019, the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 (Payments to Community Pharmacy Contractors) Regulations 2019, which put the current fee structure in place, with effect from 1...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: The regulations governing the pharmacy fee structure are set out in the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 (No. 34 of 2017) and in S.I. No. 639 of 2019, the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 (Payments to Community Pharmacy Contractors) Regulations 2019, which put the current fee structure in place, with effect from 1 January 2020. Under Section 42(14) of the Public Service...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (20 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 623 and 624 together. As the matter raised is a service delivery 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 Waiting Lists (20 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: In relation to the particular query raised, 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 (20 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 (20 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 Promotion (20 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: The current legislative priority in this area is the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill. The Bill will introduce a suite of measures which aim to reduce the appeal and availability of nicotine inhaling products such as electronic cigarettes to young people. In particular the Bill will prohibit the sale of these products to minors and introduce a requirement...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (20 Jun 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: Health Services Staff (20 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: Medical Cards (20 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 634 and 726 together. The Government is committed to the extension of GP visit card eligibility to those who earn the median household income or less, as announced in Budget 2023. Approximately 400,000 additional individuals are estimated to become eligible for a GP visit card under this expansion. My Department and the HSE are engaged in intensive...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (20 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: The geographies for the six Health Regions were approved by Government Decision in 2019. A series of research, analysis, and consultation was undertaken by the Department of Health to support the identification of the optimal boundaries for the new regions. This included a review of approaches taken internationally and in previous reforms in Ireland, a public consultation process, and a...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 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 (20 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 Waiting Lists (20 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 Waiting Lists (20 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 (20 Jun 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 640, 671, 716 and 730 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Jun 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: Hospital Transfers (20 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.