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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (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: Cancer 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: Cancer 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: General Practitioner Services (20 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: GPs are private practitioners, most of whom hold a contract with the HSE for the provision of health services, such as the GMS contract for the provision of GP services to medical card and GP visit card holders. Where a patient who holds a medical card or GP visit card experiences difficulty in finding a GP to accept them as a patient, the person concerned having unsuccessfully applied to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (20 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics (NCPE) was established in 1998 with the aim of promoting expertise in Ireland for the advancement of the discipline of pharmacoeconomics through practice, research and education. The NCPE is an independent Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Agency responsible for evaluating drug treatments for use in the Irish healthcare setting. The NCPE conducts...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (20 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 655 and 656 together. I am fully committed to supporting our population screening programmes which are a valuable part of our health service, enabling early treatment and care for many people, and improving the overall health of our population. Under commitments in the Programme for Government, BreastCheck eligibility has been expanded to women aged 69...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (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: Under the Health Act 1970, eligibility for a medical card is based primarily on means. The Act obliges the HSE to assess whether a person is unable, without undue hardship, to arrange general practitioner services for himself or herself and his or her family, having regard to his or her overall financial position and reasonable expenditure. The issue of granting medical or GP visit cards...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (20 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to making healthcare more accessible and affordable and has introduced several reductions in the cost of healthcare. On 1 November 2020, prescription charges under the General Medical Services (GMS) scheme were reduced as follows: - For persons over 70, the charges were reduced to €1 per item with a maximum monthly charge of €10 per person or family...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Drug Payment Scheme (DPS) provides for the refund of the amount by which expenditure on approved prescribed medicines or medical and surgical appliances exceeds a named threshold in any calendar month. The DPS is not means tested and is available to anyone ordinarily resident in Ireland. The DPS threshold was reduced twice in 2022: From €114 to €100 per month on 1 January...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Pay (20 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Determining the starting pay for someone being recruited to the Health Service Executive is a matter for the HSE themselves as the employer based on existing incremental credit policies. On that basis, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy. It is important to note however, that incremental credit can only be considered where it is provided for in existing policies, and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 672 and 673 together. The expansion of the National Newborn Bloodspot (NBS) Programme is a priority for me, and the National Screening Advisory Committee (NSAC) has been progressing work on this expansion. In January 2023, I approved a recommendation from the Committee for the addition of T-cell receptor excision circle (TREC)-based screening for all...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drugs schemes, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. HSE decisions on which medicines are reimbursed by the taxpayer are made on objective, scientific and economic grounds, on the advice of the National Centre for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Jun 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: Health Services Staff (20 Jun 2023)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (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: State Bodies (20 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Circular 25/2016 was brought to the attention of all bodies under the aegis of my Department and each body was informed of their obligations in the protocol. An update has been requested from the aegis bodies regarding implementation of the protocol and the information will issue to the Deputy as soon as possible.