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Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (13 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) legislation, payments to pharmacy contractors were restructured in 2009, 2011 and 2013, under: S.I. No. 246/2009 - Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments to Community Pharmacy Contractors) Regulations 2009.S.I. No. 300/2011 - Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments to Community Pharmacy Contractors) Regulations...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 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: Pharmacy Services (13 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: 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. Their participation in the national COVID-19 vaccination programme and in the free contraception scheme, launched in September 2022, are examples of the importance of their role in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (13 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Department of Health does not have a role in recognising bodies representing professional counsellors and psychotherapists. The Department’s role relates to providing policy guidance to CORU in relation to professional regulation matters. As the Deputy may be aware, CORU is Ireland's multi-profession health regulator. Its role is to protect the public by promoting high...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 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: Health Services (13 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: Medicinal Products (13 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: 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. Laboratoires Besins International has also advised of a shortage of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Jun 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: Departmental Correspondence (13 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As the question relates to the HSE's employment eligibility criteria I am referring it to the HSE to respond directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 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: Ambulance Service (13 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 the Deputy directly in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (13 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: My Department expects all users of official devices to exercise appropriate discretion in their use. Staff are advised that in using relevant communications services they must do so in line with appropriate usage policies, the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviours and the Blended Working Policy Framework for Civil Service Organisations, while working in the office or while working...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (1 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: There is a process and there has been agreement, as the Deputy will be aware on the biggest 300, which was very welcome. Initially, it was the first 50, then it was another 250. We need to find a way to deal with this while balancing two things. On the one hand they are private organisations but, on the other, we largely fund them. We cannot divorce ourselves from their ability to pay...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: General Practitioner Services (1 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: We are looking to bring in GPs from around the world. We are not excluding Cuba from that. The HSE and the ICGP would welcome the inclusion of doctors from many additional countries, and Cuba is no different. The two bodies have been doing a lot of work with South Africa and various South American countries with a view to bringing over GPs from those locations. There is no issue in doing...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (1 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I acknowledge the hugely important role section 39 organisations and their workers play in our health and social care services. They are absolutely essential in providing services, including to people with disabilities and older people in the community. A process of engagement to examine the pay of workers in community and voluntary organisations was committed to by the Government in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Disputes (1 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Progress is being made. The representative body has been engaging through last year. As I said, they met in February and in March. They are back into the WRC. The pay anomaly has been addressed in regard to the laboratory aids. Good progress is being made to that effect. The workforce has gone up since before the pandemic. It increased by about 7% since pre-pandemic levels which is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: General Practitioner Services (1 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank Deputy Pringle. I checked in when I saw your question. The advice I have from the Department is that there was an acknowledgement and a response to the correspondence. That is the advice I have from the Department. If that is not correct we need to chase that up because certainly the view is that correspondence has issued. We need to make sure that has been received. If it has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: General Practitioner Services (1 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Yesterday, fair enough, well then he should have had a response earlier than that. I have no issue saying that at all. I thank him for getting in touch with me on it. Increasing the medical workforce is a top priority for me and for the Department. As Deputy Smith and I were just talking about, I want to see a doubling of healthcare college places. The 2018 capacity review in regard...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: General Practitioner Services (1 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE is working in collaboration with the Irish Medical Council, IMC, to identify potential regions for recruitment of doctors around the world who meet the IMC registration standards. Any such recruitment needs to be in line with our ethical guidelines. We are a signatory, as the Deputy will be aware, of the WHO's global code on the recruitment of international health professionals....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (1 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Starting, if I may, with the patient liaison, the Deputy and I had a really positive and useful meeting with patients and families who are dealing with rare diseases. The point they were making was that there is all manner of frustrations, blockages and complications in the system and they would really benefit from having someone within the HSE who engages with them and can take on board...