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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 May 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: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly. I would also like to remind the Deputy that it is against Department policy to comment on individual cases.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 May 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: Nursing Homes (16 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (16 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: Government is committed to promoting care in the community for older people so that they can continue to live in their own homes for as long as possible. Home support is an increasingly important part of the supports we offer to older people and will continue to increase in importance into the future, as our ageing population grows. The Home Support Service is funded by Government to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (16 May 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 (16 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to increasing access to GP care without charges for children, an important healthcare measure that will remove a potentially prohibitive cost barrier to accessing GP care and will help to improve children’s health as they develop. At present all children under six years of age are eligible for a GP visit card and therefore GP care without charges. The...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: The Irish model of general practice is based on private practice, and all GPs providing GP services in Ireland currently are private practitioners. This model has allowed the State to make provision for access to care for the most vulnerable while allowing GPs to develop their practices and sub-specialisations in line with the needs of their patients. It has also allowed the avoidance of any...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this operational matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I am acutely aware of the issues experienced by public health employees in relation to Long Covid. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has provided for Special Leave with Pay for 5 days for civil and public servants nationally, in line with the current public health advice, to facilitate employees to remain at home following a positive Covid-19 test result. For certain...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (16 May 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: Health Services Staff (16 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: In order to examine the significant workforce challenges in the home-support and nursing home sectors in Ireland, Minister Butler established the cross-departmental Strategic Workforce Advisory Group in March 2022. Working closely with key stakeholders, the Advisory Group made 16 recommendations to address the challenges in frontline carer roles in the home support and long-term residential...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (16 May 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 (16 May 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 Staff (16 May 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 Procedures (16 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on the matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (16 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As 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, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly. I would also like to remind the Deputy that it is against Department policy to comment on individual cases.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 May 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.