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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I will but I would just like to comment on this. I met some of those workers when I was in Galway and I gave a very clear commitment that they were eligible so long as they were in hospital during those dates. I did not realise that, Senator. It is frustrating to hear because I met them and told them and the hospital very clearly that they were eligible and that they needed to be paid like...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I agree with the Chair about pharmacies. The Department is working closely with the HSE and the Irish Pharmacy Union, IPU, to enhance pharmacy care. We are considering a number of approaches. One is the introduction of a minor ailments scheme, which is something that the IPU has rightly sought for a long time. Another is a medicines shortage protocol to allow pharmacists to substitute...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I agree. I was in Dún Laoghaire recently, where the National Rehabilitation Hospital, NRH, is looking to put in place a second phase. It is needed. The Chair will be aware that, for the first year, we have a fully funded national stroke strategy. Part of that involves neuro-rehabilitation in the community. We need significantly more acute rehab beds around the country. Much of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: He and I have met on numerous occasions. The initial signals are all good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I applaud the Deputy for getting half an hour's worth of questions in right at the end. His experience is showing. The most serious of the issues he raised concerns the tragic death of Vivienne Murphy. I express my heartbreak and my condolences with her family and friends. The Deputy asked about paediatric ICU services in Cork. The current clinical view is that paediatric ICU patients...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Am I? What are we doing next week, Chair?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Oh good, yes, we are. I will see members again next week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Specifically with regard to the surgical hubs, we are sanctioning the staff now. We are finalising the complement. We do not need the surgeons, because surgeons will come from their existing work and use the facilities, but we do need administrative support. We obviously need theatre nurses, who are rare as hens' teeth in Ireland and across the world. We are sanctioning the recruitment of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Senator for his questions. I will make inquiries about the pandemic recognition payments to which he referred. The vast majority of payments have now been made but there is an outstanding number of section 39 organisations and private providers for which the moneys still need to be processed and paid to staff. I assume the Senator refers to residential services rather than day...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: If there are specific service-level issues such as those the Deputy has raised, he might send me a note and I will get him a response. The Deputy will be aware that we are investing in stroke care. We have rolled out the first national stroke strategy this year. There is a lot more money going in, both in terms of the acute services and the very quick responses, which are making a huge...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: To date, €208 million in tax-free payments has been distributed. That gets lost sometimes when there is an ever-decreasing number of people who have not been paid and who, quite rightly, are looking to be paid. At this point the vast majority - over 90% - of the organisations that have submitted claims to the HSE have been engaged with. There were issues with compliance and the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I have had several conversations with the team at Wexford General Hospital, Government colleagues and the Deputy about the need for the block. It is a project that I support. The capital plan will be published soon. This will contain details of bed projects across the country. We will wait for that for the details.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (25 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (25 Apr 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: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 Apr 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 Staff (25 Apr 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.