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

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 169 to 171, inclusive, together. As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to reply to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (19 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As part of Budget 2023, I announced my commitment to abolish all public inpatient hospital charges this year. The Health (Amendment) Act 2023, signed into law by the President on 4 April 2023, removes the acute public in-patient charge of €80 per day for people accessing care as a public patient in public hospitals. This measure came into effect from 17 April 2023. The removal of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (19 Apr 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: Pension Provisions (19 Apr 2023)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (19 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: Health Services (19 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.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (19 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Irish-registered medical practitioners may apply to the Minister for Health for a licence to access cannabis for medical use for a named patient under their care. Applications for this Ministerial licence can only be accepted from:An individual patient’s medical consultant, where evidence of an established doctor-patient relationship exists, orFrom the individual patient’s GP...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 Apr 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: Disease Management (19 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I understand the Deputy may be seeking further information on the EU Treatment Abroad Scheme (TAS). The HSE operates the EU Treatment Abroad Scheme (TAS), for people entitled under EU Regulation 883/04.  The TAS is a consultant led scheme and allows for an Ireland-based public consultant to refer a public patient who is normally resident in Ireland for treatment in the public...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Under the GMS scheme, the HSE contracts GPs to provide medical services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. Certain groups, including all those under 6 years of age and those over 70 years of age, are automatically entitled to a GP visit card. Where a GMS patient, a patient that holds a medical card or GP visit card, experiences difficulty in finding a GP to accept...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I welcome this opportunity to address the committee to discuss Further Revised Estimate for 2023 for my Department - Vote 38. I thank the committee for agreeing to defer this appearance until after the transfer of specialist community-based disability services from my Department to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. This transfer took effect from 1...