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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: GPs are self-employed practitioners and therefore may establish practices at a place of their own choosing. There is no prescribed ratio of GPs to patients and the State does not regulate the number of GPs that can set up in a town or community. Under the GMS scheme, the HSE contracts GPs to provide medical services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. Currently there...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 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: Health Services (18 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: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter and the Health Service Executive have a service level agreement in place with SouthDoc, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 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: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Treatment Abroad Scheme (TAS) as provided for in EU Regulations, does not include a provision for travel and subsistence expenses for patients or their relatives travelling abroad to avail of approved treatments. However the HSE, subject to available funding, under the Treatment Abroad Scheme Travel Policy, may provide assistance...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (18 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Service Executive (HSE) provides a wide range of medical aids under the Community Funded Schemes to eligible persons (as set out in the Health Act 1970) free of charge following assessment by a relevant health professional. The HSE oversees the provision and supply of incontinence wear products for eligible persons across Ireland. Provision is based on an appropriate clinical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (18 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: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Long-Term Illness (LTI) Scheme was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 (as amended). Regulations were made in 1971, 1973 and 1975, prescribing 16 illnesses covered by the Scheme. These are: acute leukaemia; mental handicap; cerebral palsy; mental illness (in a person under 16); cystic fibrosis; multiple sclerosis; diabetes insipidus; muscular dystrophies; diabetes...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: At present, the HSE Public Dental Service provides a screening and necessary treatment for children approximating to second and sixth class and, in some cases, fourth class. Emergency care is provided for children of all ages up to 16 and for those with complex and additional needs. There are challenges in the provision of oral healthcare services and patients of all ages are waiting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 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: Medicinal Products (18 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Shortages of the diabetes medicine Ozempic are linked to the increased demand which has been attributed to the off-label use of the product to treat obesity. Novo Nordisk, the marketing authorisation holder for Ozempic, has notified the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) of intermittent supply issues with Ozempic products due to increased global demand. The company anticipates that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As part of the development of St John’s in-patient ward, a new procedure room is currently under construction on site to allow patients to have their intrathecal therapy on the ward rather than in operating theatres. This will increase direct nursing care to the patients in the ward. In order to address nurse staffing and related bed capacity issues across the HSE, my Department is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (18 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The public health advice is that testing for COVID-19 is no longer recommended for most of the population. We have now moved from extensive testing and tracing of infection to reduce transmission, towards a focus on mitigation of the severe impacts of COVID-19 in those people most vulnerable to its effects. The current approach to COVID-19 testing is facilitated by the high level of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Qualifications Recognition (18 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy may be aware, the Health and Social Care Professionals Council and Registration Boards, collectively known as CORU, are responsible for protecting the public by promoting high standards of professional conduct, education, training, and competence amongst the professions designated under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act (2005). The Act is being implemented on a phased...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (18 Apr 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: Qualifications Recognition (18 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Along with the professions of midwife, doctor, pharmacist and dentist, Registered General Nurse (RGN) is one of the five health professions falling within the scope of the European Union’s automatic recognition system for professional qualifications as per the Professional Qualifications Directive 2005/36/EC. Applications for registration with any EU member state are assessed based on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (18 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I note the Deputy is asking for an update on the suite of innovations outlined in a Parliamentary Question of 22 June 2022 and which had been initiated by CORU to improve recognition and registration times. Please see below the current status of these initiatives: Full transfer to an online application system (for recognition applications) - an online applications system and new database...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (18 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: Hospital Facilities (18 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 the Deputy directly in relation to this matter.