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Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (29 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 658 and 663 together. As these are operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The State Claims Agency (SCA) has a statutory remit to manage personal injury claims on behalf of Delegated State Authorities including the Health Service Executive. I have been informed by the Agency that the number of claims currently being taken against the HSE, notified to the SCA, which arise from the death of a family member as a result of contracting Covid-19 in a HSE Hospital or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cybersecurity Policy (29 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is an operational matter for the HSE, I have asked the HSE to reply to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Nov 2022)

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 (29 Nov 2022)

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: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (29 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy may be aware, Limerick City Council and members of the Limerick 2030 plan have engaged with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre (UPMC) on developing lands in a Limerick regeneration area. Limerick City Council sought UL Hospitals to meet with UPMC to outline the specific health needs of the Mid-Western region. However, in the context of any proposal, including a proposed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (29 Nov 2022)

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: Ukraine War (29 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I welcome the news that some Ukrainian dentists who are currently living in Ireland wish to practise here. Officials in my Department are in regular contact with the Dental Council on this matter and the Dental Council have advised that it is doing everything it can to expedite the registration of these dentists. The Dental Council have advised that a new registration process has opened...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Suicide (29 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, the “Dying with Dignity Bill 2020” was a Private Members’ Bill which dealt with end-of-life care and sought to amend the Criminal Law (Suicide) Act 1993 to allow for a person suffering from a terminal illness to request medically assisted suicide. The Bill passed Second Stage in the Oireachtas in October 2020 and was then referred to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Deputy has asked what schemes can be availed of when a person wishes to travel abroad to another EU Member State for treatment. The Treatment Abroad Scheme (TAS) allows public patients to be referred to another EU/EEA member state, the UK or Switzerland for treatment, in their public healthcare system, that is not available in Ireland, subject to qualifying criteria. A patient's Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Ireland welcomes the European Medicines Agency (EMA) age extension recommendation for the COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty and Spikevax to include use in children aged 6 months to 4 years. The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme in Ireland is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). Its recommendations are based on the prevalence of the relevant disease in Ireland,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (29 Nov 2022)

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 Staff (29 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: In relation to the particular query raised, 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 Charges (29 Nov 2022)

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 Equipment (29 Nov 2022)

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 (29 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Radioligand therapy is a type of nuclear medicine that works by delivering targeted doses of radiation to cancer cells. One form of radioligand therapy licensed by the European Medicines Agency and approved for reimbursement by the HSE in the treatment of specific neuroendocrine tumours is called Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT). Currently, PRRT is not available in Ireland....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (29 Nov 2022)

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: Healthcare Policy (29 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The EU4Health Programme mandates a wide range of support to health policies and actions. The EU4Health annual work plans are structured around four overarching strands – crisis preparedness, health promotion & disease prevention, health systems & healthcare workforce, and digital – with a cross-cutting priority on cancer. My department participates actively in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (29 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 684, 717, 718, 719, 720 and 736 together. As the Deputy will be aware, a commitment to “introduce a publicly funded model of care for fertility treatment” is included in the Programme for Government. ‎The Model of Care for Fertility was developed by the Department of Health in conjunction with the HSE’s National Women &...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (29 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022 passed Second Stage in the Dáil in March 2022 and has been referred to the Select Committee on Health for Third Stage. The focus of this Bill is on the regulation, for the first time in this country, of a wide range of assisted human reproduction (AHR) practices undertaken within the jurisdiction. ...