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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Oct 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: Budget 2023 (25 Oct 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I fully appreciate the difficulties experienced by patients suffering from this painful condition. There is no doubt that Epidermolysis Bullosa places a substantial medical, social, and financial burden on patients and carers. As this question relates to operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Oct 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 608 to 610, inclusive, together. As the Deputy's questions relate to operational matters, I am referring the questions to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (25 Oct 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the community drug schemes. The 2013 Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act is a clear, robust, statutory framework under which all new medicinal products must be assessed by the HSE. The HSE is the statutory decision-maker for the reimbursement of such...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (25 Oct 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Timeline for recruitment of replacement Chief Executive, Health Service Executive as provided by the National Director of HR, HSE Key Stage Estimated Delivery Publication of Tender to OGP Search Framework w/e 22 July 2022 Advertisement Friday, 23 September 2022 (subject to Search RFT issuing as above) ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Oct 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Under the terms of the current GMS contract, GPs are required to provide eligible patients with ''all proper and necessary treatment of a kind usually undertaken by a general practitioner and not requiring special skill or experience of a degree or kind which general practitioners cannot reasonably be expected to possess." There is no provision under the GMS GP contract for persons who hold a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (25 Oct 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 616 and 665 together. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines and medical items, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. In line with the 2013 Act and the national framework agreed with industry, a company must submit an application to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (25 Oct 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the management of the public healthcare property estate, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to you in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 Oct 2022)

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: Health Service Executive (25 Oct 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: Legislative Measures (25 Oct 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Safe Access Zones Legislation has been prioritised in the Government’s Autumn Legislative Programme, and officials in my Department are engaging intensively with the Office of the Attorney General and relevant stakeholders to progress this legislation as expeditiously as possible. Various terminology has been used interchangeably in respect of the concept of safe access zones. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Oct 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The development of a standard contract for the provision of vasectomy services is a component of the HSE streamlining and coordination agenda in line with the 2019 Agreement between the Department of Health, the HSE, and the IMO on Contractual Reform and Service Development. Pending the development of the standard contract, as an interim measure local health areas can utilise the HSE’s...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Oct 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 (25 Oct 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 (25 Oct 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 (25 Oct 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 (25 Oct 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 Appointments Status (25 Oct 2022)

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 the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (25 Oct 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the community drug schemes; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (25 Oct 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the management of the public healthcare property estate, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to you in relation to this matter.