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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Health Services Staff (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I imagine that when we get to the end of this year recruitment will be more than half what it was in previous years. The Deputy is correct that we have hired about 6,000 staff per year for the last three years. That has been very unusual. When we look back at previous years, a normal year in the previous five years would have meant hiring between 2,000 and 3,000 additional staff. This...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Ambulance Service (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. I know he will join me in acknowledging the extraordinary commitment of the National Ambulance Service workers in delivering care for his constituents in south Tipperary and across the country. We are investing significantly in the National Ambulance Service. This year, investment will be approximately €227 million, which amounts to a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: While important progress is being made in ensuring quicker access for children, we all know the waiting lists are still too long. They have been too long for a very long time and Covid-19 made them worse. In response, we adopted a multi-annual approach and we have had several waiting list action plans. We will shortly publish the waiting list action plan for this year. While I fully...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: With regard to hospitals needing to comply with relativity measures, I have instructed the HSE to pause capital investment into any hospital that is refusing to join the productivity drive. We have previously discussed the health performance visualisation platform, HPVP. The vast majority of HSE hospitals are on this platform, which is essential if we are to make sure we get as much patient...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: These issues were raised with me by patient advocacy groups, and I took them very seriously. On the back of that, I spoke directly with front-line clinicians involved in providing paediatric orthopaedic services. I asked them whether they felt they got dedicated beds, dedicated theatre space and priority access to MRI, theatre, etc. The answer I received was that they did not. I have...

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As flagged during Report Stage in this House, I brought forward a number of amendments in the Seanad to align the Human Tissue Bill with the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. These amendments include the insertion of definitions including: “Act of 2015” to refer to the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; “capacity”, which will be construed in...

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: These are technical amendments which rephrase provisions for clarity or update incorrect references to other provisions. They will have no material impact on the provisions of the Bill.

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: These are technical amendments which update previously incomplete references to “regenerative tissue” to that of “regenerative tissues and cells”, a term already defined within the Human Tissue Bill.

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: These are technical amendments to update references to the Bill that are being inserted into the Coroners Acts. The Bill was previously referred to as the “Act of 2023” and these references are being updated and replaced by the short Title of the Bill. These amendments will have no material impact on the provisions of either piece of legislation.

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I would like to say a few words. First, I thank colleagues across the Dáil and Seanad for their support with this Bill. It has been a very constructive and collaborative process and we have an important Bill. This is an important day for everyone in the country who is waiting for an organ transplant. Today, 601 people and families are waiting on an organ transplant and there will be...

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I am advised that the Leas-Cheann Comhairle has been given a note on this and is facilitating it. A number of incorrect cross-references are contained in the Bill which are the result of a technical IT error.

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I appreciate her facilitating this. I am seeking to invoke Dáil Standing Order 196 and request that the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, as Chair, direct the clerk to carry through the necessary corrections. They are purely technical. They are as follows: the reference to "section 52(2)" on page 8, line 10, should read ‘"sections 39(2)(b)"; "section...

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: No doubt.

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I will come to the amendments immediately, but I would like to acknowledge some of the people we have in the Gallery with us this evening. We have six-year-old Ally Whitson from Dublin. Ally received a life-saving kidney transplant from her dad when she was four. She was on nightly dialysis for 13 hours a night for two years. I met Ally and her mum, Michelle, earlier on, and I want to...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The Deputy has strayed nowhere near the Bill, which I am not complaining about. He has raised an issue that is causing a lot of concern. I know we are about to adjourn the debate, but if it were possible to stretch the order to respond to that point, it would be very helpful because there is a lot of worry around the country based on incorrect information.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Or even 30 seconds, if it is in order.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Thank you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I appreciate your flexibility on this. I was made aware of the issue raised by Deputy Ó Murchú yesterday. A policy measure has been proposed in terms of supports for people who have had mastectomies. The proposal emanating from the HSE was that in some areas, supports would increase but in some areas, supports would decrease. I am not...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Except for us, a Cheann Comhairle. I am very pleased to introduce the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 to the Dáil. The legislation has three main aims. First, it will provide for an exemption of rent-a-room income of up to €14,000 per annum to be disregarded from the medical card and the GP visit card income assessment process. Second, it amends current...

Paediatric Orthopaedic and Urology Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "recognises that: — waiting lists for spinal surgery remain too long, despite an increase in the number of procedures carried out in recent years; and — the Government is committed to improving the waiting time for children seeking care; notes that: — the...