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Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (12 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, the HSE has proposed a process of planned service changes at Navan. The HSE advises that these changes are necessary to support safe service delivery on a sustained basis and are driven first and foremost by patient safety and very real clinical concerns. While recognising the very real clinical concerns identified, the Government is clear that several...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (12 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: It is my priority to ensure that the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 is fully implemented, and is performing as it should be, to enable all women in Ireland to access termination of pregnancy services quickly and easily, without bias or judgment. Termination of pregnancy services are free of charge to anyone who is ordinarily resident in the State. In the case of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 106 and 121 together. Diabetes is a complex condition that can have a profound impact on the quality of life of people living with the condition. If not well managed, it can lead to debilitating complications. Management of the condition is required across the entire spectrum of healthcare delivery including self-management support as well as care...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (12 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I wish to express my gratitude for the extraordinary efforts of our front-line healthcare workers, particularly during this period of increased demand on our Emergency Departments. I have requested that the HSE set out short-term immediate actions to alleviate the pressure on EDs and ensure that our hospitals are ready for winter. I also requested the development of a longer-term plan...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services commenced in January 2018 under the Chairmanship of Professor Phillip Nolan and a Steering Group formed from nominations of interested stakeholders representing medical, professional/technical staff, nursing and patient representatives. The aim of the Cardiac Services Review is to achieve optimal patient outcomes at population level with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (12 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS) provides dental care free of charge to medical card holders aged 16 and over. I have invested an additional €26 million in the Scheme this year over and above what was spent in 2021, €40 million. This package includes an additional €10 million in Budget 2022 to expand dental health care for medical card holders and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (12 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Primary Care Centres are modern, purpose designed buildings providing a single point of access to health services in the community. Tullow Co. Carlow has been identified as one of the areas for the development of a new Primary Care Centre (PCC) which will also serve the local communities in Hacketstown and Rathvilly. It is planned that the new PCC will provide a broad range of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (12 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to continue to provide survivors of thalidomide with the necessary health supports to meet their related needs. In addition to an initial ex-gratia lump-sum and monthly payments for life, the supports provided by the Irish State to each Irish survivor include a medical card on an administrative basis regardless of means, which includes access to a full range of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (12 Jul 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: Emergency Departments (12 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE have advised that Mayo University Hospital is dealing with a significant increase in COVID-19 positive patients, while also seeing very high numbers of attendances through the Emergency Department. From January 2022 to the end of June 2022 the average wait time in the ED in MUH was 6.7 hours. MUH are utilising the unit that was used exclusively for Covid for other ED attendances...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (12 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The State Claims Agency (SCA) has a statutory remit to manage personal injury claims, including claims in respect of clinical negligence, on behalf of Delegated State Authorities (DSAs) including the Health Service Executive. I have been informed by the SCA that the information contained within the attached document was extracted from the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as per the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (12 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (12 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I appreciate that the Deputy has raised this matter on a number of occasions, through various formats, on behalf of those families who lost loved ones in the early months of the pandemic. I must reiterate that the position remains that the Department of the Taoiseach are considering options for a comprehensive evaluation of how the country managed COVID-19. This evaluation will provide...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (12 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I am informed by the Health Service Executive (HSE) that the National Ambulance Service (NAS) is planning a replacement for the current facility in Carlow and that a greenfield site has been identified and is under consideration. I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly with any further detail that it may have in the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (12 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I am aware that hospitals that charge parking fees are very cognisant of the financial implications of parking costs for patients and their families, particularly for those with long-term illnesses. Consequently, some hospitals have introduced a maximum daily fixed parking charge and reduced rate parking for long-term patients and visitors for whom the payment of the full rate would cause...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (12 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The primary metric for monitoring Emergency Department (ED) Wait Times is “Patient Experience Time” (PET). In the tables for Cork University Hospital and Mercy University Hospital enclosed, the Median ED PETs by age cohort for the month of June 2022 as per the available date are listed. These median PETs account for both patients that are subsequently admitted from the ED to a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (12 Jul 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 (12 Jul 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 (12 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I am fully committed to supporting our population screening programmes which are a valuable part of our health service, enabling early treatment and care for many people, and improving the overall health of our population. I am pleased to inform that, in line with commitments in the Programme for Government, BreastCheck are now implementing the commitment on age-extension so that all...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (12 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Primary Care Psychology Waiting List Initiative was implemented to target a reduction in the number of children and young people under the age of 18 who are waiting more than 12 months to access primary care psychology services. The initiative consists of work being implemented across the CHOs to tackle this waiting list and includes validation exercises, increased tele-screening and...