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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (28 Jun 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Communications (28 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Officials from my Department engage on an ongoing basis with colleagues in the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and other relevant stakeholders to ensure that we train enough graduates with the skills necessary to support the delivery of health and social care services and to develop a strategic approach to workforce planning for the health sector....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (28 Jun 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: Organ Removal (28 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: This matter has been the subject of much discussion in the House, but I wish once again to express my sympathy to those families in Cork who experienced the tragedy of losing a beloved child and then had the distressing experience of learning that the organs of their child were disposed of without their consent.  The HSE, South/South West Hospital Group, Cork University Hospital and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (28 Jun 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: Medical Aids and Appliances (28 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for pricing and reimbursement decisions, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013.  In making a relevant reimbursement decision, the HSE is required under the 2013 Act to have regard to a number of criteria including efficacy, the health needs of the public, cost effectiveness and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (28 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 755, 868 and 882 together. 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 756, 757, 773, 793, 794, 822, 823 and 865 together. As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to reply to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I wish to advise the Deputy that the pandemic is not over, and the future trajectory of COVID-19 remains uncertain. As such, there is an ongoing requirement for detailed epidemiological assessment and advice on current and emergent issues in relation to SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses to inform and ensure timely and appropriate health service and other pandemic countermeasures as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Deputy is advised that a weekly update containing the current key public health advice with regard to COVID-19 is published on the Department of Health's website, available here: gov.ie - Weekly report from the Chief Medical Officer to the Minister for Health relating to COVID-19 (www.gov.ie). The Department continues to monitor the epidemiological situation closely.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jun 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 (28 Jun 2022)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Jun 2022)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Jun 2022)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (28 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: In February 2020 2,511 GPs held a GMS contract and a further 472 GPs not contracted to the GMS scheme were registered with another HSE scheme. As of this month, 2,551 GPs hold a GMS contract and a further 535 GPs not contracted to the GMS scheme are registered with another HSE scheme. The Government has taken numerous measures to increase the number of GPs working in the State and who...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (28 Jun 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 Waiting Lists (28 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 766 and 767 together. In relation to the information requested by the Deputy, the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) has advised that data for 8 Feb 2020 is not available, as the NTPF only publish figures for the end of each month. Data for June 2022 is also unavailable as June waiting list figures are not yet published by the NTPF. As such, waiting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (28 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The 2014 HIQA report into prehospital emergency care highlighted the dynamic deployment process of emergency ambulance resources as a way to improve response times and National Ambulance Service (NAS) performance generally.  The dynamic model of deployment is in line with international best practice and allows the NAS to prioritise resource allocation to the higher acuity calls that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (28 Jun 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 (28 Jun 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...