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

Stephen Donnelly: Internationally, there is a range of research reports and journals that outline the science, including clinical evidence, regarding the importance of sleep and of the range of acknowledged negative health impacts of prolonged sleep deprivation on human health. From an Irish perspective, the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, which is co-funded by my Department, recently published a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Quality (28 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels and the Minister for Health has no function in relation to this matter, under section 7 of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013. In addition, the Environmental Protection Agency, as the Environmental Regulator, is the key...

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: 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: In relation to the particular query raised by the Deputy, this information is published monthly and is available on the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) website at: www.ntpf.ie/home/nwld.htm

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (23 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: Health Services Staff (23 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Firstly I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to all healthcare workers for their efforts during this most challenging period. On January 19th, the Government announced a COVID-19 pandemic recognition payment for frontline public sector healthcare workers, to recognise their unique role during the pandemic. Following extensive engagement with healthcare unions on the matter, on 19th...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 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: Health Services (23 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: Pension Provisions (23 Jun 2022)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: In order to ensure the accuracy of waiting lists, good practice around the management of hospital waiting lists recommends periodic administrative validation. Validation is the process whereby hospitals contact patients on waiting lists in writing at pre-planned intervals during the year to ensure that patients are ready, willing, suitable and available to attend for hospital care or wish to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (23 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland is the statutory regulator of pharmacists and pharmacies in Ireland and maintains Registers in this regard in the interest of delivering on its vision and mandate to assure trust in pharmacy services. I would not have access to the information relating to the number of community pharmacists employed in the State. Notwithstanding that I can confirm...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (23 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Thank you for raising this issue.  This is a complex problem with many contributing factors and multiple stakeholders. Workforce challenges are being experienced in other sectors nationally, and in the pharmacy sector in a range of other countries.  However, robust data for Ireland is needed to be able to determine the current landscape, assess future health system needs and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (23 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Ireland’s employment permits system is managed by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. It is designed to attract highly skilled workers from outside the EEA to Ireland, to meet skills demand in the economy where those skills can’t be accessed through the resident labour force, in the short to medium term.  This objective must be balanced by the need to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (23 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The system of controls around prescribing and dispending of prescription controlled medicinal products for human use (excepting those products subject to additional parameters under the Misuse of Drugs Acts and Regulations) is derived from the framework of Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, and is implemented nationally by the Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (23 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Colleagues in the department and across the health sector continue to work to resolve the issues around supply of Hormone Replacement Therapies. On 19th May, I met with representatives of Marketing Authorisation Holders (MAHs) of products implicated in the recent HRT shortages, together with Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI), Health Service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (23 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) is the Competent Authority in Ireland responsible for deciding the legal supply category for a medicine. The supply category is specific to the product and is part of the marketing authorisation. The system of controls around prescribing and dispending of prescription controlled medicinal products for human use (excepting those products...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (23 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I value the important role community pharmacists play in our Health Service in the delivery of holistic patient care. I also fully acknowledge that community pharmacists have played a vital role in responding to the health needs of the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. Community pharmacists have ensured the continued availability of a professional, accessible service for the public and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (23 Jun 2022)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (23 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I have had a number of discussions regarding Our Lady’s Hospital Navan in recent weeks. Recently, these include a meeting with consultants based in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda on 9 June where concern about the potential impact of the reconfiguration of Our Lady’s Hospital Navan on Our Lady of Lourdes, Drogheda was expressed. On 13 June, I invited local...