Results 21-40 of 44,794 for speaker:Stephen Donnelly
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Apr 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 307 and 308 together. GPs contracted under the GMS Scheme are required to make arrangements for their patients to be able to make contact outside of normal practice hours. Commonly, GPs will work with out of hours co-operatives to meet this requirement. In the Mid-West region, the out-of-hours arrangements are discharged through Shannondoc. While GP out of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Register (18 Apr 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, the Health and Social Care Professionals Council and Registration Boards, collectively known as CORU, are responsible for protecting the public by promoting high standards of professional conduct, education, training, and competence amongst the professions designated under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act (2005). CORU’s regulatory model is...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Apr 2024)
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 (18 Apr 2024)
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 Cards (18 Apr 2024)
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 (17 Apr 2024)
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 (17 Apr 2024)
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 (17 Apr 2024)
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 (17 Apr 2024)
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: General Practitioner Services (17 Apr 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: GPs are private practitioners, most of whom hold a GMS contract with the HSE for the provision of GP services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. Medical card and GP visit card holders are registered onto the panel of the GMS GP that provides their GP care. In accordance with the GMS contract, GMS GPs must ensure there is no discrimination or differentiation between the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (17 Apr 2024)
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 Waiting Lists (17 Apr 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 137 and 138 together. The Department is committed to developing a national hearing care plan and is establishing a joint working group with the Health Service Executive (HSE) to progress this important work. The Department has received proposals regarding the membership of the working group and is currently finalising the proposed membership and Terms of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: State Properties (17 Apr 2024)
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 Services (17 Apr 2024)
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: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Apr 2024)
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: Medical Internships (17 Apr 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Irish medical students who graduate from Northern Ireland are eligible to apply for internship in the Republic of Ireland. Under the current application process, all eligible CAO and EEA work permit exempt applicants have been allocated an intern post each year since 2016. All eligible EU citizens and UK citizens, which include eligible medical students holding Irish citizenship, who...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (17 Apr 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (17 Apr 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The final Report of the Review was submitted to me at the end of February 2023. It made a range of recommendations, most of which are operational in nature, with some proposing legislative change. The Report was considered by Cabinet on April 25th 2023. Following the meeting the Government agreed that the HSE would establish an implementation group to progress the operational...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (17 Apr 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I will be launching the Women's Health Action Plan 2024-2025, Phase 2: An Evolution in Women's Health on Thursday 18 April. This will be the second phase of the Women’s Health Action Plan moving from ‘revolution’ to ‘evolution’ and has been informed by the work of the Women’s Health Taskforce in identifying priority areas and the ongoing listening...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Apr 2024)
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