Results 161-180 of 45,202 for speaker:Stephen Donnelly
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (1 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy may be aware, the travel and subsistence scheme is applicable only to student nurses and midwives on supernumerary placements. Mandatory supernumerary practice placements occur for 45 weeks from year 1 of the programme right through to the first semester of year 4. These students are not employees and are additional to the workforce in a learning capacity and are therefore not...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Priorities (1 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to reforming oral healthcare services through the implementation of the National Oral Health Policy, Smile agus Sláinte. The Policy supports a comprehensive reform of oral healthcare service design and delivery, in which oral health promotion and protection programmes are one of the Policy's three strategic strands. The Policy embraces the key principles of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (1 May 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 Facilities (1 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I have asked the HSE, as Sponsoring Agency with day-to-day responsibility for the delivery of Surgical Hubs to respond to you directly in relation to the matters raised.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (1 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Organ Donation Transplant Ireland, the organisation within the HSE responsible for organising national transplant services, have provided the following statistics. Heart and lung transplants are performed by the Heart and Lung Transplant Department in the Mater Hospital. From January 2023 to the end of March 2024, 8 heart and 24 lung transplants have been performed. The yearly breakdown of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (1 May 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 Strategies (1 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputies question relates to a service issue, I have referred the question to the Health Service Executive for consideration and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 May 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 Staff (1 May 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 Procedures (1 May 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 Waiting Lists (1 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: It is acknowledged that many patients are still waiting too long for hospital appointments and treatments. As part of the multi-annual approach to reducing waiting lists, and just as importantly the length of time that patients are waiting, I published the 2024 Waiting List Action Plan on 27th March. Total funding of €360 million has been provided for the plan this year which sets...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (1 May 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: Local Elections (30 Apr 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Neither myself nor any of my predecessors in the role of Minister for Health (and previously Minister for Health and Children) have made any orders designating any grade of public health sector staff ineligible to run for local election, in the context of the Local Government Act 2001.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (30 Apr 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Awaiting reply from Department.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (30 Apr 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Awaiting reply from Department.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (30 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 (30 Apr 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 616, 617, 618, 619 and 620 together. As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (30 Apr 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Under the Medical Practitioners Act 2007, medical practitioners who practise medicine in the State must be registered with the Medical Council. Doctors are permitted to provide http services and the Medical Council has produced specific guidelines to assist doctors in understanding their obligations in this area. Telemedicine is referred to within the Medical Council’s 9th edition of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (30 Apr 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Under the Medical Practitioners Act 2007, medical practitioners who practise medicine in the State must be registered with the Medical Council. Doctors are permitted to provide telemedicine services and the Medical Council has produced specific guidelines to assist doctors in understanding their obligations in this area. Telemedicine is referred to within the Medical Council’s 9th...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (30 Apr 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Awaiting reply from Department.