Results 1-20 of 242 for 5 million speaker:Stephen Donnelly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 Mar 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...2023, over €3.2 billion was spent on medicines by the State. This represents nearly €1 in every €8 of public funding being spent on health. Over the last 3 years the State has invested €98 million in new medicines, providing 148 new medicines or extended uses for medicines, including 39 medicines with an orphan designation. €98 million represents only the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Mar 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...that waiting lists for scoliosis and spina bifida services are unacceptably long. I am acutely conscious of the burden that this places on patients and their families. I committed €19 million under the 2022 and 2023 Waiting List Action Plans to tackle these waiting lists. This investment has supported an increase in the number of spinal procedures undertaken in both 2022 and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...;s Health Action Plan, significant investment has been made into women’s health since the formation of this government. This has enabled the action plan to be delivered effectively. Since 2020, under this Government, there has been an investment of over €140 million of additional funding allocated specifically towards women’s health initiatives. Prioritisation of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...that waiting lists for scoliosis and spina bifida services are unacceptably long. I am acutely conscious of the burden that this places on patients and their families. I committed €19 million under the 2022 and 2023 Waiting List Action Plans to tackle these waiting lists. This investment has supported an increase in the number of spinal procedures undertaken in both 2022 and...

Paediatric Orthopaedic and Urology Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...increase in the number of procedures carried out in recent years; and — the Government is committed to improving the waiting time for children seeking care; notes that: — the Government allocated €19 million of current and capital funding to help tackle these waiting lists by creating additional capacity; — the €19 million investment supported an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (15 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...the next phase of implementation of Sláintecare from 2024 onwards is also at an advanced stage of development. The Government remains fully committed to the continued delivery of Sláintecare reform. The 2024 Health Budget provided €22.5 billion to build on the significant reform progress made to date, to continue the delivery and expansion of quality, affordable healthcare...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (31 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...for the provision of services to medical card and GP visit card holders, are required under their contract to make suitable arrangements for emergencies outside normal practice hours. Over 2,500 GPs currently hold a GMS contract, and while they are not obliged to, most GPs participate in GP Out of Hours cooperatives to meet their outside of practice hours service requirements. A robust...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (18 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...target of achieving a 10% reduction in the number of patients breaching the Sláintecare waiting times was exceeded, with an 11% reduction achieved, and the target of removing approximately 1.66 million patients from waiting lists in 2023 was exceeded by 5%. This covers inpatients, day case, outpatients and GI scopes. Since the pandemic peaks there has been a 27%reduction in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (18 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...needs of patients. Staffing at the hospital is now approx. 2,707 WTE (November 2023), an increase of 39% since December 2019. The hospital’s budget has increased by 33.3% since 2019 to €268.3 million in 2023, a significant increase in funding in this time period. The Programme for Government committed to the delivery of a second Cath Lab in University Hospital Waterford...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (18 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...to improve healthcare for women across the country. There have been a number of key developments since the establishment of the Women’s Health Taskforce and the Women’s Health Action Plan 2022-23.Contraception: The free contraception scheme for women was launched in September 2022, initially for those aged 17-25. The scheme has been gradually expanded to include women aged 31...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Priorities (18 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...core target of achieving a 10% reduction in the number of patients breaching the Sláintecare waiting times was exceeded, with an 11% reduction achieved, and the target of removing approximately 1.66 million patients from waiting lists in 2023 was exceeded by 5%. This covers inpatients, day case, outpatients and GI scopes. Since the pandemic peaks there has been a 27%reduction in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Dec 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...2023 Waiting List Action Plan builds on the foundational work done in the 2021 and 2022 plans, both of which reversed the annual trend of rising waiting lists. For 2023, funding totalling €443 million is being allocated to tackle Waiting Lists with €363 million of this being allocated to the 2023 Waiting List Action Plan, to reduce hospital waiting lists by implementing...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...declaring we were "at war", I wonder with whom we are at war. With our international healthcare workers? Children's Health Ireland at Temple Street, where the children were cared for, has people of 65 nationalities working there; Irish, of course, being just one of those. We are very fortunate to have healthcare workers from all over the world. As I said in the Dáil last night,...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...kicked off meaningful engagement with the Irish Dental Association on that. A few other things have happened. The fees have gone up by 40% to 60%, which is a large amount of money. Nearly €5 million was available for this year as well for one of the issues the Cathaoirleach raised, which is early intervention. We are kicking off an oral health package for children up to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (22 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Last August, I welcomed the publication by the National Cancer Registry 'Childhood Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer: Cancer Trends Report'. The report describes ongoing significant improvements in 5-year survival and reductions in mortality for childhood, adolescent, and young adult (CAYA) cancers. This reflects advances in early detection, treatment, and care. In 2014, mortality...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (14 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Significant additional resources have been allocated to the hospital in recent years to meet the needs of patients. Staffing at the hospital is now approx. 2,660 WTE (July 2023), an increase of 36.5% since December 2019. The hospital’s budget has increased by 30% since 2019 to €261.7 million, a significant increase in funding in this time period. The Programme for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...be aware, this year is the first time funding has been provided to support the implementation of the national stroke strategy. We launched it last year and last year's budget provided nearly €5 million for this year to roll out the new stroke strategy. The Deputy and various of our party colleagues have been advocating for neurorehabilitation nurses, including in the Deputy's...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Strategies (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...a year, so it is clearly very important. As the Deputy said, I approved the national stroke strategy last year and allocated in the budget for this year a significant amount of money, nearly €5 million, to support the implementation of the strategy. This included the recruitment of two consultant stroke physicians, a consultant neuroradiologist and senior speech and language...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (24 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 512 to 514,. inclusive, together. It is recognised that waiting times for many scheduled appointments and procedures were too long before and have been made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Department of Health continues to work with the HSE and the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) to identify ways to improve access to care. The 2023 Waiting List...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (24 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...for the provision of services to medical card and GP visit card holders, are required under their contract to make suitable arrangements for emergencies outside normal practice hours. Over 2,500 GPs currently hold a GMS contract, and while they are not obliged to, most GPs participate in GP Out of Hours co-operatives to meet their outside of practice hours service requirements. A...