Results 61-80 of 176 for 5 million speaker:Stephen Donnelly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...;see and treat” services, providing virtual clinics, and increasing capacity in the public hospital system. The 2022 Waiting List Action Plan, which was launched on the 26th of February, allocates €350 million to the HSE and NTPF to reduce waiting lists. Under this plan the Department, HSE, and NTPF will deliver urgent additional capacity for the treatment of patients, as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Dec 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: .... My Department has been working with the HSE and Children’s Health Ireland to deliver improved paediatric orthopaedic services. In 2018 Children’s Health Ireland was provided with an additional €9 million in funding to address paediatric orthopaedic waiting lists, including the provision of scoliosis services. This funding is recurring and has been provided in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (22 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...begun on this review and officials in my Department are engaging with stakeholders. I expect significant further progress to be made in 2023 and have made an unprecedented additional allocation of €15 million in Budget 2023 to support this work and enhance the provision of oral healthcare services next year. This is additional to the €148 million that is already provided for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (22 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...begun on this review and officials in my Department are engaging with stakeholders. I expect significant further progress to be made in 2023 and have made an unprecedented additional allocation of €15 million in Budget 2023 to support this work and enhance the provision of oral healthcare services next year. This is additional to the €148 million that is already provided for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (6 Dec 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 597, 679, 680 and 698 together. The Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS) provides dental care, free of charge, to medical card holders aged 16 and over. I recognise that there is a need to substantively review and reform the DTSS to align with best international evidence and practice, as outlined in the National Oral Health Policy, Smile agus Sláinte...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland (29 Jan 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: ...then work out the regulated price of the service. This is exactly the same. I would expect to see an official from the Central Bank sitting down with a company and saying as it is lending €50 million, the cost to the company is 5%; that the Central Bank deems a reasonable return on invested capital in this market, based on risk, to be 20% and therefore the price of the product;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...public hospitals, funding “see and treat” services, providing virtual clinics, and increasing capacity in the public hospital system. The 2022 Waiting List Action Plan, which was launched on the 25th of February, allocates €350 million to the HSE and NTPF to reduce waiting lists. Under this plan the Department, HSE, and NTPF will deliver urgent additional capacity for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (19 Oct 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ... in counties Kildare, Laois and Offaly. The numbers of patients being seen and the numbers of treatments being provided under the DTSS have both increased in recent months following a €26 million package of additional investment in and expansion of the Scheme from 1st May 2022, over and above what was spent on the Scheme in 2021. The HSE will assist patients who are still...

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I seek clarification on two issues. First, the figure I have for the cost of the scheme is €5 million. Will the Minister confirm that is the figure with which he is working, and whether it is provisioned within the budget? Second, while I appreciate that the mechanism is not contained in the primary legislation, I presume the regulations are well advanced at this stage. Will the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (9 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...assists patients to access emergency dental treatment by directly contacting private contractors or arranging treatment to be provided by HSE-employed dentists. An additional allocation of €15 million has been made in Budget 2023 to enhance the provision of oral healthcare services. This includes €5 million allocated on a once-off basis to support the HSE Public Dental...

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: Dental Services (6 Dec 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Association on 29th July and 2nd December to discuss implementation of the Policy. I expect significant further progress to be made in 2023 and have made an unprecedented additional allocation of €15 million in Budget 2023 to support this work and enhance the provision of oral healthcare services next year. This is additional to the €148 million that is already provided for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Promotion (3 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...programme for Government. I am pleased that budget 2021 provides a very significant investment to deliver on this commitment, something I have been pushing very hard for. I have allocated funding of €12 million to ensure a renewed impetus in the implementation of the national maternity strategy and the new model of maternity care and to improve gynaecology services as well. I...

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,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (20 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...assists patients to access emergency dental treatment by directly contacting private contractors or arranging treatment to be provided by HSE-employed dentists. An additional allocation of €15 million has been made in Budget 2023 to enhance the provision of oral healthcare services. This includes €5 million allocated on a once-off basis to support the HSE Public Dental...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: ...is the figure in the budget for the intended tax to be brought in by this measure. The budget document estimates that shutting down tax avoidance by the vulture funds is likely to generate €50 million in additional taxes in 2017. Anyone who looks at the accounts knows that shutting it down is actually likely to bring, not €50 million, but well in excess of €500...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...the Deputy rightly identified, we have made significant money available over the past number of years for private care because we need to get these children seen. We invest a little over €200 million every year in public oral healthcare services. An additional €17 million in one-off funding has been invested in recent years. In the longer term, the national oral health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (15 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...and a 40-60% increase in fees across most treatment items. This has led to an increase in the numbers of treatments provided and the number of patients being seen. An additional allocation of €15 million has been made in Budget 2023 to enhance the provision of oral healthcare services. This includes €5 million allocated on a one-off basis to support the HSE Public Dental...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...My Department continues to work with the HSE and Children’s Health Ireland to deliver improved paediatric orthopaedic services. In 2018 Children’s Health Ireland was provided with an additional €9 million in funding to address paediatric orthopaedic waiting lists, including the provision of scoliosis services. This funding is recurring and has been provided in the base...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...My Department continues to work with the HSE and Children’s Health Ireland to deliver improved paediatric orthopaedic services. In 2018 Children’s Health Ireland was provided with an additional €9 million in funding to address paediatric orthopaedic waiting lists, including the provision of scoliosis services. This funding is recurring and has been provided in the base...