Results 21-40 of 244 for 5 million speaker:Stephen Donnelly

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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (10 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The State is committed to providing timely access to new and innovative medicines to all patients. €50 million in funding was allocated for the approval of new medicines in Budget 2021, €30m in 2022, and a further €18 million in Budget 2023 which will provide access to new innovative medicines for patients. The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (3 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: .... Unfortunately, tabular format is not suitable to capture in full all the provisions of the Agreement. For participating GPs, the Agreement sets out:increased capitation fees, an approximate €35 rate increase for GMS patients aged 6 and 7 and a 10% rate increase for GMS patients aged 8 to 69 inclusive. a substantial increase to the existing practice staff subsidy rates and a new...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (28 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...things, for the expansion of GP care without charges to all children aged 12 years and under in three phases: for children aged 6 and 7 (Section 4 of the Act); for children aged 8 and 9 (Section 5 of the Act); and for children aged 10, 11, and 12 (Section 6 of the Act). Section 7 of the Act sets out the relevant commencement arrangements. As announced in July, the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (27 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Recruitment of nurses and midwives continues in line with the Government’s commitment to increasing the nursing and midwifery workforce. There are 6,568 more nurses and midwives in the workforce since 2020. Based on available evidence provided by the OECD, figures show that Ireland has the fourth highest number of practising nurses per capita in Europe with 13.4 practising nurses per...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (21 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...regions, don’t have a scheme in place for adults which is free at point of access. From January to July this year, 131,626 additional treatments have been provided under the DTSS, with over 24,500 extra unique patients treated when compared with the same period last year. Where access to a DTSS dentist is difficult, local HSE services assist patients to access a dentist. In...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (13 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...actions in the Plan, which are governed by the Waiting List Task Force, focus on delivering capacity, reforming scheduled care and enabling scheduled care reform. 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 implement longer term reforms and provide...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...actions in the Plan, which are governed by the Waiting List Task Force, focus on delivering capacity, reforming scheduled care and enabling scheduled care reform. 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 implement longer term reforms and provide...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (22 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Public Spending Code aimed at enhancing NDP delivery were introduced that seek to streamline the appraisal and approval of projects. These include: increasing major project thresholds from €100 million to €200 million; reducing PSC approval stages from 5 to 3;removing Government as the approving authority for major projects and the requirement for a technical review of...

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

Stephen Donnelly: ...patients to access emergency dental treatment by directly contacting private contractors or by 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: Hospital Services (1 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Minor Injuries Unit at Monaghan Hospital plays a vital role in providing valuable services to the local community, treating both adults and children over the age of 5 years. Up until November of last year the opening hours of the MIU at Monaghan Hospital were Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. As part of improving urgent care access for patients, I asked the HSE to standardise opening hours...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (31 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...s lives. Prioritisation of women’s health is further supported through the significant investment contained within Budget 2022 and 2023,which allocated €31m and €69.2m respectively in funding for new developments in Women's Health. This includes: 2022:€8.66 million additional funding for the National Maternity Strategy. €9 million to fund access to free...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...actions in the Plan, which are governed by the Waiting List Task Force, focus on delivering capacity, reforming scheduled care and enabling scheduled care reform. 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 implement longer term reforms and provide...

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: National Treatment Purchase Fund (4 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...actions in the Plan, which are governed by the Waiting List Task Force, focus on delivering capacity, reforming scheduled care and enabling scheduled care reform. 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 implement longer term reforms and provide...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Waiting lists were far too long before Covid arrived and were made worse by Covid in Ireland and around the world. In Ireland, waiting lists for scheduled care increased by almost 60% between 2015 and 2021. In late 2021, as the worst effects of Covid began to recede, we began to tackle the waiting lists in a meaningful way. We are now in the middle of a multi-annual approach to achieving...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Yes, it is successful, which is good to see, and a significant resource is going in to support it. The group has been approved for over €5 million in funding to support extended operational hours of the MAUs at St. John's Hospital and Nenagh General Hospital to seven days per week. That began at Easter. We are also keeping in place the extended MAU hours that were put in place in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (20 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I will correct what I said. The 51 WTEs are not a national but a regional deployment. It is just within the hospital group. Ennis Hospital will see an additional 20 WTEs just for this programme. It is a very significant increase in investment. The hospital group has been approved for more than €5 million in funding to essentially extend the opening hours, as the Deputy quite...

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

Stephen Donnelly: The Dental Treatment Services Scheme provides care to adult medical holders over 16 years. In April 2020 there were 1651 DTSS contractors registered on the Scheme. This declined to 1253 in April 2022. I approved measures from May 2022 providing for increased preventative care and increasing the fees paid to dentists for most treatment items by 40-60%. This has improved access, and both the...