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Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...working on how we move below the age of 17. I agree with the Deputy's point on the anomaly. I am putting forward similar arguments. That is my view on it. The reason we have chosen the 17 to 25 age group has nothing to do with any legalities. The reason we have started with the 17 to 25 age group is that we received expert advice to that effect. It is based on an expert...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (5 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...are emphasized in the Plan to address the care of patients with rare diseases at both National and European levels. Significant progress has been made with regard to participation in ERNs with Ireland’s 15 applications for entry to ERNs recently being approved from 5 academic hospitals. Entry to these networks commenced on 1 January 2022 and represents a significant achievement for...

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: Hospital Transfers (31 May 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...of public health services and their associated targets as set out in the HSE's National Service Plan. In regard to the details enclosed with the Deputy's questions, the HSE's response to him of 5 May 2022 concerns the National Ambulance Service's (NAS) operation of Protocol 37 hospital to hospital patient transfers. The Protocol 37 Standard was introduced by the Pre Hospital Emergency...

Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...two grades and, consequently, eliminated the parity; — medical scientists are an integral part of the provision of laboratory services across many disciplines, and the current medical scientist workforce stands at 2,135 Whole-time Equivalents; — the Chief Clinical Officer in the Health Service Executive (HSE) has commissioned a review of the strategic direction of...

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

Stephen Donnelly: ...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 the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Apr 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...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 the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (26 Apr 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Universal and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines is a priority for Ireland and the EU. Ireland has committed to donate up to 5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses and over 1.88 million of these have already been delivered, mainly through the COVAX global vaccine initiative. In addition to the already donated doses, Ireland has put forward a further 2.1 million doses for donation through COVAX....

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...in women’s health services to ensure that improvements are made and outcomes for people using the services are enhanced. This commitment is reflected in budget 2022, for example in the allocation of €31 million for new development funding to specifically support women's health. Those measures have a full-year cost of nearly €50 million. This includes significant...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: It is Government policy to ensure that all citizens get rapid access to the health care they need and reduction of all waiting list is my number one priority. Budget 2021 allocated €25million to implement an expanded programme of structured direct referrals to diagnostics services by GPs, and the GP Access to Diagnostics programme was launched in January 2021. The HSE advises that over...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (31 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: A ‘rare disease’ is defined in Europe as a life-threatening or chronically debilitating disease affecting no more than 5 people per 10,000. There are an estimated 6-8,000 known rare diseases affecting up to 6% of the total EU population, (at least 30 million Europeans), and perhaps up to 300,000 Irish people during their lives. It can be a challenge to provide highly...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...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 well as...

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 (29 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The 2022 Waiting List Action Plan includes actions to address both diagnostic and community waiting lists. Under the Plan, €5 million has been allocated to secure an additional 30,000 acute diagnostics appointments. Waiting list management, processes and systems are also being developed for acute diagnostics as part of the longer-term reform actions. A programme of work is due to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...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 well as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...areas to avail of their treatment there. The impact of such initiatives can be seen in the reduction in the waiting times to access cataract procedures since 2018. At the end of February 2022 there were 5,043 patients waiting for a cataract procedure compared to 6,440 in December 2018. The 2022 Waiting List Action Plan, which was launched on the 26th of February, allocates €350...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (8 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...supports to help them to live well in their communities.   As Minister of State with Responsibility for Mental Health and Older People, I was delighted to secure an additional allocation of €7.3 million in Budget 2022 for dementia services and supports. I am confident that this investment will continue to improve diagnosis and access to services for people with dementia across...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Equality (1 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...twice, with additional bilateral meetings. €0.71m has been allocated to support initial period poverty implementation measures in Budget 2022.  - In May 2021, the Minister announced funding of €1.58m to provide an additional 24 Lactation Consultants across hospital and community settings. - Almost €9 million to fund access to contraception for women aged 17-25...