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Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I wish to thank the Deputy for allowing me to update the house on this matter. The provision of a new Primary Care Centre in Swords is a priority for both this Government and the HSE. These centres play a vital role in delivering integrated care by enabling closer cooperation between health professionals from across different disciplines and sectors, while making services more accessible...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As Minister for Health I am committed to the development of regional hospitals such as Cavan and Monaghan Hospitals. There has been a significant increase in investment in recent years in these hospitals. In 2020 the combined budget was €115m. In 2024 the budget was €139m, an increase of 21%. Staffing across the hospitals has grown by 348, from 1,161 in 2020 to 1,509 in 2024,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Amyloidosis is a rare disease and covers a group of conditions that occurs when a protein called amyloid builds up in organs. There are a number of challenges with the diagnosis and treatment of Amyloidosis in Ireland due to the disparate range of ways those with queried amyloidosis present. Patients will often attend a wide variety of specialities before receiving appropriate testing and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: South-West Doctor-on-Call Limited, known as SouthDoc, provides OOH GP services for Counties Cork and Kerry. It has a membership of over 500 GPs and a network of 26 treatment centres including those at Skibbereen, Clonakilty and Bandon. SouthDoc dealt with over 212,000 patient contacts in 2023. I would like to assure the Deputy, that the HSE is in regular contact with SouthDoc to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Thanks to continued investment in Health Services, Ireland has seen a decline in the number of deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD). Since 2012, the mortality rate from heart disease has been reduced by 38%, mortality from stroke has been reduced by 48%. However, CVD remains a significant challenge claiming 9,000 lives annually. The Government acknowledges the vital support, education,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: There has been an unprecedented level of investment by this Government in the health service workforce in recent years. We have seen consistent growth in the workforce each year since 2020, with the growth in the number of staff recruited in 2023 being the highest since the foundation of the HSE. There are 28,480 more staff working in our health service than there were at the beginning of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As part of the multi-annual approach to reducing waiting lists an times, I published the 2024 Waiting List Action Plan on 27th March. Total funding of €360 million has been provided this year which continues to encompass the two-pronged approach of short-term actions to increase capacity and activity in the immediate term, and longer-term reform measures to sustainably reduce and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy is aware, the Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar has undergone an extension to the Radiology Department to accommodate a new MRI scanner, generously provided by the Friends of the Hospital. The project, with a full project cost of €8.3m, was included in the HSE Capital Programme for 2023. Currently, demand for MRI services at Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar is being...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Since the establishment of the HSE National Clinical Programme for Stroke in 2010, there have been significant improvements in stroke care. Overall mortality from stroke has reduced significantly. Just over a decade ago, two in every ten people died after they had a stroke in 2010. Today, that has dropped to 1 in every ten. The number of acute stroke units has climbed from 1 to 22 units, and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: South/South West Hospital Group includes Cork Unversity Hospital, South Infirmary - Victoria University Hospital, Mercy University Hospital, University Hospital Kerry, and Bantry General Hospital. Paediatric diabetes services for the South/South West Hospital Group are provided at Cork University Hospital (CUH) on a centralised basis. There are currently 10 children awaiting insulin pumps at...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Engagements (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I have visited the following hospitals since 17/09/21; (Please note that diary entries prior to this date are unavailable due to the cyber attack in Summer 2021) Tallaght Hospital 17/09/2021 Our Lady of Lourdes, Louth24/09/2021 Royal Victoria Eye & Ear 10/11/2021 Tallaght Hospital 15/11/2021 Rotunda Hospital 13/12/2021 Tallaght Hospital 11/02/2022 Cappagh Hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Medical training is a priority for any health service. The University of Limerick Hospitals Group (ULHG) is an academic partner of the University of Limerick. University Hospital Limerick (UHL) is a teaching hospital. It plays a vital role in training medical staff. There are 27.1 Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) Clinical Skill Facilitators across ULHG. These Facilitators support the learning...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Healthcare productivity is about maximising the benefits to the public from the expenditure authorised by the Oireachtas. The more productive we are, the more patients we treat, the less time they have to wait and the better outcomes we can achieve. The recent IGEES publication from the Department “Hospital Performance: An Examination of Trends in Activity, Expenditure and Workforce in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE provides orthodontic treatment for patients who are referred by a HSE dentist for assessment before their 16th birthday and who are assessed by the HSE as having the highest level of clinical need. The HSE has been supported through sustained investment to address orthodontic treatment waiting lists through private waiting list initiatives. Last year, €10m in one-off...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (2 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 (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 35 and 68 together. Publication of a new National Palliative Care Policy is a Programme for Government commitment. It is expected to be published in the coming months. The new policy will consider both the needs of people with a serious illness and that of their carer. It will address service demands arising from the projected increase in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, the HSE interim Model of Care for Long COVID is being implemented, building on existing service provision, in addition to establishing new services across GP, community services and acute hospitals, to ensure a national service is in place for all who need it. In 2023 €6.6m was allocated for continued development of these services. The model of care...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (2 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: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Galway University Hospitals (GUH) is proposing a number of projects of significant scale on its University Hospital Galway (UHG) campus, including the new emergency department, women and children’s block. In order to ensure that capital investment works do not adversely impact the delivery of healthcare on the congested campus, a programmatic approach for the delivery of these projects...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 39 and 58 together. The Independent Review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 made a range of recommendations most of which are operational in nature. The final Report of the Review made a number of recommendations in relation to increasing access to services. The Government asked the HSE to establish an implementation group to...