# health minister

This month

May 2023

# Healthcare

Patient Safety Bill, which aims to create 'culture' of transparency, signed into law

The Bill will require healthcare providers to disclose certain serious safety incidents to patients or their families.

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May 2nd 2023, 5:29 PM

This year

2023

# CervicalCheck

Donnelly 'disappointed' about CervicalCheck samples being tested in US labs

The National Cervical Screening Laboratory at the Coombe Hospital had its accreditation suspended.

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Mar 31st 2023, 3:17 PM

# Stephen Donnelly

'We need more decision-makers at weekends': Donnelly to press ahead with new consultant contract

IMO and IHCA members have voted to reject the new contract, which comes into force today.

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Mar 8th 2023, 10:45 AM

Last year

2022

# consultant contract

New Sláintecare Consultant Contract will 'reduce waiting times' and 'maximise capacity in hospitals'

The Health Minister said there is a ‘need to make consultant posts attractive to fill as many as possible on a permanent basis’.

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Dec 7th 2022, 12:52 PM

# long covid

Mater Hospital confirms Long Covid Clinic is set to close in December due to a lack of funding

However, a spokesperson for the hospital said it is willing to extend the operation of the Long Covid clinic into the new year.

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Nov 10th 2022, 5:56 PM

# budget 2023

Cariban: Drug to help women who suffer severe pregnancy sickness to be available by January

Cariban is prescribed and available in the Coombe, Rotunda and Holles Street maternity hospitals and has been for many years.

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Sep 28th 2022, 5:37 PM

# Rental Property

Donnelly says he doesn't believe his failure to renew RTB registration warrants his resignation

Donnelly admitted yesterday that he failed to renew a rental property with the RTB for three years.

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Sep 1st 2022, 2:40 PM

# Overcrowding

INMO warns of 'real problem along western seaboard' with record-breaking overcrowding

There was record-breaking overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick in April.

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Apr 30th 2022, 6:11 PM

# tony holohan

'Unusual characteristics' to CMO's new Trinity role, public expenditure minister says

Dr Holohan will be stepping down as the country’s Chief Medical Officer to take up the role at TCD in July.

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Apr 6th 2022, 1:34 PM

# nphet

No current plans for NPHET to be disbanded, says Donnelly

The Health Minister said that the Government is currently looking at a medium-term strategy for current Covid-19 protections, like vaccines and testing.

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Jan 23rd 2022, 2:27 PM

All time

# booster programme

HSE tells centres to allow boosters after 3-month gap as Cabinet discusses Covid developments

Stephen Donnelly said the Government will assess more measures and scheduling options so more people can get the booster jab.

The new guidance will be in place when the HSE updates its IT system

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said the schedule for booster jabs is being revised

Taoiseach Micheál Martin called for more GPs and pharmacists to get involved with the booster rollout

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Dec 14th 2021, 1:44 PM

# health minister

Health Minister extends €100 pandemic grant for student nurses as McHugh report published

Sinn Féin spokesperson David Cullinane said that the measures announced don’t go far enough.

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Nov 4th 2021, 10:26 PM

# booster shots

Donnelly says he would like to see healthcare workers get the green light for the booster jab

The booster shots for the over 60s will begin ‘imminently’, said the minister.

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Oct 20th 2021, 3:59 PM

# Agnes Buzyn

Former French Health Minister charged over handling of Covid-19 pandemic

She’s been charged with “endangering the lives of others”, the prosecutor of the Republic’s Court of Justice said.

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Sep 10th 2021, 7:17 PM

# Cancer

Health minister hopeful of Budget boost for Irish cancer services

Stephen Donnelly said he expected the health service to see an increase in the number of patients presenting with cancer in the coming months.

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Sep 4th 2021, 2:16 PM

# Looking Back

Taoiseach says 'evaluation' into handling of Covid-19 pandemic in Ireland will be carried out

However, he said it’s his “preference that we manage the pandemic first with all hands on deck”.

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Sep 1st 2021, 2:10 PM

# health minister

Stephen Donnelly says he was 'concerned' at footage of crowds after GAA hurling final

He urged those in attendance who were “too close to people for too long” to go and get tested.

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Aug 25th 2021, 9:02 AM

# Indoor dining

Regulations to put indoor dining reopening on a legal footing to be published today

Failte Ireland’s guidelines for pubs and restaurants were published yesterday.

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Jul 25th 2021, 10:42 AM

# nphet

NPHET member says team 'not there to be popular' as Donnelly criticises 'online vitriol'

Dr Cillian de Gascun said negative commentary can be “a little bit disheartening”.

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Jul 2nd 2021, 2:52 PM

# health minister

Matt Hancock says he doesn't think he's 'hopeless', in response to Cummings WhatsApp screenshot

The former Downing Street aide is claiming that Boris Johnson called his health minister ‘totally f*cking hopeless’ last March.

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Jun 16th 2021, 6:33 PM

# Van Morrison

UUP leader wants Ian Paisley to apologise in public for ‘dangerous’ chant

A row erupted after four gigs by Van Morrison at the Belfast hotel were cancelled at the last minute on Thursday.

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Jun 14th 2021, 7:38 PM

# Northern Ireland

People in the North aged 18 and over can register for a vaccine from today

70% of Northern Ireland population have received first Covid-19 jab.

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May 27th 2021, 11:30 AM

# Cyber Attack

Initial results 'positive' in testing decryption tool to unlock data, Health Minister says

A decryption key was made available yesterday but Donnelly said “no ransom has been paid”.

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May 21st 2021, 9:28 AM

# health minister

Patient data from HSE hack has appeared on the dark net, Minister confirms

Stephen Donnelly said that it was “distasteful” that law firms were “licking their lips” at prospect of suing the State over the HSE cyber hack.

It is "clear" that data on some HSE servers has been encrypted, but that the full extent of this remains unknown.

The Dáil heard that a helpline will be set up for patients approached by someone with their leaked HSE details.

The Health Minister also accused some legal firms of "licking their lips" at the prospect of data privacy cases.

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May 20th 2021, 1:45 PM

# vaccine rollout

Leo Varadkar suggests that anyone who wants a Covid-19 vaccine 'may be offered one by the end of June'

The Tánaiste made the comments at a Fine Gael meeting this evening.

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May 12th 2021, 7:49 PM

# maternity hospitals

'I'm frustrated with the lack of progress': Donnelly says 19 maternity units are being contacted about restrictions

Restrictions remain in place in certain hospitals, with protesters gathering outside the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin yesterday.

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May 12th 2021, 4:44 PM

# Recruitment

No medical students have been hired as vaccinators, despite Minister saying they were giving jabs at vaccine centres

The health minister said last month that he had met students administering vaccines.

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Apr 22nd 2021, 4:57 PM

# dublin and wicklow

Teachers and SNAs incorrectly given Covid vaccines due to reserve list error – Donnelly

Teachers and SNAs in Wicklow, Dun Laoghaire and Dublin South East received vaccines yesterday.

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Apr 7th 2021, 4:23 PM

# Coronavirus

26 states added to mandatory hotel quarantine list, including Serbia and Moldova

People arriving from these countries from 6 April will need to pre-book hotel quarantine.

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Apr 1st 2021, 9:02 PM

# waiting list

Figures show more than 30,000 people waiting on HSE gynaecology outpatient appointments

30,180 people were waiting on outpatient appointments up to the end of January.

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Mar 4th 2021, 3:20 PM

# cervicacheck

Family members of women affected by CervicalCheck controversy to get medical cards for 5 year period

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly brought a memo to Cabinet today to extend the access to the cards for a further three years.

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Mar 2nd 2021, 7:41 PM

# health minister

Stephen Donnelly: 'Large majority of 85s and over' will have received first Covid vaccine dose by Sunday

Stephen Donnelly is appearing before the Oireachtas Health Committee to answer questions from TDs.

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Mar 2nd 2021, 5:06 PM

# vaccination programme

Every resident in Ireland will be offered the vaccine before September, says health minister

Carers and dentists are to be added to cohort 2 in the vaccine plan.

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Jan 21st 2021, 11:01 AM

# vaccine plan

Government plans to have almost 4 million people vaccinated by end of September, says Donnelly

Varadkar says between 50,000 and 55,000 people will be vaccinated this week.

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Jan 13th 2021, 5:11 PM

# R number

Health Minister says R number has dropped again to between 0.7 and 0.9

The minister said there has been a 40% fall in demand for testing in the past week.

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Nov 4th 2020, 7:00 PM

# SUBSTANTIAL MEAL

Publicans blast 'crazy' new rule requiring details of food orders to be kept for 28 days

One Fianna Fáil TD condemned the new rules as ‘authoritarian’.

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Sep 3rd 2020, 7:55 PM

# Lockdown

Focus until Christmas is on reopening society, protecting jobs and the most vulnerable, says minister

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has asked NPHET whether the Kildare lockdown can be lifted early.

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Aug 26th 2020, 6:22 PM

# Stephen Donnelly

Health Minister says there are no plans to extend the three-county restrictions further ahead of NPHET meeting

Stephen Donnelly said that the number of people being treated for Covid-19 in hospital and in ICU doubled over the weekend.

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Aug 17th 2020, 11:00 AM

# Stephen Donnelly

Health Minister: 'If the R-rate continues at 1.8 for three weeks, we could have 150 cases a day'

Donnelly also said that from a disease perspective, gastro pubs are seen as restaurants.

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Jul 16th 2020, 9:27 AM

# Coronavirus

Zimbabwe health minister charged amid Covid-19 testing kit scandal

Obadiah Moyo (66) was arrested last night following investigations brought by the country’s anti-graft commission.

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Jun 20th 2020, 6:17 PM