# Stephen Donnelly

Last year

2022

# cabinet sign-off

Vaping product ads to be banned on public transport under new law

The sale of e-cigarettes at events where children are present will also be prohibited.

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Nov 22nd 2022, 1:05 PM

# Children's Hospital

Taoiseach tours National Children's Hospital as construction reaches 80% completion

The hospital should be fully operational by the end of 2024.

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Nov 17th 2022, 5:57 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

# safe access zones

Gardaí outline concerns about abortion safe access zone law

Gardaí have said it has a number of concerns from a policing perspective about the legislation around exclusion zones.

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Nov 9th 2022, 1:34 PM

# Respiratory Syncytial virus

Children's emergency departments experiencing 'significant rise' in respiratory virus illness

The health minister says a rise in RSV cases tends to occur at this time each year.

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Nov 4th 2022, 5:49 PM

# the needle has landed

HSE launches winter vaccination programme with flu and Covid-19 jabs

The HSE is inviting eligible groups to get their flu jab and their Covid-19 booster.

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Oct 3rd 2022, 7:30 AM

# 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

# vaccine rollout

New Omicron-specific vaccines to be rolled out as boosters from next month, Health Minister says

Anyone who is eligible for both a flu vaccine and a Covid booster vaccine can receive them at the same time from next month.

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Sep 16th 2022, 7:18 PM

# Navan

Hundreds take part in protest against plans to close emergency department at Navan hospital

Organiser Peader Toíbín has called on ‘political establishment to realise how important this issue is’.

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Sep 16th 2022, 4:30 PM

# Healthcare

Free contraception scheme for women aged 17 to 25 begins today

The National Women’s Council has welcomed the move but said it’s ‘crucial’ that the age bracket is widened.

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Sep 14th 2022, 12:51 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

# rtb

Stephen Donnelly admits he failed to renew rental property with RTB for three years

The long-term tenancy, which was first registered in 2011, was not renewed in 2019.

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Aug 31st 2022, 7:09 PM

# Navan Hospital

Closure of Navan A&E is 'built into' HSE's 'fresh look' review, say local TDs

A working group review into the planned closure of ED services at Our Lady’s Hospital Navan should be completed in a few weeks.

A review group tasked to give a fresh look at the planned closure of the emergency department will be completed in "a few weeks".

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly asked the HSE to carry out a review of capacity levels in light of a number of concerns being raised.

However, opposition TDs have hit out against the wording of the terms of reference in which the review group is operating.

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Aug 17th 2022, 12:05 AM

# HEALTH OVERHAUL

Fianna Fáil TD calls for Robert Watt to be made boss of the HSE and the Dept of Health

Barry Cowen believes it is time to share leadership between the two bodies.

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Aug 16th 2022, 2:15 PM

# Moving On

Paul Reid to step down as HSE CEO in October - two months earlier than expected

Reid was due to stay in the role until December.

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Aug 16th 2022, 8:48 AM

# monkeypox

Government called on to implement 'robust strategy' to tackle monkeypox

“As cases slowly climb,” Senator Jerry Buttimer says “it is crucial that we are preventative in our actions”.

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Aug 6th 2022, 2:16 PM

# vaccination programme

Changes announced to COVID vaccination programme, including second booster for 50-64 year-olds

The Department of Health and the HSE will now work to operationalise these updates.

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Jul 23rd 2022, 4:21 PM

# free contraception

Free contraception for women aged 17 to 25 to be rolled out by September

President Michael D Higgins signed the measures into law today.

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Jul 21st 2022, 2:44 PM

# Under Pressure

University Hospital Galway warn of 'severe' overcrowding a week after CMO alerted Donnelly

“This level of overcrowding in Galway and across the country in the middle of July is not normal,” the INMO said.

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Jul 15th 2022, 1:28 PM

# Women's Health

Health Minister says testimony included in HSE abortion report is 'heartbreaking'

The research found that current abortion legislation does not meet the needs of those seeking termination for foetal anomalies.

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Jul 12th 2022, 6:25 PM

# job vacancy

'Remuneration is significant': No appetite in Govt to increase €420k salary for next HSE boss

Questions have been raised about whether tensions between the HSE and Department of Health played a part in Paul Reid’s decision to step down.

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Jun 27th 2022, 6:40 PM

# Emergency care

HSE chief says Navan Hospital plan will proceed despite Minister's instruction

Last week the Health Minister said he was not satisfied with the plan.

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Jun 26th 2022, 4:31 PM

# hiqa report

HSE unit deployed to Limerick hospital to address ‘chronic’ overcrowding'

A performance management improvement unit of the HSE is to “engage urgently” with University Hospital Limerick.

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Jun 22nd 2022, 7:55 PM

# Meath

Government to oppose SF motion on emergency department closure at Navan Hospital

A Government countermotion has been tabled as health and justice minister seek clarity from HSE.

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Jun 21st 2022, 7:58 PM

# HSE

Tánaiste says Government has not sanctioned the closure of Navan emergency department

The Health Minister said several issues must be addressed before any transition can take place, including capacity at other hospitals.

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Jun 14th 2022, 2:00 PM

# Dentists

Nation's oral health at risk as children not seeing a dentist until their teens

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said not everyone is getting the high-quality dental care they deserve.

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May 27th 2022, 6:30 AM

# Cystic Fibrosis

'Intensive work' ongoing to give 35 children with Cystic Fibrosis access to life-changing drug

Donnelly said it is important to him ‘that children get access to the drug that they need’.

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May 24th 2022, 6:27 PM

# camhs

HSE confirms 11 bed closures at Dublin CAMHS unit

Sinn Féin’s Mental Health spokesperson says the closures “will create nothing short of a crisis for child and adolescent services in the Dublin region”.

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May 22nd 2022, 4:48 PM

# HPV

Catchup programme for HPV vaccine receives approval

It will be available to women up to the age of 25 years who have left secondary school and who did not receive it previously.

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May 21st 2022, 3:58 PM

# big in turkey

Donnelly denies paying for retweets after hundreds of accounts share Twitter video

The minister and his Department said they did not pay for promotion of the tweet.

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May 17th 2022, 6:36 PM

# cervical screening

Cervical check samples are still being screened abroad following December's cyberattack

A cyber-attack on The Coombe at the end of last year resulted in the hospital losing its IT connectivity with CervicalCheck.

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May 9th 2022, 8:13 PM

# Health

Fewer than one in three patients admitted to wards within HSE target of six hours

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly launched the survey’s results today.

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May 9th 2022, 3:25 PM

# Health

'A tenner a year lease': Martin says maternity hospital will effectively be in public ownership

Yesterday Cabinet delayed a final decision on the future of the new National Maternity Hospital (NMH) amid ongoing controversy over the project.

The Oireachtas Health Committee is set to interrogate the plans before the matter goes back to Cabinet in two weeks' time.

Minister Catherine Martin has described this as "a valuable process".

Minister Simon Harris says there was agreement across the three government parties, and all genders, to delay a decision.

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May 4th 2022, 8:10 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

# Women's Health

Stephen Donnelly confirms opening of two additional specialist menopause clinics

A total of six menopause clinics will be rolled out nationwide this year.

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Apr 29th 2022, 6:30 AM

# Cabinet

Cabinet to discuss scrapping hospital charges for under 16s

The Government plans to abolish charges for overnight stays as well as fees for day cases.

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Apr 26th 2022, 6:00 AM

# Maura Quinn

Maura Quinn to head up review of Tony Holohan's abandoned secondment to Trinity

Quinn is the the outgoing Chief Executive of the Institute of Directors.

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Apr 20th 2022, 11:19 AM

# recognition payment

Frontline workers' pandemic payment to be paid 'as soon as possible' after guidelines finalised

The payment is being made to public service healthcare and ambulance workers, in recognition of their efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Apr 15th 2022, 2:03 PM

# botched appointment

Donnelly orders external review into Tony Holohan's abandoned secondment at Trinity College

The Health Minister said he ordered the review “to examine learnings and recommendations that could inform future such initiatives”.

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Apr 13th 2022, 10:11 PM

# CMO's department move

Watt report says it is normal practice for minister not to receive details of every secondment

Dr Holohan says he will not be proceeding with the TCD role as a Professor of Public Health Strategy and Leadership.

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Apr 12th 2022, 3:17 PM