Stephen Donnelly
More than 1,000 consultants on new public-only Slaintecare contract
One in every four consultants working across the public health service is on the new contract.
Budget allocation to health ‘mind boggling’, says Mary Lou McDonald
The Taoiseach rejected the Sinn Fein leader’s criticism and said funding to the HSE would reach record levels in 2024.
Donohoe says health service should be running within allocated funding
The Department of Health is already facing an overspend of around 1.5 billion euro this year.
Micheal Martin says health spending ‘needs examination and deeper analysis’
It comes as the HSE warned it was short 1.5 billion this year and announced a recruitment freeze.
Donnelly says majority of health budget used effectively, but ‘more can be done’
The Health Minister said increased spending was ‘largely being driven by… treating more patients than we have funded them to treat’.
Full scope for terms of spinal surgery review to be extended, says Donnelly
The Health Minister said he will begin meetings with families and advocacy groups on Wednesday.
Health overspend could affect other budget decisions, says Finance Minister
Michael McGrath said there had been a pattern of overspending in health for years.
Health overspend could impact ‘new developments’ in upcoming budget – Donnelly
The Minister for Health acknowledged there had been a ‘material overrun’ in health expenditure.
Opposition parties call on Donnelly to return from NY amid spinal surgery review
An external review into spinal surgery at Children’s Health Ireland Temple Street Hospital in Dublin has been ordered following poor outcomes.
We need to do everything we can to prepare for another pandemic, says Donnelly
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly was speaking at the Fianna Fail parliamentary party think-in.