# Minister For Health
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This year
2024
Smoking Ban
Adverts for vapes will be banned from areas where children are present under new laws
31 Mar
10.2k
66
GP Access
Government to counter bill calling to boost the number of GPs in rural areas
21 Feb
11.9k
60
Last year
2023
Overspend
HSE deficit likely to hit at least €1bn with overspend to July running at €600m
12 Sep 2023
15.7k
57
Sinn Féin
Stephen Donnelly says speculation on cost of Children’s Hospital is ‘not helpful’
14 Jul 2023
17.2k
102
All time
healthcare workers
Booster programme to be extended 'more widely' as under-60s with chronic conditions likely next
Updated
2 Nov 2021
23.1k
21
Voices
Dr Peter Boylan: The National Maternity Hospital deal is dead in the water, it's time for Plan B
Dr Peter Boylan
23 Jun 2021
35.1k
43
Stephen Donnelly
Ambulance capacity to double as part of 'dedicated system' to vaccinate people who are housebound
23 Apr 2021
10.6k
15
women's healthcare
Health minister announces 'see-and-treat' gynaecology services and 'advanced' endometriosis centre
21 Apr 2021
27.3k
25
prioritisation
Minister to ask NIAC to consider where family carers fit on vaccine priority list
25 Feb 2021
16.1k
26
Stephen Donnelly
Health Minister warned of staff shortages by HSE in pre-Christmas message
10 Feb 2021
13.9k
13
Covid-19
Ireland to get first 35,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine next week
Updated
2 Feb 2021
45.8k
100
Minister For Health
Donnelly says Covid protocols in meat factories had been working as NPHET advice on restrictions published
Updated
8 Aug 2020
43.0k
108
warning
Reduced cancer services due to Covid-19 pandemic 'unacceptable', says Irish Cancer Society
6 Aug 2020
11.9k
26
green list
Mandatory quarantine for those arriving into Ireland 'not workable' says Leo Varadkar
Updated
2 Jul 2020
105k
195
covid19
Health Minister says virus reproductive rate 'staying remarkably stable'
11 Jun 2020
16.2k
22
Influenza
Free flu vaccine will be available for children aged 2-12 this winter
18 May 2020
30.8k
81
roadmap
'Highly unlikely' weddings of up to 100 people allowed by July, Simon Harris says
18 May 2020
38.2k
48
regulation
Simon Harris: We need more measures to 'toughen up' on self-isolation for people entering country
12 May 2020
26.5k
55
Coronavirus
Staff health checks and more PPE for nursing home staff, but representative group says test results still too slow
1 Apr 2020
20.3k
66
nursing homes ireland
Minister Simon Harris 'to immediately address' PPE shortages in nursing homes
Updated
30 Mar 2020
38.5k
57
Coronavirus
Government concerned about weekend crowds but further restrictions won't be based on 'what's trending on Twitter'
Updated
23 Mar 2020
154k
132
Covid-19
Coronavirus: Advice about Ireland v Italy Six Nations game and other public events to be reviewed today, says Harris
24 Feb 2020
45.3k
57
election 2020
'This government's race is firmly ran': Independent TDs plan no-confidence motion in Simon Harris
9 Jan 2020
25.1k
95
Healthcare
'Not realistic': Free GP care for under 13s questioned by medical group
Updated
5 Jan 2020
27.1k
74
St James's Hospital
Wording was 'a bit off, to put it midly' on hospital posters for cash prizes, says Harris
4 Dec 2019
29.1k
80
Patient Safety Bill
Patient Safety Bill put forward by Simon Harris has been approved by Cabinet
Updated
3 Dec 2019
7.7k
19
Simon Harris
Social media companies agree to liase with Department of Health on tackling anti-vaccine misinformation
Updated
25 Nov 2019
17.1k
145
Equality
'What we have in Ireland is not equal': Same-sex parents call for more legal rights to their children
21 Oct 2019
21.5k
68
Measles
Simon Harris has asked the Attorney General to look at mandatory vaccinations
26 Apr 2019
34.1k
171
draft report
'Time to act': HIQA report finds PrEP programme to reduce HIV rates would be cheaper and more effective
23 Apr 2019
10.3k
22
Voices
Opinion: A million people have no health cover as low-paid families are excluded from access to the medical card
Felim O'Rourke
5 Mar 2019
34.7k
95
non-hazardous
Dept of Health declared safe after non-hazardous white powder discovery prompts evacuation
Updated
4 Mar 2019
62.1k
99
Onwards and Upwards
'I'm happy for the project to continue': Simon Harris rules out re-tendering children's hospital
16 Feb 2019
18.8k
98
Explainer
Costs, changes and controversies: The decades-long saga behind the NCH
9 Feb 2019
17.2k
32