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COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

View the latest information on how Ireland is responding to cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

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    Sláintecare

    Sláintecare is the ten-year programme to transform our health and social care services

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    Minister Donnelly announces new local information going live on the COVID-19 Data Hub

    Minister announces wide range of new data available to the public in the fight against COVID-19

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    Healthy Ireland

    An initiative which aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people living in Ireland

Consultations

  • Public consultation on draft legislation to update the ...

    1 March 2021

  • Public Consultation regarding community-rated health ...

    4 January 2021

  • HSE COVID-19 Vaccine Information Survey

    11 December 2020

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  • Review of Pricing System for Long Term Residential Care ...

    4 June 2021

  • Public health updates

    28 May 2021

  • Supporting the Recovery

    28 May 2021

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  • Joint statement on the evolving profile of COVID-19 across ...

    19 June 2021

  • Minister for Health announces updates to list of designated ...

    18 June 2021

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    17 June 2021

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    Stephen Donnelly

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    Mary Butler

    Minister of State with responsibility for Mental Health and Older People

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    Frank Feighan

    Minister of State with responsibility for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy

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    Anne Rabbitte

    Minister of State with responsibility for Disability

Senior management

  • Colm Desmond

    Assistant Secretary Corporate Legislation, Mental Health, Drug Policy and Food Safety

  • Fergal Goodman

    Assistant Secretary, Health Protection

  • Greg Dempsey

    Deputy Secretary Corporate Services, Scheduled and Unscheduled Care, Capital and Major infrastructure and Governance and Performance

  • Kathleen MacLellan

    Assistant Secretary, Social Care

  • Laura Magahy

    Deputy Secretary, Sláintecare Programme Implementation Office

  • Muiris O'Connor

    Assistant Secretary, Research and Development and Health Analytics

  • Paul Bolger

    Director, Resources

  • Rachel Kenna

    Chief Nursing Officer

  • Robert Watt

    Interim Secretary General of the Department of Health

  • Tony Holohan

    Chief Medical Officer

  • Tracey Conroy

    Assistant Secretary, Acute Hospitals Policy

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To improve the health and wellbeing of people in Ireland by keeping people healthy, providing the healthcare people need, delivering high quality services and getting best value from health system resources.

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