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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: Under the terms of the current GMS contract, GPs are required to provide eligible patients with ''all proper and necessary treatment of a kind usually undertaken by a general practitioner and not requiring special skill or experience of a degree or kind which general practitioners cannot reasonably be expected to possess." There is no provision under the GMS GP contract for persons who hold...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Services (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: The Emergency Department in University Hospital Limerick is one of the busiest in the country, with the number of patients attending growing year on year. The decision to admit a patient is a clinical decision. Therefore, I have the asked the HSE to provide a reply to the Deputy directly on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: As this is a service issue, I have asked the HSE to reply to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: There is no recruitment and overtime ban in place in the HSE. However, in recent months, officials from my Department have been engaging intensively with the HSE in reaching agreement on a Pay and Numbers Strategy for 2019. The key focus in developing the strategy is to ensure that affordable and appropriate recruitment decisions are made by the HSE and that they need to operate within its...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: The HSE has statutory responsibility for medicine pricing and reimbursement decisions, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. The Act specifies the criteria for decisions on the reimbursement of medicines. As Minister for Health, I do not have any statutory power or function in relation to the reimbursement of medicines. I am advised by the HSE that the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for operational matters, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: Implementation of the National Maternity Strategy is continuing, led by the HSE National Women and Infants Health Programme (NWIHP). The Strategy represents a significant development in the delivery of national maternity policy that will fundamentally change how maternity care is delivered in this country. In 2016, the year the Strategy was launched, development funding of €3m was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 684, 853, 865, 872 and 955 together. In October 2017, the Government approved the drafting of a Bill on assisted human reproduction (AHR) and associated areas of research, based on the published General Scheme of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill. The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health is currently conducting a review of the General Scheme as part of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Policy (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: I have referred the Deputy's question to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Provision (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: The HSE has statutory responsibility for medicine pricing and reimbursement decisions, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. As Minister for Health, I do not have any statutory power or function in relation to the reimbursement of medicines. In Ireland the majority of patients access medicines through the publicly funded Community Drug Schemes. In line...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: As the HSE has responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres and other Primary Care facilities, the Executive has been asked to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. The National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. The National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: As this is a service issue, I have asked the HSE to reply to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. The National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 698 to 700, inclusive, and 703 to 706, inclusive, together. As Minister for Health, I requested Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to draft a report on the use of Uro-Gynaecological Mesh in the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) in women. The report covers the clinical and technical issues...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy's question relates to an operational issue, I have referred the matter to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy's question relates to an operational issue, I have referred the matter to the HSE for direct reply.