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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (28 Jun 2018)
Simon Harris: There are recruitment and retention difficulties in certain areas of the health service, including some consultant and nursing specialties. In these instances, the HSE utilises a range of measures, including agency, locum and other-short term arrangements to support service delivery. Following on from its first report, in which it identified recruitment and retention problems in specialist...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Strategy (28 Jun 2018)
Simon Harris: As this question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (28 Jun 2018)
Simon Harris: Retaining and increasing the number of nursing, medical and consultant staff in the public health service is a key priority for me and my Department. It is a significant challenge given a backdrop of global shortages in health professionals and international competition for medical staff trained in Ireland. Where vacancies arise, the HSE utilises a range of measures,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (28 Jun 2018)
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 Consultant Contracts (28 Jun 2018)
Simon Harris: There are occasions when it may be appropriate utilise the services of a private investigator in the context of court proceedings and in this instance it arose in the context of defending the recent High Court cases taken by consultants who held Consultant Contract 2008 in pursuit of pay increases. Consistent with the Government decision in February 2017 to robustly defend the High...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Investigations (28 Jun 2018)
Simon Harris: My Department does not hire private investigators to investigate health service staff. The issue you are referring to was in the context of court proceedings where such services may be appropriate where evidence may need to be gathered to support a case.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Funding (28 Jun 2018)
Simon Harris: I understand that the Health Service Executive replied to your previous parliamentary question regarding the disability centre in Donegal on 19 June 2018 and informed you that the capital proposals for the centre will be considered in July at the next meeting of the national capital and property steering committee.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (3 Jul 2018)
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: Dental Services Provision (3 Jul 2018)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (3 Jul 2018)
Simon Harris: As this question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (3 Jul 2018)
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 Waiting Lists (3 Jul 2018)
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: Vaccination Programme (3 Jul 2018)
Simon Harris: I am pleased by the support for HPV immunisation programme as evidenced by the motion passed unanimously by this House on 28 March last. The immunisation programme in Ireland is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). NIAC is a committee of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland comprising of experts in a number of specialties including...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (3 Jul 2018)
Simon Harris: My Department has not made any payments in respect of commercial archaeology services during the period in question.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (3 Jul 2018)
Simon Harris: The Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 reforms and updates family law to address the needs of children living in diverse family types, and the commencement of Parts 2 & 3 of the Act is the responsibility of the Minister for Health. During the preparation of regulations to facilitate the commencement of Parts 2 & 3 of the Act a number of technical drafting issues came...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (3 Jul 2018)
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: Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision (3 Jul 2018)
Simon Harris: The Government approved the drafting of a Bill on assisted human reproduction (AHR) and associated areas of research in October last year. The introduction of legislation in relation to AHR and associated research is a priority for me and officials in my Department are engaging with the Office of the Attorney General in relation to the process of drafting this Bill. The General Scheme is...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (3 Jul 2018)
Simon Harris: The challenge of securing affordable access to innovate medicines is not unique to Ireland. Over the past two years, I and officials have been engaging with a number of voluntary EU forums including the Roundtable meetings with EU Health Ministers and the pharmaceutical industry, High Level Pharmaceutical Policy Meetings and the Valletta Technical Committee in an effort to identifying...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (3 Jul 2018)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (3 Jul 2018)
Simon Harris: As this is a service issue, I have asked the HSE to reply to you directly.