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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: Hospitals Capital Programme (3 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 388 to 390, inclusive, and 392 together. As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the management of health capital in respect of individual capital projects, my Department has asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly in relation to the current position regarding the development of community nursing units in Donegal.

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 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: Medicinal Products Availability (3 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: Officials in my Department have sought clarification from the Deputy, on receipt of same I will arrange for a reply to issue.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (3 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: Stem cell treatment can be a promising treatment for a small subset of patients with multiple sclerosis. It is considered a highly aggressive treatment with very significant side-effects. Decisions, therefore relating to appropriate treatment for multiple sclerosis are a matter for clinicians in consultation with patients and their families.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (4 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) is a statutory agency with responsibility for conducting fitness to practise inquiries in accordance with the provisions of the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 and, where appropriate, the Nurses Act, 1985. The NMBI assures me that it carries out all fitness to practise inquiries in accordance with the relevant legislative requirements.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure (4 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: Air Ambulance Service Provision (4 Jul 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (4 Jul 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (4 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: Proposed Legislation (4 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 271 and 272 together. The Thirty-Sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018 seeks to delete Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution and substitute it with wording confirming that the Oireachtas may make laws for the regulation of the termination of pregnancy. A Polling Day Order for a referendum was held on 25 May 2018 and the referendum was passed by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (4 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: Patients can seek to access health care in an other EU/EEA member state via two different schemes. Where a service is provided in Ireland but a patient wishes to access care in another EU/EEA Member State, this can be possible by seeking treatment under the Directive on Patients' Rights in Cross Border Healthcare, otherwise known as the Cross Border Directive (CBD). The CBD provides rules for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (4 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 to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (4 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: The HSE's Expert Group on Medical Need and Medical Card Eligibility examined the issue of awarding medical cards on the basis of illness and concluded that it was not feasible, desirable, nor ethically justifiable to list medical conditions in priority order for medical card eligibility. The Expert Group also concluded that a person’s means should remain the main qualifier for a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (4 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: The Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Act 2015 (RWRCI Act) makes provision for a range of primary and community health services (and benefits) in Ireland for women who qualify under the Department of Justice & Equality Restorative Justice Scheme for women who were admitted to and worked in the Magdalene Laundries and similar institutions. The RWRCI Act provides...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (4 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to you directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (4 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 287 and 288 together. 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 Waiting Lists (4 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: In relation to the particular query raised by the Deputy regarding St. James's Hospital, as this is a service issue, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans (4 Jul 2018)

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