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Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (25 Sep 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (25 Sep 2018)

Simon Harris: The only outpatient charge that applies in public hospitals is the €100 Emergency Department charge, for which medical cardholders are exempt. Therefore it should be noted that there is no legal basis for levying a any charge for planned public outpatient services, this applies to all persons who access these services in the public hospital system. If the Deputy wishes to contact...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 Sep 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 (25 Sep 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 (25 Sep 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 (25 Sep 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 (25 Sep 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: National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics (25 Sep 2018)

Simon Harris: The requested information is held by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics. It has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Car Park Charges (25 Sep 2018)

Simon Harris: Early this year I requested the HSE to undertake a review of car parking charges in public hospitals. I understand that this report is currently being finalised by the HSE and will be submitted for my consideration shortly. My Department will then liaise with the HSE on the next steps to be undertaken.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans (25 Sep 2018)

Simon Harris: I wish to assure the Deputy that my Department, in consultation with the HSE and National Treatment Purchase Fund, is in the process of finalising an Outpatient Action Plan for the remainder of 2018 and I hope to publish it shortly. The Plan will support the HSE’s compliance with their National Service Plan targets, reduce the growth in the number of patients waiting for...

Seanad: Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (25 Sep 2018)

Simon Harris: I am very pleased to be back in Seanad Éireann. As Senators are aware, on 12 September I published the report on the scoping inquiry into the CervicalCheck screening programme. I welcome the opportunity to speak to the House about the report. I publicly acknowledge the extraordinary contributions of Vicky Phelan, Stephen Teap, Lorraine Walsh and many other women and their families who...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Simon Harris: Opposition amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive and amendments Nos. 6 and 24, as Deputy O'Reilly outlined, create a framework for age restrictions on alcohol advertising on the Internet. Like Deputy Donnelly, I fully support the intention of these amendments, as I discussed with Deputy O'Reilly and in the Seanad and as my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, would have said...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Simon Harris: Yes.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Simon Harris: I will follow the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's direction and speak only to the amendment. Opposition amendments Nos. 4 and 5 from Deputy O'Reilly try to expand the definition of "sell" in the Bill to include "supply for the purpose of promoting the use of another service" and "supply in the purchase of another good or service". As Deputy O'Reilly knows, the Minister of the day already has the...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Simon Harris: After 1,000 days of people discussing this I intend to be brief on Report Stage. Deputy O'Reilly is entirely correct that the amendment is very sensible. The Bill already provides in section 11(5) that the Minister should have regard to health-related risks and other societal harms caused by alcohol consumption when determining changes to minimum unit pricing. We have a variety of systems,...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Simon Harris: Does he speak Irish?

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Simon Harris: We are not talking about that now.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Simon Harris: That is a genuine issue.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Donnelly for his amendments and engagement on this. As I said to him directly, I know he put down these amendments in an effort to improve the Bill with respect to labelling and notification, and not for any other motive, as I saw wrongly attributed to him. As I already mentioned to Deputy Donnelly, amendment No. 8 relates to the requirement to have the health information on...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Simon Harris: I do.