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Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Legal Cases (26 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: The State Claims Agency has a statutory remit to manage personal injury claims, including claims in respect of clinical negligence, on behalf of Delegated State Authorities (DSA’s) including the Health Service Executive. I have been informed by the State Claims Agency that the information contained in their report has been extracted from the National Incident Management System (NIMS)...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 Feb 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: Ambulance Service (26 Feb 2019)

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 (26 Feb 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 Facilities (26 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: As Minister for Health, I recognise that hospitals are increasingly operating at or above capacity, with year-round demand pressures that are further challenged over the winter months. It is against this background that the Health Service Capacity Review 2018 recommended an increase in acute hospitals beds of over 2,600 by 2031 to support the projected increase in demand for services in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (26 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: My Department and the Health Service Executive are currently engaged in a process to finalise the HSE Capital Plan for 2019. The HSE Capital Plan will determine the projects that can progress in 2019 and beyond having regard to the total available capital funding and the relevant priority of each project. All Health capital projects, currently at various stages of development, such as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (26 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 380 and 396 together. My Department and the Health Service Executive are currently engaged in a process to finalise the HSE Capital Plan for 2019. The HSE Capital Plan will determine the projects that can progress in 2019 and beyond having regard to the total available capital funding and the relevant priority of each project. All Health capital projects,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (26 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Brexit Preparations (26 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: My Department continues to work intensively with other Government Departments on all aspects of Brexit planning particularly the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The Department is represented at all relevant sectoral working groups and is cooperating fully with colleagues across Government. The Irish and UK Governments are committed to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Services Provision (26 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 387 and 388 together. The HSE operates the EU Cross Border Directive (CBD) in Ireland. Patients in Ireland can seek to be referred to another EU/EEA member state, including the UK, for medical treatment that is available in the public health service in Ireland. The patient may access the overseas service in either the public or private health sector of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Services Provision (26 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: The HSE operates the Cross Border Directive in Ireland. Patients in Ireland can seek to be referred to another EU/EEA country for medical treatment that is available in the public health service in Ireland. The patient may access the overseas service in either the public or private health sector of the country they choose to receive the service in. The patient pays for the treatment and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (26 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 390 to 392, inclusive, together. Quality Standards for medical cannabis products The Medical Cannabis Access Programme aims to facilitate access to certain cannabis-based products which have not been authorised as medicines by a statutory Medicines Competent Authority. This means that the product manufacturers have not applied for an authorisation to market...

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Funding (26 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: In 2017, the Department did not receive any funds from EU funding but €153,000 was paid out of subhead E.4 to the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB). This was match funding from the Department of Health to support projects funded by the SEUPB under the INTERREG V EU Funding Programme

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (26 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: The Health Products Regulatory Advisory (HPRA) has advised that Gardasil 9 was authorised by the European Commission to be placed on the market for use across the European Union (EU) in 2015 and as you have noted, is one of a number of medicines/vaccines, which is subject to additional monitoring requirements, identifiable by an inverted black triangle on the product information (Summary of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (26 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has advised that, in order to assess vaccine safety, they carried out a comprehensive, independent review of all available safety data. A systematic review of all relevant international literature was preformed which encompassed 70,000 trial participants and surveillance of many millions of individuals in cohort studies and had a follow up...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (26 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has advised that, in relation to their comprehensive safety assessment, included studies that reported serious and or minor adverse events associated with HPV vaccination. HIQA did not exclude studies based upon their definition of ‘serious adverse event’. Comparisons between studies were difficult as differing definitions were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 Feb 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: Pharmacy Services (26 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: The Pharmacy Act 2007 established the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI) and the functions of the Society are set out in the Act. The functions of the PSI are carried out on its behalf by the Council of the Society. Section 30 of the Pharmacy Act 2007 provides for an exception to the general provision in the Act which requires the sale and supply of medicines at a pharmacy to be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (26 Feb 2019)

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 (26 Feb 2019)

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