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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: As I have said to colleagues, and as Mr. Reid has said today as well, a couple of these measures have already started. We have put €10 million into the system in trying to provide extra social care support. Limerick will clearly benefit from some of that. For example, we are seeing the number of delayed discharges finally beginning to fall after weeks of it rising. It is still very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: Those are mainly questions for the HSE but I will comment on the mesh implants issue. We had a meeting and I thank Deputy O'Reilly for facilitating it. I had a follow-up meeting with Mesh Survivors Ireland and I have committed to another meeting. I need to get back to it with a date for another meeting, which will probably be next month. The Deputy is welcome to attend. Dr. Henry can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: Deputy Durkan and I have had many chats about this. As he knows, I held out on this one for a while. I understood the views being put forward by a number of Members of the Oireachtas. I have to be careful in what I say because I think there is a legal challenge and legal correspondence in my Department in respect of this. The bottom line was that in order to comply with the directive, one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: I will certainly seek an update and revert to the Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy O'Connell for her support on public health in general and her advocacy in this regard. We have made really good progress on vaccination together as an Oireachtas. The HSE has shown incredible leadership in this area. It shows how when the health service really puts its mind to something, we can make progress. When we engage with others outside our initial health family, our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: I am more than happy to do so.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Air Ambulance Service Data (3 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: The Emergency Aeromedical Service (EAS), which is operated from Custume Barracks in Athlone, has been successfully operating for many years in partnership with the Irish Air Corps.  Since its inception in 2012, the EAS Service has completed more than 2,600 missions and provides rapid access to appropriate treatment for very high acuity patients, specifically where land ambulance transit...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (3 Oct 2019)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (3 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: I advised Government in December 2018 that the final cost of the design, build and equipment programme for which the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board is responsible for is now at €1,433 million. There has been no change to this figure advised to Government. The construction phase of the project is underway. The main hospital is scheduled to be completed by late...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (3 Oct 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: Medicinal Products Availability (3 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the community drug schemes; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (3 Oct 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: Dental Services Provision (3 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (3 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (3 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: This is a question for the HSE. Representations by elected representatives fall under Section 40 of the Data Protection Act. The Data Controller in this respect is the HSE and so it is for the HSE to decide how to deal with these representations, and it will have its own policy on this. It should be noted that there is a section on the Data Protection Commissioner's website providing guidance...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (3 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: Tobacco use is both addictive and lethal and remains the leading risk factor driving the most death and disability combined in Ireland. Approximately 6,000 of our population die annually from tobacco related diseases and tobacco use has been estimated to cost Irish society €10.7 billion annually. This is comprised of healthcare costs of $507 million, productivity costs...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (3 Oct 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 (3 Oct 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...