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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (8 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (8 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (8 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (8 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (8 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: Additional ring-fenced mental health funding of €160 million was provided over the years 2012 to 2016 inclusive.Up to 1,150 posts have already been filled up to end 2015 from the developmental funding provided since 2012 with 270 posts approved for the Child & Adolescent Services. Mental Health services are being developed in line with A Vision for Changeand Programme for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Accommodation (8 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (8 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: The Long Term Illness (LTI) Scheme was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act, 1970 (as amended). Regulations were made in 1971, 1973 and 1975 specifying the conditions covered by the LTI Scheme, which are as follows: acute leukaemia; mental handicap; cerebral palsy; mental illness (in a person under 16); cystic fibrosis; multiple sclerosis; diabetes insipidus; muscular...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (8 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (8 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (8 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: I am advised that Galway University Hospitals have been taking a range of actions to address the diagnostic waiting lists at the hospitals. The hospitals have introduced an extended MRI working day. The service performs 12 additional MRIs on patients each week to clear those patients waiting longest. An MRI out of hour’s service commenced in April and is now working well. Also a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Correspondence (8 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: The Department does not collect data in a manner that would allow the Deputy's question to be fully answered. However, during the period in question a total of 6,627 representations to the Minister for Health were received in the Department, including from members of the Oireachtas. In the same period, 5,213 representations were finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (8 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Jun 2016)

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: Mobility Allowance (8 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: Conscious of the reports of the Ombudsman regarding the legal status of both the Mobility Allowance and Motorised Transport Grant Schemes in the context of the Equal Status Acts, the Government decided to close both schemes. Both schemes remain closed. However, the Government also decided that monthly payments will continue to be made by the Health Service Executive to 4,700 people who were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (8 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: With regard to the specific queries raised by the Deputy, as these are service matters, I have asked the HSE to respond to him directly. If he has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (8 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: With regard to the specific query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly. If he has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (8 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (9 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (9 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this issue. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, please contact my private office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (9 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: The Deputy is aware that the Haddington Road Agreement made provision for the introduction of an Intern Scheme for Health Support Staff. Under the Scheme 1,000 Intern places were provided for Health Care Assistants (HCA), Multi Task Attendants (MTA) and Support Grades. The grade of MTA is a generic grade that covers staff working as porters, in catering or as HCAs. Therefore a new grade of...