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Written Answers — Department of Health: Voluntary Sector (23 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: Under the Health Act 2004, Section 39 provides that the HSE may give grant aid assistance to a person or body to deliver a service similar to a service that the HSE may deliver. Assistance in this way can range from a large proportion of an organisations’ overall funding requirements to a small fixed amount for a specific purpose. These organisations are not public sector...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Policy (23 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: The creation of a single, all-island treatment network for Congenital Heart Disease, ensuring that all children have access to the highest standard of cardiac care, is the subject of very active engagement between my Department and the Department of Health in Northern Ireland. It is my Department’s view that the development of such a service is of grave importance to a cohort of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (23 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 Reports (23 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 213 to 215, inclusive, together. The purpose of the annual National Healthcare Quality Reporting System (NHQRS) Report is to use easily accessible information to develop a better understanding of whole health system performance. The NHQRS was established to provide a broad overall picture of the quality of our health services. It is intended to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (23 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: Roscommon University Hospital is a Model 2 hospital within the Saolta University Healthcare Group. It provides a significant range of hospital services to patients in the region, including extended day surgery, certain acute medicine services and local injuries services. It also provides a wide array of diagnostic services (including endoscopy, laboratory medicine, point of care testing and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (23 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: It is very important to stress that, from the point of view of people using the wide range of services provided by the HSE at community level, the management structures which overlay these should be of little or no consequence. The objective is to ensure that services are responsive to people’s needs and enable them to receive a joined-up service that results in the most favourable...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Allowances (23 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: The outcome of the Review of Public Sector Allowances was published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on 18 September 2012. The Delegates (and Chairpersons) Allowance (payable to officials who travel outside of Ireland and the UK to represent Ireland at meetings of the EU or other international organisations, or who act as Chairpersons of EU committees) was abolished for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (23 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: The cuts in Public Sector pay that were introduced under FEMPI legislation are being restored on a phased basis to all grades who are officers of my Department in accordance with instructions from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER). This restoration is centrally negotiated and decided by DPER. There is no distinction in pay rates between Officers of this Department who...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (23 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: I recognise that the recruitment and retention of medical doctors who graduate and are trained in Ireland is important to the effective functioning of the Irish health service, and is in keeping with our obligations under the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel. In July 2013, a Working Group, chaired by Prof Brian MacCraith, President, Dublin...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (23 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, it 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: Orthodontic Services Provision (23 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, it 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: Orthodontic Services Provision (23 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, it 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 Appointments Status (23 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 scheduling...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (23 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: Orthodontic Services Provision (23 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, it 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: Orthodontic Services Provision (23 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, it 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: Orthodontic Services Provision (23 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, it 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: Orthodontic Services Provision (23 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, it 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: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (23 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: Orthodontic Services Provision (23 Jun 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, it 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.