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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: The Nursing Homes Support Scheme (NHSS) is a system of financial support for people who require long-term nursing home care. Participants contribute to the cost of their care according to their means while the State pays the balance of the cost. The NHSS covers the cost of the standard components of long-term residential care which are: - Nursing and personal care appropriate to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: Home support services across the country are being stretched by demands from more people, and for more hours in the evenings and at weekends, all of which cost more. Activity in the first quarter of 2016 was ahead of the same period last year as efforts continued to alleviate pressure on the acute hospital system. I am delighted that the Government has been able to respond to this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1045, 1046 and 1340 together. Conscious of the reports of the Ombudsman in 2013 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. The Government also decided that monthly payments will continue to be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: The National Advisory Committee on Bioethics was established by the then Minister for Health, Dr. James Reilly, in March 2012. The task of this Committee is to advise the Minister for Health on the ethical and social implications of scientific developments in human medicine and healthcare. In particular, this includes: 1) Providing advice in the form of expert reports on priority issues of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: In February of this year my colleague Deputy Leo Varadkar, the then Minister for Health, announced his intention to provide public funding for assisted human reproduction (AHR) treatment in conjunction with the introduction of specific legislation in this area. In order to determine the most appropriate funding model for AHR in the State, based on existing evidence, Minister Varadkar engaged...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: The Department of Health supports research in health through the Health Research Board (HRB). The HRB is a statutory body under the aegis of the Department of Health and is the lead agency in Ireland supporting and funding health research. The HRB has informed me that it supports research on Mesenchymal stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells. In the past ten years, it has invested...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: The Deputy will be aware that the Programme for Government states that "We will extend the entitlement to a medical card for all children in receipt of the Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) in Budget 2017. Approximately 10,000 children would benefit from this initiative". In early July, I meet with representatives of Our Children's Health. At that meeting, and in the debate on the Private...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, in February 2015, the Government gave its approval to my colleague Deputy Leo Varadkar, the then Minister for Health, to draft a General Scheme of legislative provisions dealing with assisted human reproduction (AHR) and associated research. This comprehensive piece of legislation will regulate a range of practices for the first time, including: gamete (sperm or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: The Children and Family Relationships Act 2015, in the context of Parts 2 and 3 of that Act, which relate to donor-assisted human reproduction (DAHR), defines an embryo as "a human embryo formed by the fertilisation of a human egg by a human sperm". As the Deputy will be aware, officials in my Department are currently drafting the General Scheme of legislative provisions relating to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (16 Sep 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: Organ Donation (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: Legislation to introduce an opt-out register for organ donation will be developed in line with the Programme for Government. Under the proposed system, consent will be deemed unless the person has, while alive, registered his/her wish not to become an organ donor after death. However, it is proposed that, even though consent is deemed, the next-of-kin will in practice always be consulted...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board is the statutory body charged with delivery of the capital project. The Project Brief developed by the Board in 2014 was approved by the HSE, with the prior consent of the Minister, in accordance with the statutory approval process. Design development was undertaken by the Board in accordance with the approved Project Brief, culminating in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Agencies Funding (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to funding by the HSE of agencies under Section 38 of the Health Act 2004 is set out in the following table. Figures are provided for the years 2013, 2014 and 2015. Health Service Executive Section 38 Agencies Total Grants (Revenue Grants and Capital Grants) Analysis of Grants to S38 Agencies for the years 2013, 2014 and 2015. 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (16 Sep 2016)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Sep 2016)

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: Hospital Appointments Status (16 Sep 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: Hospital Services (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: The Children’s Hospital Group, comprising Tallaght, OLCHC and Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street, is working to provide a sustainable, safe paediatric orthopaedic trauma service. Significant additional orthopaedic service funding has been provided in the HSE Service Plans for both 2015 and 2016. €1.042m in new funding (full year costs) was provided in 2015, to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (16 Sep 2016)

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