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- 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: Health Services Funding (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (16 Sep 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.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Health Policy (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1235 to 1240, inclusive, together. The rise in antimicrobial resistance is universally recognised at global, European and national levels, including Ireland, as one of the greatest potential threats to human and animal health with possible serious consequences for public health, animal welfare and the agriculture and food sectors. There is international...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: As part of Ireland’s response to the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 the National Public Health Emergency Team, following advice from the Pandemic Influenza Expert Group recommended that vaccination against pandemic influenza would be provided to all citizens. Following reports of narcolepsy among children and adolescents who were vaccinated with Pandemrix in Ireland, a National Narcolepsy...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1243 and 1389 together. At the outset, I offer my sincerest condolences to the family involved in this case. While I can confirm that University Hospital Kerry has an ultrasonography service and provides anatomy scans if clinically indicated, I cannot comment on individual cases. The Deputy will appreciate that I have a limited role in such cases and do...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services Provision (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: In relation to the specific query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (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: Departmental Properties (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: No rent is paid by the Department of Health. The Department is currently housed in Hawkins House which forms part of the estate portfolio for the Office of Public Works. Details of such expenditure for bodies under the aegis of the Department are operational matters for the bodies concerned and the Deputy should contact the relevant Director/CEO/Registrar directly. I have asked the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- 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: Health Services (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: At the outset I would like to offer my sincerest condolences to the family involved in this case. The Deputy will appreciate that I have a limited role in individual cases and do not have access to individual patient files or personal information. The Deputy will be aware that it would be inappropriate for me to comment other than to acknowledge with regret the distress and upset the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1252 to 1254, inclusive, together. The Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 governs the processes and procedures which apply when the HSE receives an application to add a new medicine to its Reimbursement List. These processes and procedures are set out in Schedule 1 of the Framework Agreement on the Supply and Pricing of Medicines, which is...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: The total expenditure for the health services (Department of Health and HSE combined) for 2013, 2014, 2015 and to-date in 2016 is set out in the table below. The Vote of the HSE was disestablished on 31 December 2014 and the funding transferred to the Vote of the Office of the Minister for Health (Vote 38) from which, with effect from 1 January 2015, Vote grants are paid to the HSE in line...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Waiting Lists (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: 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: 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.