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Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Data (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: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (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: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (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: Parliamentary Questions Data (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table: Year Total PQs Answered Referred to HSE Answered by Ministers 2016 5,159 3,372 1,787 2015 8,033 5,258 2,775 2014 8,081 4,907 3,174 2013 7,232 3,623 3,609 2012 7,590 4,045 3,545 As the Departments PQ database does not provide a breakdown between Oral and Written PQs the number of questions answered reflects both....

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: The Programme for a Partnership Government emphasises the need for sustained commitment to improving waiting times for patients, with a particular focus on those patients waiting longest. It commits to €15m funding to the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) in 2017 for an initiative targeted at those waiting longest as part of continued investment of €50m per year to reduce...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Appointments to State Boards (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: The nomination and appointment process for boards of bodies under the aegis of my Department is set out in legislation. In line with Government Decision S180/20/10/1617 of 2014 and Guidelines set out by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform relating to the advertising for expressions of interest in vacancies on State Boards, my Department in conjunction with the Public Appointments...

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

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1429 to 1433, inclusive, together. Your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply as the management of the healthcare property estate is a service matter.

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: Budget 2017 (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: The level of funding available for my Department is being considered as part of the national Estimates and budgetary process for 2017 which is currently underway. Pending completion of this process it is not appropriate for me to comment further at this stage.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (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 Provision (16 Sep 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 reply to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (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: Primary Care Centres Provision (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: As this question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply to the Deputy.

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

Simon Harris: The National Clinical Programme for Acute Coronary Syndrome recommends that patients who are suffering a ST-elevation heart attack (often referred to as a 'STEMI') should have access to Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (pPCI) within 90 minutes. pPCI is a cardiology procedure, carried out in a cardiac catheterisation laboratory, which is used to clear arterial blockages and to insert...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (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: Health Insurance Cover (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: The individual concerned wrote to my office in relation to this matter . My office provided a reply to that correspondence on 10 August last, which outlined the rationale for the introduction of Lifetime Community Rating to the health insurance market and clarified that there are no specific anomalies in the implementation of the legislation in respect of the individual circumstances...

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

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (16 Sep 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 you directly.

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

Simon Harris: According to the HSE's 2015 annual report, revenue from the medical card prescription charge was €113 million in 2015. The most recent data available from the HSE indicates that revenue from the prescription charge for the first eight months of 2016 was approximately €80 million.