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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (10 Nov 2016)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 259 and 262 together. I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (10 Nov 2016)
Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (10 Nov 2016)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 261 and 264 together. I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (10 Nov 2016)
Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (10 Nov 2016)
Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (10 Nov 2016)
Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (10 Nov 2016)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 267 and 268 together. I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (10 Nov 2016)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 269 to 271, inclusive, together. I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (10 Nov 2016)
Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (10 Nov 2016)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 273 to 275, inclusive, together. Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the community drug schemes; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (10 Nov 2016)
Simon Harris: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the community drug schemes; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 Nov 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: Health Insurance Data (10 Nov 2016)
Simon Harris: The table provides for the most recent data available from the Health Insurance Authority and shows the number of insured persons by age group on 1 July 2016. This information is compiled in respect of the commercial health insurers and excludes people serving waiting periods and members of Restricted Membership Undertakings (which provide insurance to people who are members of a particular...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (10 Nov 2016)
Simon Harris: General Practitioners contracted under the General Medical Services Scheme must make suitable arrangements to enable contact to be made with them, or a locum/deputy, for emergencies outside normal practice hours. While there is no obligation on GPs to participate in GP out-of-hours cooperatives as a means of meeting the contractual requirement, such services have been developed and expanded...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (10 Nov 2016)
Simon Harris: The Programme for a Partnership Government aims to recruit and retain talent within the public health service by implementing new procedures to ensure more efficient and timely recruitment of nurses. This Government has secured a total budget of €14.6 billion for the health service in 2017, the highest ever health budget. This funding will allow for the filling of a significant number...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (10 Nov 2016)
Simon Harris: In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (10 Nov 2016)
Simon Harris: In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (10 Nov 2016)
Simon Harris: I am very pleased to have the opportunity to appear before the committee again. I am joined today by my ministerial colleagues, the Minister of State with special responsibility for disabilities, Deputy Finian McGrath, the Minister with responsibility for mental health and older people, Deputy Helen McEntee, and the Minister with responsibility for communities and the national drugs strategy,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (10 Nov 2016)
Simon Harris: Deputy O'Reilly asked about policy. Policy is set by me, not by lawyers or anybody else. Let me be very clear that it is not the policy of the Irish health service - in any way, shape or form - to interact with patients in the manner suggested by the memo. Not only is that not the case, it is also not the case that front-line staff would or should ever find themselves in that position. I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (10 Nov 2016)
Simon Harris: I thank Deputy O'Reilly for those questions. First, the INMO has decided to ballot but I do not think the ballot has yet commenced. I am due to meet the INMO towards the end of next week. I would ask the INMO to do what it, in fairness, has always done during my six months in office, that is, to constructively engage. It has reaffirmed its commitment to the Lansdowne Road agreement and to...