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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (17 Jan 2017)
Simon Harris: 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. In relation to the query raised by the Deputy, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (17 Jan 2017)
Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Jan 2017)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 814, 817, 903, 922, 971, 1000, 1002, 1007, 1039, 1116, 1269, 1270, 1282 and 1349 together. 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Jan 2017)
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: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (17 Jan 2017)
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 Waiting Lists (17 Jan 2017)
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 Waiting Lists (17 Jan 2017)
Simon Harris: In August 2016, I requested that the HSE develop an Action Plan on Waiting Lists focused on those waiting the longest. The Action Plan set a target to reduce the number of patients waiting 18 months or over for Inpatient or Daycase procedure by 50% by the end of 2016. December 2016 waiting list performance data confirmed that the HSE achieved its target. Since the commencement of the Action...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (17 Jan 2017)
Simon Harris: In December 2016, I granted approval to the NTPF for the first tranche of funding, in the region of €5m, for an initiative focusing on daycase procedures. The NTPF anticipates that 2,500 of the longest waiting daycase patients will be treated under this initiative with the aim that no patient would be waiting over 18 months for a daycase procedure by June 2017. It is expected that the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Jan 2017)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 822, 921 and 953 together. The immunisation programme in Ireland is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). NIAC is a committee of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland comprising of experts in a number of specialties including infectious diseases, paediatrics and public health. The committee's recommendations are...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Jan 2017)
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 (17 Jan 2017)
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.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (17 Jan 2017)
Simon Harris: In relation to this particular query, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (17 Jan 2017)
Simon Harris: In relation to this particular query, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (17 Jan 2017)
Simon Harris: In relation to this particular query, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (17 Jan 2017)
Simon Harris: In relation to this particular query, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (17 Jan 2017)
Simon Harris: As this particular query relates to a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (17 Jan 2017)
Simon Harris: As this particular query relates to a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (17 Jan 2017)
Simon Harris: As this particular query relates to a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (17 Jan 2017)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 836, 871 and 911 together. I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (17 Jan 2017)
Simon Harris: As this particular query relates to a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.