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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (1 Feb 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: Dental Services Provision (1 Feb 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: Blood Donations (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: Question 52 was added to the IBTS Donor Health & Lifestyle Questionnaire on 16 January 2017 when the permanent deferral of men who have sex with men (MSM) from donating blood was changed from a lifetime ban to a 12 month deferral from the most recent sexual contact with another man. While the one year deferral of MSM from donating blood protects against the risk of transmission...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) has advised that as of 30th December 2016 the breakdown by timebands for residents of the Wicklow area is as follows: Row Labels 0-3 Months 3-6 Months 6-9 Months 9-12 Months 12-15 Months 15-18 Months 18+ Months Grand Total 30 December 2016 3805 2062 1559 1011 550 368 456 9811 Reducing waiting times for the longest waiting patients is one of this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Feb 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 National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drugs schemes, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. In line with the 2013 Act, if a Company would like a medicine to be reimbursed by the HSE pursuant to the Community Drug Schemes or as a hospital medicine, the Company must first submit an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: As announced in June 2015, the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital will relocate in time to the St James's campus, achieving tri-location of adult, paediatric and maternity services. The National Maternity Strategy, published in January 2016, reaffirms the delivery of tri-located maternity services on the campus with the new children's hospital and St James's Hospital. A site...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Location (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 279 and 280 together. The Government decision that the new children's hospital should be co-located with St James's on its campus in Dublin 8 was clinically led. In 2006, the McKinsey report, Children's Health First, recommended that the population of Ireland and projected demand could support only one world-class tertiary paediatric centre, that this should...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: The HSE National Model of Care for Paediatric Healthcare Services in Ireland states that there should be a cut-off age for admission to paediatric services and this age should be 16 years. It is also policy among the three children's hospitals in the Children's Hospital Group that they see children up to the eve of their 16th birthday. However, there can be occasions when a patient, for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (1 Feb 2017)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: European Fund for Strategic Infrastructure (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: The European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) is a joint initiative of the EIB Group and the European Commission, aimed at mobilising private financing for strategic investments, mainly through loan funding. In Ireland's case, the main potential beneficiaries of EFSI are commercial investment projects (including PPPs), as there is little scope to use EFSI for increased investment by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (1 Feb 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: Ambulance Service Provision (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: The National Ambulance Service has undergone a programme of modernisation in recent years and a number of significant service innovations and developments have taken place. These include the establishment of the National Emergency Operations Centre, a state of the art facility from which all call taking and resource dispatch is now undertaken. There has been substantial investment in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 289 and 290 together. Future investment in hospitals must be considered within the overall acute hospital sector infrastructure programme, the prioritised needs of the hospital groups and within the overall capital envelope available to the health service. The HSE will continue to apply the available funding for infrastructure development in the most...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: The previous Government's decision to locate the new children's hospital at the St James's campus was based on the over-riding priority of best clinical outcomes for our children and, in particular, the sickest of these. That decision is unequivocally supported by this Government and by me as Minister. The planned new facilities will provide us with the means to deliver on improved health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: The Programme for a Partnership Government commits to a decisive shift towards primary care so that better care close to home can be provided for communities around the country. The development of Primary Care Centres to accommodate Primary Care Teams and, where possible, GPs in the one location is a key enabler for the delivery of primary care services. Primary Care Centres facilitate...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: The 2016 Framework Agreement on the Supply and Pricing of Medicines provides for a new and more robust process for the reimbursement of medicines offering greater certainty to manufacturers regarding the reimbursement process. The revised process now requires that each product seeking reimbursement under the Community Drugs Schemes will undergo an assessment process by the National Centre...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: The Government Task Force on Emergency Planning is the top-level body which coordinates and oversees the emergency management activities of all Government Departments and Public Authorities. Ireland has adopted the “Lead Department” principle which means that the Government Department having responsibility for a particular area of public life (transport, energy, health etc.)...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 296 and 297 together. The Government is committed to the continued development of GP capacity to ensure that patients across the country continue to have access to GP services. The Programme for Partnership Government commits to increasing the number of GP training places to 259 places annually. In July 2016, the GP training intake increased from 157 to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: The development of health services in Ireland is subject to on-going enhancement and improvement processes and initiatives to ensure the delivery of high quality care in the most effective and efficient manner. As a general principle, these processes and initiatives are informed by national and international best practice. As the Deputy will appreciate, there are a range of initiatives...