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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: Reducing waiting times for the longest waiting patients is one of this Government's key priorities. Consequently, Budget 2017 allocated €20 million to the NTPF, rising to €55 million in 2018. In December 2016, I granted approval to the NTPF to dedicate €5m to a daycase waiting list initiative with the aim of ensuring that no patient will be waiting more than 18...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 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: Hospital Services (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: Funding for the endoscopy unit, new physical medicine, physical therapy, oncology services and day procedure departments at Naas General Hospital will be considered in the context of the future capital envelope for the health service and the overall priorities for future service development in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group. It is proposed that there will be a mid-term review of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cyber Security Policy (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: My Department takes Information Security (IS) issues very seriously and has a comprehensive set of IS policies, procedures and controls in place to safeguard and strengthen its ICT systems against cyber attacks. Security reviews are carried out on a regular basis. Responsibility for this area is assigned to an IS manager and my Department also uses the services of an external IS service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. However, all recommendations are being acted upon and implementation is well underway. I would also like to assure the House that the safety and quality of maternity services is a priority for this Government. The Galway Report also recommended that the Department of Health develop and implement a National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: In relation to the query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service issue, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (14 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. In relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: In relation to this particular issue, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Feb 2017)

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 Appointments Status (14 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: Food Safety Standards Regulation (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 414 and 415 together. The legal basis of the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) is Article 50 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, which establishes the RASFF as a network involving the Member States, European Commission (which manages the system) and European Food Safety Authority. Switzerland and the EEA countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: The HSE's Performance and Accountability Framework sets out how the HSE including the National Divisions, Hospital Groups and individual managers will be held to account for their performance. It makes explicit the responsibilities of health service managers in relation to the four domains of performance which are Access to services, the Quality and Safety of those services, doing this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (14 Feb 2017)

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: Health Services (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: I am absolutely convinced of the value of hearing from frontline staff and greatly appreciate their views as I visit hospitals around the country. I am very open to considering new ideas and new ways of facilitating the input of frontline staff. The Health Service Executive has developed its People Strategy 2015 – 2018 which is underpinned by a commitment to engage, develop, value...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: Reducing waiting times for the longest waiting patients is one of this Government's key priorities. Consequently, Budget 2017 allocated €20 million to the NTPF, rising to €55 million in 2018. In December 2016, I granted approval to the NTPF to dedicate €5m to a daycase waiting list initiative with the aim of ensuring that no patient will be waiting more than 18...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (14 Feb 2017)

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 Waiting Lists (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: The personal stories of people waiting for treatment included in the RTE programme 'Living on the List' are deeply moving and the experiences they describe are absolutely inexcusable. Reducing waiting times for the longest waiting patients is one of this Government's key priorities. In 2016, I made over €11m of 2016 Winter Initiative funding available to provide additional patient...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 422 and 423 together. Long waiting times for scoliosis surgery have to be addressed, and the Department has been working closely with the HSE to address services pressures, particularly in Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin, which is the largest provider of scoliosis surgery for children and young people. Additional funding has been provided in...