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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (28 Feb 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: Health Services Staff Data (28 Feb 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: Health Services Staff Data (28 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 599 and 600 together. I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide. Each year in Ireland around 300 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 100 die from the disease. All cervical cancers are linked to high risk Human Papillomavirus (HPV) types. In 2009 the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) recommended HPV vaccination for all 12 year old girls to reduce their risk of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (28 Feb 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: Hospital Facilities (28 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: The satellite centres on the campuses of Tallaght and Connolly Hospitals will be an integral part of, and come under the governance of, the new children’s hospital. This will include staffing, quality assurance, education and training, and branding. In addition, staff of the main hospital will rotate through the centres. Each centre will provide urgent care as well as secondary...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (28 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: Under European and Irish legislation, before a medicine can be placed on the market the manufacturer must seek an authorisation from the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), or in the case of certain medicines, the European Medicines Agency. Where a medicine is not authorised in Ireland, a licensed wholesaler may import it if it has been prescribed by a doctor for a patient under...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (28 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialised agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health. It would not be appropriate for me to comment on WHO policy in other countries.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (28 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 Health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (28 Feb 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: Hospital Equipment (28 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 635 and 636 together. In relation to the particular queries raised, as these are service matters, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (28 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: The HSE continues to provide grants to health agencies and other organisations from National Lottery funds. Details of the scheme are available on the HSE website at

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (28 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: The EU Directive 2011/24/EU on Patients’ Rights in Cross Border Healthcare aims to ensure EU citizens may access safe and good quality healthcare services across EU borders. The Directive establishes a framework for cross border healthcare between EU/EEA states to facilitate patients to access care in another Member State in accordance with their entitlements in their own country....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Family Agency Services (28 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: I understand from the HSE that TUSLA, the Child and Family Agency, has responsibility for the Community Mothers Programme. As such, the Deputy may wish to put this question to my colleague, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, as TUSLA falls under the aegis of her Department.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (28 Feb 2017)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (28 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: The development of primary care is central to the Government's objective to deliver a high-quality, integrated and cost effective health service. The Programme for Government commits to a decisive shift within the health service towards primary care in order to deliver better care close to home in communities across the country. The development of a new, modernised contract for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (28 Feb 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: HSE Reports (28 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: I understand that the HSE is expecting to publish its Performance Report covering the period October-December, 2016 in the coming days. As the Deputy is aware, the HSE has been publishing its Performance Reports (PRs) on a bi-monthly basis in 2016. According to this schedule, the October-November PR would have been published in January, 2017. However, it was decided that in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (28 Feb 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: Hospitals Data (28 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.