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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (21 Mar 2017)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (21 Mar 2017)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (21 Mar 2017)
Simon Harris: As this question relates to a service matter, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (21 Mar 2017)
Simon Harris: As this question relates to a service matter, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (21 Mar 2017)
Simon Harris: The Government is committed to ensuring that patients throughout the country continue to have access to GP services and that general practice is sustainable in all areas into the future. I want to ensure that existing GP services are retained and that general practice remains an attractive career option for newly-qualified GPs. The development of a new modernised contract for the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (21 Mar 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: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (21 Mar 2017)
Simon Harris: The LTI Scheme was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 (as amended). The conditions covered by the LTI are: acute leukaemia; mental handicap; cerebral palsy; mental illness (in a person under 16); cystic fibrosis; multiple sclerosis; diabetes insipidus; muscular dystrophies; diabetes mellitus; parkinsonism; epilepsy; phenylketonuria; haemophilia; spina bifida;...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (21 Mar 2017)
Simon Harris: In accordance with the provisions of the Health Act 1970 (as amended), eligibility for a medical card is determined by the HSE. The Act obliges the HSE to assess whether a person is unable, without due hardship, to arrange general practitioner services for himself or herself and his or her family, having regard to his or her overall financial position and reasonable expenditure and every...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Mar 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: Primary Care Centres Provision (21 Mar 2017)
Simon Harris: It was intended that this primary care centre would be one of the locations to be delivered through the PPP project. While planning permission has been awarded, unfortunately this location was one of two locations which did not complete the planning process within the timeframe for inclusion in the PPP project. Delivery of primary care infrastructure is a dynamic process, constantly...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (21 Mar 2017)
Simon Harris: As this question relates to a service matter, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Meetings (21 Mar 2017)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 893 and 1002 together. I, and my officials, do on occasion meet representatives of the pharmaceutical industry including individual companies. The Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 has not been discussed at any of these meetings.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (21 Mar 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: National Children's Hospital Location (21 Mar 2017)
Simon Harris: As announced in June 2015, the Coombe Women and 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: Occupational Therapy (21 Mar 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 Appointments Status (21 Mar 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: Child Abuse Reports (21 Mar 2017)
Simon Harris: This matter may be more appropriately answered by my colleague the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. I am liaising with Minister Zappone on this issue and depending on the outcome of these discussions the matter will be referred to either Tusla or the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (21 Mar 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: Health Services Data (21 Mar 2017)
Simon Harris: Comprehensive symptomatic breast services are available for women in the eight designated cancer centres. These centres, together with a satellite centre in Letterkenny, provide a range of services, including for women who have been referred by their general practitioner. National key performance indicators have been set in relation to waiting times for women referred to these clinics. The...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (21 Mar 2017)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for reply to the Deputy.