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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 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: Cancer Screening Programmes (28 Mar 2017)

Simon Harris: CervicalCheck, the National Cervical Cancer Screening Programme, was introduced in 2008 and offers free smear tests to women aged 25-60. The screening of women from the age of 25 is in line with international best practice. Invasive cervical cancer is extremely rare in women aged under 25, with less than 5 women in this age group being diagnosed with this condition each year. While...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (28 Mar 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: National Children's Hospital (28 Mar 2017)

Simon Harris: 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 be in Dublin and that it should ideally be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (28 Mar 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 341 and 400 together. 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;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (28 Mar 2017)

Simon Harris: The mandatory retirement age for GPs under the current GMS contract is 72 years of age, having been increased from 70 years of age in 2015. Information on the number of GPs who will reach the age of 72 in any given year, or the number of GPs who have given notice of their intention to retire before they reach the mandatory retirement age, is not routinely provided to my Department....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (28 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: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (28 Mar 2017)

Simon Harris: As the particular issue raised relates to an individual case, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the HSE for reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (28 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: Home Help Service Data (28 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: Medicinal Products Availability (28 Mar 2017)

Simon Harris: The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. With regard to Orkambi for the treatment of cystic fibrosis patients aged 12 and older, an application to the HSE from the manufacturer was received in March 2016. The application was considered and not recommended...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Waiting Lists (28 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: Health Insurance (28 Mar 2017)

Simon Harris: The Deputy raises two separate issues in the question. The first concerns the community rating levy on health insurance contracts and the second matter raised concerns charges for private patients in public hospitals. With regard to the first matter, risk equalisation is a mechanism designed to support the objective of a community-rated health insurance market, whereby all customers pay...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Protected Disclosures Data (28 Mar 2017)

Simon Harris: In keeping with the requirements of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 and also in accordance with the Guidance provided by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, my Department has developed Protected Disclosure Policy and Procedures for staff, to advise them on the approach to take when seeking to make a protected disclosure under the Act, or on how to respond on receipt of a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (28 Mar 2017)

Simon Harris: The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) was appointed in 2013 to plan, design, build and equip the new children’s hospital. An internationally recognised design team supported by an experienced Board and Project Team are in place, have followed best international design, planning and procurement process at each stage of the project. The recently concluded tendering...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Properties (28 Mar 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 363 and 364 together. Your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply as the management of the healthcare property estate is a service matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (28 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: Ministerial Responsibilities (28 Mar 2017)

Simon Harris: As Minister for Health I would have no direct policy function for many of the matters mentioned by the Deputy in details supplied. I would have some responsibility in areas such as sunbeds and cosmetics. I understand officials from my Department have been in contact with the Deputy's office seeking further clarification on the Deputy's question.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Insurance Costs (28 Mar 2017)

Simon Harris: In response to the Deputy's question, my Department operates under State Indemnity, a self-insurance model whereby the State bears the financial risk associated with the cost of claims. This approach is set out in the Public Financial Procedures at C8 Section 11 whereby the general rule is that no insurance should be effected against the risk of any loss which, if it arose would fall wholly...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Contracts (28 Mar 2017)

Simon Harris: Last year this Department issued a Circular to the HSE National Director of HR to allow a derogation from public pay policy for mental health nurse retirees to return to work for the HSE beyond the first point of the mental health nurse salary scale and typically at the LSI point of the scales for those who would have retired. In recent discussions with the INMO and SIPTU nursing unions...