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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (3 May 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 51 and 224 together. In September the HSE launched its Winter Initiative Plan which provided €40 million of additional funding for winter preparedness. The Initiative concluded at the end of March. A range of practical measures to address ED overcrowding were implemented, including 90 additional beds, aids and appliances for over 4,450...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (3 May 2017)

Simon Harris: The Deputy will be aware that, in his review of cath lab services in University Hospital Waterford (UHW), Dr Niall Herity recommended investment to enhance cardiac services at the hospital and to provide an additional 8 hours' cath lab activity per week to address waiting times and to provide improved access for patients. At the time of the report's publication, I committed to providing the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 May 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 Services (3 May 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 56 and 67 together. My Department and the HSE are committed to securing and developing the role of Portlaoise Hospital within the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group. Reports on Portlaoise Hospital in recent years point to the need for reconfiguration of some services to ensure that patients are treated in the most appropriate setting by specialist staff...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 May 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: Health Services Staff Recruitment (3 May 2017)

Simon Harris: I understand that the Health Service Executive (HSE) forwarded a response to the Deputy on 1 February 2017 in relation to question 238 of 25 January 2017. As this question relates to service matters, I have again arranged for the question to be referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (3 May 2017)

Simon Harris: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the community drug schemes; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Data (3 May 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: Primary Care Centres Provision (3 May 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: Occupational Therapy (3 May 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 Expenditure (3 May 2017)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (3 May 2017)

Simon Harris: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Accommodation (3 May 2017)

Simon Harris: The Galway City Ambulance Base has been situated on a temporary site on the grounds of Merlin Park Hospital since the summer of 2014, to facilitate the construction of a car park on the grounds of the University College Hospital Galway (UCHG). The re-location initially was to be of temporary duration of 6 – 8 months. However, due to other developments at UCHG in the interim, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (3 May 2017)

Simon Harris: Since the start of 2017 there have been approximately 5% less patients waiting on trolleys nationally compared to the same period last year. As the Deputy will be aware, in September the HSE launched its ‘Winter Initiative Plan 2016-2017’ which provided €40 million of additional funding for winter preparedness. A range of practical measures to address ED...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (3 May 2017)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 May 2017)

Simon Harris: Cancellation of elective procedures can occur for a variety of exceptional reasons including cancellations because a bed or the clinical team are not available, cancellations by the patient or because the patient may not be fit for surgery at the time. Maintaining scheduled care access for all patients and managing emergency demand at times is challenging, however all efforts are made to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Deaths (3 May 2017)

Simon Harris: In November 2014 a quality and risk management process highlighted a potential problem in maternity services in Portiuncula Hospital, on the basis of a higher than expected rate of newborn babies requiring head cooling. In early 2015 an Expert Review Team chaired by Professor Jimmy Walker, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Leeds was established. After the review was made...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (3 May 2017)

Simon Harris: Since the start of 2017 there have been approximately 5% less patients waiting on trolleys nationally compared to the same period last year. As the Deputy will be aware, in September the HSE launched its ‘Winter Initiative Plan 2016-2017’ which provided €40 million of additional funding for winter preparedness. This Initiative was developed to manage the expected winter...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Regulation (3 May 2017)

Simon Harris: Sodium valproate is among a number of medicines licensed in Ireland for the treatment of epilepsy. Valproate medicines have been authorised via national procedures in all EU Member States and in Norway and Iceland; valproate-containing medicines are also approved nationally in Ireland to treat bipolar disorder. In March of this year, the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assesssment Committee of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Stroke Programme Implementation (3 May 2017)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.