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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (4 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: Dental Services (4 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: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (4 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: Vaccination Programme (4 May 2017)

Simon Harris: There has been an increase in measles outbreaks in Europe and we have been taking appropriate response measures in Ireland including measures to identify and treat all cases. A notification was circulated by the HSE-Health Protection Surveillance Centre to all: - Departments of Public Health; - General Practitioners; - Consultants in infectious diseases, emergency medicine, and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Patronage (4 May 2017)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy is aware and will appreciate, voluntary and non-statutory providers, including religious bodies, have historically played an important role in the provision of health and personal social services in Ireland. Many of our largest and most developed health service providers are voluntary organisations, some with religious involvement. Ireland is not unique in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (4 May 2017)

Simon Harris: An internationally recognised design team, supported by an experienced National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) and Project Team are in place to drive the project to develop the new children’s hospital and focus on delivering the project in accordance with national policy to optimal design and value for money. They have followed best international design, planning and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Administration (4 May 2017)

Simon Harris: Arrangements in hospitals for car parking generally is an operational matter for the HSE. The HSE has advised that income from car parking charges in most statutory hospitals and some voluntary hospitals forms an integral part of the hospitals budgetary policy and is invested back into services provided at the hospitals. Income is also used to fund the upgrade and upkeep of the car parks,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Services Provision (4 May 2017)

Simon Harris: The Health Service Executive operates the EU Directive on Patients' Rights in Cross Border Healthcare in Ireland. In line with practice in other EU Member States, the HSE, through the National Contact Point (NCP) office, provides information for patients on the Cross-Border Directive on its website and also by phone. The principal function of the NCP (which is the mechanism specified under...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (4 May 2017)

Simon Harris: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (4 May 2017)

Simon Harris: The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drug schemes in accordance with the provisions of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. Therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (4 May 2017)

Simon Harris: Under section 39 of the Health Act 2004, the HSE has in place Service Level Agreements with voluntary providers which set out the level of service to be provided for the grant to the individual organisation. Any individuals employed by these section 39 organisations are not HSE employees and therefore, the HSE has no role in determining the salaries or other terms and conditions applying to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 May 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: Hospital Groups (4 May 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 196 and 198 together. The HSE has service agreements with hospitals such as St. Vincent’s University Hospital, under Section 38 of the Health Act 2004, which require compliance with national health and public service pay and conditions policies. The HSE aims to ensure that appropriate systems are in place to effectively manage the services and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (4 May 2017)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (4 May 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 199, 202, 203 and 209 to 211, inclusive, together. Following extensive mediation discussions, agreement was reached late last year between the St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group and the National Maternity Hospital (NMH) on the relocation of the NMH to the Elm Park campus. The terms of the agreement, which has now been published, provides for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (4 May 2017)

Simon Harris: In June 2016, the HSE Medicines Management Programme (MMP) reviewed the clinical evidence available on the effectiveness of eye supplements for people with macular degeneration. The MMP then recommended that the HSE does not reimburse these products. The manufacturer of Macushield and Ocuvite lutein indicated that it had further evidence to provide. After reviewing this additional...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Patronage (4 May 2017)

Simon Harris: Any information the Department may have on this matter will be on historical files held in off site storage. The files are currently being retrieved. Once received they will be examined and I will contact you further then.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (4 May 2017)

Simon Harris: My Department is aware of the issues raised by the Deputy, and they are currently under consideration.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (4 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: Hospital Appointments Status (4 May 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...