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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (23 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: National Children's Hospital (23 May 2017)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 473 and 532 together. The planned accommodation for the new children's hospital will include facilities for inpatients, day care patients, outpatients, operating theatres and emergency care. There will be 320 inpatient rooms, all of which will be single en-suite rooms with in-room parent accommodation, 60 Critical Care inpatient rooms incorporating...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Rights of Way Provision (23 May 2017)
Simon Harris: 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: General Practitioner Services (23 May 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: Occupational Therapy (23 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: Hospital Staff (23 May 2017)
Simon Harris: I acknowledge that waiting times are often unacceptably long and I am conscious of the impact of this on people’s lives. Reducing waiting times for the longest waiting patients is one of this Government's key priorities. The National Clinical Programme for Neurology (NCPN) Model of Care document recommends an increase in the number of consultant neurologists, nurse specialists,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (23 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. The scheduling...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (23 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: Disease Management (23 May 2017)
Simon Harris: Lyme disease (also known as Lyme borreliosis) is an infection caused by a spiral-shaped bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi. It is transmitted to humans by bites from ticks infected with the bacteria. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) of the HSE has extensive information concerning Lyme disease on its website www.hpsc.ie/a-z/vectorborne/lymedisease/. Lyme disease is...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Stroke Programme Implementation (23 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.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (23 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.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (23 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.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Stroke Programme Implementation (23 May 2017)
Simon Harris: My office will arrange for a meeting with the Irish Heart Foundation as soon as it is practicable.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (23 May 2017)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 493, and 519 to 522, inclusive, together. The Deputy will be aware that in his review of cath lab services in University Hospital Waterford (UHW), Dr Niall Herity recommended that the UHW cath lab should operate as an elective lab which provides all specialised cardiac services except interventional treatment for patients who are having heart attacks...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (23 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: Maternity Services (23 May 2017)
Simon Harris: €3 million development funding provided for maternity services in 2016 was allocated in line with Ireland's first National Maternity Strategy - Creating A Better Future Together 2016 - 2026. It included funding for additional staff, including 100 midwives, the development of specialist bereavement teams and for the implementation of the Maternal and Newborn Clinical Management System....
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (23 May 2017)
Simon Harris: As the HSE has responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres and other Primary Care facilities, the Executive has been asked to reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (23 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. The National...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (23 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: Hospital Appointments Status (23 May 2017)
Simon Harris: This matter will be addressed once clarification sought from the Deputy is received.