Results 14,721-14,740 of 46,014 for speaker:Simon Harris
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Sep 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: Cancer Screening Programmes (21 Sep 2017)
Simon Harris: The HSE’s National Cancer Control Programme set up Symptomatic Breast Disease clinics at eight designated cancer centres with a satellite clinic of the Galway University Hospital service at Letterkenny University Hospital. The national target for Symptomatic Breast Disease clinics is that 95% of all urgent referrals are offered an appointment within 10 working days of the date of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Sep 2017)
Simon Harris: The Deputy's question relates to service delivery matters and, accordingly, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to her.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Sep 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 National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF), rising to €55 million in 2018. In order to reduce the numbers of long-waiting patients, I asked the HSE to develop Waiting List Action Plans for 2017 in the areas of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (21 Sep 2017)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (21 Sep 2017)
Simon Harris: I have arranged for this question to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (21 Sep 2017)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Service Level Agreements (26 Sep 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. Employees of Section 39 organisations are not public servants and are therefore not encompassed by the Public Service Stability Agreements. This means that they were not subject to the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 Sep 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: Medicinal Products Availability (26 Sep 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: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (26 Sep 2017)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 262 and 368 together. The HSE has received separate applications for the reimbursement of Nivolumab (Opdivo) for eight separate indications, including for use as a combination therapy. These applications relate to funding of these treatments in the public health service. Following an assessment by the HSE, and consultation with my Department regarding the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 Sep 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 Sep 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: Hospital Appointments Status (26 Sep 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reform (26 Sep 2017)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 268 and 269 together. Among the overarching principles that underpin governance arrangements in the Department of Health are those of openness, effective public consultation processes and comprehensive engagement with stakeholders. I would like to emphasise both my own and my Department’s commitment to openness and transparency in all aspects of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Sep 2017)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 274 to 276, inclusive, together. As you are aware, the HSE, working with a number of stakeholders, is actively implementing the action plan that they developed for 2017 to ensure that no patient who requires surgery will be waiting more than four months for scoliosis surgery by the end of the year, where clinically appropriate. The HSE and the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (26 Sep 2017)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 Sep 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (26 Sep 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: Medicinal Products Availability (26 Sep 2017)
Simon Harris: One of the priority actions identified under the Sexual Health Strategy 2015-2020 was to 'Prioritise, develop and implement guidance to support clinical decision making for STI testing, screening and treatment and on the appropriate use of antiretroviral therapy in HIV prevention’. As part of this action, a multisectoral PrEP (HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis) working group, with a...