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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (14 Nov 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 Health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (14 Nov 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: Advanced Healthcare Directives (14 Nov 2017)

Simon Harris: Part 8 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, which has yet to be fully commenced, provides a legislative framework for advance healthcare directives (AHDs). An AHD is a statement made by a person with capacity setting out his or her will and preferences regarding treatment decisions that may arise in the future when he or she no longer has capacity. Part 8 of the Act also...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (14 Nov 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 330 to 332, inclusive, together. 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: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (14 Nov 2017)

Simon Harris: Medicines play a vital role in improving the health of Irish patients. Securing access to existing and new and innovative medicines is a key objective of the health service. However, the challenge is to do this in an affordable and sustainable manner. The medicines bill for the community drugs schemes – primarily the GMS, Long Term Illness and Drugs Payment schemes and the High...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blood Transfusion Service Provision (14 Nov 2017)

Simon Harris: The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) operates a haemochromatosis clinic in the Stillorgan Blood Donation Clinic and sees approximately 600 patients there annually. The IBTS also provides a programme for hereditary haemochromatosis patients in their D'Olier Street, Dublin and St. Finbar's Hospital, Cork clinics. These clinics provide phlebotomy free of charge to patients who have a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (14 Nov 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 HSE have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (14 Nov 2017)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Data (14 Nov 2017)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the Health Information and Quality Authority for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (14 Nov 2017)

Simon Harris: 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; epilepsy; phenylketonuria; haemophilia; spina bifida;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Contracts (14 Nov 2017)

Simon Harris: The HSE is responsible for ensuring compliance with the provisions of Consultant Contract 2008 as the statutory provider and commissioner of public health services. In relation to the specific query raised as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (14 Nov 2017)

Simon Harris: The HSE has advised that Summerhill Primary Care Centre is currently expected to complete construction and become operational by Q2 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (14 Nov 2017)

Simon Harris: Tackling overcrowding in Emergency Departments (EDs) is a key commitment of this Government and I am delighted that €40 million in additional funding in 2017 has been made available as part of the 2018 Budget to address winter pressures and waiting lists over the rest of this year. This funding will be aimed at reducing overcrowding in our hospitals in this period through the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Car Park Charges (14 Nov 2017)

Simon Harris: There is a significant demand for car parking at all hospitals. Consequently, the efficient management of parking spaces and traffic flow on hospital campuses is of crucial importance. This is to ensure on-going availability of parking spaces; free flow of traffic on campus; unobstructed access for emergency vehicles at all times; proper use of spaces designated for drivers with disabled...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 Nov 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 the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Nov 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Records (14 Nov 2017)

Simon Harris: The archived files retrieved and examined thus far contain no information on the detail of agreements between the Department and the Irish Sisters of Charity in respect of St. Vincent's hospital. When the remaining files have been examined I will revert to the Deputy with any relevant information pertaining to the question. In the meantime, the Deputy may find useful the Dáil Debates...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (14 Nov 2017)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy is aware, I have consistently supported the work of the cross-party Committee on the Future of Healthcare, and welcomed the level of consensus and stakeholder support it has attracted. Work is underway in my Department to develop a detailed response to the Sláintecare report. The report is wide reaching, and the response will involve the whole of the Department, with...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Emergency Departments (15 Nov 2017)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Kelleher for his question. We all acknowledge the distress caused to patients and families, and indeed the impact on staff, when cramped and overcrowded conditions are experienced in some of our hospital emergency departments. I have outlined on many occasions what we need to do to break that cycle. I have referred to the bed capacity review and the need for significant...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Emergency Departments (15 Nov 2017)

Simon Harris: With regard to the question of misery, when I refer to publicly available data to counter the figures put forward by the Opposition, why is it acceptable for me to be accused of trying to normalise a bad situation? Nobody, least of all me, has said it is good to have anybody on a trolley. Of course it is not. It is socially unacceptable. We have to do a hell of a lot more. I am not going...