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Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Issues (5 Dec 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 300, 304 and 347 together. Work is under way on the setting up a Centre of Excellence for Narcolepsy based in St. James’s Hospital for patients with all forms of narcolepsy in adults and in children transitioning from the paediatric services. Funding for the infrastructure, staffing and recruitment for this centre is being considered as part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (5 Dec 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (5 Dec 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: Departmental Funding (5 Dec 2017)

Simon Harris: My Department administered a National Lottery Discretionary Fund up to 2016 from which once-off grants were paid to community and voluntary organisations providing a range of health related services. My Department no longer operates a National Lottery Fund. I have arranged for this question to be referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Bullying in the Workplace (5 Dec 2017)

Simon Harris: I would like to advise the Deputy that the organisation referred to has no role in relation to dealing with complaints of bullying from nurses and midwives.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (5 Dec 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: Hospital Appointments Status (5 Dec 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: Hospital Appointments Delays (5 Dec 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 Staff Data (5 Dec 2017)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (5 Dec 2017)

Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (5 Dec 2017)

Simon Harris: I would like to advise the Deputy that this is a matter for my colleague, Richard Bruton, T.D., Minister for Education and Skills.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (5 Dec 2017)

Simon Harris: I would like to advise the Deputy that Part 11 of the Nurses and Midwives Act, 2011 has not yet been commenced. In that regard, you may wish to note that this matter is under active consideration. The Deputy may wish to note that the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) have advised that the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics 2014 provides that all nurses and midwives must...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dignity at Work (5 Dec 2017)

Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (5 Dec 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. As this is a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (5 Dec 2017)

Simon Harris: In relation to the particular 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 (5 Dec 2017)

Simon Harris: HSE has advised that construction of the Primary Care Centre at Ballymote, Co. Sligo is nearing completion. It is expected that it will open late 2017/ early 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Dec 2017)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Stroke Care (5 Dec 2017)

Simon Harris: Access to stroke unit care has been shown to improve stroke patient outcomes through reduced mortality rates, reduced dependency and shorter lengths of stay in hospital by patients. While the first national stroke care audit report in 2001 reported one stroke unit in the country, since the commencement of the National Clinical Programme for Stroke (NCPS), nine new stroke units have been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (5 Dec 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: Stroke Care (5 Dec 2017)

Simon Harris: The National Clinical Programme for Stroke has achieved much in the last 10 years, modernising stroke care in Ireland while reducing mortality and dependency after stroke. Between 2008 and 2015 mortality rates fell from 19% to 14%, and stroke care units largely non-existent in 2008 are now in 80% of our acute hospitals, with two further units to open early in 2018, at Kerry University...