Results 17,021-17,040 of 46,081 for speaker:Simon Harris

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Jan 2018)

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: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (16 Jan 2018)

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: Health Services Data (16 Jan 2018)

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: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Jan 2018)

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 (16 Jan 2018)

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: Health Services (16 Jan 2018)

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: Health Services (16 Jan 2018)

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: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (16 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the pricing and reimbursement 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: National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility (16 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: Reducing waiting times for the longest waiting patients is one of this Government's key priorities. Consequently, Budget 2018 allocated €55 million for the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2018. This significant increase in funding more than doubles their 2017 total allocation which was €20m. The HSE and NTPF are working together to develop coherent and synergistic Waiting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: A National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services is being undertaken. It will incorporate rigorous reviews of evidence and data, international peer review and stakeholder consultation. Any proposal for additional capacity in hospitals would need to be made in context of the findings of this review. In relation to the specific query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (16 Jan 2018)

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: Health Services Data (16 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: As this relates to the numbers of patients with a diagnosis of hypertension by ambulatory monitoring, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (16 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: The Dublin Midlands Hospital Group has been working for some time on a draft plan for a new model of clinical service delivery at Portlaoise Hospital. A draft plan was submitted to my Department in December 2016. This draft report was reviewed in detail and was the subject of detailed engagement between Department officials and the HSE over the course of a number of months. Significant...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Communications (16 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: My Department uses automatic content filters on its email system to check incoming and outgoing mail. It does not use any software in online contact forms. If an email is deemed to be inappropriate, it is quarantined and both the sender and intended recipient are notified. This notification message provides the reason for quarantining and provides details on how the message may be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: It remains the case, as outlined at my meeting with you and the other Laois Oireachtas members in December 2017, that no decision has been made yet on the draft Action Plan for Portlaoise Hospital. I have asked my Department to conduct a consultation process in this regard early this year involving local clinicians and the community.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (16 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: Full information requested by the Deputy is not immediately available; I will collate this information and provide a comprehensive response to the Deputy in due course. Details in relation to newspaper advertising expenditure on public consultations held during 2017 are presented as follows: Date Campaign Cost (ex VAT) October 2017 Public Consultation Task Force on Personalised...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: Every now and then an issue comes before us which challenges us to think about what kind of a country we want to be and what kind of a society we are; an issue that we struggle with, that may be difficult to talk about, but that is not going to go away. Today is a moment where we, the Members of the 32nd Dáil, come face to face again with such an issue. In doing so, we come face to...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: You were born.

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: We are not doing that.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Civil Registration Documentation (17 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: The Civil Registration Service is operated by the Health Service Executive on behalf of the General Register Office under the aegis of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. I have referred your question to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to you.