Results 17,701-17,720 of 46,081 for speaker:Simon Harris
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 Feb 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: HSE Data (13 Feb 2018)
Simon Harris: This matter has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Data (13 Feb 2018)
Simon Harris: As the question raised by the Deputy relates to a service issue, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (13 Feb 2018)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Responsibilities (13 Feb 2018)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (13 Feb 2018)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (13 Feb 2018)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (13 Feb 2018)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (13 Feb 2018)
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: Medical Card Eligibility (13 Feb 2018)
Simon Harris: The HSE Medical Card/GP Visit Card National Assessment Guidelines for People aged 70 years and Over obliges that in the event of the death of a person covered who attains the over 70 medical card, the surviving spouse/ partner who is over the age of 70 years will retain the medical card for a period of three years providing that the death occurred on or after January 2009, that the surviving...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Feb 2018)
Simon Harris: The NTPF publishes the Inpatient and Outpatient waiting list figures by specialty and hospital each month. This information is available on NTPF.ie. The most recent figures published by the NTPF for December 2017 indicates that there is a total of 41 people on the Inpatient/Daycase waiting list for Endocrinology and a total of 9,043 people on the Outpatient waiting list for Endocrinology. The...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (13 Feb 2018)
Simon Harris: In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (13 Feb 2018)
Simon Harris: As access to the HSE Superannuation Scheme is managed by the employer, I have asked the Executive to respond directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Feb 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: Hospital Services (13 Feb 2018)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 391 to 394, inclusive, together. As these are service issues, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (13 Feb 2018)
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: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (13 Feb 2018)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (13 Feb 2018)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 401 and 402 together. As the issues raised by the Deputy are a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (13 Feb 2018)
Simon Harris: As with other health professionals, General Practitioners were subject to fee reductions under FEMPI. I acknowledge the contribution made by GPs and other health professionals who provide services under contract on behalf of the HSE, through reductions in the fees in respect of these services, to addressing the unprecedented economic crisis which the State faced over recent years. In the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Feb 2018)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 406 and 449 together. There is no provision under the GMS GP contract for persons who hold a medical card or GP visit card to be charged for routine phlebotomy services provided by their GP which are required to either assist in the diagnosis of illness or the treatment of a condition. The HSE has advised GPs that where a blood test forms part of the...