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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Mar 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 Appointments Status (21 Mar 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 Appointments Status (21 Mar 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 Appointments Administration (21 Mar 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 Facilities (21 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: As the HSE is responsible for the delivery of health care infrastructure projects, the Executive has been requested to reply directly to you in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (21 Mar 2018)

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 a safe and sustainable manner. Treatment must be appropriate and proportionate and clinical decision-making, such as prescribing, should be based on both patient needs and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Correspondence (21 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy is aware, I do not consider that the situation referred to was intended in the relevant legislation. To this end, officials in my Department are currently examining potential options to address the issue raised by the Deputy, including the possibility of legislative amendment. 

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Staff Data (21 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: I have appointed the following non-civil service staff to roles in my Department: Role Salary Special Adviser €89,906 Press Adviser €84,973 Parliamentary Assistant Salary paid by Houses of the Oireachtas Secretarial Assistant Salary paid by Houses of the Oireachtas Civilian Driver x 2 €34,304.70 These staff hold temporary non-established positions and as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (21 Mar 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: Health Screening Programmes (21 Mar 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: General Practitioner Services (21 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: Under the terms of the current GMS contract, GPs are required to provide eligible patients with ''all proper and necessary treatment of a kind usually undertaken by a general practitioner and not requiring special skill or experience of a degree or kind which general practitioners cannot reasonably be expected to possess." There is no provision under the GMS GP contract for persons who hold...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (22 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: The HSE's Expert Group on Medical Need and Medical Card Eligibility examined the issue of awarding medical cards on the basis of illness and concluded that it was not feasible, desirable, nor ethically justifiable to list medical conditions in priority order for medical card eligibility. The Expert Group also concluded that a person’s means should remain the main qualifier for a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (22 Mar 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 Funding (22 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: The allocation and prioritisation of capital funding is a matter for the Health Service Executive. On receipt of the Deputy's correspondence, a report was requested from the Executive in relation to the matters raised. I have again now asked the Health Service Executive to respond to you directly as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter concerning an individual, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Car Park Charges (22 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: Earlier this month, I requested that the HSE to carry out a review of hospital car parking charges, with the aim of establishing clear national guidelines on this area. I expect that this review will be done quite quickly and I anticipate that the outcome will result in a more compassionate and fairer approach to parking charges which will see the financial...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (22 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: The HSE's Expert Group on Medical Need and Medical Card Eligibility examined the issue of awarding medical cards on the basis of illness and concluded that it was not feasible, desirable, nor ethically justifiable to list medical conditions in priority order for medical card eligibility. The Expert Group also concluded that a person’s means should remain the main qualifier for a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (22 Mar 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 Card Administration (22 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: The Health Service Executive (HSE) National Medical Card Unit (NMCU) has responsibility over the management of staffing levels to ensure sufficient medical card turnaround times.   A key performance indicator within the NMCU is the processing of Medical Card and GP Visit Card applications within 15 working days of receipt of application.  The HSE has advised that the NMCU are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (22 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: The Long Term Illness (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...