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Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (28 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: I am advised that the contract for a mobile mammography service at Sligo University Hospital, providing follow-up mammography for breast cancer patients post treatment, has been extended recently for a further 12 months. The contract for this service was awarded following a tendering  process run by the HSE.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Products (28 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: Medicines containing sodium valproate are approved in Ireland, and the rest of the EU, for the treatment of epilepsy and bipolar disorder. It has been well established that children exposed to valproate in the womb have an increased risk of congenital malformations and neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism. In 2014, following a European Medicines Agency (EMA) review of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (28 Mar 2018)

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

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: But I am and it has been published.

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (29 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: EU Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom defines referrer with certain roles and responsibilities attaching to same.  Member States are required to designate health professionals as referrers as appropriate. The statutory instrument transposing the Directive will designate those who may refer for radiological tests and in this regard I propose to designate nurses, doctors, dentists and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Mar 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (29 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: Departmental Staff Training (29 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 268 and 269 together. The Department of Health has not provided any social media training to its staff during the period 2016 to date.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (29 Mar 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (29 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration 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: Health Insurance Levy (29 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: Lifetime Community Rating, which came into operation on 1 May 2015, is designed to encourage people to join the private health insurance market at younger ages. This supports affordable community-rated premiums for everyone who wishes to purchase health insurance. Since May 2015, ‘late entry loadings’ apply for those aged 35 and over who purchased health insurance for the first...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Consultancy Contracts Data (29 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: The information requested by the Deputy is not immediately available and I will revert to the Deputy once the Department has collated the required information.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (29 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration 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: Medicinal Products (29 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on the pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drugs schemes, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. The HSE carefully considered the pricing and reimbursement of human alpha1-proteinase inhibitor (Respreeza). The manufacturer, CSL Behring, was notified in August 2017 that the HSE was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (29 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 (29 Mar 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: Ambulance Service Data (29 Mar 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration (29 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: On 9 February 2018, an agreement was reached between my Department, the HSE and health sector Trade Unions in relation to a process aimed at resolving the pay restoration issue for staff employed by section 39 bodies. The HSE are to carry out an analysis to establish, with supporting evidence, the following: - Whether, when and to what extent reductions in pay rates were applied during the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (29 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) publishes the Inpatient/Day Case and Outpatient waiting list figures on its website each month. The publication includes Inpatient and Day Case Adult and Child Analysis. The most recent figures published by the NTPF for the end of February 2018 indicate that there is a total of 79,039 people on the Inpatient/Day case waiting list, of which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (29 Mar 2018)

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