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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Jan 2019)
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: Hospitals Data (29 Jan 2019)
Simon Harris: I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (29 Jan 2019)
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: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Jan 2019)
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: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (29 Jan 2019)
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: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (29 Jan 2019)
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 Medical Services Scheme Data (29 Jan 2019)
Simon Harris: As this question relates to service matters, I have arranged for it to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Disputes (29 Jan 2019)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 366 and 397 together. SIPTU is recognised by the HSE and has negotiating rights for front-line ambulance grades employed by the Executive. As a result, the HSE deducts subscriptions at source for those ambulance staff that are members of that union. However, the National Ambulance Service Representative Association (NASRA) is not recognised by the HSE and,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (29 Jan 2019)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 367 and 368 together. My Department is working with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Health Service Executive on capital planning for 2019 and subsequent years having regard to the increased capital costs of the new children's hospital, following Government’s approval to proceed with phase B of the new children's hospital and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (29 Jan 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to you directly as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (29 Jan 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to you directly as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Contracts (29 Jan 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to you directly as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Contracts (29 Jan 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to you directly as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (29 Jan 2019)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 373 and 375 together. In 2016, the Herity Report concluded that the needs of the effective catchment population of University Hospital Waterford, UHW, could be accommodated from a single cath lab and recommended that the operating hours of the existing cath lab should be extended. Approval and funding has been provided for the additional staff required to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (29 Jan 2019)
Simon Harris: Following the publication of the Health Service Executive's National Service Plan for 2019, the HSE is currently developing its Capital Plan for 2019. The HSE Capital Plan will determine the projects that can progress in 2019 having regard to the available capital funding, the number of large national capital projects currently underway and the relevant priority of each project. The...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reviews (29 Jan 2019)
Simon Harris: The National Review of Specialised Cardiac Services is ongoing and it is expected that the work will be completed by the end of June 2019. The aim of the National Review of Specialised Cardiac Services is to achieve optimal patient outcomes at population level with particular emphasis on the safety, quality and sustainability of the services that patients receive through establishing the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (29 Jan 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service issue, I have asked the HSE to reply to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (29 Jan 2019)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 378 and 386 together. My Department is working with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Health Service Executive on capital planning for 2019 and subsequent years having regard to the increased capital costs of the new children's hospital, following Government’s approval to proceed with phase B of the new children's hospital and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (29 Jan 2019)
Simon Harris: As this question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (29 Jan 2019)
Simon Harris: The HSE operates the Treatment Abroad Scheme (TAS) for patients entitled to treatment in another EU/EEA Member State under EU Regulation 883/2004, where the treatment is not available in the Irish public hospital system. The treatment must be a treatment which the patient could legally avail of in the public healthcare system in Ireland if the treatment were available in Ireland. ...