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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. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (29 Jan 2019)

Simon Harris: You will be aware that in February 2018, an agreement was reached at the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, 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 in 50 pilot organisations. The 50 organisations included were agreed at the WRC by all parties. I asked the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Jan 2019)

Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (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: HSE Staff Remuneration (29 Jan 2019)

Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (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 Building Programme (29 Jan 2019)

Simon Harris: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (29 Jan 2019)

Simon Harris: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (29 Jan 2019)

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: Hospitals Capital Programme (29 Jan 2019)

Simon Harris: The Health Service Executive 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 requirements of community nursing units and other health capital projects,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Cover (29 Jan 2019)

Simon Harris: As Minister for Health I do not have a role in the commercial decisions of any private health insurance provider. It is important to note that private health insurance companies are free to design the products they provide, as long as they comply with the Minimum Benefit Regulations. The Minimum Benefit Regulations ensure that all private health insurance consumers obtain an appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (29 Jan 2019)

Simon Harris: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the management of the healthcare property estate, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to you in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (29 Jan 2019)

Simon Harris: Improving access to hospital treatment is a key priority for Government. It is acknowledged that cataract surgery is among the most common surgical procedures carried out in the Ophthalmology specialty. It was in this knowledge that when proposals for the joint HSE/National Treatment Purchase Fund Inpatient and Day Case Action Plan were under development last year, I sought a particular...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (29 Jan 2019)

Simon Harris: In relation to the number of unannounced missed hospital appointments at Sligo University Hospital and St. Patrick's Hospital, Carrick-on-Shannon, respectively in 2017 and 2018, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (29 Jan 2019)

Simon Harris: In relation to the number of persons on the waiting lists for eye appointments including outpatients, inpatients and procedures to be carried out in County Laois and the number of doctors that are working in same in County Laois, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.