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Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (6 Dec 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Trade Union Recognition (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: As the question relates to agreements between the HSE and certain trade unions in relation to recognition of negotiating rights for particular grades employed in the Executive, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (6 Dec 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Data (6 Dec 2018)

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: Treatment Abroad Scheme (6 Dec 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: Departmental Reports (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available. I will survey the Department and revert to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: All information in relation to Acts passed can be found on the Oireachtas website. A list of all Acts passed since March 2011, that the Department of Health was responsible for, is also provided for the Deputy in the following table. No. Date of Enactment Title 1 8 July 2011 Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 2 25 July 2011 Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Act 2011 3 16...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: The funding and grants available from my Department are as provided in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2018 (Vote 38 - Health) My Department administered a National Lottery Discretionary Fund up to and including 2016 from which once-off grants were paid to community and voluntary organisations providing a range of health related services. This fund no longer operates. The HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (6 Dec 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (6 Dec 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: The commencement of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 requires the completion of a number of interrelated tasks in order to ensure the new legislative framework is coherent at all stages for individuals. I am responsible for the commencement of Parts 2 & 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015, which contain provisions relating to the regulation of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: My Department is currently engaging with the hospitals in relation to the legal framework required to protect the State's investment in the new hospital. In those circumstances, it is not appropriate for me to provide any detailed comment on the issues at hand. However, in broad terms, there are three substantive issues to be finalised: confirmation of the withdrawal of the Sisters of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (6 Dec 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: Commencement of Legislation (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: The Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2018 was enacted on 24 July 2018. This Act was introduced to correct typographical and technical errors in the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015, which will facilitate the subsequent commencement of Parts 2 and 3 of the Act. Parts 2 & 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 contain provisions relating to the...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: I am continuing to engage with the IFPA and Dublin Well Woman to make sure those concerns do not come to pass. I very much want to see both organisations carry on their excellent work in counselling. We need more such excellent work from organisations like them rather than rogue agencies, which we are moving to regulate against. The aim of this Bill is to protect the woman's interest by...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: I made my views known about a version of this amendment on Committee Stage, as did the Select Committee on Health when it voted in significant numbers to reject it. I am conscious that there are people watching this debate who will have been through tragic circumstances where they lost much loved babies, particularly in the cases of fatal foetal abnormality. I do not wish to use any emotive...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: I move amendment No. 58:In page 16, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “Offence by body corporate26.(1) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate and it is proved that the offence was committed with the consent or connivance, or was attributable to any wilful neglect, of a person who was a director, manager, secretary orother officer of the body...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: I am very happy to give that commitment to Deputy Bríd Smith. As I said to Deputy Catherine Murphy, institutions cannot have conscientious objection, and the law and the view of the Attorney General in this regard is very clear. One of the first tenets of lawmaking is that the expression of one thing is the exclusion of the other. There is absolutely no place in this law for...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: I move amendment No. 57:In page 16, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following:“Offences 25.(1) It shall be an offence for a person, by any means whatsoever, to intentionally end the life of a foetus otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (2) It shall be an offence for a person to prescribe, administer, supply or procure any drug, substance, instrument,...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: I move amendment No. 52:In page 16, line 12, to delete “and midwives” and substitute “and midwives, or the midwife candidate division of the candidate register,”.