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Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency Data (11 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: As of 8 October 2018, active claims against the Minister, the Health Services Executive and GlaxoSmithKline Biological SA have been initiated by seventy five individuals, of which, 62 involve the issue and service of legal proceedings.  The plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy resulted from the administration of the H1N1...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (11 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: The long-term strategy to develop sustainable scoliosis services from 2018 has been prioritised by the Department and the HSE. The Children's Hospital Group, with the additional €9 million provided to the HSE in 2018, has continued to progress the move toward the implementation of a long-term sustainable and safe paediatric orthopaedic service, including scoliosis...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (11 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 131 and 132 together. The Mulvey agreement provides for the establishment of a new company - "The National Maternity Hospital at Elm Park DAC (limited by shares)” - to operate the new maternity hospital. Considerable work has been undertaken to develop a legal framework to protect the State's considerable investment in the new hospital and to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (11 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: As part of the Government’s response to the events surrounding CervicalCheck earlier this year, I commissioned an independent clinical expert panel review to examine all cases of cervical cancer in women who had a screening history through CervicalCheck. This review is being conducted by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG).  The review includes those...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (11 Oct 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (11 Oct 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (11 Oct 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 Applications (11 Oct 2018)

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

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Second Stage (10 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: I want to begin today by sending my deepest sympathies to the family of Emma Mhic Mhathúna and especially to her children. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam dílis. Emma was a woman who strongly advocated for a better health service and shone such a bright light on why that is required in areas such as oversight, governance and accountability that clearly need so much improvement....

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Second Stage (10 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: I thank Senators for their contributions. There were many similarities in the themes being raised, many of which I can relate to and support. I will try to respond to a couple of them. The very issue Senator Buttimer outlined in raising the challenges public representatives feel - this is not about public representatives - on behalf of citizens is one of the reasons we need to reform the...

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Second Stage (10 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: Ciarán Devane is the chair-designate so it is a him. Senator Lawlor made a number of suggestions about how we can improve the legislation. I particularly like his idea of making sure there are always patient advocates. He also asked whether that provision should be strengthened or if it should feature in legislation. I will reflect on that before Committee Stage. I will also reflect...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (10 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: I am very pleased to be back in the Seanad for what is the concluding stage of the most important piece of public health legislation that will be enacted this year. I welcome the opportunity to take Senators through the amendments made in the Dáil. Obviously, that is all we are doing at this stage because the Bill has been passed by both Seanad Éireann and Dáil Éireann....

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (10 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: They refer to different parts of the Bill but their effect is the same.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (10 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: This is not related to the issue of labelling but only to the amendments that the Dáil made on labelling. Amendments Nos. 2 and 3 propose that the health warnings and information required on notices in licensed premises and on websites where alcohol products are sold online should be both in Irish and in English. The health warnings and information required in section 12, which deals...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (10 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: I thank the Senator.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (10 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: Each bottle in the box will be labelled.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (10 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: While this is not related to any of the amendments, but to address the point Senator McDowell made, in recognition of his help with the Irish language piece earlier, my understanding is that each bottle as opposed to just the box will need to be labelled. That will be a matter for environmental health officers.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (10 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: It is like who put the fig in the fig roll. The bottles are labelled before they are put into the box.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (10 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: This relates only to size. Amendment No. 5 removes the requirement for evidence-based and health-based warnings to take up at least one third of the size of printed material on alcohol bottles. This was something that the Seanad debated and decided it would like the label to be like this. This requirement was an amendment to the Bill that was accepted on Report Stage in this House and I...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (10 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: These are all entirely technical consequential amendments arising from the insertion of the warning on the link between alcohol and fatal cancers, so the amendments do not relate to that debate, which was settled in this House and revisited in the other House.We had a debate on how best to address the matter and whether it should be done by regulations or primary legislation. Senators had...