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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Jul 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: Health Services (12 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly as soon as possible

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (12 Jul 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: Hospital Services (12 Jul 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (12 Jul 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme (12 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: The State Claims Agency (SCA),  in collaboration with the relevant laboratories in the individual cases, is committed to resolving cases in line with the principles outlined by the Government, expediting resolution of the cases in a sensitive manner, utilising mediation wherever possible and placing a high priority on treating the people who have made the claims, and their families, with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme Data (12 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: The HSE has confirmed that requests are being processed within the required timeframes, other than in a small number of cases where particular issues have arisen. The HSE has advised that, as of 6 July, 118 legal requests had been received for access to files, and that 61 had been responded to. In addition, 164 data access or Freedom of Information requests had been made and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Data (12 Jul 2018)

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.

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Donnelly for his reasonable suggestion which I would be pleased to accept. It can achieve what my colleagues opposite want to achieve which is that I will come into the House within six months and have questions and answers and statements on how we are progressing with the assisted human reproduction Bill. I am pleased the committee signed off on a report today and I look...

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: I can give a commitment on behalf of the Government that we can support the provision of Dáil time. Presumably the Opposition will also support it and therefore it would be unanimous.

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: Within six months in line with the amendment.

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Coppinger for the constructive way in which she is engaging on this. I will commit to meeting the Opposition spokespeople in September on this to update them on where we are at on it. At that stage I will have had further engagement in early September with stakeholders on some of the broader issues we have discussed. We can agree as a collective on when would be a useful...

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: Exactly. I will happily meet the Opposition spokespeople the first week the Dáil is back in September to agree a timeline to put to the Business Committee.

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2018: Second Stage (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: I thank everybody who contributed to the debate. I assure all Deputies that a huge amount of work has been undertaken by a number of extraordinarily dedicated officials to try to ensure that we get this right. Deputy Crowe put it best when he said that people voted wanting to live in an inclusive Ireland. However, this is a fast evolving area and we need to ensure that legislation responds...

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2018: Order for Second Stage (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2018: Second Stage (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Legislatively, this is a straightforward but very important Bill. Its purpose is to correct a typographical and technical error in the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015, which will facilitate the subsequent commencement of Parts 2 and 3 of the latter. The Children and Family Relationships Act represents one of the most...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Engagement with Minister for Health and Minister of State at the Department of Health (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: I believe it was five.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Engagement with Minister for Health and Minister of State at the Department of Health (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: I will deal with them as quickly as possible. I thank members for asking me to appear before the committee. I am pleased to be here with the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly. I thank Deputy Carey for his questions. He is right that the budget for mental health services has significantly increased year on year. In fairness, there is a recognition across the political divide that this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Engagement with Minister for Health and Minister of State at the Department of Health (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: I will and as a constituency representative I am familiar with the local issues. It is right and proper that people bring them up because they are the tangible, real examples of what this means to people on the ground. On the issue of funding I have committed to the need to increase the budget next year and we have committed to adding €55 million. The Senator asked about equitable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Engagement with Minister for Health and Minister of State at the Department of Health (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: How long do I have? First, I am not intending to go anywhere and we have a confidence and supply agreement in place for three budgets and then we want to talk about a renewal, so who knows when anyone's tenure will come to an end. I would be happy to come back when I have more time talk about the plans we are working on in health and some of the progress we are making in some challenging...