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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (21 Jun 2018)

Simon Harris: The HSE has statutory responsibility for medicine pricing and reimbursement decisions, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. The Act specifies the criteria for decisions on the reimbursement of medicines. The Minister for Health does not have any statutory power in relation to the reimbursement of medicines. In line with the 2013 Act and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs Availability (21 Jun 2018)

Simon Harris: Medical Cards cannot be used outside of Ireland.  As medical cards are only valid in the Republic of Ireland a person cannot apply for a refund of medicines purchased abroad. Anyone travelling abroad within the EU should apply for a EHIC (European Health Insurance Card) before they travel. The card ensures that a person will get the same access to necessary medical...

Health Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2018)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Adams for his kind words on the referendum and I acknowledge the commitment of Sinn Féin, and especially Deputies O'Reilly and McDonald, on the issue. I very much welcome the opportunity to address the House on this important issue. Reducing waiting times for patients is a key priority for me as the Minister for Health and for my Government colleagues. I...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2018)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. I assure all Members that the Government shares their sense of urgency and wants to resolve this matter. The Deputies are entirely correct. I intend to go to Cabinet shortly with a view to bringing about a legislative solution on which I hope we will work, on a cross-party basis, with a view to passing it by the summer recess. There are...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2018)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Lawless for raising this issue. Having visited the facility in question on a visit to Naas General Hospital in the not too distant past, I am very much aware of the urgent need to progress it. The Government is determined to do so and the Health Service Executive is working out its capital allocation for the next number of years. I will revert to Deputy Lawless directly on...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2018)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for her constructive engagement on this issue. Yesterday there were issues about when we could introduce the legislation in the House. After the marriage equality referendum the Marriage Bill could not be introduced in the Oireachtas until 15 September, when applications for leave to lodge petitions to challenge the result of the referendum were finally determined on...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2018)

Simon Harris: We will publish it before the summer recess, but we cannot introduce it here until the legal issues are resolved.

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2018)

Simon Harris: We will publish it in July, but the legal advice is that we will not be able to introduce it in the Oireachtas. That is line with the marriage equality legislation, as well as the Adoption (Amendment) Bill which was not introduced until 3 May 2015. The Bill will be transgender-inclusive and we will also be dealing with the issue of exclusion zones. Other matters are for inclusion in the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2018)

Simon Harris: Only for Leo.

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2018)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Pearse Doherty for raising the issue. Specifically on the validation of waiting lists, I will check to make sure they are in accordance with the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, protocols but the NTPF, as a statutory agency, sets down strict protocols on the rules that should be followed to ensure accurate waiting lists. We have made significant investment in the area...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Citizens Assembly (20 Jun 2018)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, on Friday the 25 May 2018, the people of Ireland voted overwhelmingly in favour of deleting Article 40.3.3 in its entirety, and substituting an article in the Constitution, the object and effect of which is to articulate clearly the principle that laws may be enacted by the Oireachtas to provide for the regulation of termination of pregnancy. On the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (20 Jun 2018)

Simon Harris: I am advised that the report of the Working Group on a Model of Care for Lymphoedema and Lipoedema Treatment in Ireland established by the HSE is being finalised and I expect that it will be published in the coming months.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Jun 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: Legislative Process (20 Jun 2018)

Simon Harris: The Thirty-Sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018 seeks to delete Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution and substitute it with wording confirming that the Oireachtas may make laws for the regulation of the termination of pregnancy. The Bill passed all stages in the Houses of the Oireachtas on 28 March 2018. The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government made a Polling Day...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (20 Jun 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: Medical Records (20 Jun 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 Data (20 Jun 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 Data (20 Jun 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 Data (20 Jun 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 (20 Jun 2018)

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