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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (18 Apr 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: Hospital Appointments Administration (18 Apr 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: Electronic Cigarettes (18 Apr 2018)

Simon Harris: Smoking is the greatest single cause of preventable illness and premature death in Ireland, killing almost 6,000 people a year. The primary objectives set out in the Tobacco Free Ireland (2013) policy document are to denormalise smoking and to protect children from the dangers of tobacco consumption.  Tobacco Free Ireland sets a target for Ireland to be tobacco free (i.e. with a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Apr 2018)

Simon Harris: The Programme for Partnership Government contains a Government commitment regarding the development of a dedicated Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Unit in Beaumont Hospital, to be progressed in the context of a CF Model of Care. This CF Unit capital project will thus be underpinned by the “Model of Care for People with Cystic Fibrosis in Ireland” which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (18 Apr 2018)

Simon Harris: The Government approved the preparation of a General Scheme and Heads of a Human Tissue Bill last year.  The proposed legislation will include provisions for a soft opt-out organ donation system. Work on drafting the General Scheme is progressing and it is proposed to seek Government approval to publish the General Scheme shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (18 Apr 2018)

Simon Harris: The HSE's Expert Group on Medical Need and Medical Card Eligibility examined the issue of awarding medical cards on the basis of illness and concluded that it was not feasible, desirable, nor ethically justifiable to list medical conditions in priority order for medical card eligibility. The Expert Group also concluded that a person’s means should remain the main qualifier for a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (18 Apr 2018)

Simon Harris: As the HSE has responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres and other Primary Care facilities, the Executive has been asked to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (18 Apr 2018)

Simon Harris: In 2015, my Department completed a review of the appropriate salary levels for the CEOs of Section 38 funded agencies, in conjunction with the HSE and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER).  The review was carried out on foot of Recommendation No. 20 in the HSE’s Internal Audit report on the remuneration of senior managers in Section 38 agencies.  This...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Apr 2018)

Simon Harris: The Government is committed to the continued development of GP capacity to ensure that patients across the country continue to have access to GP services, especially in remote rural areas and also in disadvantaged urban areas, and that general practice is sustainable in all areas into the future. I want to ensure that existing GP services are retained and that general practice remains an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Labelling (17 Apr 2018)

Simon Harris: Regulation (EU) No. 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers (FIC) is the main regulation governing the labelling of foods.  It introduced a mandatory requirement in December 2015 for the provision of nutrition labelling on pre-packaged foods.  The mandatory information requires a declaration of the energy value, and the amounts of fat, saturates,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Apr 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (17 Apr 2018)

Simon Harris: The Public Service Stability Agreement 2018 to 2020 is an extension of the Lansdowne Road Agreement and applies for the period 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2020.  Provisions of the Lansdowne Road Agreement (and earlier agreements as appropriate) continue to apply, save where varied by this agreement.   Within this agreement, it has been provided that an opportunity shall be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 Apr 2018)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 636 to 638, inclusive, together. I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly on these matters.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (17 Apr 2018)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 640 and 641 together. As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy. My Department was advised on the 26thJanuary 2018 of a matter related to an Avalon fetal monitors. The HSE as a precautionary measure established a Risk Assessment Team to determine if the Avalon monitor posed a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Apr 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: Hospital Overcrowding (17 Apr 2018)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 643 and 884 together. Against a background of growing demand for unscheduled care and high acute hospital occupancy rates, Government provided €30m in 2017 and a further €40m in 2018 for measures to increase acute hospital capacity and alleviate overcrowding in Emergency Departments.  Consequently, over 200 additional beds have been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (17 Apr 2018)

Simon Harris: The current statutory charge for attending an Emergency Department is €100 which applies to out-patient services provided at any of the following locations: an emergency department, a casualty department, a minor injury unit or any other facility providing a similar service. There are a number of exemptions to this charge,  including where a person is a medical card holder, where...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Apr 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: HSE Staff Data (17 Apr 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Training (17 Apr 2018)

Simon Harris: As GP training is currently the responsibility of the HSE, I have arranged for the question to be transferred to the Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.