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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 Mar 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 (27 Mar 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (27 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drug schemes, in accordance with the provisions of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Family Resource Centres (27 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: My Department has asked the Health Service Executive to provide the Deputy directly with the information requested in respect of Skibbereen Community and Family Resource Centre.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (27 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: I have met with Athletic Rehabilitation Therapists Ireland, as have my officials, on a number of previous occasions regarding their concerns in respect of the designation of the profession of Physiotherapist for regulation by CORU under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005. Athletic rehabilitation therapists are a separate profession to that of Physiotherapist. As a separate...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (27 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: As I have stated previously in the House, once work concludes on the regulation of the professions designated under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005, CORU will be requested to undertake a risk assessment of a number of other professions seeking regulation, including Athletic Rehabilitation Therapists, and to make recommendations to me in this regard. On the 21March 2018, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 Mar 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: Dental Services Staff (27 Mar 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: General Practitioner Services Provision (27 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: As this question relates to a service matter, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (27 Mar 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 on: - organ donation and transplantation; - post-mortem practices; - anatomical examination/education and training; and - public display of bodies after death. Work on drafting the General Scheme is progressing and it is proposed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (27 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drug schemes, in accordance with the provisions of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: There is no specific body with responsibility for the creation of surgical and medical procedure codes in private medicine. Each of the commercial health insurers provide their own Schedule of Benefits, which outline the professional services provided by them for all medical, surgical and diagnostic procedures and tests for inpatient and day cases and include the relevant surgical procedural...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (27 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on the pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drugs schemes, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. The HSE carefully considered the pricing and reimbursement of human alpha1-proteinase inhibitor (Respreeza). The manufacturer, CSL Behring, was notified in August 2017 that the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Regulation (27 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: Codeine is a mild to moderate opioid (narcotic) analgesic which, due to its potential for misuse, is a controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs legislation. As an analgesic, codeine is most often used in combination with other analgesics such as paracetamol or ibuprofen and is currently authorised in Ireland in such non-prescription products for pain relief. It is also available in single...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (27 Mar 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (27 Mar 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: Health Services Data (27 Mar 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: Medical Qualifications (27 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: The academic validation of training programmes in this field by QQI is a matter for QQI.   In September 2010, HETAC (now QQI)  and the Department of Health jointly commissioned an International Review of the Academic Validation of Higher Education Programmes in the Complementary Therapies.  It focused on five fields, including acupuncture, herbal medicine and traditional...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (27 Mar 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: Hospital Services (27 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: It remains the case, as outlined at my meeting with you and the other Laois Oireachtas Members in December 2017, that no decision has been made yet on the draft Action Plan for Portlaoise Hospital. I have asked my Department to conduct a consultation process in this regard involving local clinicians and the community and this is currently under consideration.