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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (24 Jan 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: Ambulance Service (24 Jan 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (24 Jan 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (24 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: Officials in my Department are undertaking the work necessary to facilitate the commencement of Parts 2 & 3, including Sections 20 - 23, of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015. We are working to resolve a small number of technical issues in order to ensure that the processes associated with Parts 2 & 3 of the Act can be commenced. I hope to be in a position to lay...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (24 Jan 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 Charges (24 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: The issue of the application of the public in-patient charge of €80 for venesection in Acute Hospitals, as well as the broader issues in relation to the treatment of patients with Hereditary Haemochromatosis, is currently being considered in my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Jan 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (24 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: A draft legal framework is currently being finalised which will inter alia ensure that the State's significant investment in the new hospital will be protected. Pending its finalisation and sign off by all stake holders, it would be premature to provide any further details at this stage.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance (23 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: The purpose of the Community Rating Levy is to ensure that everyone in Ireland pays the same amount of money for the same level of health insurance coverage, regardless of their age or status. Older and less healthy people pay the same price as younger and healthier people. In a risk-rated private health insurance market, older and sicker people seeking health insurance would pay much more...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (23 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: As the HSE is responsible for the delivery of health care infrastructure projects, the Executive has been requested to reply directly to you in relation to the proposed capital works at An Tuath Nua training centre at COPE, Montenotte, Cork.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Data (23 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (23 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: The Public Service Stability Agreement includes a commitment for an exercise to be conducted by the Public Service Pay Commission on the issue of recruitment and retention in the public service. The Commission identified recruitment difficulties in the case of some specific and specialist groups across the public service. This included certain areas the health sector, including the ambulance...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme (23 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the community drug schemes; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (23 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: I understand that the HSE has undertaken significant work in the area of Paediatric Homecare Packages and is progressing a National Quality Assurance process for these packages. I am advised that there has been engagement with families on respite needs and the findings will be included in the final report. Thereafter, the HSE will review the context for ‘Loco Parentis’ in terms...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme (23 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the community drug schemes; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision (23 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: The Government approved the drafting of a Bill on assisted human reproduction (AHR) and associated areas of research in October last year. Officials in my Department are engaging with the Office of the Attorney General in relation to the process of drafting this Bill. The General Scheme is published on my Department’s website and the Joint Committee on Health began pre-legislative...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (23 Jan 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.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (23 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: The NTPF publishes the Inpatient/Daycase and Outpatient waiting list figures by specialty for each hospital on its website each month. This information is available at www.NTPF.ie. The most recent figures published by the NTPF for the end of December 2017 indicate that there is a total of 535 people on the Inpatient/Day case waiting list for Louth County Hospital and a total of 2274 people...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (23 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 313 to 315, inclusive, 319 and 322 together. As the Deputy's questions relates to service matters, I have arranged for these questions to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (23 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.