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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (6 Feb 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: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (6 Feb 2018)

Simon Harris: The LTI Scheme was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 (as amended). The conditions covered by the LTI are: acute leukaemia; mental handicap; cerebral palsy; mental illness (in a person under 16); cystic fibrosis; multiple sclerosis; diabetes insipidus; muscular dystrophies; diabetes mellitus; parkinsonism; epilepsy; phenylketonuria; haemophilia; spina bifida;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 Feb 2018)

Simon Harris: The Deputy's question relates to service delivery matters and accordingly I have asked the HSE to respond directly to him.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation (6 Feb 2018)

Simon Harris: Further to my response to Parliamentary Question No. 920 of 2017, there remains no statutory regulation of complementary therapists, including hypnotherapists, in Ireland. Although not subject to professional statutory regulation, complementary therapists are subject to a range of legislation and regulation similar to other practitioners, including consumer legislation, competition, contract...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Statutory Retirement Age (6 Feb 2018)

Simon Harris: My colleague, the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe T.D., secured Government approval in December 2017 for an increase in the compulsory retirement age from 65 years to 70 years for public servants who currently are required to retire at age 65 years. Legislation will be necessary to effect these changes and the General Scheme of a Bill was also...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (6 Feb 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: HSE Planning (6 Feb 2018)

Simon Harris: My Department has referred this matter to the Health Service Executive and asked them to provide the Deputy with the information requested directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Planning (6 Feb 2018)

Simon Harris: Health capital funding was outlined in the Public Service Estimates for 2018. The Health Service Executive's Capital Plan for 2018-2021 is currently the subject of discussion with my Department. Appendix 4 of the HSE’s National Service Plan 2018 outlines capital projects that: 1. were completed in 2016/2017 and will be operational in 2018; 2. are due to be completed and operational...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (6 Feb 2018)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (6 Feb 2018)

Simon Harris: My Department has asked the Health Service Executive to provide the Deputy with the current status of these capital projects.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (6 Feb 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: Home Care Packages Data (6 Feb 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 Facilities (6 Feb 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (6 Feb 2018)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 444 and 445 together. Influenza vaccine is most effective when circulating viruses are well-matched with viruses contained in vaccines. Due to the constant evolving nature of influenza viruses, the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System – a system of National Influenza Centres and WHO Collaborating Centres around the world –...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (6 Feb 2018)

Simon Harris: The information requested by the Deputy is not immediately available. My Department does not, in general, enter into contracts with charitable organisations. However, I will survey the Department and should such any such contract exist, with such restriction clauses, I will provide the requested details to the Deputy. A primary function of the HSE is to manage and deliver health and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (6 Feb 2018)

Simon Harris: My Department does not enter into contracts with section 38 or section 39 organisations. A primary function of the HSE is to manage and deliver health and personal social services. It can either do this itself or it can enter an arrangement under section 38 or section 39 of the Health Act 2004 with a service provider to deliver the service. The legal framework available to the HSE for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (6 Feb 2018)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 448 and 450 together. Vaccination is regarded as one of the safest and most cost-effective of all health care interventions. It is also one of the most effective ways a parent can protect the health of their child. Ireland’s childhood immunisation programmes have had a huge impact in improving the health of the Irish population. Diseases that used...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (6 Feb 2018)

Simon Harris: The efficacy of a vaccine for a specific disease is usually defined as the reduction in the chance of developing the disease after vaccination relative to the chance when unvaccinated, as determined in a prospective randomised controlled trial. Clinical trials submitted in an application for a marketing authorisation to place a medicine on the market are reviewed, including the trial...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans (6 Feb 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 NTPF does not collect data in relation to the number of complex cases within each time-band. The most recent figures published by the NTPF for the end of December 2017 indicate that there is a total of 81,468...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (6 Feb 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.