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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (29 Nov 2017)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 347 to 350, inclusive, together. As these are service matters the questions have been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy. The Department of Health takes the management of patient safety very seriously and the establishment of the National Patient Safety Office (NPSO) is just one of a number of patient safety reforms agreed by...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (29 Nov 2017)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (29 Nov 2017)
Simon Harris: I fully acknowledge the distress and inconvenience for patients and their families when elective procedures are cancelled. Maintaining scheduled care access for all patients is a key priority for hospitals, and balancing this with emergency demand at times is challenging. However, all efforts are made by hospitals to limit cancellations particularly for clinically urgent procedures. ...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Voluntary Hospital Sector (29 Nov 2017)
Simon Harris: I fully acknowledge the distress and inconvenience for patients and their families when elective procedures are cancelled. Maintaining scheduled care access for all patients is a key priority for hospitals, and balancing this with emergency demand at times is challenging. However, all efforts are made by hospitals to limit cancellations particularly for clinically urgent procedures. ...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (29 Nov 2017)
Simon Harris: In response to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (29 Nov 2017)
Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (29 Nov 2017)
Simon Harris: In response to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (29 Nov 2017)
Simon Harris: In response to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (29 Nov 2017)
Simon Harris: In response to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (29 Nov 2017)
Simon Harris: In response to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (29 Nov 2017)
Simon Harris: In response to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (29 Nov 2017)
Simon Harris: In response to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (29 Nov 2017)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 362 and 363 together. As these are service matters they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for his comments. While I cannot discuss an individual case, I am very pleased that I was in a position to sign another licence allowing a citizen, a little girl, to access a medicinal cannabis product. It is the third licence I have signed since becoming Minister for Health. All applications which have been validly submitted with the support of a monitoring consultant...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services Provision (28 Nov 2017)
Simon Harris: Further to previous Parliamentary Questions and discussion in the Dáil, the Deputy will be aware that any individuals employed by Section 39 organisations are not HSE employees. Therefore, neither the HSE nor my Department has a role in determining the salaries or other terms and conditions applying to these staff. The Deputy will also be aware that the staff of these Section 39...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (28 Nov 2017)
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 scheduling...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (28 Nov 2017)
Simon Harris: In relation to the specific case raised, I have understand that the HSE have issued a response to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (28 Nov 2017)
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: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (28 Nov 2017)
Simon Harris: Medicines play a vital role in improving the health of Irish patients. Securing access to existing and new and innovative medicines is a key objective of the health service. However, the challenge is to do this in an affordable and sustainable manner. The medicines bill for the community drugs schemes – primarily the GMS, Long Term Illness and Drugs Payment schemes and the High Tech...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Products Regulatory Authority (28 Nov 2017)
Simon Harris: Medicines containing sodium valproate are approved nationally in Ireland, under the brand name Epilim, for the treatment of epilepsy and bipolar disorder. Valproate-containing medicines are authorised for these indications in all EU Member States, and in Norway and Iceland. It has been well established that children exposed to valproate in the womb have an increased risk of congenital...