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Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (7 Nov 2017)

Simon Harris: I received correspondence from the Dublin City Council (DCC) Special Committee for Fire and Ambulance Services and Emergency Management seeking a meeting to discuss the possible transfer of ambulance call taking and dispatch from Dublin Fire Brigade to the National Emergency Operations Centre. However, Dublin ambulance service provision is currently the subject of a mediation process between...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility (26 Oct 2017)

Simon Harris: I acknowledge that waiting times are often unacceptably long and I am conscious of the burden that this places on patients and their families. Reducing waiting times for the longest waiting patients is one of this Government's key priorities. Consequently, Budget 2017 allocated €20 million to the NTPF, rising to €55 million in 2018. Budget 2018 allocated additional funding in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (26 Oct 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 143 to 146, inclusive, together. The gross public non capital, capital and total expenditure on health in each of the budget years 2007 to 2018 is set out below in tabular form. From 2007 to 2014 the expenditure represents the aggregate of expenditure on the Vote of the Office of the Minister for Health & Children and the Vote of the Health Service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (26 Oct 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 147 and 148 together. The new Capital Envelope announced in the context of Budget 2018 is being used by the HSE to revise the Capital Plan and also in preparing the National Service Plan for 2018. Therefore I am not in a position to say what projects will be funded next year.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (26 Oct 2017)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (26 Oct 2017)

Simon Harris: Adjuvants (immune potentiators or immunomodulators) have been used for decades to improve the immune response to vaccine antigens. The incorporation of adjuvants into vaccine formulations is aimed at enhancing, accelerating and prolonging the specific immune response towards the desired response to vaccine antigens. Advantages of adjuvants include the enhancement of the immunogenicity of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (26 Oct 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. In relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Simon Harris: In 2014 HIQA published a health technology assessment on providing defibrillators in public spaces. They found that, based on available evidence, none of the public access defibrillation programmes that were assessed were considered cost-effective using conventional willingness to pay thresholds. Following on from this, early this year, the Health Service Executive established an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (26 Oct 2017)

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 Appointments Status (26 Oct 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 Equipment (26 Oct 2017)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive for a direct response

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 Oct 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: Vaccination Programme (26 Oct 2017)

Simon Harris: I am aware of claims of an association between HPV vaccination and a number of conditions experienced by a group of young women. An illness that occurs around the time a vaccine is given and is already known to be common in adolescence does not imply the vaccine caused the problem. It appears that some girls first suffered symptoms around the time they received the HPV vaccine, and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications (26 Oct 2017)

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: General Medical Services Scheme Payments (26 Oct 2017)

Simon Harris: Under the terms of the current GMS contract, GPs are required to provide eligible patients with ''all proper and necessary treatment of a kind usually undertaken by a general practitioner and not requiring special skill or experience of a degree or kind which general practitioners cannot reasonably be expected to possess." There is no provision under the GMS GP contract for persons who hold...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Regulation (26 Oct 2017)

Simon Harris: The Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) is the competent authority responsible for the regulation of human medicines in Ireland. Under European and Irish legislation, before a medicine can be placed on the Irish market, the manufacturer must seek an authorisation from the HPRA or, in the case of certain medicinal products, the European Medicines Agency. A determination on an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (26 Oct 2017)

Simon Harris: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the pricing and reimbursement 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: Dental Services Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Simon Harris: The National Oral Health Policy, which the Department of Health is currently developing will inform future provision of oral health services. This is a 3-year project led by the Chief Dental Officer and is due to be completed later this year. The project includes a needs assessment, a review of resources and involves consultation with stakeholders, including dental professionals and the public.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (26 Oct 2017)

Simon Harris: The new Capital Envelope announced in the context of Budget 2018 is being used by the HSE to revise the Capital Plan and also in preparing the National Service Plan for 2018. Therefore I am not yet in a position to say what projects will be funded next year.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications Data (26 Oct 2017)

Simon Harris: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for the processing of Medical Cards and I have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy regarding the collation of Medical Card figures as described.