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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: Disease Incidence (26 Oct 2017)

Simon Harris: Research indicates that approximately 1 in 83 people in Ireland are predisposed to develop hereditary haemochromatosis. The HSE does not hold a database of individuals with haemochromatosis and therefore is not in a position to provide information in relation to the prevalence of this condition across the country. A statutory daily charge is levied where a person has been referred to a...

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

Simon Harris: I announced the establishment of the Review Group on the role of Voluntary Organisations in the provision of publicly funded health and personal social services on 21 July, 2017. The Review Group was established by the Government in order to: - examine current arrangements with regard to the role of voluntary agencies in the provision of services across the health and social care sector; -...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (26 Oct 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 208 and 209 together. MedLIS is a multi layered programme which impacts on the core Laboratory Service and on those healthcare staff who utilise the Laboratory Service namely General Practitioners, Acute Hospital staff and a number of Community Nursing Homes. It is a clinically led change programme which is technology enabled. It is intended that it will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Electronic Health Records (26 Oct 2017)

Simon Harris: The Maternal & Newborn Clinical Management System (MN-CMS) is a pathfinder project towards developing a National Healthcare Electronic Record. The project started with the realisation that healthcare interaction in the future will ultimately be digital and it follows the strategic direction set out in the eHealth strategy for Ireland published in 2013. Although the MN-CMS is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (25 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: Health Services (25 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: Health Services Provision (25 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: Health Services Funding (25 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: Hospital Appointments Status (25 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 National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (25 Oct 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 203, 217 and 218 together. The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drug schemes, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. In reaching a decision, the HSE examines all the evidence which may be relevant in its view for the decision and will take into...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Research and Training (25 Oct 2017)

Simon Harris: Ireland's Medical Schools are specifically designed to meet the World Federation for Medical Standards and the Irish Medical Schools now articulate an outcomes-based curriculum in line with this requirement. All Irish university medical schools provide a programme of education which encourages students to adopt a patient centred approach, starting with careful history taking and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (25 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 for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Fire Service (25 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: Special Educational Needs Data (25 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: Medicinal Products Prices (25 Oct 2017)

Simon Harris: Medicines play a vital role in improving the overall health of Irish patients. Securing access to medicines in a timely manner is a key objective of the Irish Health Service. However, the challenge is delivering on this objective in an affordable and sustainable way. The new four-year Framework Agreement on the Supply and Pricing of Medicines, signed in July 2016 is an agreement between...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (25 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: Paediatric Services (25 Oct 2017)

Simon Harris: Arrangements are currently in place to provide for a small number of paediatric radiology interventions to be carried out by an adult radiologist and some of the paediatric radiologists on a case-by-case basis. However, the HSE acknowledges there is a need to further develop these services in Ireland. The development of the new children’s hospital and the two OPD and Urgent Care...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Funding (25 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: Emergency Departments (25 Oct 2017)

Simon Harris: My Department is not undertaking a national review of accident and emergency departments. The Deputy may wish to note that the Smaller Hospitals Framework defines the role of smaller hospitals and outlines the need for smaller hospitals and larger hospitals to operate as Hospital Groups. It identifies the activities that can be performed in smaller, or Model 2, hospitals in a safe and...