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Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Data (11 Sep 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: Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists (11 Sep 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: Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists (11 Sep 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: Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists (11 Sep 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: HSE Data (11 Sep 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: HSE Data (11 Sep 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: HSE Data (11 Sep 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: Hospitals Funding (11 Sep 2017)

Simon Harris: Demand in Emergency Department's (ED's) reaches a more intense peak during the winter period. Therefore there is a requirement for winter planning and preparedness to be undertaken, to provide assurance that safe and effective care will be provided over the winter months given the additional anticipatory pressures arising from for example Influenza, Norovirus, severe weather and holiday...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (11 Sep 2017)

Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (11 Sep 2017)

Simon Harris: The Government is committed to the continued development of GP capacity to ensure that patients across the country continue to have access to GP services, especially in remote rural areas and also in disadvantaged urban areas, and that general practice is sustainable in all areas into the future. I want to ensure that existing GP services are retained and that general practice remains an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (11 Sep 2017)

Simon Harris: 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. In order to reduce the numbers of long-waiting patients, I asked the HSE to develop Waiting List Action Plans for 2017 in the areas of Inpatient/Daycase, Scoliosis and Outpatient Services....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 Sep 2017)

Simon Harris: The contracts for the supply of pandemic influenza vaccine during the 2009 pandemic included clauses concerning indemnification of the manufacturers. As all of the vaccines used in the States immunisation programmes have been approved for use in the European Union by the European Medicines Agency there is no requirement for indemnity.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (11 Sep 2017)

Simon Harris: My Department's mid-term review submission includes this project and many others. Funding for this project will be considered in the context of the future capital envelope for the health service and the overall priorities for future service development in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (11 Sep 2017)

Simon Harris: The Capital Programme announced in January 2016 provides for the replacement and refurbishment of 90 public nursing homes across the country over the next five years, including St. Patrick's Hospital, Cashel. Under this Programme, it is proposed to deliver a new build community nursing home by 2021. This will replace existing beds where the physical environment requires substantial...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Sep 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: Health Services Staff Recruitment (11 Sep 2017)

Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (11 Sep 2017)

Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: European Medicines Agency (11 Sep 2017)

Simon Harris: On 31 July 2017, Ireland officially submitted its proposal for Dublin to be the new host city of the European Medicines Agency to the European Council and the European Commission. The bid was developed by a cross-sectoral working group, led by my Department, with colleagues from the Department of the Taoiseach and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, as well as representatives from the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Stroke Programme Implementation (11 Sep 2017)

Simon Harris: The National Clinical Programme for Stroke (NCPS) has been in place since early 2010. The vision of the programme is to design standardised models of integrated care pathways for the delivery of clinical care to ensure sustained quality clinical operational management. Overall, the NCPS aims to improve quality, access and cost-effectiveness of stroke services in Ireland. The majority of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Brexit Issues (11 Sep 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1254 to 1260, inclusive, and 1262 to 1264, inclusive, together. The comprehensive document “Ireland and the negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union: The Government’s Approach” published on 2 May outlined in detail the structures put in place by the Government to ensure a strategic and whole-of Government...