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Select Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy O'Reilly. I suggest we could further discuss these matters between now and Report Stage. The purpose of these amendments, and the reason I am not in a position to support them today, is to bring forward the end of the application period for recent IPTAS graduates from December 2019 to September 2018 in the case of recent such graduates and to September 2019 in the case of...

Select Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: I think the Deputy has moved on to amendment No. 7. I am sorry to interrupt.

Select Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: Yes.

Select Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for his informed contribution on this. I do not mind robust opinion and I do not in any way refer to the Deputy in this regard but I do not intend to allow myself to be in any way misrepresented. The policy as set out by then Minister, Deputy Varadkar, is the policy I am putting into law, which is that people will only be able to practise up to the level of their...

Select Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: I intend to engage on all these matters before Report Stage. That is my intention.

Select Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: That is understood. With the understanding, as I outlined in my answer, that CORU, a State regulator, is in place for a range of professions, and there must be consistency across the board so that any changes we would look to make in a code of professional conduct, for instance, we would apply to all of the professions.

Select Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: Yes, absolutely. The Deputy is right and we are all ad idemon that. It is not that we are in any way trying to suggest that someone's livelihood outranks public safety, it certainly does not. Public safety is what this legislation and the CORU process are about. Acknowledging that this is priority number one and picking up on Deputy O'Reilly's point, we must acknowledge also there are...

Select Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: I fully agree with the Deputy on that. For the record, the issue of those who are qualified but have not practised is a standard provision across all the professions regulated by CORU. Since there has been considerable focus understandably on the issue of physiotherapists, the view could be that it is particular to that profession. It is not; it is the same provision that applies to speech...

Select Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: The only people who can call themselves that will be those who pass a competency test. The view on this, from reading up on it and talking to people, is that the issue is the threshold at which that test is set. I would be happy to engage with both organisations on that.

Select Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: It deals with the scope of practice.

Select Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: Chairman, I agree with Deputy Brassil and we will do everything at an official level to ensure that discussion takes place before the Dáil recommences.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (11 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (11 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Jul 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 Status (11 Jul 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 Status (11 Jul 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 Status (11 Jul 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 Status (11 Jul 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 Reports (11 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 Report on Reviews in 2016 was compiled and published by the Health Service Executive under section 15 (1) of the Act. It confirms that two cases were the subject of review under the Act during 2016, and that both applications were found to meet the criteria for a lawful termination of pregnancy under the provisions of the Act. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Jul 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...