Results 32,461-32,480 of 46,197 for speaker:Simon Harris

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (13 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: Your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply as the management of the healthcare property estate is a service matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: The rising cost of medicines is a key issue for public health systems everywhere. I welcome the work of industry groups who identify difficulties and seek ways to resolve them. I have asked my Department to review the Medicines for Ireland policy manifesto.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 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: HSE Expenditure (13 Jul 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: Hospital Appointments Status (13 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 (13 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 (13 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (13 Jul 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. Mary's Hospital, Drogheda. Under this Programme it is proposed to deliver a new build community nursing home by 2020. This will replace existing beds where the physical environment requires substantial improvement....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (13 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: The new children’s hospital on a campus shared with St James’s Hospital will provide specialist and complex care for children and young people from all over Ireland, and with the Paediatric OPD and Urgent Care Centres at Connolly and Tallaght Hospitals, will be the regional hospital for the children of the Greater Dublin area, as well as Wicklow, Kildare and parts of Meath. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (13 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: The new children’s hospital on a campus shared with St James’s Hospital will provide specialist and complex care for children and young people from all over Ireland, and with the Paediatric OPD and Urgent Care Centres at Connolly and Tallaght Hospitals, will be the regional hospital for the children of the Greater Dublin area, as well as Wicklow, Kildare and parts of Meath. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 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: General Practitioner Services Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: The cost of GP visit and medical cards varies significantly with the age of the cardholder. The following table outlines the current indicative annual cost for GP visit card eligibility and medical card eligibility, by age group. Indicative Annual Cost per Card Age Group GP Visit Card Medical Card 0 – 4 Yrs €243 €392 5 – 15 Yrs €163 ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (13 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: The Committee on the Future of Healthcare Slaintecare report, the recent publication of which I welcome, has recommended a universal single-tier public health system. The report is the culmination of a year-long process of unprecedented cross-party collaboration, dialogue and engagement and is testament of the desire across the political spectrum and across the broader stakeholder community...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (13 Jul 2017)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (13 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: The Government’s on-going programme of health reform is intended to put in place the building blocks towards universal healthcare, where all people can access the health services they need, of sufficient quality to be effective, while ensuring that the use of these services does not expose them to financial hardship. These building blocks are all significant milestones on the road...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Data (13 Jul 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: Medicinal Products Data (13 Jul 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: Health Services Expenditure (13 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, in February 2016, the Health Research Board (HRB) was engaged to conduct a comprehensive review of international public funding models for AHR. The completed HRB evidence review was published simultaneously on the Department of Health’s and the HRB's websites on Wednesday 15 March 2017. This evidence review examines the public funding mechanisms for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: The information the Deputy has requested is not available at this time. As the Deputy is aware, the report of the Citizens’ Assembly on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, containing its recommendations, is being considered by the Special Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, which has been formally established by the Dáil and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 892 to 894, inclusive, together. The Maternity and Infant Care Scheme provides an agreed programme of care, free of charge, to an expectant mother arising out of her pregnancy and to her new born baby for six weeks after birth. All expectant mothers who are ordinarily resident in Ireland are eligible to avail of services under the scheme. Women who...