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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (31 May 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: Medical Card Applications (31 May 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 Health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (31 May 2017)

Simon Harris: The National Patient Experience Survey commenced on 1 May 2017. The survey includes all adult patients who have been admitted as an in-patient and discharged during the month of May 2017. In order to be eligible, the patient must have spent 24 hours or more in a public acute hospital and have a postal address in the Republic of Ireland. Those admitted through the Emergency Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (31 May 2017)

Simon Harris: I am advised that the individual attended a diabetic retinal appointment on 22 May 2017 at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (31 May 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 Waiting Lists (31 May 2017)

Simon Harris: In relation to the query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service issue, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (31 May 2017)

Simon Harris: In relation to the queries raised by the Deputy, as these are service issues, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (31 May 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 Availability (31 May 2017)

Simon Harris: The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of licensed medicines, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. The Act specifies the criteria to be applied in decisions on the reimbursement of medicines. In line with the 2013 Act, if a Company would like a medicine to be reimbursed by the HSE pursuant to the Community...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (31 May 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 232 to 237, inclusive, together. In relation to the queries raised by the Deputy, as these are service issues, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (31 May 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 Services (31 May 2017)

Simon Harris: In response to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (31 May 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: Dental Services Provision (31 May 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: Public Sector Pensions (30 May 2017)

Simon Harris: I am not aware of any proposals to introduce an incentivised pension scheme along the lines described by the Deputy. In any case the sanctioning of any changes to existing pension arrangements would be a matter for my colleague the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Training (30 May 2017)

Simon Harris: The content and composition of curricula and specialist training programmes is a matter for the Medical Council and the recognised medical education or postgraduate training bodies. Under the Medical Practitioners Act, all medical degree courses and specialist training programmes in Ireland are required to be accredited by the Council. As of May 2011, doctors are legally obliged to maintain...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (30 May 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 Administration (30 May 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 Availability (30 May 2017)

Simon Harris: The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. I am informed that an agreement has been confirmed, in principle, between the HSE and the manufacturer for the supply of two cystic fibrosis treatments to Irish patients. These are Orkambi (for patients aged 12 years...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (30 May 2017)

Simon Harris: Cannabis is strictly controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Acts, 1977 to 2016 and the Regulations made thereunder. There are two pathways for medical practitioners to prescribe cannabis-based products containing THC for medical purposes; through the Medicinal Cannabis Access Programme (which is currently being established), and through the Ministerial licence application route. In February I...