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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (4 Apr 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: Registration of Nurses (4 Apr 2017)

Simon Harris: I would like to thank the Deputy for the matter raised. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland have provided a report on the matter. The NMBI have advised that the applicant applied for registration in October 2014. However, the file was closed in October 2015 as a number of documents were still outstanding from the applicant. A new application was received in March 2016 and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (4 Apr 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Apr 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: Hospital Services (4 Apr 2017)

Simon Harris: I am aware that a business case for the establishment of a dedicated centre for Intestinal Failure is currently being finalised by St James’s Hospital. St James’s Hospital is part of the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group. Any proposals for the funding for the centre for Intestinal failure in St. James's will have to be considered as part of the Hospital Group’s overall...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (4 Apr 2017)

Simon Harris: Eligible HSE employees including Home Helps and Health Care Assistants are members of the Health Service Executive Employee Superannuation Scheme. Members' pensions are calculated in accordance with pension scheme rules.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (4 Apr 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 (4 Apr 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: Hospital Services (4 Apr 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 (4 Apr 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Regulation (4 Apr 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 550, 556, 558, 569 to 572, inclusive, together. As previously stated to the Deputy, Roaccutane® (containing the active substance, isotretinoin) is authorised in Ireland and the EU for treating severe forms of acne which have been resistant to other standard therapies. It is not at present (nor was it ever) authorised in Ireland for the treatment of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (4 Apr 2017)

Simon Harris: The Winter Initiative recognises that there are specific challenges in relation to capacity at South Tipperary General Hospital (STGH). As such, various options are being considered, including the use of the “National Framework for Alternative Accommodation on Hospital Sites”, to provide additional surge capacity through a temporary inpatient solution at the STGH site. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (4 Apr 2017)

Simon Harris: The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) has benchmarked the post-tender construction costs of the new children's hospital against construction costs for major acute hospitals internationally. This exercise demonstrates that construction elements of the project compare favourably to the costs of international projects of a similar size and scale when benchmarked at cost per...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (4 Apr 2017)

Simon Harris: I am aware that a business case for the establishment of a dedicated centre for Intestinal Failure is currently being finalised by St James’s Hospital. St James’s Hospital is part of the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group. Any proposals for the funding for the centre for Intestinal failure in St. James's will have to be considered as part of the Hospital Group’s overall...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Voluntary Sector Remuneration (4 Apr 2017)

Simon Harris: Voluntary providers are funded under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004. The HSE has in place Service Level Agreements with these providers that set out the level of service to be provided for the grant to the individual organisation and requirements in relation to standards of care. As the individuals employed by Section 39 organisations are not HSE employees, the HSE has no role in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (4 Apr 2017)

Simon Harris: The Health (Amendment) Bill 2017 was published Thursday 2nd March 2017. This Bill will enable the granting of full eligibility for general practitioner and other health services to all children in respect of whom a Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is paid. Granting a medical card to all children in respect of whom a DCA payment is made will benefit approximately 9,800 children in this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Data (4 Apr 2017)

Simon Harris: My Department no longer operates a National Lottery Fund. However, the Deputy should note that the HSE operates a similar scheme and continues to provide grants to health agencies and other organisations from National Lottery funds. Details of the scheme are available at .

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (4 Apr 2017)

Simon Harris: A reply was issued to the person you reference from County Cork and I have no further comment to make on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Apr 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 December 2016, I granted approval to the NTPF to dedicate €5m to a daycase waiting list initiative with the aim of ensuring that no patient will be waiting more than 18...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (4 Apr 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...