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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 250 to 254, inclusive, together. As these are service matters, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 255 to 259, 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: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: My Department sought a report on this matter from the NMBI. The NMBI advised that it could not process this application until all of the required documents were submitted by the applicant. The last of these documents was received by the NMBI on 15 December 2016. The applicant's file was reviewed in the Registration Department and, following this review, it was referred for an education...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (1 Feb 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: National Maternity Hospital (1 Feb 2017)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (1 Feb 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 (1 Feb 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: Medical Card Applications (1 Feb 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: Medicinal Products Availability (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 266 and 267 together. The HSE's Drugs Committee met last week where it considered the latest price offering by Vertex for the drug Orkambi. The matter will now progress to HSE Leadership where it will be considered at the next available HSE Leadership meeting. It is important to note that in considering an application for reimbursement, the HSE will have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Car Park Charges (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: It is important to note that parking charges form part of a series of measures which ensure that the operational costs of providing parking services do not impact negatively on a hospital's overall budget. The HSE advises that a number of hospitals use parking revenue solely for maintenance and re-investment in parking facilities, including repayment of loans obtained for upgrading such...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (1 Feb 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: Dental Services Provision (1 Feb 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: Blood Donations (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: Question 52 was added to the IBTS Donor Health & Lifestyle Questionnaire on 16 January 2017 when the permanent deferral of men who have sex with men (MSM) from donating blood was changed from a lifetime ban to a 12 month deferral from the most recent sexual contact with another man. While the one year deferral of MSM from donating blood protects against the risk of transmission...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) has advised that as of 30th December 2016 the breakdown by timebands for residents of the Wicklow area is as follows: Row Labels 0-3 Months 3-6 Months 6-9 Months 9-12 Months 12-15 Months 15-18 Months 18+ Months Grand Total 30 December 2016 3805 2062 1559 1011 550 368 456 9811 Reducing waiting times for the longest waiting patients is one of this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Feb 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 (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drugs schemes, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. In line with the 2013 Act, if a Company would like a medicine to be reimbursed by the HSE pursuant to the Community Drug Schemes or as a hospital medicine, the Company must first submit an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: As announced in June 2015, the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital will relocate in time to the St James's campus, achieving tri-location of adult, paediatric and maternity services. The National Maternity Strategy, published in January 2016, reaffirms the delivery of tri-located maternity services on the campus with the new children's hospital and St James's Hospital. A site...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Location (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 279 and 280 together. The Government decision that the new children's hospital should be co-located with St James's on its campus in Dublin 8 was clinically led. In 2006, the McKinsey report, Children's Health First, recommended that the population of Ireland and projected demand could support only one world-class tertiary paediatric centre, that this should...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: The HSE National Model of Care for Paediatric Healthcare Services in Ireland states that there should be a cut-off age for admission to paediatric services and this age should be 16 years. It is also policy among the three children's hospitals in the Children's Hospital Group that they see children up to the eve of their 16th birthday. However, there can be occasions when a patient, for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (1 Feb 2017)

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