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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 Dec 2016)
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 Dec 2016)
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 Appointments Delays (13 Dec 2016)
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 Appointments Status (13 Dec 2016)
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: Prescriptions Charges (13 Dec 2016)
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: Hospitals Discharges (13 Dec 2016)
Simon Harris: I became aware of a memo of legal advice, issued by the HSE’s legal advisors, to the National Director for Acute Hospitals on 27 October. Immediately, my Department contacted the HSE, and the HSE confirmed that it had been rescinded. I have stated publicly that the memo was offensive and unacceptable and is utterly out of line with Government policy on the care of patients and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (13 Dec 2016)
Simon Harris: The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drug schemes, in accordance with the provisions of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (13 Dec 2016)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 469, 516, 530 and 533 together. 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 reaching its decision, the HSE examines all the evidence which may be relevant in its view for the decision (including...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 Dec 2016)
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 Equipment (13 Dec 2016)
Simon Harris: In relation 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: Departmental Legal Cases (13 Dec 2016)
Simon Harris: To the best of my knowledge I am not aware of any court proceedings that involved non-disclosure agreements. The State Claims Agency, within the National Treasury Management Agency, which is under the aegis of the Department of Finance, manages personal injury, property damage and clinical negligence claims brought against certain State authorities, including Government ministers and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (13 Dec 2016)
Simon Harris: Ritalin contains the active ingredient methylphenidate hydrochloride. Methylphenidate is indicated as a part of a comprehensive treatment programme for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children aged 6 years and over when remedial measures alone prove insufficient. Treatment must be under the supervision of a specialist in childhood and/or adolescent behavioural disorders....
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (13 Dec 2016)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (13 Dec 2016)
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: Primary Care Centres Provision (13 Dec 2016)
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: Health Services (13 Dec 2016)
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 (13 Dec 2016)
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 Administration (13 Dec 2016)
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: Ministerial Meetings (13 Dec 2016)
Simon Harris: I participated in the second Round Table meeting for European Health Ministers and CEOs/Heads of Europe-based pharmaceutical companies, co-organised by Portugal and the Netherlands, in Lisbon on 7th December 2016. This meeting afforded me a very good opportunity to engage with Ministers from other member states on the key issues of access to and affordability of new and innovative medicines...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Blood Donations (13 Dec 2016)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 489 to 491, inclusive, together. At present the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) imposes a lifelong ban on men who have sex with men (MSM) from donating blood. In June of this year, I accepted a recommendation from the IBTS that (a) the deferral policy for men who have sex with men (MSM) from donating blood should be reduced to a period of one year...