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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (4 Oct 2016)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (4 Oct 2016)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (4 Oct 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: Medical Card Eligibility (4 Oct 2016)

Simon Harris: The Deputy will be aware that the Programme for Government states "We will extend the entitlement to a medical card for all children in receipt of the Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) in Budget 2017. Approximately 10,000 children will benefit from this initiative". In early June, I met with representatives of Our Children's Health. At that meeting, and in the debate on the Private Members...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2016)

Simon Harris: I have been advised by the HSE that neither University Hospital Waterford nor the South/South West Hospital Group have changed their risk ratings in relation to out of hours access to interventional cardiology services in the past six months.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (4 Oct 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: Dispensing Fees (4 Oct 2016)

Simon Harris: The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, which regulates community pharmacists, advises that the optimal and safest way for dispensed medicines to be supplied is through direct supply to the patient or carer following a face-to-face interaction between a pharmacist and the patient or carer in the pharmacy. This direct communication with the patient or their carer allows the pharmacist to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Oct 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: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (4 Oct 2016)

Simon Harris: The LTI Scheme was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 (as amended). The conditions covered by the LTI are: acute leukaemia; mental handicap; cerebral palsy; mental illness (in a person under 16); cystic fibrosis; multiple sclerosis; diabetes insipidus; muscular dystrophies; diabetes mellitus; parkinsonism; epilepsy; phenylketonuria; haemophilia; spina bifida;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (4 Oct 2016)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 453 and 454 together. Nursing and midwifery recruitment and retention is a priority for the health service. The HSE is focused on offering graduating nurses and midwives permanent posts and on replacing agency staff with permanent staff. Recruitment of additional nurses is the subject of considerable ongoing activity by the HSE and voluntary hospitals...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (4 Oct 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 to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (4 Oct 2016)

Simon Harris: The estimated cost of abolishing drug prescription charges for medical card holders is approximately €120 million per year.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (4 Oct 2016)

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 to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant Applications (4 Oct 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: Primary Care Centres Provision (4 Oct 2016)

Simon Harris: The Deputy's 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: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2016)

Simon Harris: In accordance with the provisions of the Health Act 1970 (as amended), eligibility for a medical card is based primarily on the undue financial hardship test. The Act obliges the HSE to assess whether a person is unable, without undue hardship, to arrange general practitioner services for himself or herself and his or her family, having regard to his or her overall financial position and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (4 Oct 2016)

Simon Harris: The EU Directive 2011/24/EU on Patients’ Rights in Cross Border Healthcare aims to ensure EU citizens may access safe and good quality healthcare services across EU borders. The Directive establishes a framework for cross border healthcare between EU/EEA states to facilitate patients to access care in another Member State in accordance with their entitlements in their own country....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Pensions Data (4 Oct 2016)

Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter. In relation to Non-Commercial State Agencies under the remit of the Department, this information is being sought and will be forwarded to the Deputy when collated. There are no retired staff from the public service employed in my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Data (4 Oct 2016)

Simon Harris: The total number of staff currently serving in my Department is 411 (386.4 whole time equivalents). Of those, a total of 21 (19.9 whole time equivalents) are seconded into the Department.

Report of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Motion (29 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: I do.