Results 39,441-39,460 of 46,235 for speaker:Simon Harris
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (16 Sep 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: Health Services Provision (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: With regard to the specific query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter I have asked the HSE to reply to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (16 Sep 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: Primary Care Centres Provision (16 Sep 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: Hospitals Building Programme (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: The National Clinical Programme for Acute Coronary Syndrome recommends that patients who are suffering a ST-elevation heart attack (often referred to as a 'STEMI') should have access to Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (pPCI) within 90 minutes. pPCI is a cardiology procedure, carried out in a cardiac catheterisation laboratory, which is used to clear arterial blockages and to insert...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Cover (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: The individual concerned wrote to my office in relation to this matter . My office provided a reply to that correspondence on 10 August last, which outlined the rationale for the introduction of Lifetime Community Rating to the health insurance market and clarified that there are no specific anomalies in the implementation of the legislation in respect of the individual circumstances...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: With regard to the specific query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: According to the HSE's 2015 annual report, revenue from the medical card prescription charge was €113 million in 2015. The most recent data available from the HSE indicates that revenue from the prescription charge for the first eight months of 2016 was approximately €80 million.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services Provision (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: The Deputy's question relates to service delivery matters and accordingly I have asked the HSE to respond directly to him.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: Your 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: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1455 to 1458, inclusive, together. The Long Term Illness (LTI) Scheme was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 (as amended). Regulations were made in 1971, 1973 and 1975 prescribing the 16 conditions that are covered by the LTI Scheme: acute leukaemia; mental handicap; cerebral palsy; mental illness (in a person under 16); cystic...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (16 Sep 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: Hospital Appointments Status (16 Sep 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: Nursing Staff Recruitment (16 Sep 2016)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.