Results 39,961-39,980 of 46,235 for speaker:Simon Harris

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, this question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with the Executive.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Status (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: The Government decision to co-locate the new children's hospital with St James's was announced on 6 November 2012. Satellite centres of the hospital, providing urgent and outpatient care, are to be built on the campuses of Connolly and Tallaght Hospitals. The decision was clinically led, and was made in the best interests of children, with clinical considerations paramount in the decision....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 66, 549 and 550 together. My Department is studying the Views of the United Nations Human Rights Committee on complaints brought by Ms Amanda Mellet against the State, and assessing their findings. The complaint relates to the inability of Ms Mellet, who was carrying an unborn child with Edwards Syndrome (a fatal foetal abnormality), to access a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: The Health Service Executive operates the EU Directive on Patients’ Rights in Cross Border Healthcare in Ireland. The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine the matter of the data requested and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office who will follow up the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: Pressures on EDs have been rising, as the population is both growing and ageing. To date, the HSE has reported an average increase in ED attendances of nearly 6% compared with the same period last year. Despite the sustained increase in attendances, overall this year there has been a decrease of just over 7% in the number of patients who have had to wait on a trolley, in comparison with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: A key challenge for our health system is ensuring timely access to health services. This Government recognises that a sustained commitment to improving waiting times is required, with a particular focus on those waiting longest. While waiting list numbers nationally have increased in the first half of the year, this must be seen in the context of increased demand for care in our health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: A key challenge for our health system is ensuring timely access to health services. This Government recognises that a sustained commitment to improving waiting times is required, with a particular focus on those waiting longest. While waiting list numbers have increased nationally in the first half of the year, this must be seen in the context of increased demand for care in our health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: The Health Service Executive and the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) have commenced a pilot pharmacy-based minor ailment scheme. The scheme allows medical card holders to receive treatment from their local community pharmacy for dry eye, dry skin, scabies, threadworms and vaginal thrush, without the need to visit a GP for a prescription. The pilot began on 1 July and will run in 19...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: My Department has recently convened a cross-sectoral Steering Group to develop a national integrated strategic framework for health workforce planning during 2016. Any decisions regarding staffing requirements would need to be taken in the context of the national integrated strategic framework for health workforce planning. I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: A key challenge for our health system is ensuring timely access to health services. This Government recognises that a sustained commitment to improving waiting times is required, with a particular focus on those waiting longest. While waiting list numbers nationally have increased in the first half of the year, this must be seen in the context of increased demand for care in our health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 91 and 93 together. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) was established under the Nurses and Midwives Act, 2011 and has two main objectives; (i) to protect the public and (ii) to ensure the integrity of nursing and midwifery practices. Following a protected disclosure the Department of Health requested the NMBI to commission a third...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: A negotiating team representing the State has reached agreement in principle with the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association on a new drug pricing and supply agreement. As work is still continuing between the parties to finalise the terms of the agreement, I am not in position at this time to comment on specific details of the agreement. Negotiations and agreements with industry...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: The 74 bed community nursing home extension and all associated works at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Castlebar is currently at construction stage.  Works commenced on site on the 27th June 2016 and are estimated to take 15 months to complete. Commissioning and equipping of the new facility will follow and on this basis the facility is expected to be operational in late 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: Oversight of agencies funded under Section 38 and 39 of the Health Act is the responsibility of the HSE under its establishing legislation. The HSE has a formal national governance framework with national standardised documentation which governs grant funding provided to agencies under sections 38 and 39 of the Health Act 2004. This governance framework seeks to ensure the standard,...