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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (15 Dec 2020)

Simon Harris: ...board for the technological university for the south east, TUSE. I have met the presidents of WIT and IT Carlow and I commend, on the record of the House, both institutions. I acknowledge and echo the Deputy's sentiments in regard to the excellent work being done in WIT and its excellent record of achievement. On capital funding for Waterford IT, it was €1 million in 2018,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Minister with responsibility for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (8 Oct 2020)

Simon Harris: I think as a political system we have shirked our responsibilities on this for far too long. There is a sense of "is there anything to be said for another report?"; that seems to be the echo that comes from this place from all parties. Mr. Cassels did a very good body of work. An all-party committee met and decided to refer it for an economic evaluation. My predecessors have now commended...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Noonan for his questions. I echo his comments on the protest. There is an onus. It is easy to criticise a protest when one does not agree with its cause or the reason behind it, but it is more difficult to do so when one does support the cause. That does not mean we can be silent on it, though. What happened to George Floyd disgusts and repulses everyone in this country...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: ...; Ríordáin, and has been championed by the Minister of State, but, sadly, others are delivering literature, tweeting and adding to the stigma for the sake of trying to get a few cheap votes locally. I echo the calls that have been made to end the stigma and shame on those politicians who are involved in NIMBYism. They should come along to the briefings at this committee, meet...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: ...problems. We know we need to do better in terms of building more hospital capacity and more community capacity in the coming months and years. Basically, it is a call out to the system, and I echo that call again today. If a hospital manager or a hospital group manager believes that he or she can open capacity, that there is a space in the hospital, that staff can be recruited or that...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: ...was significantly reduced as the robust process of interrogating those claims went on. Mr. Barry also said at the health committee that the process of claims coming in is an ongoing one, which I echo today. There is obviously a commercial sensitivity aspect to it as well, but we need to be satisfied that the board is robust and can challenge claims where it is appropriate to do so. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for raising the point. I echo the Taoiseach's words yesterday. What staff and patients at University Hospital Limerick want to know is what are we going to do about it. I cannot remember when, but I visited Limerick a couple of months ago, I visited CervicalCheck staff. I called into the hospital where I saw the significant progress being made in the development of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: I am coming to that. I have heard very clearly members' views on the issues of diagnostics and the MRI scanner. It is the view of all members, echoed by the CEO, that we could free up capacity and get people in and out of the hospital a lot quicker if we had an additional MRI scanner. I get that. There is need for consideration of how best to achieve that and there is a funding...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Screening Programmes (15 May 2019)

Simon Harris: .... I reiterate the call for time to seek a legal opinion. I make the point to all patients, particularly women, that our screening programmes are continuing and are safe to use. All Members would echo the fact that people should continue to use them. A stakeholder forum is a very good idea. I have been considering it in consultation with my medical advisers and we have been trying...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: Could I add to that? There are two points I would make. The first, which echoes the Secretary General's, is important. We have had, and I have appeared before, Oireachtas committees that have predetermined the outcome of expert reports only to be proven to be 100% incorrect. We have had committees talking about cover-ups and the like. We have expert reports, such as that produced by Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: ..., rather than having a conversation with Google or an airline. That has worked fairly well. The idea that people would endeavour to fake being that website is fairly despicable. First, I echo the advice of the HSE that any information from the HSE displays its logo and myoptions.ieis the best way to access the site, rather than hoping Google searches will come across it. We cannot...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Simon Harris: ...which obviously does not relate to the amendment, but which a number of people are referencing, is no unearthing. The Deputy is right; that was my position in 2011. It is my party's position; it echoes in it. I have changed my view. I am delighted I changed my view. I am delighted I campaigned and voted to repeal the eighth amendment of the Constitution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: ...that at this committee, calling it an "amorphous blob", as reported in the national media. The HSE, as constructed, is not fit for purpose. There is a need for a national entity, and this is echoed in Sláintecare. There are many good things in our health service that would not be achieved without a national entity, including the national maternity strategy, the national cancer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: ...the comment that the HSE is not fit for purpose, it is reassuring that it is not just me, as Minister for Health, who is saying that. The director general of the HSE also said that. I am happy to echo the Deputy's point that there are many brilliant people working in the health service, such that saying the HSE is not fit for purpose is not a jibe by me or any political at the staff of...

Other Questions: Cancer Screening Programmes (29 May 2018)

Simon Harris: ...we are to continue to see a reduction in the incidence of invasive cervical cancer. It is welcome that so many women who have been adversely impacted jon or treated poorly by the health service have echoed that message. As part of ensuring women can feel trust and confidence in the CervicalCheck programme and that it is well managed and quality assured, I have asked Dr. Gabriel Scally to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Investigations (14 Dec 2017)

Simon Harris: ...practice in public hospitals. Sláintecare also set out an ambitious vision for the future of healthcare in Ireland, including a shift to Primary and Community-based care. The State of Health in the EU report echoes this vision by stating that with strengthened Primary and Community-based services, unnecessary hospitalisations could be avoided. The report goes on to note that the...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (2 Mar 2017)

Simon Harris: ...and there is the development of an adult retrieval service. The emergency aeromedical support service has been established on a permanent basis. It is important to say that in 2016 the number of ECHO calls received by the National Ambulance Service increased by 42% and DELTA calls increased by 19%. There has been a significant increase in investment in our ambulance services, but that...

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

Simon Harris: ...rest of society. Housing, education and employment are major parts of the universal health care equation. Therefore, this requires a whole-of-Government "health in all policies" approach and this is echoed in the healthy Ireland framework. The committee has been established to allow us to reach consensus on an overarching vision and fundamental principles for health system. There are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (29 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: ...making sure we are paying the right prices in the case of dispensing fees. There are a number of things we need to continue to do in this area. The Senator's point about beds and operating theatres echoes complaints I hear from consultants and surgeons on a regular basis. I visited Cappagh Hospital recently, where four of its six theatres are closed not because they did not have the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (29 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: ...of respect for the fact that we are trying to do something that we have never done before in this country - a ten-year plan with buy-in from all of us. It is important that we do this work and I echo and reinforce that message with the HSE. As Deputy O'Connell mentioned, the way we treat women and patients in this country when they experience a tragedy or an adverse event in our...