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Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental 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: Orthodontic 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: General Practitioner Services Provision (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: Hospital Appointments Status (12 Jul 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: Health Services (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: 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: HSE Agency Staff Data (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 Waiting Lists (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: The NTPF publishes waiting lists, broken down by national figures, hospital and specialty, on a monthly basis. Figures in respect of specialty are available at : the figures for June 2016 were published last Friday, 8 July 2016. Clinical need will determine that some patients require care more urgently than others and it is appropriate that patients are prioritised on this basis. However,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Remuneration (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: A Chairman's Note to the Lansdowne Road Agreement provided that the Department of Health and the HSE would consider the extent to which the issue of pay during the fourth year 36 week undergraduate placement and the absence of incremental credit in respect of this placement have a bearing on nurse/midwifery recruitment and retention. Following consideration by my Department, in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (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: Medical Card Administration (12 Jul 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: Medical Card Data (12 Jul 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: General Medical Services Scheme (12 Jul 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: Health Services Staff Data (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: Health Services Reform (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: The Government has embarked upon a major multi-annual programme of health reform, the aim of which is to deliver universal healthcare, where all people can access the health services they need, of sufficient quality to be effective, while ensuring that the use of these services does not expose them to financial hardship. In April 2014, the White Paper on Universal Health Insurancewas...

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

Simon Harris: The Programme for a Partnership Government makes clear its commitment to universal healthcare. In particular, the Programme states that efforts to increase access to safe, timely care as close to patients’ homes as possible is a priority for Government. I fully support the goal of universal healthcare. I have already said that universal healthcare cannot be achieved overnight....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Websites (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: The Department of Health’s website www.health.gov.iehas an accessibility page with details of facilities for people with disabilities, including features for individuals with reading difficulties. The Department has an Access Officer appointed under the Disability Act 2005.Questions related to the obligations of the Department of Health under the Disability Act 2005 may be sent to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (7 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: As the particular issue raised relates to an individual case, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the HSE for direct reply to you. 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 (7 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: Under the General Medical Services scheme, medical card holders are entitled to free approved prescribed medicines, subject to a prescription charge of €2.50 per item, with a monthly cap of €25 for each person or family. The prescription charge is a matter which I intend to consider in the context of the implementation of the Health commitments in the Programme for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (7 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.