Results 41,101-41,120 of 46,260 for speaker:Simon Harris

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (25 May 2016)

Simon Harris: In accordance with the provisions of the Health Act 1970 (as amended), eligibility for medical/GP visit cards are determined by the Health Service Executive. The Act obliges the HSE to assess whether a person is unable, without due 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: Primary Care Services Provision (25 May 2016)

Simon Harris: In accordance with the provisions of the Health Act 1970 (as amended), eligibility for medical/GP visit cards are determined by the Health Service Executive. The Act obliges the HSE to assess whether a person is unable, without due 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: Medical Card Eligibility (25 May 2016)

Simon Harris: The issue raised by the Deputy is a matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working day, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (25 May 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 on the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 May 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 on the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (25 May 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. In relation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 May 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: Tobacco Control Measures (25 May 2016)

Simon Harris: The European Union (Manufacture, Presentation and Sale of Tobacco and Related Products) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 271 of 2016), which transpose the European Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU came into effect on 20 May 2016. Certain sections of the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Act 2015 were also commenced by S.I. No. 270 of 2016 on 20th May in order to transpose...

Adjournment Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (24 May 2016)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputies O'Dowd, Breathnach, Adams and Munster for raising this issue and for allowing me to address the House on the matter. In direct response to Deputy Munster's question, the first thing I am going to do is stop playing party politics with the health service, and that is why I received Cabinet approval today to move ahead with the motion - which I understand Deputy Munster's own...

Adjournment Debate: Cancer Incidence (24 May 2016)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Sherlock for raising this issue and I welcome the opportunity to clarify the position on the incidence of cancer in the Cobh area in County Cork. As the Deputy asked, I will keep an open mind but I will now present him with the information I have been presented with. I want to reassure the Deputy and the people of Cobh that there is no newly published report setting out...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (24 May 2016)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 387, 411 and 412 together. The HSE occupies the premises in question under a lease from North Meath Community Development Association (NMCDA).  Arbitration awards were made on 17 September 2008 and on 8 August 2012 in respect of rent reviews due on 1 May, 2004 and 1 May 2009 respectively. The awards in question were made by two separate...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Expenditure (24 May 2016)

Simon Harris: Since mid-2015, universal GP care has extended to all persons over 70 years of age. At the start of this year, approximately 413,000 persons over 70 years of age qualified for the universal GP service. Approximately 333,000 of these persons also qualified for prescribed drugs under the GMS Scheme through their medical card. It is estimated the annual expenditure on GP services and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (24 May 2016)

Simon Harris: I have been informed by the State Claims Agency that the cases to which the Deputy refers are settled cases which have an associated confidentiality agreement. Any unilateral disclosure by the State Claims Agency of information which is the subject matter of the agreed settlements would be in breach of the associates confidentiality agreements and actionable by the plaintiff party.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (24 May 2016)

Simon Harris: The Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 was enacted in April 2015. A number of functions and responsibilities were assigned to the Minister for Health under the provisions in Parts 2 and 3 of the Act relating to donor assisted human reproduction. Preparatory work is required to give effect to these provisions (including the non-anonymity provisions), which includes the preparation of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (24 May 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 Provision (24 May 2016)

Simon Harris: I am conscious that this family has experienced a very personal tragedy and that a legal settlement was reached in this case in 2015. In relation to the specific queries raised by the Deputy, as these are service matters, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (24 May 2016)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter, I have arranged for the question to be 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 (24 May 2016)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter, I have arranged for the question to be 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: Hospital Appointments Status (24 May 2016)

Simon Harris: The South/South West Hospital Group, of which Kerry General Hospital is a constituent hospital, provides the vast majority of surgical procedures for patients resident in Kerry. The total number of patients on the waiting list for ophthalmology surgery in the South/South West Hospital Group is 834. 55% (461) of these patients are waiting <6 months. 26 patients are waiting >15...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (24 May 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.