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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: Contact tracing has traditionally been undertaken by specialists in public health. Specialists in occupational health and infection prevention and control are also involved in cases involving healthcare workers and healthcare facilities. To meet the scale of contact tracing capacity required for Covid-19, the HSE established 9 contact tracing centres (CTC’s), and trained 1,700...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (3 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: The Government’s Roadmap for Reopening Society & Business, published on 1 May 2020, sets out an indicative path to the easing of COVID 19 restrictions and other actions in order to facilitate the reopening Ireland’s society and economy in a phased manner. The Roadmap specifies that decisions in relation to which actions will be taken and which public health measures...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: Section 22 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 provides for the separation and visibility of alcohol products and advertisements for alcohol products in specified licensed premises.  Under this provision, mixed trade retailers can store alcohol products in a storage unit behind the counter at only one point of sale area and can also display and advertise alcohol products using one of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: The Government’s Roadmap for Reopening Society & Business, published on 1 May 2020, sets out an indicative path to the easing of COVID 19 restrictions and other actions in order to facilitate the reopening Ireland’s society and economy in a phased manner. The Roadmap specifies that decisions in relation to which actions will be taken and which public health measures...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (3 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has issued Guidance on Managing Infection Related Risks in Dental Services. It supports the use of the normal PPE used in routine dentistry. The Dental Council has indicated that dentists should take a case by case assessment when deciding if additional PPE is warranted. A national approach to the supply of PPE for dentists has been initiated by the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: The Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 was signed into law by the President on 20th March 2020. The provisions of the 2020 Act provide (new section 38A of the Health Act 1947, inserted by section 11) for the detention and isolation of persons that a medical officer of health believes, in good faith, to be a potential source...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: The Government’s Roadmap for Reopening Society & Business, published on 1 May 2020, sets out an indicative path to the easing of COVID 19 restrictions and other actions in order to facilitate the reopening Ireland’s society and economy in a phased manner. The Roadmap specifies that decisions in relation to which actions will be taken and which public health measures...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (3 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (3 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to you directly as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (3 Jun 2020)

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 Expenditure (3 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: Improving access to scoliosis services is a key commitment of government. In recent years there has been increased investment in paediatric orthopaedics and scoliosis services, which has improved access to surgery and outpatient appointments. In 2018 Children’s Health Ireland (CHI; previously the Children’s Hospital Group) was provided with an additional €9 million...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to you directly as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gambling Sector (3 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: The Government’s Roadmap for Reopening Society & Business, published on 1 May 2020, sets out an indicative path to the easing of COVID 19 restrictions and other actions in order to facilitate the reopening Ireland’s society and economy in a phased manner. The Roadmap specifies that decisions in relation to which actions will be taken and which public health measures...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: I have no plans to issue guidance of the type described by the Deputy. The services referred to by the Deputy are not matters within the responsibility of the Minister for Health. The responsibility for providing guidance in relation to a particular sector of the economy or on a specific activity remains with the Government Department with responsibility for that sector or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: In line with its Terms of Reference, the role of the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) is to oversee and provide direction, guidance, support and expert public health advice across the health service and the wider public service, for the overall national response to Coronavirus, including national and regional and other outbreak control arrangements, consider the most up to date...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: Since COVID-19 was categorised as a national public health emergency, and to align with the advice issued by the World Health Organisation and the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET), the National Screening Service (NSS) took the difficult decision to pause all four population screening programmes, which includes CervicalCheck and BreastCheck.   Of note, a similar pausing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: There was a 21.1% reduction in Emergency Department (ED) attendances nationally this year up to the end of April 2020 compared to the same period last year.  The numbers attending emergency departments has shown a steady increase in recent weeks. There were 22,078 ED attendances in Week 21(20 - 26 May 2020), up 4.6% from the previous week. The lowest attendance was 12,908 in week 13...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Information and Quality Authority (3 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 665 and 702 together. My Department has continuous and ongoing engagement with HIQA, which since 2009, is the independent statutory authority responsible for regulating residential care services for older people, whether delivered in a nursing home managed by the HSE or a private provider. Services are only allowed to operate if they are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: As this is a service delivery matter, I have referred the question to the HSE for direct reply.