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Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (10 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, section 22 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 deals with conscientious objection by members of medical staff in relation to the provision of termination of pregnancy services. This section states that where he/she has a conscientious objection, a medical practitioner, nurse or midwife shall not be obliged to carry out, or participate...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (10 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas on 13 December 2018 and signed into law by the President on 20 December 2018. Services for termination of pregnancy under the Act commenced on 1 January 2019. Funding of €12 million was provided in 2019 for the implementation of termination of pregnancy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (10 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for a direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Dec 2019)

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: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (10 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: As this refers to an individual case, I have referred this matter to the HSE for their attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (10 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (10 Dec 2019)

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: Health Services Provision (10 Dec 2019)

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: Health Reports (10 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: I have met with the Mesh Survivors group on a number of occasions, most recently on 11 November, and I have listened to their personal stories. I am fully committed to ensuring that all women who develop mesh-related complications receive high quality, multi-disciplinary and patient-centred care. Since this issue came to my attention in late 2017, an ongoing priority focus for my...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (10 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: Advertising campaigns, promotional events and launches planned by the Department of Health for the first six months of 2020 for which there are defined budgeted costs, as of 9 December 2019, include the following: - In January the Department will launch of the 2020 Healthy Ireland campaign, which is an initiative aimed at improving the health and well-being of everyone living in Ireland....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Sharing Arrangements (10 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: A data sharing agreement is a formal contract that documents what data is being shared and how that data can be used. Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), all Data Controllers who engage Processors to process personal data on their behalf are obliged to enter into a Data Processing Contract. My Department has data processing contracts in place with companies providing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services (10 Dec 2019)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Agencies Data (10 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: There are 19 State Bodies under the aegis of my Department. Each of these bodies has a board as required under its governing legislation. The number of positions and current vacant positions are set out in the table below. Under the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies (section 2.8) persons being proposed by Ministers for appointment as Chairpersons of State Bodies are required...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (10 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: In Budget 2019, specific new initiatives were identified for SláinteCare implementation and, in line with previous years, an element of the new development funding was held back in the Department of Health. The level of funding released during the year for delivery of the new developments is subject to the submission, review, approval and commencement of those developments. To date, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (10 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 394, 395 and 438 together. On Tuesday 3 December, the Aggregate Report of the Independent Clinical Expert Panel Review, led by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in the UK, was published on the website of my Department following the Government meeting. The first key objective of this Review was to provide women, or their next of kin, with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Data (10 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below: Date Payroll Budget €m Headcount Whole Time Equivalent 31/12/2014 22.210 365 338.77 31/12/2015 22.614 367 340.71 31/12/2016 23.694 421 395.41 ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 Dec 2019)

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: Hospitals Expenditure (10 Dec 2019)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (10 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of public healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Planning Issues (10 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 405, 406 and 451 to 453, inclusive, together. Officials from my Department carried out a review of the dossier and additional documents submitted by the family concerned. The purpose of the review was to ascertain if the dossier provided contained new information in the first instance. Persons against whom allegations were made in the dossier did not...