Results 13,041-13,060 of 45,510 for speaker:Simon Harris
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Staff (5 Dec 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Contracts (5 Dec 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service issue, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for answer and direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services Waiting Lists (5 Dec 2019)
Simon Harris: As this question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists (5 Dec 2019)
Simon Harris: As this question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Physiotherapy Provision (5 Dec 2019)
Simon Harris: As this question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services (5 Dec 2019)
Simon Harris: The report to which the Deputy refers was commissioned by the HSE. I have asked the HSE to reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety Authority of Ireland (5 Dec 2019)
Simon Harris: My Department has consulted the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) which advises that apart from some Irish Total Diet Study analyses it carried out, it is unaware of any research carried out in Ireland on the health impacts of processed meats. According to the most recent Irish Total Diet Study carried out by the FSAI between 2012 to 2014, exposure estimates to both nitrite and nitrate...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Dec 2019)
Simon Harris: Reducing waiting times for patients to access scoliosis services is a key priority of Government. Increased investment in paediatric orthopaedics and scoliosis services has improved access to surgery and outpatient appointments in recent years. Furthermore, Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) is working to ensure that children in Ireland who require scoliosis surgery and ongoing treatment...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 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: Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists (5 Dec 2019)
Simon Harris: As this question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (5 Dec 2019)
Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (5 Dec 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (5 Dec 2019)
Simon Harris: The Open Beds Report, published by my Department monthly, provides a summary of the average numbers of open inpatient beds and day beds/places in the acute hospital system based on data provided by the HSE. It can be found on the Department's website: / According to provisional data received from the HSE Acute Business Information Unit, there were on average 10,955 inpatient beds and 2,276...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Discharges (5 Dec 2019)
Simon Harris: Delayed transfers of care (previously referred to as delayed discharges) occur when patients have been deemed clinically fit for discharge from an acute bed but their discharge is delayed because they are waiting for some form of ongoing support or care following their discharge. There are many reasons for this, such as a patient undertaking the application process for NHSS, awaiting...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Discharges (5 Dec 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (5 Dec 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service issue, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Services Data (5 Dec 2019)
Simon Harris: The hospital system is currently operating at close to full capacity. The number of patients attending Emergency Departments continues to increase year on year. HSE figures show that for the first ten months of 2019, the number of patients attending Emergency Departments nationally increased by 2.7% while the number of attendances of patients over the age of 75 increased by 3.3% compared to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (5 Dec 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service issue, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (5 Dec 2019)
Simon Harris: In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Data (5 Dec 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.