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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Closures (5 Nov 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 11,008 inpatient beds and 2,268 day...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Discharges (5 Nov 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 Nov 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 Nov 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 Departments Waiting Times (5 Nov 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, with approximately 1.3 million attendances in 2018, up 3.5% on 2017. For the first nine months of 2019, the number of patients over the age of 75 attending hospital EDs increased by 2.9% compared to the same period last year....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (5 Nov 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 Nov 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: Health Services Data (5 Nov 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: Health Services Data (5 Nov 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: Health Services Data (5 Nov 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: Health Services Data (5 Nov 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: Health Services Data (5 Nov 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: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (5 Nov 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 737 to 778, inclusive, together. The HSE advise that a pilot project was commenced in 2016 by the HSE Acute Hospitals Division to progress the collection of national radiology waiting list data. The project has been supported by the Radiology Clinical Care Programme and has involved key stakeholders across the system including the National Integrated...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Data (5 Nov 2019)

Simon Harris: The Strategic Workforce Planning & Intelligence Unit in the HSE publish a monthly staffing census called the Health Service Employment Report online here: This reports sets out current staffing WTE levels on a monthly basis, as well as how these levels compare to the previous month, and to the same period last year, and this is broken down by Employment Staff Group on page 2 of this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Nov 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.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: My apologies.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: I will endeavour to expand on each of the items about which the Deputy asked. There are no identified costs there, as the agreed cost for this project is still the €1.7 billion the Government approved. No newer additional costs have been presented to either me or the Government. Mr. Barry must continue to monitor these matters, robustly defend claims where it is appropriate to do...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: I have endeavoured to interact with Deputies' questions. The Oireachtas health committee can continue engaging with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, my Department officials and the HSE in order to monitor this project and get the latest up-to-date information. I encourage it to do so. I also encourage people to visit the hospital site. A number of Deputies in the Dublin...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: Deputy Shortall said that everyone accepts the rationale for this hospital, but that is not true. Many people in this House argued that we should have paused the project or moved the site. Some people still argue that to this day. The PwC report does not support that argument; it just says to get on with it. Everywhere I go across the country, parents tell me to get on with it and build...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: It is entirely reasonable but just because the Deputy does not like the answer I give does not mean that it is not transparent; it just means that it does not align with his conspiracy theory.