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Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (22 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: As the HSE has responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres and other Primary Care facilities, the Executive has been asked to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times (22 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: Good practice around the management of hospital waiting lists recommends periodic validation of waiting lists. Validation is the process whereby hospital administration contacts patients on waiting lists at pre-planned intervals during the year to ensure that patients are ready, willing, suitable and available to attend a hospital appointment or wish to be removed. Importantly, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Deaths (22 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: As the House will be aware, a termination took place at the National Maternity Hospital in March of this year on the grounds that a condition incompatible with life was present. The couple involved have requested a review of their case. My overriding concern as Minister for Health is for the couple involved and ensuring their questions are appropriately answered. I support an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services Provision (22 Oct 2019)

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 a direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (22 Oct 2019)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (22 Oct 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: Value for Money Reviews (22 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: A list of the contractors engaged by my Department during the period of 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019 under the A7 consultancy services subhead is in the following table. It is the policy in my Department only to engage the services of external consultants where highly specialised skills are not available within the Department and when such an approach is felt to be more appropriate and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Value for Money Reviews (22 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table: Name Details Cost Oversight group to review mental health policy, A Vision for Change. To review the existing mental health policy document, a Vision for Change. The oversight group comprising officials from the Department, the HSE and the voluntary sector was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: Good practice around the management of hospital waiting lists recommends periodic validation. Validation is the process whereby hospital administration contacts patients on waiting lists at pre-planned intervals during the year to ensure that patients are ready, willing, suitable and available to attend a hospital appointment or wish to be removed. In this context, the National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Animal Reproduction (22 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be  aware, in October 2017, the Government approved the drafting of a bill on assisted human reproduction (AHR) and associated areas of research, based on the published General Scheme of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill.  The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health published the report of its review of the General Scheme on 11 July 2019, as part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the community drug schemes; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (22 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: Two specialties in dentistry are recognised for specialist registration under the Dentists Act 1985  i.e. Oral Surgery and Orthodontics. This is in line with the majority of EU countries. The determination of  specialties  to be recognised for the purpose of specialist registration is ultimately a matter for the Minister for Health in line with the provisions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (22 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: The LTI Scheme was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 (as amended). The conditions covered by the LTI are: acute leukaemia; mental handicap; cerebral palsy; mental illness (in a person under 16); cystic fibrosis; multiple sclerosis; diabetes insipidus; muscular dystrophies; diabetes mellitus; parkinsonism; epilepsy; phenylketonuria; haemophilia; spina bifida;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Oct 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: Health Services Funding (22 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: As committed to in the Action Plan for 2019, Sláintecare has developed proposals for multi-annual capital and current funding, including a transition fund, to support health care reform. Following Budget 2020, the Sláintecare Programme Implementation Office have been resourced with a total of €45.5 million in 2020 (with an additional €50 million in 2021) in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (22 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: The Health Service Executive's National Capital & Property Steering Group is currently considering an application for capital developments at the Emergency Department, the Medical Assessment Unit and additional bed capacity at Mayo University Hospital. The HSE has informed the Department that further information has been requested by the Steering Group in relation to this application....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (22 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 379 and 380 together. Reducing waiting time for patients for hospital operations and procedures is a key priority for Government. In this regard, the Government is committed to improving waiting times for hospital appointments and procedures. Budget 2020 announced that the Government has further increased investment in tackling waiting lists, with funding to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (22 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 381 and 382 together. I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (22 Oct 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: Hospitals Data (22 Oct 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.