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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (15 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: 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. Under the Inpatient Day Case Access Plans for 2018 and 2019, cataracts has been among the specialties targeted by the NTPF, and by end of September 2019, the number of people...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (15 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (15 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: The recent Budget included an additional 2020 provision of €10 million (€60 million in a full year) for the enhancement of community and primary care. I particularly welcome the advance commitment to €60 million in 2021 as it will enable the recruitment of up to 1,000 therapists, nurses and other professionals in the community on a phased basis during the course of next...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (15 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: The Dementia Adviser Service, established by the Alzheimer Society of Ireland in 2014, covers 12 counties: Cork, Kerry, Tipperary, Limerick, parts of Clare, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan and Dublin. Seven ASI Dementia Adviser posts have been funded by the HSE since 2016, with €400,000 allocated by the HSE in each of the last 3 years towards the cost of the service. A...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (15 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: The question of access to contraception is an important one. That is why, following on from the recommendations of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment, I established a Working Group within my Department to examine the range of policy, regulatory and legislative issues arising in relation to improving access to contraception. Since its establishment at the end of April, the Group has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (15 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: As this question relates to a service matter, I have arranged for it to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (15 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: In accordance with the provisions of the Health Act 1970 (as amended), eligibility for a medical card is determined by the HSE. As part of Budget 2020, I announced that the HSE would undertake a review and extend arrangements regarding the provision of emergency medical cards in cases of terminal illness. It is expected that the review process will be carried out and completed as a matter of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Services Provision (15 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: Hospitals Funding (15 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 422 and 423 together. A report on Inequity in the Funding of Acute Hospital Groups in Ireland was completed by Dr. Anne Dee in 2015, and presented to University Hospital Limerick in January 2016. I am advised that the work was internal to University Hospital Limerick and not intended for wider circulation. In those circumstances the report was not shared...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation (15 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: My thoughts and deepest sympathies go out to the family in the case referred to by the Deputy. Under the Medical Practitioners Act 2007, the Medical Council has statutory responsibility for the regulation of registered medical practitioners in Ireland, including managing complaints made about doctors. As Minister I do not have a role in relation to individual cases addressed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (15 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: Hospital Staff Data (15 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: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (15 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: Pension Provisions (15 Oct 2019)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: Vaccination remains the most effective means of preventing infection by seasonal influenza viruses and can reduce severe disease that can lead to hospitalisation and death. As this question relates to a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (15 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: Attempts at comparing the speed of reimbursement in Ireland with other countries are often misleading since several countries have quite different and often less rigorous statutory assessment arrangements than Ireland. Furthermore, many of the newer products being licenced are falling well short of cost-effectiveness thresholds, with limited clinical benefits.   As a country, we...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (15 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: Maternity Services (15 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: The National Maternity Strategy - Creating A Better Future Together 2016 - 2026 - aims to ensure that appropriate care pathways are in place in order that mothers, babies and families get the right care, at the right time, by the right team and in the right place.  The Strategy recognises that, while all pregnant women need a certain level of support, some will require more...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (15 Oct 2019)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (15 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...