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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (6 Sep 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: Patient Files (6 Sep 2019)

Simon Harris: As the Health Service Executive collects and maintains vaccination records, I have asked them to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Children's Eye Care Services (6 Sep 2019)

Simon Harris: Eye examinations, treatments and appliances for children are provided by the HSE under the Health Act 1970. Such services are provided to children until completion of primary education and to children up to the age of 16 who have had defects noticed at child or school health examinations at primary level. Eye care services are also provided by the HSE to children from completion of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (6 Sep 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: Hospital Appointments Status (6 Sep 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: Tattooing and Body Piercing Regulation (6 Sep 2019)

Simon Harris: There is no licensing or regulation of the tattooing or body piercing industries in Ireland and there are currently no plans to introduce regulation or legislation in the area of tattooing and body piercing. However, where a tattoo or body piercing business has been implicated as a possible source in a case of a confirmed scheduled notifiable disease, such cases can be investigated by the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Appointments to State Boards (6 Sep 2019)

Simon Harris: The Dublin Dental Hospital Board consists of a Chairperson and 13 Board members appointed by the Minister, as provided for in the Dublin Dental Hospital (Establishment) Order 1963. I have recently appointed a new Board for a four year term beginning 02 August 2019. Names of Board members are published on the websites of my Department and of the Dublin Dental Hospital. I re-appointed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Appointments to State Boards (6 Sep 2019)

Simon Harris: As a voluntary hospital established under the Companies Act, Temple Street Hospital is a subsidiary of the Mater Misericordiae and Children’s University Hospitals Limited. I was not involved in Board appointments of the hospital in question.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Appointments to State Boards (6 Sep 2019)

Simon Harris: I have no role in the appointment of members to the Board of the hospital in question.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (6 Sep 2019)

Simon Harris: The National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre (NPEC) collaborates with Irish maternity services to translate clinical audit data into improved maternity care for families in Ireland. It is an audit and research centre based in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in UCC, Cork. The NPEC conducts audit and research into pregnancy outcomes in the Irish maternity services, working in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (6 Sep 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: Maternity Services (6 Sep 2019)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy may be aware the Chief Medical Officer’s report on Perinatal Deaths at the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise (2014), recommended that every maternity service should be required to complete and publish a monthly Patient Safety Statement. The National Maternity Strategy and the HIQA (Portlaoise) Report reinforced that recommendation and monthly Patient Safety...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE National Service Plan (6 Sep 2019)

Simon Harris: The 2019 HSE National Service Plan was published on Thursday, 20 December 2018. The plan is available to download from the HSE website: Work is already underway between my Department and the HSE on the National Service Plan 2020. The Legislation (Health Act 2004 as amended) outlines the timeframes that must be adhered to in the publication of the Plan. This outlines that my Department must...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (6 Sep 2019)

Simon Harris: Implementation of the National Maternity Strategy is continuing, led by the HSE National Women and Infants Health Programme. The Strategy represents a significant development in the delivery of national maternity policy that will fundamentally change how maternity care is delivered in this country. Funding allocated to-date for the Strategy’s implementation has helped to improve the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (6 Sep 2019)

Simon Harris: The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines, in accordance with the provisions of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Incidence (6 Sep 2019)

Simon Harris: The National Cancer Registry of Ireland estimate that cancer-directed treatment was undertaken for an average of 27,500 cancer patients per year in 2017 and 2018, within 12 months of the patients' diagnosis. Excluding patients only diagnosed with non-melanoma skin cancer, an average of 17,700 cancer patients each year have undergone treatment. These figures include surgery, radiotherapy,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Expenditure (6 Sep 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: Dental Services Provision (6 Sep 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 Waiting Lists Data (6 Sep 2019)

Simon Harris: As this is a service delivery matter, I have referred the question to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 Sep 2019)

Simon Harris: The National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026 does not include a specific recommendation on robotic surgery for prostate cancer patients. As the issue raised involves service delivery, I have referred the question to the HSE for further direct reply.