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Seanad: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2019)

Simon Harris: I understand absolutely what Senator Higgins is trying to do here. While I agree with what she is trying to do, I am not in a position to accept her amendment today. However, I would like to do more work on this whether through the legislation or through the tribunal setting out greater clarity on its own rules and procedures, which will not, of course, be a matter for me. One hopes the...

Seanad: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2019)

Simon Harris: The Senator is making a reasonable point. It is certainly not the intention that that would be the case. The facilitator has a role to play. The point needs to be made that part of the restoration of trust meetings will be about both sides putting forward their viewpoint. Whereas women have been absolutely hurt and let down in this process, which is beyond question, there are also...

Seanad: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2019)

Simon Harris: This Oireachtas has shown a great ability to hold me to account. I take questions on CervicalCheck very regularly in the Oireachtas, and rightly so, and I expect that to continue, as it should. I also expect that I will be sending the recommendations to the appropriate Oireachtas committee, which I instinctively presume will be the Committee on Health, although it could cross over to the...

Seanad: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2019)

Simon Harris: I thank Seanad Éireann for its constructive consideration of the Bill and for providing the time, and using it efficiently, to get this measure passed. Everyone in this and the Lower House worked to try to reach a commitment to get the Bill passed before the Houses rose for the summer recess. It was an extraordinarily demanding timetable and it could not have been achieved without the...

Seanad: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Second Stage (11 Jul 2019)

Simon Harris: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach and I am delighted to be in Seanad Éireann two days in a row. I am pleased to introduce the CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019 to Seanad Éireann. At the outset, I acknowledge the sincere bi-partisan effort in the other House, which I know will be in this House too, to get this done so that we can provide an alternative pathway to court for women...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 Jul 2019)

Simon Harris: The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) is an independent committee which makes recommendations to my Department on vaccination policy in Ireland. In 2012, NIAC recommended a low dose tetanus (T), diphtheria (d) and acellular pertussis (p) booster (Tdap) to provide protection for babies in the first few months of life. In September 2013, the HSE made Tdap vaccine available free...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Disease Epidemics (11 Jul 2019)

Simon Harris: My Department is currently developing a National Framework for the Control of Infectious Diseases, to be completed in 2020. The goal of the framework is to ensure a coordinated, strategic approach to maintaining and improving infectious disease control to meet ever-changing risks to society in Ireland, within the international context of infectious disease. The framework will address...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Diseases (11 Jul 2019)

Simon Harris: As this is a matter for the Health Service Executive, I have asked them to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Health Policy (11 Jul 2019)

Simon Harris: An Implementation Oversight Group has been established by my Department (together with an Implementation Working Group established in the HSE) to oversee the development and implementation of a new model for the delivery of public health medicine in Ireland. I am informed that all work modules are on track and it is intended that the HSE will present a draft future model to my Department for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Data (11 Jul 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 Data (11 Jul 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: Speech and Language Therapy Data (11 Jul 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 Data (11 Jul 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: General Practitioner Data (11 Jul 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: HSE Data (11 Jul 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 Strategies (11 Jul 2019)

Simon Harris: The National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence 2016-2021 is a whole of Government response to Domestic and Sexual violence and contains a number of health-related actions assigned to the HSE. As the implementation of these actions is a matter for the HSE the Deputy's question has been referred to them for attention and direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Trials (11 Jul 2019)

Simon Harris: No medicine containing RTA 408 is authorised anywhere in the EU. RTA 408 (also known as omaveloxolone) is an investigational medicinal product currently undergoing clinical trials. The publicly accessible European clinical trials register lists two ongoing trials registered on the European Clinical Trials Database (EudraCT). Both are Phase II clinical trials, one of which is specifically...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (11 Jul 2019)

Simon Harris: The Report “Time to Move on from Congregated Settings – A Strategy for Community Inclusion” proposes a new model of support in the community moving people from Congregated settings to the community in line with Government policy. The Report identified around 4000 people (based on 2008 census) with disabilities in Ireland living in congregated settings, defined as a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Outreach Clinics (11 Jul 2019)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter I have referred the Deputy's question to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to him.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 Jul 2019)

Simon Harris: The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) made a recommendation that the HPV vaccine should be given to boys. As the HPV vaccine is preventative it is intended to be administered, if possible, before a person becomes sexually active, that is, before a person is first exposed to HPV infection. On foot of NIAC’s recommendation, my Department asked the Health Information and...