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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (4 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: I am conscious that waiting times are often unacceptably long and of the burden that this places on patients and their families. In this regard, the Government is committed to improving waiting times for hospital appointments and procedures. Budget 2019 announced that the Government has further increased investment in tackling waiting lists, with funding to the National Treatment Purchase...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency Data (4 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: I refer to the Parliamentary Question No. 244 for written answer on 2ndApril 2019. A holding reply had issued to the PQ at the time and I had undertaken to obtain the outstanding information for the Deputy from the State Claims Agency (SCA), which manages claims in relation to clinical negligence. Due to an administrative oversight, my Department had not issued the information which had been...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (4 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: My understanding is that the Deputy is referring to access to healthcare in Ireland for a person from Northern Ireland, under the terms of the Cross Border Directive (CBD). The Directive provides that patients who are entitled to a particular health service in the public healthcare system of their home Member State are also entitled to be reimbursed by their home State if they choose to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (4 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: The HSE's Expert Group on Medical Need and Medical Card Eligibility examined the issue of awarding medical cards on the basis of illness and concluded that it was not feasible, desirable, nor ethically justifiable to list medical conditions in priority order for medical card eligibility. The Expert Group also concluded that a person’s means should remain the main qualifier for a...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (4 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Jul 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: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (4 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: The HSE has statutory responsibility for medicine pricing and reimbursement decisions, under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. The Act specifies criteria for decisions on the reimbursement of medicines. As Minister, I have no role in this statutory process. HSE decisions on which medicines are reimbursed by the taxpayer are made on objective, scientific and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (4 Jul 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 here: According to provisional data received from the HSE Acute Business Information Unit, there were on average 10,984 inpatient beds and 2,223 day case beds/places...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (4 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: Delayed discharge data in the manner requested by the Deputy is published by the HSE in the Management Data Report (MDR). The latest MDR to end March is available at: With regard to data to end June, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (4 Jul 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 (4 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service issue, I have asked the HSE to reply to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Waiting Times (4 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: I wish to acknowledge the distress overcrowded Emergency Departments cause to patients, their families, and frontline staff working in very challenging working conditions in hospitals throughout the country. 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (4 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (4 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service issue, I have asked the HSE to reply to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (4 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: I sincerely regret that children can experience a long waiting time for treatment for scoliosis, and I am conscious of the burden that this places on them and their families. The long-term strategy to develop sustainable scoliosis services from 2018 and into 2019 is a priority for my Department and for the HSE. Children's Health Ireland (CHI) advise that the impact of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (4 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (4 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Data (4 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (4 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 Services Data (4 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.