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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jun 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: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jun 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: Hospital Charges (18 Jun 2019)

Simon Harris: The Health (Out-Patient Charges) Regulations 2013, provide that, subject to specified exemptions, a charge shall be made for out-patient services provided at an emergency department, or any other facility providing similar services, in respect of the first occasion the service is provided in relation to each episode of care. The Regulations sets out a number of categories of persons who...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jun 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: Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility (18 Jun 2019)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy is aware, the HSE currently operates two schemes that facilitate patients accessing treatment abroad. The Treatment Abroad Scheme (TAS) allows public patients to be referred to another EU/EEA Member State for treatment, in their public healthcare system, that is not available in Ireland, subject to qualifying criteria. A patient's Irish based consultant is responsible for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (18 Jun 2019)

Simon Harris: The Health Service Executive has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drug schemes, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. The Act specifies the criteria to be applied in the making of reimbursement decisions which include the clinical and cost effectiveness of the product, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Funding (18 Jun 2019)

Simon Harris: My Department is continuing to work with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Health Service Executive in a process to finalise as soon as possible a multi-annual Capital Plan for the HSE, which will include capital projects to be funded in 2019 and beyond, having regard to the available capital funding, the number of large national capital projects currently underway and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (18 Jun 2019)

Simon Harris: Following a global search for capacity, Quest Diagnostics was identified by the HSE as having the necessary capacity to sustain the national cervical screening programme and a contract for the provision of this additional capacity was signed on 7 June. The HSE has advised that the financial arrangement entered into with Quest Diagnostics is commercially sensitive as the release of these...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Administration (18 Jun 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: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (18 Jun 2019)

Simon Harris: The HSE advise that a pilot project commenced in 2016 by the HSE Acute Hospitals Division to progress the collection of national radiology waiting list data. The project has been supported by the Radiology Clinical Care Programme and has involved key stakeholders across the system including the National Integrated Medical Imaging System Team, Hospital Groups, and the support of the National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (18 Jun 2019)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (18 Jun 2019)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jun 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: Childcare Services (18 Jun 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: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (18 Jun 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: Legislative Programme (18 Jun 2019)

Simon Harris: The Adult Safeguarding Bill 2017 is a Private Members Bill which passed Second Stage in the Seanad in April 2017. Separately, following my recommendation on the need to develop a policy for the sector under my remit, the Government approved the development of a new national policy on adult safeguarding in the health sector and my Department is progressing this work. The development of a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (18 Jun 2019)

Simon Harris: The Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry follows on from Dr Scally’s Final Report published last September. On completion of that Report, I requested Dr Scally to do further work to address some outstanding issues relating to the laboratories. Dr Scally’s Supplementary Report was received in my Department on Tuesday 4th June. I met with Dr Scally on Friday, 7th June...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (18 Jun 2019)

Simon Harris: The Supplementary Report of the Scoping Inquiry was received in my Department on Tuesday 4 June. The Report was published following a Government decision on 11 June. The report found that the number of laboratories involved in CervicalCheck work was greater than was originally thought, 16 in total, and that the use of many of these laboratories was not approved in advance by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jun 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 and Social Care Professionals Regulation (18 Jun 2019)

Simon Harris: As this is a service issue, I have asked the HSE to reply to you directly.