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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (11 Jun 2019)
Simon Harris: The information sought by the Deputy has been requested by officials in my Department, and will be provided to the Deputy directly as soon as it becomes available.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 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 Waiting Lists (11 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 Services Staff (11 Jun 2019)
Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Incidence (11 Jun 2019)
Simon Harris: At present, the Department holds data on both mortality and hospital discharge information at county level. Through the work the Department is doing on a health information system strategy, we will be asking the HSE and other agencies under our aegis to include the collection of Eircode in all patient administration systems where it is not currently routinely collected. Having geographically...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (11 Jun 2019)
Simon Harris: As the Deputy is aware, the Oireachtas put in place a strong legal framework, in the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, to give full statutory powers to the HSE to assess and make decisions on reimbursement of medicines, taking account of a range of objective factors and expert opinion as appropriate. In the case of Nusinersen (Spinraza), following detailed...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (11 Jun 2019)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 549 to 561, inclusive, and 674 to 677, inclusive, together. These questions appear to relate to details of, and the handling of, a protected disclosure submitted to my Department in September 2014. A protected disclosure, raising matters of concern within the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI), was received by my Department in September...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (11 Jun 2019)
Simon Harris: Under section 20 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, a notification of each termination of pregnancy carried out under the legislation must be notified to the Minister for Health within 28 days of it being carried out. The Minister must prepare a report on the notifications received in a given year not later than 30 June the following year, and lay it before the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (11 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: Hospital Acquired Infections (11 Jun 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is an operational matter, I have referred the Deputy's question to the HSE for direct reply. The situation regarding CPE continues to be monitored closely and the Department receives a monthly report on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (11 Jun 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 2,233 day case beds/places...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (11 Jun 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 Beds Data (11 Jun 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly with the requested information.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Services Data (11 Jun 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 (11 Jun 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: Ambulance Service Data (11 Jun 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 (11 Jun 2019)
Simon Harris: In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (11 Jun 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 (11 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: Health Services Data (11 Jun 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for reply to the Deputy.