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Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (21 May 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 Services (21 May 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 Overcrowding (21 May 2019)

Simon Harris: Ireland is seeing a growing demand for unscheduled care, which is evident from the increased pressures on hospital Emergency Departments (EDs), particularly during peak periods such as winter. Since the commencement of the Winter Plan 2018/2019 on 1 December, there was a 6.3% increase in ED attendances from the 1 December to the 31 March 2019 compared to the same period last winter, but a 13%...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 May 2019)

Simon Harris: The Emergency Department in UHL is one of the busiest in the country, with the number of patients attending growing year on year. UHL was identified as one of the 9 sites requiring additional investment, focus and support as part of this year's Winter Plan. The problem of overcrowding in hospitals requires a full system, patient focused response. Recognising this, in the Winter Plan, the HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dietician Service Provision (21 May 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: Coroners Service (21 May 2019)

Simon Harris: A coroner is an independent official with legal responsibility for the investigation of sudden and unexplained deaths. Coroners are appointed for particular districts within a local authority area by the local authority (the coroner for the Dublin district is appointed by the Minister for Justice and Equality). While the coroner system is subject to the general supervision of the Minister,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (21 May 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 (21 May 2019)

Simon Harris: The prevention and control of healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) has been a significant patient safety and public health priority for the Department of Health for numerous years. The activities to address this are outlined in Ireland’s National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance, 2017-2018, which was published in October 2017.  ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Data (21 May 2019)

Simon Harris: My Department administered a National Lottery Discretionary Fund up to and including 2016 from which once-off grants were paid to community and voluntary organisations providing a range of health related services. My Department no longer operates a National Lottery Fund. The HSE operates a similar scheme and continues to provide grants to health agencies and other organisations from...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Process (21 May 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 443 and 444 together. Officials in my Department are working towards putting in place a number of important administrative and operational arrangements that are essential for the implementation of Parts 2 & 3. This includes the establishment of the National Donor-Conceived Person Register (the “Register”), the purpose of which is to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Products (21 May 2019)

Simon Harris: As Minister for Health, I requested Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to draft a report on the use of Uro-Gynaecological Mesh in the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) in women. The report covers the clinical and technical issues involved in ensuring both: 1. the safe and effective provision of mesh procedures in urogynaecology...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 May 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: Respite Care Services (21 May 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: Emergency Departments Data (21 May 2019)

Simon Harris: I wish to acknowledge the distress overcrowded Emergency Departments (EDs) cause to patients, their families and frontline staff working in very challenging working conditions in hospitals throughout the country. This is a very busy period for our health services, with many hospitals reporting significant numbers of patient attendances. For the first quarter of 2019, the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (21 May 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: Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation (21 May 2019)

Simon Harris: Under the Medical Practitioners Act 2007, complaints against registered medical practitioners are a matter for the Medical Council. I have no role in relation to such matters and am specifically precluded by section 9 of the Act from giving policy directions to the council in relation to the performance of its functions in the area of complaints concerning registered medical practitioners. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Definitions (21 May 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 454 and 457 together. Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) / myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy) (ME) is a not uncommon, complex debilitating disorder which is characterised by severe fatigue accompanied by a range of other symptoms. There is currently no known, specific, medical diagnostic test to determine or confirm a correct diagnosis of ME...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (21 May 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 455, 456, and 458 to 461, inclusive, together. Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) / myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy) (ME) is a not uncommon, complex debilitating disorder which is characterised by severe fatigue accompanied by a range of other symptoms. There is currently no known, specific, medical diagnostic test to determine or confirm a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 May 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: General Medical Services Scheme (21 May 2019)

Simon Harris: Under the terms of the current GMS contract, GPs are required to provide eligible patients with  ''all proper and necessary treatment of a kind usually undertaken by a general practitioner and not requiring special skill or experience of a degree or kind which general practitioners cannot reasonably be expected to possess." There is no provision under the GMS GP contract for persons who...