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Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Staff (16 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: Medicinal Products Regulation (16 May 2019)

Simon Harris: I have not, to my knowledge, received any correspondence from, or on behalf of, master medical herbalists expressing their views or opinions in connection with the Treatment of Cancer (Advertisements) Bill 2018. The primary aim for all cancer services is to provide evidence-based care that is effective, safe, of high quality, patient-centred and fully supported by national standards and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (16 May 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: HSE Governance (16 May 2019)

Simon Harris: As this question is appropriate to the Health Service Executive (HSE), it has been forwarded requesting the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Regulation (16 May 2019)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy would be aware, it would be inappropriate for me to comment on individual cases or matters that are the subject of ongoing litigation. As of 13 May 2019, the State Claims Agency (SCA) has been notified of potential claims being initiated against the Minister for Health, the Health Services Executive and GlaxoSmithKline Biological SA by one hundred and fourteen (114)...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (16 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: Hospital Appointments Status (16 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: Medical Card Eligibility (16 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: Medical Card Applications (16 May 2019)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (16 May 2019)

Simon Harris: Smile agus Sláinte, the new National Oral Health Policy provides the groundwork to transform oral health services over the next eight years. The ESRI worked with my Department to provide indicative costings for the delivery of various interventions under the proposed packages of care for children and adult medical holders and it is estimated that the cost of implementing the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Expenditure (16 May 2019)

Simon Harris: The cost of providing treatment under the Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS) was €58.8 million in 2018. The estimated additional cost of providing the same number and range of services at the pre-FEMPI rates would be approximately €2.5 million. Regarding future dental services, the new National Oral Health Policy, "Smile agus Sláinte" includes proposals for the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 May 2019)

Simon Harris: I am sure the Ceann Comhairle will accept that the Taoiseach did not scarper away when Deputy Paul Murphy or Deputy Bríd Smith raised a question. He left to travel to Paris to attend a very important seminar on online hate speech after the terrorist attack in New Zealand which killed 51 people, as has been well documented.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 May 2019)

Simon Harris: Presuming Deputy Murphy is against hate speech, I am sure he will apologise for the slur on the Taoiseach. To respond to Deputy Pringle, I certainly did receive a letter from Deputy Joan Collins, so if a written parliamentary question stated otherwise, I will write to the Ceann Comhairle about the matter. I received directly into my hand a letter from Deputy Collins and a number of other...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 May 2019)

Simon Harris: This Government is continuing to increase the level of funding it is providing to section 38 and section 39 organisations. RehabCare provides excellent services for people with disabilities right across the country. If any organisation does not wish to continue to provide such services, it must give 12 months' notice. This is an important message to all our constituents, particularly...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 May 2019)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Curran for raising this matter and acknowledge that he raises it quite consistently regarding the family to which he refers. I also acknowledge that this is a time of huge anxiety for the families impacted and worried about their children. I spoke directly to the new Director General of the HSE yesterday about this to inquire as to the current position. My understanding is...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 May 2019)

Simon Harris: It has certainly not been forgotten and people like Deputy Brassil ensure that is the case by raising these important matters. I express again my heartfelt sympathies to the patients and families involved. I acknowledge that this was, and for some continues to be, a time of great uncertainly for patients and their families and I appeal, as the Deputy has done, for their confidentiality to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services Staff (15 May 2019)

Simon Harris: I again thank Deputy Eugene Murphy and appreciate his very sincere interest in this. As a constituency Deputy, he has rightly come across families who are interacting with these services and who are dependent on them. He is entirely right that people build up a rapport, a personal relationship, a trust, and a bond with people working in our mental health services. It can be upsetting for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services Staff (15 May 2019)

Simon Harris: It is lovely to hear such positive feedback about the really important impact our front-line staff are having on the Deputy's constituents in Roscommon, and I will make sure that is passed on to the people working in the mental health services in community healthcare west. I will indeed seek an update on the recommendations from that review, and I will ask the Minister of State, Deputy Jim...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres Provision (15 May 2019)

Simon Harris: I do not think I have ever gotten to Question No. 22 during my Oral Parliamentary Questions. I very much welcome Deputy Curran's important question, and this is something about which he has corresponded with me over the last number of months as well. I am well aware there have been delays in developing a primary care centre in Lucan. The HSE has informed me that an advertisement for the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres Provision (15 May 2019)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for that. From memory, I think we have 129 primary care centres operational around the country, but I will certainly inquire into the Deputy's constituency.