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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (14 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 (14 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: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (14 May 2019)

Simon Harris: I wish to advise the Deputy that, of the twenty licences which have been issued by my Department, three patients have been approved by the HSE for their product and travel costs to the Netherlands.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Garda Vetting (14 May 2019)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Reports (14 May 2019)

Simon Harris: The information requested by the Deputy is not immediately available. I will survey the Department and the collated replies will be prepared into a full response to the Deputy as soon as possible. I have asked the HSE to respond directly with regard to their reports, investigations and or reviews.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (14 May 2019)

Simon Harris: The Deputy's question relates to service delivery matters and, accordingly, I have asked the HSE to respond to him directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (14 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: Physiotherapy Provision (14 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: Fibromyalgia Support Services (14 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: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (14 May 2019)

Simon Harris: The LTI Scheme was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 (as amended). The conditions covered by the LTI are: acute leukaemia; mental handicap; cerebral palsy; mental illness (in a person under 16); cystic fibrosis; multiple sclerosis; diabetes insipidus; muscular dystrophies; diabetes mellitus; parkinsonism; epilepsy; phenylketonuria; haemophilia; spina bifida;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (14 May 2019)

Simon Harris: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the community drug schemes; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (14 May 2019)

Simon Harris: I have set out below the costs incurred by my Department in respect of advertising, in all forms, to date in 2019. Healthy Ireland aims to encourage people to make positive choices to improve their physical and mental health, while also providing support and information to help people make those healthier choices. Iris Oifigiúil is the official means used by the Government for announcing...

CervicalCheck: Statements (9 May 2019)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for his questions. I very much appreciate the points he made, as a medic and a public representative, in regard to reminding this House that screening is not a diagnostic test and that there will, therefore, always be false positives and false negatives in any screening service in any country. While the HPV test, when introduced, will lower the numbers of false positives...

CervicalCheck: Statements (9 May 2019)

Simon Harris: Yes. The commercial negotiations are very much nearing conclusion.

CervicalCheck: Statements (9 May 2019)

Simon Harris: Yes, it is the case but they are being stored safely and will be processed. I cannot go further than that. I know the Deputy would not want me to jeopardise what is going on at the moment but I assure the House that additional capacity is coming on stream, which will ensure the slides are processed safely. I can give women that reassurance.

CervicalCheck: Statements (9 May 2019)

Simon Harris: It is the case that the finalisation of the commercial arrangements in regard to the additional capacity is ongoing. The process is very much nearing completion. This will provide the additional capacity to ensure our screening programme operates at 100% capacity and can address the backlog. There will also be other significant benefits to the screening programme, which I would be more...

CervicalCheck: Statements (9 May 2019)

Simon Harris: Yes.

CervicalCheck: Statements (9 May 2019)

Simon Harris: I do not wish to take up the time of the House unnecessarily other than to emphasise again that a significant body of work is ongoing in regard to CervicalCheck. I sincerely acknowledge the positive and constructive role the health committee is playing in overseeing this and in continuing to monitor the implementation of the recommendations. I assure Deputy Harty of the ongoing co-operation...

CervicalCheck: Statements (9 May 2019)

Simon Harris: 10 o’clock As the Deputy has acknowledged in his comments, I am not going to pre-empt the Attorney General's consideration of what the legal landscape looks like-----

CervicalCheck: Statements (9 May 2019)

Simon Harris: -----but I hear the point made by the Deputy. As Minister for Health, I have a number of priorities here and I need to make sure they are complementary and not competing. The first is to make sure we are looking after women who were wronged and the second is to make sure we protect our screening programmes. I am aware that the Deputy is also passionate about that.