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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (8 May 2019)
Simon Harris: On 25 October 2017, I convened the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) as a result of the activation of the Public Health Emergency Plan, as a public health response to CPE in Ireland. Over the last eighteen months, a number of measures have been put in place including strong governance arrangements for healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR)...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (8 May 2019)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 917 and 918 together. Officials from my Department have been engaging intensively with the HSE in reaching agreement on a Pay and Numbers Strategy for 2019. The key focus in developing the strategy is to ensure that affordable and appropriate recruitment decisions are made by the HSE as they need to operate within their allocated budget considering the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme (8 May 2019)
Simon Harris: The Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) is responsible for monitoring the safety and quality of all medicines including vaccines that are licensed in Ireland. The HPRA and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) continually monitor adverse events to vaccination. The HPRA operates a national adverse reaction reporting system, which members of the public and healthcare professionals are...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (8 May 2019)
Simon Harris: As this matter is an operational issue I have sent the question to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (8 May 2019)
Simon Harris: Tobacco consumption is the largest avoidable health threat in Ireland and 1 in 2 smokers will die from a tobacco-related disease. The Tobacco Free Ireland(2013) policy document contains a number of recommendations to assist smokers in quitting tobacco use. In relation to nicotine replacement therapy (‘NRT’) the recommendation is that NRT should be more widely available,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (8 May 2019)
Simon Harris: Tobacco consumption is the largest avoidable health threat in Ireland and one in two smokers will die from a tobacco-related disease. The policy document "Tobacco Free Ireland" sets out over 60 recommendations, with the overall aims of denormalising smoking in our society, protecting children from the harms of tobacco, enforcing, regulating and legislating for tobacco activities and products,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (8 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: Hospital Appointments Status (8 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: Patient Safety (8 May 2019)
Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for asking about the Individual Health Identifier (IHI) which is an important patient safety initiative and a fundamental part of my Department’s eHealth strategy. It is the intention to embed the IHI into all health systems nationally, across multiple sites and as such, it is a project that will continue for several years. The sequencing of the candidate health...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 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 (8 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 (8 May 2019)
Simon Harris: It is open to a registered medical practitioner to apply for a Ministerial Licence under the Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977 to 2016. Such a licence, if granted, enables the licensee (the medical practitioner) to legally prescribe the Schedule 1 controlled drug - cannabis, containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) - for a named patient. Licences have been granted in respect of twenty individual...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 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 (8 May 2019)
Simon Harris: As the deputy will be aware, on foot of the conclusions from the Health Products Regulatory Authority’s report ‘Cannabis for Medical Use – A Scientific Review’, I established an Expert Reference Group to advise on the development of a Medical Cannabis Access Programme (MCAP). The purpose of the MCAP is to facilitate access to cannabis-based products or...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 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: Ambulance Service Data (8 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: Ambulance Service Data (8 May 2019)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 941 and 943 together. I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (8 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: Ambulance Service Data (8 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: Ambulance Service Data (8 May 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service issue, I have asked the HSE to reply to you directly.