Results 161-180 of 333 for 5 million speaker:Simon Harris

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Data (26 Mar 2019)

Simon Harris: ...for Government. Budget 2019 announced that the Government has further increased investment in tackling waiting lists, with funding to the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) increasing from €55 million in 2018 to €75 million in 2019. The joint Department of Health/HSE/NTPF Scheduled Care Access Plan 2019 was published recently and sets out measures to improve care for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Harris: ...under 6,300, a reduction of almost 38%. The numbers waiting more than 3 months almost halved in the same period, down from 8,000 to just under 4,000, while those waiting more than 9 months fell from 4,371 to 536, a reduction of 88%. Last year also saw the establishment of a dedicated Cataract Centre at Nenagh Hospital. This is a stand-alone high-volume consultant-led cataract...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Harris: ...people to leave hospital and return home. It is widely agreed that a key part of the solution for Limerick is additional beds. Over the past 18 months, an additional 23 beds have opened in Limerick, including 5 as part of this year’s Winter Plan. A Capital Allocation of €2 million has been granted in recent weeks and the HSE advise that this will facilitate the completion...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Harris: ...people to leave hospital and return home. It is widely agreed that a key part of the solution for Limerick is additional beds. Over the past 18 months, an additional 23 beds have opened in Limerick, including 5 as part of this year’s Winter Plan. A Capital Allocation of €2 million has been granted in recent weeks and the HSE advise that this will facilitate the completion...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Harris: ...hospital appointments and procedures. The latest published National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) Inpatient and Daycase waiting list figures, show that at the end of February 2019 there are 71,205 patients on the IPDC waiting list. From a peak of 86,100 in July 2017, this represents a decrease of over 17% in the overall number of patients waiting for a procedure. Since July 2017 the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (5 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: ...put forward were a positive step towards making the public health service a more attractive place to work for nurses and midwives. With regard to consultants, numbers have increased by 125 in the 12 months ending December 2018 to 3,096 whole time equivalents, and by 540 in the 5 years since December 2013. The number of NCHDS has increased by 221 in the 12 months ending December 2018...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (5 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: ...Cataract Centre at Nenagh Hospital which I officially opened last November. This is a stand-alone high-volume consultant-led cataract theatre facility which, at full capacity, will provide a 5-day service, which is expected to deliver 2,000 cataract procedures in 2019. This initiative will have a very positive impact, given its central location, by providing capacity for cataract surgery...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (24 Jan 2019)

Simon Harris: Improving access to hospital treatment is a key priority for government. Budget 2019 announced a funding increase from €55 million to €75 million to the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) to provide treatment for patients. My Department is working closely with the NTPF and the HSE to finalise a Scheduled Care Access Plan for inpatients/day case and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (17 Jan 2019)

Simon Harris: ...that on foot of a proposal submitted by Ireland East Hospital Group (IEHG) in 2018, funding was provided for extra theatre sessions in order to open additional surgical capacity to accommodate 50 surgeries which were undertaken primarily in St. Vincent’s Hospital. 38 of these patients were treated by the end of 2018, with a further 7 to be treated by the end of January 2019 and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (12 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: ...treatment for patients. This support will commence on 10 December and continue until the end of January 2019. The NTPF support will be made available for patients presenting at the 9 “key sites of concern” identified by the HSE, as well as 5 additional sites, including Letterkenny University Hospital. A central component of the Plan which is already underway, is the provision...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: ...a 16% reduction in the overall number of patients waiting for an inpatient or day case procedure. The number of patients waiting over 9 months has reduced from over 28,100 to just over 17,500 in the same period equating to a 37% reduction. The Inpatient/Daycase Action Plan 2018, published earlier this year, placed a particular focus on hip and knee replacements, with €9.8 million...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (27 Nov 2018)

Simon Harris: ...people to leave hospital and return to a more appropriate care setting, including their own home, as quickly as possible with the supports they need. My Department has sanctioned the release of €5 million of this additional funding to enable the deployment of social and primary care measures to support this transition. Increasing bed capacity is a Government priority. Over...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Planning (14 Nov 2018)

Simon Harris: ...within current capacity and resources. As part of this process, the HSE requested singular integrated winter plans from Hospital Groups and Community Health Organisations in June 2018. €10 million in additional funding has been allocated in 2018 primarily for provision of supports to get patients home from hospital, where appropriate, before the end of the year. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (13 Nov 2018)

Simon Harris: ...within current capacity and resources. As part of this process, the HSE requested singular integrated winter plans from Hospital Groups and Community Health Organisations in June 2018. €10 million in additional funding has been allocated in 2018 primarily for provision of supports to get patients home from hospital, where appropriate, before the end of the year. My Department...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Simon Harris: .... We are going to see if we can bring forward amendments on Report Stage to locate the offences section in a more appropriate part of the Bill so it is not the first thing a reader sees. Section 5 sets out the substantive offences under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 and provides that it shall be an offence for a person by any means whatsoever to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (24 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: Increasing bed capacity is a Government priority. Over the past 12 months an additional 240 beds have been opened nationally of which: - 25 additional beds opened in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda by end quarter 4 2017; - A further 4 additional beds opened in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda by end quarter 3 2018; - 30 additional beds are planned for Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Reports (23 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: ...care infrastructure including primary care centres and community diagnostics, expand training places, provide for system change and to renovate and increase hospital capacity. The report suggested that €500 million per annum for the next 6 years will be required for this. The National Development Plan (NDP), published earlier this year as part of Project Ireland 2040 provides...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services (23 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: ...the opportunity to provide early and cost-effective interventions for children and adolescents. In order to improve access to psychology services in primary care settings, additional funding of €5 million has been made available for the recruitment of 22 staff grade psychologists and 114 assistant psychologists. The vast majority of these posts have been filled and, already, a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (16 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: ...and a second once which just closed in August 2018. I recently opened the second office of HIHI in St James Hospital, Dublin. Since its establishment HIHI has managed 200 company engagements, ran 25 studies in Irish healthcare settings, 72 companies receiving follow up support through HIHI. The recent HIHI call has shown a 46 % increase in applications to the HIHI national call aimed at...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (9 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: I move: (1)THAT for the purposes of the tax charged by virtue of section 72 of the Finance Act 2005 (No. 5 of 2005), that Act be amended, with effect as on and from 10 October 2018, by substituting the following for Schedule 2 to that Act (as amended by section 49 of the Finance Act 2017 (No. 41 of 2017)):“SCHEDULE 2 RATES OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX (With effect as on and from 10 October...