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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (17 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: As the HSE has responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres and other Primary Care facilities, the Executive has been asked to reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (17 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 147 to 155, inclusive, together. As these questions relate to service matters, I have arranged for the questions to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (17 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is an operational issue, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to you directly as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (17 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: You will be aware that in February 2018, an agreement was reached at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) between my Department, the HSE and health sector Trade Unions in relation to a process aimed at resolving the pay restoration issue for staff employed by section 39 bodies in 50 pilot organisations. The 50 organisations included were agreed at the WRC by all parties. I asked...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Apr 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 Provision (17 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter I have asked the HSE to reply to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (17 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (17 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (17 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter I have asked the HSE to reply to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (17 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: In May 2018, I asked CervicalCheck to make the necessary arrangements to provide that any woman who had a CervicalCheck smear test, and whose GP considered that she should have a further test as part of her reassurance, to access such a further test without charge. In the months since then, there was a significant increase in the volume of women presenting for smear tests. This included...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (17 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: Monaghan Hospital and Cavan General Hospital operate as a single entity, with an integrated managerial and clinical governance system, care pathways and support functions. The Emergency Department is located at Cavan General Hospital, while the facilities at Monaghan Hospital are focused on elective care and the streaming of appropriate patients to the Minor Injuries Unit located on site. ...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (17 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (17 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 173 and 174 together. I acknowledge the distress overcrowded Emergency Departments cause to patients, their families, and frontline staff working in very challenging working conditions in hospitals throughout the country. The number of patients attending Emergency Departments continues to increase year on year, with approximately 1.3 million attendances in...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Data (17 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (17 Apr 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: Primary Care Centres Provision (17 Apr 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: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (17 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (17 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (17 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: The HSE has statutory responsibility for medicine pricing and reimbursement, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. The Act specifies the criteria for decisions on the reimbursement of medicines. As Minister for Health I have no role or powers in this regard. I am advised by the HSE that, following detailed consideration of an application for...