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- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (9 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: The update sought by the Deputy has been requested by officials in the Department and will be supplied to the Deputy as soon as it becomes available.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (9 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: The matter of the appointment of a second permanent consultant breast surgeon at Letterkenny University Hospital is currently under discussion between my Department and the HSE's National Cancer Control Programme.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (9 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (9 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (9 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (9 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: Under the terms of the current GMS contract, GPs are required to provide eligible patients with ''all proper and necessary treatment of a kind usually undertaken by a general practitioner and not requiring special skill or experience of a degree or kind which general practitioners cannot reasonably be expected to possess." There is no provision under the GMS GP contract for persons who...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (9 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: Maintaining scheduled care access for all patients is a key priority for hospitals. I fully acknowledge the distress and inconvenience for patients and their families when elective procedures are cancelled, particularly for clinically urgent procedures. While every effort is made to avoid cancellation or postponement of planned procedures, the HSE advise that planned procedures and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Governance (9 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 329 to 331, inclusive, together. My Department has completed a tender process for a review of the HSE reimbursement and pricing decision-making process and is currently appointing a consultancy firm to complete this review. The review is expected to be completed within three months of commencement. Although not included in the terms of reference, consideration...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (9 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (9 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service issue, I have asked the HSE to reply to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (9 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 335 and 336 together. As I previously informed the Deputy, the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 sets out that the appointment of a CEO is a matter for the Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. Any appointment has to be in line with that legislation and the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies. The position of CEO is currently...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (9 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: As the Deputy's question relates to an operational matter I have referred it to the NMBI to reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (9 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Disputes (9 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 344, 457 and 460 together. As the Deputies are aware, a branch of the Psychiatric Nurses Association called the National Ambulance Service Representative Association (NASRA) has been engaged in industrial action. The Psychiatric Nurses Association state that their industrial action is in connection with two substantive issues. The first is the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (9 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: On 11 March 2019, the Government agreed to the establishment of an ex-gratia scheme for women affected by the non-disclosure of the CervicalCheck audit. The Scheme is designed to provide an alternative, non-adversarial and person-centred option for women affected by the CervicalCheck non-disclosure issue. The Scheme will be up and running in the coming weeks. The Government also approved...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (9 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (9 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Birth Data (9 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction Legislation (9 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 350 and 445 together. In October 2017, the Government approved the drafting of a Bill on assisted human reproduction (AHR) and associated areas of research, based on the published General Scheme of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017. The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health is currently conducting a review of the General Scheme as part of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Fibromyalgia Support Services (9 Apr 2019)
Simon Harris: Fibromyalgia is a syndrome associated with wide-spread pain and fatigue. It is labelled a syndrome as fibromyalgia is a collection of signs, symptoms and medical problems that tend to occur together but are not related to a specific, identifiable cause. There are supports available for the sufferers of this condition. Even though there are no plans at present to add...