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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Data (13 Mar 2019)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Harris: The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) has statutory responsibility for planning, designing, building and equipping the new children's hospital. The size, complexity and specialist nature of the new children's hospital informed the decision by the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) to adopt a two-stage procurement process comprised of: - Procurement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Agency Staff (13 Mar 2019)

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

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

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Meetings (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Harris: I would wish to assure the Deputy that my office has previously been in correspondence with the person concerned in order to attempt to arrange a meeting. Unfortunately, it has not yet proved possible to set a date, however I can confirm that I remain committed to doing so.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 197 and 198 together. My Department administered a National Lottery Discretionary Fund up to and including 2016 from which once-off grants were paid to community and voluntary organisations providing a range of health related services. A list, in tabular form, of all the organisations that received lottery funding in 2016 is available on my Department's...

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

Simon Harris: As the query raised by the Deputy relates to an operational issue, I have asked the HSE to reply to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Harris: As Minister of Health I have no remit in relation to educational programmes carried out in schools. School Boards of Management are independent bodies that work together with the Principal of the school to make decisions on visits from external bodies and/or individuals. My Department has been informed that the individual referred to is not associated with the HSE and was not acting on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Mar 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: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Harris: Under its Establishment Order, the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) has statutory responsibility for planning, designing, building and equipping the new children's hospital and outpatient and urgent care centres in accordance with a brief approved by the HSE with the prior consent of the Minister for Health, and subject to any subsequent variations to this brief as may...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Harris: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to the community nursing unit in Killarney Co. Kerry.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Defibrillators in Schools Provision (13 Mar 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: Medical Card Data (13 Mar 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. I would like to bring the following to the Deputy's attention. The HSE Primary Care Reimbursement Service publishes monthly reports on the HSE website. These reports provide up to date data on the number of persons who hold a medical card, general practitioner card...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Harris: The vision for the children's hospital project remains to provide modern and appropriate infrastructure to best serve the needs of children, their families and the staff who care for them. The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) has statutory responsibility for planning, designing, building and equipping the new children's hospital and outpatient and urgent care...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (13 Mar 2019)

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

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

Simon Harris: I am conscious that waiting times are often unacceptably long and of the burden that this places on patients and their families. In this regard, I am committed to improving waiting times for hospital appointments and procedures. The recently published National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) Waiting List figures show that at the end of February 2019, there are 10,949 patients on the...

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

Simon Harris: I am conscious that waiting times are often unacceptably long and of the burden that this places on patients and their families. In this regard, I am committed to improving waiting times for 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Harris: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to Naas General Hospital, County Kildare.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Data (13 Mar 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: Hospital Staff Data (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.