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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (12 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 committed to improving waiting times for hospital appointments and procedures. Budget 2019 announced that the Government had further increased investment in tackling waiting lists, with funding to the NTPF increasing from €55 million in 2018...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (12 Mar 2019)
Simon Harris: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the management of the healthcare property estate, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to you in relation to this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (12 Mar 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 (12 Mar 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 (12 Mar 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 (12 Mar 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 (12 Mar 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 Staff (12 Mar 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 Staff (12 Mar 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 Staff (12 Mar 2019)
Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (12 Mar 2019)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 383 and 421 together. As we are aware, a branch of the Psychiatric Nurses Association called the National Ambulance Service Representative Association (NASRA) has been engaged in Industrial action. The PNA state that their industrial action is in connection with the automated deduction of union subscriptions and a refusal by the HSE to engage in...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Mar 2019)
Simon Harris: The HSE National Escalation Framework consists of a tiered and incremental suite of actions intended to be adapted and implemented in Hospitals with an Emergency Department (ED) and the wider Local Health Economy as part of an inter-disciplinary, multi-provider system response to avoid Emergency Department overcrowding. It requires that local strategies and plans are in place to understand...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (12 Mar 2019)
Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (12 Mar 2019)
Simon Harris: The Medical Council (Council) is the regulatory state body for all registered medical practitioners. It has a statutory role in protecting the public by promoting the highest professional standards among medical practitioners practising in the Republic of Ireland. It is responsible for setting the standards of medical education and training in Ireland and it maintains a register of all...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Training (12 Mar 2019)
Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (12 Mar 2019)
Simon Harris: I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (12 Mar 2019)
Simon Harris: The Individual Health Identifier (IHI) is a key aspect of the eHealth strategy and has a legal basis in the Health Identifiers Act 2014. Under the Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Delegation of Relevant Functions) Order 2015, the HSE have responsibility for implementing the IHI which is a long term project intended to be phased into a number of national systems on a periodic basis over the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (12 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: Alcohol Pricing (12 Mar 2019)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 397 and 398 together. It remains my intention to seek a revised Government Decision to implement Minimum Unit Pricing after the existing date for the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union has passed and there will be more certainty about the outcome of that process.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Services Provision (12 Mar 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.