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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (20 Feb 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: Hospital Staff Recruitment (20 Feb 2019)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (20 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the pricing and reimbursement of medicines; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (20 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 175 to 177, inclusive, together. Regarding the information requested, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Feb 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Feb 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: Medicinal Products Licensing (19 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: Under current legislation - the Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977-2016, and the Regulations made thereunder- it is an offence to cultivate, import, export, produce, supply and possess cannabis except in accordance with a Ministerial licence. A related piece of Irish legislation, the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) Order 2017, limits the purposes for which such licences for cannabis can be issued, for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (19 Feb 2019)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Files (19 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: The recording of a diagnosis, and other clinical details on a patient's healthcare record, is an issue between the patient and his clinician and not an issue in which I can have any involvement.  It is my understanding that if a patient wishes to have their clinical record amended, the patient may make such a request to the individual hospital concerned and/or the HSE Data...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Youth Services (19 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: I understand that the Deputy has already received the confirmation required in the HSE response to PQ No. 54508/18 which indicates that "the reorganisation of the governance structure of the Youth Health Service (YHS) will not impact in any way on the range of services provided or the access criteria for these services".

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (19 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 320 and 330 together. The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board which has statutory responsibility for planning, designing, building, furnishing and equipping the new children's hospital has advised me that the company in question played no role in evaluating tenders for the children's hospital.  The HSE commissioned the review by the company in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Regulation (19 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: I am advised by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics (NCPE) that it periodically conducts and publishes peer reviewed research in the area of Health Technology Assessments.  This research is to ensure that the methods used are robust and are in line with best practice. More recent research has examined the methods used for orphan drug evaluation and tested a number of measures...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Brexit Issues (19 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 322 and 331 together. The HSE operates the EU Cross Border Directive (CBD) in Ireland. Patients in Ireland can seek to be referred to another EU/EEA member state for medical treatment that is available in the public health service in Ireland. The patient may access the overseas service in either the public or private health sector of the EU/EEA member...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (19 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), World Health Organisation and Eurostat have developed the System of Health Accounts which allows comparable estimates of health expenditure to be made between countries. The System of Health Accountsprovides a standard framework for producing a set of comprehensive, consistent and internationally comparable estimates of health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (19 Feb 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: General Practitioner Services (19 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 326, 327 and 352 together. As these questions relate to service matters, I have arranged for them to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (19 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 328, 383, 388, 395, 415 and 434 together. The Health Service Executive has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. The Act specifies the criteria to be applied in the making of reimbursement decisions which include the clinical and cost...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 329 and 343 together. My Department and the Health Service Executive are currently engaged in a process to finalise the HSE Capital Plan for 2019. The HSE Capital Plan will determine the projects that can progress in 2019 and beyond having regard to the total available capital funding and the relevant priority of each project. As the Health Service Executive...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Feb 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: Long-Term Illness Scheme Administration (19 Feb 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.