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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (13 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.

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

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 147 and 148 together. As this questions relates to documents held by the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, I have asked that they respond to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 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...

Personal Explanation by Minister (12 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: As I said at the Committee on Health last week, I should have answered it more fully as it would never be my intention to mislead Dáil Éireann. I should have added further detail to inform that a process was ongoing to finalise costs and that updated costs would be known when that process concluded. I sincerely apologise to the House for not doing this and I specifically apologise...

Personal Explanation by Minister (12 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to make this statement. My purpose in doing so is to place on the record of this House an apology regarding an answer I provided to a parliamentary question on the national children's hospital. The past number of weeks in this Oireachtas, as we have seen again today, have been dominated by debate and discussion regarding the development of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Regulation (12 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 339, 446 and 447 together. My Department continues to liaise closely with the HSE and the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), as well as other stakeholders, to help address concerns raised over the use of sodium valproate, also known as Epilim. As part of its Valproate Response Project, the HSE undertook a communication programme in 2018 to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Provision (12 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (12 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 Reimbursement (12 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 346, 347 and 497 together. 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 Accommodation Provision (12 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: As Minister for Health, I recognise that hospitals are increasingly operating at or above capacity, with year-round demand pressures that are further challenged over the winter months. It is against this background that the Health Service Capacity Review 2018 recommended an increase in acute hospitals beds of over 2,600 by 2031 to support the projected increase in demand for services in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (12 Feb 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: Brexit Preparations (12 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: As part of the overall Government response to Brexit, my Department is working on a comprehensive and coordinated set of actions to ensure, as far as is possible, continuity of supply of medicines in the event of a "no-deal" Brexit. Significant work has been undertaken by my Department, the HSE, and the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), together with medicines manufacturers and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services Provision (12 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: A standard process is in place for the HSE reimbursement of new drugs, and new indications for existing drugs. This assessment process aims to ensure that decisions on the funding of drugs are clinically appropriate, fair, consistent and sustainable. The process is underpinned by the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. Many Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cancer Strategy (12 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 356 and 357 together. The National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026 Implementation Report 2018 was published on 4thFebruary. This sets out the progress achieved on the implementation of the 52 recommendations of the Strategy, and the degree to which the key performance indicators are being met, to the end of 2018. It is available on the Department of Health website...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Administration (12 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: Established under the National Paediatric Hospital Development (Establishment) Order 2007, the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) has statutory responsibility for the planning, designing, building and equipping of the new children’s hospital and outpatient and urgent care centres. Notwithstanding the NPHDB's clear statutory responsibility for the construction of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (12 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: The terms of reference of the independent review of the escalation in cost in determining the adjusted contract sum in relation to the new children's hospital do not address issues relating to unsuccessful bidders.  The review will establish the sequence of events in relation to the cost increases experienced by the project; establish what was known, when and by whom, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 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 (12 Feb 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: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (12 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: It is important to note that the medical decision to prescribe or not prescribe any treatment, including cannabis treatment, for an individual patient is strictly a decision for the treating clinician, in consultation with their patient. As Minister for Health I have no role in this clinical decision-making process. Medical practitioners and patients may consult the Department of Health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (12 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: Established under the National Paediatric Hospital Development (Establishment) Order 2007, the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) has statutory responsibility for the planning, designing, building and equipping of the new children's hospital and outpatient and urgent care centres. The size, complexity and specialist nature of the new children's hospital project...